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Whitefish boys, girls sweep team titles at Libby Invitational track meet

The Daily Inter Lake | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 11 years, 2 months AGO
by The Daily Inter Lake
| April 26, 2014 9:47 PM

LIBBY — The Whitefish boys and girls dominated the Libby Invitational track and field meet on Saturday.

The Whitefish boys, with seven firsts, rolled up a 172-point total. The Bulldogs were the lone boys team to break the century mark in scoring.

Eureka, 97.5, was second and Troy, 96.5, third.

The Whitefish girls had winners in 14 of the 17 events en route to a 191 score.

Frenchtown, 116, was second and Eureka, 77, third.

Whitefish was led by triple winner Phoebe Guercio, who posted the best times in the 100 (17.54) and 300 (49.22) hurdles and won the triple jump with a distance of 32-4 3/4.

Individuals winning two events for the Bulldogs were Grace Kurtz, 100 (13.51) and 400 (1:04.5), Barrett Gray, 1,600 (5:58.8) and 3,200 (13:00.0), and Keaton Grove, 110 (15.88) and 300 (41.85) hurdles.

The Whitefish girls placed first in all the running events.

Whitefish’s boys and girls placed first in both the 400 and 1,600 relays.

Winning one event for WHS were Luke Cardon, 400 (52.96), Luke May, javelin (163-6), EJ Havens, pole vault (12-6), Allie Schulz, 200 (28.79), Marlow Schulz, 800 (2:17.61), Eviann Reynolds, shot put (32-3), Kate Doorn, high jump (4-8) and Bekah Weaver, pole vault (8-6).

Other double winners were Troy’s Sean Opland, 200 (23.19) and high jump (6-4), and Browning’s Brady Stone, 1,600 (4:48.47) and 3,200 (10:33.11).

Libby had one individual champion with Marlena Urvater in the long jump (14-11 1/4).

Eureka’s Christian Langston won the 100 (11.66), Nolan Hofstee took first in the discus (131-9) and Khaz Yanak won the shot put (42-6).

Libby Invitational

Logger Stadium

BOYS

Team Totals

Whitefish 172, Eureka 97.5, Troy 96.5, Frenchtown 89, Browning 32, Noxon 13, Columbia Falls 13, Libby 7.

Events

100 – 1, Christian Langston, Eur, 11.66. 2, Gharret Olson, Frenchtown, 11.75. 3, Sean Foley, Whitefish, 11.76. 4, Jed Nagler, Whitefish, 11.91. 5, Gabe Hickman, Troy, 12.15. 5, Koler Kanistanaux, Whitefish, 12.15.

200 – 1, Sean Opland, Troy, 23.19. 2, Gharret Olson, Frenchtown, 23.69. 3, Christian Langston, Eur, 23.89. 4, Michael Miller, Troy, 24.50. 5, Gus Butler, Frenchtown, 25.14. 6, Quinn Lowery, Frenchtown, 25.27.

400 – 1, Luke Cardon, Whitefish, 52.96. 2, Michael Miller, Troy, 53.53. 3, Mason Haidle, Eur, 55.33. 4, Brady Stone, Browning, 55.88. 5, Gabe Demmons, Frenchtown, 57.02. 6, BranDan Lockwood, Noxon, 58.12.

800 – 1, Andrew Honken, Frenchtown, 2:07.85. 2, Walter Holliday, Whitefish, 2:13.40. 3, Shea Sizemore, Whitefish, 2:15.11. 4, Anders Holmquist, Frenchtown, 2:18.06. 5, Sam Summers, Columbia Fal, 2:23.91. 6, Troy Meyer, Columbia Fal, 2:27.90.

1,600 – 1, Brady Stone, Browning, 4:48.47. 2, Thomas Henson, Whitefish, 4:57.57. 3, EJ Havens, Whitefish, 5:01.40. 4, Devin Kadrmas, Frenchtown, 5:02.95. 5, Austin Johnson, Noxon, 5:11.33. 6, Trinity Rice, Troy, 5:14.03.

3,200 – 1, Brady Stone, Browning, 10:33.11. 2, Thomas Henson, Whitefish, 10:44.57. 3, Austin Johnson, Noxon, 11:21.01. 4, Frank Dean, Frenchtown, 11:34.44. 5, Trinity Rice, Troy, 11:50.79.

