All hands on deck: Fully-manned Pirate squads do well at Big Sky, Corvallis
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It was another busy week for Polson's track teams as the Pirates and Lady Pirates were in action at a non-scoring meet at Big Sky in Missoula Tuesday and at the Last Chance Meet in Corvallis Thursday.
Both the boys and girls got a good workout at Big Sky Tuesday in a quadrangular meet that kept the athletes scrambling between events.
"We used this meet for a good conditioning workout and put the kids in a lot of events," coach Bob Gunderson said. "The meet was over in less than 3 hours so there wasn't much time to catch a breather between events."
Breanne Kelley had a good day for the Lady Pirates, winning a pair of events as she took first in the 100 and 300-meter hurdles. Anna DiGiallonardo also won an event for Polson as she took top honors in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.49 seconds. DiGiallonardo was also second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 28.07 seconds and third in the long jump with a leap of 14 feet, eight inches.
Katharina Medland was second in the 400-meter run while Anne Venters was third. Medland was also second in the pole vault. Mesa Starkey finished second in the 1,600-meter run and fifth in the 800-meter event. Sierra Pete took fourth in the 800-meter run while Claudia Hewston was third in the 1,600-meter run.
D.J. Conko-Camel was second in the shot put and third in the discus while Jewel Zakit-Ackerman was fourth in the shot put. Shelby Korpi was fifth in the triple jump for the Lady Pirates.
MacKenzie Banner was third in the pole vault while Macall Banner was fifth.
The Lady Pirate 1,600-meter relay team of Pete, DiGiallonardo, Hewston and Kelley was second with a time of 4:25.85 while the 400-meter relay team of Katie Finley, Pete, Kelley and DiGiallonardo was second with a time of 53.19 seconds.
On the boys side of things, Travis Hays set a new personal record to win the 800-meter run, finishing in 2:10.
Clark Rubel also set a person record to win the discus with a toss of 126 feet, nine inches while Brock Bleazard won the pole vault by clearing 12 feet.
The Pirates also picked up a win in the 400-meter relay as the team of Paul McClurg, Mike Devlin, Eric Williamson and Vince DiGiallonardo finished with a time of 46.31 seconds.
Both teams were in action again in Corvallis Thursday as they competed in the Last Chance Meet (Last Chance referring to the last chance to qualify for this weekend's Russ Pilcher Top 10 meet in Missoula). Despite less than ideal conditions, both squads had strong showings.
"The meet was cold and windy but we managed to get through it with some pretty good efforts," Gunderson said.
Anna DiGiallonardo led the way to a second-place team finish for the Lady Pirates as she picked up 20 individual points and also ran on Polson's two relay teams, which both took second.
DiGiallonardo was second in the 100-meter dash with a season-best time of 12.93 second and was also second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.72 seconds. Anna was also fifth in the long jump with a leap of 15 feet, one and 1/4 inch.
Kelley also had a good day for the Lady Pirates, setting season best times to finish second in the 300-meter hurdles and third in the 300-meter hurdles.
Starkey was the only individual event winner for the girls as she took the top spot in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 12:24.9.
The Pirates finished in fifth place at the meet with 60 team points as Rubel led the way with a first-place finish in the shot put with a toss of 44 feet, one inch.
Polson also took third and sixth in the shot put as Dale Big Sam was third and Riley Sampson set a new person record with a toss of 41 feet, six inches to come in sixth.
Devlin was second in the 400-meter run with a personal-best time of 52.81 second while Chris Cote was third. Zion Lee was second in the pole vault and Drew Fouty took sixth and Vince DiGiallonardo set a new person record to finish sixth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.5 seconds.
Several Pirates and Lady Pirates will be in action at the Russ Pilcher Top 10 meet at Missoula Big Sky Tuesday. The event features athletes ranked in the top 10 in their events in western Montana.
Mesa Starkey will be running in the 3,200-meter (also qualified in the 1,600-meter but will not participate), Kelley will run the 100 and 300-meter hurdles as well as run on the 400 and 1,600-meter relay teams, Anna DiGiallonardo will run in the 100 and 200-meter dashes as well as the 400 and 1,600 meter relays, Hewston will run the 1,600-meter run and the 1,600-meter relay, Finley will run on the 400-meter relay and Pete will run the 400-meter relay and the 1,600-meter relay.
