Six records tumble at rainy A.R.M.

WHITEFISH - The on-again, off-again downpour wasn't enough to stop six meet records from being broken or some of the fastest times in the state from being set at the Whitefish High track.

On the team fronts, the Wildcats and Wolfpack were waterproof and appear to be in good shape heading into the final month of the season.

Derrick Williams led a strong group of distance runners that placed high and helped Columbia Falls win first place for boys with 99 points at the 13th annual A.R.M. Invitational track meet on Saturday.

Williams won both the 800 (2:03) and 1,600 (4:38), took third in the 400 and ran anchor on Columbia Falls' runner-up 1,600 relay team.

"It's been a long day, that's for sure," Williams said after the 800 victory.

The Columbia Falls sophomore stuck behind teammate Shawn Whitman until the final half-lap, when Whitman turned up the stride. Williams, who owns one of the fastest 800 times in the state, hung tight and waited until the final 100 meters to power past for the win.

"The first lap we came around pretty slow and when Shawn broke away the only thing I was worried about was sticking with him. I knew he was fast," he said. "That's the strategy, try to stick with the first-place person and beat them in that last 100 ... Now I just keep looking ahead to state."

Out of 16 teams, Glacier was second with 92 points and Thompson Falls was third with 72.

A deep Glacier girls group turned in two individual meet records and tallied 128.5 points to take team honors for the third year in a row.

Polson was second with 111.5 points and Whitefish followed with 80.

"There were some good times and some great performances," Whitefish coach Derek Schulz said. "I was really pleased with our teams and their effort overall was great. The meet turned out to be a really competitive meet which is what we intended."

One of the highlights of the day came early in the afternoon when Cut Bank's Deni Fitzpatrick broke her own meet record in the 100 with a time that would be a state record if it happened at the final meet. The Cut Bank sprinter clocked 12.20 hand time in a competitive race that had a rare break in curmudgeonly weather.

The Class B state record is 12.3 set by Paula Good of Fort Benton in 1983 and the all-class record is 12.24, set in 1998 by Stacey Rehbein of Sidney.

Fitzpatrick impressed again in the 200, where she broke Courtney Ferda's five-year-old meet record. Fitzpatrick ran 25.76, which is currently tops in the state for all classes.

Maddey Frey finished second in the 100 and 200 and set a meet record in the long jump with 17-10 3/4. The mark surpassed last year's record set by teammate Rachel Cutler (16-8 1/2).

Glacier sophomore Lexy Boschee broke the seven-year-old meet record in the girls high jump with a clear of 5-5. The previous record of 5-4 was held by Columbia Falls' Sarah Hislop.

Glacier also had a top finish from Katie Pilsch, who won the discus (125-0).

Whitefish senior Anto Daoud continues to dominate in his final season and broke a meet record in the 400. Daoud ran 50.16 and took down the previous record of 50.48 set by Whitefish's Cody Henning in 2004. Daoud also won the 200 (22.45) and ran legs on both Bulldogs' winning relay teams.

"It's actually not that bad of a running day, it was a little sprinkly but whatever, it's good running weather," he said after winning the 400.

Glacier's Troy Fraley would beg to differ.

Just as the boys 3,200 race lined up in the second to last event, another storm settled in just overhead and poared down on the meet and its surviving attendants. Fraley, who had been battling illness heading into Saturday, managed to brave horizontal rain for two miles and won in 10:24.

"It was pretty rainy and a little colder than what I'm used to," he said. "It was hard those last couple laps because I didn't know how fast I was going."

Bigfork's Kayla Carlson motored through the girls 3,200 in record-setting fashion. The senior clocked 11:38, breaking Whitefish alum Lauren Kuennen's 2008 record by eight seconds.

Bigfork's Keenan Evans won the boys 100 in 10.82.

The Polson girls, a strong title contender in Class A again this season, tallied seven first-place finishes. Breanne Kelley won both the 100 hurdles (15.89) and 300 hurdles (48.86) and ran on the winning 1,600 relay team (4:14.16) along with Katie Finley, Christa Red Crow and Nicole Davey. Davey won the 400 (59.78) and tied the meet record in the pole vault (10-0). Loni Havlovick won the shot put (34-11 1/2) and took second in the discus, and Mesa Starkey won the 1,600 (5:36).

Whitefish's Carly Schwickert won the 800 (2:29).

Derek Crittendon of Whitefish won the 110 hurdles (15.46). Libby's Kody Berget won the 300 hurdles (40.38). Trent Thompson of Plains won both the shot put (49-7) and the discus (165-7) while teammate Taylor Firestone won the triple jump (42-6).

