Columbia Falls, Polson win track honors

COLUMBIA FALLS - For one day at least, the weather didn't get in the way of a good track meet.

Not to be overshadowed by the uncommonly nice weather, Polson's Jason Bowman, Bigfork's Kayla Carlson and Cut Bank's Deni Fitzpatrick turned in a trio of standout performances at the (somewhat) annual Columbia Falls Invitational on Saturday.

Bowman raced across the finish line in both the 100 and 200 with winning times of 11.2 and 23.0, respectively.

Carlson, one of the top returning distance runners in the state, won the 800 in 2:25 and the 1,600 in 5:21.

The reigning state champ in the 100 and 200 dashes, Fitzpatrick became the lone three-event winner on Saturday after taking firsts in the 100 (12.4), 200 (25.8) and 110 hurdles (16.1).

On the team front, the Columbia Falls boys had four individual winners (Kodiak Gimbel, Pascal Jessat, Shawn Whitman and Derek Williams) and took both relays en route to a top score of 124 points.

The Polson girls, with three field event winners (Loni Havlovick, Nicole Davey and Natasha Lafferty) along with a pair of relay victories, won with 134 points.

"We didn't know where we were going to end up today so we're pretty happy with the end results," Columbia Falls head coach Jamie Heinz said.

"For the first track meet it gives us a good indication of where our kids are at and what areas we need to work on. It allows us to find holes in our team and now find kids who can fill those."

Reigning high jump state champion Dillon Fryxell turned in an impressive showing by clearing 6-6, which is two inches shy of his winning mark at last year's state meet.

A few teams were shorthanded or just plain rusty, but the first meet got in the books regardless.

"We need a starting point. Nothing really important happens in April in track, so we're trying to just get our wheels turning and get ourselves ready for the big meets coming up later," Whitefish head coach Derek Schulz said. "But you have to start somewhere and this has been an awesome meet."

Last year's invite was canceled due to poor weather.

Columbia Falls Invitational

Saturday

BOYS

Team Scores

Columbia Falls 124, Polson 84.5, Plains 68, Eureka 45, Bigfork 35, Whitefish 35, Troy 29.5, Noxon 27, Ronan 25, Cut Bank 18, Libby 16, Valier 12, Shelby 8

Individual results

100- 1, J. Bowman, POL, 11.2; 2, K. Evans, BF, 11.3; 2, D. Jones, CF, 11.3; 4, T. Martinson, CF, 11.3; 4, C. Arbuckle, CF, 11.3; 6, G. Gray, CF, 11.4; 6, A. Daoud, WF, 11.4

110 hurdles- 1, D. Crittendon, WF, 16.3; 2, P. Price, EUR, 16.8; 3, J. Franklin, RON, 16.9; 4, G. Silva, RON, 17.0; 5, J. Joern, WF, 17.2; 6, C. Wiber, EUR, 17.3

1600- 1, C. Bull, POL, 4:44.6; 2, C. Montgomery, PLA, 5:04.9; 3, D. Berget, LIB, 5:12.0; 4, C. Day-Chief, VAL, 5:13.5; 5, J. Gross, CF, 5:13.8; 6, C. Johnson, RON, 5:16.7

200- 1, J. Bowman, POL, 23.0; 2, I. Levins, BF, 23.3; 3, T. Martinson, CF, 23.4; 4, C. Price, EUR, 23.5; 5, D. Fryxell, POL, 24.0; 6, T. Knoll, BF, 24.1

300 hurdles- 1. K. Gimbel, CF, 43.6; 2, A. Moore, NOX, 43.8; 3, T. Troy, LIB, 44.7; 4, G. Silva, RON, 45.6; 5, A. Price, EUR, 46.0; 6, J. Joern, WF, 46.9; 6, J. Fant, POL, 46.9

3200 - 1, S. Whitman, CF, 10:37; 2, C. Montgomery, PLA, 10:41.1; 3, D. Keller, SHEL, 10:53; 4, M. Bieber, POL, 11:02; 5, A. Nystrom, POL, 11:17; 6, N. Knox, WF, 11:32

400 -1, P. Jessat, CF, 55.1; 2, A. Moore, NOX, 55.5; 3, K. Hale, WF, 56.1; 3, C. Cote, POL, 56.1; 5, B. Smith, WF, 56.1; 6, J. Lopez, TROY, 56.7

