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CONFERENCE TRACKSTERS DO WELL AT TOP TEN MEET IN MISSOULA!
West's best: Weather cooperates as records fall
It was tough to figure what was better about the 10th annual Russ Pilcher Top 10 meet at Missoula County Stadium: The competition or the weather.
Shows' mark isn't officially a record, since the electronic timing device was off-line and everything was hand-timed. But after coming back later to hold off Polson standout Logan Torgison on the straightaway and win the 800, he'll take the trade-off. “It's fun - it was good to have guys pushing me all the way,” said Shows, who ran 1:58.7 in the 800. “Usually it's about 200 meters and I've made the stagger up. Here I was catching guys on the last corner. “I just followed him (Torgison). I knew he was fast, and he did well in the 1,600. I wanted to just follow him and see if I could out-kick him at the end. And it worked.” Torgison won the 1,600 in a rapid 4:24.4, continuing a territorial pattern of sorts. Shows and fellow Class C athlete Justin Clark of Sheridan swept the 100 through the 800, while the distances went to Class A athletes Torgison and Drew Coco of Whitefish (9:48.2 to win the 1,600). The relays went to AA teams Helena and Helena Capital, and Dalton Sybrant of Class A Corvallis swept the discus and shot put. Libby's Seth Wright won the high jump while Whiltefish's Aaron Tkachyk won the long jump, and Alberton's James Wemple struck another blow for Class C with a victory in the triple jump. Class B was represented by Brian Schenavar of Thompson Falls, who cleared 14 feet, 6 inches to win the pole vault, and Troy's Aaron Palmer, who won the javelin at 185-9. That left the boys' hurdles, which were a Missoula Big Sky sweep: Mike Devlin won the 110 highs in a personal-best 14.8, and Lane Hamilton in the 300 hurdles. It's been a gratifying season so far for Devlin, who fought a knee injury last spring and nearly bagged would seems to be his signature event. “I didn't make state last year and it was kind of tough to take - going from a sophomore placing at state to not placing at all,” said the senior. “It was kind of hard to stay focused after that. But then I ran our first race this year and went 15.2. I was pretty surprised. “Since then I've been working my butt off.” Hamilton was third in the high hurdles, and Big Sky's success continued on the girls' side with Melissa Jenkins, who swept the 200 and 400 - the latter in record time - along with hurdler Lindsey Hall, discus thrower Becka Moderie and vaulter Allison Huguet. Hall got out of the gates fast to hold off Florence's Katie Niemeir in the high hurdles, though the Falcon standout came back to win the 300 hurdles. Jenkins shook off a third-place finish in the 100 meters, behind Townsend's Carrie Myers and Furrer, to run the 400 in 58.3. She had to outduel Sentinel's Chantelle Grey down the