Bigfork girls, Eureka boys track champs

EUREKA — The Bigfork girls and Eureka boys made strong statements, winning the team track titles at the Eureka Invitational on Saturday afternoon.

Bigfork junior Bryn Morley put up the second-fastest time in the state this season in the 3,200 meters, winning the meet with a time of 11:00.68 to qualify for the state meet. Valkyries teammate Anya Young also set a state mark, finishing easily in second in 12:14.60 in the 3,200 and winning the 1,600 by bettering her fastest time in Class B this season to 5:24.53. Shae Anderson, Zoe Reichner and Abby Ellison also won events to help Bigfork win the meet with 124 1/2 points.

Libby’s Emily Mossburg and Eureka’s Kaylee Kronsperger each cleared 4 feet, 10 inches in the high jump to set state-qualifying marks, Mossburg winning the event on a tiebreaker. Kronsperger won the 100 earlier in the day and Mossburg won the 800.

Plains’ Kara Altmiller won both the shot put and discus, setting a state mark in the discus with a throw of 112-7.

The Eureka boys dominated in the field, winning 6 of the 7 events, to score a meet-best 167.5 points as a team.

Kaelan Yanak won both the shot put and discus, throwing a season-best 47-3 in the shot as the Lions took the top four spots in each of the two throws.

Garrett Graves won both the high and triple jumps and Cannan Smith won the pole vault and javelin.

Libby’s Tim Goodman won both the 800 and 1,600 and Bigfork’s Matt Farrier won the 100 dash and 300 hurdles.

Eureka Invitational

Saturday

Girls

Team Scores — Bigfork 124.5, Eureka 94.5, Libby 70, Plains 53, Troy 5

Individual Results

100—1, Kaylee Kronsperger, Eureka, 13.82. 2, Jordan Nelson, Bigfork, 13.89. 3, Madison Gardner, Bigfork, 13.91. 4, Sidney Stevenson, Libby, 13.93. 5, Jazlyn Nixon, Libby, 14.73.

200—1, Sidney Stevenson, Libby, 28.23. 2, Jordan Nelson, Bigfork, 28.67. 3, Bailey Hollingworth, Eureka, 30.12. 4, Ella Pierce, Troy, 31.07. 5, Jazlyn Nixon, Libby, 31.84.

400—1, Shae Anderson, Bigfork, 1:05.52. 2, Analisa Loberg, Plains, 1:08.22. 3, Katelyn Hanes, Eureka, 1:27.58.

800—1, Emily Mossburg, Libby, 2:33.15. 2, Mckay Guckenberg, Eureka, 2:36.26. 3, Tyann Totten, Eureka, 2:38.26. 4, Sienna Utter, Eureka, 2:45.62. 5, Mikalyn Zeiler, Libby, 2:48.35.

1,600—1, Anya Young, Bigfork, 5:24.53. 2, Lauren Thorstenson, Libby, 5:43.73. 3, Tyann Totten, Eureka, 5:47.57. 4, Analisa Loberg, Plains, 5:56.57. 5, Mckay Guckenberg, Eureka, 5:59.42.

3,200—1, Bryn Morley, Bigfork, 11:00.68. 2, Anya Young, Bigfork, 12:14.60. 3, Lauren Thorstenson, Libby, 13:31.31. 4, Brooke Price, Eureka, 13:43.10. 5, Michelle Leonard, Eureka, 15:07.39.

100 Hurdles—1, Zoe Reichner, Bigfork, 18.88. 2, Shea Maisner, Bigfork, 19.16. 3, Mikalyn Zeiler, Libby, 19.25. 4, Madison Gardner, Bigfork, 19.55. 5, Ella Pierce, Troy, 21.49.

300 Hurdles—1, Emma Gruber, Libby, 52.06. 2, Madison Gardner, Bigfork, 53.23. 3, Shea Maisner, Bigfork, 53.48. 4, Analisa Loberg, Plains, 54.05. 5, Capree Daniels, Eureka, 55.75.

400 Relay—1, Eureka ‘A’ 53.93. 2, Libby ‘A’ 54.14. 3, Bigfork ‘B’ 56.99.

1,600 Relay—1, Bigfork ‘A’ 4:23.51. 2, Libby ‘A’ 4:36.40. 3, Eureka ‘A’ 4:39.48.

