Flathead wins weather-shortened track meet

The Daily Inter Lake

MISSOULA - They almost got it all in.

The Missoula Invitational finally gave way to a chilly and wet finish Saturday as the girls meet ended with 13 of 17 events completed and the boys did a little better, finishing 15.

"It got nasty," said Flathead girls coach Jerry Boschee at the end.

"It was pretty bad."

So bad that meet officials temporarily halted the competition for 30 minutes to see if the weather conditions might improve.

"It dropped 10 to 15 degrees," said FHS boys coach Dan Hodge during that break.

"When it poured at the end, it was the wrong kind of weather to end (a track meet) with."

The four events not held for the girls were the 400, 300 hurdles, 3,200 and 1,600 relay. The two for the boys - 300 hurdles and 1,600 relay.

"It was cold, windy, one of those days you just wanna survive and then get outta there," said Boschee.

"We have a couple of little owies, strained and pulled hamstrings that we will be nursing this week."

Despite the conditions, two meet records were set.

Bigfork' Brooke Andrus, the defending Class A state champ in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200, won the 800 with a meet record time of 2:16.9. That bettered the old mark of 2:17.65 set by Polson's Kasey Harwood in 2003.

Nate Bache of Thompson Falls, with a throw of 205-8, shattered the old javelin mark of 189-9 held by Chris Drowatzky of Missoula Big Sky. That was set in 2003.

Flathead did leave the meet, however, with two team titles and several individual winners.

The Bravettes' Liz Myers was named the Class AA athlete of the meet by virtue of her first place in the 100, running on the winning 400 relay team and posting a lifetime best in the triple jump (35-1/2) to finish third.

"She had a great day," said Boschee.

On the relay with Myers were Sarah Griffith, Kendalyn Habel and Jenae Lister.

"Ran a 50.6," said Boschee of the relay.

"A PB (personal best) by almost a second."

Flathead's other highlight on a miserable day for track was turned in by Tabitha Spencer in the javelin. She finished second, 13-19.

"She threw a lifetime best," said Boschee.

"She had the best throw going into the finals, lost it on the final throw."

That was turned in by Marissa Tschida, Loyola, who uncorked a throw of 137-5.

The Flathead boys had four firsts and just creeped over the century mark in scoring with 102 points.

Dan Ogden won the shot put (49-10 1/2), Sean Clark won the 800 (2:00.20) and John Fairweather the 1,600 (4:31.50).

The other first was turned in by the 400 relay team (44.4) of Jareth Wilson, Beau Watkins, Sam Tedrow, Scott Cassel.

"We got through the day," said Hodge.

"I don't know of anybody who got hurt."

Hodge said Clark and Fairweather both ran well.

"I had some younger kids who had personal bests," he said. "Thats what you're after. It happened to a lot of them."

Whitefish's Chris Hicks was the lone double winner in individual events, taking firsts in the high jump (6-2) and triple jump (46-5). He finished second in the long jump (20-10 1/2). Christian segota of Hellgate won that event with a distance of 21-0.

Polson had two individual winners in high jumper Danielle Rowe (5-0) and 110 hurdler Andy Nelson (16.00).

The Whitefish boys finished fourth, 41 points, while the WHS girls were fifth with 34.

GIRLS

(13 of 17 events)

Team Totals

Flathead 76 1/2, Missoula Big Sky 62, Great Falls Russell 55, Missoula Hellgate 40, Whitefish 34, Darby 29, Corvallis 27, Missoula Loyola 25, Missoula Sentinel 21, Anaconda 19, Townsend 19, Bigfork 16, Polson 13, Hamilton 10, Dillon 10, Plains 9, Ronan-St. Ignatius 9, Deer Lodge 9, Victor 8, Seeley-Swan 6, Drummond 5, Stevensville 3, Columbia Falls 2.

Individual Events

100 - 1, Elizabeth Myers, Kal, 13.40; 2, Kendalyn Habel, Kal, 13.70; 3, Ashley Della Silva, Cor, 13.80; 4, Courtney Ferda, Whi, 13.90; 5, Melissa Jenkins, Hgt, 14.20; 6, Whitney Henderson, Cor, 14.21; 7, Kyla Wasser, Ste, 14.22; 8, Briana Malmquist, RSI, 14.23.