Thompson Falls' Charlie Knapp won the long jump (20-2) and teammate Will Dalby threw the javelin 182-9 for the win.

Polson's Ty Fouty won the pole vault (12-6). Glacier's Shane Freese won the high jump (6-0).

Rounding out the girls results, Whitefish's Shelby Backer won the javelin (108-4), Sammy Evans of Havre won the triple jump (34-1/2) and Cut Bank won the 400 relay (50.65).

This year's meet drew 663 varsity and junior varsity competitors.

13th annual A.R.M.

Whitefish High

Saturday

BOYS

Team Scores

Columbia Falls 99, Glacier 92, Thompson Falls 72, Whitefish 68, Plains 42, Polson 41, Libby 34, Bigfork 24, Hot Springs 13, Eureka (Lincoln County) 13, Browning 10, Noxon 8, Havre 7, Ronan-St. Ignatius 7, Cut Bank 3, Shelby 2

Individual results

100- 1, Keenan Evans, BF, 10.82. 2, Anto Daoud, WF, 11.12. 3, Brandon Munroe, Gla, 11.15. 4, Taylor Martinson, CF, 11.35. 5, Chad Price, EUR, 11.45. 6, Iaian Cameron, WF, 11.47.

200- 1, Anto Daoud, WF, 22.45. 2, Kody Berget, Lib, 23.15. 3, Joe Andrews, Pol, 23.19. 4, Brandon Munroe, Gla, 23.47. 5, Jesse Thomson, Eur, 23.59. 6, Chad Price, Eur, 23.69.

400 - 1, Anto Daoud, WF, 50.16 (meet record: old record, 50.48, Cody Henning, Whitefish, 2004). 2, Patric Jessat, CF, 50.92. 3, Derrick Williams, CF, 52.27. 4, Iaian Cameron, WF, 52.61. 5, Kaleb Johnson, CF, 52.76. 6, Jesse Thomson, Eur, 53.45.

800- 1, Derrick Williams, CF, 2:03.56. 2, Shawn Whitman, CF, 2:04.82. 3, Patric Jessat, CF, 2:05.70. 4, Derek DesRosier, Br, 2:06.23. 5, Stephen Block, TF 2:06.86. 6, Richie Boyer, Gla, 2:07.15.

1600 - 1, Derrick Williams, CF, 4:38.00. 2, Shawn Whitman, CF, 4:41.28. 3, Ryan Humphrey, TF, 4:43.00. 4, Derek DesRosier, Br, 4:45.02. 5, Troy Fraley, Gla, 4:45.46. 6, Richie Boyer, Gla, 4:49.52.

3200 - 1, Troy Fraley, Gla, 10:24.77. 2, Justin Whitman, CF, 10:28.70. 3, Ryan Humphrey, TF, 10:28.70. 4, Shawn Whitman, CF, 10:38.00. 5, Drew Keller, Shel, 10:38.93. 6, Kendall Murie, Hav, 10:44.00.

110 hurdles - 1, Derek Crittendon, WF, 15.46; 2, Reiley Winebrenner, HS, 15.53; 3, Kody Berget, Lib, 16.07; 4, Hunter Price, Eur, 16.39; 5, John Joern, WF, 16.43; 6, Jordan Franklin, RST, 16.56

300 hurdles - 1, Kody Berget, Lib, 40.38. 2, Taylor Hart, Gla, 40.43. 3, Reiley Winebrenner, HS, 40.44. 4, Jordan Franklin, RST, 41.96. 5, Kodiak Gimbel, CF, 42.14. 6, Adam Moore, Nox, 43.06.

400 relay - 1, Whitefish (Daniel Simmons, Derek Crittenden, Iaian Cameron, Anto Daoud), 44.64. 2, Bigfork, 44.75. 3, Libby, 44.97. 4, Columbia Falls, 45.17. 5, Polson, 46.06. 6, Thompson Falls, 46.51.

1600 relay - 1, Whitefish (Kalin Hale, Logan Harwood, Iaian Cameron, Anto Daoud), 3:30.11. 2, Columbia Falls, 3:32.22. 3, Polson, 3:37.50. 4, Thompson Falls, 3:47.86. 5, Browning, 3:48.00. 6, Lincoln County, 3:51.02.

