MISSOULA — A pair of local athletes thrilled the crowd at the prestigious Russ Pilcher Western Montana Top 10 track meet on Tuesday at Missoula County Stadium, blowing away a long-standing record at the meet in a tight finish. 

Bigfork’s Makena Morley added another accolade on her growing resume at the meet, winning the 800-meter dash in a record time of 2 minutes, 12.99 seconds — topping the old mark of 2:16.11 set by former Valkyrie Brooke Andrus in 2006. 

Morley edged Corvallis’ Sadie Henderson and Whitefish’s Marlow Schulz by hundredths of a second to nab the victory. All three athletes passed the old record mark. 

Schulz won the 100 in 12.63 seconds, setting state qualifying times in both events. 

Columbia Falls’ Carla Nicosia won the triple jump with a mark of 36 feet, 8 inches. That mark, also a state qualifier, was three inches better than the field. 

Wildkats teammate Samantha Mundel finished fourth in the 1,600 and sixth in the 3,200, setting state marks in each. 

Whitefish’s Phoebe Guercio finished fifth in the 300 hurdles to set a qualifying mark and the Bulldog girls’ 400 and 1,600 relay teams each placed third and guaranteed a spot at state. The Polson girls 1,600 relay team finished fifth with a state qualifying time. 

Columbia Falls’ Nakia Alexander leapt 43-6 in the triple jump to notch a victory while teammate Tyler Morsan finished fifth in the javelin to set a qualifying mark. Polson’s Jacob Clairmont finished second in the long jump to meet his mark.

Bigfork’s Logan Morley won a highly-contested 1,600 in 4:31.63.  

Whitefish sophomore Luke May won the boys javelin with a throw of 190-1, leading a charge of Bulldogs with qualifying times at the meet. Sean Foley was second in the pole vault with a season best 13-6 and fourth in the long jump. 

EJ Havens was fifth in the pole vault and Koler Kanistanaux was sixth in the discus. The Bulldogs’ 400 relay team also made the mark, finishing fourth.

But it was old Whitefish times that were under fire on Tuesday, with a handful of meet records going down. Butte’s Dalton Daum tied a mark set in the 100 by Cody Henning in 2004 to win the meet and Helena Capital’s Kyle Nickol passed Anto Daoud’s 2010 record to win the 400. Helena High beat Whitefish’s 2004 team record in the 1,600 relay to win as well. 

Russ Pilcher/Western Montana Top 10

Tuesday

Missoula County Stadium

GIRLS

100 — Marlow Schulz, Whitefish, 12.63; 2, Callie Kanthack, Helena, 12.76; 3, Claire Fickler, Drummond, 12.78; 4, Ana Jarrett, Big Sky, 12.89; 5, Kenzie Wingard, Hellgate, 12.93; 6, Hannah Porch, Big Sky, 12.94.

200 — 1, Callie Kanthack, Helena, 26.00; 2, Erika McLeod, Butte, 26.26; 3, Hannah Porch, Big Sky, 26.45; 4, Ana Jarrett, Big Sky, 27.15; 5, Lydia Bowman, Polson, 27.35; 6, Keeley Ehmann, Darby, 27.51.

400 — 1, Syd Steele, Sentinel, 60.26; 2, Paige Holmes, Seeley-Swan, 60.95; 3, Keeley Ehmann, Darby, 61.04; 4, Emily Cheroske, Bigfork, 61.14; 5, Rylee Fred, Big Sky, 62.53; 6, Jessica Knoll, Arlee, 63.30.

800 — 1, Makena Morley, Bigfork, 2:12.99 (meet record: old record 2:16.11, Brooke Andrus, Bigfork, 2006); 2, Sadie Henderson, Corvallis, 2:13.03; 3, Marlow Schulz, Whitefish, 2:13.81; 4, Bailee Hanson, Butte, 2:21.38; 5, Ellen Brooks, Sentinel, 2:21.99; 6, Maggie Mitzel, Loyola, 2:25.26.

1,600 — 1, Isabella Pape, Corvallis, 5:21.00; 2, Madison Liechty, Sentinel, 5:28.30; 3, Madeline Hamilton, Sentinel, 5:28.33; 4, Samantha Mundel, Columbia Falls, 5:28.38; 5, Joby Rosenleaf, Butte, 5:31.69; 6, Haley Rogers, Sentinel, 5:33.32.

3,200 — 1, Samantha Sayer, Hellgate, 11:15.40; 2, Miranda Foster, Hellgate, 11:19.80; 3, Sabrina Sterbis, Big Sky, 11:30.94; 4, Kacie Stewart, Corvallis, 11:52.98; 5, Lily Lang, Darby, 12:08.36; 6, Samantha Mundel, Columbia Falls 12:19.60.

100 hurdles — 1, Erika McLeod, Butte, 15.28; 2, Holly Anderson, Dillon, 15.73; 3, Hannah Entzel, Big Sky, 16.09; 4, Hailey Phillips, Plains, 16.43; 5, Janessa Williams, Boulder, 16.456; 6, Aubrey Blaire, Townsend, 16.72.

