Libby girls fourth, Troy boys take third at track invitational
<p>Sean Opland clears 6'4" in the high jump Saturday during the Libby Invite.</p>
<p>Lead-off man Michael Miller hands off to Sean Opland in boys 400-meter relay.</p>
<p>Gabe Hickman</p>
<p>Shyla Stevenson competes in javelin Saturday during the Libby Invite.</p>
<p>Olivia Roach, leads off in girls 400-meter relay.</p>
<p>Cody Barrick</p>
<p>Miguel Hernandez competes in 1600-meter Saturday.</p>
The Libby Invitational got off to a wet start Saturday, but the weather calmed and the show carried on as Libby claimed fourth in the girls meet and neighboring Troy claimed third in the boys events.
Libby’s Shyla Stevenson placed in three events, claiming second in the 200-meter race, third in the 400-meter race and fifth in the javelin.
“Shyla’s times keep coming down,” Libby Coach Jim May said. “The relay teams’ times are well below where they were last year. We’re getting a lot of improvement from new faces.”
May mentioned sophomore Trinity Wallace, who earned fourth in long jump and fifth in triple jump, and freshman Shelbie McLinden, who earned sixth in both javelin and shot put, as impactful young members. Freshman Marlena Urvater also made her mark, claiming first in the long jump and earning fourth place in both the high jump and triple jump.
“We knew she had a chance to make an impact as a freshman,” May said of Urvater. “We saw her in middle school and knew she just loves track. She combines that with a great work ethic.”
The visiting Troy Trojans boys narrowly missed a second-place team finish, scoring 96.5 points to Eureka’s 97.5 points. Sophomore Sean Opland won the 200-meter and high jump competitions while taking second in the long jump. His 23.19 seconds in the 200-meter and 6-feet-4-inch leap in the high jump were both personal records.
Opland’s bridesmaid standing in the long jump was no loss for the Trojans as teammate Gabe Hickman beat Opland’s best leap by 2½ inches. Hickman took second in both the javelin and shot put while also taking fifth in the 100-meter sprint.
“We had a lot of personal bests,” Troy Coach Neil Newton said. “We had a couple kids entered in the JV who probably could have placed for us. But it was a good meet for us. Gabe, Sean, Nathan (Olds) and Michael Miller are doing great, and Pate Scott will be back when his hamstring gets better.”
Despite the rain, Libby’s home meet was a success, according to May.
“Thanks to everyone who helped,” May said. “Everyone who helped time and run events were a huge help. We really appreciate it because we put on great meets. Coaches from other schools complimented me on what we do. By the middle of the meet it dried out and was actually great running weather.”
BOYS
Team scores – Whitefish 172, Eureka 97.5, Troy 96.5, Frenchtown 89, Browning 32, Noxon 13, Columbia Falls 13, Libby 7.
100 – 1, Christian Langston, Eur, 11.66. 2, Gharret Olson, Frenchtown, 11.75. 3, Sean Foley, Whitefish, 11.76. 4, Jed Nagler, Whitefish, 11.91. 5, Gabe Hickman, Troy, 12.15. 5, Koler Kanistanaux, Whitefish, 12.15.
200 – 1, Sean Opland, Troy, 23.19. 2, Gharret Olson, Frenchtown, 23.69. 3, Christian Langston, Eur, 23.89. 4, Michael Miller, Troy, 24.50. 5, Gus Butler, Frenchtown, 25.14. 6, Quinn Lowery, Frenchtown, 25.27.
400 – 1, Luke Cardon, Whitefish, 52.96. 2, Michael Miller, Troy, 53.53. 3, Mason Haidle, Eur, 55.33. 4, Brady Stone, Browning, 55.88. 5, Gabe Demmons, Frenchtown, 57.02. 6, Bran-Dan Lockwood, Noxon, 58.12.
800 – 1, Andrew Honken, Frenchtown, 2:07.85. 2, Walter Holliday, Whitefish, 2:13.40. 3, Shea Sizemore, Whitefish, 2:15.11. 4, Anders Holmquist, Frenchtown, 2:18.06. 5, Sam Summers, Columbia Fal, 2:23.91. 6, Troy Meyer, Columbia Fal, 2:27.90.
1,600 – 1, Brady Stone, Browning, 4:48.47. 2, Thomas Henson, Whitefish, 4:57.57. 3, EJ Havens, Whitefish, 5:01.40. 4, Devin Kadrmas, Frenchtown, 5:02.95. 5, Austin Johnson, Noxon, 5:11.33. 6, Trinity Rice, Troy, 5:14.03.
