Coco, Torgison highlight Archie Roe

Coco and Torgison. Torgison and Coco.

Whitefish's Drew Coco and Polson's Logan Torgison have traded distance race victories all season long. The seniors didn't disappoint Saturday - treating spectators at the Archie Roe Invitational to a pair of duels in the 1,600 and 3,200.

Coco won both (4:28.01 and 9:40.2), but neither came easily.

He and Torgison traded the lead in both races - the two of them well ahead of the rest of the field.

"I wasn't going to lead it this time, because there are some good runners in this field," Coco said of the afternoon 1,600.

"So what I was going to plan to do was draft (Torgison), just hang right behind him, have him carry me through the first half of the race or so, then take the lead and put the nail in the coffin," Coco said.

What happened, though, was Coco wound up leading the first 2 1/4 laps.

It wasn't until the third lap that Torgison made a move.

"I knew he was going to make a move sometime in there, and usually I tend to get tired third lap, and that's right when he took the lead," Coco said.

It didn't last long.

"I tried to go for it, but my legs didn't have it today," Torgison said.

"I was going to try to lead, but Drew just took it over," he added.

At that point, Coco said he just wanted to stick with the Pirate.

"I knew if I could save some for the final kick I could take it," he said.

"He was worried the pace might not be fast enough," Whitefish assistant coach Bill Brist said of Coco's 1,600 run.

"He's lucky he has a good competitor like Logan Torgison that's always going to go out there and fight every inch of the way," the coach said.

On the team front, the Flathead boys scored 121 points to run away with the meet.

Missoula Big Sky was a distant second at 56 and Hamilton was third at 49. Among local teams, Whitefish was fourth, Glacier sixth, Bigfork, Libby and Polson tied for seventh, Columbia Falls was 11th, and Eureka was 13th.

On the girls' side, Missoula Big Sky was dominant. It scored 148 1/3 points, followed by Missoula Hellgate with 77 and Glacier with 53 1/3.

Polson was fourth, Whitefish fifth, Flathead sixth, Columbia Falls seventh, Bigfork 11th, Eureka 12th and Libby 17th.

Local girls who pocketed wins Saturday were Whitefish's Lauren Kuennen in the 1,600 (5:28.95), Glacier's Heather Fraley in the 3,200 (11:36.0) and Flathead's Ally Krautbauer in the long jump (16-8 1/2).

Local boys with wins were Flathead's Mike Kozlowski in the 100 (11.35), Charlie Dotson in the 200 (23.32), Chris Ruby (12-6) in pole vault and Josh Harris in shot (50-1 1/2), Whitefish's Anto Daoud in the 400 (51.08) and Aaron Tkachyk in the long jump (20-9 1/2), Libby's Seth Wright in high jump (6-5), and Columbia Falls Nathan Klug in discus (156-5).

For Flathead boys' coach Dan Hodge, the day marked a ton of improvement.

"What was nice about the day, the weather cooperated," Hodge said. "It wasn't so hot - it was a warm day with cloud cover."

Harris had his best put of the year, Ruby and Conor Foley had their best days to go 1-2 in pole vault, the sprinters scored 14 points in the 100 and 18 in the 200, and the 1,600 relay team turned in its best time of the year.

On top of that, youngsters who hadn't scored all year stepped up big on Saturday.

"We had three places in discus - and all three are over the 145-mark. That's good," Hodge said.

"Good win for the kids," he said.

Flathead girls' coach Kirtlye Lohof also liked what she saw from the Bravettes.

"They performed well," she said.

"We had lots of personal bests and good attitudes."

Sixth place was marked improvement from what the Bravettes managed at the Missoula Invitational.

"It's creeping up," she said of the team score.

Lohof complimented the efforts of Krautbauer and Kelsie Norwood. In addition to her win in long jump, Krautbauer placed third in high jump, while Norwood was fourth in triple jump.

"Things ran pretty smooth," Lohof said. "We got done in a little bit timelier fashion than last year. We had good competition. It was a nice day to compete, weather-wise."

Archie Roe

Saturday

Girls

Missoula Big Sky 148 1/3, Missoula Hellgate 77, Glacier 53 1/3, Polson 45, Whitefish 42, Flathead 34, Columbia Falls 25 1/3, Hamilton 22, Frenchtown 16, Loyola 14, Bigfork 11, Eureka 10, Plains 10, Shelby 8, Cut Bank 6, Ronan-St.Ignatius 4, Libby 1.

