Glacier squads win A.R.M.

WHITEFISH - As one spectator said after Taylor Firestone leaped into the sand pit after his final triple jump, "You don't see that too often."

At the 13th annual A.R.M. Invitational track meet on Saturday, the Plains senior sailed 46-feet, 3.75 inches, winning the event handily, shattering a five-year-old meet record and becoming the only person to break 46 feet statewide this season.

And, as the impressed bystanders near the jump pit could attest, it wasn't a fluke, either. Firestone broke 46-feet twice. Both jumps would have won the Class B state title last year by over a foot. Although the state record of 48-2 set by Harry Clark of Cascade in 1983 is still a distance away, Firestone's performance was one for the local history books. He also won the long jump.

Leah Cook of Glacier did just the same in the girls triple jump, winning with 35-9 3/4 and breaking the 2002 meet record of 35-3 set by Whitefish's Joanna Closson.

Glacier had a good day overall as both Wolfpack boys and girls squads came away with team victories.

The boys, led by first-place finishers Richie Boyer, Jacob Leininger, Shane Freese and Tanner Morrison, totaled 134 points. Columbia Falls was second with 84 and Libby was third with 57.5.

For girls, Glacier tallied 105 points thanks to wins by Cook, Heather Fraley, Monique Cannady, Anna Deleray and the short relay team.

The Whitefish girls took second behind the lead of freshman phenom Marlow Schulz. Schulz won both the 100 and 200.

Poor weather continued to hamper the spring track season, but athletes continued finding ways to improve.

Hard work still pays off in the rain.

Boyer, a senior, turned in a personal best in the 1,600.

"I just did some good training in the winter and did some indoor meets and that helped, too. It's just all working out right now," he said.

"It's really nice to have all that work in the winter and running indoors when the weather was bad. Right now I'm just feeling good."

Girls

Team results - Glacier 105, Whitefish 80, Polson 68, Havre 59, Cut Bank 41.50, Thompson Falls 39, Plains 26, Bigfork 24, Lincoln County 20, Ronan-St.Ignatius 20, Columbia Falls 13, Libby 12.50, Browning 10, Noxon 8

Individual results

100 - 1, Marlow Schulz, WF, 12.90. 2, Amanda Foley, WF, 12.98. 3, Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 13.40. 4, Nicole Rehbein, Pla, 13.46. 5, Savanna Moon, CF, 13.59. 6, Erika Karcher, CB, 13.62.

200- 1, Marlow Schulz, WF, 26.24. 2, Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 27.54. 3, Nicole Rehbein, Pla, 27.64. 3, Sammy Evans, Havre, 27.64. 5, Quinci Paine, BF, 28.04. 6, Jen Egdorf, BF, 28.54.

400 - 1, Anna Deleray, Gla, 1:00.74. 2, Amanda Foley, WF, 1:02.30. 3, Quinci Paine, BF, 1:02.78. 4, Sammy Evans, Hav, 1:03.40. 5, Sierra Pete, Pol, 1:03.89. 6, Cheyenne Stirling, Shel, 1:05.18.

800 - 1, Bailey Malecha, Eur, 2:29.04. 2, Carly Schwickert, WF, 2:30.74. 3, Rachael Hart, Gla, 2:32.94. 4, Mesa Starkey, Pol, 2:35.74. 5, Claudia Hewston, Pol, 2:36.04. 6, Chelsea Olson, BF, 2:37.04.

1600 - 1, Heather Fraley, Gla, 5:26.75. 2, Rachael Hart, Gla, 5:30.49. 3, Carly Schwickert, WF, 5:35.59. 4, Claudia Hewston, Pol, 5:43.98. 5, Bailey Malecha, Eur, 5:49.82. 6, Diamond LaDeaux, Pla, 5:52.87.

3200 - 1, Mesa Starkey, Pol, 12:01.52. 2, Bailey Eaton, WF, 12:19.55. 3, Katie Christianson, Hav, 12:50.17. 4, Nicole Brist, Gla, 12:54.66. 5, Jade Gray, RSt, 12:55.82. 6, Mariah Naegeli, TF, 13:21.93.

100 hurdles - 1, Hope Reid, TF, 15.44. 2, Deni Fitzpatrick, CB, 16.18. 3, Breanne Kelley, Pol, 16.38. 4, Nicole Heavirland, Gla, 17.66. 5, Reedie Spencer, CB, 17.70. 6, Bea Ventosa, Gla, 18.18.

