Track teams run away with divisional titles

The motto for the Whitefish track and field team is the same every season — May matters. Coach Derek Schulz even has those two words embroidered on the back of his ball cap.

Their meaning is simple — everything leading up to this month is merely a warm up for the big show.

May is when there are no excuses. May is when medals are won on the podium, and sweat and tears are left on the track. May is when it matters.

The Bulldogs took those words to heart when they hosted last weekend’s Northwestern A divisional meet.

The Whitefish boys and girls swept the team titles, en route to qualifying for state at least one athlete in all but one event.

“We’ve never done that before,” Whitefish coach Derek Schulz said. “It’s almost unheard of.”

“We were ready to go.”

The Bulldogs finished with 236 points, far outpacing boys runner-up Frenchtown with 129. The Lady Dogs also won handily with 184 points. All total, 31 competitors from Whitefish earned a trip to the state meet.

Senior Logan Harwood led the Dogs with four victories in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 meter runs — a feat that is rarely seen in prep track.

“He has the speed to win the 100 and endurance to win the 800,” Schulz said.

On Friday, Sean Foley, Jed Nagler, Iaian Cameron and Harwood teamed up to win the 4x100 relay with a 43.38 — a time well below the state qualifying standard. Schulz says they’re within striking distance of the school record.

Keaton Grove cruised in the hurdle events, winning both the 110 and 300 races with personal-best times.

“He’s a gamer and hard worker,” Schulz said. “He just had an awesome meet. He’s tough.”

Jace Kalbfleisch won the 1,600 and 3,200 distance runs, working his position in the pack before pulling away on the final stretch.

The Schulz sisters piled up the points for the Lady Bulldogs.

Junior standout Marlow Schulz blazed the competition in the 100 and 400, while freshman Allie posted wins in the 200 sprint and 100 hurdles.

Allie qualified for state in five events.

Sarah Latcham came up big in the 800, winning with a 2:25.66, then took third in the 400.

“Sarah had her best meet of the year,” Schulz said.

Phoebe Guercio, Ella Kobelt, Sarah Craven, Marlow Schulz won the 1,600 relay with a 4:19.2.

Schulz noted Guercio’s outstanding weekend in the relays, hurdles, triple jump and long jump.

“She placed in everything she did,” Schulz said.

Schulz says both the boys and girls have good chances to rack up points at the state meet this weekend in Laurel.

“Both teams have to perform to place,” he said. “If we run our best, throw our best and jump our best, the results are what they are. Wining happens if you perform.”

The heavy favorite on the girls side are the defending champs from Corvallis.

The Bulldog boys are considered legitimate contenders for a state title, but will need critical points in the field, Schulz said.

Girls

Whitefish 184, Columbia Falls 127.5, Polson 110.5, Frenchtown 61, Libby 42.

100 — 1, Marlow Schulz, WF, 12.42. 2, Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 12.94. 3, Allie Schulz, WF, 13.13. 4, Savanna Moon, CF, 13.26. 5, Angela Tamburelli, CF, 13.30. 6, Courtney Krueger, FT, 13.54.

200 — 1, Allie Schulz, WF, 27.27. 2, Angela Tamburelli, CF, 27.5. 3, Lydia Bowman, Pol, 28.09. 4, Savanna Moon, CF, 28.22. 5, Sarah Craven, WF, 28.28. 6, Alicia Sicz, Pol, 28.60.

800 — 1, Sarah Latcham, WF, 2:25.66. 2, Maja Holmquist, FT, 2:30.13. 3, Alisha Jore, Pol, 2:34.21. 4, Eliska Kulhava, FT, 2:35.01. 5, Emily Calderwood, CF, 2:37.63. 6, Shyla Stevenson, Lby, 2:40.06.

3,200 — 1, Samantha Mundel, CF, 11:59.42. 2, Hallie Hovenkotter, Pol, 12:21.00. 3, Barrett Gray, WF, 12:26.82. 4, Peyton Twete, WF, 13:38.58. 5, Amanda Stobie, Pol, 13:39.06. 6, Emma Marchetti, WF, 14:13.72.

300 Hurdles — 1, Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 46.73. 2, Phoebe Guercio, WF, 47.22. 3, Allie Schulz, WF, 49.07. 4, Carla Nicosia, CF, 49.68. 5, Ella Kobelt, WF, 51.04. 6, Erica Alfiero, Pol, 51.12.

1,600 Relay — 1, Whitefish ‘A’ (Phoebe Guercio, Ella Kobelt, Sarah Craven, Marlow Schulz), 4:19.92. 2, Columbia Falls ‘A’, 4:23.12. 3, Frenchtown ‘A’, 4:23.22. 4, Polson ‘A’, 4:48.61. 5, Libby ‘A’, 4:56.76.