High Jump—1, Emily Mossburg, Libby, 4-10. 2, Kaylee Kronsperger, Eureka, J4-10. 3, Kylee Altmiller, Plains, 4-6. 4, Ella Pierce, Troy, 4-4.

Pole Vault—1, Elizabeth Pacella, Eureka, 8-0. 2, Jaclyn Saunders, Bigfork, 7-6. 3, Zoe Reichner, Bigfork, 6-6. 4, Sienna Utter, Eureka, 6-0. 4, Maddie Mueller, Bigfork, 6-0. 5, Mikalyn Zeiler, Libby, J6-0. Long Jump—1, Bailey Hollingworth, Eureka, 14-8.25. 2, Reese Nissen, Bigfork, 14-6.75. 3, Kaylee Kronsperger, Eureka, 14-4. 4, Abby Ellison, Bigfork, 14-1.25. 5, Alli Collins, Libby, 13-8.

Triple Jump—1, Abby Ellison, Bigfork, 33-1.25. 2, Reese Nissen, Bigfork, 31-9. 3, Kylee Altmiller, Plains, 30-0.75. 4, Isabella Hollingsworth, Libby, 29-10.25. 5, Brooklyn Butterfield, Eureka, 29-3.

Shot Put—1, Kara Altmiller, Plains, 30-8. 2, Hailey Coe, Plains, 29-2. 3, Autumn Fajotina, Libby, 23-10. 4, Monique Gomez, Bigfork, 23-8.5. 5, Keely Dedina, Eureka, 23-6.5.

Discus—1, Kara Altmiller, Plains, 112-7. 2, Hailey Coe, Plains, 90-6.5. 3, Shae Anderson, Bigfork, 84-7. 4, Megan Hanson, Eureka, 75-0.5. 5, Ansleigh Edgerton, Bigfork, 74-6.5.

Javelin—1, Michelle Leonard, Eureka, 95-0. 2, Kara Altmiller, Plains, 93-4. 3, Karlee Frost, Eureka, 82-9. 4, Megan Hanson, Eureka, 81-10. 5, Hailey Coe, Plains, 76-9.

Boys

Team Scores — Eureka 167.5, Bigfork 91.5, Libby 68, Plains 27

Individual Results

100—1, Matt Farrier, Bigfork, 12.02. 2, Kainin LaFontaine, Bigfork, 12.15. 3, Logan Kaminsky, Bigfork, 12.30. 4, Gavin Strom, Libby, 12.35. 5, Jakeb Kindel, Eureka, 12.64.

200—1, Logan Nelson, Libby, 25.33. 2, James Kerr, Bigfork, 25.69. 3, Mason Davis, Eureka, 25.87. 4, Hunter Pickens, Bigfork, 26.44. 5, Kaleb Lindgren, Libby, 27.39.

400—1, Jakeb Kindel, Eureka, 57.71. 2, Nathan McNulty, Plains, 59.96. 3, Ayden Bash, Eureka, 1:01.18. 4, Wiley Scribner, Plains, 1:01.58. 5, Andrew Mepham, Eureka, 1:04.84.

800—1, Tim Goodman, Libby, 2:11.87. 2, Corey Chaney, Eureka, 2:19.43. 3, Alex Lowe, Eureka, 2:21.78. 4, Hunter Carvey, Eureka, 2:21.83. 5, Michael Diller, Libby, 2:22.99.

1,600—1, Tim Goodman, Libby, 4:53.03. 2, Bryant Little, Eureka, 4:54.72. 3, Corey Chaney, Eureka, 5:03.37. 4, Hunter Steele, Eureka, 5:06.55. 5, Alex Lowe, Eureka, 5:08.42.

3,200—1, Anton Young, Bigfork, 11:19.01. 2, Hunter Steele, Eureka, 11:35.93. 3, Evan Benton, Bigfork, 12:11.39. 4, Rowan Neill, Eureka, 12:38.88. 5, Cordell Stramer, Eureka, 12:41.79.

