The snow has finally melted on the fields, just in time for track season to begin at area high schools. Athletes from St. Regis, Superior and Alberton packed their gear and headed to Frenchtown for their first meet of the season, the Jim Johnson meet. Johnson is a retired teacher from Alberton and started the tournament nine year ago. He was there again this year, with his stop watch, timing runners as they crossed the finish line.

The meet gets the teams warmed up as they vie for top spots this season, with some already setting sights on State. St. Regis coach, Brooks Sanford said some of his team favored to qualify for State are Brock Cantrell-Field in Javelin and discus, Brandon Managhan in high jump, Madison Hill and in the 1600 meter run, Madison Kelly.

Frenchtown came in first in the boy’s teams, followed by Thompson Falls and Powell County. There were 16 teams overall, with St. Regis placing sixth and Clark Fork finishing 12. With the girl’s teams, Drummond came in first, followed by Frenchtown, and Deer Lodge, third. Clark Fork finished at 11, and St. Regis, 13.

In individual scores Clark Fork’s Jesse Shaske came in fifth place in both the 400 and 800 meter races at 57.53 and 2:18.31. Teammate, Griffin Pluth finished fourth in the 3200 meter run at 11:38.03.

St. Regis Brock Cantrell-Field, finished in third place in both discus and javelin, with 134-3 and 157-03. He also came in fourth in shot put at 41-10. Also from St. Regis, Brandon Managhan, hit second place in the high jump, long jump and triple jump with scores of 6-0, 19-10 and 40-1.

In the girl’s 100 meter dash Clark Fork’s Sophia Krutilla placed fourth with 13.94 and in the 400 meter Clark Fork Kathryn Parkin placed fourth with 1:10.71 and St. Regis Emma Hill placed sixth with 1:11.61. Madison Kelly placed third in both the 800 meter and the 1600 meter run with 2:50.37 and 5:57.35. With Clark Fork’s Hailey Kelly throwing 110-7 and placing second in javelin.

Results from Jim Johnson Track Meet, Thursday, March. 30.

Boys

Team results

1, Frenchtown 112.3

2, Thompson Falls 91

3, Deer Lodge 66

4, Ronan 51

5, Darby 44.5

6, St. Regis 40

7, Drummond 25.6

8, White Sulphur Springs 24

9, Seeley-Swan 20

10, Hot Springs 17.5

11, Victor 12

12, Clark Fork 8

13, Lincoln 8

14, Harrison 6

15, Plains 1

16, Philipsburg 1

Individual results

100 – 1, Cade Benjamin, DL, 11.58; 2, Mark Estes, Dru, 11.64; 3, McKenzie Holt, TF, 11.84; 4, Collin McGuyer, Ron, 11.90; 5, Will Collins, WSS, 12.11; 6, Trevor Paro, HS, 12.22.

200 – 1, Collin McGuyer, Ron, 23.95; 2, Garrett Strine, TF, 24.38; 3, Dawson Clayton, WSS, 24.41; 4, Brooks Spadt, Ftwn, 24.87; 5, Logan Robinson, SS, 25.06; 6, Jaxon Lee, Pbrg, 25.08.

400 – 1, Eric Rebarchik, Ftwn, 54.90; 2, Collin McGuyer, Ron, 55.85; 3, Colter Scully, DL, 55.97; 4, Hunter Shelmerdine, SS, 56.69; 5, Jesse Shaske, CF, 57.53; 6, Brennan Roullier, Ron, 58.27.

800 – 1, Eric Rebarchik, Ftwn, 2:10.46; 2, Jackson Duffey, Ron, 2:12.62; 3, Konner King, Ftwn, 2:13.40; 4, Logan Maughan, SS, 2:16.39; 5, Jesse Shaske, CF, 2:18.31; 6, Mitch Parcell, SS, 2:19.48.

1600 – 1, Frank Dean, Ftwn, 4:46.71; 2, Brock Rugg, Ftwn, 4:49.79; 3, Evan Duggan, Dar, 4:57.73; 4, Jackson Duffey, Ron, 5:00.45; 5, Derik Defrance, Har, 5:05.52; 6, Logan Maughan, SS, 5:05.61.

3200 – 1, Jaiden Rowe, Ftwn, 10:49.61; 2, Evan Duggan, Dar, 11:19.02; 3, James Normandeau, Ron, 11:29.43; 4, Griffin Pluth, CF, 11:38.03; 5, Colby Lantz, TF, 11:53.90; 6, Parker McConnell, TF, 11:59.92.

110 hurdles – 1, Kye McCollaum, Dar, 15.90; 2, Jack Powell, Vic, 16.11; 3, Brandon Porter, DL, 17.08; 4, Owen Pierre, Ftwn, 18.39; 5, Tyler Carr, HS, 18.48; 6, Hank Rugg, Ftwn, 18.55.

