Charlo sails through districts; boys, girls nab titles

By Trent Makela / Leader Staff

Both of the Charlo High School track and field teams grabbed titles at the District 14-C meet in Polson last Thursday.

The boys' squad pulled away from the other five schools at the meet with 244 team points - 55 more than second-place Superior.

The race for the girls' title was much closer throughout the day, but the Lady Vikings were able to score 182 total points to best second-place Hot Springs by 26.

"I think we had a few surprises and that's what you need when you get into team scoring," Charlo coach Bret Thompson said. "I believe we're taking 30 kids to divisionals next week and many of them are in position to place there and get to state. That's what we were looking for."

Competitors needed to finish in the top six at the district meet to qualify for the Western C divisional at Dornblaser Stadium in Missoula next Friday and Saturday.

Freshman Chance Rosenbaum led the way for the Vikings, picking up individual titles in both the 1600 and 3,200-meter races. Teammate Jeff Bucholz finished less than two seconds behind Rosenbaum for second place in the 1600, and the two runners have traded best times all year.

"I'm sure there's a little of [a rivalry] in there. Hopefully that's what will motivate them both to do their best," Thompson said. "Chance had a great meet and having two great runners is a good thing for us. It's just not a good thing for those people competing against us."

Bucholz won an earlier title of his own in the 800-meters.

The Vikings picked up additional wins from Cody Nitschke in both hurdle events, J.P. Toussaint in the pole vault, Brandon Pope in the high jump and both of their relay teams.

Sophomore Stephanie Murphy led the Lady Vikings with her own pair of individual titles. Personal bests in both the shot put and discus helped Murphy to easily pull away from the field. She appears ready to challenge for both titles again next weekend.

Freshman Brittany Shaver also picked up two convincing first-place finishes in the 800 and 1600-meters.

"As far as comparing our district to other districts, Brittany will need to cut some time to get to state," Thompson said. "It's always good to have a freshman winning events and coming back to compete for a few more years."

The Lady Vikings received additional titles from Rochelle Toussaint in the high jump, Jaris Kelley in the pole vault and their 1,600-meter relay team.

"We've had pretty good depth all year. If we can stay healthy and a few things roll our way, both teams have chances to get some more hardware at the end of next weekend," Thompson said. "There are a few other teams in the same boat, but if we take care of our end - I think we can end up in the top three."

Polson - Thursday

BOYS

Team scores: 1 Charlo 244, 2 Superior 189, 3 Hot Springs 71, 4 Noxon 69, 5 Two Eagle River 2, 6 St. Regis 0.

100 - 2, Austin Bauer, C, 12.00; 3, Chico Stipe, C, 12.18.

200 - 3, Chico Stipe, C, 24.70; 5, Austin Bauer, C, 25.20.

400 - 2, JP Toussaint, C, 54.76; 4, Chance Firestone, C, 55.29; 5, Jeff Bucholz, C, 55.71.

800 - 1, Jeff Bucholz, C, 2:09.86; 3, Zach Daughtery, C, 2:15.24; 6 Clay Hoyt, C 2:29.22.

1600 - 1, Ch. Rosenbaum, C, 5:12.63; 2, Jeff Bucholz, C, 5:14.66; 3, Zach Daughtery, C, 5:28.71; 5, Clay Hoyt, C, 5:31.21.

3200 - 1, Ch. Rosebnbaum, C, 11:26.64; 2, James Peterson, C, 12:21.44; 4, Shad Brown, C, 12:06.60; 5, James Knapp, TE, 13:50.04.

400 relay - 1, Charlo (Chance Firestone, Chico Stipe, Brandon Pope, JP Toussaint), 47:19.

1600 relay - 1, Charlo (Chance Firestone, JP Toussaint, Zach Daughtery, Jeff Bucholz), 3:39.54.

110 hurdles - 1, Cody Nitschke, C, 16.63; 4, Brandon Pope, C 17.56.

300 hurdles - 1, Cody Nitschke, C, 42.20; 6, Brandon Pope, C, 46.17.

Long jump - 2, Austin Bauer, C, 19-1.5fi; 6 James Roylance, C 16-10.25.

Shot put - 4, Ben Eggers, C, 39-3.5fi; 5, Houston Blevins, C, 38-3.

Triple jump - 2, James Roylance, C, 39-9fi; 4, Damon Siech, C, 34-2; 6 Isaac Rockwell, C 32-9 1/2.

Javelin - 3, Chance Firestone, C, 135-10fi; 5 Clay Hoyt, C 127-8.25.

High jump - 1, Brandon Pope, C, 5-8fi; 3, Clay Hoyt, C, 5-6.

Pole vault - 1, JP Toussaint, C, 12-6fi; 2, Chance Firestone, C, 12-0; 3, James Peterson, C, 11-0; 5, Ch. Rosenbaum, C, 9-6.

GIRLS

Team scores: 1 Charlo 182; 2 Hot Springs 156; 3 Superior 110; 4 Noxon 50; 5 St. Regis 22, 6 Two Eagle River 12.

100 - 5, Shaelyn Fell, C, 14.00.

400 - 4 Stephanie Maughan, C, 1:11.08.

800 - 1, Brittany Shaver, C, 2:52.82.

1600 - 1, Brittany Shaver, C, 6:30.81.

3200 - 2 Stephanie Maughan, C, 15:54.25.

400 relay - 3, Charlo.

1600 relay - 1, Charlo (Jessica Foust, Stephanie Maughan, Rochelle Toussaint, Brittany Shaver), 4:42.54.

100 hurdles - 2, Shaelyn Fell, C, 17.36; 3, Jaris Kelley, C 17.49.

300 hurdles - 2, Jaris Kelley, C, 50.39.

Long jump - 5, Stephanie Murphy, C, 14-1fi.

Shot put - 1, Stephanie Murphy, C, 37-11 3/4fi; 2, Kate Coburn, C, 33-9; 3, Jay Carpenter, TE, 33-1; 6, Jaris Kelley, C, 28-5.

Discus - 1, Stephanie Murphy, C, 106-4fi; 2, Kate Coburn, C, 97-7; 4, Justine Morigeau, C, 90-0; 5, Charla Brown, TE, 87-4; 6, Alex Esterby, C, 81-8.

Triple jump - 4, Stephanie Murphy, C, 31-1fi.

Javelin - 3, Jaris Kelley, C, 98-11fi; 4, Charla Brown, TE, 93-3; 5, Justine Morigeau, C, 93-0.

High jump - 1, Rochelle Toussaint, C, 5-0fi; 4, Teela Matt, C, 4-2.

Pole vault - 1, Jaris Kelley, C, 8-6fi; 2, Stephanie Maughan, C, 7-6; 3, Jessica Foust, C, 7-0.