Spring has arrived and with it the track and field meets in Montana. The first big track meet for many Sanders County teams was recently held and tested the athletes abilities and agility in many different events; running, relays, discus, javelin, hurdles, high kump, pole vault, triple jump, and shot put. The Plains, Hot Springs, Thompson Falls and Noxon track teams were in action on Mar. 30 in Frenchtown at the Jim Johnson Invitational.

Trevo Paro of Hot Springs ran the 100 in 12.22 seconds, which helped the Hot Springs boys team place 10th in the overall team standings. Hot Springs placed fifth in the 400 relay with a time of 48.83 seconds.

The Thompson Falls boys team placed second with an overal score of 91. Tyler Carr placed fifth in the 110 hurdes with a time of 18.48 seconds. Garret Strine of Thompson Falls ran the 200 in 24.38 seconds to win second place in the event. Colby Lantz of Thompson Falls placed fifth in the 3,200 by running it in a time of 11:53.90. Danny Hoisington ran the 300 hurdles in a time of 46.80 seconds to win sixth place. The 400 relay had Thompson Falls win second place with a time of 45.94 seconds. McKenzie Holt won third place in the shot put with a throw of 45 feet, 5 inches. Holt won second in the discus with 142-foot throw. The Thompson Falls boys placed second in the 1,600 relay with a time of 3:50.19.

The Plains Girls events had a very strong start to the track season by placing sixth in the overall team standings with a score of 41. Jessica Thompson placed first in three events; discus, javelin, and shot put. Thompson’s discus win was with a throw of 116 feet, nine inches. In the shot put, Thompson had a distance of 38 feet, 8 inches. Thompson’s javelin win was with a throw of 112 feet, 9 inches. Kara Altmiller won third in discus with a throw of 100 feet, 8 inches. In the long jump, Kylee Altmiller had a distance of 13 feet, 10 inches. Cree Lulak of Plains won fifth place in the 300 hurdles with a time of 57.42 seconds.

The Thompson Falls girls team placed fifth overall with a score of 49. Ember Schwindt won second place in the 100 hurdles with a time of 13.23 seconds. The girls 400 relay was won by the Thompson Falls team, ran by Maya Stiles, Haley Morgan, Gillian Nelson, and Ember Schwindt with a time of 54.15 seconds. In the 3200 Rachel Ribeiro of Thompson Falls placed third with a time of 14:30.72.

The next track meet will be the Eureka Invitationl on April 8 at 10 a.m.

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.