Bright spots at Archie Roe
Josiah Bumgarner of Glacier clears 11'6 in the pole vault competition on Saturday at the Archie Roe Track and Field Invitational in Kalispell.
John Collins of Flathead competes in the hurdles on Saturday at the Archie Roe Track and Field Invitational in Kalispell.
Jessica Sagen of Whitefish and others running in the 3200 meters on Saturday at the Archie Roe Track and Field Invitational in Kalispell.
Nate Thompson of Columbia Falls competes in the long jump on Saturday at the Archie Roe Track and Field Invitational in Kalispell.
One was a senior in his final Archie Roe Invitational track meet. Another was a freshman in her first.
Both are leading strong in this final stretch of the season.
Glacier senior Jacob Leininger and Whitefish freshman Marlow Schulz guided their respective teams to first-place finishes at the 37th annual Archie Roe Invitational at Legends Stadium on a Saturday stricken with familiar bipolar weather.
Glacier flexed its muscles with only three weeks remaining until state, tallying 134 points behind victories from Leininger, Tanner Morrison (discus), Todd Ogden (javelin) and the short relay team. The relay of Leininger, Kyle Griffith, Andrew Nelson and Aaron Mitchell won with a personal-best time of 44.38.
The Flathead boys were second on the day with 76.5 points and Columbia Falls was third, 74.
Browning's Charles Old Chief swept the short distance races and was named the top male athlete of the meet.
Leininger returned to form in the hurdle races with a sweep after battling illness in recent weeks. In fact, in four years of high school, the three-sport athlete has been facing one hurdle after another, from season-ending injury early last season to bumps, bruises and broken bones occuring all four years.
The cold, rainy weather that has been on display all spring isn't dampening Leininger's spirits. Not after everything he's already overcome.
"It feels great (to be competing)," said Leininger, one of the state's leading hurdlers. "Missing all of last year, I just wanted to come out as strong as I could this year. I had a pretty good offseason doing basketball and football and I felt really good coming in. I worked with coach (Jim) Kola all summer long. It feels awesome to be able to lead the way now."
On the girls side, Schulz tallied 30 of Whitefish's 99 points. Teammate Jessica Sagen won the 1,600.
Flathead was second overall with 92 points and Glacier was third, 86.
Schulz grew up watching the massive engagement that is Archie Roe. Her father, Derek, is the track coach at Whitefish, and as a result young Marlow has spent her fair share of time on the track.
It shows.
The speedy freshman won the 100 (12.9), 200 (26.23) and 400 (58.70) in impressive fashion, earning the title of top female athlete for the day.
"It's really surreal," said Schulz, one of the best sprinters in the state. "I grew up watching this meet and it's just so amazing to be a part of it."
Although sour weather hung over most of the day's events until near the end, the meet was not without bright spots.
Columbia Falls' Derrick Williams ran the second
fastest time in the 800 this season, clocking 1:58.80 in winning fashion. Teammate Justin Whitman was runner-up with 1:59.30. Columbia Falls won the long relay with 3:32.93.
Flathead's Kwyn Johnson won the girls triple jump with the third best mark in the state, 36-2 1/2.
Flathead's Zach Perrin won both the 1,600 and 3,200.
Plains' Tyler Firestone won both the long and triple jump. Drew Galbraith of Whitefish was tops in the high jump. Ryan Hover of Missoula Hellgate won the pole vault and teammate Jesse Ginn won the shot put.
Glacier's Lexy Boschee won the 100 hurdles and high jump and teammate Heather Fraley was first in the 800.
Flathead's Tess Brenneman won the long jump and ran on the winning short relay team with Chelsea Shuman, Jaclyn Rauthe and Dani Davis.
Bigfork's Mallery Knoll won the 300 hurdles. Loyola Sacred Heart's Kiernan Haggarty won the javelin and Ashley Medeiros won shot put. Taylor Allen of Hellgate was tops in the pole vault.
"Archie Roe is a great showcase of the talent that we have here in the Northwestern part of the state. You know at Archie you're going to get the best from everybody here," Glacier boys coach Arron Deck said. "Our kids know that coming down we have Archie, divisionals and state. It's time to fine tune things, make our final adjustments and put our run together."