stretch. “She does that,” Jenkins said of Grey, who also was third in the 800. “She's a good runner for that. “That's just typical me running the 400, I guess. I hit the wall right around there (the final turn). Definitely Chantelle came on strong and she ran a great race. But I didn't want to lose, I guess, after that 100.” Furrer supplied the biggest surprise, going 17-5 fi in the long jump. Her best jump coming in was 15-10, but she supplanted the likes of Butte's Sarah McGree. “Usually when I have pressure, like Melissa Jenkins or her (McGree), it gives me the drive I need,” said Furrer. Furrer, who struggled with a bad foot last spring, also anchored Hellgate's short relay, which also ran under the meet standard. Polson's long relay kept its string going, improving to 3-0 on this weather-shortened season. The Pirates did it with a couple of their faster kids - Merilee Mowbray and Sierra Pete - out with injuries. They were unbeaten in the 1,600 relay last season. Repeat winners abounded. Jenkins won the 400 for second straight year and the 200 for the third straight time. Missoula Sentinel's Asia Graham won a triple jump crown to go with the one she took home in 2006. Caitlin Stone of Seeley-Swan won the 3,200 a third straight year, though she didn't repeat in the 1,600. That race went to Butte's Keli Dennehy, who won the 800 a year ago. Dennehy finished second to Hamilton's Misha Trotter in the 800 on Tuesday. Butte's Gwenn Abbott matched the meet record in the high jump, clearing 5-4, while Plains' Ashton Vulles won the javelin and Ennis' Taylor McNally decisively won the shot put. All in all it was a surprisingly good day, in more ways than one. “I didn't come in here thinking there'd be any records,” offered Jenkins, who's been battling a sore quadriceps. “I was kind of nervous about getting in shape and what-not. But it ended up working out well.” Russ Pilcher Top 10 meet At Missoula County Stadium Tuesday (Non-scoring meet) BOYS 100 - 1, Justin Clark, Shr, 11.20; 2, Jonny Dilworth, Ftnb, 11.30; 3, Chris VanHorssen, Hel, 11.31; 4, Justin Montelius, MBS, 11.32; 4, Dylan Lang, Hel, 11.33; 6, Andrew Hawe, But, 11.34. 200 - 1, Justin Clark, Shr, 23.2; 2 (tie), Bryce Carver, Dil, and Andrwe Whitaker, Bfk, 23.5; 4, Drew Owens, MBS, 23.7; 5, Nick Trapp, Hel, 23.8; 6, Makenzy Kelch, RSI, 23.9. 400 - 1, Bryce Shows, Enn, 49.8 (meet record; old record 49.9, Skylar Perry, Charlo, 2000); 2, Zach Rowan, Lib, 50.4; 3, Pressley Armstrong, Eur, 50.6; 4, Bryce Carver, Dil, 51.4; 5, David Repke, Sup, 51.6; 5, Andrew Hawe, But, 52.2. 800 - 1, Bryce Shows, Enn, 1:58.7; 2, Logan Torgison, Pol, 1:59.4; 3, Wyatt Lawrence, Ham, 2:00.5; 4, Chris Mai, Vic, 2:00.7; 5, Ben Jessop, Ham, 2:01.2; 6, Jeff Bucholz, Cha, 2:01.4. 1,600 - 1, Logan Torgison, Pol, 4:24.4; 2, Rob Brooks, Snt, 4:28.6; 3, Drew Coco, Wtf, 4:33.6; 4, Paul Abrahamson, Dar, 4:33.69; 5, Ethan Schrader, But, 4:33.7; 6, Chris Mai, Vic, 4:36.8. 