Delaney and Qualtier champions in Frenchtown
The Track and Field season got started in western Montana with the Frenchtown Invitational on Thursday, March 28. Hamilton won both the boys and girls team titles at the event, while the Ronan boys placed sixth as a team in the meet, and the Polson girls placed sixth as well.
Polson’s Morgan Delaney won the 1,600-meter run (5:25.23) and took second in the 800-meter run (2:32.57).
The Pirates' Amelia Stene was second in the 100-meter dash (13.13) and seventh in the 200-meter dash (27.72). Teammate Isabel Seeley was eighth in the 1,600-meter run (5:56.83) and fourth in the 3,200-meter run (12:44.57). Adison Carlson was ninth in the 1,600-meter run (6:00.27)
In the relay races, Polson’s 4x100 team of Aleysia Black, Ross Bishop, Keira Owen, and Amelia Stene took fifth (54.97), and its 4x400 team of Stene, Owen, Adison Carlson and Delaney took third (4:44.49). Ronan’s 4x400 relay team of Leona Dodson Howe, Lauryn Buhr, Maddy Illig, and Sarah Templer took sixth (4:47.05).
On the boys' side, Ronan’s Wade Qualtier was a champion in the 300-meter hurdles (45.45). The Chief’s Tayen Edmo was fourth in the 800-meter run (2:09.20), while Polson’s David DiGiallonardo was sixth (2:10.02). In the 1,600-meter run, DiGiallonardo was fourth (4:46.17), and Edmo was ninth (4:56.15).
Polson’s Gus Hertz was fifth in the 400-meter run (56.04), while teammate Anthony Lichtenberg placed seventh (56.81) and Ashten Nelson was eighth (57.27).
In the 3,200-meter run, Ronan’s Jacob Piapot was seventh (11:05.50), and teammate Tino Silva was ninth in the 110-meter hurdles (20.83).
In the relays, Ronan’s 4x400 team of Wade Qualtier, Tayen Edmo, Jacob Piapot and Trey Samsel was second (3:51.35). Ronan’s 4x100 team of Connor Durglo, Trey Samsel, Wade Qualtier and Kolby Finley was ninth (47.01).
In the field events, Polson’s Astin Brown was third in the shotput (48-1) and second in the discus throw (141-7.5). Ronan’s Masyn Wayman was 12th in the discus (117-4).
Ronan’s Kolby Finley was fourth in the pole vault (10-0), while Wade Qualtier was fifth in the long jump (19-10) and Connor Durglo was seventh (19-7). Durglo was also third in the triple jump (39-4), while Tino Silva was sixth (37-5.5)
2024 Frenchtown Invitational
Thursday, March 28
GIRLS
Team scores
1, Hamilton 120; 2, Havre 93; 3, Broadwater 89; t4, Corvallis 79.5; t4, Frenchtown 79.5; 6, Polson 47; 7, Florence 28; 8, Superior 20.5; 9, Valley Christian 19; 10, Three Forks 18.5; 11, Darby 17; 12, Thompson Falls 16; 13, Seeley-Swan 14; t14, Sheridan 6; t14, Drummond 6; 16, Cascade 5; 17, Ronan 3; t18, St Regis 1, t18, Stevensville 1; (JV): 3jv, Ronan JV 60; 9jv, Two Eagle River 20; t11jv, Polson 11.
Individual events, Mission Valley
100 – 2, Amelia Stene (Pol) 13.13; 4jv, Jodessa McGreevey (TER) 14.88;
200 – 7, Amelia Stene (Pol) 27.72; 3jv, Jodessa McGreevey (TER) 29.92;
400 – 3jv, Jodessa McGreevey (TER) 1:09.40; 4jv, Kiera Owen (Pol) 1:10.18; 6jv, Aleysia Black (Pol) 1:12.60;
800 – 2, Morgan Delaney (Pol) 2:32.57; 6, Adi Carlson (Pol) 2L39.90;
1600 – 1, Morgan Delaney (Pol) 5:25.23; 8, Isabel Seeley (Pol) 5:56.83; 9, Adison Carlson (Pol) 6:00.27.
3200 – 4, Isabel Seeley (Pol) 12:44.57;
4x100 – 5, Polson (Aleysia Black, Ross Bishop, Keira Owen, Amelia Stene) 54.97; 10, Ronan (Lauryn Buhr, Leona Dodson Howe, Maddy Illig, Sarah Templer) 57.75;
4x400– 3, Polson (Amelia Stene, Keira Owen, Addison Carlson, Morgan Delaney) 4:44.49; 6, Ronan (Leona Dodson Howe, Lauryn Buhr, Maddy Illig, Sarah Templer) 4:47.05;
HJ – 1jv, Maddy Illig 4-6;
LJ – 1jv, Leona Dodson Howe (Ron) 13-8; 3jv, Maddy Illig (Ron) 13-1;
BOYS
Team scores
1, Hamilton 118.33; 2, Corvallis 87; 3, Frenchtown 60; 4, Drummond 45.5; 5, Havre 45; 6, Ronan 44.5; 7, Cascade 35.16; 8, Polson 35; 9, Three Forks 27; 10, Broadwater 26; t11, Valley Christian 25; t11, Florence 25; 13, Superior 23.5; 14, Missoula Loyola 15; 15, Noxon 14; t16, Mullan 8; t16, Seeley-Swan 8; t16,Thompson Falls 8; 19, Powell County 6; 20, Darby 4; 21, St. Regis 3; 6jv, Ronan JV 58.75; 7jv, Polson JV 38.
Individual events (Mission Valley)
100 – 4jv, Ezra FastHorse (Pol) 12.55;
400 – 5, Gus Hertz (Pol) 56.04; 7, Anthony Lichtenberg (Pol) 56.81; 8, Ashten Nelson (Pol) 57.27;
800 – 4, Tayen Edmo (Ron) 2:09.20; 6, David DiGiallonardo (Pol) 2:10.02;
1600 – 4, David DiGiallonardo (Pol) 4:46.17; 9, Tayen Edmo (Ron) 4:56.15;
3200 – 7, Jacob Piapot (Ron) 11:05.50;
110H – 9, Tino Silva (Ron) 20.83;
300H – 1, Wade Qualtier (Ron) 45.45;
4x100 – 9, Ronan (Connor Durglo, Trey Samsel, Wade Qualtier, Kolby Finley) 47.01;
4x400 – 2, Ronan (Wade Qualtier, Tayen Edmo, Jacob Piapot, Trey Samsel) 3:51.35; 1jv, Ronan JV (Will Normandeau, Siouxpixm Qualtier, Oliver Rowe, Layton Burland) 3:57.44; 3, Polson A (Anthony Lichtenberg, Jesse Kimball, Jesse Vail, David DiGiallonardo) 4:01.60; 10, Polson B (Ezra FastHorse, Achilles Moroney, Tommy Williams, Tommy Sherry) 4:22.03;
SP – 3, Astin Brown (Pol) 48-1;
DT – 2, Astin Brown (Pol) 141-7.5; 12, Masyn Wayman (Ron) 117-4;
PV – 4, Kolby Finley (Ron) 10-0;
LJ – 5, Wade Qualtier (Ron) 19-10; 7, Connor Durglo (Ron) 19-7;
TJ – 3, Connor Durglo (Ron) 39-4; 6, Tino Silva (Ron) 37-5.5.