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MISSOULA — Mission Valley area prep track and field teams had plenty of strong performances during the Class B/C Divisional meet held in Missoula and the Class A Divisional meet in Columbia Falls this past weekend.

Mission Lady Bulldog Sydney Brander won four individual events to headline area athletes and now moves on to state track and field action this weekend. Brander won the girls’ Class B 100 meters (13.26), 200 meters (27.77), long jump (15-11.5), triple jump (32-2.50) and she took second in the high jump.

For the Mission Bulldogs, Andrew Rush won the division title in the 800 with a time of 2:01.79 minutes and placed third in both the 1600 and 3200 races. Charley Adams finished second in the 100 meters and Bryce Umphrey placed third in the triple jump.

Top finishers for Arlee boys and girls were Colt Crawford with a second-place finish in the 300 meter hurdles and fourth-place finish by Halle Adams in the shot put. Adalyn Jacobson had a fourth-place finish in the 100-meter race.

In Class C action, Charlo Lady Viking Carlee Fryberger captured divisional titles in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.76 seconds, the 300-meter hurdles (47.48) and triple jump (34-02.75). Fryberger took second in the 100-meter race and was third in the 200 meters.

Kenton Piedalue rounded out the top-three finishes for the Charlo Vikings with a third-place finish in the 400.

Class A Ronan Chiefs placed four athletes in the top three: Payton Cates claimed top marks in the high jump with a measurement of six feet, two inches, followed by a second-place finish by Girma Detwiler in the triple jump along with third place finishes by Brant Heiner in the 3200 and Zarec Couture in the long jump.

For the Maidens, Rylie Lindquist placed second in the javelin.

Top finishers for the Polson boys and girls were Pirates Austin Luper in the 200-meter race and Jonathan Perez in the javelin who both placed fourth. Lady Pirate Ashtyn Wagner placed fifth in the 800.

Starting on Friday and ending Saturday, track and field teams from Arlee, Mission, Polson and Ronan will compete in the joint A/B state meet held in Laurel. The Charlo squad will make the short trip to Missoula for the joint AA/C state meet.

 

Western B Divisional 

MCPS, Missoula

Friday, May 21- Saturday, May 2

BOYS 

100 Meters: 2. Charles Adams, MIS, 11.45; 6. Layne Spidel, MIS, 11.75.

200 Meters: 4.Layne Spidel, MIS, 23.74.

400 Meters: 5.Layne Spidel, MIS, 52.92; 9. Colt Crawford, ARL, 53.80.

800 Meters: 1.Andrew Rush, MIS, 2:01.79; 5. Sage Nicolai, ARL, 2:09.62.

1600 Meters: 3. Andrew Rush, MIS, 4:37.66; 8. Sage Nicolai, ARL, 5:02.94.

3200 Meters: 3. Andrew Rush, MIS, 10:13.41; 10. Trent RutherFord, ARL, 12:08.06.

110m Hurdles: 4. Colt Crawford, ARL, 17.04; 8. Dustin Mitchell, MIS, 18.86; 9. RJ Knoll, ARL 19.00.

300m Hurdles: 2. Colt Crawford, ARL, 43.00; 8. Dustin Mitchell, MIS, 46.02; 9. Kendall O’Neill, ARL, 46.21.

4x100 Relay: 4. Mission (Canyon Sargent, Charles Adams, Kellen McClure, Layne Spidel), 45.93; 7. Arlee (Colt Crawford, Charley Crawford, Jace Arca, Kendall O’Neill), 48.41.

4x400 Relay: 6. Mission (Charles Adams, Andrew Rush, Isaiah Nasewytewa, Layne Spidel), 3:42.53; 7. Arlee (Charley Crawford, Colt Crawford, Kendall O’Neill, Sage Nicolai), 3:44.53.

Shot Put: 7. Canyon Sargent, MIS, 35-08.50.

Javelin: 7. Charley Crawford, ARL, 138-02; 11. Kellen McClure, MIS, 113-09.

Pole Vault: 7. RJ Knoll, ARL, 9-06.00; 8. Trent RutherFord, ARL, 9-00.00; 10. Andrew Knoll, ARL, 8-00.00.

Long Jump: 5. Charles Adams, MIS, 18-03.75; 11. Kendall O’Neill, ARL, 17-04.75.

Triple Jump: 3. Bryce Umphrey, MIS, 39-08.00.

