Sun and fun at the Dilly Bar Invitational

Ronan's Payton Cates cleared 6 feet 2 inches in the high jump and finished second at the Dilly Bar Invitational on Saturday. (Scot Heisel/Lake County Leader)

Arnold Lucero of St. Ignatius had a great view of the track meet Saturday in Ronan from his swivel chair on the 50-yard line. The weather was warm and sunny for the Dilly Bar Invitational. Lucero was there to cheer on his foster son, Isaiah Nasewytewa, who was competing for Mission. (Scot Heisel/Lake County Leader)

This one needed a rest in the sun during the Dilly Bar Invitational track meet Saturday at Ronan. (Scot Heisel/Lake County Leader)

Abel Kimmel of Polson cleared 5 feet 6 inches in the high jump to finish fifth at Ronan. (Scot Heisel/Lake County Leader)

Jarrett Wilson of Polson cleared 5 feet 10 inches in the high jump Saturday for a third-place finish. (Scot Heisel/Lake County Leader)

Ronan runners, from left, Josiah Long, Jordan Gatch and Trenton Burland head toward the finish in the boys 400 meters Saturday. (Scot Heisel/Lake County Leader)

Caleb Cheff of Ronan cleared 9 feet in the pole vault to finish fourth Saturday. (Scot Heisel/Lake County Leader)

Jaylea Lunceford of Ronan finished fifth in the girls shot put with a throw of 29 feet 2 inches. (Scot Heisel/Lake County Leader)

Ronan's Leina Ulutoa passes the baton to LaReina Cordova during the girls 4x100 relay Saturday. (Scot Heisel/Lake County Leader)

Andrew Rush of Mission, left, and Ryan Dupuis of Polson finished 1-2 in the boys 800 meters. (Courtesy of Bob Gunderson)

Kyla Tomlin of Charlo launches a throw during the girls shot put competition. Tomlin managed a personal record of 28 feet 1.5 inches. (Scot Heisel/Lake County Leader)

Mission's Canyon Sargent launches a throw during the boys discus competition Saturday at Ronan. (Scot Heisel/Lake County Leader)

The combined Ronan/Clark Fork boys throwing relay team enjoys Dilly Bars after their victory in Ronan on Saturday. (Courtesy of Ronan High School)

Polson’s Lucas Targerson finished second in the long jump and third in the triple jump.(Courtesy of Bob Gunderson)

Carlee Fryberger of Charlo leads the way in the girls 100 meters Saturday at Ronan. Fryberger won the event with a time of 13.16 seconds. (Scot Heisel/Lake County Leader)

by SCOT HEISEL
Lake County Leader | April 20, 2021 3:15 PM

RONAN — Saturday was a beautiful day in the Mission Valley for track and field and ice cream.

Six area teams from multiple classifications competed in the annual Dilly Bar Invitational track meet at Ronan High School under clear skies on what felt like a summer day.

This year’s meet involved a new twist, courtesy of Ronan head coach Brian Labbe, who suggested unofficial, temporary alliances in the athletes’ quest for the day’s final prize — ice cream Dilly Bars for the winning teams.

Coaches settled on Polson/Charlo vs. Bigfork/Mission vs. Ronan/Clark Fork.

In the end, Bigfork boys and girls won the team standings handily, and Bigfork/Mission enjoyed the victors’ Dilly Bars.

The meet featured a few additional events that won’t show up on the official stat sheets. Two 4x100 relays were added, but teams could only be made up of athletes who competed in throwing events.

“The Ronan and Clark Fork boys won the first-ever Throwers 4x100 COVID Relay with a time of 1:02.5, and the Bigfork and Mission Girls won … with a time of 1:04.5,” Labbe said after the meet.

“And to our knowledge, these are both world record-setting times,” he joked.

The winning relay teams also received Dilly Bars.

The Polson boys and girls teams each finished second behind Bigfork, with the Ronan teams both finishing third.

Carlee Fryberger of Charlo had another great meet. She won the 100, 200, 400, then added a win in the triple jump for good measure.

Charlo also got a first-place finish from Aida Cote in the discus, with a personal-record throw of 102 feet, 8 inches.

Polson’s Lucas Targerson was the boys speedster of the day. He won the 100 meters with a sprint of 11.6 seconds. He also finished sixth in the 200, second in the long jump and third in the triple jump.

Polson also got wins from Jarrett Wilson in the 300 hurdles and Jonathan Perez in the Javelin, and from Ashtyn Wagner in the 800 and 3,200. Teammate Adison Carlson was right behind Wagner for second in the 3,200, followed by Ronan duo Halle Heninger and Olivia Heiner, who won the 1,600.

