Track: Whitefish shines at Western Top 10

MISSOULA — The top athletes from the Valley held their own against the best in the West on Tuesday at the 15th annual Russ Pilcher Western Montana top 10 track meet in Missoula.

A dozen athletes from the area placed at the meet, which hosts the top athletes from all four classes in Western Montana.

Whitefish’s Marlow Schulz was neck and neck with Helena High’s Callie Kanthack in the sprints. Schulz won the 100-meter dash in 13.05 seconds, but fell behind by a step in the 200, finishing second in 26.18 seconds.

Bigfork’s Makena Morley was back to her winning ways, annihilating the competition in the 3,200, finishing in 10:51.12, more than 40 seconds ahead of the runners up. Morley set the meet record in the event last year, at 10:44.46.

Polson’s Anna DiGiallonardo finished in fourth in the 100 (13.28), Claudia Hewston finished fourth in the 400 (2:27.42) and Hallie Hovenkotter finished eighth in the 3,200 (12:24.54). Columbia Falls’ Samantha Mundel finished fifth in the 3,200, running it in 11:47.65.

Whitefish’s girls finished fourth in the 400 relay and fifth in the 1,600 relay. Polson’s girls finished fifth in the 400 relay.

Six meet records fell on Tuesday. Hellgate’s Paige Gilchrist won the 1,600 in 5:02.97, to pass a record set by Bigfork’s Kayla Carlson in 2010 by more than two seconds. Butte’s 400 relay team finished in 50.09 seconds to edge a record set by Whitefish in 2004 by 0.37 seconds.

Whitefish’s Luke Cardon was the only male athlete to win an event from the area, crossing the line in the 800 in 2:01.06, more than a second in front of Big Sky’s Ty Rather.

Bulldog teammate Logan Harwood finished fourth in the 400, in 51.1 seconds. Whitefish’s Sean Foley finished fourth in the pole vault (13 feet, 6 inches) and led a string of area leapers in the long jump, finishing third with a span of 20-2.5.

Columbia Falls’ Nakia Alexander finished fourth in the long jump (20-1) and Polson’s Will Davey finished fifth (19.11.5).

Polson’s Riley Sampson finished second in the shot put and Columbia Falls’ Ty Morgan finished fifth in the javelin.

15th Russ Pilcher/Western Montana

Top 10 track meet

Tuesday in Missoula

GIRLS

100 — 1. Marlow Schulz, Whitefish, 13.05; 2. Callie Kanthack, Helena, 13.12; 3. Kinzie Windgard, Hellgate, 13.19; 4. Anna DiGiallonardo, Polson, 13.28; 5. Tess Porch, Florence, 13.37.

200 — 1. Callie Kanthack, Helena, 25.91; 2. Marlow Schulz, Whitefish, 26.18; 3. Hannah Kearns, Big Sky, 26.95; 4. Hannah Porch, Florence, 26.98; 5. Hailey Phillips, Plains, 27.09.

400 — 1. Sadi Henderson, Corvallis, 59.14; 2. Erica Mcleod, Butte, 1:00.44; 3. Marissa Sanchez, Capital, 1:00.44; 4. Shaela Wallen, Frenchtown, 1:01.06; 5. Ciarra Lamay, Dillon, 1:01.70.

800 — 1. Ayden Eickoff, Corvallis, 2:19.81; 2. Ellen Ruby, Hellgate, 2:25.47; 3. Hanna Smith, Corvallis, 2:26.75 ; 4. Claudia Hewston, Polson, 2:27.42; 5. Patricia Martin, Helena, 2:28.84.

1,600 — 1. Paige Gilchrist, Hellgate, 5:02.97 (meet record: old record 5:05.02, Kayla Carlson, Bigfork, 2010); 2. Leah Esposito, Helena, 5:15.37; 3. Haley Rogers, Sentinel, 5:26.98; 4. Maggie Mitzel, Loyola, 5:33.73; 5. Kaycie Stewart, Corvallis, 5:34.63; 6. Ellen Ipsen, Hellgate, 5:38.23.

3,200 — 1. Makena Morley, Bigfork, 10:51.12; 2. Isabella Pape, Corvallis, 11:32.27; 3. Olivia Wood, Anaconda, 11:33.19; 4. Rachell Wissenbach, Corvallis, 11:47.04; 5. Samantha Mundel, Columbia Falls, 11:47.65; 6. Kaitlyn Stromberg, Hamilton, 12:11.09; 7. Haley Rogers, Sentinel, 12:18.72; 8. Hallie Hovenkotter, Polson, 12:24.54.