For the Pirates, Devlin will compete in the long jump, 400-meter run and 1,600-meter relay, while Cote, Lee and Hayes will all run on the 1,600-meter relay team.
The event begins at 3 p.m.
Both teams will also be in action at the A.R.M. Invitational in Whitefish Saturday beginning at 9:30 a.m.
Summary
Big Sky Quadrangular
GIRLS
Teams competing: Missoula Big Sky, Polson, Florence, Seeley-Swan.
100 - 1, Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 13.49; 2, Brielle Rolle, MBS, 13.72; 3, Tess Porch, Flo, 13.74.
200 - 1, Elle Tinkle, MBS, 27.32; 2, Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 28.07; 3, Katie McKay, MBS, 28.66.
400 - 1, Shelby Holmes, SS, 69.0; 2, Katharina Medland, Pol, 69.8; 3, Anne Venters, Pol, 70.93.
800 - 1, Jessica Diehl, MBS, 2:33.72; 2, Taylor Rather, MBS, 2:36.70; 3, Erynn Boyer, MBS, 2:38.65.
1,600 - 1, Taylor Rather, MBS, 5:40.83; 2, Mesa Starkey, Pol, 5:43.41; 3, Claudia Hewston, Pol, 5:46.54.
3,200 - not held.
100 hurdles - 1, Breanna Kelley, Pol, 16.27; 2, Rachel Lindley, MBS, 17.05; 3, Kaitlyn Mortensen, MBS, 17.87.
300 hurdles - 1, Breanne Kelley, Pol, 49.49; 2, Rachel Lindley, MBS, 52.05; 3, Summit Parcell, SS, 52.56.
400 relay - 1, Big Sky, 53.15; 2, Polson, 53.19; 3, Florence, 55.64.
1,600 relay - 1, Big Sky, 4:16.35; 2, Polson, 4:25.85; 3, Seeley-Swan, 4:32.21.
Javelin - 1, Meagan Leathers, Flo, 108-6; 2, Rosie O’Brien, Flo, 101-6; 3, Cascade Parcell, SS, 98-9.
Shot put - 1, Meagan Leathers, Flo, 33-9; 2, D.J. Conko-Camel, Pol, 28-9; 3, Jesica Desjarlais, Flo, 28-0.5.
Discus - 1, Meagan Leathers, Flo, 108-10; 2, Alyssa Bashor, MBS, 101-7; 3, D.J. Conko-Camel, Pol, 91-1.
High jump - 1, Jesse Henrekin, SS, 4-11; 2, Brittany Erickson, MBS, 4-11; 3, Kristen Daugherty, MBS, 4-9.
Long jump - 1, Elle Tinkle, MBS, 15-3.5; 2, Kim Mauer, MBS, 15-1; 3, Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 14-8.
Triple jump - 1, Kristen Daugherty, MBS, 33-7.5; 2, Lauren Murphy, MBS, 32-1.5; 3, Kim Mauer, MBS, 32-1.
Pole vault - 1, Madeline Pearson, MBS, 7-6; 2, Katharina Medland, Pol, 7-0; 3, Brielle Rolle, MBS, 7-0.
BOYS
Teams competing: Missoula Big Sky, Polson, Florence, Seeley-Swan.
100 - 1, Austin Hardy, MBS, 11.71; 2, Alex Mustard, MBS, 11.80; 3, Vince DiGiallonardo, Pol, 11.87.
200 - 1, Mike Duncan, MBS, 23.82; 2, Austin Hardy, MBS, 24.13; 3, Dylan Reynolds, Flo, 25.08.
400 - 1, Brian Wheeler, MBS, 52.75; 2, Brady Blomquist, Flo, 54.78; 3, Ed Kapalczynski, MBS, 55.29.
800 - 1, Travis Hayes, Pol, 2:10.18; 2, Ty Rather, MBS, 2:15.08; 3, Trey Curtis, MBS, 2:16.03.
1,600 - 1, Madison Bolton, Flo, 4:42.29; 2, Trey Curtis, MBS, 4:56.77; 3, Ty Rather, MBS, 5:04.0.
3,200 - not held.