100: 1, Bobbi Furrer, Missoula Hellgat, 12.92. 2, Morgan Braby, Missoula Big Sky, 12.93. 3, Melissa Jenkins, Missoula Big Sky, 13.05. 4, Maddey Frey, Glacier, 13.17. 5, Kalya Smart, Glacier, 13.31. 6, Breanne Kelley, Polson, 13.52.

200: 1, Melissa Jenkins, Missoula Big Sky, 26.64. 2, Bobbi Furrer, Missoula Hellgat, 26.91. 3, Morgan Braby, Missoula Big Sky, 27.22. 4, Alicia Toews, Hamilton, 27.62. 5, Breanne Kelley, Polson, 27.69. 6, Lindsay Greytak, Missoula Hellgat, 27.71.

400: 1, Melissa Jenkins, Missoula Big Sky, 59.85. 2, Nicole Davey, Polson, 1:00.06. 3, Bailey Malecha, Lincoln County, 1:00.87. 4, Lauryn Dombrouski, Missoula Big Sky, 1:03.43. 5, Marisa Kramer, Missoula Hellgat, 1:03.59. 6, Sarah Aylor, Flathead, 1:04.97.

800: 1, Misha Trotter, Hamilton, 2:21.11. 2, Brianna Seubert, Shelby, 2:25.79. 3, Ashli Fairbank, Columbia Falls, 2:28.96. 4, Emily Howell, Missoula Hellgat, 2:29.02. 5, Heidi Windauer, Flathead, 2:31.14. 6, Kali Neumeister, Missoula Hellgat, 2:32.10.

1600: 1, Lauren Kuennen, Whitefish, 5:28.95. 2, Misha Trotter, Hamilton, 5:31.07. 2, Heather Fraley, Glacier, 5:31.07. 4, Kayla Carlson, Bigfork, 5:34.24. 5, Kori Thornock, Missoula Big Sky, 5:39.48. 6, Emily Howell, Missoula Hellgat, 5:43.70.

3200: 1, Heather Fraley, Glacier, 11:36.00. 2, Lauren Kuennen, Whitefish, 11:39.53. 3, Kayla Carlson, Bigfork, 11:43.24. 4, Kori Thornock, Missoula Big Sky, 12:23.95. 5, Shanna Burke, Frenchtown, 12:26.32. 6, Franki Romano, Hamilton,12:28.96.

100 hurdles: 1, Lindsey Hall, Missoula Big Sky, 15.61. 2, Ashley Ferda, Whitefish, 15.96.3, Angela Morasco, Missoula Big Sky, 16.47. 4, Breanne Kelley, Polson, 16.60. 5, Angela Scheffer, Frenchtown, 17.08. 6, Emily Harris, Missoula Big Sky, 17.11.

300 hurdles: 1, Lindsey Hall, Missoula Big Sky, 47.55. 2, Breanne Kelley, Polson, 47.82. 3, Nicole Davey, Polson, 47.91. 4, Caitlyn Lower, Missoula Hellgat, 47.93. 5, Emily Harris, Missoula Big Sky, 50.14. 6, Sarah Lidstrom, Missoula Big Sky, 50.42.

400 relay: 1, Missoula Hellgate 'A' (Molly Briggeman , Lindsay Greytak , Caitlyn Lower , Bobbi Furrer ), 51.00. 2, Missoula Big Sky 'A', 51.12. 3, Cut Bank 'A', 51.97. 4, Columbia Falls 'A', 53.47. 5, Flathead 'A', 53.49. 6, Bigfork 'A', 53.52.

1600 relay: 1, Missoula Big Sky 'A' (Lauryn Dombrouski , Kori Thornock , Sarah Lidstrom Melissa Jenkins ), 4:15.84. 2, Whitefish 'A', 4:16.55. 3, Flathead 'A', 4:17.07. 4, Ronan-St.Ignatius 'A', 4:18.72. 5, Missoula Hellgate 'A' , 4:18.89. 6, Glacier 'A', 4:26.54.

High jump: 1, Tasha Huset, Frenchtown, 5-3. 2, Jessie Gilligan, Missoula Big Sky, 5-3. 3, Ally Krautbauer, Flathead, 5-1. 4, Kirsten Vaculick, Missoula Hellgat, 5-01. 4, Amy Mclaughlin, Missoula Big Sky, 5-1. 6, Chelsea Rosean, Glacier, 4-11. 6, Lindsey Hall, Missoula Big Sky, 4-11. 6, Ketti Wilhelm, Columbia Falls, 4-11.

