Dynamite: R-S girls win TNT Invite

by Brandon Hansen & Sports Editor
| April 26, 2012 1:00 PM

FRENCHTOWN – The Ronan-St. Ignatius girls scored 201 points to win the Frenchtown TNT Invitational thanks to multiple placers in multiple events last Saturday.

“It was exciting to see them perform so well,” Ronan-St. Ignatius head coach Crystal Pitts said. “Some of the girls really stepped up.The field events continue to shine the most. Jocelyn Stevens had a good day.”

FRENCHTOWN TNT INVITE

GIRLS

FRENCHTOWN – The Ronan-St. Ignatius girls scored 201 points to win the Frenchtown TNT Invitational thanks to multiple placers in multiple events last Saturday.

In the discus, Jocelyn Stevens was second (75-00). Jenny Larsson was second in the javelin (91-10), followed by Raymi Clairmont in third (82-9). The team had a multitude of first-place finishers at the meet. Ashley Courville won the 3,200-meter (13:25), while Stephanie Lewandowski won the 100-meter hurdles (17.50).

Twyla Hogge placed first in the discus (83-3) and shot put (31-08).

“Twyla is getting more and more confidence, which shows in her shot put and discus,” Pitts said.

Lewandowski was also second in the high jump (4-10) and long jump (14-4.5). Larsson was third (4-10) in the high jump. Also in the jumps, Kaylie Durglo was third in the triple jump (30-9).

In the sprint races, Kiana Howell placed fourth in the 100-meter dash(14.10) and 200-meter (28.70). Courtney Clairmont was second in the 800-meter race (2:34.40).

“Stephanie and Kaylie are improving in the hurdles every time they run them,” Pitts said.

In distance races, Jade Grey was third in the 1,600-meter race (6:08) and second in the 3,200-meter (13:55.30). Rose Bear Don’t Walk was third in the 3,200-meter race (14:22.00). Kaylie Durglo was third in the 100-meter hurdles (19.50) and fourth in the 300-meter hurdles (54.10).

Ronan-St. Ignatius had two teams in the 400-meter relays and took second (54.50) and fourth (58.00). The girls relay team was also third in the 1,600-meter relay (4:44.50).

“All the relays are still trying to get together and have had the same group two weeks in a row,” Pitt said. “That will help with handoffs.”

BOYS

Lucas Gerhardt continued to improve with javelin and again set a personal record (157-04) to place first at the TNT Invitational last Saturday.

“I told him he needs to try for more than a one-foot improvement at meets and he might surprise himself,” Pitts said.

Gerhardt went on to place third in the shot put (40-3) as well. Also tops for Ronan-St. Ignatius, Paden Alexander picked up another first-place finish in the 3,200-meter race (10:30) while Jalen Bell swept the long jump (20-11) and triple jump (42-5) with first-place finishes.

“Jalen’s long jump is starting to make some big jumps,” Pitts said. “He wants 21 feet bad.”

Bell was third in the high jump (5-8). In the 400-meter dash, Riley Dennis was second (54.0) and Paden Alexander also placed second in the 1,600-meter run (4:45.5). Connor Benn was third in the pole vault (9-6). Carston Baertsch placed seventh in the 200-meter race (24.30).

“Carston Baertsch is working into the 200 meters and showing a lot of promise,” Pitts said.

GLACIER TRACK MEET

KALISPELL – Ronan-St. Ignatius got four first-place finishes at the Glacier Track Meet against Class AA and Class A competition.

For the boys, Paden Alexander led the way with a firstplace finish in the 3,200-meter race (10:36.12) while Jalen Bell was second in the long jump (20-04). The Ronan St. Ignatius 1,600-meter relay team also had a good outing with a second-place finish (3:40.80).

“Paden continues to plan and strategize in his races which is going to help him at the end of the season,” Ronan-St. Ignatius head coach Crystal Pitts said. “He attacks his races with a plan every week and it is starting to come together.”

For the girls, Jade Gray was first in the 3,200-meter race (13:26:57). Other first-place finishes for Ronan-St. Ignatius, Stephanie Lewandowski was first in the 100-meter hurdles (17.85) and Jenny Larsson was first in the high jump (4-11). Larsson was also sixth in the javelin (90-07).

Getting two second-place finishes were Courtney Clairmont in the 800-meter dash (2:38.34) and Aspen Jore in the javelin (96-05).

Ronan will travel for a meet at Missoula Big Sky on Friday and compete at the Lake County Meet in Polson next Tuesday.

“I feel we are right on track with conditioning starting to come along,” Pitts said. “We should be able to fine tune technique these next couple of weeks and that could bring some good things to the forefront.”