110 hurdles - 1, Austin Lindquist, MBS, 15.64; 2, Dan Miller, MBS, 15.73; 3, Dylan Reynolds, Flo, 17.68.
300 hurdles - 1, Jay Owens, MBS, 41.89; 2, Dylan Reynolds, Flo, 42.85; 3, Austin Lindquist, MBS, 44.36.
400 relay - 1, Polson, 46.31; 2, Big Sky, 46.96; 3, Florence, 48.12.
1,600 relay - 1, Florence, 3:36.81; 2, Polson, 3:42.34; 3, Big Sky, 3:47.44.
Javelin - 1, Damon Ward, Flo, 149-0; 2, Darby Maier, MBS, 146-5; 3, Bobby Russell, SS, 142-6.
Shot put - 1, Darby Maier, MBS, 47-0.5; 2, Clark Rubel, Pol, 44-8.25; 3, Dale Big Sam, Pol, 42-5.5.
Discus - 1, Clark Rubel, Pol, 126-9; 2, Damon Ward, Flo, 123-1; 3, Lukas Lindeman, MBS, 118-11.
High jump - 1, Vasiliy Lemeza, MBS, 5-9; 2, Austin Ashby, Pol, 5-5; 3, Ross Mangun, Flo, 5-5.
Long jump - 1, Vasiliy Lemeza, MBS, 19-11.5; 2, Ross Mangun, Flo, 19-2.5; 3, Reed Jenkins, Flo, 19-1.75.
Triple jump - 1, Reed Jenkins, Flo, 41-10.25; 2, Ross Mangun, Flo, 40-10.5; 3, Austin Lindquist, MBS, 39-6.5.
Pole vault - 1, Brock Bleazard, Pol, 12-0; 2, Drew Fouty, Pol, 11-6; 3, Jesse Alfiero, Pol, 11-6.
Corvallis Last Chance Meet
GIRLS
Team scores: Corvallis 119, Polson 92, Hamilton 82, Anaconda 67, Bigfork 50, Charlo 37, Stevensville 28, Townsend 24, Darby 18.
100 - 1, Kelsi Almond, Ham, 12.81; 2, Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 12.93; 3, Nikki Barron, Cor, 13.13; 4, Mallery Knoll, Bgf, 13.25; 5, D. Brown, Cha, 13.37; 6, K. Brangoccio, Ham, 13.5.
200 - 1, Kelsi Almond, Ham, 27.47; 2, Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 27.72; 3, Nikki Barron, Cor, 27.9; 4, Jen Egdorf, 28.56; 5, Britney Chilcott, Ste, 28.75; 6, D. Brown Cha, 29.65.
400 - 1, Quinci Paine, Bgf, 62.8; 2, D. Anderson, Ana, 64.0; 3, Sierra Pete, Pol, 65.0; 4, Hannah Smith, Cor, 65.9; 5, K. Gallagher, Ana, 66.3; 6, Rachel Hoyt, Cha, 67.2.
800 - 1, A. Eickhoff, Cor, 2:29; 2, D. Anderson, Ana, 2:33; 3, A. Jessop, Cor, 2:26; 4, C. Hewston, Pol, 2:38; 5, C. Olson, Bgf, 2:39; 6, S. DelRae, Ham, 2:42.
1,600 - 1, Ayden Eickhoff, Cor, 5:36; 2, B. Watson, Twn, 5:44; 3, Claudia Hewston, Pol, 5:49; 4, Olivia Wood, Ana, 5:53; 5, Chelsey Olson, Bgf, 6:00; 6, Jenny Smith, Ham, 6:04.
3,200 - 1, Mesa Starkey, Pol, 12:24.9; 2, Olivia Wood, Ana, 12:30; 3, Breann Watson, Twn, 12:35.
100 hurdles - 1, Paige Squire, Cor, 14.28; 2, Lakyn Connors, 15.49; 3, Breanne Kelley, Pol, 15.7; 4, Mallery Knoll, Bgf, 15.91; 5, Britney Chilcott, Ste, 16.38; 6, Schaelyn Fell, Cha, 16.49.
