C-Falls sending 24 to state meet

The Columbia Falls girls track team took second in the May 17-18 Northwest Class A divisional tournament.

On Friday, sophomore Samantha Mundel ran away with the 1,600-meter title with a time of 5:27.72. On Saturday, she won the 3,200 at 11:59.42.

Carla Nicosia had an excellent meet, winning the triple jump with a leap of 35-5.75 and a high jump of 4-10. She also took third in the 100 meter hurdles at 17.04.

On the field, Andrea Getts won the discus with a throw of 98-4, and Haley Belgarde won the shot put with a throw of 34-6.5. The girls took second as a team.

The boys took third. Nakia Alexander won the triple jump with a 43-6.5 leap, and Ty Morgan won the javelin with a throw of 176-3. The boys 1,600 relay team of Mike Sandefer, Austin Kimmet, Josiah Osborne and Luke Kazlauskus also took top honors at 3:32.54.

All told, 12 girls and 12 boys qualified for the state meet this Friday and Saturday in Laurel.

“I’m really happy with our girls,” coach Jamie Heinz said. “I think we had personal records in every single event across the board.”

On the boys side, Heinz noted that while junior sprinter Josiah Osborne didn’t win his individual events, he ran his best times of the season and came close to breaking the school record in the 100. Whitefish runs well on its home track, Heinz noted, and Osborne has done well at previous state tournaments. Osborne tied for second in the 100 with a time of 11.29.

One note about Alexander — some newspapers have previously published he has the best leap in the long jump in Class A. That was a misprint, Heinz noted. Alexander has qualified just for the triple jump — quite an accomplishment, considering he just started the event about a month ago.

Results (top five placers and relay teams advance to state):

Saturday

Boys — Whitefish 236, Frenchtown 129, Columbia Falls 86, Polson 67, Libby 7.

100 – 1, Logan Harwood, WF, 11.22. 2, Iaian Cameron, WF, 11.29. 3, Josiah Osborne, CF, 11.29. 4, Anthony Lowery, FT, 11.31. 5, Gharret Olson, FT, 11.5. 6, Zach Blumhardt, WF, 11.53.

200 – 1, Logan Harwood, WF, 22.77. 2, Anthony Lowery, FT, 23.32. 3, Iaian Cameron, WF, 23.36. 4, Josiah Osborne, CF, 23.39. 5, Sean Laimbeer, Pol, 23.83. 6, Sean Foley, WF, 23.84.

800 – 1, Logan Harwood, WF, 2:00.87. 2, Luke Cardon, WF, 2:02.45. 3, Tel Motichka, Pol, 2:03.89. 4, Andrew Honkin, FT, 2:04.71. 5, Colby Peterson, FT, 2:05.57. 6, Connor Gray, WF, 2:08.25.

3,200 – 1, Jace Kalbfleisch, WF, 10:18.02. 2, Fischer Gangemi, WF, 10:18.88. 3, Gunnar Nabozney, FT, 10:21.33. 4, Thomas Henson, WF, 10:47.38. 5, Tel Motichka, Pol, 10:53.83. 6, Colton Coty, FT, 11:12.04.

300 hurdles – 1, Keaton Grove, WF, 41.08. 2, Matt Hayes, FT, 41.80. 3, Alex Wilson, WF, 42.67. 4, David Diehl, FT, 42.79. 5, Jacob Clairmont, Pol, 43.02. 6, Mark Hader, CF, 43.53.

1,600 relay – 1, Columbia Falls (Mike Sandefer, Austin Kimmet, Josiah Osborne, Luke Kazlauskus), 3:32.54. 2, Whitefish, 3:33.25. 3, Frenchtown, 3:38.78. 4, Polson, 3:40.40. 5, Libby, 4:14.18.

Javelin – 1, Ty Morgan, CF, 176-3. 2, Luke May, WF, 170-9. 3, Mark Hader, CF, 169-4. 4, Jake May, WF, 165-3. 5, Will Davey, Pol, 162-6. 6, Jace Kalbfleisch, WF, 162-4.

Shot put – 1, Riley Sampson, Pol, 53-7. 2, Gage Smith, WF, 45-5. 3, Austin Cahala, FT, 44-7.5. 4, Jack White, FT, 42-2.5. 5, Kraig Nelson, Lby, 41-0. 6, Dylan Watkins, CF, 40-8.