Ronan’s Payton Cates won the discus by nearly 21 feet. He also finished second in the high jump after clearing 6 feet, 2 inches and took ninth in the shot put.

Brant Heiner won the 3,200 with a time of 10:07, followed by teammate Ronan Michael Irvine in second place.

Ronan also got a win in the girls high jump from Lindsey Brooks, who cleared four feet, 10 inches.

Ronan sophomore Leina Ulutoa finished second in the triple jump behind Fryberger and ahead of third-place finisher Sydney Brander of Mission. Brander won the long jump with a leap of 15 feet, 6.75 inches.

The Bulldogs’ Layne Spidel won the boys 400 and finished second in the 200. Mission’s Andrew Rush won the 800 and 1,600 with personal-best times in both events.

Dilly Bar Invitational

Saturday at Ronan High School

Girls Team Scores

Bigfork 184

Polson 88

Ronan 68

Clark Fork 66

Charlo 60

Mission 36

Boys Team Scores

Bigfork 217

Polson 119

Ronan 99

Mission 51

Clark Fork 19

Charlo 12

Boys individual results (top 10)

100 Meters

Lucas Targerson, Polson, 11.6aPR
Noah Kinslow, Bigfork, 11.99a
Joseph Farrier, Bigfork, 11.99a
Jackson Nelson, Bigfork, 12.1aPR
Trevor Hill, Bigfork, 12.29aPR
JC Steele, Polson, 12.3aPR
Kenton Piedalue, Charlo, 12.39a
Braydon Zempel, Charlo, 12.44a
Carson Callison, Clark Fork, 12.55a
Bruin Largent, Ronan, 12.6a

200 Meters

Cormac Benn, Bigfork, 23.99hPR
Layne Spidel, Mission, 24.08h
Joseph Farrier, Bigfork, 24.28hPR
Jackson Nelson, Bigfork, 24.47h
Trevor Hill, Bigfork, 24.65h
Lucas Targerson, Polson, 24.73hPR
Noah Kinslow, Bigfork, 24.84h
Abel Kimmel, Polson, 24.97h
George Bucklin, Bigfork, 25.06h
JC Steele, Polson, 25.51hPR

400 Meters

Layne Spidel, Mission, 52.79h
Maddox Mater, Bigfork, 56.03h
Tommy Williams, Polson, 56.33hPR
Mason Sloan, Polson, 56.69hPR
Levi Peterson, Bigfork, 58.58hPR
Tayre Brown, Charlo, 59.63hPR
Jordan Gatch, Ronan, 1:00.7hPR
Trenton Burland, Ronan, 1:02.1hPR
Josiah Long , Ronan, 1:02.5hPR
August Hertz, Charlo, 1:08.0h

800 Meters

Andrew Rush, Mission, 2:05.1hPR
Ryan Dupuis, Polson, 2:10.9hPR
Jack Jensen, Bigfork, 2:13.9hPR
Drifter Skillicorn, Polson, 2:18.4hPR
Coyle Nagy, Charlo, 2:19.09hSR
North Nollan, Bigfork, 2:21.3h
Decker Milender, Clark Fork, 2:21.52h
Kai McDonald, Polson, 2:23.3hPR
Isaiah Nasewytewa , Mission, 2:24.3hSR
Hayden Hollow, Charlo, 2:27h

1,600 Meters

Andrew Rush, Mission, 4:41hPR
Michael Irvine, Ronan, 4:42h
Brant Heiner, Ronan, 4:43hPR
Jack Jensen, Bigfork, 4:44hPR
Ryan Dupuis, Polson, 4:53hPR
North Nollan, Bigfork, 5:08.2hPR
Bo Modderman, Bigfork, 5:08.4hPR
Ryder Nollan, Bigfork, 5:10.3hPR
Drifter Skillicorn, Polson, 5:10.4h
David Bjorge, Polson, 5:26hPR

3,200 Meters

Brant Heiner, Ronan, 10:07a
Michael Irvine, Ronan, 10:48aPR
Mason Sloan, Polson, 11:02aSR
Elliot Sanford, Bigfork, 11:27aPR
Ryder Nollan, Bigfork, 11:35aSR
Sean Stewart, Polson, 12:47aSR
Hayden Smith, Charlo, 13:47a
Henry Ranney, Charlo, 14:41a

110m Hurdles

Isak Epperly, Bigfork, 15.9aPR
Wyatt Duke, Bigfork, 16.73aPR
Colter Cornwell, Ronan, 17.01aPR
Jordan Betts, Bigfork, 18.23a
Dustin Mitchell, Mission, 19.9aPR
Andrew Olson, Bigfork, 20.17aSR