High jump - 1, Shane Freese, Gla, 6-0. 2, Charlie Knapp, TF, 5-10. 3, Ben Sandry, BF, 5-10. 4, Drew Galbraith, WF, 5-10. 5, Jordan Franklin, RST, 5-8. 6, Chalis Wilson, TF, 5-6.

Pole vault - 1, Ty Fouty, Pol, 12-6. 2, Stephen Block, TF, 12-6. 3, Zion Lee, Pol, 12-0. 4, Tyson Gruber, Hav, 11-6. 5, Nick Cline, CB, 11-6. 6, Brock Bleazard, Pol, 11-0.

Long jump - 1, Charlie Knapp, TF, 20-2. 2, Taylor Firestone, Pla, 19-11 1/4. 3, Kyle Griffith, Gla, 19-10. 4, Mike Devlin, Pol, 19-6 1/4. 5, Bank Stocking, Nox, 19-5 1/4. 6, Taylor Martinson, CF, 19-2 1/4.

Triple jump - 1, Taylor Firestone, Pla, 42-6. 2, Nate Thompson, CF, 42-5 3/4. 3, Kyle Montini, Gla, 41-3. 4, Charlie Knapp, TF, 41-0. 5, Kyle Griffith, Gla, 40-7. 6, Mac Roche, WF, 40-4 1/2.

Shot put - 1, Trent Thompson, Pla, 49-7. 2, Shay Smithwick-Hann, Gla, 46-7. 3, Matt Russell, Gla, 44-10. 4, Derek Jensen, Nox, 42-8. 5, Will Devries, Hav, 42-4. 6, Reiley Winebrenner, HS, 42-1 1/2.

Discus - 1, Trent Thompson, Pla, 165-7. 2, Tanner Morrison, Gla, 157-7. 3, Alex Havlovick, Pols, 145-2 1/2. 4, Mike Wood, TF, 137-3. 5, Daniel Jones, CF, 134-10 1/2. 6, Nathan Bilstad, CB, 128-11.

Javelin - 1, Will Dalby, TF, 182-9. 2, Mike Wood, TF, 176-5. 3, Bart Tobiason, Gla, 164-4. 4, Trent Thompson, Pla, 158-7. 5, Paul Stevens, Eur, 152-11. 6, Adam Moore, Nox, 151-8.

GIRLS

Team Scores

Glacier 128.5, Polson 111.5, Whitefish 80, Cut Bank 55.5, Columbia Falls 34, Ronan-St. Ignatius 25, Eureka (Lincoln County) 21.5, Bigfork 17, Havre 16, Plains 10, Hot Springs 7, Browning 6, Libby 6, Thompson Falls 6, Shelby 3

Individual results

100- 1, Deni Fitzpatrick, CB, 12.20 (meet record: old record, 12.25, Deni Fitzpatrick, Cut Bank, 2009). 2, Maddey Frey, Gla, 12.41. 3, Amanda Foley, WF, 12.91. 4, Lexy Boschee, Gla, 13.00. 5, Erika Karcher, CB, 13.12. 6, Chelsey Schwindt, CB, 13.37.

200 - 1, Deni Fitzpatrick, CB, 25.76 (meet record: old record, 25.87, Courtney Ferda, Whitefish, 2005). 2, Maddey Frey, Gla, 26.46. 3, Breanne Kelley, Pol, 26.67. 4, Amanda Foley, WF, 27.04. 5, Chelsey Schwindt, CB, 27.08. 6, Erika Karcher, CB, 27.10.

400 - 1, Nicole Davey, Pol, 59.78. 2, Bailey Malecha, Eur, 1:01.57. 3, Quinci Paine, BF, 1:02.30. 4, Sammy Evans, Hav, 1:02.93. 5, Carly Hammond, Eur, 1:05.71. 6, Beca Gunderson, TF, 1:05.87.

800 - 1, Carly Schwickert, WF, 2:29.15. 2, Jessica Sagen, WF, 2:32.92. 3, Heather Fraley, Gla, 2:32.99. 4, Makayla Mitchell, Gla, 2:33.53. 5, Nikola Falk, Lib, 2:34.52. 6, Cedar Jordt, CF, 2:35.49.

1600 - 1, Mesa Starkey, Pol, 5:36.00. 2, Anna Deleray, Gla, 5:39.14. 3, Jessica Sagen, WF, 5:43.00. 4, Bailey Eaton, WF, 5:44.40. 5, Jinise Osborne, CF, 5:46.18. 6, Beca Gunderson, TF, 5:47.70.