High jump – 1, Matt Hayes, FT, 6-2. 2, Jed Nagler, WF, 5-10. 3, John Chapman, FT, 5-8. 4, Parker Spadt, FT, J5-8. 5, Micah Sobczak, CF, J5-8. 6, Kyle Kelly, CF, J5-8.

Long jump – 1, Will Davey, Pol, 20-4.5. 2, Josiah Osborne, CF, 20-4. 3, Sean Foley, WF, 19-9. 4, Bobby Erbaugh, FT, 19-8.75. 5, Mark Hader, CF, 19-6.75. 6, Colin King, CF, 19-5.

Girls — Whitefish 184, Columbia Falls 127.5, Polson 110.5, Frenchtown 61, Libby 42.

100 – 1, Marlow Schulz, WF, 12.42. 2, Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 12.94. 3, Allie Schulz, WF, 13.13. 4, Savanna Moon, CF, 13.26. 5, Angela Tamburelli, CF, 13.30. 6, Courtney Krueger, FT, 13.54.

200 – 1, Allie Schulz, WF, 27.27. 2, Angela Tamburelli, CF, 27.5. 3, Lydia Bowman, Pol, 28.09. 4, Savanna Moon, CF, 28.22. 5, Sarah Craven, WF, 28.28. 6, Alicia Sicz, Pol, 28.60.

800 – 1, Sarah Latcham, WF, 2:25.66. 2, Maja Holmquist, FT, 2:30.13. 3, Alisha Jore, Pol, 2:34.21. 4, Eliska Kulhava, FT, 2:35.01. 5, Emily Calderwood, CF, 2:37.63. 6, Shyla Stevenson, Lby, 2:40.06.

3,200 – 1, Samantha Mundel, CF, 11:59.42. 2, Hallie Hovenkotter, Pol, 12:21.00. 3, Barrett Gray, WF, 12:26.82. 4, Peyton Twete, WF, 13:38.58. 5, Amanda Stobie, Pol, 13:39.06. 6, Emma Marchetti, WF, 14:13.72.

300 hurdles – 1, Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 46.73. 2, Phoebe Guercio, WF, 47.22. 3, Allie Schulz, WF, 49.07. 4, Carla Nicosia, CF, 49.68. 5, Ella Kobelt, WF, 51.04. 6, Erica Alfiero, Pol, 51.12.

1,600 relay – 1, Whitefish (Phoebe Guercio, Ella Kobelt, Sarah Craven, Marlow Schulz), 4:19.92. 2, Columbia Falls, 4:23.12. 3, Frenchtown, 4:23.22. 4, Polson, 4:48.61. 5, Libby, 4:56.76.

Javelin – 1, Lacey Hochhalter, FT, 109-11. 2, Kaitlyn Gilder, Lby, 105-4. 3, Hailey Craig, Lby, 105-2. 4, Bekah Weaver, WF, 103-10. 5, Mariah Corrigan, Pol, 103-6. 6, Andrea Getts, CF, 102-10.

Shot put – 1, Haley Belgarde, CF, 34-6.5. 2, Chloie Huerta, Pol, 33-11. 3, Eviann Reynolds, WF, J33-11. 4, Baylee Tveidt, WF, 31-5. 5, Lacey Hochhalter, FT, 31-4. 6, Jewel Zakit-Ackerman, Pol, 31-3.

High jump – 1, Carla Nicosia, CF, 4-10. 2, Krysten Mossburg, Lby, 4-8. 3, Shelby Fromm, FT, J4-8. 4, Shae Munro, Lby, J4-8. 5, Kaia Roberge, FT, 4-6. 6, Ashton Berta, CF, J4-6.

Long jump – 1, Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 17-0. 2, Krysten Mossburg, Lby, 16-1.5. 3, Phoebe Guercio, WF, 15-4. 4, Ellie Johnson, CF, 15-2. 5, Carla Nicosia, CF, 15-0. 6, Summer Burlage, CF, 14-10.5. 6, Gracie Carlyle, Pol, 14-10.5.

Friday

Girls — Whitefish 89, Columbia Falls 57, Polson 43, Frenchtown 22, Libby 5

400 — 1, Marlow Schulz, Whi, 56.50. 2, Shalea Wallen, Ftwn, 1:02.34. 3, Sarah Latcham, Whi, 1:02.36. 4, Miranda Livingston, CF, 1:03.67. 5, Maja Holmquist, Ftwn, 1:04.05. 6, Emily Calderwood, CF, 1:05.56.