300 hurdles — 1, Hailey Phillips, Plains, 44.93; 2, Holly Anderson, Dillon, 46.44; 3, Hannah Coburn, Big Sky, 47.26; 4, Aubrey Blaire, Townsend, 47.32; 5, Phoebe Guercio, Whitefish, 47.43; 6, Katelyn Farmer, Hellgate, 48.30.

400 relay — 1, Missoula Big Sky 49.55 (meet record: old record 50.09, Butte, 2013); 2, Corvallis 49.99; 3, Whitefish 50.96; 4, Missoula Sentinel 51.08; 5, Dillon 51.25; 6, Helena 51.79.

1,600 relay — 1, Corvallis 4:11.46; 2, Bigfork 4:12.02; 3, Whitefish 4:12.98; 4, Dillon 4:13.41; 5, Polson 4:14.26; 6, Missoula Big Sky 4:16.96.

Discus — 1, Leah Thompson, Plains, 129-10; 2, Hana Feilzer, Big Sky, 128-11; 3, Delani Hanley, Alberton, 122-3; 4, Courtney Albright, Corvallis, 122-0; 5, Josee Pendleton, Dillon, 115-4; 6, Morgan Martin, Twin Bridges 114-3.

Javelin — 1, Darby Henthorn, Hellgate, 132-4; 2, Carly Vonheeder, Plains, 130-6; 3, Taylor Pfister, Hellgate, 127-11; 4, Arianna Jones, St. Regis, 124-9; 5, Kayla Lewis, Corvallis, 123-0; 6, Kimberly Earhart, Plains, 121-5.

Shot put — 1, Hana Feilzer, Big Sky, 39-5.5; 2, Emily Billow, Eureka, 38-4; 3, Leah Thompson, Plains, 37-6; 4, Anna Gragg, Big Sky, 37-3; 5, Josee Pendleton, Dillon, 37-2.5; 6, Abby Erickson, Lincoln, 35-7.

High jump — 1, Jane Booth, Corvallis, 5-6 (meet record: old record 5-5, Alanis Morrison, Helena, 2011); 2 (tie), Autrey Hannum, Thompson Falls, and Shey Hannum, Thompson Falls, 5-3; 4, Hana Feilzer, Big Sky, 5-1; 5, Maggie Settle, Helena Capital, 5-1; 6, Katie Malachinski, Stevensville, 5-1.

Long jump — 1, Erika McLeod, Butte, 18-6.5 (meet record: old record 17-5.5, Nicole Stroot, Superior, 2013); 2, Maggie Settle, Helena Capital, 17-2.5; 3, Hannah Kearns, Big Sky, 16-10.5; 4, Hailey Phillips, Plains, 16-2.5; 5, Annika Moore, Hamilton, 15-9.5; 6 (tie), Rachel McGree, Butte Central, and Katelyn Frost, Corvallis, 15-7.

Triple jump — 1, Carla Nicosia, Columbia Falls, 36-8; 2, Annika Moore, Hamilton, 36-5; 3, Erika McLeod, Butte, 35- 11.5; 4, Hannah Porch, Big Sky, 35-8; 5, Hailey Phillips, Plains, 34-5; 6, Autrey Hannum, Thompson Falls, 34-1.

Pole vault — 1, Katelyn Frost, Corvallis, 11-0; 2, Mary Leslie, Corvallis, 10-6; 3, Cecilee Collins, Hamilton, 10-0; 4, Laura Jo Fiorita, Helena, 10-0; 5, Madison McLaughlin, Helena, 9-6; 6 (tie), Shayla Palmer, Sentinel, and Sammi Rasmussen, Big Sky, 9-6.

BOYS

100 — 1, Dalton Daum, Butte, 10.94 (ties meet record: Cody Henning, Whitefish, 2004); 2, Alex Mustard, Big Sky, 11.22; 3, Mick Paffhausen, Dillon, 11.23; 4, Brady Heffner, Big sky, 11.35; 5, Gharret Olson, Frenchtown, 11.46; 6, Christian Langston, Eureka, 11.47.

200 — 1, Dalton Daum, Butte, 22.35; 2, Colin Dolese, Hellgate, 22.4; 3, Sean Opland, Troy, 23.16; 4, Alex Mustard, Big Sky, 23.32; 5, Sam Kirkeide, Big Sky, 23.39; 6, Mick Paffhausen, Dillon, 23.45.

400 — 1, Kyle Nickol, Helena Capital, 48.89 (meet record: old record 49.77, Anto Daoud, Whitefish, 2010); 2, Sterling Reneau, Sentinel, 49.95; 3, Jadin Casey, Stevensville, 50.95; 4, Chris Lords, Stevensville, 51.50; 5, Ryan Burger, Corvallis, 52.49; 6, Michel Miller, Troy, 52.59.

