Kats take Northwest A track crown

The Columbia Falls girls won the Northwest Class A divisional title in Libby on May 15-16 with several top performances.

Senior Samantha Mundel won the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 meter runs, Allyson Gimbel won the shot put, Ellie Johnson won the discus, and Carla Nicosia won the 100 hurdles and the triple jump.

Mundel, a senior, had times of 2:23.37, 5:11.08 and 11:10.80 in her three wins. She holds the school record now in all three races and plans to run for Carroll College in the fall.

Nicosia, also a senior, had a great weekend. She had a 15.76 in the 100 hurdles and her triple jump of 37-1/4 ties her best mark of the season.

Johnson’s discus throw was 108-11 1/2 . Gimbel’s shot put throw of 36-11 1/2 could put her on the podium at state if she can repeat the feat.

The Kats also won the 1,600 relay, with Keavyn Baker, Hannah Gedlaman, Kiara Burlage and Miranda Livingston finishing in 4:06.87.

The top five placers in each event qualify for the state tournament. The Kats will have great momentum going into the state tournament this Friday and Saturday in Laurel, where they’ll try to knock off favored Corvallis for a state Class A crown.

The boys took third in Libby. Stephen Lindsey won the long jump with a leap of 19-11, and Nathan Riley won the triple jump with a 42-5 1/2 leap.

Girls team totals — Columbia Falls 187 1/2, Whitefish 143, Polson 111, Frenchtown 49, Libby 31 1/2

100 - 1, Grace Kurtz, Whitefish, 13.05. 2, Allie Schulz, Whitefish, 13.15. 3, Lydia Bowman, Polson, 13.33. 4, Miranda Livingston, Columbia Falls, 13.44. 5, Tiara Duford, Polson, 13.50. 6, Chadelle Smith, Polson, 13.55.

200 - 1, Grace Kurtz, Whitefish, 26.71. 2, Lydia Bowman, Polson, 27.28. 3, Miranda Livingston, Columbia Falls, 27.54. 4, Tiara Duford, Polson, 27.60. 5, Lydia Kryshak, Whitefish, 27.61. 6, Allie Schulz, Whitefish, 27.92.

800 - 1, Samantha Mundel, Columbia Falls, 2:23.37. 2, Sarah Latcham, Whitefish, 2:26.47. 3, Hannah Gedlaman, Columbia Falls, 2:27.39. 4, Peyton Twete, Whitefish, 2:30.23. 5, Malia Seeley, Polson, 2:33.46. 6, Charlee Cote, Polson, 2:33.47.

3,200 - 1, Samantha Mundel, Columbia Falls, 11:10.80. 2, Barrett Gray, Whitefish, 12:14.76. 3, Malia Seeley, Polson, 12:44.35. 4, Raina Crowell, Columbia Falls, 13:28.86. 5, Haylie Peacock, Columbia Falls, 13:28.87. 6, Katie Hawes, Columbia Falls, 13:28.93.

300 Hurdles - 1, Allie Schulz, Whitefish, 46.91. 2, Carla Nicosia, Columbia Falls, 48.36. 3, Ellie DeWan, Whitefish, 48.90. 4, Kaitlyn Casazza, Columbia Falls, 48.96. 5, Madison Wheeler, Polson, 49.11. 6, Rebeccah Brennan, Frenchtown, 50.69.

1,600 Relay - 1, Columbia Falls (Keavyn Baker, Hannah Gedlaman, Kiara Burlage, Miranda Livingston), 4:06.87. 2, Whitefish, 4:08.95. 3, Libby, 4:18.90. 4, Frenchtown, 4:20.89. 5, Polson, 4:23.36.

High Jump - 1, Kate Doorn, Whitefish, 5-2. 2, Carla Nicosia, Columbia Falls, 5-0. 3, Krysten Mossburg, Libby, 4-10. 4, Emily Mossburg, Libby, 4-8. 5, Cevana Lawshe, Whitefish, 4-6. 6, Jaclyn Bohmer, Columbia Fal, 4-6.

Long Jump - 1, Krysten Mossburg, Libby, 15-10 1/4. 2, Gracie Carlyle, Polson, 15-7 1/2. 3, Alivia Williams, Frenchtown, 15-5 1/2. 4, Ellie Johnson, Columbia Falls, 15-4. 5, Kiara Burlage, Columbia Falls, 14-11 1/4. 6, Chadelle Smith, Polson, 14-11.

Shot Put - 1, Allyson Gimbel, Columbia Falls, 36-11 1/2. 2, Adeline Richardson, Frenchtown, 33-3 1/4. 3, Lacey Hochhalter, Frenchtown, 32-6 3/4. 4, Erin Sampson, Polson, 32-3 3/4. 5, Asia Jones, Libby, 32-3. 6, Mariah Corrigan, Polson, 32-1 1/4.