300 hurdles - 1, Paige Squire, Cor, 45.31; 2, Brreanne Kelley, Pol, 48.27; 3, Mallery Knoll, Bgf, 48.28; 4, Aspen Runkel, Cha, 51.5; 5, Erica Alfiero, Pol, 55.15; 6, K. Gallagher, Ana, 55.17.
400 relay - 1, Corvallis, 49.75; 2, Polson, 55.82; 3, Bigfork, 53.5; 4, Charlo, 53.62; 5, Anaconda, 55.44.
1,600 relay - 1, Corvallis, 4:09.1; 2, Polson, 4:18.9; 3, Charlo, 4:32.1; 4, Hamilton, 4:42.7.
Javelin - 1, Malia Estes, Ana, 117-4; 2, C. Charlebois, Bgf, 114-4; 3, Britney Chilcott, Ste, 112-7; 4, Dawn Blevins, Cha, 106-4; 5, Caitlin Sullivan, Ana, 105-0; 6, Carlie Jessop, Cor, 96-2.
Shot put - 1, Meghan Kratofil, Ham, 35-10; 2, J. Verlanic, Ana, 33-5; 3, Alycia Sims, Ste, 32-4; 4, D.J. Conko-Camel, Pol, 28-3; 5, Molly Brewer, Ste, 28-2; 6, Ruby Hohn, Twn, 27-8.
Discus - 1, Meghan Kratofil, Ham, 108-5; 2, J. Verlanic, Ana, 106-4; 3, N. Liechty, Ham, 96-9; 4, D.J. Conko-Camel, Pol, 94-1; 5, C. Jessop, Cor, 93-6; 6, Ruby Hohn, Twn, 89-9.
High jump - 1. Molly Brewer, Ste, 5-0; 2, C. Westfall, Ham, 4-10; 3, Rachel Hoyt, Cha, 4-10; 4, Jessia Lewis, Cor, 4-8; 5, Lakyn Connors, Cor, 4-8; 6, Lori Hansen, Twn, 4-6.
Long jump - 1, Kelsi Almond, Ham, 17-1 1/2; 2, Sarah Jakober, Dar, 16-5; 3, Kaitlyn Crum, Ana, 15-8 3/4; 4, K. Brangoccio, Ham, 15-6 1/4; 5, Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 15-1 1/4; 6, Lori Hansen, Twn, 14-10 1/2.
Triple jump - 1, Sarah Jakober, Dar, 34-2 1/2; 2, Lakyn Connors, Cor, 32-10; 3, Lori Hansen, Twn, 31-9 3/4; 4, Sami Kratofil, Ham, 31-4; 5, K. Brangoccio, Ham, 30-11; 6, R. Ransier, Ham, 30-1 1/4.
Pole vault - 1, Cami Westfall, Ham, 8-6; 2, Derika Stipe, Cha, 7-6; 3, Quinci Paine, 7-0; 4, K. Medland, Pol, 7-0; 5, M. Banner, Pol, 7-0.
BOYS
Team scores - Darby 105, Corvallis 101, Charlo 73, Townsend 66, Polson 60, Hamilton 51, Stevensville 35, Bigfork 28, Anaconda 8.
100 - 1, Aaron Johnston, Dar, 11.20; 2, Josh Lords, Ste, 11.21; 3, Colin Hoeffner, Twn, 11.22; 4, Austin Bauer, Cha, 11.41; 5, Boone Helm, Twn, 11.47; 6, Vince DiGiallonardo, Pol, 11.50.
200 - 1, Aaron Johnston, Dar, 23.53; 2, Colin Hoeffner, Twn, 23.56; 3, Travis Knoll, Bgf, 24.19; 4, Josh Lords, Ste, 24.28; 5, Chris Cote, Pol, 24.34; 6, Chico Stipe, Cha, 24.72.
400 - 1, Aaron Johnston, Dar, 51.38; 2, Mike Devlin, Pol, 52.81; 3, Chris Cote, Pol, 54.32; 4, A. Bourgoeis, Twn, 54.53; 5, Ryan Hays, Bgf, 54.62; 6, Tyler Murray, Ham, 55.35.
800 - Jeremy Campbell, Dar, 2:10.2; 2, B. Smollock, Ana, 2:12.3; 3, Chance Rosenbaum, Cha, 2:13.0; 4, Travis Hayes, Pol, 2:13.4; 5, E Stoker, Cor, 2:14.5; 6, Kyle Behner, Ste, 2:16.0.