110 hurdles – 1, Keaton Grove, Whitefish, 15.88. 2, Brandon Conard, Eur, 16.13. 3, Keaton Nicholson, Whitefish, 16.82. 4, Alex Wilson, Whitefish, 16.90. 5, Christian Langston, Eur, 17.05.

300 hurdles – 1, Keaton Grove, Whitefish, 41.85. 2, Alex Wilson, Whitefish, 42.32. 3, Keaton Nicholson, Whitefish, 44.62. 4, Noah Erickson, Troy, 46.48. 5, Joseph Bremner, Browning, 47.58.

400 relay – 1, Whitefish, 45.19. 2, Troy, 46.06. 3, Eueka, 46.16. 4, Frenchtown, 46.44.

1,600 relay – 1, Whitefish, 3:40.32. 2, Frenchtown, 3:41.43. 3, Libby, 3:54.32. 4, Eureka, 3:55.94. 5, Noxon, 4:02.91.

Discus – 1, Nolan Hofstee, Eur, 131-9. 2, Kevin Hodges, Frenchtown, 130-0. 3, Koler Kanistanaux, Whitefish, 129-0. 4, Dakota Rutherford, Browning, 123-0. 5, Braden Thier, Eur, 121-10. 6, Ike Schweikert, Columbia Fal, 12104.

Javelin – 1, Luke May, Whitefish, 163-6. 2, Gabe Hickman, Troy, 142-1. 3, Ike Schweikert, Columbia Fal, 137-1. 4, Koler Kanistanaux, Whitefish, 129-4. 5, Kaden Bradley, Columbia Fal, 119-5. 6, Wyatt Miller, Eur, 111-9.

Shot put – 1, Khaz Yanak, Eur, 42-6. 2, Gabe Hickman, Troy, 41-8.75. 3, Nolan Hofstee, Eur, 41-6.50. 4, Braden Thier, Eur, 41-3.25. 5, Joseph Bremner, Browning, 41-1.50. 6, Koler Kanistanaux, Whitefish, 39-7.

High jump – 1, Sean Opland, Troy, 6-4. 2, Nathan Olds, Troy, 6-2. 3, Jed Nagler, Whitefish, 6-0. 4, Parker Spadt, Frenchtown, 5-6. 5, Robert Jones, Frenchtown, 5-6. 6, Skylar Higareda, Libby, 4-10.

Long jump – 1, Gabe Hickman, Troy, 19-9.75. 2, Sean Opland, Troy, 19-7. 3, Bobby Erbaugh, Frenchtown, 18-1.50. 4, Jacob Price, Frenchtown, 17-6.25. 5, BranDan Lockwood, Noxon, 17-3. 6, Nathan Riley, Columbia Fal, 17-.75.

Triple jump – 1, Bobby Erbaugh, Frenchtown, 42-2.25. 2, Khaz Yanak, Eur, 41-11. 3, Nathan Olds, Troy, 40-2.25. 4, Lucas Blankers, Eur, 40-1.50. 5, EJ Havens, Whitefish, 38-7.50. 6, Keaton Nicholson, Whitefish, 38-3.

Pole vault – 1, EJ Havens, Whitefish, 12-6. 2, Sean Foley, Whitefish, 12-6. 3, Cole Jankovsky, Eur, 12-0. 4, Mason Haidle, Eur, 10-6. 5, Tommy Sausen, Whitefish, 10-6. 6, Matt Brewer, Whitefish, 9-6. 6, Wyatt Miller, Eur, 9-6.

GIRLS

Team Totals

Whitefish 191, Frenchtown 116, Eureka 77, Libby 65, Columbia Falls 38, Browning 14.

Events

100 – 1, Grace Kurtz, Whitefish, 13.51. 2, Ida Skjevold, Eur, 14.14. 3, Darrian Giffin, Frenchtown, 14.38. 4, Jenna Komac, Eur, 14.43.

200 – 1, Allie Schulz, Whitefish, 28.79. 2, Shyla Stevenson, Libby, 28.86. 3, Ida Skjevold, Eur, 29.57. 4, Darrian Giffin, Frenchtown, 30.19. 5, Liz Vanderhoef, Libby, 30.63.

400 – 1, Grace Kurtz, Whitefish, 1:04.50. 2, Maja Holmquist, Frenchtown, 1:05.03. 3, Shyla Stevenson, Libby, 1:06.18. 4, Payton Hoerner, Columbia Fal, 1:11.07.