1,600 — 1, Samantha Mundel, CF, 5:27.72. 2, Hallie Hovenkotter, Pol, 5:43.85. 3, Barrett Gray, Whi, 5:49.29. 4, Eliska Kulhava, Ftwn, 5:51.70. 5, Rebecca Holdhusen, Whi, 6:00.51. 6, Hailey Craig, Lib, 6:12.70.

100 hurdles — 1, Allie Schulz, Whi, 16.13. 2, Ella Kobelt, Whi, 16.84. 3, Carla Nicosia, CF, 17.04. 4, Phoebe Guercio, Whi, 17.27. 5, Erica Alfiero, Pol, 17.59. 6, Mariah Walker, CF, 18.57.

400 relay — 1, Polson (Alicia Sicz, Lydia Bowman, Erica Alfiero, Anna DiGiallonardo), 51.68. 2, Whitefish 51.74. 3, Columbia Falls, 51.86. 4, Frenchtown, 54.51. 5, Libby, 55.89.

Pole vault — 1, Claudia Hewston, Pol, 9-0. 2, Erin Tabish, Whi, 8-6. 2, Brielle Birgensmith, Whi, 8-6. 4, Haley Cyr, Ftwn, 8-0. 5, Jenna Barrick, Lib, 8-0. 6, Jewel Zakit-Ackerman, Pol, 8-0. 6, Tabitha Walker, Pol, 8-0.

Triple jump — 1, Carla Nicosia, CF, 35-5.75. 2, Phoebe Guercio, Whi, 33-10.25. 3, Allyson Gimbel, CF, 32-6.75. 4, Allie Schulz, Whi, 32-4.50. 5, Summer Burlage, CF, 32-1.75. 6, Ellie Johnson, CF, 31-11.5.

Discus — 1, Andrea Getts, CF, 98-4. 2, Eviann Reynolds, Whi, 97-01. 3, Amanda Harrod, Pol, 93-0. 4, Jewel Zakit-Ackerman, Pol, 92-8. 5, Shannon MeGinnis, Pol, 92-6. 6, Baylee Tveidt, Whi, 91-7.

Boys — Whitefish 100, Frenchtown 50, Columbia Falls 34, Polson 29, Libby 3

400 — 1, Logan Harwood, Whi, 50.23. 2, Iaian Cameron, Whi, 52.04. 3, Luke Cardon, Whi, 52.20. 4, Colby Peterson, Ftwn, 52.51. 5, Luke Kazlauskus, CF, 52.97. 6, Frank Pope, Pol, 53.79.

1,600 — 1, Jace Kalbfleisch, Whi, 4:45.86. 2, Tel Motichka, Pol, 4:47.01. 3, Fischer Gangemi, Whi, 4:47.28. 4, Andrew Honkin, Ftwn, 4:51.53. 5, Gunnar Nabozney, Ftwn, 4:52.75. 6, Devin Kadrmas, Ftwn, 5:04.88.

110 hurdles — 1, Keaton Grove, Whi, 15.47. 2, David Diehl, Ftwn, 15.74. 3, Mark Hader, CF, 16.46. 4, Keaton Nicholson, Whi, 16.48. 5, Alex Wilson, Whi, 16.65. 6, Errik Westlund, Lib, 16.95.

400 relay — 1, Whitefish (Sean Foley, Jed Nagler, Iaian Cameron, Logan Harwood), 43.38. 2, Frenchtown, 43.96. 3, Columbia Falls, 44.41. 4, Polson, 45.73. 5, Libby, 49.73.

Pole vault — 1, David Diehl, Ftwn, 14-0. 2, Sean Foley, Whi, 13-6. 3, EJ Havens, Whi, 13-0. 4, Dylan Kelley, Pol, 12-0. 5, Jared Rubel, Pol, 11-0. 6, Conner Bowman, CF, 11-0.

Triple jump — 1, Nakia Alexander, CF, 43-6.5. 2, Bobby Erbaugh, Ftwn, 42-7. 3, EJ Havens, Whi, 40-5.5. 4, Cody Walters, CF, 39-1. 5, Nathan Riley, CF, 38-10.25. 6, Conner Williams, CF, 38-6.5.

Discus — 1, Riley Sampson, Pol, 157-6. 2, Koler Kanistanaux, Whi, 142-6. 3, Gage Smith, Whi, 139-2. 4, Kevin Hodges, Ftwn, 130-10. 5, Dylan Watkins, CF, 129-9. 6, Jack White, Ftwn, 128-1.