Columbia Falls girls do well in track

The Columbia Falls track team had some strong performances in its first week of action after nearly a month of practice.

The team opened its season April 15 at the non-scoring Flathead Time Trials at Legends Field In Kalispell.

Samantha Mundel led the girls with a first-place finish in the 3,200 meters at 12:25.69. Ellie Johnson also had a great meet, with a second-place finish in the 100 at 13.76 and a fifth-place finish in the long jump at 15-1 1/4.

Carla Nicosia took third in the 100 meter hurdles at 17.18.4, and Emily Calderwood was fourth in the 400 meters at 1:05.01. Andrea Getts was third in the discus at 108-3.

On the boys side, Nakia Alexander won the triple jump at 42-11, Jared Trinastich took second in the javelin with a throw of 155-1, and Kodi Pletcher was sixth in the javelin at 140-0. Freshman Logan Stephens cleared 19 feet in the long jump, but just missed placing in his first track event.

On April 17, the girls took second in the Frenchtown Invitational. Mundel won the 3,200 at 12:36.2, Getts took the discus title with a throw of 117-4, Haley Belgarde won the shot put with a throw of 33-9, and Nicosia won the triple jump with a 36-7 1/4 — nearly a foot better than her third-place finish at the state track meet last year.

On the boys side, Alexander took the triple jump title again at 41-6 1/4 and was second in the long jump at 20 feet even.

All in all, coach Jamie Heinz said the team is a little bit behind because of spring break and the poor weather, but they’re getting there.

“Our girls team is pretty solid,” he said.

And while the boys aren’t always breaking into the scoring column, the team has a good attitude.

“We’re working hard, and we have a positive attitude,” Heinz said.

The team had a make-up meet for the snowed-out Iceberg Invitational on Tuesday at home. They then travel to the Top 10 meet in Missoula on April 29.

Frenchtown Invitational April 17

Boys team totals — Whitefish 117, Missoula Sentinel 85, Belgrade 79, Stevensville 75, Frenchtown 72, Columbia Falls 45, Ronan 29, Hamilton 25.

100 — 1, Sean Laughnan, Snt, 11.30; 2, Gharret Olson, Ftn, 11.40; 3, Sean Foley, Wfh, 11.50; 4, Kyle Crossman, Ham, 11.50; 5, Christopher Lords, Ste, 11.60; 6, Tyler Ogilvie, Snt, 11.70.

200 — 1, Christopher Lords, Ste, 23.00; 2, Jadin Casey, Ste, 23.20; 3, Gharret Olson, Ftn, 23.50; 3, Jed Nagler, Wfh, 23.60; 5, Tyler Ogilvie, Snt, 23.60; 6, Kyle Crossman, Ham, 23.90.

400 — 1, Jadin Casey, Ste, 51.20; 3, Christopher Lords, Ste, 51.60; 3, Tristen Hollist, Snt, 54.20; 4, Nolan Staats, Snt, 55.90; 5, Austin Kimmet, CF, 56.00; 6, Walter Holliday, Wfh, 56.10.

800 — 1, Trysten Bousquet, Bel, 2:04.2; 2, Andrew Honken, Ftn, 2:08.7; 3, Tristen Hollist, Snt, 2:10.1; 4, James Ratzlaff, CF, 2:12.8; 5, Jake Bartschi, Ste, 2:13.3; 6, Justice McManus, CF, 2:13.7.

1,600 — 1, Jonathan Eastwood, Bel, 4:29.9; 2, Gunnar Nabozney Ftn, 4:55.0; 3, Devin Kadrmas, Ftn, 4:57.3; 4, Dallas Shaw, Bel, 5:02.3; 5, James Ratzlaff, CF, 5:03.4; 6, Thomas Henson, Wfh, 5:03.7.

3,200 — , Jonathan Eastwood, Bel, 10:18.0; 2, Frank Dean, Ftn, 11:23.3; 3, Jake Bartschi, Ste, 11:24.3; 4, Damian Croft, Snt, 11;37.7; 5, Walter Sobba, Wfh, 11:39.3; 6, Dallas Shaw, Bel, 11:44.2.

110 hurdles — 1, Keaton Grove, Wfh, 15.40; 2, Keaton Nicholson, Wfh, 16.90; 3, Micah Sobczak, CF, 17.10; 4, Jacob Grinwis, Bel, 17.30; 5, Gauge Anderson, Wfh, 17.60; 6, Kai Block, Snt, 17.80.