800 – 1, Marlow Schulz, Whitefish, 2:17.61. 2, Maja Holmquist, Frenchtown, 2:35.41. 3, Sarah Latcham, Whitefish, 2:36.50. 4, Alex Bartmess, Eur, 2:43.62. 5, Danielle Flynn, Frenchtown, 2:49.82. 6, Payton Hoerner, Columbia Fal, 3:12.39.

1,600 – 1, Barrett Gray, Whitefish, 5:58.80. 2, Katie Hawes, Columbia Fal, 6:20.27. 3, McKenna Salminen, Columbia Fal, 6:33.09.

3,200 – 1, Barrett Gray, Whitefish, 13:00.00. 2, Katie Hawes, Columbia Fal, 14:21.31. 3, McKenna Salminen, Columbia Fal, 14:45.00. 4, Frances Morgan, Frenchtown, 15:08.00. 5, Noel Normand, Frenchtown, 15:11.00.

100 hurdles – 1, Phoebe Guercio, Whitefish, 17.54. 2, Shalea Wallen, Frenchtown, 17.66. 3, Lexi Pluid, Eur, 18.22. 4, Allie Schulz, Whitefish, 18.29. 5, Emily Hicks, Frenchtown, 19.36. 6, Kaitlyn Casazza, Columbia Fal, 20.18.

300 hurdles – 1, Phoebe Guercio, Whitefish, 49.22. 2, Shalea Wallen, Frenchtown, 51.26. 3, Lexi Pluid, Eur, 53.38. 4, Allie Schulz, Whitefish, 54.26.

400 relay – 1, Whitefish, 51.37. 2, Eureka, 54.21. 3, Libby, 55.81. 4, Frenchtown, 56.01.

1,600 relay – 1, Whitefish, 4:13.18. 2, Frenchtown, 4:31.42. 3, Eureka, 4:36.02. 4, Libby, 4:45.67.

Discus – 1, Shelbilyn Tallwhiteman, Browning, 78-2. 2, Adeline Richardson, Frenchtown, 76-5. 3, Allyssa Sandefur, Frenchtown, 76-1. 4, Sidney Finberg, Columbia Fal, 75-4. 5, Reagan Mecham, Frenchtown, 72-2. 5, Lacey Hochhalter, Frenchtown, 72-2.

Javelin – 1, Lacey Hochhalter, Frenchtown, 99-5. 2, Eviann Reynolds, Whitefish, 96-11. 3, Jenna Komac, Eur, 81-2. 4, Asia Jones, Libby, 79-6. 5, Shyla Stevenson, Libby, 77-10. 6, Shelbie McLinden, Libby, 73-08.

Shot put – 1, Eviann Reynolds, Whitefish, 32-3. 2, Adeline Richardson, Frenchtown, 31-8.25. 3, Lacey Hochhalter, Frenchtown, 31-5.25. 4, Shelbilyn Tallwhiteman, Browning, 28-2.50. 5, Kellie Hunter, Frenchtown, 26-5. 6, Shelbie McLinden, Libby, 26-3.50.

High jump – 1, Kate Doorn, Whitefish, 4-8. 2, Kaia Roberge, Frenchtown, 4-8. 3, Brielle Birgensmith, Whitefish, 4-8. 4, Hileman Hayley, Whitefish, 4-0. 4, Marlena Urvater, Libby, 4-0.

Long jump – 1, Marlena Urvater, Libby, 14-11.25. 2, Allie Schulz, Whitefish, 14-6.25. 3, Lana Snyder, Libby, 13-6. 4, Trinity Wallace, Libby, 13-2.75. 5, Rachel Pacella, Eur, 12-8.75. 6, Darrian Giffin, Frenchtown, 12-8.50.

Triple jump – 1, Phoebe Guercio, Whitefish, 32-4.75. 2, Jessica Wilson, Eur, 30-1.75. 3, Kaylee Kronsperger, Eur, 30-.50. 4, Marlena Urvater, Libby, 30-.25. 5, Trinity Wallace, Libby, 29-7. 6, Rachel Pacella, Eur, 28-9.50.

Pole vault – 1, Bekah Weaver, Whitefish, 8-6. 2, Brielle Birgensmith, Whitefish, 8-0. 3, Ida Skjevold, Eur, 7-6. 4, Erin Tabish, Whitefish, 7-6. 5, Asia Jones, Libby, 6-6.

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