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CORVALLIS - The Charlo Vikings began this season right where they ended last season, in second place.

Nearly a year after finishing second at the state track tournament, the Vikings began the season with a second-place finish in Corvallis Thursday.

While the Vikings will have to replace Chance Firestone and Cody Smith, who graduated from last year's squad, the team's four returning state performers opened the season with a strong showing Thursday. Stephen Delaney led the way for the Vikings in Corvallis with a pair of first-place finishes while Chance Rosenbaum turned in one fourth, one third and a first place finish. Michael Smith also had a strong showing with a pair of fourth-place finishes.

Delaney led the way for Charlo in Corvallis, come in first in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.68 seconds and first in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 41.44 seconds.

Rosenbaum earned a first-place finish in the pole vault after clearing a height of 12 feet and also came in third in the high jump and fourth in the 800-meter run.

Smith was fourth in the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs.

The Vikings also came in first in the 400-meter relay and third in the 1,600-meter relay.

Also for the Vikings Thursday, Austin Bauer was third in the long jump with a leap of 19 feet, seven and one-half inches and Jacen Petersen was fifth in the pole vault after clearing a height of 10 feet, six inches.

The Lady Vikings earned a fifth-place finish in Corvallis Thursday as they finished with 41 points.

Aspen Runkel led the Lady Vikings with a pair of third-place finishes while Dawn Blevins was fifth in two events.

Runkel came away with a third-place finish in the 400-meter run with a time of 65 seconds and was also third in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.11 seconds.

Blevins was fifth in the 1,600-meter run and also fifth in the javelin.

Charlo was also second in the 1,600-meter relay and third in the 400-meter relay.

Also for Charlo Thursday, Deondra Brown was fourth in the 200-meter dash, Jordan Ludeman was fifth in the 800-meter run, Rachel Hoyt was fourth in the high jump and Michaela Krahn was sixth in the shot put.

