Vikes' Evans wins three golds at state track

by The Daily Inter Lake
| May 30, 2010 2:00 AM

LAUREL - Keenan Evans sprinted his way to three state championships and the Bigfork girls ended the season with a trophy on Saturday at the Class B state track meet.

Evans, a senior, won both the 100 (11.32) and 200 (22.68) and joined the winning short relay team alongside Derek Minemyer, Ian Lorang and Travis Knoll. Bigfork finished with 30 points for seventh place. Columbus won with 61, Thompson Falls was second with 58 and Manhatten took third with 50.

Junior Mallery Knoll led the Valkyries to 53 points and a third-place finish. Knoll came away from a long day on the track with five medals, finishing second in both hurdle races, taking sixth in the 100 and running on the second-place long relay team and fifth-place short relay.

Senior Kayla Carlson finished her standout career earning second in both the 3,200 and 800 and running in the long relay as well.

Cut Bank, led by four-event winner Deni Fitzpatrick, won the girls team title with 72 points. Three Forks was second with 62.

Eureka's Chad Price placed fourth in the boys 200, Hunter Price took fourth in the 110 hurdles and the Lions' short relay team finished sixth. Robert Van Hyfte placed sixth in the shot put.

For girls, Eureka's Bailey Malecha earned fourth in the 800 and paced the long relay team to fifth place.

State B Track

At Laurel

Saturday

Boys

Teams Totals

Columbus 61, Thompson Falls 58, Manhattan 50, Darby 41, Plains 36, Townsend 32, Bigfork 30, Three Forks 21, Deer Lodge 20, Plentywood 18, Huntley Project 17, Glasgow 15 1/2, Colstrip 14, Missoula Loyola 14, Fairfield 13, Florence 13, Cascade 12, Eureka 11, Baker 8, Red Lodge 8, Manhattan Christian 7, Forsyth 6, Troy 6, Malta 5, Wolf Point 4, Shepherd 3, Choteau 2, Conrad 1 1/2.

Individual Results

100 - 1, Keenan Evans, Big, 11.32; 2, Kodee Varner, Bak, 11.67; 3, Colin Hoeffner, Tow, 11.76; 4, Matthew Brookie, Mal, 11.77; 5, Dustin Sobrero, Col, 11.79; 6, Nate DeBruckyer, Col, 11.8.

200 - 1, Keenan Evans, Big, 22.68; 2, Charlie Knapp, TFls, 23.53; 3, Nolan Kemp, MC, 23.62; 4, Chad Price , Eur, 23.63; 5, Dustin Sobrero, Col, 23.67; 6, Colin Hoeffner, Tow, 23.69.

800 - 1, Mike Asay, Man, 1:55.9; 2, Chase Robinson, Cls, 1:57.38; 3, Jager Warner, Tow, 1:58.67; 4, Pres Harris, Ple, 1:59.44; 5, Mike Evans, Loy, 1:59.9; 6, Tanner Johnson, She, 2:00.35.

1600 - 1, Mike Asay, Man, 4:22.35; 2, Jager Warner, Townsend, 4:25.16; 3, Chase Robinson, Cls, 4:29.03; 4, Doug Raymer, Dar, 4:34.39; 5, Seth Garbett, Dar, 4:35.56; 6, Mike Evans, Loy, 4:37.26.

110 hurdles - 1, Neil Gebhardt, Cas, 15.68; 2, Ethan Shevela, Col, 16.11; 3, Alex Mitchell, Flo, 16.14; 4, Hunter Price, Eur, 16.48; 5, Brandon Wakefield, She, 16.54; 6, Slade Allen, Fai, 16.56.

400 relay - 1, Bigfork (Derek Minemyer, Keenan Evans, Ian Lorang, Travis Knoll) 44.07, 2, Manhattan 44.51, 3, Darby 44.74, 4, Columbus 44.87, 5, Missoula Loyola 44.94, 6, Eureka 45.49.

1600 relay - 1, Columbus (Andrew Hart, Seth Russell, Ryan Gates, Nate DeBruycker) 3:25.26, 2, Darby 3:28.86, 3, Missoula Loyola 3:29.86, 4, Townsend 3:31.27, 5, Choteau 3:31.55, 6, Three Forks 3:32.28.

High jump - 1, Dillon Fryxell, Pla, 6-6; 2, Walter Johnson, Col, 6-4; 3, Alex Mitchell, Flo, 6-2; 4, Ryan Rayson, Tro, 6-2; 5, Patrick Billingsley, Gla, 6-0; 6, Ben Moerkerke, Con, 6-0.

Triple jump - 1, Walter Johnson, Col, 44-7 1/4; 2, Pres Harris, Ple, 43-2 1/2; 3, Pete Drishinski, Fai, 41-10 3/4; 4, Charlie Knapp, TFls, 41-10 1/2; 5, Taylor Firestone, Pla, 41-9; 6, Ross Mangun, Flo, 41-8.

