Prep season finally on track

Twelve teams at Kalispell Time Trials

It was cold and the sun was beginning to set, but Flathead senior Ally Krautbauer was not ready to call it a day.

"I want to keep going," she told Bill Epperly, her event coach. "I'm not done. I'm good."

Krautbauer was the lone high jumper left late Tuesday after nearly three hours of competition at Legends Stadium. The event began at 5 p.m. with 43 participants trying to clear 4-2.

Krautbauer was one of six jumpers to make 4-10, and one of only three to get over 5-0.

She was the first to clear 5-2 - and the only one. That won it for her.

She could have quit, but decided otherwise. She gave it three valiant tries at 5-4, coming oh, so close on her first attempt.

"Caught it with my heel," she told Epperly.

"Up until 5-4, I made every one on my first attempt," Krautbauer said.

Her performance was a very positive start to a season that has frustrated coaches and athletes alike with snow storms and low temperatures canceling two straight weekends of competition.

As a result, 12 schools turned up for the Kalispell Time Trials, which normally has a field of seven area schools. That made for a longer than usual meet.

Flathead coach Dan Hodge turned the lights on so the boys could finish the pole vault at 8:50 p.m. Ryan Kelley of Polson won it by making 12-0.

No team totals were kept.

Krautbauer's personal best in the high jump is 5-4, which she set her sophomore season. She finished second at state that year.

"It gave me something to build on," she said.

"It was a good first meet for me. I just hope I can keep improving."

Last year she struggled in the event, but she is glad that is all behind her now.

"I couldn't get my approach together," she said. "This year, I finally got it together."

"I've been working harder on the high jump. We've been having a lot of fun in practice, but taking it seriously, too."

Krautbauer competed in four events on the day. She started things off in the long jump by going 16-5, which was good for first place.

"It's a (personal best) for me - almost by a foot, actually," she said.

Krautbauer also posted a time of 28.57 seconds in the 200, which earned her a fifth place, and ran a leg on the 400 relay team, which finished third.

Flathead senior Luke Fischer and Glacier freshman Heather Fraley also had strong opening day efforts.

Fischer had the best throw in the javelin (184-8), while Fraley won the 800 (2:31.89) and placed second in the 1,600 (5:37.51).

"I'm happy with it, not excited," Fischer said of his performance.

"Finally (got to compete). I've been practicing it seems like forever."

Fischer, an all-state soccer player and state wrestling champion (171 pounds), is looking to close out his prep career as a state track champ. He's also set a goal of throwing the javelin 210 feet. The school record in that event is 192-4.

Fischer finished seventh at state last year.

"I'm just trying to stay healthy this year," he said.

"I'm not going to throw as hard in practice as I have in the past."

Fraley came very close to being a double winner on the day. Her final kick in the 1,600 came up five feet short of Whitefish's Lauren

Kuennen (5:36.86). Kuennen also won the 3,200 (12:18.65).

"I'm really happy to have this kind of competition," Fraley said. "They're all great runners."

Kayla Carlson of Bigfork was third, 5:43.03.

"I still have a lot of work to do," Fraley said. "A lot of training to get my times down."

Glacier's Emilee Hashley threw the shot put 38-6 1/2, which was a personal best by at least a foot. She also won the discus, 101-6.

The Flathead boys had eight firsts to lead the way. Whitefish had three firsts while Polson, Eureka and Libby had two apiece.

The Glacier girls finished with five firsts with Polson getting four. Whitefish and Flathead both had three and Columbia Falls two.

Polson's Merilee Mowbray took firsts in the 200 (27.25) and 400 (59.34).

Libby's Seth Wright and Whitefish's Drew Coco were the two double winners for the boys.

Wright took firsts in the high jump (6-4) and triple jump (42-10). Coco had the top times in the 1,600 (4:37.94) and 3,200 (10:05.81).

Kalispell Time Trials

Legends Stadium

Schools competing - Bigfork, Charlo, Columbia Falls, Cut Bank, Eureka, Flathead, Glacier, Libby, Polson, Ronan/St. Ignatius, Troy, Whitefish

Boys

100 - 1. Mike Kozlowski, Fl, 11.73; 2. Presley Armstrong, Eur, 11.78; 3. Ian Damon, Fla, 11.94; 4. Sam Tedrow, Fla, 12.02; 5. (tie) Chad Price, Eureka, and No name listed, Bf, 12.06.

200 - 1. Ian Damon, Fl, 23.81; 2. Mike Kozlowski, Fl, 24.13; 3. Andrew Whittaker, Bf, 24.17; 4. Makenzy Kelch, RSI, 24.20; 5. Brock Picard, Pol, 24.64; 6. Tyler Mason, Wf, 24.82.

400 - 1. Zack Rowan, Lib, 51.80; 2. Presley Armstrong, Eur, 51.96; 3. Michael Gallagher, Fl, 53.65; 4. Jake Glasman, Gl, 54.07; 5. Andrew Edsall, Fl, 54.59; 6. Brock Picard, Pol, 54.79.