800 — 1, Karill Apedaile, Hamilton, 1:56.04 (meet record: old record 1:56.36, Doug Raymer, Darby, 2011); 2, Jeremiah Coon, Helena, 1:56.19; 2, Jake Purlee, Corvallis, 1:59.15; 4, Danny McLain, Helena Capital 1:59.67; 5, Ty Rather, Big Sky, 2:00.98; 6, Tel Motichka, Polson, 2:02.31.

1,600 — 1, Logan Morley, Bigfork, 4:31.63; 2, Sam Barrett, Hellgate, 4:32.25; 3, Sage Schoonen, Dillon, 4:32.55; 4, Matt Brown, Big Sky, 4:36.86; 5, Aiden Theard, Anaconda, 4:38.31; 6, James Ratzlaff, Columbia Falls, 4:51.88.

3,200 — 1, Aiden Reed, Helena, 9:28.22; 2, Anthony Schmalz, Hamilton, 9:30.84; 3, Chris Herrick, Hellgate, 9:34.49; 4, Cameron Meikle, Hamilton, 9:59.79; 4, Easton Albert, Hamilton, 10:00.39; 6, Aiden Theard, Anaconda, 10:13.63.

110 hurdles — 1, Mick Paffhausen, Dillon, 15.03; 2, Chris Lange, Big Sky, 15.16; 3, Silas Hasselbrook, Loyola Sacred Heart, 15.21; 4, Josh Barrows, Helena, 15.34; 5, Keaton Grove, Whitehall, 15.43; 6, Brandon Conard, Eureka, 15.58.

300 hurdles — 1, Colin Dolese, Hellgate, 38.07 (meet record: old record 38.2, Jake Larson, Butte, 2001); 2, Mick Paffhausen, Dillon, 38.83; 3, Chris Lange, Big Sky, 38.91; 4, Josh Barrows, Helena, 39.60; 5, Daniel Pendergast, Stevensville, 40.37; 6, Silas Hasselbrook, Loyola Sacred Heart, 40.90.

400 relay — 1, Missoula Sentinel 43.92; 2, Butte 44.07; 3, Missoula Big Sky 44.24; 4, Whitefish 44.46; 5, Hamilton 44.89; 6, Butte Central 44.98.

1,600 relay — 1, Helena 3:22.46 (meet record: old record 3:26.1, Whitefish, 2004); 2, Helena Capital 3:26.69; 3, Missoula Big Sky 3:27.95; 4, Stevensville 3:30.76; 5, Missoula Sentinel 3:31.35; 6, Hamilton 3:31.38.

Discus — 1, Kyle Douglass, Sentinel, 169-5; 2, Derek Wham, Ennis, 154-6; 3, Kolby Tamol, Helena Capital, 151-2; 4, Andrew Lommen, Alberton, 144-5; 4, Lukas Lindeman, Big Sky, 144-3; 6, Koler Kanistanaux, Whitefish, 142-4.

Javelin — 1, Luke May, Whitefish, 190-1; 2, Tyler Olson, Corvallis, 189-8; 3, Luke Entzel, Big Sky, 175-10; 4, Lucas Gerhardt, Ronan, 175-5; 5, Tyler Morsan, Columbia Falls, 169-6; 6, Josh Deshner, Sentinel, 169-3.

Shot put — 1, Zayne Babbitt, Hellgate, 51-5.5; 2, Kyle Douglass, Sentinel, 51-3.5; 3, Ben Gorham, Plains, 49-7; 4, Lucas Gerhardt, Ronan, 48-2; 5, Derek Wham, Ennis, 47-6; 6, Jammer Halverson, Helena, 47-5.

High jump — 1, Cole Hayes, Big Sky, 6-5; 2, Aiden Pederson, Helena, 6-3; 3 (tie), Josh Sandry, Bigfork, Nathan Olds, Troy, and Tristan Gray, Hellgate, 6-1; 6 (tie), Kameron Kohn, Hamilton, Sean Opland, Troy and Strother Cooper, Loyola, 5-11.

Long jump — 1, Alex Morren, Big Sky, 21-1; 2, Jacob Clairmont, Polson, 20-10.5; 3, Kyle Nickol, Helena Capital, 20-9.5; 4, Sean Foley, Whitefish, 20-7; 5, Cole Harper, Butte Central, 20-7; 6, Peter Granger, Butte, 20-2.

Triple jump — 1, Nakia Alexander, Columbia Falls 43-6; 2, Alex Morren, Big Sky, 43-4.5; 3, Abe Westfall, Hamilton, 42-4.5; 4, Kendall Johnson, Helena, 41-10.5; 5, Kameron Kohn, Hamilton, 41-6; 6, Khaz Yanak, Eureka, 41-4.

Pole vault — 1, Chase Smith, Helena, 14-0; 2, Sean Foley, Whitefish, 13-6; 3, Ethan Blume, Anaconda, 13-6; 4, Walker Mckitrick, Ennis, 13-6; 5, EJ Havens, Whitefish, 13-0; 6, Abe Westfall, Hamilton, 12-6.