Articles with the Tag: Track and field
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...
Polson HAMILTON – Both the Pirates and Lady Pirates fought a split Friday while competing in a duals event at Hamilton against both the Broncs and Corvallis. Against Hamilton, the Lady Pirates pulled out the broom to sweep the Lady Broncs 5-0. Doubles team Taylor Rost/Shawna Lenz logged the best ...
RONAN — The weather was perfect for valley cross-country teams on Thursday at the Mission Mountain Golf Course. In a meet hosted by Ronan, 16 teams ran three miles along cart paths, fairways, and greens in a race to post the best times. Though no valley teams were able to bust into the top...
Ronan’s field was abuzz on Saturday as several teams from around western Montana came to battle the spring rain and mud and compete in Ronan’s first invitational meet of the season. Valley teams from Arlee and Mission also made their debuts. While the Ronan Maidens faired the best among the gi...
CHARLO — The Charlo boys track team took home first place honors last weekend, earning 62 team points — 14 points higher than second place finisher Belt. This was the largest scoring gap between sequential places in the entire tournament. Tyler Delaney took home first place in the 400 meter da...
BOZEMAN — In 1973, a Ronan Boys track and field team consisting of Jay Krantz, Ken Franklin, Doug Starkel, Dan Salomon, Jim Darlington, Ken Harvey, Rick Jore, Ed Loder, Jim Fangsrud, Jerry Tatum, Tom Harvey, Gary Christson, Mark Shannor and Marty Esquibel and coached by Larry Anderson and Ron Kimmel br...
POLSON — Now in his second year as Polson’s track and field head coach, Mike Ellis said what his team lacks in quantity they make up for in quality. “The season is going pretty well,” said Ellis, who teaches at Polson Middle School. “We’re down in numbers and I&rs...
MISSOULA — Ronan-St. Ignatius’ Jalen Bell defended his divisional championships in long jump and triple jump last weekend, leaping 21 feet, 8.75 inches in the long jump and 43 feet, 10 inches in the triple jump. Paden Alexander added a double divisional championship to his career accompl...
MISSOULA — The Ronan-St. Ignatius boys came away the District 6-B champions after a weekend of tough competition at Missoula County Stadium. St. Ignatius distance leader Paden Alexander won the 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter races, setting a new record for his school in the 1,600 with a time of 4:29.37. A...
CHARLO — Charlo head track coach Bret Thompson has been a coach in the district for 27 years. In that time he’s seen many teams and players come and go and has watched many track teams from across the state. However, one thing remains constant at Charlo. “Our kids work hard here,” ...