GLACIER TRACK MEET

GIRLS

100 —4. Kiana Howell, Ron, 14.41. 800 —2. Courtney Clairmont, Ron, 2:38.34.1,600 — 4. NikkoJo Mays, Ron, 6:27.26. 3,200 —1. Jade Gray, Ron, 13:26.57. 100 Hurdles —1. Stephanie Lewandowski, Ron, 17.85. 400 Relay —5. Ronan-St. Ignatius ‘B’ 56.42. 1,600 Relay —5. Ronan-St. Ignatius ‘A’ 4:42.96. High Jump —1. Jenny Larsson, Ron, 4-11. Shot Put —12. Aspen Jore, Ron, 29-06; Javelin —2. Aspen Jore, Ron, 96-05; 6. Jenny Larsson, Ron, 90-07.

BOYS

200 —4. Carston Baertsch, Ron, 25.35. 400 —13. Riley Dennis, Ron, 54.02; 45. Marcus Hungerford, Ron, 55.35. 1,600 —6. Danny Romero, Ron, 5:11.32. 3,200 —1. Paden Alexander, Ron, 10:36.12. 400 Relay —3. Ronan-St. Ignatius ‘A’ 46.53; (Carston Baertsch, Marcus Hungerford, Riley Dennis, Jake Skelton). 1,600 Relay —2. Ronan-St. Ignatius ‘A’ 3:40.80. Long Jump —2. Jalen Bell, Ron, 20-04. Javelin —5. Lucas Gerhardt, Ron, 156-09.

TNT Invitational, Saturday in Frenchtown

BOYS

400 – 2. Riley Dennis, Ron, 54.00; 5. Stuart Grant, Ron, 59.30; 6. Aram Serobyum, Ron, 63.80. 1,600 – 2. Paden Alexander, Ron, 4:45.50. 3,200 – 1, Paden Alexander, Ron, 10:30.00; 5. Danny Romero, Ron, 11:38.20; 400 relay – 4. Ronan 46.20. Javelin – 1. Lucas Gerhardt, Ron, 157-4; 4. Brennan Andrews, Ron, 135-1;5. Nikko Alexander, Ron, 134-0. Discus – 6. Lucas Gerhardt, Ron, 104-10. Shot put – 3, Lucas Gerhardt, Ron, 40-3; 4, Nikko Alexander, Ron, 38-6. High jump – 3, Jalen Bell, Ron, 5-8. Long jump – 1, Jalen Bell, Ron, 20-11. Triple jump – 5, Dylan Evans, Ron, 36-5; 6, Stuart Grant, Ron, 36-0. Pole vault – 3, Connor Benn, Ron, 9-6.

GIRLS

100 – 4, Kiana Howell, Ron, 14.10. 200 – 2. Kiana Howell, Ron, 28.70; 6, Lindsay Barber, Ron, 29.30. 400 – 2, Sydnee Clairmont, Ron, 72.20, 4. Victoria Crenshaw, Ron, 76.30. 800 – 2, Courtney Clairmont, Ron, 2:34.4; 4. Victoria Crenshaw, Ron, 3:09.0. 1,600 – 3, Jade Gray, Ron, 6:08.0; 5. Rose Bear Don’t Walk, Ron, 6:22.6. 3,200 – 1, Ashley Courville, Ron, 13:25.0; 2, Jade Gray, Ron, 13:55.3; 3, Rose Bear Don’t Walk, Ron, 14:22.0; 4, Rachel Hardy, Ron, 14:36.0.

100 hurdles – 1, Stephanie Lewandowski, Ron, 17.5; 3, Kaylie Durglo, Ron, 19.5. 300 hurdles – 2, Stephanie Lewandowski, Ron, 53.1; 4, Kaylie Durglo, Ron, 54.10. 400 relay – 2, Ronan 54.5; 4, Ronan 58.0. 1,600 relay – 3, Ronan 4:44.5. Javelin – 2, Jenny Larsson, Ron, 91-10; 3, Raymi Clairmont, Ron, 82-9; 6, Twyla Hogge, Ron, 70-1. Discus – 1, Twyla Hogge, Ron, 83-3; 2, Jocelyn Stevens,

Ron, 75-0; 4, Janay Wunderlich, Ron, 69-4. Shot put – 1, Twyla Hogge, Ron, 31-8; 3, Jocelyn Ste-vens, Ron, 26-6 ½. High jump – 2, Stephanie Lewandowski, Ron, 4-10; 3, Jenny Larsson, Ron, 4-10; Long jump – 2, Stephanie Lewandowski, Ron, 14-4 ½; Triple jump – 3, Kaylie Durglo, Ron, 30-9; 6, Lindsey Rogers, Ron, 27-4.