Track season begins as teams compete at Ronan Invitational
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Spring has sprung and so have the legs of area track athletes. Despite being a sport filled with gut-wrenching races, insane nerves, and not always reaching personal bests, Arlee’s Carly Hergett was more than ready to step onto the tar on Saturday for the Ronan Track Invitational.
“I love this time of year,” Hergett said. “I think the environment of being surrounded by other teams and being able to compete outside are what make it so much fun.”
Hergett, who has already qualified for state in the triple jump and long jump, won the 100-meter hurdle race with a time of 17.28 seconds. She is looking forward to making improvements before her next meet.
“I definitely need to work on coming out of the blocks,” Hergett said. “I also got a little tired at the end, so I need to do some more conditioning.”
Placing second in the 100-meter hurdles was Charlo’s Cheyenne Nagy.
“It felt good to get this first race out of the way. I was nervous,” Nagy said. “I am trying to three-step all the hurdles an entire race. I am really going to work on that.”
Although only a couple track meets into their season, Arlee Assistant Coach Ashley Gaumer likes what she has seen so far from her team.
“We are looking really good early this season,” Gaumer said. “We have a lot of long distance runners out this year, so I am looking forward to watching them get better.”
One of those Arlee long distance runners, Natalie Yocum, placed second in the 3200 and also competed in the 800, 1600, and 4x4 relay.
“We were kind of pushing her today … to see what she can handle,” Gaumer said. “Yocum is pretty tough.”
Track is mentally and physically tough; however, Arlee athletes George Shick and Josie Moulding have found that teamwork helps during races.
“I think, since we all know how tiring a race can be, we cheer each other on more,” Shick said.
Moulding believes that it is also important to be a role model for the younger “tracksters.”
“I feel like it is my job to remember school spirit during the meets,” Moulding said. “It is easy to forget when you are so focused on your own events, but motivating my teammates really helps.”
Girls Results
100 – 1, Claire Fickler, Drummond, 13.59. 2, Ashley Revis, Arlee, 13.68. 3, Halie Norred, Bigfork, 13.8. 4, Brooke Kolar, Loyola Sacred Heart, 13.8. 5, Shannon Dimond, Philipsburg, 14.02. 6, Kara Tatukivei, Charlo, 14.12.
200 – 1, Brooke Kolar, Loyola Sacred Heart, 28.36. 2, Ashely Revis, Arlee, 28.36. 3, Haile Norred, Bigfork, 28.42. 4, Shannon Dimond, 29.45. 5, Kara Tatukivei, Charlo, 29.53. 6, Savannah Ellcey, Eureka, 30.27.
400 – 1, Haile Norred, Bigfork, 1:02.99. 2, Allie Delaney, Charlo, 1:06.69. 3, Jenna Komac, Eureka, 1:07.33. 4, Bethany Goff, Eureka, 1:10.19. 5, Shae Anderson, Bigfork, 1:10.47. 6, Emma Daniels, Loyola Sacred Heart, 1:13.83.
100H – 1, Carly Hergett, Arlee, 17.28. 2, Cheyenne Nagy, Charlo, 18.18. 3, Kaitlin Cox, Charlo, 18.37. 4, Darcy Walker, Deer Lodge, 18.94. 5, Emma Gruber, Libby, 18.99. 6, Afton Brander, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 19.51.
300H – 1, Shey Hannum, Thompson Falls, 50.04. 2, Cheyenne Nagy, Charlo, 51.73. 3, Hilary VanVleet, Noxon, 55.78. 4, Capree Daniels, Eureka, 56.08. 5, McKenna Kindel, Eureka, 56.39. 6, Karley Bozarth, Eureka, 56.79.
800 – 1, Kimberly Earhart, Philipsburg, 2:33.89. 2, Emily Mossburg, Libby, 2:35.89. 3, Natalie Yocum, Arlee, 2:41.70. 4, Mckay Guckenberg, Eureka, 2:43.78. 5, Shawntaya Nelson, Arlee, 2:44.04. 6, Sidney Stevenson, Libby, 2:45.35.
1600 – 1, Natalie Yocum, Arlee, 6:00.28. 2, Tyann Totten, Eureka, 6:04.68. 3, Analisa Loberg, Philipsburg, 6:05.52. 4, Ashley McCready, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 6:11.92. 5, Emma Daniels, Loyola Sacred Heart, 6:11.93. 6, Taylor Harpe, Eureka, 6:20.14.
3200 – 1, Kimberly Earhart, Philipsburg, 12:43. 2, Natalie Yocum, Arlee, 12:52. 3, Brooklyn Foust, Charlo, 12:54. 4, Ashley McCready, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 13:18. 5, Bailey Strader, Loyola Sacred Heart, 13:22. 6, Lauren Thorstenson, Libby, 13:51.
