Relay carries Braves to victory
The Daily Inter Lake
MISSOULA - What a thrilling finish!
Missoula Big Sky led the Flathead Braves by four points after 16 events in Saturday's Missoula County Invitational.
That meant the Braves 1,600 meter team had to win or be second and had to finish two places ahead of Big Sky's 1,600 team - just to tie the meet.
"We won it and Big Sky was fourth. We ended up winning the meet by one point," said Flathead head coach Dan Hodge.
"We ran by far our best time (3:29.51)," Hodge said. "It might even be a state best right now."
It is a state best - the previous top time was Butte's 3:31.2.
"It was thrilling for those kids there to win the meet and realize they could do it," he added.
Flathead came out with 124 points to 123 for Big Sky. CMR was a distant third with 56 points. Columbia Falls, behind Kyle Jangula's first place long jump (20-1 3/4) and second place triple jump (42-8), was fourth.
On the girls side, Big Sky scored 109 1/2 points to win it. Flathead was second with 92 points.
Flathead's Dan Ogden won the shot (51-7) and the discus (156-9) and was named Class AA field MVP.
Flathead's Seth Grossman ran a 4:26 to win the 1,600.
"The kids put it together. We never had a lot of firsts, but the kids plugged away and when it all added up, we were ahead of Big Sky," Hodge said.
"I'm really happy."
So was Bravette coach Jerry Boschee.
"Big Sky had a pretty dominating performance. They were pretty tough all the way through. But we had a real good day off the track. Our field events - long jump, triple jump and discus - they went real well for us," he said.
The Bravettes had four placers in the long jump, two in the discus and one in the triple jump.
"We had three events that really did us well," Boschee said.
"But when it came to the track, we didn't show up. From the first event, we couldn't catch our breath or find our niche," he said.
There were two bright spots on the track.
Flathead's Shannon Ross ran 61.7 to place third in the 400 and the 1,600 relay team of Briana Ori, Janae Lister, Nicole Hall and Ross ran 4:12 to win that event.
"That was a good way to end the meet.
"I think we learned where our weaknesses are. Right now, we're lacking a little bit of depth, but the girls realize where they are and where they want to go," he added.
Other locals who claimed wins at Missoula were Whitefish's Cort Rogers, 110 hurdles (15.55) and Courtney Ferda, 200 (26.13), Columbia Falls' Chase Fairbank, high jump (6-2) and Polson's Danielle Rowe, high jump (5-4).
Missoula Invitational
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Team scores: Kalispell 124, Missoula Big Sky 123, Great Falls Russell 56, Columbia Falls 45, Polson 43, Missoula Sentinel 43, Stevensville 42, Dillon 37 1/2, Whitefish 24 1/2, Loyola Sacred Heart 22, Hamilton 20, Missoula Hellgate 15, Superior 14, Seeley-Swan 13, Corvallis 11, Valley Christian 9, Anaconda 7, Plains 7, Darby 6, Frenchtown 1.
100 - 1, Christian Prosperie, CMR, 11.29; 2, Lance Carl, MBS, 11.50; 3, Tyler Smith, Sent, 11.60; 4, Chris Wilson, CMR, 11.69; 5, Anthony Johnson, CMR, 11.78; 6, Ryan Turley, Ham, 11.80.
200 - 1, Lance Carl, MBS, 22.76 ; 2, Tyler Smith, Sent, 23.01; Chrisitian Prosperie, CMR, 23.03; 4, Jesse Potter, Ste, 23.23; 5, Ryanh Turley, Ham, 23.45; 6, Anthony Johnson, CMR, 23.50.
400 - 1, Jesse Potter, Ste, 51.69; 2, Ryan Turley, Ham, 51.88; 3, Tyler Smith, Sent, 51.98; 4, Bryce Carver, Dil, 53.32; 5, Tieg Gibbs, Ste, 53.51; 6, (tie) Jake Iverson, Dil and Eric Harris, Pla, 53.57.
800 - 1, Eric Larson, MBS, 1:59.60; 2, Seth Grossman, Kal, 1:59.90; 3, Chris Ogle, Pol, 2:02.40; 4, Jesse Potter, Ste, 2:02.60; 5, Logan Torgison, Pol, 2:02.80; 6, Justin Barth, Kal, 2:03.30.
1,600 - 1, Seth Grossman, Kal, 4:26.19; 2, Eric Larson, MBS, 4:33.63; 3, Hunter Nelson, MBS, 4:34.59; 4, Lynn Reynolds, Dillon, 4:34.71; 5, Carl Nystuen, Kal, 4:35.37; 6, Kyle Anderson, MBS, 4:35.84.
3,200 - Hunter Nelson, MBS, 9:36.4; 2, Lynn Reynolds, Dil, 9:43.7; 3, Kyle Anderson, MBS, 9:45.4; 4, Paul Abrahamsen, Dar, 9:47.8; 5, Carl Nystuen, Kal, 9:51.7; 6, Seth Svennungsen, Kal, 10:03.9.