300 hurdles — 1, Daniel Pendergast, Ste, 41.20; 2, Jadin Casey, Ste, 41.30; 3, Kris Cleveland, Ham, 42.10; 4, Alex Wilson, Wfh, 42.70; 5, Drue Barkley, Snt, 43.70; 6, Sean Laughnan, Snt, 43.80.

400 relay — 1, Whitefish (Sean Foley, Jed Nagler, Keaton Grove, Luke Cardon) 44.30; 2, Hamilton 45.20; 3, Frenchtown 46.10; 4, Missoula Sntinel 46.20; 5, Whitefish B 46.60; 6, Columbia Falls 46.90.

1,600 relay — 1, Stevensville (Daniel Pendergast, Jake Bartschi, John Diepstraten, Jadin Casey) 3:33.9; 2, Belgrade 3:36.0; 3, Missoula Sentinel 3:42.2; 4, Columbia Falls 3:43.9; 5, Frenchtown 3:48.8; 6, Whitefish 3:51.9.

Discus — 1, Kyle Douglass, Snt, 174-0; 2, Riley Linsted, Snt, 140-7; 3, Gage Smith, Sfh, 140-6; 4, Koler Kanistanaux, Wfh, 137-0; 5, Kevin Hodges, Ftn, 133-9; 6, Zach Brown, Ham, 128-5.

Javelin — 1, Luke May, Wfh, 178-7; 2, Lucas Gerhardt, Ron, 174- O; 3, Derek Marks, Bel, 168-10; 4, Ty Morgan, CF, 167-1; 5, Josh Deshner, Snt, 166-11; 6, Jared Trinastich, CF, 162-1.

Shot put — 1, Lucas Gerhardt, Ron, 51-3; 2, Kyle Douglass, Sen, 50-1; 3, Gage Smith, Wfh, 46-8; 4, Riley Linsted, Snt, 44-0; 5, Avery Whelan, Bel, 43-9; 6, Cole Gerhardt, Ron, 43-5.

High jump — 1 (tie), Jed Nagler, Wfh, and Parker Spadt, Ftn, 5-10; 3 (tie), Morgan Eitel, Bel, Kameron Kohn, Ham, and Brandon Stubbs, Bel, 5-10; 6, Robert Jones, Ftn, 5-10.

Long jump — 1, Sean Foley, Wfh, 20-4; 2, Nakia Alexander, CF, 20-0; 3, Brandon Stubbs, Bel, 19-4 1/4; 4, Bryce Cullen, Ron, 19-3; 5, Zach Burckhard, Snt, 19-2; 6, Kameron Kohn, Ham, 18-9.

Triple jump — 1, Nakia Alexander, CF, 41-6 1/4; 2, Bobby Erbaught, Fn, 40-2 3/4; 3, Brayden Konkol, Bel, 40-1; 4, Brandon Stubbs, Bel, 39-8; 5, EJ Havens, Wfh, 39-6; 6, Braxton Roth, Ste, 39-2O.

Pole vault — 1, EJ Havens, Wfh, 13-0; 2, Sean Foley, Wfh, 12-6; 3, Connor Benn, Ron, 11-6; 4, Stephan Laird, Snt, 11-0; 5, Conner Bowman, CF, 10-0; 6, Matt Brewer, Wfh, 10-0.

Girls team totals — Belgrade 171, Columbia Falls 114, Missoula Sentinel 101 1/2, Whitefish 60, Ronan 27, Frenchtown 24 1/2, Stevensville 18, Hamilton 11.

100 — 1, Madi Page, Bel, 12.90; 2, Courtney Stromme, Bel, 13.00; 3, Jenn Mickelson, Snt, 13.40; 4, Madeline Orrell, Bel, 13.40; 5, Mary Baker, CF, 13.50; 6, Lexi Khoudary, Snt, 13.70.

200 — 1, Courtney Stromme, Bel, 26.70; 2, Jenn Mickelson, Snt, 27.50; 3, Emily Calderwood, CF, 28.20; 4, Syd Steele, Snt, 28.30; 5, Alex Dennis, Ron, 28.50; 6, Kiana Howell, Ron, 29.00.

400 — 1, Syd Steele, Snt, 61.50; 2, Tanna Holliday, Bel, 62.00; 3, Pipi Eitel, Bel, 63.00; 4, Emily Calderwood, CF, 63.60; 5, Maja Holmquist, Ftn, 64.30; 6, Ellen Brookes, Snt, 64.60.

800 — 1, Sadie Reddick, Bel, 2:28.4; 2, Ellen Brooks, Snt, 2:30.5; 3, Haley Rogers, Snt, 2:33.6; 4, Sarah Latcham, Wfh, 2:36.8; 5, Madeline Hamilton, Snt, 2:36.90; 6, Rachel Brown, Ste, 2:37.4.

