Kats take second in NW division, boys third

The Columbia Falls girls track team rose to the occasion at the Northwest Class A divisional track meet in Frenchtown, taking second. The boys took third.

The Wildkats had several first-place finishes in the May 23-24 event. Carla Nicosia was the champion in the triple jump with a leap of 35-4.75 and the 100 meter hurdles at 15.66, her best time of the season.

Andrea Getts won the discus with a throw of 115-10. Samantha Mundel won both the 3,200 meters at 12:10.06, and the 1,600 meters at 5:24.24. Mundel’s mark broke the school record in the event by about two seconds.

Haley Belgarde took honors in the shot put with a 33-10 throw.

On the boys side, Nakia Alexander won the triple jump with a leap of 43-5.25, and James Ratzlaff won the 1,600 at 4:45.62. Mike Sandefer, Ratzlaff, Ty Morgan and Josiah Osborne won the 1,600 meter relay at 3:33.86.

The top five placers in each event go on to the state tournament in Butte this Friday and Saturday. The teams have the potential to bring home several individual state championships.

As expected, Whitefish swept both team titles in the divisional tournament.

Girls

Team scores: Whitefish 176, Columbia Falls 157, Polson 135, Frenchtown 43, Libby 14.

400 – 1, Marlow Schulz, Wfsh, 57.06. 2, Grace Kurtz, Wfsh, 1:01.90. 3, Tiara Duford, Polson, 1:02.47. 4, Maja Holmquist, Ftwn, 1:02.57. 5, Miranda Livingston, CF, 1:03.01. 6, Shyla Stevenson, Libby, 1:03.85.

1,600 – 1, Samantha Mundel, CF, 5:24.24. 2, Claudia Hewston, Polson, 5:43.95. 3, Barrett Gray, Wfsh, 5:44.66. 4, Anna Young, Polson, 5:59.91. 5, Kendra Cahoon, CF, 6:07.25. 6, Katie Hawes, CF, 6:12.66.

100 hurdles – 1, Carla Nicosia, CF, 15.66. 2, Phoebe Guercio, Wfsh, 16.15. 3, Mary Baker, CF, 16.26. 4, Allie Schulz, Wfsh, 16.59. 5, Madison Wheeler, Polson, 17.93. 6, Erica Alfiero, Polson, 17.98.

400 relay – 1, Polson (Tiara Duford, Chadelle Smith, Erica Alfiero, Lydia Bowman), 51.17. 2, Columbia Falls, 51.56. 3, Whitefish, 52.30. 4, Frenchtown, 53.28. 5, Libby, 53.92.

Discus – 1, Andrea Getts, CF, 115-10. 2, Ellie Johnson, CF, 113-0. 3, Chloie Huerta, Polson, 109-3. 4, Amanda Harrod, Polson, 100-9. 5, Haley Belgarde, CF, 99-5. 6, Shelbie McLinden, Libby, 91-1.

Triple jump – 1, Carla Nicosia, CF, 35-4.75. 2, Phoebe Guercio, Wfsh, 34-3.25. 3, Kiara Burlage, CF, 33-10.75. 4, Allyson Gimbel, CF, 32-7. 5, Mariah Walker, CF, 32-6.25. 6, Chadelle Smith, Polson, 32-4.

Pole vault – 1, Claudia Hewston, Polson, 9-0. 2, Bekah Weaver, Wfsh, 9-0. 3, Erin Tabish, Wfsh, 8-6. 4, Ashley Caffrey, CF, 8-0. 5, Asia Jones, Libby, 7-6. 6, Lydia Bowman, Polson, 7-6.

100 – 1, Marlow Schulz, Wfsh, 12.51. 2, Grace Kurtz, Wfsh, 12.94. 3, Phoebe Guercio, Wfsh, 12.95. 4, Tiara Duford, Polson, 13.13. 5, Allie Schulz, Wfsh, 13.25. 6, Lydia Bowman, Polson, 13.35.

200 – 1, Marlow Schulz, Wfsh, 25.86. 2, Grace Kurtz, Wfsh, 27.10. 3, Lydia Bowman, Polson, 27.28. 4, Tiara Duford, Polson, 27.50. 5, Shyla Stevenson, Libby, 28.06. 6, Shalea Wallen, Ftwn, 28.27.

800 – 1, Marlow Schulz, Wfsh, 2:21.32. 2, Claudia Hewston, Polson, 2:23.11. 3, Maja Holmquist, Ftwn, 2:26.41. 4, Samantha Mundel, CF, 2:26.66. 5, Emily Calderwood, CF, 2:33.43. 6, Peyton Twete, Wfsh, 2:36.91.