110 hurdles - 1, Cort Rogers, Wfsh, 15.55; 2, Jason Mudrow, SS, 15.73; 3, Tyson Lucier, Sup, 15.81; 4, Cody Doyle, Pol, 15.84; CJ Manning, Kal, 16.15; 6, Phillip Churchhill, CMR, 16.19.
300 hurdles - 1, Lane Hamilton, MBS, 41.16; 2, Ted Morigeau, Pol, 41.80; 3, Tyson Lucier, Sup, 42.49; 4, Beau Gravelle, Kal, 42.66; 5, Curtis Moen, Kal, 42.95; 6, Phillip Churchhill, CMR, 43.08.
400 relay - 1, Russell, 44.50; 2, Kalispell, 44.62; 3, Big Sky, 44.70; 4, Loyola, 45.31; 5, Sentinel, 45.50; 6, Dillon, 45.56.
1,600 relay - 1, Kalispell, 3:29.51; 2, Polson, 3:30.83; 3, Dillon, 3:31.41; 4, Big Sky, 3:33.31; 5, Stevensville, 3:33.80; 6, Hamilton, 3:37.65.
Javelin - 1, Chris Farro, MBS, 186-5; 2, Coltin Weber, Kal, 177-7; 3, Luke Fischer, Kal, 175-6; 4, Ty Rogers, Sent, 165-4; 5, Steve Antonich, Ana, 163-7; 6, Dennis Jessop, Corv, 161-5.
Shot put - 1, Dan Ogden, Kal, 51-7; 2, Beau Donaldson, MBS, 50-7; 3, Joey Frank, LSH, 50-3; 4, Keith Catt, CF, 49-10; 5, Tyler Thomas, Kal, 49-4; 6, Andrew Voorhees, CMR, 48-9.
Discus - 1, Dan Ogden, Kal, 156-9; 2, Joey Frank, LSH, 154-3 1/2; 3, Brian Maus, Sent, 149-10; 4, Dalton Sybrant, Corv, 144-2 1/2; 5, Ryan Ewing, Kal, 143-8 1/2; 6, Beau Donaldson, MBS, 142-8.
High jump - 1, Chase Fairbank, CF, 6-2; 2, (tie) Josh Hocking, Sent, Bobbi Peirce, CF and Colt Idol, Wfsh, 6-0; 5, (tie) Matt Williamson, Pla, Travis Johns, MBS, Dillon Fryxell, Pla, Cort Rogers, Wfsh, Cody Russel, Dil and Cory Mackin, VC, 5-10.
Long jump - 1, Kyle Jangula, CF, 20-1 3/4; 2, Greg Fister, VC, 20-1; 3, Lance Carl, MBS, 19-11; 4, Dimas Rodriguez, CMR, 19-6 1/2; 5, Reed Watkins, Kal 19-5. 3.4; 6, Marcus Lussy, Ana, 19-3 1/4.
Triple jump - 1, Jesse Potter, Ste, 43-0; 2, Kyle Jangula, CF, 42-8 1/2; 3, Reed Watkins, Kal, 40-11; 4, Canyon Parcell, SS, 40-9 1/2; 5, Isaac Hunter, Ste, 40-3. 3/4; 6, Conner Smith, Hgt, 40-2.
Pole vault - 1 Lance Carl, MBS, 13-9; 2, (tie) Cort Rogers, Wfsh, Chris Maus, Hgt and Tucker Vezina, Dil, 13-6; 5, (tie) Ryan Kelley, Pol and Ted Morigeau, Pol, 12-6.
Class A, B, C track MVP - Jesse Potter, Stevensville.
Class A, B, C, field MVP - Kyle Jangula, Columbia Falls.
Class AA track MVP - Lance Carl, Big Sky.
Class AA field MVP - Dan Ogden, Kalispell.
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Team scores: Missoula Big Sky 109 1/2, Kalispell 92, Great Falls Russell 64, Polson 62 1/2, Missoula Hellgate 59 1/2, Whitefish 45, Corvallis 36, Hamilton 33, Frenchtown 26 1/2, Loyola Sacred Heart 25, Seeley-Swan 20, Columbia Falls 19 1/2, Anaconda 14 1/2, Stevensville 13, Dilllon 13, Plains 12, Darby 10, Missoula Sentniel 6, Valley Christian 2.
100 - 1, Melissa Jenkins, MBS, 13.24; 2, Danielle Rowe, Pol, 13.44; 3, Whitney Henderson, Corv, 13.56; 4, Biobbi Furrer, Hgt, 13.58; 5, Taylor Kirkendall, CMR, 13.61; 6, Lindsay Greytak, Hgt, 13.65.
200 - 1, Courtney Ferda, Wfsh, 26.13; 2, Ashlee DellaSilva, Corv, 26.22; 3, Melissa Jenkins, MBS, 26.30; 4, Whitney Henderson, Corv, 27.12; 5, Bobbi Furrer, Hgt, 27.12; 6, Brekka Johnson, Ste, 27.36.
400 - 1, Melissa Jenkins, MBS, 60.39; 2, Courtney Ferda, Wfsh, 60.79; 3, Shannon Ross, Kal, 61.70; 4, Merilee Mowbray, Pol, 63.18; 5, Sydney Best, CMR, 63.42; 6, Tanna Bull, Pol, 63.98.
