Trojan track and field continues improvement
Troy High School’s track and field team placed in events at Eureka last Tuesday and at Whitefish on Saturday, with multiple personal records at the latter.
At the Eureka ABC Top 8 Tuesday, junior Hunter Leighty placed in all three of his running events — the 200m and 400m dash and the 800m run — taking second place in the 400m dash with 53.14 seconds.
Sophomore Ella Pierce continued to make personal records at the Whitefish ARM Invitational while competing in the junior varsity class. Pierce took first in the junior varsity 100m hurdles in 18.78 seconds and placed first in the high jump with 4 feet, 8 inches. Both were personal records for Pierce.
Though no other of Pierce’s teammates placed as high, the team showed general improvement at Whitefish, with personal records for junior Michael Beers, sophomore Brodie Gravier, junior Tyler Gromley, senior Royal Johnson and freshman Liz Morkeberg.
(Events with Troy participants)
Eureka ABC Top 8
Tuesday, April 24
Boys
1. Eureka 137, 2. Whitefish 129, 3. Thompson Falls 80, 4. Browning 73, 5. St Ignatius 53, 6. Noxon 40, 7. Troy 10
200m Varsity finals: 1. Garrett Graves (Eureka) 24.3 (PR), 2. Jack Schwaiger (Whitefish) 24.44 (SR), 3. James Gilham (Browning) 24.94 (PR), 4. Mason Davis (Eureka) 25.23 (PR), 5. Hunter Leighty (Troy) 25.44
400m Varsity finals: 1. Nate Tibeault (T-Falls) 52.81 (PR), 2. Hunter Leighty (Troy) 53.14, 3. Josh Dudley (Whitefish) 55.42 (PR), 4. Josiah Holien (Whitefish) 55.45 (PR), 5. Cody Cable (Noxon) 55.76 (PR)
800m Varsity finals: 1. Phillip Sun Rhodes (Browning) 2:07.58 (PR), 2. Alex Lowe (Eureka) 2:07.78 (PR), 3. Cory Chaney (Eureka) 2:09.6 (SR), 4. Josh Weller (Whitefish) 2:09.79 (SR), 5. Sam Menicke (Whitefish) 2:11.81 (SR), 6. Casey Schneider (Whitefish) 2:12.45 (SR), 7. Hunter Leighty (Troy) 2:21.7
Whitefish ARM Invitational
Saturday, April 28
(Events with Troy participants)
Boys
JV: 1. Glacier 99, 2. Columbia Falls 85, 3. Bigfork 75, 4. Whitefish 52, 5. Ronan 34.33, 6. Thompson Falls 32, 6. Browning 32, 6. Havre 32, 9. Cut Bank 28, 10. Polson 27.33, 11. Shelby 24, 12. Troy 6
100m Varsity finals: 1. Ethan Larson (Glacier) 10.82 (PR), 2. Drew Turner (Glacier) 11.14 (SR), 3. Mark Estes (Glacier) 11.16 (PR), 4. Trenton Adler (Polson) 11.35 (PR), 5. Kaedan Clewien () 11.53 C-Falls
Also for Troy: 10. Hunter Leighty 11.95
100m JV finals: 1. Danny Anderson (Glacier) 11.73 (PR), 2. Logan Slocum (Glacier) 11.86 (PR), 3. Noah Kinslow (Bigfork) 11.98 (PR), 4. CJ Smith (Browning) 12.1 (PR), 5. Clark Rianda (Glacier) 12.22
Also for Troy: 31. Michael Beers 13.63 (PR), 33. Brodie Gravier 13.69 (PR)
200m JV finals: 1. Alex Wall-Wilbert (Polson) 25.4, 2. Sean-Paul Maloney (Glacier) 25.47, 3. Noah Kinslow (Bigfork) 25.5 (PR), 4. Christian Hensley (Glacier) 25.66 (PR), 5. Kaleb Unger (Polson) 25.88, Also for Troy: 24. Michael Beers 28.26 (PR)
400m JV finals:
1. Justin Burd (Browning) 55.72 (PR), 2. Christian Hensley (Glacier) 56.47 (PR), 3. James Estey (Cut Bank) 56.56 (PR), 4. Logan Williams (Cut Bank) 57.08 (PR), 5. Port Nugent (Whitefish) 58.61 (PR)