3,200 – 1, Samantha Mundel, CF, 12:10.06. 2, Barrett Gray, Wfsh, 12:52.13. 3, Anna Young, Polson, 13:08.90. 4, Katie Hawes, CF, 13:27.78. 5, Kendra Cahoon, CF, 13:39.07. 6, Maura Kalbfleisch, Wfsh, 13:45.47.

300 hurdles – 1, Phoebe Guercio, Wfsh, 47.28. 2, Carla Nicosia, CF, 48.40. 3, Madison Wheeler, Polson, 48.71. 4, Chadelle Smith, Polson, 50.28. 5, Allie Schulz, Wfsh, 50.83. 6, Mariah Walker, CF, 50.93.

1,600 relay – 1, Polson (Lydia Bowman, Madison Wheeler, Claudia Hewston, Tiara Duford), 4:10.38. 2, Columbia Falls, 4:20.91. 3, Frenchtown, 4:21.18. 4, Whitefish, 4:24.83. 5, Libby, 4:50.80.

Javelin – 1, Lacey Hochhalter, Ftwn, 124-7. 2, Mariah Corrigan, Polson, 112-5. 3, Andrea Getts, CF, 111-9. 4, Bekah Weaver, Wfsh, 108-2. 5, Nicole Clairmont, Polson, 100-4. 6, Kiara Burlage, CF, 96-7.

Shot put – 1, Haley Belgarde, CF, 33-10. 2, Chloie Huerta, Polson, 33-9 1/2. 3, Allyson Gimbel, CF, 32-7 1/2. 4, Lacey Hochhalter, Ftwn, 32-4. 5, Adeline Richardson, Ftwn, 32-3 1/2. 6, Erin Sampson, Polson, 31-5.

High jump – 1, Kate Doorn, Wfsh, 5-0. 2, Kidron Lee, Polson, 5-0. 3, Kaia Roberge, Ftwn, 4-10. 4, Gracie Carlyle, Polson, 4-8. 5, Miranda Livingston, CF, 4-8. 6, Summer Burlage, CF, 4-4.

Long jump – 1, Phoebe Guercio, Wfsh, 17-1/2. 2, Marlow Schulz, Wfsh, 16-2 1/2. 3, Ellie Johnson, CF, 16-0. 4, Marlena Urvater, Libby, 15-4 1/2. 5, Gracie Carlyle, Polson, 15-4. 6, Carla Nicosia, CF, 15-4

Boys

Team scores: Whitefish 216, Polson 115, Columbia Falls 103, Frenchtown 87, Libby 4.

400 – 1, Luke Cardon, Wfsh, 52.56. 2, Mike Sandefer, CF, 53.36. 3, Frank Pope, Polson, 54.79. 4, James Ratzlaff, CF, 55.40. 5, Trever Haverkorn, CF, 56.03. 6, Austin Kimmet, CF, 56.31.

1,600 – 1, James Ratzlaff, CF, 4:45.62. 2, Tel Motichka, Polson, 4:48.68. 3, Andrew Honken, Ftwn, 4:53.65. 4, Devin Kadrmas, Ftwn, 4:56.86. 5, Joren Nabozney, Ftwn, 5:00.72. 6, Shea Sizemore, Wfsh, 5:03.16.

110 hurdles – 1, Keaton Grove, Wfsh, 15.03. 2, Jacob Clairmont, Polson, 15.44. 3, Alex Wilson, Wfsh, 15.79. 4, Keaton Nicholson, Wfsh, 16.36. 5, Gauge Anderson, Wfsh, 16.39. 6, Micah Sobczak, CF, 16.55.

400 relay – 1, Whitefish (Sean Foley, Koler Kanistanaux, Keaton Grove, Luke Cardon), 44.47. 2, Columbia Falls, 44.74. 3, Frenchtown, 44.87. 4, Polson, 45.83. 5, Libby, 47.68.

Discus – 1, Austin Corrigan, Polson, 141-2. 2, Gage Smith, Wfsh, 138-6. 3, Koler Kanistanaux, Wfsh, 135-7. 4, Joe Gallatin, Polson, 128-0. 5, Mike Corrigan, Polson, 127-9. 6, Ike Schweikert, CF, 125-0.

