Polson track teams enter divisionals in Libby

By JOHN HEGLIE

Special to the Leader

This weekend in Libby, both Polson track squads will compete at the Northwest A Divisional over two days.  

Competitors who have already met qualifying standards for participating at the State A meet include Jacob Clairmont in both hurdles, long jump and pole vault; the girls short relay team, Mariah Corrigan as well as Erin Sampson in the javelin and Lydia Bowman in the pole vault. 

The top five placers at the divisional meet advance to compete at the State A meet in Laurel the following weekend.  Others who are favored to place at the divisional meet include Joe Gallatin in the throwing events, Mike Mercer along with Malia Seeley in the distance events, Madison Wheeler in the hurdles, Colton Cote along with Matt Rensvold in the 400 and Tiara Duford as well as Chadelle Smith in the sprinting events.  

Several others who are lurking just below the radar could punch their tickets to compete at the state level.

 At Polson this past Saturday, the Polson track teams hosted the annual Athletic Booster Club meet with eight regional teams in attendance. 

For the girls, pride of place goes to the short relay team, which held off a furious challenge by the defending champion Corvallis squad to capture first place.  The Polson short relay squad has posted the top time among Class A schools and looms as a contender to vie for a place on the podium during the postseason. 

Girls relay team members competing in multiple events accounted for almost half of the Lady Pirate team points.  In the throws, Erin Sampson placed in a pair of events, while freshman Malia Seeley put in a good showing in the distance events and Madison Wheeler placed in both hurdles events.

For the boys, Jacob Clairmont placed in a trio of events as well as has already met qualifying standards in others.  In the throws, Joe Gallatin placed in two events, which is all the more impressive after being hit in the shoulder by an errant shot put over a week ago.  Other placers include Matt Rensvold in the 400, Danny DiGiallonardo in the short hurdles and both relay teams.

Nelson-Thomas ABC Meet

Saturday, May 9, 2015

Polson

GIRLS Team Scores – 1, Corvallis (COR) 138.5; 2, Hamilton (HAM) 99; 3, Columbia Falls (CF) 93; 4, Whitefish (WF) 77.5; 5, Polson (POL) 68; 6, Frenchtown (FR)32.;7, Stevensville (STE) 18;8, Browning (BR)1.

100 – 1, Katelyn Frost COR, 13.07; 4, Tiara Duford POL, 13.59. 5, Lydia Bowman POL, 13.61.

200 – 1, Grace Kurtz WF, 27.55; 2, Tiara Duford POL, 27.70;  4, Lydia Bowman POL, 28.29.

400 – Grace Kurtz WF, 1:00.85; 2, Tiara Duford POL, 1:01.90.

800 – 1, Amelia Gardner COR, 2:26.03; 5, Charlee Cote POL, 2:39.55.

1600 – 1, Samantha Mundel CF, 5:13.64; 7, Malia Seeley POL, 5:53.13; 14, Naima Crowl POL, 6:29.16.

3200 – 1, Samantha Mundel CF, 11:29.07; 4, Malia Seeley POL, 12:52.46.

100 hurdles – 1, Carla Nicosia CF, 16.29;  5, Madison Wheeler POL, 18.19.

300 hurdles – 1, Carla Nicosia CF, 49.40; 3, Madison Wheeler POL, 49.53; 16, Malia Seeley POL, 55.75.

400 relay – 1, Polson (Gracie Carlyle, Chadelle Smith, Lydia Bowman, Tiara Duford), 50.64. 2, Corvallis, 50.99.

1600 relay – 1, CFalls,  4:12.31; 6, Polson (Charlee Cote, Faith Olson, Malia Seeley, Madison Wheeler), 4:32.10.

High Jump – 1, Jane Booth  COR, 5-06; t7, Gracie Carlyle POL, 4-06.

Pole Vault – 1, Katelyn Frost COR, 11-00;  4, Lydia Bowman POL, 9-00; 6, Darbee Jore-Lytle POL, 7-06; t7, Charlee Cote, POL, 7-06.

