Meet: Greg Rice City Meet
Date: 2011-05-12MISSOULA - This time the girls took center stage at the Greg Rice City Track Meet.
Three meet records fell on Thursday - all on the girls' side - as Missoula Big Sky swept the team titles at the 31st annual spring showcase at Missoula County Stadium.
Last season, Hellgate edged Sentinel and Big Sky in the most closely contested boys' competition in meet history, snapping the Eagles' seven-year reign as city champs. On Thursday the Blue and Gold got its revenge, scoring 78 points compared to 53 for the Knights and 50 for Spartans.
The Big Sky girls, led by triple-winner Kristen Daugherty, were even more dominating as they piled up 87 points to beat second-place Sentinel (54.5) and Hellgate (39.5). It was the Eagles' fifth consecutive girls' title.
"That's 9 out of 10 for the girls and 8 out of 10 for the boys," said Big Sky coach Dan Nile of his program's recent city meet success. "That's an awful good run for us."
Daugherty, a junior, won all three of the jumps to get the Eagles jump-started. She was the defending meet champion in both the long and triple jumps, but added an elusive high jump title to the stash this spring. She soared a personal-best of 35 feet, 3 inches to win the triple jump, went 15-11 1/2 in the long jump and won a three-way tie in the high jump at 5-1 based on attempts.
"I'm feeling good about finally qualifying in the high jump," said Daugherty, who arleady reached state qualifying standards in the other two events. "I really hit a rough patch in that one this year."
Daugherty's exploits were hard to outshine, but on a sunny day Sentinel's Liz Harper and Hellgate's Paige Gilchrist gave it a shot with three individual wins apiece.
Harper, a sophomore, set a record and helped set another while winning the 200-meter dash, 100 and 300 hurdles. Her time of 44.62 seconds in the intermediate hurdles broke the old record of 45.35 set by former Big Sky standout Lindsey Hall just two years ago. Harper also helped the Spartans' 1,600 relay team set a new city record by joining up with Holly Hollinger, Amanda Jaynes and Brianna Olsen to clip the tape in 4:00.12. Harper also won the 200 in 26.20 to move into the state's top 10.
The other record was set by Gilchrist, who swept the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 titles to pull off an amazing feat in itself. She finished the 3,200 in 11:26.44 to shatter the old mark by 21 seconds, which was set by former Hellgate distance star Joan Woodbury in 1981.
The only other multiple-event winner on the girls' side was Big Sky junior Elle Tinkle, who repeated in the 400 and added a javelin title to her list of talents. Morgan Braby (100) and Laura Wemple (shot put) were the Eagles other top placers. Tinkle and Braby each ran a leg on Big Sky's steadily-improving 400 relay team.
Sentinel's Anna Pershouse repeated in the discus with a throw of 125-7, which moved her into fourth place in the state's best.
The Big Sky boys were led by senior Michael Duncan, who won three events and ran anchor on the Eagles' winning
Duncan soared 43-9 1/4 to win the triple jump and teammates Nico Graham and Weston Northrup were second and third. Duncan also won the 400 and long jump.
The Eagles also received a pair of wins in the hurdle events from Austin Lindquist (110) and Jay Owens (300). Also, Vasiliy LeMeza won the high jump and finished second to Ducan in the long jump.
Sentinel had a pair double-winners on the boys' side: senior distance runner Jake Turner (800 and 1,600) and sophomore sprinter Jake Messerly (100, 200). Turner made a push to set the meet record in the 1,600, but finished a few seconds shy of the 37-year-old record set by Hellgate's Rob Reeseman.
Messerly out-leaned Duncan at the finish line of the 100, beating the Eagles' top returner by one-hundreth of a second. But Duncan got his revenge in the 1,600 relay when the two anchor legs took turns passing each other, with the last laugh going to Duncan. Messerly helped the Spartans' winning 400 relay team by catching Hellgate at the end.
Sentinel senior Howard Juneau had his longest throw of the season to win the javelin. He tossed the spear 188-4, which is the third-best throw in the state this spring. Hellgate had a pair of repeat city champs in Adam Peterman (3,200) and Jesse Ginn (shot put). The freshmen city meet is Friday at 4 p.m. at Stegner Field. (Missoulian, May 13, 2011)
Greg Rice City Track Meet
At Missoula County Stadium
Thursday
GIRLS
Team scores: Big Sky 87, Sentinel 54.5, Hellgate 39.5.
100 - 1, Morgan Braby, BS, 12.89; 2, Natalie Zimmer, BS, 13.45; 3, Megan Daniels, Hgt, 13.52; 4, Holly Hollinger, Sent, 13.63.
200 - 1, Liz Harper, Sent, 26.20; 2, Morgan Braby, BS, 26.46; 3, Elle Tinkle, BS, 26.55; 4, Megan Daniels, Hgt, 27.56.
400 - 1, Elle Tinkle, BS, 59.37; 2, Holly Hollinger, Sent, 1:01.23; 3, Ellen Ruby, Hgt, 1:02.18; 4, Sammi Rassussen, BS, 1:05.20.