Shot put - 1, Brandon Forson, DL, 55-3; 2, Trent Thompson, Pla, 53-9 1/2; 3, John Weidenar, Man, 49-5 1/2; 4, Jordan Moran, WP, 47-7; 5, Cullen Metz, Tro, 47-2 1/2; 6, Robert Van Hyfte, Eur, 46-10 1/2.

Girls

Team Totals

Cut Bank 72, Three Forks 62, Bigfork 53, Darby 30, Malta 30, Florence 26, Shepherd 23, Manhattan Christian 22, Glasgow 20, Whitehall 20, Townsend 18, Big Timber 18, Choteau 17, Missoula Loyola 17, Columbus 14, Superior 13, Plentywood 11, Roundup 9, Huntley Project 8, Boulder 8, Eureka 8.

Individual Results

100 - 1, Deni Fitzpatrick, CB, 12.66; 2, Haley Sobrero, Col, 12.81; 3, LaDean Richardson, TFks, 12.99; 4, Taylor Markle, Gla, 13.18; 5, Chelsey Schwindt, CB, 13.3; 6, Mallery Knoll, Big, 13.31.

200 - 1, Deni Fitzpatrick, CB, 26.22; 2, LaDean Richardson, TFks, 26.53; 3, Haley Sobrero, Col, 26.95; 4, Taylor Markle, Gla, 27.07; 5, Chelsey Schwindt, CB, 27.13; 6, Kaitlyn Wurnig, HP, 27.27.

800 - 1, Bobbi Knudsen, Mal, 2:15.05; 2, Kayla Carlson, Big, 2:16.0; 3, Selene Johnson, BT, 2:20.21; 4, Bailey Malecha, Eur, 2:20.33; 5, Shayla Mack, TFks, 2:23.71; 6, Beca Gunderson, TFls, 2:25.16.

3200 - 1, Heather Demorest, Dar, 11:30.11; 2, Kayla Carlson, Big, 11:39.89; 3, Selene Johnson, BT, 11:42.46; 4, Jami Johnson, Gla, 11:54.77; 5, Jordan Audet, Tow, 11:54.8; 6, Breanne Watson, Tow, 11:57.91.

100 hurdles - 1, Deni Fitzpatrick, CB, 15.89; 2, Mallery Knoll, Big, 15.94; 3, Hope Reid, TFls, 16.46; 4, Marissa McCormick, Cho, 16.92; 5, Kaytlin Halle, MC, 17.22; 6, Lacey Nelson, HP, 17.36.

300 hurdles - 1, Deni Fitzpatrick, CB, 45.68; 2, Mallery Knoll, Big, 26.07; 3, Odessa Conley, Flo, 48.58; 4, Breanne Heidema, MC, 48.96; 5, Marissa McCormick, Cho, 49.63; 6, Reedie Spencer, CB, 49.7.

400 relay - 1, Cut Bank (Brady Gray, Erika Karcher, Deni Fitzpatrick, Chelsey Schwindt) 49.67 (Class B record; Old record: 49.98, Cut Bank, 2009); 2, Three Forks, 50.53; 3, Huntley Project, 50.56; 4, Glasgow, 51.10; 5, Bigfork, 51.54; 6, Superior, 51.56.

1600 relay - 1, Three Forks (Mariah McLeod, Jessie Ford, Shayla Mack, LaDean Richardson) 4:07.14, 2, Bigfork 4:09.22, 3, Cut Bank 4:12.18, 4, Malta 4:15.32, 5, Eureka 4:15.52, 6, Missoula Loyola 4:16.9.

High jump - 1, Delaware Hansen, Tow, 5-2; 2, Hunter Borner, Rou, 5-2; 3, Mariah Mitman, Flo, 5-0; 4, Jennifer Weaver, Mal, 5-0; 5, Alisha Breen, Cho, 4-10.

Triple jump - 1, Kellee Glaus, Whi, 39-2 (All-class record; Old record: 37-10 3/4, Kelsey Kirkpatrick, Ryegate, 2003); 2, Ashley Vandolah, Cho, 34-4; 3, Shelby Cooper, Sup, 33-6 1/2; 4, Sarah Jakober, Dar, 32-11 1/2; 5, Delaware Hansen, Tow, 32-11; 6, Luella Skogsholm, Rou, 32-3 3/4.

Javelin - 1, Kiernan Haggerty, Loy, 137-0; 2, Mandi Spoklie, Ple, 131-1; 3, Heaven Zuehlsdorff, Cls, 124-9; 4, Virginia Trent, TFks, 117-2; 5, Kayleen Goggins, She, 114-3; 6, Emile Shaw, Bro, 110-11.

Shot put - 1, Amy Ostermiller, She, 39-6 1/2; 2, Megan Leathers, Flo, 36-3 1/2; 3, Ashley Medeiros, Loy, 35-10; 4, Brenna King, Mal, 35-7 1/2; 5, Jordyn Vaile, CB, 34-10; 6, Morgan Brumfield, She, 34-9 1/2.