Javelin - 1, Lacey Hochhalter, Frenchtown, 127-0. 2, Kiara Burlage, Columbia Falls, 123-5. 3, Erin Sampson, Polson, 120-3. 4, Ellie Johnson, Columbia Falls, 118-6. 5, Mariah Corrigan, Polson, 114-2. 6, Grace Porterfield, Whitefish, 109-10.

400 — 1, Grace Kurtz, Whitefish, 1:00.90. 2, Miranda Livingston, Columbia Falls, 1:01.05. 3, Tiara Duford, Polson, 1:01.31. 4, Hannah Gedlaman, Columbia Falls, 1:02.09. 5, Lydia Kryshak, Whitefish, 1:02.74. 6, Kiara Burlage, Columbia Falls, 1:03.68.

1,600 — 1, Samantha Mundel, Columbia Falls, 5:11.08. 2, Sarah Latcham, Whitefish, 5:32.65. 3, Barrett Gray, Whitefish, 5:41.24. 4, Malia Seeley, Polson, 5:41.77. 5, Peyton Twete, Whitefish, 5:51.06. 6, Emily Mossburg, Libby, 5:52.21.

100 hurdles — 1, Carla Nicosia, Columbia Falls, 15.76. 2, Allie Schulz, Whitefish, 15.96. 3, Kaitlyn Casazza, Columbia Falls, 17.26. 4, Whitney Billi, Whitefish, 17.84. 5, Madison Wheeler, Polson, 18.04. 6, Rebeccah Brennan, Frenchtown, 18.34.

400 relay — 1, Whitefish (Lydia Kryshak, Allie Schulz, Ellie DeWan, Grace Kurtz), 50.27. 2, Polson, 50.39. 3, Columbia Falls, 51.62. 4, Libby, 53.09. 5, Frenchtown, 53.38.

Pole vault — 1, Lydia Bowman, Polson, 10-0. 2, Ashley Caffrey, Columbia Falls, 9-6. 3, Charlee Cote, Polson, 8-6. 4, Darbee Jore-Lytle, Polson, 8-6. 5, Kendra King, Columbia Falls, 8-0. 6, Trinity Wallace, Libby, 7-6. 6, Bridget Barta, Columbia Falls, 7-6.

Triple jump — 1, Carla Nicosia, Columbia Falls, 37-1/4. 2, Kiara Burlage, Columbia Falls, 33-2. 3, Chadelle Smith, Polson, 32-5 1/2. 4, Madison Wheeler, Polson, 32-1 1/4. 5, Jaclyn Bohmer, Columbia Falls, 32-3/4. 6, Cevana Lawshe, Whitefish, 31-11 1/2.

Discus — 1, Ellie Johnson, Columbia Falls, 108-11 1/2. 2, Adeline Richardson, Frenchtown, 103-7. 3, Mariah Corrigan, Polson, 101-1. 4, Mariah Drown, Whitefish, 100-9. 5, Shelbie McLinden, Libby, 100-1 1/2. 6, Kelsey Philpott, Frenchtown, 99-7 1/2.

Boys team totals — Whitefish 159, Frenchtown 135, Columbia Falls 106, Polson 87, Libby 38

100 - 1, Jed Nagler, Whitefish, 11.15. 2, Gharrett Olson, Frenchtown, 11.30. 3, Tanner Dana, Columbia Falls, 11.34. 4, Luke Adamson, Libby, 11.49. 5, Ty Morgan, Columbia Falls, 11.75. 6, Brian Fauntleroy, Whitefish, 11.76.

200 - 1, Jed Nagler, Whitefish, 22.57. 2, Gharrett Olson, Frenchtown, 22.96. 3, Tanner Dana, Columbia Falls, 22.97. 4, Luke Adamson, Libby, 23.50. 5, Brian FauntLeRoy, Whitefish, 23.62. 6, Robert Jones, Frenchtown, 23.71.

800 - 1, Luke Cardon, Whitefish, 2:00.06. 2, Collin Johnson, Libby, 2:03.17. 3, Colton Cote, Polson, 2:06.27. 4, Anders Holmquist, Frenchtown, 2:06.42. 5, Sage Cornelius, Whitefish, 2:07.89. 6, Marshall Birk, Whitefish, 2:09.06.

3,200 - 1, Jaden Rowe, Frenchtown, 10:22.96. 2, Frank Dean, Frenchtown, 10:23.77. 3, Mike Mercer, Polson, 10:46.31. 4, Casey Jones, Frenchtown, 10:48.44. 5, Michael Diller, Libby, 10:52.33. 6, Michael Sewell, Frenchtown, 10:57.11.