800 - 1, Paige Gilchrist, Hgt, 2:22.44; 2, Katie McKay, BS, 2:23.70; 3, Jessica Diehl, BS, 2:29.15; 4, Eryn Boyer, BS, 2:29.62.
1,600 - 1, Paige Gilchrist, Hgt, 5:24.64; 2, Breanna Jaynes, Sent, 5:31.75; 3, Taylor Rather, BS, 5:35.62; 4, Kelton Enich, BS, 5:50.01.
3,200 - 1, Paige Gilchrist, Hgt, 11:26.44 (meet record; old record: 11:47.0, Joan Woodbury, Hgt, 1981); 2, Breanna Jaynes, Sent, 12:01.21; 3, Taylor Rather, BS, 12:12.77; 4, Addie Melvin, Hgt, 2:18.62.
100 hurdles - 1, Liz Harper, Sent, 14.95; 2, Brianna Olsen, Sent, 15.69; 3, Natalie Zimmer, BS, 15.98; 4, Rachel Lindley, BS, 16.89.
300 hurdles - 1, Liz Harper, Sent, 44.62 (meet record; old record: 45.35, Lindsey Hall, BS, 2009); 2, Brianna Olsen, Sent, Sent, 46.99; 3, Jordan Walsh, BS, 49.77; 4, Rachel Lindley, BS, 50.12.
400 relay - 1, Big Sky (Brielle Rolle, Katie McKay, Elle Tinkle, Morgan Braby), 50.60; 2, Hellgate, 51.60.
1,600 relay - 1, Sentinel (Holly Hollinger, Amanda Jaynes, Liz Harper, Brianna Olsen), 4:00.12 (meet record; old record: 4:04.72, Big Sky, 2009); 2, Big Sky, 4:06.18; 3, Hellgate 4:39.78.
Javelin - 1, Elle Tinkle, BS, 108-11; 2, Raina Walther, Hgt, 108-1; 3, Morgan Lutz, Hgt, 105-11; 4, Anna Pershouse, Sent, 104-2
Shot put - 1, Laura Wemple, BS, 31-10; 2, Hana Feilzer, BS, 31-8; 3, Chloie Huerta, Hgt, 30-5.50; 4, Taylor Pfisher, Hgt, 28-9.
Discus - 1, Anna Pershouse, Sent, 125-7; 2, Natalie Schmitt, BS, 113-2; 3, Brenna Ostertag, Sent, 102-10; 4, Marissa Klaudt, BS, 101-0.
High jump - 1, Kristen Daugherty, BS, 5-1; 2, Liz Harper, Sent, 5-1; 3, Brittany Erickson, BS, 5-1; 4, Hana Feilzer, BS, 4-11.
Long jump - 1, Kristen Daugherty, BS, 15-11.50; 2, Kim Mauer, BS, 15-7.50; 3, McCall Hasquet, Sent, 15-1; Lauren Murphy, BS, 14-9.
Triple jump - 1, Kristen Daugherty, BS, 35-3; 2, Kim Mauer, BS, 32-4; 3, McCall Hasquet, Sent, 32-0; 4, Mariah McGowen, Sent, 31-9.
Pole vault - 1, (tie) Taylor Allen, Hgt, 10-0; Brianna Olsen, Sent, and Kaymi Lockhart, Hgt, 10-0; 4, Brielle Rolle, BS 9-0.
BOYS
Team scores: Big Sky 78, Hellgate 53, Sentinel 50.
100 - 1, Jake Messerly, Sent, 11.39; 2, Michael Duncan, BS, 11.40; 3, Aaron Hoppe, Hgt, 11.68; 4, Cody Adams, Hgt, 11.84.
200 - 1, Jake Messerly, Sent, 23.23; 2, Austin Hardy, BS, 23.96; 3, Aaron Hoppe, Hgt, 23.97; 4, Cody Adams, Hgt, 24.40.
400 - 1, Michael Duncan, BS, 51.35; 2, Eric Martin, Sent, 53.89; 3, Aaron Hoppe, Hgt, 54.09; Jason Plawinski, BS, 55.47.
800 - 1, Jake Turner, Sent, 2:01.20; 2, Tyler Jorgenson, Hgt, 2:06.21; 3, Ed Kapalczynski, BS, 2:06.69; 4, Ty Rather, BS, 2:07.49.
1,600 - 1, Jake Turner, Sent, 4:23.23; 2, Adam Peterman, Hgt, 4:32.87; 3, Mark Messmer, Sent, 4:42.56; 4, Drew Gottman, Hgt, 4:52.18.
3,200 - 1, Adam Peterman, Hgt, 9:58.68; 2, Taz Scariano, Hgt, 10:03.59; 3, Christopher Herrick, Hgt, 10:04.29; 4, Mark Messmer, Sent, 10:12.64.
110 hurdles - 1, Austin Lindquist, BS, 15.57; 2, Jay Owens, BS, 16.26; 3, Chris Lange, BS, 16.45; 4, Colin Dolesc, Hgt, 17.16.
300 hurdles - 1, Jay Owens, BS, 41.85; 2, Austin Lindquist, BS, 42.49; 3, Nick Propp, Sent, 43.04; 4, Colin Dolesc, Hgt, 43.45.