High Jump — 1, Carla Nicosia, CF, 4-10. 2, Krysten Mossburg, Lby, 4-8. 3, Shelby Fromm, FT, J4-8. 4, Shae Munro, Lby, J4-8. 5, Kaia Roberge, FT, 4-6. 6, Ashton Berta, CF, J4-6.

Long Jump — 1, Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 17-0. 2, Krysten Mossburg, Lby, 16-1.5. 3, Phoebe Guercio, WF, 15-4. 4, Ellie Johnson, CF, 15-2. 5, Carla Nicosia, CF, 15-0. 6, Summer Burlage, CF, 14-10.5. 6, Gracie Carlyle, Pol, 14-10.5.

Shot Put — 1, Haley Belgarde, CF, 34-6.5. 2, Chloie Huerta, Pol, 33-11. 3, Eviann Reynolds, WF, J33-11. 4, Baylee Tveidt, WF, 31-5. 5, Lacey Hochhalter, FT, 31-4. 6, Jewel Zakit-Ackerman, Pol, 31-3.

Javelin — 1, Lacey Hochhalter, FT, 109-11. 2, Kaitlyn Gilder, Lby, 105-4. 3, Hailey Craig, Lby, 105-2. 4, Bekah Weaver, WF, 103-10. 5, Mariah Corrigan, Pol, 103-6. 6, Andrea Getts, CF, 102-10.

400 — 1, Marlow Schulz, Whi, 56.50. 2, Shalea Wallen, Ftwn, 1:02.34. 3, Sarah Latcham, Whi, 1:02.36. 4, Miranda Livingston, CF, 1:03.67. 5, Maja Holmquist, Ftwn, 1:04.05. 6, Emily Calderwood, CF, 1:05.56.

1,600 — 1, Samantha Mundel, CF, 5:27.72. 2, Hallie Hovenkotter, Pol, 5:43.85. 3, Barrett Gray, Whi, 5:49.29. 4, Eliska Kulhava, Ftwn, 5:51.70. 5, Rebecca Holdhusen, Whi, 6:00.51. 6, Hailey Craig, Lib, 6:12.70.

100 hurdles — 1, Allie Schulz, Whi, 16.13. 2, Ella Kobelt, Whi, 16.84. 3, Carla Nicosia, CF, 17.04. 4, Phoebe Guercio, Whi, 17.27. 5, Erica Alfiero, Pol, 17.59. 6, Mariah Walker, CF, 18.57.

400 relay — 1, Polson (Alicia Sicz, Lydia Bowman, Erica Alfiero, Anna DiGiallonardo), 51.68. 2, Whitefish 51.74. 3, Columbia Falls, 51.86. 4, Frenchtown, 54.51. 5, Libby, 55.89.

Pole vault — 1, Claudia Hewston, Pol, 9-0. 2, Erin Tabish, Whi, 8-6. 2, Brielle Birgensmith, Whi, 8-6. 4, Haley Cyr, Ftwn, 8-0. 5, Jenna Barrick, Lib, 8-0. 6, Jewel Zakit-Ackerman, Pol, 8-0. 6, Tabitha Walker, Pol, 8-0.

Triple jump — 1, Carla Nicosia, CF, 35-5.75. 2, Phoebe Guercio, Whi, 33-10.25. 3, Allyson Gimbel, CF, 32-6.75. 4, Allie Schulz, Whi, 32-4.50. 5, Summer Burlage, CF, 32-1.75. 6, Ellie Johnson, CF, 31-11.5.

Discus — 1, Andrea Getts, CF, 98-4. 2, Eviann Reynolds, Whi, 97-01. 3, Amanda Harrod, Pol, 93-0. 4, Jewel Zakit-Ackerman, Pol, 92-8. 5, Shannon MeGinnis, Pol, 92-6. 6, Baylee Tveidt, Whi, 91-7.

Boys

Whitefish 236, Frenchtown 129, Columbia Falls 86, Polson 67, Libby 7.

100 — 1, Logan Harwood, WF, 11.22. 2, Iaian Cameron, WF, 11.29. 3, Josiah Osborne, CF, J11.29. 4, Anthony Lowery, FT, 11.31. 5, Gharret Olson, FT, 11.5. 6, Zach Blumhardt, WF, 11.53.

200 — 1, Logan Harwood, WF, 22.77. 2, Anthony Lowery, FT, 23.32. 3, Iaian Cameron, WF, 23.36. 4, Josiah Osborne, CF, 23.39. 5, Sean Laimbeer, Pol, 23.83. 6, Sean Foley, WF, 23.84.