300 Hurdles - 1, Keaton Grove, Whitefish, 40.64. 2, Danny DiGiallonardo, Polson, 41.93. 3, Parker Spadt, Frenchtown, 42.09. 4, Jacob Clairmont, Polson, 42.31. 5, Gauge Anderson, Whitefish, 43.19. 6, Sean Miller, Columbia Falls, 43.72.

1,600 Relay - 1, Whitefish (Gauge Anderson, Brian FauntLeRoy, Luke Cardon, Jed Nagler), 3:28.92. 2, Columbia Falls, 3:31.08. 3, Frenchtown, 3:38.35. 4, Polson, 3:41.45. 5, Libby, 3:41.93.

High Jump - 1, Jed Nagler, Whitefish, 6-4. 2, Parker Spadt, Frenchtown, 6-2. 3, Robert Jones, Frenchtown, 6-0. 4, Kyler Burns, Columbia Falls, 5-10. 5, Michael Warner, Whitefish, 5-10. 6, Sawyer Silliker, Whitefish, 5-6.

Long Jump - 1, Stephen Lindsey, Columbia Falls, 19-11. 2, Parker Spadt, Frenchtown, 19-1 1/2. 3, Jacob Clairmont, Polson, 19-1 1/4. 4, Collin Johnson, Libby, 18-10 3/4. 5, Nathan Riley, Columbia Falls, 18-10 1/2. 6, Tyler Cote, Whitefish, 18-10 1/4.

Shot Put - 1, Jacob Dilworth, Frenchtown, 45-11. 2, Michael Curtiss, Libby, 45-5 1/4. 3, Roddy Gadeberg, Columbia Falls, 44-5 3/4. 4, Joe Gallatin, Polson, 43-6. 5, Blake Arneson, Columbia Falls, 43-1. 6, Mike Corrigan, Polson, 39-9.

Javelin - 1, Luke May, Whitefish, 199-3. 2, Levi Burt, Whitefish, 172-10. 3, Dakota Bridwell, Columbia Falls, 165-6. 4, Ty Morgan, Columbia Falls, 163-6. 5, Joe Gallatin, Polson, 154-4. 6, Ike Schweikert, Columbia Falls, 150-10.

400 — 1, Brian FauntLeRoy, Whitefish, 50.97. 2, Tanner Dana, Columbia Falls, 51.46. 3, Robert Jones, Frenchtown, 51.47. 4, Luke Cardon, Whitefish, 51.66. 5, Mathew Rensvold, Polson, 52.47. 6, Colton Cote, Polson, 53.13.

1,600 — 1, Frank Dean, Frenchtown, 4:43.92. 2, Jaden Rowe, Frenchtown, 4:47.43. 3, Brock Rugg, Frenchtown, 4:47.77. 4, Sage Cornelius, Whitefish, 4:49.60. 5, Mike Mercer, Polson, 4:51.58. 6, Michael Sewell, Frenchtown, 4:59.86.

110 hurdles — 1, Keaton Grove, Whitefish, 15.52. 2, Jacob Clairmont, Polson, 15.97. 3, Gauge Anderson, Whitefish, 16.52. 4, Sean Miller, Columbia Falls, 17.06. 5, Michael Hoerner, Columbia Falls, 17.17. 6, Steven DeCamp, Columbia Falls, 17.19.

400 relay — 1. Frenchtown (Gus Butler, Gharrett Olson, Robert Jones, Zack Palmer), 44.01. 2, Columbia Falls, 44.29. 3, Polson, 44.65. 4, Whitefish, 44.77. 5, Libby, 46.24.

Pole vault — 1, Tommy Sausen, Whitefish, 13-6. 2, Jacob Clairmont, Polson, 12-6. 3, Matt Brewer, Whitefish, 12-6. 4, Luke Adamson, Libby, 11-6. 5, Monte White, Frenchtown, 11-0. 6, Parker Adler, Polson, 11-0.

Triple jump — 1, Nathan Riley, Columbia Falls, 42-5. 3/4. 2, Brian FauntLeRoy, Whitefish, 42-1 1/2. 3, Logan Kolodejchuk, Columbia Falls, 41-4 3/4. 4, Jacob Price, Frenchtown, 40-4 1/4. 5, Logan Stephens, Columbia Falsl, 40-1 3/4. 6, Peter Mow, Whitefish, 39-10 3/4.

Discus — 1, Mike Corrigan, Polson, 137-2. 2, Joe Gallatin, Polson, 133-3. 3, Jed Nagler, Whitefish, 131-1 1/2. 4, Roddy Gadeberg, Columbia Falls, 128-7. 5, Ike Schweikert, Columbia Falls, 127-11 1/2. 6, Kade Johnstone, Columbia Fal, 122-9.