3,200 - 1, Drew Coco, Wtf, 9:48.2; 2, Rob Brooks, Snt, 9:49.6; 3, Jake Roske, Hgt, 9:52.3; 4, Paul Abrahamson, Dar, 10:04.3; 5, Dan Hamilton, Snt, 10:09.7; 6, Logan Norris, Dil, 10:12.6. 110 hurdles - 1, Mike Devlin, MBS, 14.80; 2, Matt Miller, Cap, 14.90; 3, Lane Hamilton, MBS, 15.00; 4, Slater Powell, Cor, 15.01; 5, Kyle Beto, Cap, 15.10; 6, Seth Long, Cap, 15.11. 300 hurdles - 1, Lane Hamilton, MBS, 39.9; 2, Dustin Hover, Hgt, 40.0; 3, Drew Owens, MBS, 40.3; 4, Tel Reynolds, Dru, 40.4; 5, Slater Powell, Cor, 40.9; 6, Josh Stuberg, Hel, 41.1. 400 relay - 1, Hellgate (Dylan Lang, Chris VanHorssen, Josh Stuberg, Nick Trapp) 43.5; 2, Big Sky 43.8; 3, Sentinel 44.3; 4, Butte 44.6; 5, Hamilton 45.0, 6, Columbia Falls 45.01. 1,600 relay - 1, Helena Capital (Matt Miller, Seth Long, Dustin Williams, Casey Lamping) 3:27.1; 2, Libby 3:31.5; 3, Hellgate 3:31.6; 4, Charlo 3:33.7; 5, Dillon 3:34.8; 6, Corvallis, 3:35.2. Discus - 1, Dalton Sybrant, Cor, 168-1; 2, Brian Maus, Snt, 157-3; 3, Josh Leonard, Hel, 156-11; 3, Chris Jessop, Cor, 154-3; 4, Luke Truman, Eur, 153-0; 6, Trent Thompson, Pla, 151-11. Shot put - 1, Dalton Sybrant, Cor, 54-8; 2, Beau Donaldson, MBS, 53-4; 3, David Phillips, DL, 50-11; 4, Nick Clark, Shr, 50-10; 5, Jason Shaw, TF, 49-9; 5, Zach Balcolm, LSH, 49-5. Javelin - 1, Aaron Palmer, Troy, 185-9; 2, Ty Rogers, Snt, 179-8; 3, Jason Flemmer, TF, 176-3; 4, Tanner Newell, Eur, 172-7; 5, Canyon Parcell, SS, 168-2; 6, Mitch Thompson, Pla, 166-3. High jump - 1, Seth Wright, Lib, 6-4; 2, Chase Fairbanks, CF, 6-2; 3, Matt Block, Ftn, 6-2; 4 (tie), Travis Johns, MBS, and Dillon Fryxell, Pla, 6-0; 6, Willie Roche, Wtf, 6-0. Long jump - 1, Aaron Tkachyk, Wtf, 21-1fi; 2, Thane Palmer, MBS, 20-3; 3, James Wemple, Alb, 19-10�; 4, Tyler Wilde, Ftn, 19-8�; 5, Willie Roche, Wtf, 19-6/; 6, Scott Harper, Troy, 19-4�. Triple jump - 1, James Wemple, Alb, 42-2fi; 2, Mike Devlin, MBS, 41-9/; 3, Seth Wright, Lib, 41-8�; 4, Canyon Parcell, SS, 41-3/; 5, Aaron Palmer, Troy, 41-0; 6, Tyler Wilde, Ftn, 40-9fi. Pole vault - 1, Brian Schenavar, TF, 14-6; 2, Kelly Wardel, Cap, 13-6; 3, Justin Maes, Hel, 13-0; 4, Ryan Kelley, Pol, 13-0; 5, Neil Mannix, Dru, 12-6; 6, Bryan Trimbo, MBS, 12-6. GIRLS 100 - 1, Carrie Myers, Twn, 12.8; 2, Bobbi Furrer, Hgt, 12.9; 3, Melissa Jenkins, MBS, 13.0; 4, Whitney Henderson, Cor, 13.1; 5, Ashley Kelley, But, 13.11; 6, Morgan Braby, MBS, 13.12. 200 - 1, Melissa Jenkins, MBS, 26.2; 2, Sarah McGree, But, 26.4; 3, Bobbi Furrer, Hgt, 26.7; 4, Molly Briggeman, Hgt, 27.0; 5, Michelle Jones, Ham, 27.1; 6, Jayna Zerkovich, But, 27.3. 400 - 1, Melissa Jenkins, MBS, 58.3 (meet record: old record 58.42, Erin Clark, Frenchtown, 2006); 2, Chantelle Grey, Snt, 58.6; 3, Whitney Henderson, Cor, 59.2; 4, Breanne Kelley, Pol, 59.8; 5, Chloe Palakovich, Wtf, 60.6; 6, Nicole Davey, Pol, 60.9. 