Mountain Cats, Tigers open season at Frenchtown Invite
Mineral Independent | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 6 years, 7 months AGO
ST. REGIS Tiger Ian Ferris completes his hop, skip and jump down the runway during the triple jump at the Frenchtown Invitational at Big Sky High School last Saturday to open the track and field season. (Joe Sova/Mineral Independent)
MADISON KELLY of St. Regis competes against a pack of runners early in the 1,600-meter run at the Frenchtown Invitational Track Meet at Big Sky High School in Missoula on Saturday, April 6. (Joe Sova/Mineral Independent)
JESSE SHASKE of Clark Fork rounds the first curve in the 1,600-meter run last Saturday at the Frenchtown Invitational Track Meet at Big Sky High School. (Joe Sova/Mineral Independent)
TREY GREEN of Clark Fork got his season started strong at the Frenchtown Invitational at Big Sky High School on Saturday, April 6. Above, Green prepares for a throw in the shot put. (Joe Sova/Mineral Independent)
SOPHIA KRUTILLA churns down the home stretch while running the anchor leg of the 4x100 relay at the Frenchtown Invitational in Missoula. (Joe Sova/Mineral Independent)
CHARLIE ANDERSON of Clark Fork competes in the javelin event at the Frenchtown Invitational at Big Sky High School on Saturday, April 6. (Maggie Dresser/Mineral Independent)
Both the Clark Fork Mountain Cats and the St. Regis Tigers track teams placed in multiple track and field events on Saturday, April 6 at the Frenchtown Invitational, held at the Big Sky High School facility in Missoula.
In the girls’ 100-meter dash, Hunter McGillivray placed 13th with a time of 14.09. Sophia Krutilla placed 22nd with 14.39. In the boys’ 100, St. Regis Tiger Ian Farris placed eighth with a time of 11.80.
In the girls’ 200, McGillivray placed 12th with 29.57, and Kylie Plakke took 16th with 30.02.
In the boys’ 800-meter run, Jesse Shaske placed fifth with 2:09:62 and Sorren Reese took third for the girls with 2:36.66. Reese placed second with 1:07.12 in the 400-meter dash.
The Mountain Cats placed 12th with a time of 48.32 in the boys’ 4x100 relay. Running the legs of the relay were Jake Calloway, Shaske, Carson Callison and Trey Green.
Cassie Green, Sophie Krutilla, Emmah Baughman and McGillivray placed ninth in the girls’ 4x100 relay with a time of 56.16.
Mountain Cat Green placed fifth in the the boys’ shot put event with mark 44 feet, 7 inches.
St. Regis Tiger Grace King placed eighth in the girls’ shot put with a mark 30’5.5”.
Adam Ball of St. Regis placed 19th with mark 120’02 in the boys’ javelin.
Both the Clark Fork Mountain Cats boys’ and girls’ teams placed 14th in the large field, and the St. Regis Tiger boys’ team placed 19th.
St. Regis track teams were scheduled to compete in the Florence/Darby Invitational on Tuesday, April 9 in Corvallis.
Clark Fork and St. Regis tracksters enter the Dave Tripp Memorial on Friday in Polson, hosted by Hot Springs.
Following will be the Thompson Falls Invitational on Tuesday, April 16.
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