200 - 1, Melissa Jenkens, Hgt, 26.40; 2, Courtney Ferda, Whi, 26.50; 3, Jenae Lister, Kal, 26.90; 4, Michelle Jones, Ham, 27.00; 5, Whitney Henderson, Cor, 27.01; 6, Merilee Mowbrey, Pol, 27.10; 7, Sydney Best, CMR, 27.30; 8, Molly Briggeman, Hgt, 27.50.

400 - not held.

800 - 1, Brooke Andrus, Big, 2:16.9 (meet record; old record 2:17.65, Kasey Harwood, Polson, 2003); 2, Shannon Flynn, Town, 2:20.2; 3, Kara DeWalt, Dar, 2:24.8; 4, Cara Laslovich, Ana, 2:28.1; 5, Briana Ori, Kal, 2:30.1; 6, Shannon Ross, Kal, 2:30.6; 7, Amanda Barringer, CMR, 2:31.4; 8, Jessica Boyer, CF, 2:31.8.

1,600 - 1, Kara DeWalt, Dar, 5:05.8; 2, Shannon Flynn, Town, 5:13.7; 3, Caitlin Stone, SS, 5:19.9; 4, Terinee McCready, RSI, 5:29.2; 5, Elysia Andrews, Kal, 5:38.4; 6, Kori Thornock, MBS, 5:41.8; 7, Mallory Cotnoir, Loy, 5:43.9; 8, Sarah Giuliani, Loy, 5:45.4.

3,200 - not held.

100 hurdles - 1, Brianna Perry, CMR, 16.00; 2, Amanda Burrington, Vic, 16.20; 3, Ashley Ferda, Whi, 16.60; 4, Krystina Beach, MBS, 16.90; 5, Emily Hager, Dil, 16.92; 6, Sammie Barkell, Ana, 17.03; 7, Angela Morasco, MBS, 17.04; 8, Kaylie Palmer, Dru, 17.05.

300 hurdles - not held.

400 relay - 1, Flathead (Sarah Griffith, Jenae Lister, Kendalyn Habel, Elizabeth Myers) 50.60 (ties meet record set by Big Sky, 1985); 2, Hellgate 50.90; 3, Great Falls Russell 51.50; 4, Big Sky 51.70; 5, Whitefish 52.10; 6, Hamilton 52.40; 7, Corvallis 52.41; 8, Dillon 52.60.

1,600 relay - not held.

Javelin - 1, Marissa Tschida, Loy, 137-5; 2, Tabitha Spencer, Kal, 131-9; 3, Kathrine Brott, DL, 121-1; 4, Kristen Tuttle, CMR, 120-3; 5, Tisha Smith, Cor, 116-11; 6, Brittany Urich, Ton, 11-1; 7, Allison Kendall, Pla, 110-0; 8, Ashton Vulles, Pla, 109-3.

Shot put - 1, Kelsey Hopkins, CMR, 38-11; 2, Erica Rominger, Sent, 33-7 1/2; 3, Amanda Chilcote, MBS, 33-6 1/2; 4, Michelle Lewis, Dar, 33-5; 5, Kiandra Rajala, Hgt, 33-3 1/2; 6, Christina Medeiros, Loy, 33-2 1/2; 7, Tasia Kain, MBS, 32-11 1/2; 8, Cayla Fox, Big, 32-2 1/2.

Discus - 1, Tasia Kain, MBS, 115-6; 2, Michelle Lewis, Dar, 109-10; 3, Melissa French, Pla, 105-3; 4, Kelly Bradley, Dil, 104-1; 5, Asia Hege, Loy, 101-7; 6, Kiandra Rajala, Hgt, 98-11; 7, Jackie Beck, DL, 96-7 1/2; 8, Cayla Fox, Big, 95-9 1/2.

High jump - 1, Danielle Rowe, Pol, 5-0; 2, Taryn Chuter, Cor, 5-0; 3 (tie), Amy DeGroot, Loy; Carrie Little, Sent; and Brianna Perry, CMR, 4-10; 6, Sadie McMillan, RSI, 4-10; 7, Katie Gannon, Hgt, 4-10; 8, McCall Flynn, Ana, 4-8.