800 - 1, Misha Trotter, Ham, 2:18.4; 2, Keli Dennehy, But, 2:19.7; 3, Chantelle Grey, Snt, 2:24.6; 4, Laura Kuennen, Wtf, 2:25.3; 5, Emily Howell, Hgt, 2:26.4; 6, Jordan Audet, Twn, 2:30.4 1,600 - 1, Keli Dennehy, But, 5:12.1; 2, Caitlin Stone, SS, 5:14.0; 3, Laura Kuennen, Wtf, 5:24.6; 3, Kayla Carlson, Bgf, 5:27.6; 5, Mara Menehan, Hel, 5:31.0; 6, Jordan Audet, Twn, 5:33.4. 3,200 - 1, Caitlin Stone, SS, 11:17.2; 3, Korie Tornick, MBS, 12:13.5; 3, Skye Miner, But, 12:20.9; 4, Bailey Eaton, Wtf, 12:27.9; 5, Sarah Coonce, MBS, 12:28.6; 6, Franki Romano, Ham, 12:31.4. 100 hurdles - 1, Lindsey Hall, MBS, 15.1; 2, Katie Niemeir, Flo, 15.4; 3, Sarah McGree, But, 15.5; 4, Gwenn Abbott, But, 15.8; 5, Breanne Kelley, Pol, 15.9; 6, Malorie Knoll, Bfk, 16.1. 300 hurdles - 1, Katie Niemeir, Flo, 46.6; 2, Christa Redcrow, Pol, 46.9; 3, Malorie Knoll, Bfk, 47.0; 4, Michelle Jones, Ham, 47.7; 5, Catelyn Lower, Hgt, 48.0; 6, Gwenn Abbott, But, 48.01. 400 relay - 1, Hellgate (Molly Briggeman, Catelyn Lower, Lindsey Greytak, Bobbi Furrer) 50.3 (meet record: old record 50.46, Whitefish, 2004); 2, Butte 51.0; 3, Sentinel 51.3; 4, Helena 51.6; 5, Polson 51.7; 6, Florence 51.8. 1,600 relay - 1, Polson (Nicole Davey, Katie Finley, Breanna Kelley, Christa Redcrow) 4:05.8 (meet record: old record 4:06.86, Hamilton, 2007); 2, Hamilton 4:06.4; 3, Florence 4:12.4; 4, Hellgate 4:13.9; 5, Whitefish 4:15.9; 6, Townsend 4:17.6. Discus - 1, Becka Moderie, MBS, 120-1; 2, Hannah Hart, MBS, 119-9; 3, Kiandra Rajala, Hgt, 119-1; 4, Tasia Kain, MBS, 117-4; 5, Sarah Feilzer, MBS, 116-9; 6, Taylor McNally, Enn, 114-8. Shot put - 1, Taylor McNally, Enn, 41-2; 2, Brianne Stergar-Holland, But, 38-5fi; 3, Kiandra Rajala, Hgt, 37-11; 24, Christian Medieros, LSH, 37-10; 5, Stephanie Murphy, Cha, 36-1; 6, Chelsea Bagnell, Ftn, 34-10. Javelin - 1, Ashton Vulles, Pla, 125-10; 2, Kalli McCloskey, But, 123-2; 3, Abbi Hoerning, Dil, 120-1; 4, Katie Gannon, Hgt, 119-3; 5, Rebecca Robinson, But, 119-0; 6, Mariah Cress, Dar, 116-8. High jump - 1, Gwenn Abbott, But, 5-4 (tied meet record of Amy Flaig, Sentinel, 2000); 2, Jesse Gilligan, MBS, 5-2; 3, Amy McLaughlin, MBS, 5-2; 4 (tie), Tasha Huset, Ftn, and Lindsey Hall, MBS, 5-0; 6, Jordyn Pillatzki, Hel, 5-0. Long jump - 1, Bobbi Furrer, Hgt, 17-5fi (meet record: ol record 17-2, Sarah McGree, Butte, 2007); 2, Sarah McGreen, But, 16-8fi; 3, Missy DeWalt, Dar, 15-4/; 4, Christa Redcrow, Pol, 15-2; 5, Hailey Farmin, Wtf, 14-9; 6, Delaware Hansen, Twn, 14-8fi. Triple jump - 1, Asia Graham, Sent, 36-4�; 2, Lindsey Hall, MBS, 34-8fi; 3, Jordan Pfau, Arl, 34-4; 4, Missy DeWalt, Dar, 33-7fi; 5, Brekka Johnson, Ste, 33-5fi; 6, Sweedman, Lib, 32-3fi. Pole vault - 1, Allison Huguet, MBS, 10-0; 2, Mandy Evenson, Hel, 10-0; 3, Alex May-Fraser, Hel, 9-6; 4, Nicole Davey, Pol, 9-6; 5, Tara Johnson, Pol, 9-0; 6 (tie), Sarah Stickney, But, and Emily Stoltz, CF, 9-0.
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