800 - 1. Logan Torgison, Pol, 2:01.43; 2. Jeff Bucholz, Ch, 2:04.88; 3. Justin Barth, Fl, 2:07.44; 4. Shawn Whitman, CF, 2:09.96; 5. Alec Surynt, Fl, 2:11.56; 6. Patric Jessat, CF, 2:11.86.

1,600 - 1. Drew Coco, Wf, 4:37.94; 2. Logan Torgison, Pol, 4:38.48; 3. Justin Barth, Fl, 4:55.06; 4. Kevin Wroblewski, RSI, 5:05.69; 5. Andy Wilson, Fl, 5:07.97; 6. Byron Bard, Wf, 5:09.46.

3,200 - 1. Drew Coco, Wf, 10:05.81; 2. Seth Svennungsen, Fl, 10:25.70; 3. Dan Burfeind, Gl, 10:35.15; 4. Andy Wilson, Fl, 11:15.76; 5. Kevin Wroblewski, RSI, 11:16.04; 6. Cory Hattel, Fl, 11:16.90.

110 hurdles - 1. Cory Greenwood, Eur, 16.59; 2. Cody Doyle, Pol, 16.62; 3. Ryan Kelley, Pol, 17:14; 4. Jamie Engeldrum, RSI, 17.20; 5. Taylor Hart, Gl, 17.33; 6. Willie Roche, Wf, 17.81.

300 hurdles - 1. Beau Gravelle, Fl, 42.63; 2. Cory Greenwood, Eur, 43.12; 3. Chad Price, Eur, 44.49; 4. George Werk, Gl, 44.58; 5. Duncan Aylor, Fl, 44.73; 6. Casey Bardwell, Fl, 45.25.

400 relay - 1. Flathead (Sam Tedrow, Mike Kozlowski, Ian Damon, Charlie Dotson), 44.33; 2. Columbia Falls, 45.68; 3. Glacier, 45.77; 4. Bigfork, 46.75; 5. Whitefish, 46.85; 6. Polson, 47.00.

1,600 relay - 1. Flathead (Beau Gravelle, Andrew Edsall, Sam Tedrow, Mike Gallagher), 3:38:56; 2. Charlo, 3:38.80; 3, Libby, 3:38.86; 4. Glacier, 3:39.62; 5. Eureka, 3:39.76; 6. Polson, 3:42.66.

Long jump - 1. Aaron Tkychyk, Wf, 20-2 1/4; 2. Sam Tedrow, Fl, 20-3/4; 3. Ben Cutler, Gl, 19-7 3/4; 4. Scott Harper, Tr, 19-3; 5. Seth Wright, Lib, 19-2 1/4; 6. Cody Doyle, Pol, 18-10.

Triple jump - 1. Seth Wright, Lib, 42-10; 2. Sam Tedrow, Fl, 40-7; 3. Aaron Palmer, Tr, 40-7; 4. Austin Robbins, CF, 38-11; 5. Riley Hoyer, Lib, 38-2; 6. David FauntLeRoy, Wf, 38-1/2.

High jump - 1. Seth Wright, Lib, 6-4; 2. Chase Fairbank, CF, 6-2; 3. Willy Roche, Wf, 6-2; 4. Kyle Howell, CF, 5-10; 5. Garrett Pewe, Bf, 5-10; 6. Aaron Palmer, Tr, 5-10.

Pole vault - 1. Ryan Kelley, Pol, 12-0; 2. Kaleb Prestegaard, Wf, 11-6; 3. Conor Foley, Fl, 11-6; 4. Andrew Whittaker, Bf, 11-0; 5. (tie) Josh Turner, Fl, and Chance Firestone, Ch, 10-6.

Shot put - 1. Tyler Thomas, Fl, 45-0; 2. Jordan Gragert, Lib, 44-9; 3. Luke Truman, Eur, 44-7; 4. Josh Harris, Fl, 41-0; 5. Don Tudahl, Bf, 40-0; 6. Loran Nelson, Lib, 39-7.

Javelin - 1. Luke Fischer, Fl, 184-8; 2. Aaron Palmer, Tr, 176-8; 3. Orin Johnson, CB, 167-6; 4. Justin Kersteter, Fl, 162-8; 5. Dustin Beck, Wf, 161-9; 6. Adam Skogen, RSI, 156-11.

Discus - 1. Josh Harris, Fl, 159-5; 2. Donny Tudahl, Bf, 146-3; 3. Nathan Klug, CF, 143-5; 4. Ryan Ewing, Fl, 141-9; 5. Luke Truman, Eur, 137-6; 6. Calder Morrison, Fl, 136-10.

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GIRLS

No team scores

100 - 1, Kayla Smart, Glac, 13.41; 2, Sierra Pete, Pol, 13.47; 3 (tie), Mallory Knoll, BF, and Chelsea Schwindt, CBank, 13.62; 5, Maddey Frey, Glac, 13.4; 6, Deni Fitzpatrick, CBank, 13.65.