Long Jump – 1, Katelyn Frost COR, 16-08.5; 6, Gracie Carlyle POL, 15-04; t7, Chadelle Smith POL, 15-03.5.

Triple Jump – 1, Carla Nicosia CF, 36-07.5; 8, Chadelle Smith POL, 32-08; 10, Madison Wheeler POL, 31-08.5.

Shot Put – 1, Zena Smith  COR, 35-01.5; 6, Erin Sampson POL, 31-06.75.

Discus – 1, Jane Booth COR, 117-04; 11, Erin Sampson POL, 87-05; Mariah Corrigan POL, 82-11.

Javelin – 1, Lacey Hochhalter FR, 128-04; 3, Erin Sampson POL, 116-04; 4, Mariah Corrigan POL, 115-04; 14, Lydia Bowman POL, 90-04. (Sa09May15)

misc. JV results – 1, Josey Motichka POL  (1, discus, 79-03; 8, jav, 58-10; 9, shot, 20-06.25); Faith Olson POL (1, 100, 14.47; 2, 200, 29.64, 1, 400, 1:08.47); Makayla Rasmussen POL (3, 800, 3:24.22).

BOYS Team Scores - 1, Corvallis 142. 2, Hamilton 92. 3, Whitefish 67. t3, Frenchtown 67. 5, Columbia Falls 60. 6, Stevensville 55. 7, Polson 28. 8, Browning 13.

100 – 1, Gharret Olson FR 11.85; 10, Jacob Clairmont POL, 12.18.

200 - 1, Taylor Sylvester COR, 22.53; 13, Walter Wood POL, 25.0; 14, Colton Cote POL, 25.07.

400 - 1, Jadin Casey STE, 49.73; 5, Matt Rensvold POL, 52.98; 7, Colton Cote POL, 53.58.

800 - 1, Karill Apedaile HAM, 1:59.43; 7, Colton Cote POL, 2:11.87; 13, Wyatt Benson POL, 2:33.78.

1600 - 1, Ronald Venema COR, 4:37.05; 11, Mike Mercer POL, 5:06.74; 15, Wyatt Benson POL, 5:33.54; 16, Nathan Goodrich POL, 5:34.90. 

3200 - 1, Jacob Rogers HAM, 10:16.54; 7, Mike Mercer POL, 11:04.28. 

110 hurdles – 1, Taylor Sylvester COR, 15.29.

300 hurdles – 1, Daniel Pendergast STE, 40.05; 5, Danny DiGiallonardo POL, 43.62. 6

400 relay –  1, Frenchtown, 44.22; 4, Polson (Danny DiGiallonardo, Walter Wood, Colton Cote, Jacob Clairmont) 45.29.

1600 relay – 1, Stevensville, 3:32.29; 6, Polson (Parker Adler, Colton Cote, Walter Wood, Matt Rensvold), 3:48.92.

High jump - 1, Robert Jones FR, 6-00.

Pole vault - 1, Tommy Sausen WF, 13-06; 3, Jacob Clairmont, P, J 13-00.

Long jump – 1, Stephen Lindsey CF, J 21-01.5;  3, Jacob Clairmont POL, J 20-06.5; 16, Danny DiGiallonardo POL, 18-08.5.

Triple jump – 1, Nathan Riley CF, 41-11.

Shot put – 1, Jesse Sims COR, 49-11; 6, Joe Gallatin POL, 45-02; 14, Mike Corrigan POL, 38-07.

Discus –1, Jesse Sims COR, 143-05; 3, Joe Gallatin POL, 132-08; 7, Mike Corrigan POL, 124-09.

Javelin – 1, Tyler Olsen COR, 193-07;  10, Eric Matt, Pol, 122-09.

Corvallis tops in throws (Jesse Sims – 1, discus; 1, shot; Jayce Gilder – 2, shot; 4, discus; Andrew Leopold – 2, discus; Tyler Olsen – 1, javelin)

misc. JV results – Hogan Kelley POL (12, 200, 28.32; 4, pole vault, 9-06); Evin Mueller POL (10, 800, 2:47.57; 10, 1600, 6:07.32).