Ronan/St. Iggy track teams brave blustery weather

KALISPELL - The Ronan/St. Ignatius track team bolded the blustery conditions and made the most out of the meet in Kalispell Tuesday, April 12.

Several RSI track boys did well despite Mother Nature's attempts to foil the meet. Alan Skogen took second in discus, hurling a 132-0.

"He has been working really hard. He and I are usually the last ones off the field," head coach Aaron Griffin said of Skogen's work ethic.

Another promising athlete is Gus McDonald who tossed a javelin 157-7 to earn third, right behind Libby's Kyle Baker who surpassed McDonald by more than nine feet.

If McDonald wants to make it to state, he's going to have to push 170, Griffin said.

While the boys are showing promise in weight events, they are going to have to kick it up a notch in running and hurdles.

"We're at a disadvantage when it comes to relays and hurdles," Griffin said. "We take a beating."

Because of the condition of their track, and because weather has kept them indoors, training on those two events has been limited, Griffin explained.

As for the girls, Briana Malmquist highlighted the team by placing in two events. She took fourth in the 100m with 13.77 and fifth in the 200m with 29.63, which is pretty good for her first time in the 200m, noted girls head coach Crystal Pitts.

"It was terrible— we got drenched," said Pitts of the weather. "It had to be 35 degrees out."

At Missoula

The sun came out for the Missoula County Invitational and so did 28 varsity teams, some as far as Spokane. More than 1,000 athletes competed in the event that Ronan usually doesn't participate in, according to Pitts.

"Its good for the kids to see that there is bigger stuff out there," Pitts said.

Though the girls didn't place, they did break some personal records. Malmquist and Shelby Fraker tied in the 200m with 28.5, a personal best. Also in the 200m was Kelly McMillan who took a personal best running 29.6.

Kira Crenshaw and Kaneesha Benson were in the top 15 out of 36 girls in their heat in the 3,200m. Crenshaw took 12:42 and Benson broke her personal record with 12:44.

Benson also shaved four seconds off her previous personal record, taking a 5:58 in the 1,600m.

Stephanie Salomon triple jumped into a personal best of 31' 2 1/4".

The boys managed to place one athlete. Alan Skogen took sixth in the discus with a 139-4.

"He is the kid that is only going to get better in the weight events," Griffin said.

RSI track meet in Libby Saturday with field events at 10 a.m. and running events at 11 a.m.

Participating teams — Browning, Bigfork Eureka, Flathead, Libby, Polson, Ronan-St. Ignatius, Whitefish

Girls

400 relay — 1. Flathead (Sarah Griffith, Ally Krautbauser, Cricket Johnston, Liz Myers), 51.82. 2. Whitefish, 53.47. 3. Eureka, 53.87. 4. Bigfork, 54.70. 5. Libby, 55.65.

100 hurdles — 1. Stephanie Sanders, E, 16.32. 2. Sarah Becker, L, 17.03. 3. Emily English, W, 17.04. 4. Laura Cameron, E, 17.46. 5. Sam Gunlickson, F, 18.61.

100 — 1. Cricket Johnston, F, 13.30. 2. Sperry DesRosier, Br, 13.31. 3. Liz Myers, F, 13.42. 4. Briana Malmquist, RSI, 13.77. 5. Lindsay Roberts, RSI, 13.86.

1,600 — 1. Tera Klein, F, 5:47.2. 2. Emmy Bentley, E, 5:53.00. 3. Kelly Niebaum, F, 6:04.18. 4. Allison Grubb, F, 6:05.25. 5. Kira Crenshaw, RSI, 6:07.74.

Javelin — 1. Tabby Spencer, F, 110-10. 2. Hannah Hilley, Bf, 105-7. 3. Hollis May, L, 99-1. 4. Tayler Bertelsen, W, 96-7. 5. Sarah Becker, L, 95-8.

400 — 1. Courtney Ferda, W, 1:03.12. 2. Merilee Mowbray, P, 1:05.47. 3. Tanna Bull, P, 1:05.77. 4. Lauren Kuennen, W, 1:06.21. 5. Sperry DesRosier, Br, 1:06.23.

Pole vault — 1. Kari Mowbray, P, 8-0. 2. Crystal Decker, L, 7-6, 3. Paula Trembath, Bf, 7-6. 4. Carmel Johnston, W, 7-0. 5. CeCe Brooks, F, 7-0.

300 hurdles — 1. Stephanie Sanders, E, 49.16. 2. Laura Cameron, E, 49.99. 3. Ashley Ferda, W, 50.11. 4. Liz Myers, F, 50.27. 5. Erin Greiner, W, 51.60.

800 — 1. Zoe Nelson, F, 2:21.03. 2. Brooke Andrus, Bf, 2:22.08. 3. Shannon Ross, F, 2:29.15. 4. Emmy Bentley, E, 2:31.40. 5. Elysia Andrews, F, 2:33.42.

Discus — 1. Cayla Fox, Bf, 98-5. 2. Sara Hodel, L, 88-9. 3. Raelynn Meagher, Bf, 86-9. 4. Hollis May, L, 86-0. 5. Megan Hanay, E, 84-11.

200 — 1. Sperry DesRosier, Br, 27.97. 2. Jenae Lister, F, 28.91. 3. Tanna Bull, P, 29.24. 4. Caitlin Roberson, Bf, 29.32. 5. Briana Malmquist, RSI, 29.63.

Shot put — 1. Kara Walker, P, 35-4. 2. Cayla Fox, Bf, 33.5. 3. Megan Hannay, E, 29-1. 4. Amanda Bly, F, 29-1. 5. Cassie Hughes, L, 28-9.