800 - 1, Michelle Jones, Ham, 2:27.30; 2, Kori Thornock, MBS, 2:29.63; 3, Amanda Barringer, CMR, 2:30.15; 4, Tanna Bull, Pol, 2:30.23; 5, Heather Memorest, Dar, 2:30.28; 6, Jessica Boyer, CF, 2:31.36.
1,600 - 1, Caitlin Stone, SS, 5:17.90; 2, Kori Thornock, MBS, 5:28.62; 3, Paige Hall, Hgt, 5:30.98; 4, Heather Demorest, Dar, 5:31.28; 5, Keely West, CMR, 5:34.13; 6, Tera Klein, Kal, 5:38.29.
3,200 - 1, Caitlin Stone, SS, 11:32.15; 2, Keely West, CMR, 12:00.41; 3, Tera Klein, Kal, 12:12.88; 4, Talithia Smith, Dil, 12:33.71; 5, Paige Hall, Hgt, 12:37.02; 6, Elysia Andrews, Kal, 12:50.55.
100 hurdles - 1 Lindsey Hall, MBS, 16.10; 2, Ashley Ferda, Wfsh, 16.39; 3, Emily Hager, Dil, 16.81; 4, Sammie Barkell, Ana, 16.83; 5, (tie) Kim Gilder, Corv, and Angela Morasco, MBS, 17.21.
300 hurdles - 1Jayme Hill, CMR, 48.83; 2, Jessie Gosselin, MBS, 49.60; 3, Nicole Davey, Pol, 49.87; 4, Ashley Younkin, Kal, 50.06; 5, Samantha Gunlikson, Kal, 50.95; 6, Megan Baker, Ham, 50.98.
400 relay - 1, Corvallis, 51.16; 2, Big Sky, 51.43; 3, Hamilton, 51.54; 4, Great Russell, 51.78; 5, Kalispell, 51.79; 6, Hellgate 51.85.
1,600 relay - 1, Kalispell, 4:12.31; 2, Polson 4:15.38; 3, Whitefish, 4:20.46; 4, Hellgate, 4:21.77; 5, Big Sky, 4:22.74; 6, Russell, 4:24.25.
Javelin - 1, MarissaTschida, LSH, 140-6; 2, Allison Kendall, Pla, 127-8; 3, Stevie Jo Cantrell, MBS, 122-3; 4, Katie Gannon, Hgt, 119-4; 5, Ashton Vulles, Pla, 116-2; Kristin Tuttle, CMR, 114-6.
Shot put - 1 Liana Galayda, Ftn, 36-6 1/2; 2, Christina Medeiros, LSH, 35-7 1/2; 3, Marissa Tschida, LSH, 34-8; 4, Jessica Hill, Ham, 34-3; 5,, Kiandra Rajala, Hgt, 34-2 1/2; 6, Chelsea Bagnell, Ftn, 34-2.
Discus - 1, Kelsey Hopkins, CMR, 131-7; 2, Kiandra Rajala, Hgt, 115-11; 3 (tie) Brittany Gardner, Pol, and Rebecca Johnson, Kal, 113-3; 5, Janelle Hoover, Kal, 104-2; 6, Jennifer Brown, Ftn, 103-1.
High jump - 1, Daniell Rowe, Pol, 5-4; 2, Amy Mclaughlin, MBS, 5-2; 3, (tie) Laura Geis, Ftn, Carrie Little, Sent, Ketti Wilhelm, CF, McCall Flynn, Ana, Tasha Huset, Ftn, Kelsie Norwood, Kal and Kelsey Bruch, CMR, 5-0.
Long jump - 1, Ali Dombrouski, MBS, 16-5 1/4;2, Kelsie Norwood, Kal, 16-1 1/2; 3, Kendalyn Habel, Kal, 16-0 1/2; , Sarah Griffith, Kal, 15-10. 1/2; 5, Amber Lampman, CF, 15-9 1/2; 6, Ally Krautbauer, Kal, 15-7 1/4.
Triple jump - 1, Brekka Johnson, Ste, 34-2 3/4; 2, Samantha Gunlikson, Kal, 34-1 3/4; 3, Amber Lampman, CF, 33-9 1/2; 4, Ali Dombrouski, MBS, 33-8 3/4; 5, Asia Graham, Sent, 33-7 1/4; 6, Alicia Toews, Ham, 33-2.
Pole vault - 1, Annie Yeager, Hgt, 10-9; 2, (tie) Kristen Dulaney, Ana and Carmel Johnston, Wfsh, 9- 0; 4, (tie) Nicole Davey, Pol, Kendalyn Habel, Kal and Ketti Wilhelm, CF, 8-6.
Class A, B, C track MVP - Caitlin Stone, Seeley-Swan.
Class A, B, C field MVP - Marissa Tschida, Loyola Sacred Heart.
Class AA track MVP - Melissa Jenkins, Big Sky.
Class AA field MVP - Ali Dombrouski, Big Sky.