300 hurdles - 1, Fitzpatrick, Deni, CB, 47.04. 2, Breanne Kelley, Pol, 47.54. 3, Hope Reid, TF, 49.34. 4, Mercede Erickson, Gla, 50.44. 5, Reedie Spencer, CB, 51.34. 5, Bea Ventosa, Gla, 51.34.

400 relay - 1, Whitefish, 51.18. 2, Cut Bank, 51.68. 3, Polson, 52.05. 4, Glacier, 53.21. 5, Columbia Falls, 53.84. 6, Eureka, 53.95.

400 relay - 1, Glacier, 4:13.24. 2, Polson, 4:14.64. 3, Havre, 4:25.54. 4, Whitefish, 4:26.34. 5, Columbia Falls, 4:31.04. 6, Thompson Falls, 4:44.74.

High Jump - 1, Sammy Evans, Hav, 5-0. 2, Hope Reid, TF, 4-10. 3, Kaylie Gilman, Havre, 4-10. 4, Baylee Eisenman, Gla, 4-6. 5, Jenny Larsson, RSt, 4-6. 6, Cheyenne Stirling, Shelby, 4-6.

Pole vault - 1, Monique Cannady, Gla, 9-0. 2, Jessie Gist, CF, 8-6. 2, Hope Reid, TF, 8-6. 4, Jaye Ceynar, Hav, 8-0. 4, Caitlin Charlebois, BF, 8-0. 6, Quinci Paine, BF, 8-0.

Long jump -1, Marti Eaglefeathers, Brow, 16-5 1/4. 2, Adessa Durglo, RSt, 15-7 1/2. 3, Leah Cook, Gla, 14-11 1/2. 4, Jenny Johnson, Lib, 14-11. 5, Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 14-4 1/2. 6, Erika Karcher, CB, 14-1 1/2.

Triple jump - 1, Leah Cook, Gla, 35-9 3/4 (meet record; old record: 35-3, Johanna Closson, Whitefish, 2002). 2, Sammy Evans, Hav, 34-10. 3, Adessa Durglo, RSt, 32-11 1/2. 4, Erika Karcher, CB, 32-2 1/4. 5, Jasmine Bradford, Eur, 31-0. 6, Lindsay Carlson, Gla, 30-8 1/2.

Shot put - 1, Peighton Gilman, Hav, 32-2 1/2. 2, Casey Chenoweth, Nox, 31-2. 3, Brittanie Dull, Gla, 29-8 1/2. 4, Billow Emily, Eur, 29-5. 5, Twyla Hogge, RSt, 29-4. 6, Britta Wallner, Gla, 28-1 1/2.

Discus - 1, Franky Winebrenner, Pla, 111-1. 2, Abby Strellnauer, WF, 108-11. 3, Nicki Kunzer, Pla, 98-3. 4, Allison Vaught, TF, 94-3. 5, Zakit-Ackerman, Jewel, Pol, 92-9. 6, Billow Emily, Eur, 88-10.

Javelin - 1, Caitlin Charlebois, BF, 112-3. 2, Chancey Auge, Libby, 109-9. 3, Ceanna Johnson, CB, 100-6. 4, Lexy Boschee, Gla, 100-3. 5, Allison Vaught, TF, 93-4. 6, Peighton Gilman, Hav, 92-11.

Boys

Team scores - Glacier 134, Columbia Falls 84, Libby 57.50, Whitefish 46, Thompson Falls 39, Ronan-St.Ignatius 36, Polson 30, Plains 28, Noxon 23, Havre 19, Lincoln County 14, Shelby 9, Bigfork 5, Hot Springs 2, Cut Bank 1

Individual results

100- 1, Jordan Franklin, RSt, 11.48. 2, Andrew Nelson, Gla, 11.63. 3, Aaron Mitchell, Gla, 11.63. 4, Caleb Lapka, Lib, 11.63. 5, Chase Ballentyne, Shel, 11.69. 6, Mason Case, Hav, 11.71.

200 - 1, Anthony Correa, CF, 23.34. 2, Jordan Franklin, RSt, 23.34. 3, Daniel Jones, CF, 23.44. 4, Aaron Mitchell, Gla, 23.64. 5, Andrew Nelson, Gla, 23.74. 6, Caleb Lapka, Lib, 24.04. 6, Kody Berget, Lib, 24.04.

400 - 1, Kody Berget, Lib, 53.14. 2, Logan Harwood, WF, 53.24. 3, Justin Whitman, CF, 53.44. 4, Ronny Gallegos, CF, 53.86. 5, Jordyn Irvin, Shel, 54.14. 6, Mike Devlin, Pol, 54.20.