GIRLS

100 Meters: 1. Sydney Brander, MIS, 13.26; 4.  Adalyn Jacobson, ARL, 13.67.

200 Meters: 1. Sydney Brander, MIS, 27.77; 6. Adalyn Jacobson, ARL, 28.58.

800 Meters: 6. Raven Parson, ARL,  2:49.46. 

1600 Meters: 9. Princess Bolen, ARL, 7:04.85.

100m Hurdles: 9.  Harli Kinney, ARL, 23.44.

4x100 Relay: 4. Arlee (Princess Bolen, Adalyn Jacobson, Isabelle Pape, Raven Parson), 54.66.

Shot Put: 4. Halle Adams, ARL, 29-09.00; 7. Shonlea Matt, ARL, 26-02.00; 8. Shyla Schlieker, ARL, 25-01.75.

Discus: 7.  Halle Adams, ARL, 81-04.50, 8.  Shonlea Matt, ARL, 77-05.50; 9. Shyla Schlieker, ARL, 63-07.50.

Javelin: 9.  Shyla Schlieker, ARL, 57-09.50.

High Jump: 2. Sydney Brander, MIS, 4-08.00; 7.  Adalyn Jacobson, ARL, 4-04.00.

Pole Vault: 6. Harli Kinney, ARL, 7-06.00; 6.  Isabelle Pape, ARL, 7-06.00.

Long Jump: 1. Sydney Brander, MIS, 15-11.50; 6. Raven Parson, ARL, 14-01.50; 8. Adalyn Jacobson, ARL, 12-09.25; 11. Princess Bolen, ARL, 12-00.00. 

Triple Jump: 1. Sydney Brander, MIS, 32-02.50; 7. Isabelle Pape, ARL, 28-08.50.

 

Western C Divisional 

MCPS, Missoula

Friday, May 21 - Saturday, May 22

BOYS

100 Meters: 6. Braydon Zempel, CHA, 11.89; 7. Kenton Piedalue, CHA, 11.93.

200 Meters: 6. Kenton Piedalue, CHA, 24.78; 10. Braydon Zempel, 25.45.

400 Meters: 3. Kenton Piedalue, CHA, 55.83; 6. Coyle Nagy, CHA, 56.70.

800 Meters: 6. Coyle Nagy, CHA, 2:14.79; 13. Hayden Hollow, CHA, 2:23.74.

1600 Meters: 7. Tucker Love, CHA, 5:13.77; 18. Hayden Smith, CHA, 5:44.84.

3200 Meters: 12. Hayden Smith, CHA, 12:25.08; 14.Henry Ranney, CHA, 12:39.03.

4x100 Relay: 5. Charlo (Braydon Zempel, Kenton Piedalue, Coyle Nagy, Hayden Hollow), 47.60.

4x400 Relay: 3. Charlo (Braydon Zempel, Tayre Brown, Coyle Nagy, Kenton Piedalue), 3:46.29.

Discus: 8. Stetson Reum, CHA, 115-07.

Javelin: 9. Tucker Love, CHA, 131-07.

Pole Vault: 9. Hayden Hollow, CHA, 8-00.00.

Triple Jump: 11. Braydon Zempel, CHA, 35-11.00.

GIRLS

100 Meters: 2.  Carlee Fryberger, CHA, 12.86.

200 Meters: 3. Carlee Fryberger, CHA, 26.59.

1600 Meters: 9. Guinevere Contreras, CHA, 6:25.80.

3200 Meters: 5. Guinevere Contreras, CHA, 13:53.20.

100m Hurdles: 1. Carlee Fryberger, CHA, 14.76.

300m Hurdles: 1. Carlee Fryberger, CHA, 47.48.

4x100 Relay: 16. Charlo (Kyla Tomlin, Aida Cote, Guinevere Contreras, Jessica Shenyer), 1:01.78. 

Shot Put: 13. Kyla Tomlin, CHA, 26-07.25.

Discus: 6. Aida Cote, CHA, 94-08. 

Javelin: 5. Kyla Tomlin, CHA, 105-06.

High Jump: 8.  Aida Cote, CHA, 4-04.00.

Pole Vault: 10. Kyla Tomlin, CHA, 6-06.00.

Triple Jump: 1. Carlee Fryberger, CHA, 34-02.75.