300 hurdles – 1, Kye McCollaum, Dar, 42.53; 2, Dawson Clayton, WSS, 44.28; 3, Brennan Roullier, Ron, 45.91; 4, Jack Nolan, Ron, 46.39; 5, Tyler Carr, HS, 46.41; 6, Danny Hoisington, TF, 46.80.

400 relay – 1, Deer Lodge (Cade Benjamin, Riley Boese, Dyllon McDermid, Brandon Porter) 45.88; 2, Thompson Falls 45.94; 3, Frenchtown 47.19; 4, Victor 48.15; 5, Hot Springs 48.83; 6, Drummond 49.37.

1600 relay – 1, Frenchtown (Frank Dean, Brock Rugg, Jake Oman, Eric Rebarchik) 3:44.51; 2, Thompson Falls 3:50.19; 3, Seeley-Swan 4:00.37; 4, Drummond 4:03.45; 5, White Sulphur Springs 4:08.05; 6, Plains 4:20.69.

Shot put – 1, Austin Forson, DL, 50-6; 2, Jesse Mecham, Ftwn, 44-2; 3, McKenzie Holt, TF, 42-5; 4, Brock Cantrell-Field, StRg, 41-10; 5, Riley Allen, Dru, 40-05; 6, Connor Perry, HS, 39-10.

Discus – 1, Austin Forson, DL, 167-03; 2, McKenzie Holt, TF, 142-0; 3, Brock Cantrell-Field, StRg, 134-3; 4, Jesse Mecham, Ftwn, 133-1; 5, Kade VanElswyk, TF, 125-11; 6, Riley Allen, Dru, 125-4.

Javelin – 1, John Beckers, Dar, 181-3; 2, Kade VanElswyk, TF, 157-5; 3, Brock Cantrell-Field, StRg, 157-03; 4, Cody Garrison, TF, 153-10; 5, Riley Allen, Dru, 136-8; 6, Colby Manley, Dru, 133-03.

High jump – 1, Dyllon McDermid, DL, 6-0; 2, Brandon Managhan, StRg, 6-0; 3, Jonah Parke, Dru, 5-8; 4, Danny Hoisington, TF, 5-8; 5, Austin Cooper, TF, 5-6; 6, Marco Degel, HS, 5-6.

Pole vault – 1, Losha Schroeder, TF, 11-6; 2, Hunter Woodward, Lin, 11-6; 3, Cody Garrison, TF, 10-6; 4, Colter Scully, DL, 9-6; 5, Joren Nabozney, Ftwn, 8-0; 5, Spencer Parke, Dru, 8-0; 5, Shamus Scott, Dru, 8-0.

Long jump – 1, Jacob Price, Ftwn, 20-7; 2, Brandon Managhan, StRg, 19-10; 3, Will Collins, WSS, 19-7; 4, Austin Cooper, TF, 19-6.5; 5, Trevor Paro, HS, 19-4.5; 6, Danny Hoisinton, TF, 19-2.5.

Triple jump – 1, Jacob Price, Ftwn, 41-5.5; 2, Brandon Managhan, StRg, 40-1.5; 3, Trevor Paro, HS, 38.03; 4, Lane Buus, Har, 38-1; 5, Hunter Shelmerdine, SS, 37-3.5; 6, Austin Cooper, TF, 36-4.

Girls

Team results

1, Drummond 78

2, Frenchtown 77

3, Deer Lodge 74

4, Arlee 63

5, Thompson Falls 49

6, Plains 41

7, Seeley-Swan 34

8, Noxon 18

9, Darby 18

10, Philipsburg 16

11, Clark Fork 16

12, Ronan 15

13, St. Regis 13

14, Hot Springs 10

15, Harrison 4

Individual results

100 – 1, Claire Fickler, Dru, 13.16; 2, Ember Schwindt, TF, 13.23; 3, Ashley Revis, Arl, 13.63; 4, Sophia Krutilla, CF, 13.94; 5, Faith Rebich, Ftwn, 14.05; 6, Alivia Williams, Ftwn, 14.06.

200 – 1, Claire Fickler, Dru, 27.29; 2, Ashley Revis, Arl, 28.80; 3, Haddie Tallon, Pbrg, 28.88; 4, Kinsley Barney, Ron, 29.11; 5, Haley Morgan, TF, 29.21; 6, Madeleine Boller, Ftwn, 29.70.

400 – 1, Claire Fickler, Drum, 1:01.91; 2, Emma Grange, Pbrg, 1:08.10; 3, Sophia Barton, DL, 1:09.31; 4, Kathryn Parkin, CF, 1:10.71; 5, Serenity O’Donnell, Pbrg, 1:11.41; 6, Emma Hill, StRg, 1:11.61.