110 Hurdles—1, Brian Peck, Libby, 16.61. 2, Chet McCully, Eureka, 17.42. 3, Ethan Olson, Bigfork, 18.41. 4, Chris Beamer, Eureka, 18.97.

300 Hurdles—1, Matt Farrier, Bigfork, 42.42. 2, Chet McCully, Eureka, 43.77. 3, Brian Peck, Libby, 45.09. 4, Ethan Olson, Bigfork, 46.64. 5, Stetson Miller, Eureka, 47.71.

400 Relay—1, Bigfork ‘A’ 46.15. 2, Eureka ‘A’ 46.27. 3, Libby ‘A’ 46.51. 4, Plains ‘A’ 51.41.

1,600 Relay—1, Libby ‘A’ 3:41.35. 2, Bigfork ‘A’ 3:43.68. 3, Eureka ‘A’ 3:52.44. 4, Plains ‘A’ 4:06.88.

High Jump—1, Garrett Graves, Eureka, 5-10. 2, Logan Taylor, Bigfork, J5-10. 3, Sinjin LaDeaux, Plains, 5-6. 3, Gavin Strom, Libby, 5-6. 5, Chet McCully, Eureka, J5-6.

Pole Vault—1, Cannan Smith, Eureka, 11-10. 2, Chet McCully, Eureka, 10-0. 3, Luke Taylor, Bigfork, 9-6. 4, Zac Evanson, Bigfork, 8-6. 4, Mason Davis, Eureka, 8-6. 5, Ethan Beck, Libby, J8-6.

Long Jump—1, Gavin Strom, Libby, 19-0.5. 2, Sinjin LaDeaux, Plains, 18-6. 3, Kainin LaFontaine, Bigfork, 17-2.75. 4, Bradley Stein, Eureka, 17-2. 5, Logan Kaminsky, Bigfork, 17-1.

Triple Jump—1, Garrett Graves, Eureka, 40-8. 2, Sinjin LaDeaux, Plains, 39-5.25. 3, Logan Christensen, Libby, 39-2.5. 4, Bradley Stein, Eureka, 38-8.5. 5, Logan Taylor, Bigfork, 37-1.5.

Shot Put—1, Kaelan Yanak, Eureka, 47-3. 2, Owen Davis, Eureka, 46-9. 3, Isaac Sturdevant, Eureka, 44-4. 4, Stetson Miller, Eureka, 42-11.5. 5, Logan Kaminsky, Bigfork, 37-6.5.

Discus—1, Kaelan Yanak, Eureka, 134-5. 2, Isaac Sturdevant, Eureka, 131-9. 3, Owen Davis, Eureka, 126-10. 4, Stetson Miller, Eureka, 109-1. 5, Chase Chappius, Bigfork, 105-5.

Javelin—1, Cannan Smith, Eureka, 154-7. 2, Chase Chappius, Bigfork, 147-6. 3, Garrett Graves, Eureka, 142-4. 4, Mason Davis, Eureka, 133-9. 5, Tanner Wood, Libby, 130-1.

Frenchtown Invitational

FRENCHTOWN — A few local athletes faired well at the Frenchtown Invitational before the meet was shortened by weather.

Logan Stephens won the long jump, setting the best mark in Class A this season with a leap of 21-4 1/2 to win the event. The Columbia Falls boys were in fifth place overall when the meet was called. Whitefish finished seventh and Polson eighth.

Polson’s Bea Frissell won the girls 1,600 by six seconds over Columbia Falls’ Kimberly Peacock to help the Polson girls to a seventh place finish. Columbia Falls finished fifth and Whitefish 13th.

Dillon led both the boys and girls standings when the meet was called.

Frenchtown Invitational

at Frenchtown

GIRLS

Team scores - Beaverhead County 52.33, Corvallis 50, Stevensville 35, Seeley-Swan 31, Columbia Falls 24.67, Hamilton 20, Polson 20, Fairfield 20, Arlee 20, Powell County 20, Florence-Carlton 14, Clark Fork 12, Whitefish 10, Butte Central 8, Frenchtown 3, St Ignatius 2, Thompson Falls 1.

Individual Results

100 – 1. Tylia DeJohn, BC, 13.01; 2. Hayle Sundquist, BC, 13.09; 3. Alex Bohlman, SS, 13.23; T-4. Penny Jessop, COR, 13.38; T-4. Shaeley Brown, POL, 13.38; 6. Reilly Rostad, HAM, 13.45.