 

Western A Divisional 

Dr. Nicosia Track Complex, Columbia Falls 

Friday, May 21 - Saturday, May 22

BOYS

100 Meters: 6.Dawson Dumont, POL, 11.50.

200 Meters: 4. Austin Luper, POL, 23.39; 12. Dawson Dumont, POL, 23.76; 13. Cassidy Hendricks, POL, 23.83; 14. Lucas Targerson, POL, 23.90; 25. Ethan McCauley, POL, 25.28;31. Keyan Pretty On Top, RON, 26.49; 32. Briar Largent, RON, 26.56.

400 Meters: 8. Drifter Skillicorn, POL, 53.42; 17. Tommy Williams, POL, 56.23; 20. Cassidy Hendricks, POL, 56.48; 25. Ethan McCauley, POL, 57.16; 27. Elijah Tonasket, RON, 57.49; 31. James Kenelty, RON, 1:00.84.

800 Meters: 4. Michael Irvine, RON, 2:03.25; 8. Drifter Skillicorn, POL, 2:05.21; 12. Ryan Dupuis, POL, 2:07.83; 23. Kai McDonald, POL, 2:15.99; 29. Robert Perez, POL, 2:25.86; 31. Brandt Heninger, POL, 2:28.22.

1600 Meters  Varsity: 7. Michael Irvine, RON, 4:40.95; 10. Mason Sloan, POL, 4:42.73; 13. Brant Heiner, RON, 4:45.32; 14. Ryan Dupuis, POL, 4:45.72; 31. David Bjorge, POL, 5:14.96; 33. Hayden Clairmont, POL, 5:16.12; 36.Kai McDonald, POL, 5:17.28; 39. Wendall Charlo, RON, 5:37.97.

3200 Meters: 3. Brant Heiner, RON, 10:03.84; 4. Michael Irvine, RON, 10:11.19; 8. Mason Sloan, POL, 10:21.71; 23. David Bjorge, RON, 11:41.38; 25.Sean Stewart, POL, 12:24.22; 26. Kai Clifford, POL, 13:04.30.

110m Hurdles: 4. Colter Cornwell, RON, 16.44. 

300m Hurdles: 5. Colter Cornwell, RON, 43.10.

4x100 Relay:  3. Polson (Austin Luper, Dawson Dumont, Lucas Targerson, Jarrett Wilson), 45.83; 9. Ronan (Keyan Pretty On Top, Dylan Kelch, Zarec Couture, Bruin Largent), 47.35.

4x400 Relay:  5. Polson (Cassidy Hendricks, Lucas Targerson, Austin Luper, Dawson Dumont), 3:39.42; 9. Ronan (Colter Cornwell, Brant Heiner, Michael Irvine, Zarec Couture), 3:48.90.a 

Shot Put: 24. Tristan Fisher, RON, 37’ 6; 25. Dylan Kelch, RON, 37’ 0; 27. Justin Martinez, POL, 35’ 9.5; 32.  Jasen Rodda, RON, 34’ 0; 36. Jesse Richey, RON, 32’ 10; 45.  Xavier Pierre, POL, 27’ 4; 47. Wica Brown, RON, 23’ 4.5; 48. Hunter Greenwood, POL, 22’ 3.

Discus: 15. Payton Cates, RON, 114’ 8; 35.  Justin Martinez, POL,  91’ 0; 43.  Jasen Rodda, RON, 81’ 11.25; 44. Wica Brown, POL, 79’ 6; 45. Xavier Pierre, POL, 77’ 1.25; 48.Hunter Greenwood, 72’ 4.5.

Javelin: 4. Jonathan Perez, POL, 152’ 10; 5. Daniel Kelsch, RON, 151’ 1; 21. Jayden Rodda, RON, 121’ 5;27. Elijah Tonasket, RON, 113’ 5; 28.Jasen Rodda, RON, 113’ 4; 33.  Xavier Pierre, POL, 104’ 7; 46. Wica Brown, POL, 62’ 5; 48. Hunter Greenwood, POL, 50’ 11.

High Jump: 1. Payton Cates, RON, 6’ 2; 10. Cassidy Hendricks, POL, 5’ 6.

Pole Vault: 10. Jayden Rodda, RON, 10’ 6.