Triple jump — 1. Sarah Griffith, F, 33-3 1.2, 2. Sam Gunlikson, F, 31-7 1/2. 3. Kelsie Norwood, F, 31-7. 4. Lindsay Bennett, F, 30-7. 5. Brielle Cuskelly, L, 30-1/2.

3,200 — 1. Zoe Nelson, F, 11:57.55. 2. Emily Lynch, F, 12:18.71. 3. Alex Noble, P, 13:03.48. 4. Kaneesha Benson, RSI, 13:38.19. 5. Mandy Truman, E, 13:47.86.

Long jump — 1. Kelsi Norwood, F, 15-8. 2. Sarah Griffith, F, 15-4 1/4. 3. Sam Gunlikson, F, 14-10 1/2. 4. Ally Krautbauer, F, 14-7 3/4. 5. Liz Myers, F, 14-7.

High jump — 1. Danielle Rowe, P, 5-0. 2. Leslie Dyer, F, 4-10. 3. Hannah Hilley, Bf, 4-10. 4. Kadie Zimmerman, F, 4-10. 5. Sarah Griffith, F, 4-8.

1,600 — (Three placers) 1. Flathead (Shannon Ross, Cricket Johnston, Jenae Lister, Zoe Nelson), 4:19.29. 2. Bigfork, 4:27.67. 3. Polson, 4:37.49.

Boys

400 relay — 1. Flathead (Garrett Smith, Beau Watkins, Ryan Ross, Scott Cassel), 45:07. 2. Browning, 46.14. 3. Flathead, 46.19. 4. Eureka, 46.87. 5. Flathead B, 47.14.

110 hurdles — 1. Ryan Ross, F, 15.44. 2. Justen Owen, E, 15.48. 3. Matt DeLong, E, 16.29. 4. Andy Nelson, P, 16.51. 5. Riley Gravelle, F, 16.60.

100 — 1. Brad Petersen, Br, 11.71. 2. Beau Watkins, F, 11.98. 3. Jareth Wilson, F, 12.02. 4. Scott Cassel, F, 12.06. 5. Andrew Orr, L, 12.10.

1,600 — 1. Marlin Blackwolf, Br, 4:43.87. 2. Elliot Welder, F, 4:45.28. 3. Seth Grossman, F, 4:46.28. 4. Michael Fisher, RSI, 4:46.44. 5. Carl Nustuen, F, 4:47.01.

400 — 1. Chris Ogle, P, 53.65. 2. John Fairweather, F, 54.36. 3. Ryan Augare, Br, 55.56. 4. Allen Madplume, Br, 57.09. 5. (tie) (No first name) Whitegrass, Br, and Erik Trogeson, Bf, 57.18.

300 hurdles — 1. Ryan Ross, F, 40.54. 2. Matt DeLong, E, 42.03. 3. Eric Wehman, Bf, 43.14. 4. Justen Owen, E, 43.22. 5. Riley Gravelle, F, 43.67.

High jump — 1. Kyle Baker, L, 6-4. 2. Shawn Reed, Bf, 5-10. 3. Jake Teske, L, 5-10. 4. Brandon Couture, P, 5-10. 5. John Farrier, F, 5-8.

800 — 1. Chris Hicks, W, 2:04.84. 2. Chris Ogle, P, 2:05.26. 3. Sean Clark, F, 2:08.85. 4. Andrew Graham, RSI, 2:11.61. 5. George Mad Man, Br, 2:13.48.

200 — 1. Beau Watkins, F, 24.57. 2. Brad Petersen, Br, 24.70. 3. Nick Haegle, F, 24.92. 4. Jareth Wilson, F, 25.05. 6. Scott Cassel, F, 25.24.

Discus — 1. Dylan MacGregor, F, 141-1. 2. Allen Skogen, RSI, 132-0. 3. Eric Connolly, F, 131-7. 4. Adam Rudolph, Bf, 128-2. 5. Justin Kinsel, P, 124-2.

Long jump — 1. Brock Jahner, F, 19-6 3/4. 2. Andrew Orr, L, 19-1/2. 3. Terry Lundeen, P, 18-11 1/2. 4. Roger Madplume, Br, 18-10 1/2. 5. Brandon Hay, P, 18-2 1/2.

Triple jump — 1. Brock Jahner, F, 41-8 3/4. 2. Richie Carter, F, 39-8 1/4. 3. Roger Madplume, Br, 38-6 1/2. 4. Jon Gallatin, P, 37-7 3/4. 5. Brandon Couture, P, 37-5.

Shot put — 1. Brandon Hoffenbacker, F, 46-8. 2. Blaine Baker, L, 45-3/4. 3. Eric Connolly, F, 44-6 1/2. 4. Damian Farrier, F, 43-2 1/2. 5. Todd Harthan, W, 47-7 1/2.

3,200 — 1. John Fairweather, F, 10:17.80. 2. Elliot Welder, F, 10:26.70. 3. Marlin Blackwolf, Br, 10:40.03. 4. Grant Casey, P, 10:42.94. 5. Bear Medicine, Br, 10:48.17.

1,600 relay — 1. Flathead (Reed Watkins, Garrett Smith, Sean Clark, Ryan Ross), 3:34.63. 2. Polson, 3:38.71. 3. Libby, 3:48.19. 4. Flathead B, 3:49.03. 5. Whitefish, 3:50.23.

Pole vault — 1. Riley Gravelle, F, 12-6. 2. Kevin Love, P, 12-0. 3. Cody Carter, F, 12-0. 4. Jobie Armstrong, E, 11-0. 5. Isiah Thomas, P, 11-0.

Javelin — 1. Blaine Baker, L, 187-4. 2. Kyle Baker, L, 166-0. 3. Gus McDonald, RSI, 157-7. 4. Brock Jahner, F, 156-0. 5. Philip Bertelsen, W, 149-6.