200 - 1, Merilee Mowbray, Pol, 27.25; 2, Nicole Hall, Glac, 27.32; 3, Breanna Kelley, Pol, 27.99; 4, Deni Fitzpatrick, CBank, 28.44; 5, Ally Krautbauer, Flat, 28.57; 6, Maddey Frey, Glac, 28.11.

400 - 1, Merilee Mowbray, Pol, 59.34; 2, Sierra Pete, Pol, 60.50; 3, Nicole Hall, Glac, 63.26; 4, Chelsea Schwindt, CBank, 63.60; 5, Bailey Malecha, Eur, 64.00; 6, Quincy Paine, Bfk, 65.23.

800 - 1, Heather Fraley, Glac, 2:31.89; 2, Ashli Fairbank, CF, 2:37.76; 3, Jamie Gilden, Lib, 2:39.34; 4, Bri Ori, Flat, 2:39.81; 5, Ashley Hightowr, Flat, 2:41.16; 6, Natalie Kearns, Wfh, 2:43.78.

1,600 - 1, Lauren Kuennen, Wfh, 5:36.86; 2, Heather Fraley, Glac, 5:37.51; 3, Kayla Carlson, Bfk, 5:43.08; 4, Stella Holt, Wfh, 5:44.97; 5, Tera Klein, Flat, 6:04.69; 6, Beth Donovan, Wfh, 6:06.04.

3,200 - 1, Lauren Kuennen, Wfh, 12:18.65; 2, Tera Klein, Flat, 12:34.75; 3, Bailey Eaton, Wfh, 12:35.21; 4, Clare Miller, Wfh, 12:53.45; 5, Mary Bass, Troy, 12:55.05; 6, Rose Byrne, Flat, 13:33.19.

100 hurdles - 1, Ashley Ferda, Wfh, 17.20; 2, Heidi Windauer, Flat, 17.60; 3, Breanne Kelley, Pol, 17.62; 4, Ashley Freidrich, Flat, 17.63; 5, Emily Stoltz, CF, 17.64; 6, Sadie McMillian, R-SI, 17.72.

300 hurdles - 1, Christa Redcrow, Pol, 48.19; 2, Breanne Kelley, Pol, 48.51; 3, Sadie McMillan, R-SI, 50.18; 4, Heidi Windauer, Flat, 50.31; 5, not available; 6, Ariel Ducote, Wfh, 52.13.

400 relay - 1, Glacier 50.39; 2, Polson 50.97; 3, Flathead 52.83; 4, Cut Bank 53.38; 5, Libby 53.91; 6, Bigfork 54.38.

1,600 relay - 1, Polson 4:11.22; 2, Glacier 4:25.74; 3, Ronan-St. Ignatius 4:26.68; 4, Bigfork 4:31.29; 5, Libby 4:33.14; 6, Whitefish 4:34.28.

Shot put - 1, Emilee Hashley, Glac, 38-6?; 2, Stephanie Murphy, Charlo, 36-3; 3, Megan Hannay, Eur, 35-2; 4, Loni Havlovick, Pol, 32-5; 5, Ishan Wylie, R-SI, 31-11?; 6, Sam Biegler, CBank, 31-5.

Discus - 1, Emilee Hashely, Glac, 101-6; 2, Megan Hanney, Eur, 100-1; 3, J. Biegler, CBank, 99-4; 4, Alex Esterby, Charlo, 95-1; 5, Ali Christiansen, Flat, 94-1; 6, Katelyn Butts, Flat, 93-11.

Javelin - 1, Ali Christiansen, Flat, 116-6; 2, Ashley Ferda, Wfh, 113-3; 3, Libby Cartwright, Flat, 97-4; 4, Charlene Miller, Bfk, 96-7; 5, Kadie Latimer, Glac, 96-4; 6, Loni Havlovick, Pol, 92-8.

High jump - 1, Ally Krautbauer, Flat, 5-2; 2, Ishan Wylie, R-SI, 5-0; 3, Stacie Pitt, Glac, 56-0; 4, Sadie McMillan, R-SI, 4-10; 5, Hattie Bowen, Bfk, 4-10; 6, Ketti Wilhelm, CF, 4-10.

Long jump - 1, Ally Krautbauer, Flat, 16-5; 2, Maddey Frey, Glac, 15-10?; 3, Christa Redcrow, Pol, 15-7?; 4, Leah Engebretson, Glac, 15-4?; 5, Kelsie Norwood, Flat, 15-4; 6, Chelsea Schwindt, CB, 14-7.

Triple jump - 1, Colyne Hislop, CF, 31-7; 2, Deni Fitzpatrick, CB, 31-2; 3, Alyssa Ladenburg, CF, 30-11?; 4, Jamie Gilden, Lib, 30-8?; 5, Leah Engebretson, Glac, 30-6; 6, Rachel Swedman, Glac, 30-5?.

Pole vault - 1, Emily Stoltz, CF, 8-6; 2, Ketti Wilhelm, CF, 8-6; 3 (tie), tara Johnson, Pol, and Nicole Davey, Pol, 8-0; 5, Stephanie Maughan, Charlo, 7-6; 6, Kayla Carlson, Bfk, 7-6.