Pirates, Lady Pirates tracksters shine at Gene Hughes Invite

by Jason Blasco
| March 29, 2018 1:57 PM

The Polson High School distance runners Bea Frissell and Naima Crowl picked up in track where they left on in cross country at the Glen Hughes Invite Saturday afternoon at Corvallis High School.

Frissell, known for her cross country accolades as well as her top-tier performances in distance, recorded a first place time in the 800-meters with 2 minutes, 32.37 seconds. Other notable Lady Pirates performers in the 800 were Molly Sitter, who finished fourth with a time of 2 minutes, 40.02.5 seconds and Crowl finished fifth with a time of 2 minutes, 43.05 seconds.

Frissell captured second in the 400 recording a time of 1 minute, 71 seconds.

The Lady Pirates’ tracksters finished fifth, scoring 56 points as a team, and they had many individual performers that contributed to the fifth place. Corvallis captured first with 116 points, Seeley-Swan had 85 points, Dillon had 71 and Hamilton had 65, were the only teams that finished ahead of Polson.

Mikaela DuCharme finished second in the triple-jump leaping to 32 feet, 2 inches.

The Lady Pirates also finished third in the 4X400 relay that consists of DuCharme, Crowl, Sitter, and Frissell, recording a time of 4 minutes, 39.38 seconds.

Lanier shines in track

Polson High School’s Connor Lanier is developing into one of the top all-around athletes for the Pirates.

Lanier, who was selected to the Mission Mountain All-Star basketball game and played Thursday night at the Ronan Events Center, helped propel his Pirate track team into a top-5 finish.

In the 110-meter hurdles, Lanier recorded a first-place time of 17 minutes, 14.3 seconds and also was part of a 4X100 relay team that finished second that included Dugan Davis, Lanier, Kyle Druyvestein and Colton Cote. The group recorded a time of 46.65 seconds.

The Pirates also finished fourth in the 4X400. The group of Davis, Lanier, Alex Wall-Wilbert and Lanier ran a time of 3 minutes, 47.39 seconds en route to a fourth-place finish.

Lanier wasn’t the only Pirate to capture first place. Colton Cote finished first in the 300-meter hurdles recording a time of 44.63 seconds

Junior Varsity competitors excel in Corvallis

The future is bright for several of Polson Junior Varsity participants as they get ready to run and become integral members of the varsity squad.

Mason Sloan captured first in the 3200 recording a time of 11 minutes, 51.90 seconds, which was good for fourth place at the varsity level of competition.

Lady Pirate Elizabeth Bjorge captured first at the JV level recording a time of 17 minutes, 54.60 seconds.

2018 Gene Hughes Invite

at Corvallis

Saturday, March 24

BOYS

Team scores – 1. Corvallis 136; 2. Frenchtown 80; 3. Polson 62; 4. Dillon 58; 5. Hamilton 50; 6. Seeley-Swan 46; 7. Loyola Sacred Heart 34; 8. Butte Central Catholic 26; 9. Drummond 14; 10. Darby 10, 11. Victor 8; Stevensville 3.

100 – 12, Robin Erickson (POL), 12.70

200 – 9, Dugan Davis (POL), 26.13.

400 – 4, Alex Wall-Wilbert (POL), 58.13; 5, Dugan Davis (POL), 58.90.

800 – 4, Quin Stewart (POL), 2:14.89; 5, Landon Shipley (POLS), 2:17.48.

1600 – 4, Quin Stewart (POL), 5:03.37.

3200jv – 1, Mason Sloan (POL), 11:51.90 = varsity 4th place.

110h – 1, Connor Lanier (POL), 17.14; 3, Colton Cote (POL), 17.48.

300h – 1, Colton Cote (POL), 44.63; .

4x100 – 2, Polson (Dugan Davis, Connor Lanier, Kyle Druyvestein, Colton Cote), 46.65.

4x400 – 4, Polson (Colton Cote, Dugan Davis, Alex Wall-Wilbert, Connor Lanier), 3:47.39.

hj – t12, Robin Erickson (POL), 5-02.

lj – 5, Jonathan Perez (POL), 18-9.25.

tj – 3, Connor Lanier (POL), 39-10.75.

sp – 16, Kyle Druyvestein (POL), 32-03.50

dsc – 1. Jacob Campbell (HAM), 135-10;

jav – 1. Zach Jessop (COR), 168-1*; 14, Jarod Farrier (POL), 107-11.

pv – 1. John Reynoso (COR), 11-0; 2. Zane Johnson (DIL), 11-0;

GIRLS

Team scores – 1. Corvallis 116; 2. Seeley-Swan 85; 3. Dillon 71; 4. Hamilton 65; 5. Polson 56; 6. Stevensville 47; 7. Frenchtown 44; 8. Butte Central Catholic 24; 9. Florence-Carlton 5; 10. Drummond 2; 11. Loyola Sacred Heart 1.

100 – 8, Shaeley Brown (POL), 14.35.

200 – 9, Gwen Reese (POL), 33.01; 12, Addy Day (POL), 33.71pr.

400 – 2, Bea Frissell (POL), 1:07.71;.

800 – 1, Bea Frissell (POL), 2:32.37; 4, Molly Sitter (POL), 2:40.02; 5, Naima Crowl (POL), 2:43.05.

1600 – 2, Naima Crowl (POL), 5:46.01; 4, Molly Sitter (POL), 5:54.86.

3200 – 1jv, Elisabeth Bjorge (POL), 17:54.60.

100h – 7, Addy Day (POL), 21:58.

300h – 4, Addy Day (POL), 1:02.08.

4x100 – 5. Polson (Shaeley Brown, JaNessa Taylor, Gwen Reese, Mikaela DuCharme), 56.94;

4x400 – 3. Polson (Mikaela DuCharme, Naima Crowl, Molly Sitter, Bea Frissell), 4:39.38;

hj – 1. Hannah Hutchison (CORV), 5-0*; 2. Terra Bertsch (SEEL), 5-0*; 3. Megan Pendergast (STEV), 5-0*.

lj – 1. Lindsay McGree (BuC), 16-4.5*; 1jv, MaryGold Houk (POL), 14-02jv.

tj – 2, Mikaela DuCharme (POL), 32-2.

sp – 1. Denali Smith (COR), 35-10.5*; 5, Katelyn Dickemore (HAM), 29-3; 1jv, Kyla Blixt (POL), 29-04.50jv.

dsc – 1. Klaire Kovatch (SEEL), 123-6.5*; 5jv, Kyla Blixt (POL), 65-08pr.

jav – 1. Tayler Wright (COR), 105-10;

pv – 1. Kailen Herbstritt (COR), 8-0;

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*= denotes an automatic state qualifying performance for their respective class.