1,600 - 1, Doug Raymer, Dar, 4:31.1; 2, Colby Henderson, Cor, 4:37.9; 3, Sean Abrahamsen, Dar, 4:42.8; 4, Chase Stoker, Cor, 4:59.9; 5, Easton Albert, Ham, 4:53.7; 6, Morley Jessop, Cor, 4:59.8.
3,200 - 1, Doug Raymer, Dar, 10:04.7; 2, Chris Jessop, Cor, 10:08.7; 3, Sean Abrahamsen, Dar, 10:33.3; 4, Easton Albert, Ham, 10:37.3; 4, A. Schmalz, Ham, 10:55.3; 6, Michael Smith, Cha, 10:55.7.
110 hurdles - 1, Boone Helm, Twn, 15.32; 2, Stephen Delaney, Cha, 15.39; 2, Tra Ludeman, Cha, 16.50; 4, Skyler Mousley, Cor, 17.16; 5, Alex Roberts, Twn, 17.50; 6, Zion Lee, Polson, 17.62.
300 hurdles - 1, Stephen Delaney, Cha, 41.19; 2, Boone Helm, Twn, 41.65; 3, Alex Roberts, Twn, 44.22; 4, Skyler Mousley, Cor, 44.81; 5, A. Jordt, Bgf, 45.41; 6, Raymond Jessop, Cor, 46.31.
400 relay - 1, Bigfork 46.12; 2, Townsend 46.32; 3, Corvallis 46.38; 4, Polson 46.62; 5, Stevensville 47.60; 6, Hamilton 48.19.
1,600 relay - 1, Corvallis 3:38.5; 2, Polson 3:36.7; 3, Darby 3:39.7; 4, Charlo 3:44.5; 5, Townsend 3:42.3; 6, Hamilton 3:49.3.
Shot put - 1, Clark Rubel, Pol, 44-1; 2, Josh Parker, Cor, 43-7; 3, Dale Big Sam, Pol, 43-0; 4, Tye Exner, Ham, 42-1; 5, Caleb Hadley, Cor, 41-11; 6, Riley Sampson, Pol, 41-6.
Discus - 1, Jimmy Henderson, Cor, 139-4; 2, Tye Exner, Ham, 136-3; 3, Colton Johnson, Dar, 129-1; 4, Seth Ray, Ham, 125-7; 5, Brandon Butt, Cor, 125-5; 6, Caleb Hadley, Coir, 120-1.
Javelin - 1, Logan Connors, Cor, 193-2; 2, Sterling Kim, Dar, 155-0; 3, Raymond Jessop, Cor, 148-1; 4, Stuart Landis, Cor, 147-3; 5, Brandon Butt, Cor, 144-5; 6, Cougan Kidd, Dar, 144-4.
High jump - 1, Dace Moerkerke, Ham, 6-2; 2, Chance Rosenbaum, Cha, 6-0; 3, Ben Sandry, Bgf, 6-0; 4, J. Campbell, Dar, 5-10; 5, Kyle Hauns, Bgf, 5-8; 6, Josh Haynes, Ste, 5-8.
Long jump - 1, Josh Haynes, Ste, 21-1 ?; 2, Austin Bauer, Cha, 20-7; 3, K. Hoeffner, Twn, 20-3 ?; 4, Dace Moerkerke, Ham, 20-2 ?; 5, Josh Lords, Ste, 20-0; 6, Cody Brunett, Ste, 19-11 ?.
Triple jump - 1, Dace Moerkerke, Ham, 40-6 ?; 2, Dylan Knox, Dar, 40-1; 3, Cody Brunett, Ste, 39-5; 4, K. Hoeffner, Twn, 38-5; 5, E. Stoker, Cor, 38-4 ?; 6, Web O’Neill, Cha, 38-4 ?.
Pole vault - 1, Chance Rosenbaum, Cha, 12-6; 2, Zion Lee, Pol, 11-6; 3, Webb O’Neill, Cha, 11-6; 4, Tyler Berner, Cor, 11-0; 5, Quincy Jessop, Cor, 11-0; 6, Drew Fouty, Pol, 10-6.