3,200 – 1, Brady Stone, Browning, 10:33.11. 2, Thomas Henson, Whitefish, 10:44.57. 3, Austin Johnson, Noxon, 11:21.01. 4, Frank Dean, Frenchtown, 11:34.44. 5, Trinity Rice, Troy, 11:50.79.
110 hurdles – 1, Keaton Grove, Whitefish, 15.88. 2, Brandon Conard, Eur, 16.13. 3, Keaton Nicholson, Whitefish, 16.82. 4, Alex Wilson, Whitefish, 16.90. 5, Christian Langston, Eur, 17.05.
300 hurdles – 1, Keaton Grove, Whitefish, 41.85. 2, Alex Wilson, Whitefish, 42.32. 3, Keaton Nicholson, Whitefish, 44.62. 4, Noah Erickson, Troy, 46.48. 5, Joseph Bremner, Browning, 47.58.
400 relay – 1, Whitefish 45.19. 2, Troy 46.06. 3, Eureka 46.16. 4, Frenchtown 46.44.
1,600 relay – 1, Whitefish 3:40.32. 2, Frenchtown 3:41.43. 3, Libby ‘A’ 3:54.32. 4, Eureka 3:55.94. 5, Noxon 4:02.91.
Discus – 1, Nolan Hofstee, Eur, 131-9. 2, Kevin Hodges, Frenchtown, 130-0. 3, Koler Kanistanaux, Whitefish, 129-0. 4, Dakota Rutherford, Browning, 123-0. 5, Braden Thier, Eur, 121-10. 6, Ike Schweikert, Columbia Fal, 121-4.
Javelin – 1, Luke May, Whitefish, 163-6. 2, Gabe Hickman, Troy, 142-1. 3, Ike Schweikert, Columbia Fal, 137-1. 4, Koler Kanistanaux, Whitefish, 129-4. 5, Kaden Bradley, Columbia Fal, 119-5. 6, Wyatt Miller, Eur, 111-9.
Shot put – 1, Khaz Yanak, Eur, 42-6. 2, Gabe Hickman, Troy, 41-8.75. 3, Nolan Hofstee, Eur, 41-6.50. 4, Braden Thier, Eur, 41-3.25. 5, Joseph Bremner, Browning, 41-1.5. 6, Koler Kanistanaux, Whitefish, 39-7.
High jump – 1, Sean Opland, Troy, 6-4. 2, Nathan Olds, Troy, 6-2. 3, Jed Nagler, Whitefish, 6-0. 4, Parker Spadt, Frenchtown, 5-6. 5, Robert Jones, Frenchtown, 5-6. 6, Skylar Higareda, Libby, 4-10.
Long jump – 1, Gabe Hickman, Troy, 19-9.75. 2, Sean Opland, Troy, 19-7. 3, Bobby Erbaugh, Frenchtown, 18-1.50. 4, Jacob Price, Frenchtown, 17-6.25. 5, BranDan Lockwood, Noxon, 17-3. 6, Nathan Riley, Columbia Fal, 17-.75.
Triple jump – 1, Bobby Erbaugh, Frenchtown, 42-2.25. 2, Khaz Yanak, Eur, 41-11. 3, Nathan Olds, Troy, 40-2.25. 4, Lucas Blankers, Eur, 40-1.50. 5, EJ Havens, Whitefish, 38-7.50. 6, Keaton Nicholson, Whitefish, 38-3.
Pole vault – 1, EJ Havens, Whitefish, 12-6. 2, Sean Foley, Whitefish, 12-6. 3, Cole Jankovsky, Eur, 12-0. 4, Mason Haidle, Eur, 10-6. 5, Tommy Sausen, Whitefish, 10-6. 6, Matt Brewer, Whitefish, 9-6. 6, Wyatt Miller, Eur, 9-6.
GIRLS
Team scores – Whitefish 191, Frenchtown 116, Eureka 77, Libby 65, Columbia Falls 38, Browning 14.
100 – 1, Grace Kurtz, Whitefish, 13.51. 2, Ida Skjevold, Eur, 14.14. 3, Darrian Giffin, Frenchtown, 14.38. 4, Jenna Komac, Eur, 14.43.
200 – 1, Allie Schulz, Whitefish, 28.79. 2, Shyla Stevenson, Libby, 28.86. 3, Ida Skjevold, Eur, 29.57. 4, Darrian Giffin, Frenchtown, 30.19. 5, Liz Vanderhoef, Libby, 30.63.
