Javelin title, record for Jones

COLUMBIA FALLS — Dan Jones has focused most of his high school track career on the shot, discus and sprints.

Those kept him so busy he didn’t have time for javelin — until about three or four weeks ago.

Jones has had some injury issues this year that pretty much took running out of the mix, according to Columbia Falls track coach Jamie Heinz.

So, javelin was added to his repertoire.

His throw last week was 190 feet, 5 inches, a school record.

With that type of an effort, it wasn’t a surprise on Friday when he won the javelin — but Jones bested that with a Northwestern A divisional meet record throw of 202-6 — and as of Friday, was leading the entire state for 2012.

The old divisional record was 202-4 set by Libby’s Kyle Baker in 2005.

“I went out and had fun. That’s one of my main problems is that I go out and get too hard on myself if I don’t throw what I want to throw. My coaches have been telling me to go out and have fun and whatever happens, happens,” Jones said.

“Now I’m going to go home and ice my arm,” he smiled.

“He has just a great pull, a great block at the end. If he can stay relaxed, he does a nice job. He throws with every inch of his body,” said Columbia Falls throws coach Mark Beckwith.

Things went right from the beginning on Friday.

His first couple were in the mid-195 range. The record breaker was on the first throw of finals.

“He had an outstanding series leading up to that throw. He broke his own school record three times today,” Heinz said.

“That’s pretty impressive. I’m proud of him. He’s excited. He wants to go to college and compete in track and field and that 202 is definitely going to open some doors for him,” Heinz said.

“Dan’s the type of kid who could go to college and be a decathlete for somebody.”

The Columbia Falls boys lead the meet with 83 points after the first day, while Whitefish leads with 85 points on the girls side. Second place for the boys is Whitefish with 57. Second place for the girls is Columbia Falls with 53 points.

“We had some outstanding performances. We had some personal records. The kids are excited to be competing on our home track and they stepped up and responded very well,” Heinz said.

“I’m happy with how we competed.”

Heinz also complimented the efforts of Jinise Osborne in the 1,600 — personal record of 5:30 for second place, Carley Jo Benda for her 34-2 in the triple jump and Courtney Neise for her winning performance in the 100 hurdles.

“That was a very nice surprise,” Heinz said of Neise.

Marlow Schulz led the Whitefish girls with wins in the 400 (57.35) and triple jump (34-6).

Note: Boys 110 hurdles were hand timed and were not converted.

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Girls

Team scores: Whitefish 85, Columbia Falls 53, Polson 46, Libby 21, Frenchtown 11.

400: 1. Marlow Schulz, WF, 57.35. 2. Amanda Foley, WF, 59.67. 3. Sarah Latcham, WF. 1:02.66. 4. Morgan Christianson, CF, 1:03.12. 5. Shyla Stevenson, L, 1:03.28. 6. Cedar Jordt, CF, 1:03.94.

1600: 1. Claudia Hewston, P, 5:26.64. 2. Jinise Osborne, CF, 5:30.09. 3. Aja Starkey, P, 5:32.57. 4. Nicole Brist, WF, 5:38.52. 5. Samantha Mundel, CF, 5:40.33. 6. Brittany Swartz, CF, 6:12.50.

100 hurdles: 1. Courtney Neise, CF, 17.43. 2. Ella Kobelt, WF, 17.51. 3. Erica Alfiero, P, 17.95. 4. Maura Wear, FT, 18.25. 5. Erin Tabish, WF, 18.69. 6. Sarah Brennan, FT, 19.23.

400 relay: 1. Polson (Alicia Sicz, Taylor Davis, Erica Alfiero, Anna DiGiallonardo), 52.07. 2. Whitefish (Phoebe Guercio, Ella Kobelt, Sarah Latcham, Marijka Devivier). 52.16. 3. Columbia Falls (Angela Tamburelli, Carla Nicosia, Hope Burlage, Savanna Moon), 52.77. 4. Frenchtown (Jasmine Furniss, Alyssa Kallis, Courtney Krueger, Shalea Wallen), 53.80. 5. Libby (Lana Snyder, Shyla Stevenson, Myka Forster, Elly Webster). 54.09.

High jump: 1. Elly Webster, L, 4-10. 2. Anna DiGiallonardo, P. 4-10. 3. Kidron Lee, P, 4-8. 4. Cortney White, CF, 4-8. 5. Carla Nicosia, CF, 4-8. 6. Torrey Coe, WF, 4-6.

Triple jump: 1. Marlow Schulz, WF, 34-6.5. 2. Carley Jo Benda, CF, 34-2.5. 3. Phoebe Guercio, WF, 33-10.75. 4. Carla Nicosia, CF, 33-4.5. 5. Haley Cyr, FT, 32-1.5. 6. Elly Webster, L, 31-6.5.

Javelin: 1. Bekah Weaver, WF, 106-8. 2. Eviann Reynolds, WF, 99-7. 3. Kaitlyn Gilder, L, 99-6. 4. Abby Strellnauer, WF, 96-6. 5. Hope Burlage, CF, 94-2. 6. Alli Dierenfield, CF, 89-6.

Boys

Team scores: Columbia Falls 83, Whitefish 57, Frenchtown 37, Libby 30, Polson 9.

400: 1. Anthony Correa, CF, 51.07. 2. Logan Harwood, WF, 51.81.3. Luke Cardon, WF, 51.97. 4. Derrick Williams, CF, 51.98. 5. Luke Kazlauskus, CF, 52.58. 6. Colby Peterson, FT, 52.99.

1600: 1. Derrick Williams, CF, 4:34.70. 2. Gage Vasquez, WF, 4:45.35. 3. Jace Kalbfleisch, WF, 4:45.74. 4. Fischer Gangemi, WF, 4:45.99. 5. Jimmy Bjorge, P, 4:46.22. 6. Tel Motichka, P, 4:47.7

110 hurdles : 1. Brady Baughman, FT, 15.42. 2. Trevor Wobschall, CF, 15.43. 3. Dakota Beatty, WF, 15.52. 4. Keaton Grove, WF, 15.88. 5. Adam Schmidt, P, 15.90. 6. David Diehl, FT, 15.93.

400 relay: 1. Columbia Falls (Travis Province, Josiah Osborne, Luke Kazlauskus, Anthony Correa). 44.40. 2. Frenchtown, 44.69. 3. Libby, 44.93; 4. Polson, 45.51.

High jump: 1. Matt Hayes, FT, 5-8. 2. Anthony Correa, CF, 5-6. 3. John Chapman, FT, 5-6. 4. Colin King, CF, 5-6. 5. Kyle Kelly, CF, 5-6. 6. Logan Harwood, WF, 5-6.

Triple jump: 1. Elias Lapka, L, 41-9.75. 2. Conner Williams, CF, 41-6.5. 3. Barak Lapka, L, 41-5.75. 4. Markie Reiten, CF. 40-8.5. 5. Keaton Nicholson, WF, 40-7.75. 6. Matt Price, FT, 39-7.

Javelin:1. Daniel Jones, CF, 202-6. 2. Nolan Broden, L, 161-2. 3. Christopher Forrest, WF. 158-11. 4. Jake May, WF, 157-3. 5. Mark Hader, CF, 152-3. 6. Ty Morgan, CF, 150-2.