High Jump – 1, Shey Hannum, Thompson Falls, 5’2”. 2, Krysten Mossburg, Libby, 4’10”. 3, Emily Mossburg, Libby, 4’8”. 4, Morgan Radtke, Drummond, 4’8”. 5, Kaylee Kronsperger, Eureka, 4’8”. 6, Afton Brander, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 4’8”.
Long Jump – 1, Shay Hannum, Thompson Falls, 16’5.5”. 2, Carly Hergett, Arlee, 16’2.5”. 3, Morgan Radtke, Drummond, 15’8”. 4, Lee Camel, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 15’7”. 5, Olivia Reech, Troy, 15’6”. 6, Leonora Campbell, Deer Lodge, 15’3.5”.
Triple Jump – 1, Carly Hergett, Arlee, 34’7.5”. 2, Shay Hannum, Thompson Falls, 34’4”. 3, Lee Camel, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 32’10.5”. 4, Morgan Radtke, Drummond, 32’8”. 5, Afton Brander, Ronan- St. Ignatius, 31’4”. 6, Caitlyn Cox, Charlo, 30’8.5”.
Pole Vault – 1, Gabby Eaton, Bigfork, 8’6”. 2, Ally Buhr, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 8’0”. 3, Madison Wheeler, Thompson Falls, 7’6”. 4, Kamryn Scully, Deer Lodge, 7’6”. 5, Trinity Wallace, Libby, 7’6”. 6, Shawntaya Nelson, Arlee, 7’6”.
Javelin – 1, Kimberly Earhart, Philipsburg, 136’5”. 2, Carley VonHeeder, Philipsburg, 124’10”. 3, Shey Hannum, Thompson Falls, 109’5”. 4, Jessica Thompson, Philipsburg, 98’1”. 5, Keely Dedina, Eureka, 93’4”. 6, Kieran Bissel, Deer Lodge, 90’2.5”.
Shot Put – 1, Leah Thompson, Philipsburg, 38’2.5”. 2, Ariel Clark, Deer Lodge, 29’8.75”. 3, Danielle Adler, Two Eagle River School, 29’5.5”. 4, Kerstin Cooper, Deer Lodge, 29’4.5”. 5, Kara Holmlund, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 29’3”. 6, Sakoya Gaustad, Charlo, 29’2.5”.
Discuss – 1, Leah Thompson, Philipsburg, 126’6”. 2, Bethany Frato, Thompson Falls, 90’6”. 3, Kara Altmiller, Philipsburg, 88’7”. 4, Lily Huenink, Philipsburg, 87’9”. 5, Sakoya Gaustad, Charlo, 84’2”. 6, Shelbie McLinden, Libby, 81’2”.
4x100 – 1, Charlo, 53.41. 2, Arlee, 53.91. 3, Eureka, 54.65. 4, Drummond, 55.1. 5, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 55.72. 6, Libby, 56.33.
4x400 – 1, Arlee, 4:26.61. 2, Arlee, 4:26.61. 2, Libby, 4:32.08. 3, Charlo, 4:34.58. 4, Drummond, 4:35.84. 5, Eureka, 4:43.39. 6, Plains, 4:47.22.
Overall Team Scores – 1, Arlee, 89.5. 2, Philipsburg, 85. 3, Charlo, 59. 4, Thompson Falls, 57. 5, Eureka, 41. 6, Libby, 37.5.
Boys Results
100 – 1, Michael Delaney, Charlo, 11.49. 2, Cade Benjamin, Deer Lodge, 11.69. 3, Mark Estes, Drummond, 11.81. 4, Sean Opland, Troy, 11.85. 5, Noah Puhlman, Loyola Sacred Heart, 11.91. 6, Matt Farrier, Bigfork, 12.33.
200 – 1, Michael Delaney, Charlo, 23.65. 2, Sean Opland, Troy, 23.7. 3, Mark Estes, Drummond, 24.16. 4, Nick Durglo, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 24.32. 5, Colter Scully, Deer Lodge, 24.7. 6, Collin Mcguyer, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 24.84.
400 – 1, Matt Farrier, Bigfork, 53.97. 2, Bradley Wilson, Noxon, 54.08. 3, Landers Smith, Charlo, 55.69. 4, Hunter Leighty, Troy, 57.86. 5, Logan Nelson, Libby, 58.19. 6, Chandler Krahn, Charlo, 59.06.
100H – 1, Josh Wulfekuhle, Thompson Falls, 16.42. 2, Cannan Smith, Eureka, 18.11. 3, Brennan Roullier, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 19.05. 4, Tyler Carr, Hot Springs, 19.16. 5, Kaleb Durglo, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 19.59. 6, Tayler Sherwood, Eureka, 19.67.