Also for Troy: 16. Michael Beers 1:02.35 (PR)
800m JV finals: 1. Simon Hill (Glacier) 2:13.19, 2. Evan Benton (Bigfork) 2:19.38, 3. Hans Schneller (Bigfork) 2:19.4 (PR), 4. Tyler Dunnagan (Whitefish) 2:21.94 (PR), 5. Michael Irvine (Ronan) 2:22.7 (PR)
Also for Troy: 10. Royal Johnson 2:28.21
Shot Put JV finals: 1. Hunter Stephens-Parks (Whitefish) 39-09 (PR), 2. Hudson Morin (Glacier) 38-10 (PR), 3. Aalec Pace (Whitefish) 36-09 (SR), 4. Robbie Kaiser (Bigfork) 36-01.5 (PR), 5. Trey Spalding (C-Falls) 36-01 (PR)
Also for Troy: 8. Tyler Gromley 34-06 (PR), 28. Royal Johnson 28-00 (SR)
Discus JV finals: 1. Zane Benson (Polson) 100-02, 2. Hunter Stephens-Parks (Whitefish) 99-11 (PR), 3. James Schnee (Glacier) 97-01 (PR), 4. Robbie Kaiser (Bigfork) 87-01, 5. Bode Wold (Whitefish) 86-08 (PR)
Also for Troy: 10. Tyler Gromley 81-00, 11. Royal Johnson 79-07 (PR)
Javelin JV finals: 1. Chase Olson (Whitefish) 132-09 (PR), 2. DJ Laycock (C-Falls) 129-03 (PR), 3. Noah Molitor Havre) 124-00 (PR), 4. Brady Thorness (Bigfork) 118-05 (PR), 5. Cody Burk (T-Falls) 118-03 (PR)
Also for Troy: 7. Tyler Gromley 114-00
High Jump JV finals: 1. Zack Gainan (Ronan) 5-06, 2. Brady Thorness (Bigfork) 5-04 (PR), 3. Harrison Hugus (T-Falls) 5-02, 3. Colt Thorness (Bigfork) 5-02, 5. Ricki Fisher (Troy) 5-02
Long Jump JV finals: 1. James Gilham (Browning) 17-11.5 (PR), 2. Trey Don’t Mix (Ronan) 17-05.5 (PR), 3. Harrison Hugus (T-Falls) 16-07, 4. Ricki Fisher (Troy) 16-06, 5. DJ Laycock (C-Falls) 16-05.5 (PR)
Also for Troy: 16. Brodie Gravier 14-00
Girls
JV: 1. Whitefish 82.5, 2. Bigfork 77, 3. Glacier 73, 4. T-Falls 64, 5. Shelby 52, 6. Columbia Falls 47, 7. Cut Bank 38, 8. Havre 35, 9. Polson 27, 10. Troy 20, 11. Browning 2
100m JV finals: 1. Audrey Buenz (Bigfork) 13.65 (PR), 2. Jessy Frey (Bigfork) 13.79 (PR), 3. Kennedy Grove (Whitefish) 13.96 (PR), 4. Alaura Zarn (Bigfork) 14.27 (PR), 5. Maggie Todd Polson() 14.32 (PR)
Also for Troy: 10. Liz Morkeberg 15.13 (PR)
200m JV finals: 1. Lilly VanHuss (T-Falls) 29.08 (PR), 2. Alexandria Miller (Polson) 29.74 (PR), 3. Katelyn Wallen (T-Falls) 30.2 (PR), 4. Maggie Todd (Polson) 30.32 (PR), 5. Jace Spotted Bear (Browning) 30.34 (PR)
Also for Troy: 14. Liz Morkeberg 34.89, 18. Ella Pierce 37.7
100m Hurdles JV finals: 1. Ella Pierce (Troy) 18.78 (PR), 2. Gwen Reese (Polson) 20.22 (SR), 3. Brielle Aklestad (Shelby) 20.33 (PR), 4. Gabriella Pallister (T-Falls) 21.12, 5. Madysen Hoerner (C-Falls) 21.67 (PR)
Discus JV finals: 1. Jamie Berg (Bigfork) 89-04 (PR), 2. Jody Detlaff (T-Falls) 83-09, 3. Sierra Wallner (Glacier) 82-11 (PR), 4. Ally Pancoast (Bigfork) 82-09 (PR), 5. Ashlyn Cleveland (Glacier) 81-01 (PR)
Also for Troy: 21. Liz Morkeberg 56-02
High Jump JV finals: 1. Ella Pierce (Troy) 4-08 (PR), 2. Brielle Aklestad (Shelby) 4-06 (PR), 3. Sierra Hanks (T-Falls) 4-06, 4. Taylor Weaver (C-Falls) 4-04 (PR), 5. Madysen Hoerner (C-Falls) 4-02, 5. Jolia Buchanan (T-Falls) 4-02 (PR)