Champs

Pirates, Bulldogs win at Class A track

The Daily Inter Lake

BOZEMAN - Every point counts.

That was no more evident than at the Class A state track meet at Bozeman High School this weekend as both the boys' and the girls' team titles came down to the weekend's final event.

Both meets finished late Saturday night after a long, rainy day. The final event, the pole vault, was moved indoors and started hours late.

Whitefish's Kaleb Prestegaard claimed second place in the pole vault to give the Bulldogs 59 points, three more than Corvallis.

Laurel was third with 44 points. Libby finished sixth with 34 points, Bigfork scored 28 points for seventh place, Polson's boys scored 21, Ronan scored 10 points and Columbia Falls nine points.

The Polson Lady Pirates trailed Belgrade by one point going into the pole vault, but Nicole Davey and Tara Johnson placed second and fifth in that event to help Polson slip in front, 75-66. Corvallis was third with 43 points.

Whitefish scored 24 points, Bigfork 20, Columbia Falls seven, Libby six and Ronan one.

For the Whitefish boys, it is their sixth Class A crown. They last won the title in 2006.

"Our kids overachieved down here in Bozeman. That makes it a really neat experience," said Whitefish coach Derek Schulz.

"I'm not sure if there's anybody who would have picked us to win. I was hoping to come home with a trophy. Sometimes, when you're expected to win, it's just relief.

"But when you win when you're not expected to, it's just neat to share with the kids," he said.

"We come to the pole vault, we're ahead by one point, Corvallis is second and we both have good vaulters. Basically, it came down to our vaulter versus their vaulter," Schulz said.

Prestegaard made 13 feet, 6 inches and 13-0, both on his second try. The Corvallis vaulter had a miss at 12-6.

"Everything else was a tie. We beat him out on misses," Schulz said.

"(Prestegaard) has a memory for a lifetime," he added.

"But basically, when you look through the list (of events), there's a long list of things that the kids really stepped up. They were small points, but every point matters," he said.

He pointed out Colt Idol's win in high jump, Aaron Tkachyk's long jump victory, Drew Coco finishing second in both the 1,600 and 3,200 and anchoring the third place 1,600 relay.

"We were third in the 400 relay. We were third in the 1,600 relay. I don't think anybody expected us to do that.

"I was really happy with our relays. They both overachieved. If not for that … a lot of these kids, they really have a piece of this thing," the coach said.

"A lot of unsung kids got a taste of what it's like to win a state championship."

State A

GIRLS

Team Totals

Polson 75, Belgrade 66, Corvallis 43, Miles City 34, Billings Central 33, Livingston 30, Lewistown 28, Laurel 27, Frenchtown 26, Whitefish 24, Glendive 23, Hamilton 23, Bigfork 20, Sidney 20, Hardin 18, Stevensville 14, Dillon 9, Columbia Falls 7, Libby 6, Ronan-St. Ignatius 1.

Events

100 - 1. Whitney Henderson, Corvallis, 12.66; 2. Justine Simons, Laurel, 12.75; 3. Mariah Litton, Billings Central, 12.87; 4. Mallery Knoll, Bigfork, 13.13; 5. Emily Pilcher, Dillon, 13.18; 6. Jackie Dringle, Belgrade, 13.19.

100 hurdles - 1. Kirsten Haas, Belgrade, 15.49; 2. Paige Squire, Corvallis, 15.72; 3. Breanne Kelley, Polson, 15.89; 4. Ashley Cooper, Laurel, 16.24; 5. Emily Stoltz, Columbia Falls, 16.30; 6. Ashley Freda, Whitefish, 16.45.

1600 relay - 1. Polson, 4:04.73; 2. Hamilton, 4:07.57; 3. Belgrade, 4:12.29; 4. Billings Central, 4:12.33; 5. Sidney, 4:14.41; 6. Corvallis, 4:15.61.

200 - 1. Whitney Henderson, Corvallis, 25.61; 2. Justine Simons, Laurel, 25.84; 3. Mariah Litton, Billings Central, 26.27; 4. Ashley Skillestad, Glendive, 26.63; 5. Breanne Kelley, Polson, 26.67; 6. Jackie Dringle, Belgrade, 26.81.

300 hurdles - 1. Nicole Davey, Polson, 45.18; 2. Kirsten Haas, Belgrade, 45.49; 3. Mallery Knoll, Bigfork, 47.03; 4. Breanne Kelley, Polson, 47.42; 5. Michelle Jones, Hamilton, 47.46; 6. Mariah Litton, Billings Central, 47.69.

3200 - 1. Heather Haug, Livingston, 11:44.55; 2. Brook Rodgers, Lewistown, 11:45.25; 3. Kayla Carlson, Bigfork, 11:54.68; 4. Nocona Frame, Glendive, 11:58.56; 5. Mackenzie Maki, Miles City, 12:06.95; 6. Franki Romano, Hamilton, 12:16.84.

400 relay - 1. Belgrade, 50.49; 2. Polson, 50.61; 3. Billings Central, 50.69; 4. Hamilton, 50.88; 5. Dillon, 51.15; 6. Laurel, 51.21.