Pole vault: 1, Allison Huguet, Missoula Big Sky, 10-3. 2, Nicole Davey, Polson, 9-6. 3, Ketti Wilhelm, Columbia Falls, 9-0. 4, Tara Johnson, Polson, 9-0. 5, Emily Stoltz, Columbia Falls, 9-0. 6, Liz Valentino-Manno, Missoula Hellgat, 8-6.

Long jump: 1, Ally Krautbauer, Flathead, 16-8.50. 2, Rachael Cutler, Glacier, 16-0.25.3, Bobbi Furrer, Missoula Hellgat, 16-0. 4, Maddey Frey, Glacier, 15-9. 5, Kelsie Norwood, Flathead, 15-7.50. 6, Alyssa Ladenburg, Columbia Falls, 15-1.50.

Triple jump: 1, Lindsey Hall, Missoula Big Sky, 34-5.25. 2, Kalya Smart, Glacier, 33-9. 3, Colyne Hislop, Columbia Falls, 33-2.25. 4, Kelsie Norwood, Flathead, 33-0.50. 5, Alyson Heare, Frenchtown, 32-7.50. 6, Rachel Sweedman, Libby, 32-0.50.

Shot put: 1, Christina Medeiros, Loyola Sacred He, 39-0.50. 2, Kiandra Rajala, Missoula Hellgat, 38-7.50. 3, Emilee Hashley, Glacier, 37-1.50. 4, Megan Hannay, Lincoln County, 35-1.25. 5, Rebekah Moderie, Missoula Big Sky, 34-9. 6, Sara Feilzer, Missoula Big Sky, 34-5.50.

Discus: 1, Kiandra Rajala, Missoula Hellgat, 122-4. 2, Rebekah Moderie, Missoula Big Sky, 119-3. 3, Tasia Kain, Missoula Big Sky, 114-5. 4, Christina Medeiros, Loyola Sacred He, 112-10. 5, Hannah Hart, Missoula Big Sky, 110-1. 6, Katelyn Butts, Flathead, 109-9.

Javelin: 1, Ashton Vulles, Plains, 129-4. 2, Ashley Ferda, Whitefish, 127-1. 3, Katie Gannon, Missoula Hellgat, 117-1. 4, Loni Havlovick, Polson, 115-3. 5, Kadie Latimer, Glacier, 114-3. 5, Emilee Hashley, Glacier, 114-3.

Boys

Flathead 121, Missoula Big Sky 56, Hamilton 49, Whitefish 45, Frenchtown 44, Glacier 33, Bigfork 30, Libby 30, Polson 30, Missoula Hellgate 26, Columbia Falls 22, Plains 15, Lincoln County 14, Browning 5, Loyola 4, Ronan-St.Ignatius 2, Cut Bank 1.

100: 1, Mike Kozlowski, Flathead, 11.35. 2, Jonny Dilworth, Frenchtown, 11.39. 3, Andrew Whittaker, Bigfork, 11.41. 4, Ian Damon, Flathead, 11.55. 5, Presley Armstrong, Lincoln County, 11.56. 6, Charlie Dotson, Flathead, 11.61.

200: 1, Charlie Dotson, Flathead, 23.32. 2, Ian Damon, Flathead, 23.47. 3, Andrew Whittaker, Bigfork, 23.51. 4, Drew Owens, Missoula Big Sky, 23.62. 5, Tyler Wilde, Frenchtown, 23.87. 6, Ben Cutler, Glacier, 24.25.

400: 1, Anto Daoud, Whitefish, 51.08. 2, Jake Glasman, Glacier, 51.68. 3, Loran Nelson, Libby, 53.00. 4, Drew Owens, Missoula Big Sky, 53.57. 5, Presley Armstrong, Lincoln County, 53.71. 6, Ryan Turley, Hamilton, 53.75.

800: 1, Wyatt Lawrence, Hamilton, 2:00.97. 2, Ben Jessop, Hamilton, 2:02.85. 3, Jake Glasman, Glacier, 2:04.85. 4, Ray Dalke, Polson, 2:07.63. 5, Cy Gilbert, Missoula Hellgat, 2:08.39. 6, Erik Kappelman, Loyola Sacred He, 2:09.03.

1600: 1, Drew Coco, Whitefish, 4:28.01. 2, Logan Torgison, Polson, 4:34.94. 3, Seth Svennungsen, Flathead, 4:44.22. 4, Dan Burfiend, Glacier, 4:47.23. 5, Mike Evans, Loyola Sacred He, 4:48.16. 6, Dyaln DesRosier, Browning, 4:49.89.