400 – 1. Emme Warnken, COR, 1:02.69; 2. Lauren Schulz, WHI, 1:03.75; 3. Autumn Round, FLO, 1:03.89; 4. Lilly Mercer, SS, 1:03.92; 5. Bree Lewis, COR, 1:04.34; 6. Kamryn Scully, PC, 1:05.49.

1,600 – 1. Bea Frissell, POL, 5:35.32; 2. Kimberly Peacock, CF, 5:41.81; 3. Natalie Yocum, ARL, 5:47.25; 4. Hannah Martin, COR, 5:52.31; 5. Sarah Passey, HAM, 5:54.51; 6. Naima Crowl, POL, 5:55.91.

100 hurdles – 1. Carly Hergett, ARL, 16.67; 2. Aria Johnson, FAI, 16.96; 3. Kamryn Scully, PC, 17.37; 4. Megan Pendergast, STE, 17.60; 5. Terra Bertsch, SS, 17.96; 6. Kenneday Grove, WHI, 17.99.

300 hurdles – 1. Megan Pendergast, STE, 50.25; 2. Aria Johnson, FAI, 51.73; 3. Kaitlyn Olson, POL, 54.76; 4. Shayla Olson, POL, 54.76; 5. Olivia Channer, FRE, 55.21; 6. Terra Bertsch, SS, 55.90.

1,600 relay – 1. Beaverhead County A (Kyndall Petersen, Hayle Sundquist, Kylie Christiansen, Tylia DeJohn), 51.44; 2. Butte Central A, 53.82; 3. Stevensville A, 54.71; 4. Fairfield A, 54.98; 5. Polson A, 55.59; 6. Hamilton A, 55.60.

High jump – 1. Kacia Guisinger, HAM, 5-2; 2. Hannah Hutchison, COR, 5-0; 3. Alex Bohlman, SS, J5-0; T-4. Megan Pendergast, STE, J5-0; T-4. Mary Royce, COR, J5-0; 6. Kate Doorn, WHI, J5-0.

Pole vault – 1. Kamryn Scully, PC, 8-6; 2. Emma Duboise, CF, J8.06; 3. Hennesy Meyer, HAM, 8-0; T-4. Josie Windauer, CF, J8-0; T-4. Hailey Garrison, BC, J8-0; T-4. Bridget Barta, CF, J8-0.

Triple jump – 1. Mariah Hinson, STE, 35-3; 2. Autumn Round, FC, 34-5; 3. Kyndall Petersen, BC, 33-9; 4. Carly Hergett, ARL, 33-6; 5. Afton Brander, SI, 32-7, 32-7.75; 6. Josee Applegate, PC, 32-5.5.

Discus – 1. Calla Haldorson, COR, 132-6; 2. Kylie Christiansen, BC, 109-9; 3. Brookelyn Palin, COR, 114-1; 4. Brooke Wiltbank, COR, 113-9; 5. Alye Fjell, PC, 109-9; 6. Adeline Richardson, FRE, 1-8-10.

Javelin – 1. Alex Bohlman, SS, 135-10; 2. Kylie Christansen, BC, 123-1; 3. Angellica Street, CF, 117-10; 4. Hailey Kelly, CF, 116-3; 5. Marian Hinson, STE, 112-1; 6. Madison Wheeler, TF, 109-6.

BOYS

Team scores – Beaverhead County, 47.5; Fairfield, 47; Corvallis, 44; Frenchtown, 39; Columbia Falls, 33; Thompson Falls, 23.5; Whitefish, 22; Polson, 18; Loyola-Sacred Heart, 12; Victor, 10; Seeley-Swan, 6; Stevensville, 2; Hamilton, 2; Butte Central, 2; Valley Christian, 1; Lincoln, 1.

Individual Results

100 – 1. Troy Andersen, BC, 11.01; 2. Cade Benjamin, PC, 11.59; 3. Dawson Allen, FAI, 11.61; 4. Jamey Richardson, BC, 11.65; 5. Braxton Reiten, CF, 11.70; T-6. McKenzie Holt, TF, 11.73; T-6. Anders Westman, BC, 11.73.