Summary

GIRLS
Team scores: Bigfork 98, Hamilton 95, Florence 54, Corvallis 43, Charlo 41, Deer Lodge 34, Stevensville 33, Drummond 33, Superior 29, Frenchtown 20, Darby 19, Seeley-Swan 18, Victor 6, Valley Christian 2, Alberton 2. Also competing: Philipsburg.
100 - 1, Kelsi Almond, Ham, 12.96; 2, Mallery Knoll, BF, 12.98; 3, Jen Egdorf, BF, 13.14; 4, Tess Porch, Flo, 13.3; 5, Nikki Barron, Cor, m13.38; 6, Kaitlynn Koke, Sup, 13.44.
200 - 1, Quinci Paine, BF, 27.54; 2, Nikki Barron, Cor, 27.16; 3, Jen Egdorf, BF, 28.22; 4, Deondra Brown, Cha, 28.54; 5, Britney Chilcott, Ste, 28.81; 6, Tess Porch, Flo, 29.0.
400 - 1, Kelsi Almond, Ham, 63.7; 2, Ashley Blaylock, Sup, 64.4; 3, Aspen Runkel, Cha, 65.0; 4, Kadeshia Clark, DL, 65.3; 5, Jenna Rausch, Alb, 67.4; 6, Rosie O'Brien, Flo, 72.5.
800 (no times available) - 1, Chelsea Olson, BF; 2, Sarah DelRae, Ham; Jenny Smith, Ham, Shari Leedom, Flo, Jordan Ludeman, Cha; 6, Alisha Gill, DL.
1,600 - 1, Alexys Bryant, Dru, 6:02; 2, Chelsea Olson, BF, 6:03; 3, Ari Watt, Cor, 6:04; 4, Chelsi Clarke, Cor, 6:07; 5, Dawn Blevins, Cha, 6:08; 6, Jenny Smith, Ham, 6:09.
3,200 - 1, Sara Amish, Ham, 13:33; 2, Alexys Bryant, Dru, 13:35; 3, Theresa Lombardi, DL, 13:47; 4, Laura Breidenbach, Fre, 14:00; 5, Ari Watts, Cor, 14:02; 6, Kenzee Gray, Dru, 14:38.
100 hurdles - 1, Britney Chilcott, Ste, 16.29; 2, Mallery Knoll, BF, 16.49; 3, Aspen Runkel, Cha, 17.11; 4, Schaelyn Fell, Cha, 17.18; 5, Nicole Stroot, Sup, 17.46; 6, McCall Sewell, DL, 17.7.
300 hurdles - 1, Mallery Knoll, BF, 49.24; 2, Summit Parcell, SS, 52.27; 3, Nicole Stroot, Sup, 52.62; 4, Kylie Johnston, DL, 54.09; 5, Mariah Denman, VC, 54.14; 6, Paige Fickler, Dru, 54.81.
400 relay - 1, Corvallis, 51.2; 2, Bigfork, 53.26; 3, Charlo, 54.62; 4, Deer Lodge, 54.73; 5, Superior, 54.76; 6, Darby, 54.93.
1,600 relay - 1, Bigfork, 4:28; 2, Charlo, 4:31; 3, Deer Lodge, 4:43.1; 4, Frenchtown, 4:43.7; 5, Hamilton, 4:49; 6, Florence, 4:54.
Javelin - 1, Britney Chilcott, Ste, 113-9; 2, Caitlin Charlebois, BF, 112-0.5; 3, Jessi Dahl, Dru, 112-0; 4, Megan Leathers, Flo, 108-4; 5, Dawn Blevins, Cha, 108-2; 6, Kaitlynn Koke, Sup, 105-9.
Shot put - 1, Megan Leathers, Flo, 34-5; 2, Meghan Kratofil, Ham, 33-7; 3, Jessica DesJarlais, Flo, 30-0; 4, Ronnie Lerette, Fre, 29-7; 5, Lianna Burdett, Vic, 28-3.5; 6, Michaela Krahn, Cha, 27-6.5.
Discus - 1. Megan Leathers, Flo, 122-4; 2, Meghan Kratofil, Ham, 114-10; 3, Natalie Licehty, Ham, 101-3; 4, Lianna Burdett, Vic, 98-2; 5, Cecilia Newman, DL, 93-10; 6, Carlie Jessop, Cor, 93-0.5.
High jump - 1, Molly Brewer, Ste, 5-0; 2, Holly Beary, SS, 4-8; 3, Callie Hunt, Flo, 4-8; 4, Rachel Hoyt, Cha, 4-8; 5, Summit Parcell, SS, 4-6; 6, Kelsey Allen, Dru, 4-4.
Long jump - 1, Kelsi Almond, Ham, 16-6.25; 2, Sarah Jokober, Dar, 16-1; 3, Nicole Stroot, Sup, 16-0.25; 4, Kelsey Brangoccio, Ham, 15-3.75; 5, Tess Porch, Flo, 15-2; 6, Molly Brewer, Ste, 14-6.
Triple jump - 1, Sarah Jakober, Dar, 33-1.5; 2, Kelsey Brangoccio, Ham, 30-7.75; 3, Paige Fickler, Dru, 29-8.5; 4, Rhayn Ransier, 29-7.75; 5, Kaitlynn Koke, Sup, 29-6.5; 6, Holly Beary, SS, 29-0.5.
Pole vault - 1, Aspen Evans, Cor, 9-6; 2, Jasmine Furniss, Fre, 8-0; 3, Cassy Gravely, DL, 7-6; 4, Quinci Paine, BF, 7-6; 5, Caitlin Charlebois, BF, 7-6; 6, Kinzie Cooper, Sup, 7-6.
BOYS
