Four records tumble at Northwest A meet

The Daily Inter Lake

BIGFORK - Brooke Andrus of Bigfork, Bekah Stoltz of Columbia Falls, Chris Hicks of Whitefish and Blaine Baker of Libby all turned in record- setting performances Friday at the Northwest A Divisional track meet.

Andrus won the 3,200 with a meet record time of 11:19.50, Bekah Stoltz set a new standard in the javelin with a distance of 142-2, Hicks turned in a record time of 39.7 to take first place in the 300 hurdles and Baker won the javelin with a throw of 202-4.

Hicks also won the long jump, 21-4.

The Columbia Falls girls, 31 points, and Libby boys, 33, lead the team standings after four events.

Libby scored 28 points by finishing 1-2-3-4 in the javelin.

The meet concludes today. The first event begins at 11 a.m.

Top five finishers in all events advance to state.

Girls

Team Totals

Columbia Falls 31, Bigfork 26, Libby 26, Whitefish 21, Polson 10, Ronan 10.

Individual Events

300 hurdles - 1. A. Ferda, W, 47.27. 2. B. Hall, B, 47.81. 3. L. Thueson, CF, 48.41. 4. S. Becker, L, 48.42. 5. E. Greiner, W, 48.44. 6. E. English, W, 48.87.

3,200 - 1. Brooke Andrus, B, 11:19.50, meet record, old record 11:32.73, Kaci Calaway, Bigfork, 2004. 2. A. Noble, P, 12:17.8. 3. K. Benso, R, 12:28.40. 4. Crenshaw, R, 12:29.8. 5. D. Marjerison, CF, 12:32.9. 6. A. Danczyk, W, 12:49.7.

Long jump - 1. C. Stoneman, CF, 16-1. 2. J. Nelson, L, 15-7. 3. M. Hale, W, 15-6. 4. S. Hodel, L, 15-5 1/2. 5. A. Lampman, CF, 15-2. 6. J. Fields, CF, 14-11 1/4.

Javelin - 1. Bekah Stoltz, CF, 142-2, meet record, old record 125-4, Melinda Owen, Polson, 2003. 2. H. Hilley, B, 111-2. 3. C. Decker, L, 106-3. 4. S. Becker, L, 104-5. 5. B. Gardner, P, 102-6. 6. Bertelsen, W, 98-4.

Boys

Team Totals

Libby 33, Columbia Falls 24, Ronan 24, Whitefish 22, Polson 19, Bigfork 2

Individual Events

300 hurdles - 1. Chris Hicks, W, 39.7, meet record, old record 39.8, Mike Green, Polson, 1981. 2. J. Scherman, CF, 39.9. 3. A. Nelson, P, 40.8. 4. J. Broxterman, R, 41.7. 5. E. Wehrman, B, 42.2. 6. B. Chernick, L, 42.8.

3,200 - 1. Z. Pitts, R, 9:59.4. 2. M. Fisher, R, 10:11.0. 3. G. Casey, P, 10:15.0. 4. L. Torgison, P, 10:17.8. 5. A. Graham, R, 10:21.4. 6. D. Averill, CF, 10:22.0.

Javelin - 1. Blaine Baker, L, 202-4, meet record, old record 186-10, Eamon Torgison, Polson, 2003. 2. K. Baker, L, 182-10. 3. R. Naccarato, L, 174-3. 4. R. Brumbaugh, L, 172-3. 5. I. Thomas, P, 166-7. 6. J. Ladenburg, CF, 164-7.

Long jump - 1. C. Hicks, W, 21-4. 2. J. Fawke, CF, 20-10. 3. K. Rosenbaum, CF, 20-1/2. 4. A. Orr, L, 20-1/2. 5. C. Idol, W, 19-11 1/2. 6. T. Lundeen, P, 19-10 1/4.