Long jump - 1, Courtney Austin, Ana, 16-8 1/2; 2, Samantha Gunlikson, Kal, 15-7; 3, Ali Dombrouski, MBS, 15-7; 4, Brianna Perry, CMR, 15-6; 5, Alisa Dvarschiskas, MBS, 15-4; 6, Sarah Griffith, Kal, 15-3 1/2; 7, Alicia Toews, Ham, 15-3 1/2; 8, Kendalyn Habel, Kal, 15-3.

Triple jump - 1, Shantell Marquis, CMR, 36-6 1/2; 2, Asia Graham, Sen, 35-5 1/2; 3, Elizabeth Myers, Kal, 35-1/2; 4, Erin Greiner, Whi, 33-10 1/2; 5, Ali Dombrouski, MBS, 33-8; 6, Mattie Murphy, Dru, 32-7; 7, Samantha Gunlikson, Kal, 32-3; 8, Heather Bardsley, Ste, 32-1 1/2.

Pole vault - 1, Shayla Crist, MBS, 10-1; 2, Anna Yeager, Hgt, 9-6; 3, Carmel Johnston, Whi, 9-6; 4, Allison Huguet, MBS, 8-6; 5 (tie), Paula Trembath, Big, and CeCe Brooks, Kal, 8-0; 7, Seven-way tie, 7-6.

BOYS

(15 of 17 events)

Team Totals

Flathead 102, Missoula Big Sky 80, Missoula Hellgate 74.5, Whitefish 41, Anaconda 37, Polson 36.5, Great Falls Russell 35, Deer Lodge 27, Thompson Falls 23, Plains 22, Townsend 16, Dillon 16, Stevensville 14, Columbia Falls 13, Ronan-St. Ignatius 11, Missoula Sentinel 10, Hamilton 7, Loyola Sacred Heart 6.5, Bigfork 6, Corvallis 6, Darby 1.5.

Individual Events

100 - 1, Christian Prosperie, CMR, 11.30; 2, Colby Staudohar, Ana, 11.40; 3, Conner VanFossen, Hgt, 11.60; 4, Ryan Turley, Ham, 11.70; 5, Tyler Smith, Sent, 11.71; 6, Micah Horner, MBS, 11.80; 7, Jace Felde, DL, 11.90; 8, Skyler Knuchel, DL, 11.91.

200 - 1, Colby Staudohar, Ana, 23.00; 2, Tim Meagher, Town, 23.40; 3, Conner VanFossen, Hgt, 23.41; 4, Taylor Staudohar, Ana, 23.50; 5, Lance Carl, MBS, 23.60; 6, Matt Smith, Cor, 23.61; 7, Bryce Picard, Pol, 23.80; 8, Skyler Knuchel, DL, 23.90.

400 - 1, Nathan Klette, Hgt, 53.80; 2, Reed Watkins, Kal, 53.81; 3, Jake Iverson, Dil, 54.70; 4, Ted Morigeau, Pol, 54.90; 5, Mitch Johnson, MBS, 55.60; 6, Chris Maus, Hgt, 56.0; 7, Tim Browne, Pol, 56.40; 8, Alex Peterson, Kal, 57.10.

800 - 1, Sean Clark, Kal, 2:00.20; 2, Tim Meagher, Town, 2:00.50; 3, John Fairweather, Kal, 2:00.80; 4, Chris Ogle, Pol, 2:01.0; 5, Cody Lund, MBS, 2:03.20; 6, Eric Larson, MBS, 2:03.70; 7, Trys Gates, Ana, 2:05.10; 8, Andrew Graham, RSI, 2:08.30.

1,600 - 1, John Fairweather, Kal, 4:31.50; 2, Hunter Nelson, MBS, 4:32.90; 3, Eric Larson, MBS, 4:34.20; 4, Sean Clark, Kal, 4:35.30; 5, Kyle Anderson, MBS, 4:38.0; 6, Seth Grossman, Kal, 4:38.20; 7, Justin Barth, Kal, 4:38.70; 8, Jake Roske, Hgt, 4:39.20.

3,200 - 1, Hunter Nelson, MBS, 9:42.70; 2, Seth Grossman, Kal, 9:56.70; 3, Kyle Anderson, MBS, 9:57.60; 4, Michael Fisher, RSI, 9:59.70; 5, Carl Nystuen, Kal, 10:03.10; 6, Elliot Welder, Kal, 10:06.80; 7, Lynn Reynolds, Dil, 10:07.70; 8, Jake Roske, Hgt, 10:10.40.