800 - 1. Heather Haug, Livingston, 2:19.30; 2. Misha Trotter, Hamilton, 2:20.38; 3. Lauren Kuennen, Whitefish, 2:22.40; 4. Mackenzie Maki, Miles City, 2:23.08; 5. Jackie Elliott, Billings Central, 2:24.32; 6. Leann Quinlan, Lewistown, 2:24.99.

Discus - 1. Jami Kittelmann, Miles City, 120-11; 2. Brittney Harvey, Belgrade, 117-10; 3. Jennifer Brown, Frenchtown, 115-5; 4. Loni Havlovick, Polson, 112-11; 5. Kelsie Ray, Billings Central, 101-5; 6. Abbi Hoerning, Dillon, 99-10.

Triple jump - 1. Lillian Temple, Glendive, 33-11.25; 2. Brekka Johnson, Stevensville, 33-3; 3. Jessi Brunett, Stevensville, 32-5.5; 4. Charis Hugs, Hardin, 32-4; 5. Shantell McLinden, Libby, 32-2; 6. Heather Melcer, Whitefish, 32-1.5.

Pole vault - 1, Mykayla Fink, Sid, 10-6; 2, Nicole Davey, Pol, 10-0; 3, Vanessa Bawden, Sid, 10-0; 4, Melissa Cousins, Cor, 9-6; 5, Tara Johnson, Pol, 9-6; Caitlin Fox, Lew, 9-6.

Boys

Team Totals

1. Whitefish 59; 2. Corvallis 56; 3. Laurel 44; 4. Lewistown 38.5; 5. Belgrade 38; 6. Libby 34; 7. Bigfork 28; 7. Hardin 28; 9. Frenchtown 27; 10. Hamilton 25; 10. Havre 25; 12. Glendive 22; 13. Polson 21; 14. Billings Central 20; 15. Anaconda 18; 16. Ronan/St. Ignatius 10; 17. Dillon 9; 17. Columbia Falls 9; 19. Browning 8; 20. Sidney 4; 21. Stevensville 2; 22. Miles City 2; 23. Butte Central 1.5.

Events

100 - 1. Derek Ohs, Glendive, 11.14; 2. David Beery, Belgrade, 11.26; 3. Ryan Huppert, Billings Central, 11.29; 4. Kole Olsen, Laurel, 11.32; 5. Scott Palmer, Columbia Falls, 11.4; 6. Jonny Dilworth, Frenchtown, 11.41.

110 hurdles - 1. Slater Powell, Corvallis, 14.83; 2. Jason Mudrow, Havre, 15.1; 3. Darin Olyete, Hardin, 15.68; 4. Cody Doyle, Polson, 15.76; 5. Jamie Engledrum, Ronan/St. Ignatius, 15.79; 6. Nick Kozub, Lewistown, 15.83.

1600 relay - 1. Belgrade, 3:27.84; 2. Corvallis, 3:29.27; 3. Whitefish, 3:29.73; 4. Libby, 3:30.67; 5. Hamilton, 3:31.65; 6. Laurel, 3:34.24.

1600 - 1. Patrick Casey, Laurel, 4:27.27; 2. Drew Coco, Whitefish, 4:28.76; 3. Ben Jessop, Hamilton, 4:34.04; 4. Caleb Bentley, Lewistown, 4:34.63; 5. Logun Norris, Dillon, 4:36.83; 6. Logan Torgison, Polson, 4:38.16.

200 - 1. David Beery, Belgrade, 22.67; 2. Derek Ohs, Glendive, 22.84; 3. Andrew Whittaker, Bigfork, 22.92; 4. Ryan Huppert, Billings Central, 22.96; 5. Ryan Turley, Hamilton, 23.13; 6. Kole Olsen, Laurel, 23.14.

400 relay - 1. Corvallis, 44.08; 2. Hamilton, 44.65; 3. Whitefish, 44.81; 4. Bigfork, 44.87; 5. Columbia Falls, 45.04; 6. Dillon, 45.05.

Discus - 1. Dalton Sybrant, Corvallis, 152-6; 2. Chris Jessop, Corvallis, 150-4; 3. Donny Tudahl, Bigfork, 146-9; 4. Nigel Anselmi, Belgrade, 142-11; 5. Nathan Klug, Columbia Falls, 140-2; 6. Willy Wells, Browning, 138-9.

Javelin - 1. Sean Funston, Anaconda, 171-6; 2. Adam Skogen, Ronan/St. Ignatius, 169-9; 3. Tristan Costa, Hardin, 163-4; 4. Brock Picard, Polson, 162-11; 5. Steven Brennen, Columbia Falls, 154-10; 6. Nick Love, Miles City, 154-4.

Triple Jump - 1. Roland Benedict, Bigfork, 43-10.75; 2. Seth Wright, Libby, 43-7.25; 3. Tyler Wilde, Frenchtown, 43-5.25; 4. Brady Sunheim, Sidney, 42-1.75; 5. Isaac Hunter, Stevensville, 41-3.5; 6. Austin Robbins, Columbia Falls, 41-0.

Pole Vault - 1. Jake Bowman, Hardin, 14-9; 2. Kaleb Prestegaard, Whtiefish, 13-6; 3. Austin Byron, Corvallis, 13-6; 4. Ryan Kelley, Polson, 13-6; 5. Ty Fouty, Polson, 13-0; 6. John Kassner, Miles City, 12-6.