3200: 1, Drew Coco, Whitefish, 9:40.20. 2, Logan Torgison, Polson, 9:47.80. 3, Seth Svennungsen, Flathead, 9:55.79. 4, Ben Jessop, Hamilton, 10:03.38. 5, Jake Roske, Missoula Hellgat, 10:04.51. 6, Mike Evans, Loyola Sacred He, 10:16.40.

110 hurdles: 1, Lane Hamilton, Missoula Big Sky, 15.70. 2, Dustin Hover, Missoula Hellgat, 15.77. 3, Mike Devlin, Missoula Big Sky, 15.87. 4, CJ Manning, Flathead, 16.20. 5, Jamie Engledrum, Ronan-St.Ignatiu, 16.71. 6, Curtis Moen, Flathead, 16.82.

300 hurdles: 1, Lane Hamilton, Missoula Big Sky, 39.85. 2, Drew Owens, Missoula Big Sky, 40.03. 3, Dustin Hover, Missoula Hellgat, 40.46. 4, Duncan Aylor, Flathead, 41.07. 5, Cory Greenwood, Lincoln County, 41.32. 6, Taylor Hart, Glacier, 41.57.

400 relay: 1, Flathead 'A' (Sam Tedrow , Mike Kozlowski , Ian Damon , Charlie Dotson ), 43.19. 2, Hamilton 'A', 44.85. 3, Missoula Big Sky 'A' , 44.87. 4, Glacier 'A', 45.29. 5, Frenchtown 'A', 45.38. 6, Bigfork 'A', 45.69.

1600 relay: 1, Flathead 'A' (Michael Gallagher, Seth Svennungsen, Sam Tedrow, Andrew Edsall), 3:30.75. 2, Frenchtown 'A', 3:33.21. 3, Glacier 'A', 3:33.26. 4, Hamilton 'A' , 3:33.67. 5, Missoula Big Sky 'A' , 3:37.16. 6, Polson 'A' , 3:37.56.

High jump: 1, Seth Wright, Libby, 6-5. 2, Dillon Fryxell, Plains, 6-3. 3, Chase Fairbank, Columbia Falls, 6-1. 4, Garrett Pewe, Bigfork, 6-1. 4, Colt Idol, Whitefish, 6-1. 6, Dan Miller, Missoula Big Sky, 6-1.

Pole vault: 1, Chris Ruby, Flathead, 12-6. 2, Conor Foley, Flathead, 12-0. 2, Ty Fouty, Polson, 12-0. 4, Andrew Whittaker, Bigfork, 12-0. 5, Trae Fouty, Polson, 12-0. 6, Bryan Trimbo, Missoula Big Sky, 12-0.

Long jump: 1, Aaron Tkachyk, Whitefish, 20-9.50. 2, Seth Wright, Libby, 20-4. 3, Sam Tedrow, Flathead, 20-3.50. 4, Tyler Wilde, Frenchtown, 19-10. 5, Ben Cutler, Glacier, 19-5.50. 6, Thayne Palmer, Missoula Big Sky, 19-4.75.

Triple jump: 1, Tyler Wilde, Frenchtown, 43-6. 2, Sam Tedrow, Flathead, 41-5.75. 3, Seth Wright, Libby, 41-3. 4, Roland Benedict, Bigfork, 40-6.50. 5, Austin Robbins, Columbia Falls, 40-0.50. 6, Kyle Montini, Glacier, 40-0.25.

Shot put: 1, Josh Harris, Flathead, 50-1.50. 2, Scott Klakken, Missoula Hellgat, 49-7.50. 3, Beau Donaldson, Missoula Big Sky, 49-3.50. 4, Willy Wells, Browning, 48-2.50. 5, Tyler Thomas, Flathead, 46-7. 6, Justin Montelius, Missoula Big Sky, 45-1.50.

Discus: 1, Nathan Klug, Columbia Falls, 156-5. 2, Josh Harris, Flathead, 156-2. 3,Donny Tudahl, Bigfork, 154-5. 4, Ryan Ewing, Flathead, 148-11. 5, Calder Morrison, Flathead, 146-10. 6, Trent Thompson, Plains, 143-3.

Javelin: 1, Davey Velasquez, Frenchtown, 170-8. 2, Tanner Newell, Lincoln County, 170-4. 3, Trent Thompson, Plains, 169-0. 4, Steven Brennen, Columbia Falls, 167-11. 5, Dustin Beck, Whitefish, 162-8. 6, Orin Johnson, Cut Bank, 161-9.