800 — 1, Logan Harwood, WF, 2:00.87. 2, Luke Cardon, WF, 2:02.45. 3, Tel Motichka, Pol, 2:03.89. 4, Andrew Honkin, FT, 2:04.71. 5, Colby Peterson, FT, 2:05.57. 6, Connor Gray, WF, 2:08.25.

3,200 — 1, Jace Kalbfleisch, WF, 10:18.02. 2, Fischer Gangemi, WF, 10:18.88. 3, Gunnar Nabozney, FT, 10:21.33. 4, Thomas Henson, WF, 10:47.38. 5, Tel Motichka, Pol, 10:53.83. 6, Colton Coty, FT, 11:12.04.

300 Hurdles — 1, Keaton Grove, WF, 41.08. 2, Matt Hayes, FT, 41.80. 3, Alex Wilson, WF, 42.67. 4, David Diehl, FT, 42.79. 5, Jacob Clairmont, Pol, 43.02. 6, Mark Hader, CF, 43.53.

1,600 Relay — 1, Columbia Falls ‘A’ (Mike Sandefer, Austin Kimmet, Josiah Osborne, Luke Kazlauskus), 3:32.54. 2, WF ‘A’, 3:33.25. 3, Frenchtown ‘A’, 3:38.78. 4, Polson ‘A’, 3:40.40. 5, Libby ‘A’, 4:14.18.

High Jump — 1, Matt Hayes, FT, 6-2. 2, Jed Nagler, WF, 5-10. 3, John Chapman, FT, 5-8. 4, Parker Spadt, FT, J5-8. 5, Micah Sobczak, CF, J5-8. 6, Kyle Kelly, CF, J5-8.

Long Jump — 1, Will Davey, Pol, 20-4.5. 2, Josiah Osborne, CF, 20-4. 3, Sean Foley, WF, 19-9. 4, Bobby Erbaugh, FT, 19-8.75. 5, Mark Hader, CF, 19-6.75. 6, Colin King, CF, 19-5.

Shot Put — 1, Riley Sampson, Pol, 53-7. 2, Gage Smith, WF, 45-5. 3, Austin Cahala, FT, 44-7.5. 4, Jack White, FT, 42-2.5. 5, Kraig Nelson, Lby, 41-0. 6, Dylan Watkins, CF, 40-8.

Javelin — 1, Ty Morgan, CF, 176-3. 2, Luke May, WF, 170-9. 3, Mark Hader, CF, 169-4. 4, Jake May, WF, 165-3. 5, Will Davey, Pol, 162-6. 6, Jace Kalbfleisch, WF, 162-4.

400 — 1, Logan Harwood, Whi, 50.23. 2, Iaian Cameron, Whi, 52.04. 3, Luke Cardon, Whi, 52.20. 4, Colby Peterson, Ftwn, 52.51. 5, Luke Kazlauskus, CF, 52.97. 6, Frank Pope, Pol, 53.79.

1,600 — 1, Jace Kalbfleisch, Whi, 4:45.86. 2, Tel Motichka, Pol, 4:47.01. 3, Fischer Gangemi, Whi, 4:47.28. 4, Andrew Honkin, Ftwn, 4:51.53. 5, Gunnar Nabozney, Ftwn, 4:52.75. 6, Devin Kadrmas, Ftwn, 5:04.88.

110 hurdles — 1, Keaton Grove, Whi, 15.47. 2, David Diehl, Ftwn, 15.74. 3, Mark Hader, CF, 16.46. 4, Keaton Nicholson, Whi, 16.48. 5, Alex Wilson, Whi, 16.65. 6, Errik Westlund, Lib, 16.95.

400 relay — 1, Whitefish (Sean Foley, Jed Nagler, Iaian Cameron, Logan Harwood), 43.38. 2, Frenchtown, 43.96. 3, Columbia Falls, 44.41. 4, Polson, 45.73. 5, Libby, 49.73.

Pole vault — 1, David Diehl, Ftwn, 14-0. 2, Sean Foley, Whi, 13-6. 3, EJ Havens, Whi, 13-0. 4, Dylan Kelley, Pol, 12-0. 5, Jared Rubel, Pol, 11-0. 6, Conner Bowman, CF, 11-0.

Triple jump — 1, Nakia Alexander, CF, 43-6.5. 2, Bobby Erbaugh, Ftwn, 42-7. 3, EJ Havens, Whi, 40-5.5. 4, Cody Walters, CF, 39-1. 5, Nathan Riley, CF, 38-10.25. 6, Conner Williams, CF, 38-6.5.

Discus — 1, Riley Sampson, Pol, 157-6. 2, Koler Kanistanaux, Whi, 142-6. 3, Gage Smith, Whi, 139-2. 4, Kevin Hodges, Ftwn, 130-10. 5, Dylan Watkins, CF, 129-9. 6, Jack White, Ftwn, 128-1.