Archie Roe
At Legends Stadium
Boys
Team Totals
Glacier 134, Flathead 76.5, Columbia Falls 74, Hellgate 63.5, Whitefish 35, Browning 32, Ronan-St. Ignatius 30, Libby 25, Plains 24, Polson 11.5, Shelby 7, Bigfork 6.5, Loyola Sacred Heart 4, Eureka 4.
Individual results
100 - 1, Charles Old Chief, Brow, 11.55. 2, Andrew Nelson, Gla, 11.74. 3, Aaron Hoppe, Helg, 11.76. 4, Travis Knoll, Bfrk, 11.81. 5, Jordan Franklin, RSt, 11.84. 6, Eric Malmquist, RSt, 11.85.
200 - 1, Charles Old Chief, Brow, 23.09. 2, Anthony Correa, CF, 23.66. 3, Aaron Hoppe, Helg, 23.73. 4, George Sherwood, Fla, 23.76. 5, Mike Devlin, Pol, 23.88. 6, Aaron Mitchell, Gla, 23.92.
400 - 1, Charles Old Chief, Brow, 50.98. 2, Anthony Correa, CF, 51.17. 3, Logan Harwood, Wfsh, 51.64. 4, Eric Malmquist, RSt, 52.75. 5, Billy Gross, CF, 53.32. 6, Jordyn Irvin, Shel, 53.33.
800 - 1, Derrick Williams, CF, 1:58.80. 2, Justin Whitman, CF, 1:59.30. 3, Richie Boyer, Gla, 2:01.80. 4, Gage Vasquez, Wfsh, 2:03.20. 5, Hunter Schutt, Fla, 2:03.40. 6, Ian Hollander, Gla, 2:03.60.
1600 - 1, Zach Perrin, Fla, 4:33.53. 2, Troy Fraley, Gla, 4:35.66. 3, Adam Peterman, Helg, 4:40.59. 4, Justin Whitman, CF, 4:43.55. 5, Lyle Pocha, LSH, 4:45.97. 6, Hunter Schutt, Fla, 4:49.19.
3200 - 1, Zach Perrin, Fla, 9:36.60. 2, Adam Peterman, Helg, 9:51.70. 3, Derrick Williams, CF, 10:00.30. 4, Carter Montgomery, Pla, 10:03.50. 5, Lyle Pocha, LSH, 10:10.60. 6, Christopher Herrick, Helg, 10:14.60.
110 hurdles - 1, Jacob Leininger, Gla, 14.90. 2, Nick James, Fla, 16.52. 3, Drew Galbraith, Wfsh, 16.63. 4, Hunter Price, Eur, 16.65. 5, Kody Berget, Lib, 16.87. 6, Trevor Wobschall, CF, 16.95.
300 hurdles - 1, Jacob Leininger, Gla, 39.95. 2, Kody Berget, Lib, 40.49. 3, John Collins, Fla, 41.02. 4, Kodiak Gimbel, CF, 43.00. 5, Nick James, Fla, 43.19. 6, Iaian Cameron, Wfsh, 43.89.
400 relay - 1, Glacier (Kyle Griffith, Aaron Mitchell, Jacob Leininger, Andrew Nelson), 44.38. 2, Hellgate, 44.62. 3, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 44.62. 4, Flathead, 45.36. 5, Columbia Falls, 45.48. 6, Libby, 45.55.
1600 relay - 1, Columbia Falls (Billy Gross, Daniel Jones, Justin Whitman, Anthony Correa), 3:32.93. 2, Whitefish, 3:35.33. 3, Glacier, 3:36.84. 4, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 3:36.88. 5, Polson, 3:38.23. 6, Flathead, 3:38.86.
High jump - 1, Drew Galbraith, Wfsh, 6-1. 2, Jordan Franklin, RSt, 5-11. 2, Jensen, Reese, Lib, 5-11. 4, Kodiak Gimbel, CF, J5-11. 5, Ben Sandry, Bfrk, 5-9. 6, Christian Kerr, Bfrk, 5-9. 6, Dianicio Cantu, Fla, 5-9.