300m Hurdles

Jarrett Wilson, Polson, 42.79aPR
Colter Cornwell, Ronan, 43.28aPR
Jordan Betts, Bigfork, 44.62aSR
Wyatt Johnson, Bigfork, 45.09a
Kenton Piedalue, Charlo, 47.16aPR
Cole Knopik , Bigfork, 48.03aPR
Dustin Mitchell, Mission, 49.75a
James Kenelty, Ronan, 51.35aPR

4x100 Relay

Bigfork, 45.18a
Polson, 45.43a
Bigfork, 46.12a
Ronan, 47.07a
Mission, 47.19a
Clark Fork, 49.57a

4x400 Relay

Bigfork, 3:42.8h
Ronan, 3:47.2h
Polson, 3:49.1h
Bigfork, 3:58.1h
Charlo, 3:59.3h
Clark Fork, 4:08.2h

Shot Put

Levi Taylor, Bigfork, 45-2.5
Wyatt Hayworth, Clark Fork, 39-8PR
Dylan Kelch , Ronan, 39-4
Silvestre Rodriguez , Bigfork, 38-00PR
Braeden Guse, Bigfork, 37-8PR
Charlie Anderson, Clark Fork, 37-6.5PR
Chandon Vulles, Clark Fork, 35-8
Justin Martinez, Polson, 34-3PR
Payton Cates, Ronan, 33-11.5
Jasen Rodda, Ronan, 33-10

Discus

Payton Cates, Ronan, 121-5.5PR
Abel Kimmel, Polson, 100-8
Braeden Guse, Bifork, 100-6PR
Jesse Richey, Ronan, 95-6
Chandon Vulles, Clark Fork, 91-2
Silvestre Rodriguez , Bigfork, 90-0.5
Charlie Anderson, Clark Fork, 90-0PR
Joseph Farrier, Bigfork, 88-6
Dylan Kelch , Ronan, 86-9PR
Jaxson Green, Clark Fork, 83-6PR

Javelin

Jonathan Perez, Polson, 142-4
Chandon Vulles, Clark Fork, 138-4PR
Shelton Woll, Bigfork, 134-4
Tucker Love, Charlo, 131-3
Joseph Farrier, Bigfork, 128-6PR
Elijah Thorness, Bigfork, 119-7PR
Dylan Kelch, Ronan, 115-10
Jacob Tomlin, Charlo, 109-1
Seth Richards, Clark Fork, 108-4PR
Jayden Rodda, Ronan, 102-11

High Jump

Wyatt Duke, Bigfork, 6-8
Payton Cates, Ronan, 6-2
Jarrett Wilson, Polson, 5-10
Levi Taylor, Bigfork, 5-8
Abel Kimmel, Polson, 5-6
Elliot Sanford, Bigfork, 5-6
Seth Richards, Clark Fork, 5-4
Rueben Couture, Ronan, 5-2
Kai McDonald, Polson, 5-2PR

Pole Vault

Wyatt Herd, Bigfork, 12-3PR
Seth Osborne, Bigfork, 11-00
Shelton Woll, Bigfork, 10-6PR
Caleb Cheff, Ronan, 9-0
JC Steele, Polson, 9-0PR
Tucker Love, Charlo, 8-6PR
Jordan Betts, Bigfork, 8-6SR
Decker Milender, Clark Fork, 8-6PR
Wyatt Johnson, Bigfork, 8-6

Long Jump

Cormac Benn, Bigfork, 20-9.5PR
Lucas Targerson, Polson, 19-5.5PR
Zarec Couture, Ronan, 19-00
Wyatt Duke, Bigfork, 18-5.25PR
Layne Spidel, Mission, 18-4
Bryce Umphrey, Mission, 17-11
Carson Callison, Clark Fork, 17-10.5
Rueben Couture, Ronan, 17-6
Caleb Cheff, Ronan, 17-5.5PR
Jonathan Perez, Polson, 17-4

Triple Jump

Cormac Benn, Bigfork, 41-1.75PR
Zarec Couture, Ronan, 37-8
Lucas Targerson, Polson, 37-3PR
Bryce Umphrey, Mission, 36-8
Wyatt Johnson, Bigfork, 36-00
Levi Taylor, Bigfork, 35-8PR
Rueben Couture, Ronan, 34-7
Decker Milender, Clark Fork, 33-11
Jordan Gatch, Ronan, 32-11PR
Dustin Mitchell, Mission, 32-9

Girls individual results (top 10)