400 – 1. Jake Jessop, COR, 53.44; 2. Matthew Rensvold, POL, 54.12; 3. Chandler Allen, FAI, 54.93; 4. Hunter Shelmerdine, SS, 55.12; 5. Logan Maughan, SS, 55.40; 6. Anders Holmquist, FRE, 55.42.

800 – 1. Brock Rugg, FRE, 2:10.37; 2. Carson Jessop, COR, 2:11.37; 3. Frank Dean, FRE, 2:12.45; 4. Nick Mitzel, LSH, 2:17.74; 5. Konner King, FRE, 2:18.09; 6. Clay Paddock, FAI, 2:18.41.

1,600 – 1. Andrew Jessop, COR, 4:39.09; 2. Carson Jessop, COR, 4:41. 40; 3. Frank Dean, FRE, 4:41.78; 4. Brock Rugg, FRE, 4:46.24; 5. Lee Walburn, WHI, 16.89; 6. Benjamin Tuinstra, VC.

110 hurdles – 1. Dawson Allen, FAI , 15.67; 2. Jansen Anderson, BC, 16.37; 3. Jack Powell, VIC, 16.38; 4. Michael Hoerner, CF, 16.72; 5. Lee Walburn, WHI, 6. Benjamin Tuinstra, VC, 16.98.

300 hurdles – 1. Dawson, Allen, FAI, 42.05; 2. Danny DiGiallonardo, POL, 42.76; 3. Ryder Meyer, FAI, 45.48; 4. Jack Powell, VIC, 45.65; 5. Chris Brownlee, STE, 45.98; 6. Gage Fitzgerald, LIN, 46.25.

1,600 relay – 1. Beaverhead County A, (Jamey Richardson, Troy Andersen, Carson Hritsco, Anders Westman), 43.87; 2. Fairfield A, 44.18; 3. Powell County A, 45.40; 4. Thompson Falls A, 45.87; 5. Polson A, 45.90; 6. Columbia Falls A, 46.01.

High jump – 1. Cordell McGinley, BC, 5-10; 2. Lee Walburn, WHI, J5-10; 3. Ridge Albright, COR, 5-8; 4. Michael Haverfield, BC, J5-8; 5. David Koppang, LSH, J5-8.

Pole Vault – 1. Losha Schroder, TF, 12-6; 2. Ben Windauer, CF, 12-0; 3. Zach Kasselder, WHI, J12-0; 4. Sawyer Silliker, WHI, 11-6; 5. Cody Garrison, TF, 11-0; 6. Garrett Strine, TF, J11-0.

Long jump – 1. Logan Stephens, CF, 21-4.5; 2. Cade Benjamin, PC, 20-10; 3. Jacob Price, FRE, 20-7; 4. Kellen Round, LSH, 20-6; 5. Jacob Byrne, LSH, 20-3.5; 6. Cordell McGinley, BC, 19-6.5.

Shot put – 1. Austin Forson, PC, 50-6.5; 2. Logan Kolodejchuk, CF, 49-3; 3. McKenzie Holt, FRE, 46-10; 4. Jesse Mecham, FRE, 46.10; 5. Dillon Botner, WHI, 46-1; 6. Garrett Brown, COR, 45-00.

Arcadia Invitational

ARCADIA, Calif. — In an event that saw the fastest time in the country this season, Glacier junior Annie Hill placed fourth in the 3,200-meter run at the Arcadia Invitational, finishing just short of a personal best.

Hill finished in 10:15.21, falling off the pace of the lead pack late in the race. Her performance was a second shy of her personal best in the event, run at last year’s Arcadia Invite in 10:14.14, the fastest time ever run by a Montana girl.

Malibu, California, sophomore Claudia Lane outlegged the nation’s top runner, Grandview, Colorado, senior Brie Oakley, to win the meet in a nation-best time of 9:57.52. Oakley finished second in 9:57.59.

Rio Rico, Arizona, senior Allie Schadler finished third in 10:05.70. Bozeman’s Camilla Noe was 10th in 10:26.05 and Hellgate’s Ella Degrandpre was 25th in 10:55.45.