Team scores: Darby 93, Charlo 77, Stevensville 62, Florence 61, Hamilton 55, Frenchtown 42.5, Deer Lodge 37.5, Victor 32, Corvallis 25, Drummond 14, Superior 12, Bigfork 11.5, Philipsburg 2, Valley Christian 2, Alberton 0.5. Also competing: Seeley-Swan.
100 - 1, Aaron Johnston, Dar, 11.04;2, Josh Lords, Ste, 11.38; 3, Jake Davenport, DL, 11.48; 4, Reno Ward, DL, 11.54; 5, Jarom Dilworth, Fre, 11.57; 6, Travis Knoll, BF, 11.57.
200 - 1, Aaron Johnston, Dar, 22.76; 2, Jacob Senecal, DL, 23.32; 3, Josh Lords, Ste, 23.66; 4, Travis Knoll, BF, 23.86; 5, Colby Peterson, Fre, 24.08; 6, Dylan Reynolds, Flo, 24.14.
400 - 1, Aaron Johnston, Dar, 51.68; 2, Jacob Senecal, DL, 52.63; 3, Brady Blomquist, Flo, 54.0; 4, Tanner Palin, Cor, 54.92; 5, Colby Peterson, Fre, 55.67; 6, Josh Lords, Ste, 57.18.
800 - 1, Doug Raymer, Dar, 1:58.3; 2, Madison Bolton, Flo, 2:09; 3, Jeremy Campbell, Dar, 2:11.6; 4, Chance Rosenbaum, Cha, 2:13.3; 5, Colin Robinson, Ham, 2:16.5; 6, Jake Purlee, Cor, 2:16.8.
1,600 - 1, Doug Raymer, Dar, 4:42; 2, Sean Abrahamsen, Dar, 4:51; 3, Madison Bolton, Flo, 4:54; 4, Michael Smith, Cha, 4:58; 5, Alex Ammons, VC, 4:59; 6, Easton Albert, Ham, 4:59.
3,200 - 1, Sean Abrahamsen, Dar, 10:41; 2, Easton Albert, Ham, 10:48; 3, Marty Jessop, Cor, 10:53; 4, Michael Smith, Cha, 10:54; 5, Austin Lords, Ste, 11:19; 6, Sean Hansen, Dar, 11:25.
110 hurdles - 1, Stephan Delaney, Cha, 15.68; 2, Austin Christopher, Ste, 15.82; 3, Brady Baughman, Fre, 16.06; 4, Tra Ludeman, Cha, 16.94; 5, Dylan Reynolds, Flo, 17.14; 6, Tyler Woods, Fre, 17.76.
300 hurdles - 1, Stephan Delaney, Cha, 41.44; 2, Brady Baughman, Fre, 42.03; 3, Dylan Reynolds, Flo, 42.55; 4, Tanner Cobbs, Flo, 44.14; 5, Tyler Woods, Fre, 44.38; 6, Tra Ludeman, Cha, 45.64.
400 relay - 1, Charlo, 45.14; 2, Frenchtown, 45.92; 3, Bigfork, 45.95; 4, Stevensville 45.96; 5, Victor, 47.06; 6, Florence, 47.16.
1,600 relay - 1, Florence, 3:41; 2, Darby, 3:47; 3, Charlo, 3:48; 4, Frenchtown, 3:49; 5, Hamilton, 3:57; 6, Victor, 3:58.
Javelin - 1, Curt Manely, Vic, 189-9; 2, Seth Ray, Ham, 161-8; 3, Brian Mannix, Dru, 153-9; 4, Raymond Jessop, Cor, 148-7; 5, Branden Butt, Cor, 146-6; 6, Kyle Ball, Vic, 146-4.
Shot put - 1, Brandon Forson, DL, 56-3.5; 2, Nate Bignell, Dru, 48-8.5; 3, Seth Ray, Ham, 42-2.5; 4, Ty Exner, Ham, 40-6; 5, Craig Weyer, Vic, 40-5; 6, Donavan Linear, Sup, 39-10.5.
Discus - 1, Ty Exner, Ham, 141-1; 2, Tanner Galusha, Ste, 128-2.5; 3, Colton Johnston, Dar, 127-6; 4, Seth Ray, Ham, 127-3; 5, Curt Manely, Vic, 124-7; 6, Branden Butt, Cor, 123-3.
High jump - 1, Dace Moerkerke, Ham, 6-3; 2, Matt Hayes, Fre, 6-2; 3, Chance Rosenbaum, Cha, 6-0; 4, Jeremy Campbell, Dar, 5-10; 5, Kyle Ball, Vic, 5-8; 6, (tie) Jake Thompson, Alb, and Rodney Hunter, DL, 5-6.
Long jump - 1, Josh Lords, Ste, 20-0; 2, Zac Agee, Vic, 19-8; 3, Austin Bauer, Cha, 19-7.5; 4, Cody Brunett, Ste, 19-5; 5, Rodd Mangun, Flo, 19-2.5; 6, Reed Jenkins, Flo, 18-10.
Triple jump - 1, Josh Haynes, Ste, 42-7.5; 2, Reed Jenkins, Flo, 42-4.25; 3, Rodd Mangun, Flo, 41-6.5; 4, Tyler Coorough, Vic, 41-0.25; 5, Dace Moerkerke, Ham, 40-8.75; 6, Cody Brunett, Ste, 40-8.5.
Pole vault - 1, Chance Rosenbaum, Cha, 12-0; 2, Christofer Ericksson, Sup, 11-6; 3, Tyler Berner, Cor, 11-6; 4, Matt Campbell, Sup, 11-0; 5, Jacen Peterson, Cha, 10-6; 6, Brett Witt, DL, 10-0.

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