800 - 1, D. Williams, CF, 2:02.6; 2, C. Bull, POL, 2:05.9; 3, M. Hungerford, RON, 2:08.8; 4, M. Dubbe, CB, 2:14.6; 5, J. Gross, CF, 2:15.6; 6, C. Montgomery, PLA, 2:16.3

Discus- 1, T. Thompson, PLA, 151-9; 2, G. Hibbs, BF, 131-8; 3, R. VanHyle, EUR, 129-4 1/2; 4, M. Macijunas, CF, 122-0; 5, S. Heavy Runner, BRO, 119-6; 6, D. Jensen, NOX, 117-3

High jump- 1, D. Fryxell, PLA, 6-6; 2, Rayson, TROY, 6-2; 3, D. Galbraith, WF, 6-2; 4, Franklin, RON, 5-10; 5, Gimbel, CF, 5-10; 5, Orr, TROY, 5-10

Javelin- 1, A. Moore, NOX, 163-3; 2, T. Thompson, PLA, 156-0; 3, J. Whitzthier, CB, 153-8; 4, K. Gregory, TROY, 152-10; 5, P. Stevens, EUR, 152-8; 6, N. Thompson, CF, 142-9.

Long jump- 1, C. Orr, TROY, 19-5 1/2; 2, J. Thomson, EUR, 19-1; 3, N. Thompson, CF, 18-10; 4, T. Firestone, PLA, 18-3 1/2; 5, J. Lighthizer, CB, 17-9 1/4; 6, T. Martinson, CF, 17-5

Pole vault- 1, T. Fouty, POL, 12-6; 2, B. Holden, VAL, 10-6; 3, N. Cline, CB, 10-6; 4, J. Heinrichs, WF, 10-0; 5, M. Hollo, CF, 10-0; 6, B. Blazard, POL, 10-0

Shot put- 1, R. Van Hyfte, EUR, 48-0; 2, T. Thompson, PLA, 47-7; 3, A. Havlovick, POL, 44-6 1/2; 5, C. Rubel, POL, 44-3; 6, D. Jones, CF, 43-1; 6, C. Metz, TROY, 41-3 1/2

Triple jump- 1, T. Firestone, PLA, 41-6 1/2; 2, N. Thompson, CF, 41-6; 3, K. Gimbel, CF, 38-4 3/4; 4, R. Rayson, TROY, 38-4; 5, B. Raph, SHEL, 37-10 1/2; 6, D. Baker, PLA, 37-2

400 relay- 1, Columbia Falls (N. Thompson, K. Johnson, B. Gross, T. Martinson), 45.4; 2, Bigfork, 45.5; 3, Polson, 45.8; 4, Whitefish, 45.9; 5, Eureka, 46.1; 6, Bigfork, 47.5

1600 relay- 1, Columbia Falls (D. Williams, S. Whitman, J. Gross, K. Johnson) 3:36.7; 2, Columbia Falls, 3:46.0; 3, Polson, 3:48.6; 4, Libby, 3:53.5; 5, Eureka, 3:53.7; 6, Columbia Falls, 4:01.1

GIRLS

Team Scores

Polson 134, Bigfork 71, Columbia Falls 70, Cut Bank 56.5, Whitefish 54, Ronan 29, Eureka 29, Browning 27, Libby 23.5, Shelby 14, Plains 13 Conrad 2, Noxon 2

Individual Results

100- 1, D. Fitzpatrick, CB, 12.4; 2, M. Knoll, BF, 12.9; 3, A. Foley, WF, 13.0; 4, B. Gray, CF, 13.4; 5, M. Kanistanaux, CB, 13.4; 6, S. Peterson, CF, 13.5

200- 1, D. Fitzpatrick, CB, 25.8; 2, B. Kelley, POL, 27.4; 3, B. Gray, CB, 27.6; 4, M. Eagle Feather, BRO, 28.0; 5, K. Finley, POL, 28.2; 6, A. DiGiallanardo, POL, 28.6

400- 1, B. Malecha, EUR, 1:01.4; 2, N. Davey, POL, 1:02.9; 3, T. Burns, CF, 1:07.2; 4, G. Sylvester, POL, 1:09.6; 5, S. Clark, NOX, 1:10.8; 6, A. McDaniel, BF, 1:12.7