300H – 1, Josh Wulfekuhle, Thompson Falls, 41.84. 2, Bradley Wilson, Noxon, 43.6. 3, Cannan Smith, Eureka, 45.26. 4, Gage Fitzgerald, Lincoln, 47.08. 5, Brennan Roullier, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 47.31. 6, Tyler Carr, Hot Springs, 48.97.
800 – 1, Bradley Wilson, Noxon, 2:12.81. 2, Stormee Kipp, Loyola Sacred Heart, 2:12.82. 3, Sean Carroll, Thompson Falls, 2:16.43. 4, Tim Goodwin, Libby, 2:18.69. 5, Griffin Pluth, Alberton, 2:18.96. 6, Jesse Shaske, Alberton, 2:23.53.
1600 – 1, Bradey Wilson, Noxon, 4:52.73. 2, Tanner Laws, Thompson Falls, 4:53.38. 3, Sean Carroll, Thompson Falls, 4:59.78. 4, Jackson Duffey, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 5:02.78. 5, Nathan Dennis, Ronan- St. Ignatius, 5:08.78. 6, Tate Weingart, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 5:10.94.
3200 – 1, Tanner Laws, Thompson Falls, 11:02.48. 2, Jackson Duffey, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 11:03.20. 3, Nathan Dennis, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 11:35.35. 4, Parket McConnell, Thompson Falls, 11:50.07. 5, Willis Degrandpre, Charlo, 11:55.32. 6, Cody Johnson Bigfork, 12:03.886.
High Jump – 1, Sean Opland, Troy, 6’4”. 2, Brandon Porter, Deer Lodge, 6’4”. 3, Garret Graves, Eureka, 5’10”. 4, Zach Osborne, Hot Springs, 5’8”. 5, Gage Fitzgerald, Lincoln, 5’8”. 6, LaDeaux Sinjin, Philipsburg, 5’8”.
Long Jump – 1, Cade Benjamin, Deer Lodge, 20’4”. 2, Trevor Paro, Hot Springs, 20’.5”. 3, Lucas Blankers, Eureka, 19’9”. 4, Mark Estes, Drummond, 19’1”. 5, Slater Ream, Bigfork, 18’10.5”. 6, Trevor Anderson, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 18’10”.
Triple Jump – 1, Lucas Blankers, Eureka, 43’1”. 2, Mark Estes, Drummond, 40’9”. 3, Trevor Paro, Hot Springs, 40’6”. 4, Tate Weingart, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 39’4.5”. 5, Brian Baker, Arlee, 39’4.5”. 6, Garret Grave, Eureka, 39’3”.
Pole Vault – 1, Jake Gascon, Thompson Falls, 13’. 2, Tyler Houle, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 11’6”. 3, Bridger Smith, Charlo, 11’. 4, George Shick, Arlee, 9’6”. 5, TJ Knoll, Arlee, 9’6”.
Javelin – 1, Kade Van Elswyk, Thompson Falls, 170’11”. 2, McKenzie Holt, Thompson Falls, 160’11”. 3, Sean Opland, Troy, 151’. 4, Slater Ream, Bigfork, 147’5”. 5, Kasey Mock, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 147’1”. 6, Bridger Smith, Charlo, 139’9”.
Shot Put – 1, Austin Forson, Deer Lodge, 46’6.75”. 2, Ross Coleman, Bigfork, 45’10.75”. 3, Owen Davis, Eureka, 45’8.75”. 4, Dugan Runkel, Charlo, 43’4.75”. 5, Isaac Sturdevant, Eureka, 43’1”. 6, McKenzie Holt, Thompson Falls, 43’.75”.
Discuss – 1, Austin Forson, Deer Lodge, 151’. 2, McKenzie Holt, Thompson Falls, 144’11”. 3, Dugan Runkel, Charlo, 132’8.5”. 4, Ross Coleman, Big Fork, 128’2.5”. 5, Isaac Sturdevant, Eureka, 120’9”. 6, Miles Plemmons, Eureka, 112’5”.
4x100 – 1, Charlo, 45.92. 2, Ronan, 46.79. 3, Thompson Falls, 47.12. 4, Loyola, 47.5. 5, Mission, 47.96. 6, Drummond, 48.
4x400 – 1, Charlo, 3:42.33. 2, Thompson Falls, 3:39.02. 3, Libby, 3:53.83. 4, Deer Lodge, 3:55.56. 5, Bigfork, 4:00.36. 6, Eureka, 4:00.60.
Overall Team Scores – 1, Thompson Falls, 105. 2, Charlo, 66. 3, Deer Lodge, 52. 4, Eureka 50. 5, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 48. 6, Noxon, 36.