800 – 1, Natalie Yocum, Arl, 2:36.10; 2, Sabrina Bryant, Dru, 2:45.84; 3, Madison Kelly, StRg, 2:50.37; 4, Josie Hokanson, Har, 2:54.40; 5, Anna Kaiser, Nox, 2:55.43; 6, Hope Slater, TF, 2:56.76.

1600 – 1, Natalie Yocum, Arl, 5:52.31; 2, Gracie Lang, Dar, 5:54.69; 3, Madison Kelly, StRg, 5:57.35; 4, Sabrina Bryant, Dru, 5:58.34; 5, Ashley McCready, Ron, 6:01.72; 6, Lizzy Mattson, Ftwn, 6:13.77.

3200 – 1, Gracie Lang, Dar, 13:02.16; 2, Ashley McCready, Ron, 13:29.52; 3, Rachel Ribeiro, TF, 14:30.72; 4, Phalyn Fickas, Nox, 14:43.91; 5, Grace Schwenk, Ftwn, 15:04.10.

100 hurdles – 1, Kamryn Scully, DL, 17.13; 2, Terra Bertsch, SS, 18.04; 3, Caprice Johnson, DL, 18.41; 4, Madisen Wheeler, HS, 18.94; 5, Olivia Channer, Ftwn, 19.03; 6, Destinie Tubbs, DL, 19.04.

300 hurdles – 1, Kamryn Scully, DL, 50.12; 2, Olivia Channer, Ftwn, 53.12; 3, Madisen Wheeler, HS, 55.99; 4, Destinie Tubbs, DL, 57.25; 5, Cree Lulack, Pla, 57.42; 6, Myrna Bertollt, Ftwn, 58.76.

400 relay – 1, Thompson Falls (Maya Stiles, Haley Morgan, Gillian Nelson, Ember Schwindt) 54.15; 2, Frenchtown 54.91; 3, Seeley-Swan 55.34; 4, Arlee 55.45; 5, Deer Lodge 56.01; 6, Drummond 59.10.

1600 – 1, Frenchtown (Madeleine Bolle, Faith Rebich, Olivia Channer, Marley Glessner) 4:37.76; 2, Drummond 4:39.41; 3, Arlee 4:49.94; 4, Seeley-Swan 4:59.44; 5, Noxon 5:02.44; 6, Thompson Falls 5:04.13.

Shot put – 1, Jessica Thompson, Pla, 38-8; 2, Adeline Richardson, Ftwn, 36-7; 3, Emilie Hinrichs, Ftwn, 36-6.5; 4, Ariel Clark, DL, 35-8; 5, Amy Fjell-Hagan, DL, 33-7; 6, Alye Fjell 33-6.

Discus – 1, Jessica Thompson, Pla, 116-9; 2, Alye Fjell, DL, 112-1; 3, Kara Altmiller, Pla, 100-8; 4, Delaney Weltz, Nox, 99-2; 5, Adeline Richardson, Ftwn, 94-9; 6, Brionna McJunkin, TF, 90-10.

Javelin – 1, Jessica Thompson, Pla, 112-9.5; 2, Hailey Kelly, CF, 110-7; 3, Madison Wheeler, TF, 109-8; 4, Bryndle Goyins, Arl, 104-7; 5, Chloe Robbins, SS, 96; 6, Mikayla Stone, DL, 94-10.5.

High jump – 1, Emilie Hinrichs, Ftwn, 5-0; 2, Ember Schwindt, TF, 5-0; 3, Morgan Radtke, Dru, 5-0; 4, Terra Bertsch, SS, 4-8; 5, Mikayla Stone, DL, 4-8; 6, Micalann McCrea, Ron, 4-8.

Pole Vault – 1, Kamryn Scully, DL, 8-6; 2, Cera Strumpfer, SS, 8-6; 3, Madison Wheeler, TF, 7-6; 4, Shawntaya Nelson, Arl, 7-0; 5, Audrey Radtke, Dru, 7-0; 6, Sara Kielley, Dru, 7-0.

Long jump – 1, Alivia Williams, Ftwn, 14-7.75; 2, Morgan Radtke, Dru, 14-5.75; 3, Anna Kaiser, Nox, 14-0; 4, Kylee Altmiller, Pla, 13-10; 4, Bryndle Goyins, Arl, 13-10; 6, Josee Applegate, DL, 13-9.25.

Triple jump – 1, Morgan Radtke, Dru, 33-2; 2, Abby Yocum, Arl, 32-2; 3, Josee Applegate, DL, 31-10; 4, Kiya Shelton, Ftwn, 31-2.5; 5, Ashley Miller, SS, 29-8.5; 6, Hope Rebich, Ftwn, 29-6.