800- 1, K. Carlson, BF, 2:25.3; 2, B, Malecha, EUR, 2:30.3; 3, N. Falk, LIB, 2:40.5; 4, C. Jordt, CF, 2:47.0; 5, M. Ellman, CF, 2:50.3; 6, G. Sylvester, POL, 2:52.6

1600 - 1, K. Carlson, BF, 5:21.3; 2, J. Sagen, WF, 5:59.9; 3, S. Sterling, SHEL, 6:09.3; 4, R. Wal, BRO, 6:10.4; 5, A. Baker, CB, 6:26.5; 6, C. Olson, BF, 6:30.4

3200- 1, R. Wall, BRO, 12:55; 2, J. Osborne, CF, 12:56; 3, B. Eaton, WF, 12:57; 4, A. Baker, CB, 12:58; 5, C. Schwickert, WF, 13:00; 6, N. Falk, LIB, 13:18

110 hurdles- 1, D. Fitzpatrick, CB, 16.1; 2, B. Kelley, POL, 16.6; A. Holmes, PLA, 17.7; 3, M. Apple, WF, 17.7; 5, K. Forster, LIB, 17.9; 5, B. Spencer, CB, 17.9

300 hurdles- 1, M. Knoll, BF, 47.3; 2, B. Kelley, POL, 47.4; 3, N. Davey, POL, 50.3; 4, R. Spencer, CB, 50.9; 5, C. Redcrow, POL, 51.5; 6, C. Collins, SHEL, 53.6

400 relay- 1, Polson, 51.9; 2, Whitefish, 53.7; 3, Bigfork, 53.9; 4, Columbia Falls, 54.2; 5, Eureka, 55.2; 6, Whitefish 55.8

1600 relay- 1, Polson, 4:19.0; 2, Bigfork, 4:21.0; 3, Columbia Falls, 4:29; 4, Ronan, 4:52.0; 5, Columbia Falls, 4:56.0; 6, Columbia Falls, 5:01.6

Discus- 1, L. Havlovick, POL, 106-1 1/2; 2, N. Lafferty, POL, 97-6 1/2; 3, F. Winnebrenner, PLA, 95-2; 4, O. Nagler, WF, 94-10 1/2; 5, T. Guardipee, BRO, 91-4; 6, U. Henderson, BRO, 88-1 1/2

Triple jump- 1, A. Durglo, RON, 31-7 1/2; 2, T. Burns, CF, 31-3; 3, H. Bailey, WF, 31-2 1/2; 4, C. Hammond, EUR, 30-11 1/2; 5, C. Redcrow, POL, 30-10; 6, K. Forster, LIB, 29-7

High jump- 1, K. DeWit, CF, 5-0; 2, C. Auge, LIB, 4-8; 2, C. Cullins, SHEL, 4-8; 4, A. Durglo, RON, 4-8; 4, C. White, CF, 4-8; 6, J. Larson, RON, 4-6

Long jump- 1, A. Durglo, RON, 15-8; 2, C. Redcrow, POL, 15-1; 3, K. Forster, LIB, 14-5; 4, S. Peterson, CF, 14-1; 5, A. Suber, TROY, 13-6 1/2; 6, B. Gray, CB, 13-3 1/4

Pole vault- 1, N. Davey, POL, 9-0; 2, J. Gist, CF, 8-0; 3, C. Charlebois, BF, 7-6; 4, B. Johnson, EUR, 7-0; 5, J. Harris, CON, 7-0; 6, Q. Paine, BF, 6-6

Javelin- 1, B. Gray, CB, 106-3; 2, O. Nagler, WF, 105-4; 3, Q. Paine, BF, 93-1; 4, C. Charlebois, BF, 91-7; 5, K. Knutson, PLA, 87-10; 6, C. Auge, LIB, 86-7.

Shot put- 1, N. Lafferty, POL, 34-8; 2, L. Havlovick, POL, 33-7; 3, J. Vaile, CB, 31-5 1/2; 4, T. Guardipee, BRO, 30-3 1/2; 5, U. Henderson, BRO, 30-2 1/2; 6, L. Truman, EUR, 29-3 1/2