3200 - 1, Kayla Carlson, BF, 11:38.10 (meet record: old record, 11:46.29, Laura Kuennen, Whitefish, 2008). 2, Rachel Hart, Gla, 12:27.02. 3, Jinise Osborne, CF, 12:31.00. 4, Loni Hanson, WF, 12:44.00. 5, Ashley Baker, CB, 12:50.00. 6, Katie Christianson, Hav, 12:51.79.

100 hurdles - 1, Breanne Kelley, Pol, 15.89. 2, Megan Apple, WF, 16.89. 3, Christa Red Crow, Pol, 17.58. 4, Lexy Boschee, Gla, 17.93. 5, Ashley Holmes, Pla, 18.29. 6, Reegan Bennett, Gla, 19.16.

300 hurdles - 1, Breanne Kelley, Pol, 48.86. 2, Megan Apple, WF, 49.28. 3, Kayla Byle, Gla, 49.56. 4, Hope Reid, TF, 51.78. 5, Christa Red Crow, Pol, 51.95. 6, Jessie Gist, CF, 52.43.

400 relay - 1, Cut Bank (Brady Gray, Erika Karcher, Deni Fitzpatrick, Chelsey Schwindt), 50.65. 2, Polson, 50.79. 3, Whitefish, 53.19. 4, Columbia Falls, 53.56. 5, Eureka, 53.96. 6, Ronan-St.Ignatius, 54.13.

1600 relay - 1, Polson (Katie Finley, Breanne Kelley, Christa Red Crow, Nicole Davey), 4:14.16. 2, Glacier, 4:14.22. 3, Columbia Falls, 4:26.70. 4, Eureka, 4:28.27. 5, Ronan-St.Ignatius, 4:34.39. 6, Havre, 4:35.81.

High Jump - 1, Lexy Boschee, Gla, 5-5 (meet record: old record, 5-4, Sarah Hislop, Columbia Falls, 2003). 2, Kelsey DeWit, CF, 5-0. 3, Adessa Durgla, RST, 4-10. 4, Chancey Auge, Lib, 4-10. 5, Chelsea Collins, Shel, 4-8. 6, Cheyenne Stirling, Shelby, 4-8.

Pole vault - 1, Nicole Davey, Pol, 10-0 (ties meet record: current record, 10-0, Ketti Wilhelm, Columbia Falls, 2009). 2, Stacey Pitt, Gla, 10-0. 3, Jessie Gist, CF, 9-0. 4, Makenna Siebenaler, Gla, 8-6. 5, Marnic Mann, Gla, 8-0. 5, Bailey Johnson, Eur, 8-0.

Long jump - 1, Maddey Frey, Gla, 17-10 3/4 (meet record: old record, 16-8 1/2, Rachel Cutler, Glacier, 2009). 2, Adessa Durgla, RST, 15-10 1/4. 3, Erika Karcher, CB, 15-5 1/4. 4, Leah Cook, Gla, 14-11 3/4. 5, Emily Gilbertson, Gla, 14-11. 6, Randi Arnold, HS, 14-9 1/4.

Triple jump - 1, Sammy Evans, Hav, 34- 1/2. 2, Adessa Durgla, RST, 33-7. 3, Randi Arnold, HS, 33-5 1/2. 4, Carly Hammond, Eur, 32-1 1/4. 5, Leah Engebretson, Gla, 31-2 1/4. 6, Amber McDaniel, BF, 31-1.

Shot put - 1, Loni Havlovick, Pol, 34-11 1/2. 2, Natasha Lafferty, Pol, 33-8 1/2. 3, Katie Pilsch, Gla, 33-1. 4, Jordyn Vaile, CB, 32-5. 5, Talia Guardipee, Br, 31-9. 6, Anna Jobe, Gla, 29-7.

Discus - 1, Katie Pilsch, Gla, 125-0. 2, Loni Havlovick, Pol, 120-5. 3, Jordyn Vaile, CB, 105-9. 4, Talia Guardipee, Br, 102-4. 5, Natasha Lafferty, Pol, 102-3. 6, Anna Jobe, Gla, 98-7.

Javelin - 1, Shelby Backer, WF, 108-4. 2, Heather Earhart, Pla, 107-6. 3, Olivia Nagler, WF, 107-1. 4, Kyrsten Pilsch, Gla, 99-11. 5, Brady Gray, CB, 94-1. 5, Loni Havlovick, Pol, 94-1.

Corrected: Whitefish's Derek Crittendon won the 110 hurdles. The Inter Lake was given incorrect information.