100 hurdles — 1. Lakyn Connors, Corvallis, 15.20; 2. Hannah Coburn, Big Sky, 16.15; 3. Hope Reid, Thompson Falls, 16.21; 4. Nicole Stroot, Superior, 16.34; 5. Courtney Carl, Big Sky, 16.65.

300 hurdles — 1. Hailey Phillips, Plains, 45.82; 2. Holly Anderson, Dillon, 46.93; 3. Nicole Stroot, Superior, 47.20; 4. Paige Holmes, Seeley-Swan, 47.31; 5. Courtney Carl, Big Sky, 47.59.

400 relay — 1. Butte (Sammy McGree, Natalie Faupel, Hailey Hoagland, Erika McLeod) 50.09 (meet record: old record 50.46, Whitefish, 2004); 2. Big Sky 50.24; 3. Corvallis 50.27; 4. Whitefish 51.20; 5. Polson 51.58.

1,600 relay — 1. Corvallis (Hannah Smith, Sadi Henderson, Lakyn Connors, Katelyn Frost) 4:01.72 (meet record: old record 4:02.89, Corvallis, 2011); 2. Butte 4:13.74; 3. Helena 4:15.51; 4. Seeley-Swan 4:16.28; 5. Whitefish 4:16.83.

Discus — 1. Carlie Jessop, Corvallis, 127-9; 2. Josee Pendleton, Dillon, 117-4; 3. Mallory Grimsrud, Helena, 117-1; 4. Allie Keleti, Capital, 113-11; 5. Hana Feilzer, Big Sky, 113-8.

Javelin — 1. Malia Estes, Anaconda, 140-10; 2. Kaye Bignell, Capital, 126-9; 3. Mariah Cooney, Butte Central, 123-7; 4. Taylor Pfister, Hellgate, 121-3; 5. Kayla Lewis, Corvallis, 118-5.

Shot put — 1. Rashae Emerson, Butte, 36-4.5; 2. Leah Thompson, Plains, 35-2.5; 3. Becky Gerst, Boulder, 34-9.5 ; 4. Allie Keleti, Capital, 34-6.5 ; 5. Kaye Bignell, Capital, 34-6.25.

High jump — 1. Katie Malachinski, Stevensville, 5-3; 2. Hana Feilzer, Big Sky, 5-1; 3. Mallory Grimsrud, Helena, 5-1; 3. Jane Booth, Corvallis, 5-1; 5. Gabby Moeller, St Regis, 4-11.

Long jump — 1. Nicole Stroot, Superior, 17-5.5 (meet record: old record 17-5, Lindsey Hall, Big Sky, 2009); 2. Erica Mcleod, Butte, 17-2; 3. Hailey Phillips, Plains, 16-5; 4. Mariah Cooney, Butte Central, 16-5; 5. Lauren Murphy, Big Sky, 16-3.5.

Triple jump — 1. Lakyn Connors, Corvallis, 34-9; 2. Lauren Murphy, Big Sky, 34-6.5; 3 (tie). Annika Moore, Hamilton, and Hailey Phillips, Plains, 34-3; 5. Katie Malachinski, Stevensville, 33-11.

Pole vault — 1. Terah Cundith, Helena, 11-1; 2. Allie Trent, Hellgate, 10-6; 3. Hope Reid, Thompson Falls, 10-0; 4. Kinzie Cooper, Superior, 9-6; 5 (tie). Madison McLaughlin, Helena, and Katelyn Frost, Corvallis, 9-0.

BOYS

100 — 1. Alex Mustard, Big Sky, 11.42; 2. Dalton Daum, Butte, 11.46; 3. Zach Bunney, Butte, 11.54; 4. Austin Carver, Dillon, 11.66; 5. Brady Heffner, Florence, 11.81.

200 — 1. Alex Mustard, Big Sky, 22.46; 2. Colin Dolese, Hellgate, 22.93; 3. Gunnar Brekke, Capital, 23.07; 4. Tory Umstead, Helena, 23.32; 5. Bo Taylor, Butte, 23.39.

400 — 1. Kyle Nickol, Capital, 49.82; 2. Sterling Reneau, Sentinel, 50.66; 3. Jesse Pfertsch, Twin Bridges, 50.81; 4. Logan Harwood, Whitefish, 51.10; 5. Kyle Chochran, Helena, 51.78.