400 – 1, Grace Kurtz, Whitefish, 1:04.50. 2, Maja Holmquist, Frenchtown, 1:05.03. 3, Shyla Stevenson, Libby, 1:06.18. 4, Payton Hoerner, Columbia Fal, 1:11.07.
800 – 1, Marlow Schulz, Whitefish, 2:17.61. 2, Maja Holmquist, Frenchtown, 2:35.41. 3, Sarah Latcham, Whitefish, 2:36.50. 4, Alex Bartmess, Eur, 2:43.62. 5, Danielle Flynn, Frenchtown, 2:49.82. 6, Payton Hoerner, Columbia Fal, 3:12.39.
1,600 – 1, Barrett Gray, Whitefish, 5:58.80. 2, Katie Hawes, Columbia Fal, 6:20.27. 3, McKenna Salminen, Columbia Fal, 6:33.09.
3,200 – 1, Barrett Gray, Whitefish, 13:00.00. 2, Katie Hawes, Columbia Fal, 14:21.31. 3, McKenna Salminen, Columbia Fal, 14:45.00. 4, Frances Morgan, Frenchtown, 15:08.00. 5, Noel Normand, Frenchtown, 15:11.00.
100 hurdles – 1, Phoebe Guercio, Whitefish, 17.54. 2, Shalea Wallen, Frenchtown, 17.66. 3, Lexi Pluid, Eur, 18.22. 4, Allie Schulz, Whitefish, 18.29. 5, Emily Hicks, Frenchtown, 19.36. 6, Kaitlyn Casazza, Columbia Falls, 20.18.
300 hurdles – 1, Phoebe Guercio, Whitefish, 49.22. 2, Shalea Wallen, Frenchtown, 51.26. 3, Lexi Pluid, Eureka, 53.38. 4, Allie Schulz, Whitefish, 54.26.
400 relay – 1, Whitefish 51.37. 2, Eureka 54.21. 3, Libby 55.81. 4, Frenchtown 56.01.
1,600 relay – 1, Whitefish 4:13.18. 2, Frenchtown 4:31.42. 3, Eureka 4:36.02. 4, Libby 4:45.67.
Discus – 1, Shelbilyn Tallwhiteman, Browning, 78-2. 2, Adeline Richardson, Frenchtown, 76-5. 3, Allyssa Sandefur, Frenchtown, 76-1. 4, Sidney Finberg, Columbia Fal, 75-4. 5, Reagan Mecham, Frenchtown, 72-2. 5, Lacey Hochhalter, Frenchtown, 72-2.
Javelin – 1, Lacey Hochhalter, Frenchtown, 99-5. 2, Eviann Reynolds, Whitefish, 96-11. 3, Jenna Komac, Eur, 81-2. 4, Asia Jones, Libby, 79-6. 5, Shyla Stevenson, Libby, 77-10. 6, Shelbie McLinden, Libby, 73-8.
Shot put – 1, Eviann Reynolds, Whitefish, 32-3. 2, Adeline Richardson, Frenchtown, 31-8.25. 3, Lacey Hochhalter, Frenchtown, 31-5.25. 4, Shelbilyn Tallwhiteman, Browning, 28-2.50. 5, Kellie Hunter, Frenchtown, 26-5. 6, Shelbie McLinden, Libby, 26-3.50.
High jump – 1, Kate Doorn, Whitefish, 4-8. 2, Kaia Roberge, Frenchtown, 4-8. 3, Brielle Birgensmith, Whitefish, 4-8. 4, Hileman Hayley, Whitefish, 4-0. 4, Marlena Urvater, Libby, 4-0.
Long jump – 1, Marlena Urvater, Libby, 14-11.25. 2, Allie Schulz, Whitefish, 14-6.25. 3, Lana Snyder, Libby, 13-6. 4, Trinity Wallace, Libby, 13-2.75. 5, Rachel Pacella, Eur, 12-8.75. 6, Darrian Giffin, Frenchtown, 12-8.50.
Triple jump – 1, Phoebe Guercio, Whitefish, 32-4.75. 2, Jessica Wilson, Eur, 30-1.75. 3, Kaylee Kronsperger, Eur, 30-.50. 4, Marlena Urvater, Libby, 30-.25. 5, Trinity Wallace, Libby, 29-7. 6, Rachel Pacella, Eur, 28-9.50.
Pole vault – 1, Bekah Weaver, Whitefish, 8-6. 2, Brielle Birgensmith, Whitefish, 8-0. 3, Ida Skjevold, Eur, 7-06. 4, Erin Tabish, Whitefish, 7-6. 5, Asia Jones, Libby, 6-6.