Columbia Falls boys, Polson girls front-runners

by The Daily Inter Lake
| May 22, 2010 2:00 AM

LIBBY - Polson had a winner in six of seven girls events as the Pirates made a strong statement on the first day of the Northwestern A divisional track meet on Friday.

The defending divisionals champs, led by double-event winner Nicole Davey, totaled 102 points and had 14 state-qualifying performances.

Whitefish sits second as a team with 52 points and Columbia Falls is third with 33.

Columbia Falls has the lead on the boys side with 80 points. Polson is next with 56 and two-time defending divisional champ Whitefish is third with 45.

Individual winners on the day for boys were - Derek Crittendon (110 hurdles), Derrick Williams (1,600), Daniel Jones (discus), Ty Fouty (pole vault), Nate Thompson (triple jump) and Anto Daoud (400).

The Whitefish boys short relay team won with Daoud, Crittendon, Daniel Simmons and Iaian Cameron.

Winning in the girls events were - Davey (pole vault and 400), Breanne Kelley (100 hurdles), Mesa Starkey (1,600), Loni Havlovick (discus), Nicole Davey (pole vault) and Adessa Durglo (triple jump).

Polson's short relay team won with Davey, Kelley, Katie Finley and Anna DiGiallonardo.

Divisional competition wraps up today. The top six place-finishers score for team totals and the top five move on to the state meet in Laurel next week.

Northwestern A Div.

at Libby

BOYS

Team scores (through seven events) - Columbia Falls 80, Polson 56, Whitefish 45, Libby 25, Ronan-St. Ignatius 10

Individual results

110 hurdles - 1, Derek Crittendon, WF, 15.87; 2, Kody Berget, Lib, 15.97; 3, Jordan Franklin, RSI, 16.57; 4, John Joern, WF, 16.68; 5, Trevor Wobschall, CF, 16.88; 6, Gui Silva, RSI, 16.98.

1,600 - 1, Derrick Williams, CF, 4:34.41; 2, Colter Bull, Pol, 4:37.59; 3, Shawn Whitman, CF, 4:45.75; 4, Justin Whitman, CF, 4:46.75; 5, Miles Bieber, Pol, 4:47.20; 6, Pascal Jessat, CF, 4:47.24.

400 relay - 1, Whitefish (Daniel Simmons, Derek Crittendon, Iaian Cameron, Anto Daoud), 44.02; 2, Columbia Falls, 44.39; 3, Libby, 44.73; 4, Polson, 45.43; 5, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 47.00.

Discus - 1, Daniel Jones, CF, 135-2; 2, Clark Rubel, Pol, 130-5; 3, Tyler Krell, Pol, 129-3; 4, Mike Macijinus, CF, 128-4; 5, Justin Livingston, CF, 127-10; 6, Austin Barth, CF, 125-11.

Pole vault - 1, Ty Fouty, Pol, 12-6; 2, Zion Lee, Pol, 12-0; 3, Trae Fouty, Pol, 12-0; 4, Brock Bleazard, Pol, 12-0; 5, Matt Hollo, CF, 11-0; 6, Nate Hutchison, Lib, 11-0.

Triple jump - 1, Nate Thompson, CF, 42-8 3/4; 2, Kodiak Gimbel, CF, 41-10; 3, Mac Roche, WF, 40-6 3/4; 4, Tyler Troy, Lib, 39-1 1/2; 5, Bentley Smith, WF, 39-1; 6, Jordan Franklin, RSI, 38-11.

400 - 1, Anto Daoud, WF, 49.65; 2, Patric Jessat, CF, 50.51; 3, Kody Berget, Lib, 51.70; 4, Derrick Williams, CF, 51.88; 5, Logan Harwood, WF, 52.14; 6, Iaian Cameron, WF, 52.26.

GIRLS

Team scores (through seven events) - Polson 102, Whitefish 52, Columbia Falls 33, Libby 15, Ronan-St. Ignatius 14.

Individual results

100 hurdles - 1. Breanne Kelley, Pol, 16.07; 2. Megan Apple, WF, 16.87; 3. Christa Redcrow, Pol, 17.35; 4. Kayla Forster, Lib, 18.13; 5. Olivia Nagler, WF, 18.30; 6. Courtney Neise, CF, 18.76.

1,600 - 1. Mesa Starkey, Pol, 5:25.57; 2. Carly Schwickert, WF, 5:26.35; 3. Jessica Sagen, WF, 5:28.9; 4. Jinise Osborne, CF, 5:29.28; 5. Bailey Eaton, WF, 5:32.09; 6. Nikola Falk, Lib, 5:33.53.

400 relay - 1. Polson, 50.54 (Katie Finley, Anna DiGiallonardo, Nicole Davey, Breanne Kelley); 2. Whitefish, 52.86; 3. Columbia Falls, 53.11; 4. Ronan-St. Ignatius, 55.68; 5. Libby, 56.54.

Discus - 1. Loni Havlovick, Pol, 126-7; 2. Natasha Lafferty, Pol, 100-4; 3. Erin Baker, Lib, 100-0; 4. Abby Strellnauer, WF, 97-9; 5. Olivia Nagler, WF, 96-10; 6. Allie Lampman, CF, 85-9.

Pole vault - 1. Nicole Davey, Pol, 10-6; 2. Jessie Gist, CF, 8-0; 3. McCall Banner, Pol, 7-6.01; 4. Mckenzie Banner, Pol, 7-6; 5 (tie) Jenny Johnson, Lib, 7-0, Katharine Medland, Pol, 7-0, Mariah Hamel, Pol, 7-0.

Triple jump - 1. Adessa Durglo, RSI, 34-6; 2. Christa Redcrow, Pol, 33-8; 3. Caroline Hansford, CF, 32-2; 4. Carley Jo Benda, WF, 31-7; 5. Heather Bailey, WF, 31-6 1/4; 6. Kayla Forster, Lib, 31-3 3/4.

400 - 1. Nicole Davey, Pol, 59.58; 2. Breanne Kelley, Pol, 1:00.34; 3. Amanda Foley, WF, 1:01.24; 4. Jessie Gist, CF, 1:02.66; 5. Cedar Jordt, CF, 1:03.15; 6. Tianna Burns, CF, 1:03.72.