Pole vault - 1, Ryan Hover, Helg, 13-6. 2, Dylan Creek, Fla, 13-0. 3, Travis Komenda, Gla, 13-0. 4, Josiah Bumgarner, Gla, 12-6. 5, Zion Lee, Pol, 12-0. 5, Jensen Roseboom, Helg, 12-0.
Long jump - 1, Taylor Firestone, Pla, 21-6 1/2. 2, Kyle Griffith, Gla, 20-11 1/2. 3, Chase Ballentyne, Shel, 20-10 1/4. 4, Shane Freese, Gla, 20-1. 5, Charles Old Chief, Brow, 20-0 1/2. 6, Tyler Troy, Lib, 19-10 1/2.
Triple jump - 1, Taylor Firestone, Pla, 44-4. 2, Kyle Griffith, Gla, 44-0 3/4. 3, Jalen Bell, RSt, 42-10. 4, Nate Thompson, CF, 41-10. 5, Kodiak Gimbel, CF, 41-9 1/4. 6, Rial Gunlikson, Gla, 39-9 1/2.
Shot put - 1, Jesse Ginn, Helg, 50-5. 2, Connor Thomas, Fla, 49-9. 3, Sawyer Zimmerman, Lib, 47-0 1/2. 4, Tanner Thiel, Fla, 44-9 1/2. 5, Clark Rubel, Pol, 44-9. 6, Daniel Jones, CF, 44-5.
Discus - 1, Tanner Morrison, Gla, 162-10. 2, Marshall Boyland, Gla, 127-6. 3, Rutger Evans, Fla, 127-4. 4, Clark Rubel, Pol, 126-6. 5, Austin Woods, Helg, 126-3. 6, Ian Kirchoff, Fla, 123-6.
Javelin - 1, Todd Ogden, Gla, 166-0. 2, Jeremy Leopold, Gla, 165-11. 3, Jake Arledge, Helg, 158-9. 3, Colton Harkins, Gla, 158-9. 5, Zach Konen, Gla, 157-2. 6, Mike VanArendonk, Fla, 156-5.
Girls
Team Totals
Whitefish 99, Flathead 92, Glacier 86, Hellgate 62, Polson 47, Loyola Sacred Heart 34, Bigfork 20, Browning 20, Plains 19, Cut Bank 16, Libby 14, Ronan St-Ignatius 8, Eureka 6, Columbia Falls 3, Shelby 1.
Individual results
100 - 1, Marlow Schulz, Wfsh, 12.90. 2, Amanda Foley, Wfsh, 13.08. 3, Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 13.19. 4, Erika Karcher, CB, 13.55. 5, Nicole Rehbein, Pla, 13.60. 6, Megan Daniels, Helg, 13.62.
200 - 1, Marlow Schulz, Wfsh, 26.23. 2, Amanda Foley, Wfsh, 26.94. 3, Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 27.28. 4, Tawnie Kerr, LSH, 27.48. 5, Nicole Rehbein, Pla, 27.96. 6, Emma Andrews, Fla, 28.11.
400 - 1, Marlow Schulz, Wfsh, 58.70. 2, Tess Brenneman, Fla, 59.85. 3, Ellen Ruby, Helg, 1:02.31. 4, Amanda Foley, Wfsh, 1:02.48. 5, Tawnie Kerr, LSH, 1:04.01. 6, Kearston Hedges, Gla, 1:04.20.
800 - 1, Heather Fraley, Gla, 2:19.81. 2, Anna Deleray, Gla, 2:21.08. 3, Bailey Malecha, Eur, 2:23.81. 4, Paige Gilchrist, Helg, 2:24.09. 5, Claudia Hewston, Pol, 2:28.26. 6, Cedar Jordt, CF, 2:31.39.
1600 - 1, Jessica Sagen, Wfsh, 5:32.75. 2, Carly Schwickert, Wfsh, 5:36.13. 3, Rachael Hart, Gla, 5:36.31. 4, Paige Bouma, Fla, 5:41.02. 5, Tyryn Jacobs, Gla, 5:48.14. 6, Scarlet Kaplan, Helg, 5:55.88.