800 - 1, Justin Whitman, CF, 2:04.34. 2, Richie Boyer, Gla, 2:04.54. 3, Marcus Hungerford, R-St, 2:07.44. 4, Chris Cote, Pol, 2:10.44. 5, Ian Hollander, Gla, 2:10.84. 6, Dillon Charlabois, BF, 2:12.44.

1600 - 1, Richie Boyer, Gla, 4:42.01. 2, Carter Montgomery, Plains, 4:42.13. 3, Jimmy Bjorge, Pol, 4:55.73. 4, Fischer Gangemi, WF, 4:55.79. 5, Paden Alexander, R-St, 4:58.32. 6, Kendall Murie, Hav, 5:01.74.

3200 - 1, Kendall Murie, Hav, 10:39.84. 2, Fischer Gangemi, WF, 10:42.24. 3, Paden Alexander, R-St, 10:45.64. 4, Marc Klimas, Hav, 10:53.24. 5, Alex Nystrom, Pol, 10:57.24. 6, Flint Martino, Gla, 11:03.34.

110 hurdles - 1, Jacob Leininger, Gla, 14.88. 2, Hunter Price, Eur, 16.25. 3, Kody Berget, Lib, 6.49. 4, Drew Galbraith, WF, 16.68. 5, Trevor Wobschall, CF, 16.90. 6, Preston Schubert, TF, 16.99.

300 hurdles - 1, Preston Schubert, TF, 42.64. 2, Dominique Holt, TF, 43.34. 3, Adam Cebulla, Gla, 43.54. 3, Hunter Price, Eur, 43.54. 5, Iaian Cameron, WF, 43.84. 6, Adam Moore, Nox, 44.64.

400 relay - 1, Libby, 45.24. 2, Columbia Falls, 45.41. 3, Polson, 45.90. 4, Whitefish, 45.97. 5, Bigfork, 46.00. 6, Shelby, 46.45.

1600 relay - 1, Columbia Falls, 3:34.14. 2, Whitefish, 3:38.94. 3, Glacier, 3:39.74. 4, Shelby, 3:41.74. 5, Libby, 3:48.34. 6, Havre, 3:50.84.

High jump - 1, Shane Freese, Gla, 6-0. 2, Drew Galbraith, WF, 5-10. 3, Reese Jensen, Libby, 5-10. 4, Preston Schubert, TF, 5-10. 5, Christian Kerr, BF, 5-10. 6, Dominique Holt, TF, 5-10.

Pole vault - 1, Cody Phillips, TF, 12-6. 2, Brock Bleazard, Pol, 12-0. 3, Josiah Bumgarner, Gla, 12-0. 4, Dominique Holt, TF, 12-0. 5, Zach Plum, Hav, 11-6. 6, Drew Fouty, Pol, 11-6. 6, Zion Lee, Pol, 11-6.

Long jump - 1, Taylor Firestone, Pla, 22-0. 2, Kyle Griffith, Gla, 20-9. 3, Matt Iavicoli, Gla, 20-0. 4, Tyler Troy, Lib, 19-11 3/4. 5, Nate Thompson, , Columbia Fal, 19-09.25. 6, Gobert, Ryan, CB, 18-11.50.

Triple jump - 1, Taylor Firestone, Pla, 46-3 3/4 (meet record; old record: 45-0 1/4, Chris Hicks, Whitefish, 2006). 2, Kyle Griffith, Gla, 44-5 1/2. 3, Nate Thompson, CF, 42-10. 4, Jalen Bell, RSt,

41-11 1/4. 5, Elias Lapka, Lib, 40-7 1/4. 6, Shane Freese, Gla, 40-6.

Shot put - 1, Derek Jensen, Nox, 48-2 1/2. 2, Sawyer Zimmerman, Lib, 47-9 1/2. 3, Daniel Jones, CF, 45-10. 4, Marshall Boyland, Gla, 44-11. 5, Clark Rubel, Pol, 44-10 1/2. 6, Cody Hoff, HSprings, 43-11 1/2.

Discus - 1, Tanner Morrison, Gla, 162-1 1/2. 2, Daniel Jones, CF, 137-4. 3, Trent Halstad, Gla, 135-1. 4, Sawyer Zimmerman, Lib, 131-0 1/2. 5, Adam Moore, Noxon, 129-8. 6, Dave Cross, HSprings, 126-4.

Javelin - 1, Adam Moore, Nox, 167-11. 2, Zach Konen, Gla, 157-9. 3, Nate Thompson, CF, 156-5. 4, Jeremy Leopold, Gla, 155-11. 5, Colton Harkins, Gla, 155-2. 6, Cody Phillips, TF, 154-2.