1,600 — 1, Sadie Reddick, Bel, 5:33.4; 2, Samantha Mundel, CF, 5:41.3; 3, Sarah Latcham, Wfh, 5:56.8; 4, Raeanna Richards, Snt, 6:16.7; 5, Ashley McCready, Ron, 6:24.3; 6, Kendra Cahoon, CF, 6:26.7.

3,200 — 1, Samantha Mundel, CF, 12:36.2; 2, Barrett Gray, Wfh, 12:57.9; 3, Morgan Thomas, Snt, 13:15.1; 4, Kendra Cahoon, CF, 14:48.5; 5, McKenna, Salminen, CF, 15:10.1; 5, Noel Normand, Ftn, 15:24.3.

100 hurdles — 1, Courtney Stromme, Bel, 16.00; 2, Kyra Fisher, Bel, 16.70; 3, Carla Nicosia, CF, 17.00; 4, Shalea Wallen, Ftn, 17.50; 5, Mary Baker, CF, 17.90; 6, Alex Dennis, Ron, 18.00.

300 hurdles — 1, Courtney Stromme, Bel, 48.00; 2, Kyra Fisher, Bel, 48.90; 3, Shalea Wallen, Ftn, 51.30; 4, Lexi Khoudary, Snt, 52.00; 5, Phoebe Guercio, Wfh, 52.30; 6, Carla Nicosia, CF, 52.50.

400 relay — 1, Belgrade (Madeline Orrell, Courtney Stromme, Tanna Holliday, Madi Page) 50.20; 2, Missoula Sentinel 51.80; 3, Columbia Falls 54.30; 4, Ronan 54.40; 5, Belgrade 54.50; 6, Sentinel B 54.80.

1,600 relay — 1, Missoula Sentinel (Ellen Brookes, Melanie Alsup, Haley Rogers, Syd Steele) 4:21.7; 2, Belgrade 4:22.2; 3, Columia Falls 4:35.9; 4, Ronan 4:39.3; 5, Frenchtown 4:42.8; 6, Whitefish 4:44.2.

Discus — 1, Andrea Getts, CF, 117-4; 2, Ellie Johnson, CF, 104-2; 3, Melanie Alsup, Snt, 95-2; Hannah Peterson, Ham, 92-2; 5, Jamie Woolman, Bel, 89-8; 6 (tie), August Stack, Snt, and Adelin Richardson, Ftn, 87-1.

Javelin — 1, Bekah Weaver, Wfh, 111-7; 2, Lacey Hochhalter, Ftn, 110-8; 3, Andrea Getts, CF, 100-6; 4, Aleesha Redmon, Ham, 96-3 1/4; 5, Dani Mason, Ham, 94-0; 6, Jennifer Fowler, Bel, 86-3.

Shot put — 1, Haley Belgarde, CF, 33-9; 2, Jennifer Fowler, Bel, 33-3; 3, Tana Garden, Snt, 31-8; 4 (tie), Jamie Woolman, Bel, and Allyson Gimbel, CF, 31-7; 6, Lacey Hochhalter, Ftn, 30-11.

High jump — 1, Kate Doorn, Wfh, 5-2; 2 (tie), Madi Page, Bel, and Katie Malachinski, Ste, 4-10; 4, Ally Buhr, Ron, 4-10; 5, Courtney Stromme, Bel, 4-10; 6, Briel Birgensmith, Wfh, 4-8.

Long jump — 1, Madi Page, Bel, 17-2; 2, Ellie Johnson, CF, 15-5; 3, Sydnee Clairmont, Ron, 14-9; 4, Katie Malachinski, Ste, 14-9 1/4; 5, MaKayla Beckman, Bel, 14-8; 6, Summer Burlage, CF, 14-6 3/4.

Triple jump — 1, Carla Nicosia, CF, 36-7 1/4; 2, Madi Page, Bel, 35-9 1/4; 3, Katie Malachinski, Ste, 33-4; 4, Phoebe Guercio, WFh, 32-11; 5, Lee Camel, Ron, 32-0; 6, Avery Joyner, Ham, 31-6 3/4.

Pole vault — 1, Shayla Palmer, Snt, 9-6; 2, Briel Birgensmith, Wfh, 8-6; 3, Mary Jane Smiley, Bel, 8-6; 4, Erin Tabish, Wfh, 8-0; 5, Bekah Weaver, Wfh, 7-6; 6, Ally Buhr, Ron, 7-6.