3200 - 1, Paige Gilchrist, Helg, 11:17.70. 2, Jessica Sagen, Wfsh, 11:41.30. 3, Mesa Starkey, Pol, 11:41.70. 4, Rachael Hart, Gla, 11:46.20. 5, Addie Melvin, Helg, 11:52.50. 6, Carly Schwickert, Wfsh, 12:14.00.
100 hurdles - 1, Lexy Boschee, Gla, 16.17. 2, Breanne Kelley, Pol, 16.33. 3, Rhiannon Sturgess, Fla, 16.98. 4, Kwyn Johnson, Fla, 17.11. 5, Mattie Mazur, Fla, 17.13. 6, Reedie Spencer, CB, 17.79.
300 hurdles - 1, Mallery Knoll, Bfrk, 47.52. 2, Breanne Kelley, Pol, 47.87. 3, Kwyn Johnson, Fla, 49.00. 4, Rhiannon Sturgess, Fla, 49.25. 5, Alison Lunde, Fla, 49.83. 6, Mercede Erickson, Gla, 50.07.
400 relay - 1, Flathead (Chelsea Shuman, Tess Brenneman, Jaclyn Rauthe, Dani Davis), 50.43. 2, Whitefish, 50.74. 3, Bigfork, 52.50. 4, Polson, 53.00. 5, Hellgate, 53.26. 6, Plains, 54.04.
1600 relay - 1, Glacier (Kearston Hedges, Heather Fraley, Mercede Erickson, Anna Deleray), 4:09.02. 2, Whitefish, 4:12.90. 3, Hellgate, 4:20.38. 4, Flathead, 4:20.72. 5, Columbia Falls, 4:21.53. 6, Shelby, 4:53.37.
High jump - 1, Lexy Boschee, Gla, 5-6. 2, Marti Eaglefeathers, Brow, 5-1. 3, Chancey Auge, Lib, 4-11. 4, Briana Patyk, Fla, 4-11. 5, Leah Cook, Gla, 4-11. 6, Baylee Eisenman, Gla, 4-11.
Pole vault - 1, Taylor Allen, Helg, 10-0. 2, Monique Cannady, Gla, 10-0. 3, Kaymi Lockhart, Helg, 9-6. 4, Adelheid Langer, Helg, 8-6. 5, Caitlin Charlebois, Bfrk, 8-6. 6, Marnic Mann, Gla, 8-6.
Long jump - 1, Tess Brenneman, Fla, 16-11 3/4. 2, Marti Eaglefeathers, Brow, 16-6 1/2. 3, Kwyn Johnson, Fla, 16-2 1/2. 4, Leah Cook, Gla, 15-8. 5, Emma Andrews, Fla, 15-7 3/4. 6, Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 15-6 3/4.
Triple jump - 1, Kwyn Johnson, Fla, 36-2 1/2. 2, Adessa Durglo, R-St, 34-11 1/2. 3, Leah Cook, Gla, 34-11 1/2. 4, Heather Bailey, Wfsh, 33-2 1/4. 5, Erika Karcher, CB, 31-11 1/4. 6, Briana Patyk, Fla, 31-5.
Shot put - 1, Ashley Medeiros, LSH, 37-3. 2, Jordyn Vaile, CB, 35-2 1/4. 3, Cera Lau, Fla, 31-10 3/4. 4, Uriah Henderson, Brow, 30-10 1/2. 5, Shauna Williams, Gla, 30-8 1/2. 6, Kelsey Davis, Fla, 30-7.
Discus - 1, Franky Winebrenner, Pla, 105-4. 2, Ashley Medeiros, LSH, 102-6. 3, DJ Conko-Camel, Pol, 97-0 1/2. 4, Nicki Kunzer, Pla, 96-3 1/2. 5, Abby Strellnauer, Wfsh, 96-1. 6, Jordyn Vaile, CB, 7-1.
Javelin - 1, Kiernan Haggarty, LSH, 126-2. 2, Chancey Auge, Lib, 105-1. 3, Taylor Pfister, Helg, 104-4. 4, Raina Walther, Helg, 103-3. 5, Caitlin Charlebois, Bfrk, 102-5. 6, Kelsey Davis, Fla, 102-3.