Triple jump – 1, Nakia Alexander, CF, 43-5.25. 2, Jacob Clairmont, Polson, 41-5.25. 3, Bobby Erbaugh, Ftwn, 41-5. 4, Andrew Weltz, Polson, 41-2.75. 5, Brian FauntLeRoy, Wfsh, 40-7.25. 6, EJ Havens, Wfsh, 40-2.25.

Pole vault – 1, Sean Foley, Wfsh, 13-0. 2, EJ Havens, Wfsh, 12-6. 3, Jared Rubel, Polson, 12-6. 4, Tommy Sausen, Wfsh, 12-0. 5, Jacob Clairmont, Polson, 12-0. 6, Jordan Reese, Wfsh, 11-6.

100 – 1, Jed Nagler, Wfsh, 11.31. 2, Gharret Olson, Ftwn, 11.34. 3, Sean Foley, Wfsh, 11.53. 4, Koler Kanistanaux, Wfsh, 11.79. 5, Stephen Lindsey, CF, 11.94. 6, Jonah Kasnitz, Polson, 11.95.

200 – 1, Gharret Olson, Ftwn, 23.14. 2, Jed Nagler, Wfsh, 23.52. 3, Sean Foley, Wfsh, 23.58. 4, Mike Sandefer, CF, 24.09. 5, Luke Cardon, Wfsh, 24.15. 6, Koler Kanistanaux, Wfsh, 24.25.

800 – 1, Luke Cardon, Wfsh, 2:02.60. 2, James Ratzlaff, CF, 2:03.75. 3, Tel Motichka, Polson, 2:04.26. 4, Andrew Honken, Ftwn, 2:05.66. 5, Justice McManus, CF, 2:06.70. 6, EJ Havens, Wfsh, 2:07.73.

3,200 – 1, Thomas Henson, Wfsh, 10:49.65. 2, Devin Kadrmas, Ftwn, 10:57.54. 3, Frank Dean, Ftwn, 11:04.77. 4, Walter Sobba, Wfsh, 11:10.35. 5, Tyler Touchstone, Ftwn, 11:26.50. 6, Zayne Brunz, CF, 11:40.48.

300 hurdles – 1, Jacob Clairmont, Polson, 40.93. 2, Alex Wilson, Wfsh, 42.05. 3, Jared Rubel, Polson, 42.29. 4, Keaton Nicholson, Wfsh, 42.91. 5, Danny DiGiallonardo, Polson, 43.02. 6, Micah Sobczak, CF, 44.25.

Javelin – 1, Luke May, Wfsh, 190-2. 2, Ty Morgan, CF, 158-5. 3, Jared Trinastich, CF, 154-8. 4, Joe Gallatin, Polson, 154-5. 5, Joey Mullen, Polson, 151-5. 6, Kodi Pletcher, CF, 149-2.

Shot put – 1, Gage Smith, Wfsh, 48-6. 2, Koler Kanistanaux, Wfsh, 45-3/4. 3, Jacob Dilworth, Ftwn, 44-2. 4, Austin Corrigan, Polson, 43-9. 5, Jed Nagler, Wfsh, 43-03 1/2. 6, Luke May, Wfsh, 43-1.

1,600 relay – 1, Columbia Falls (Mike Sandefer, James Ratzlaff, Ty Morgan, Josiah Osborne), 3:33.86. 2, Polson, 3:36.32. 3, Whitefish, 3:36.74. 4, Frenchtown, 3:44.19. 5, Libby, 3:57.77.

High jump – 1, Jed Nagler, Wfsh, 6-2. 2, Parker Spadt, Ftwn, 6-0. 3, Robert Jones, Ftwn, 5-10. 4, Micah Sobczak, CF, 5-10. 5, Kyler Burns, CF, 5-8. 6, Kyle Kelly, CF, 5-8.

Long jump – 1, Jacob Clairmont, Polson, 20-4 1/4. 2, Sean Foley, Wfsh, 19-9 1/2. 3, Nakia Alexander, C, 19-7. 4, Jed Nagler, Wfsh, 18-11 1/2. 5, Stephen Lindsey, CF, 18-9 1/2. 6, Jacob Price, Ftwn, 18-9.

Triple jump – 1, Nakia Alexander, CF, 43-5 1/4. 2, Jacob Clairmont, Polson, 41-5 1/4. 3, Bobby Erbaugh, Ftwn, 41-5. 4, Andrew Weltz, Polson, 41-2 3/4. 5, Brian FauntLeRoy, Wfsh, 40-7 1/4. 6, EJ Havens, Wfsh, 40-2 1/4.