Long Jump:  3. Zarec Couture, RON, 20’ 1.25; 10. Austin Luper, POL, 19’ 1.75; 14. Lucas Targerson, POL, 18’ 4.75; 15.Drifter Skillicorn, POL, 18’ 4; 17. Dawson Dumont, POL, 18’ 1.75; 24. Caleb Cheff, RON, 17’ 2; 28. Daniel Kelsch, RON, 17’ 1.5; 35. Nate Young, RON, 14’ 10.75; 37. James Kenelty, RON, 14’ 3.75.

Triple Jump:  2. Girma Detwiler, RON, 42’ 11; 4. Zarec Couture, RON, 41’ 0; 27. Wendall Charlo, RON, 32’ 1.

GIRLS

100 Meters:  10. Michelle Dale, POL, 13.60.

200 Meters:  16. Michelle Dale, POL, 29.38; 17. Hallie Mos, POL, 29.42; 18. Hannah Simpson, POL, 29.42; 19. Kylee Seifert, POL, 29.71; 24. Alexandra Dupuis, POL, 30.30.

400 Meters:  14. Hannah Simpson, POL, 1:08.57; 15. Taleah Hernandez, POL, 1:08.93; 17. Alexandra Dupuis, POL, 1:11.88; 18. Hallie Moss, POL, 1:12.17; 19. Kaona Trahan, RON, 1:14.59; 20. Amelia Burland, POL, 1:28.87.

800 Meters:  5. Ashtyn Wagner, POL, 2:30.76; 18. Taleah Hernandez, POL, 2:41.05. 

1600 Meters 7. Ashtyn Wagner, POL, 5:38.88; 9. Adison Carlson, POL, 5:42.30; 10. Olivia Heiner, RON, 5:42.31; 12. Halle Heninger, POL, 5:47.07; 24.Isabel Seeley, POL, 6:17.99; 26. Maddilyn Huffine, POL, 6:27.97.

3200 Meters:  6. Adison Carlson, POL, 12:37.78; 7. Halle Heninger, POL, 12:38.20; 12. Olivia Heiner, RON, 13:20.42; 14. Maddilyn Huffine, RON, 13:53.81.

100m Hurdles: 12. Michelle Dale, POL, 18.22.

300m Hurdles: 12. Michelle Dale, POL, 52.19.

4x100 Relay: 6. Ronan (Leina Ulutoa, Jase Frost, Lindsey Brooks, Rylie Lindquist), 54.91; 7. Polson (Michelle Dale, Kylee Seifert, Hallie Moss, Hannah Simpson), 55.36.

4x400 Relay:  6. Ronan (Leina Ulutoa, Kaona Trahan, Olivia Heiner, Lindsey Brooks), 4:28.18; 7. Polson (Kylee Seifert, Taleah Hernandez, Hannah Simpson, Ashtyn Wagner), 4:30.53.

Shot Put: 6. Rylie Lindquist, RON, 32’ 0; 21. Jaylea Lunceford, RON, 27’ 8.5; 31. Anna Sponable, POL, 25’ 6.5; 36. Mackinly Corrigan, POL, 23’ 0; 37. Trinity Bell, POL, 22’ 10.5.

Discus: 12. Trinity Bell, POL, 93’ 11.5; 15. Jaylea Lunceford, RON, 86’ 1.75; 24. Mackinly Corrigan, POL,76’ 5.5; 33. Anna Sponable, POL, 63’ 3; 34. Karli Owens, POL, 59’ 8.25.

Javelin: 2. Rylie Lindquist, RON, 117’ 8; 25. Karli Owens, POL, 63’ 1; 28. Anna Sponable, POL, 61’ 6; 31. Mackinly Corrigan, POL, 47’ 6.

High Jump: 8. Lindsey Brooks, RON, 4’ 8; 14. Maddilyn Huffine, POL, 4’ 4.

Pole Vault: 15. Taleah Hernandez, POL, 7’ 0.

Long Jump: 16. Hallie Moss, POL, 14’ 2; 20. Olivia Clairmont, RON, 13’ 8.75; 22. Leina Ulutoa, RON, 13’ 6; 24. Kylee Seifert, POL, 13’ 1.5; 27.  Katie Dolence, RON, 12’ 7.75; 32. Jase Frost, RON, 12’ 4; 39. Shalayne Ostler, POL. 11’ 1; 40. Amelia Burland, POL, 9’ 7.75. 

Triple Jump:  4. Leina Ulutoa, RON, 33’ 10.5; 23. Katie Dolence; RON, 28’ 4.5.

 

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