110 hurdles - 1, Andy Nelson, Pol, 16.00; 2, Phillip Churchhill, CMR, 16.10; 3, Clint Manning, Kal, 16.20; 4, Cort Rogers, Whi, 16.21; 5, Mike Devlin, MBS, 16.30; 6, Curtis Moen, Kal, 16.40; 7, Cody Doyle, Pol, 16.49; 8, Josh Wood, Cor, 16.50.

300 hurdles - not held.

400 relay - 1, Flathead (Jareth Wilson, Beau Watkins, Sam Tedrow, Scott Cassel) 44.4; 2, Anaconda, 44.6; 3, Deer Lodge, 44.8; 4, Great Falls Russell, 45.0; 5, Missoula Big Sky, 45.01; 6, Missoula Sentinel, 45.39; 7, Hamilton, 45.40; 8, Polson, 45.50.

1,600 relay - not held.

Javelin - 1, Nate Bache, TF, 205-8 (meet record; old record 189-9, Chris Drowatzky, Big Sky, 2003); 2, Conner VanFossen, Hgt, 179-11; 3, Brandon Thompson, Pla, 168-0; 4, Gus McDonald, RSI, 159-5; 5, Rochi Estes, Ana, 156-5; Jeff Clark, CMR, 154-9; 7, Andrew Woods, Hgt, 154-7; 8, Zach Balcom, Loy, 152-6.

Shot put - 1, Dan Ogden, Kal, 49-10 1/2; 2, Andrew Vorhees, CMR, 46-9 1/2; 3, Brandon Thompson, Pla, 46-9; 4, Carson Bender, DL, 46-1 1/2; 5, Keith Catt, CF, 46-1 1/2; 6, Bob Forrester, Dil, 45-8 1/2; 7, Dalton Sybrant, Cor, 44-4 1/2; 8, (tie) Zach Balcom, Loy, and Will Gordon, Pol, 44-3 1/2.

Discus - 1, Brandon Thompson, Pla, 152-10; 2, Andrew Woods, Hgt, 152-5; 3, Dan Ogden, Kal, 149-5; 4, Joey Frank, Loy, 148-8; 5, Harley Borjas, Dil, 146-6; 6, Keith Catt, CF, 142-7; 7, Carson Bender, DL, 138-0; 8, Bob Forrester, Dil, 133-9.

High jump - 1, Chris Hicks, Whi, 6-2; 2, Christian Segota, Hgt, 6-2; 3, Shawn Reed, Big, 6-0; 4, Jace Felde, DL, 5-10; 5, (tie) Josh Hocking, Sent, and Terrence Tolson, MBS, and Chase Fairbank, CF, 5-10; 8, Clint Manning, Kal, 5-10.

Long jump - 1, Christian Segota, Hgt, 21-0; 2, Chris Hicks, Whi, 20-10 1/2; 3, Terrence Tolson, MBS, 20-1 1/2; 4, Jesse Potter, Ste, 19-7; 5, Conner Smith, Hgt, 19-7; 6, Mike Devlin, MBS, 19-6 1/2; 7, Lance Carl, MBS, 19-6; 8, Isaac Hunter, Ste, 19-4 1/2.

Triple jump - 1, Chris Hicks, Whi, 46-5; 2, Jesse Potter, Ste, 44-3 1/2; 3, Christian Segota, Hgt, 44-2 1/2; 4, Jace Felde, DL, 41-7; 5, Reed Watkins, Kal, 41-1; 6, Kyle Jangula, CF, 40-8 1/2; 7, Sam Tedrow, Kal, 40-6 1/2; 8, Dimas Rodriguez, CMR, 40-0.

Pole vault - 1, Greg Schenavar, TF, 13-9; 2, R.C. Carter, Whi, 13-6; 3, Lance Carl, MBS, 13-0; 4, Ted Morigeau, Pol, 12-6; 5, Ryan Kelley, Pol, 12-0; 6, Brian Schenavar, TF, 12-0; 7, (tie) Travis Schallenberger, Dar, and Chris Maus, Hgt, 12-0.