800 — 1. Luke Cardon, Whitefish, 2:01.06; 2. Ty Rather, Big Sky, 2:02.17; 3. Kenny Wilbur, Townsend, 2:02.50; 4. Karill Apandale, Hamilton, 2:03.37; 5. Jake Purlee, Corvallis, 2:03.49.

1600 — 1. Adam Peterman, Hellgate, 4:17.42 (meet record: old record 4:24.09, Hunter Nelson, Big Sky, 2007); 2. Marcus Bearmedicine, Sentinel, 4:39.25; 3. Baird Linke, Helena, 4:40.10; 4. Matt Brown, Big Sky, 4:40.83; 5. Madison Bolton, Florence, 4:42.48.

3,200 — 1. Chris Herrick, Hellgate, 9:41.15; 2. Paden Alexander, Ronan, 9:49.79; 3. Anthony Smalz, Hamilton, 9:50.25; 4. Aiden Reid, Helena, 9:54.53; 5. Nick Hamilton, Sentinel, 9:57.91.

110 hurdles — 1. Brian Sinrud, Capital, 15.47; 2. Jay Owens, Big Sky, 15.94; 3. Preston Schubert, Thompson Falls, 15.94; 4. Silas Hasselbrook, Loyola, 15.99; 5. Tra Ludeman, Charlo, 16.07.

300 hurdles — 1. Colin Dolese, Hellgate, 38.88; 2. Preston Schubert, Thompson Falls, 39.60; 3. Chris Lange, Big Sky, 40.25; 4. Josh Borrows, Helena, 40.61; 5. Mick Paffhausen, Dillon, 40.82.

400 relay — 1. Butte (Jake Eisenbarth, Zach Bunney, Bo Taylor, Dalton Daum) 43.19; 2. Sentinel 43.79; 3. Capital 44.03; 4. Big Sky 44.17; 5. Helena 44.35.

1,600 relay — 1. Capital (Danny Burton, Gunnar Brekke, Daniel VanDyke, Kyle Nickol) 3:27.16; 2. Big Sky 3:28.23; 3. Sentinel 3:30.73; 4. Twin Bridges 3:33.88; 5. Hamilton 3:34.12.

High jump — 1. Cole Hayes, Big Sky, 6-5; 2. Dominique Holt, Thompson Falls, 6-3; 3 (tie). Matt Hayes, Frenchtown, 6-1 and Garth Grimsrud, Helena, 6-1; 5. Todd Murphy, Helena, 6-1.

Pole vault — 1. Dominick Speranza, Capital, 14-6; 2. Webb O’Neill, Charlo, 14-0; 3. Dominique Holt, Thompson Falls, 14-0; 4. Sean Foley, Whitefish, 13-6; 5 (tie). Gunnar Hillborn, Helena,13-6; 5. David Diehl, Frenchtown, 13-6.

Long jump — 1. Jalen Bell, Ronan-St. Ignatius 21-0; 2. Nico Graham, Big Sky, 20-5.5 ; 3. Sean Foley, Whitefish, 20-2.5 ; 4. Nakia Alexander, Columbia Falls, 20-1; 5. Will Davey, Polson, 19-11.5 .

Triple Jump — 1. Jalen Bell, Ronan, 44-5; 2. Kyle Ball, Victor, 44-1.5 ; 3. Nico Graham, Big Sky, 42-6.5 ; 4. Bobby Erbaugh, Frenchtown, 41-11; 5. Abe Westfall, Hamilton, 41-9.

Shot put — 1. Darby Maier, Big Sky, 57-7.25 (meet record: old record 55-11, Brandon Forson, Deer Lodge, 2011); 2. Riley Sampson, Polson, 51-0.75 ; 3. Kyle Moore, Dillon, 48-5; 4. Ben Gorham, Plains, 47-10; 5. James Foote, Big Sky, 47-3.25.

Discus — 1. Kyle Douglass, Sentinel, 167-4; 2. Darby Maier, Big Sky, 166-10; 3. Brandon Butt, Corvallis, 161-4; 4. Austin Woods, Hellgate, 148-3; 5. Lukas Lindeman, Big Sky, 145-10.

Javelin — 1. Jase Buche, Hellgate, 181-0; 2. Taylor Hill, Hellgate, 177-10; 3. Kyle Ball, Victor, 163-8; 4. Tyler Olson, Corvallis, 160-7; 5. Ty Morgan, Columbia Falls, 160-3.