400 relay - 1, Sentinel (Liam Muelhausen, Jake Messerly, Nick Propp, Eric Martin) 44.20; 2, Hellgate 44.25; 3, Big Sky 45.14.
1,600 relay - 1, Big Sky (Jay Owens, Brian Wheeler, Ed Kapalczynski, Michael Duncan) 3:30.70; 2, Sentinel 3:31.94; 3, Hellgate 3:46.54.
Shot put - 1, Jesse Ginn, Hgt, 51- ½; 2, Darby Maier, BS, 48-7 ¼; 3, Ryan Stempel, BS, 41-1; 4, Jacob Moderie, Hgt, 40-6.
Discus - 1, Austin Woods, Hgt, 133-2; 2, Darby Maier, BS, 129-4; 3, Ryan Stempel, BS, 123-0; 4,
Javelin - 1, Howard Juneau, Sent, 188-4; 2, Jake Arledge, Hgt, 168-0; 3, Jesse Ginn, Hgt, 161-10.
High jump - 1, Vasiliy Lemeza, BS, 5-11; 2, P.J. Andreson, Snt, 59; 3, Cole Baker, MBS, 5-7.
Long jump - 1, Michael Duncan, BS, 21-7; 2, Vasiliy Lemeza, BS, 20-8 ¼; 3, Zach Murphy, Sent, 20-5.
Triple jump - 1, Michael Duncan, BS, 43-9 ¼; 2, Nico Graham, BS, 42-7 ½; 3, Weston Northrup, BS, 42-2.
Pole vault - 1, Ryan Hover, Hgt, 13-6; 2, JJ Gyuricza, BS, 12-6; 3, Josh Seeberger, Sent, 12-0.
ELSEWHERE
Columbia Falls-Glacier dual meet
Unscored meet
GIRLS
100 - 1, Rachel Cutler, Gla, 13.93. 2, Cierra Collier, Gla, 14.27. 3, Howell Kinzie, CF, 14.29.
200 - 1, Anna Deleray, Gla, 28.09. 2, Leah Cook, Gla, 28.65. 3, Kearsten Hedges, Gla, 29.07.
400 - 1, Kearsten Hedges, Gla, 1:02.79. 2, Cedar Jordt, CF, 1:03.74. 3, Halle Wilson, Gla, 1:04.47.
800 - 1, Heather Fraley, Gla, 2:20.52. 2, Tyryn Jacobs, Gla, 2:35.65. 3, Katie Whyte, Gla, 2:56.52.
1,600 - 1, Anna Deleray, Gla, 5:24.67. 2, Rachel Hart, Gla, 5:28.55. 3, Jinise Osborne, CF, 5:48.93.
3,200 - was not run.
100 hurdles - 1, Nicole Heavirland, Gla, 17.61. 2, Courtney Neise, CF, 19.04. 3, Alexa Cote, Gla, 19.79.
300 hurdles - 1, Lexy Boschee, Gla, 46.64. 2, Jessie Gist, CF, 50.73. 3, Mercede Erickson, Gla, 51.28.
400 relay - 1, Columbia Falls 53.28. 2, Glacier 53.37. 3, Columbia Falls 55.63.
1,600 relay - 1, Glacier 4:25.99. 2, Columbia Falls 4:29.36.
Javelin - 1, Ellen Stricker, Gla, 105-2. 2, Marnic Mann, Gla, 97-3. 3, Hope Burlage, CF, 90-10.
Shot put - 1, Brittanie Dull, Gla, 30-2 1/2. 2, Britta Wallner, Gla, 28-6. 3, Kjelseth Vollmer, Gla, 28-2 1/2.
Discus - 1, Mallare Venturini, Gla, 89-7. 2, Britta Wallner, Gla, 88-1. 3, Melissa Livingston, CF, 79-9.
High jump - 1, Leah Cook, Gla, 4-9. 2, Baylee Eisenman, Gla, 4-7. T3, Kinzie Howell, CF, 4-1. T3, Alli Dierenfield, CF, 4-1. T3, Katlyn Reynolds, CF, 4-1. T3, Julia Burgi, CF, 4-1.
Long jump - 1, Nicole Heavirland, Gla, 15-9 1/2. 2, Isabelle Gray, Gla, 15-6. 3, Laker Flores, Gla, 15-1 1/2.
Triple jump - 1, Lexy Boschee, Gla, 35-10. 2, Lindsay Carlson, Gla, 31-10 3/4. 3, Nicole Heavirland, Gla, 31-5.
Pole vault - 1, Jessie Gist, CF, 9-0. 1, Marnic Mann, Gla, 9-0. 3, Ashton Berta, CF, 6-6.
BOYS
100 - 1, Andrew Nelson, Gla, 11.55. 2, Aaron Mitchell, Gla, 11.87. 3, Anthony Correa, CF, 11.88.
200 - 1, Aaron Mitchell, Gla, 23.88. 2, Anthony Gugliuzza, Gla, 24.34. 3, Josiah Osborne, CF, 24.47.
400 - 1, Anthony Correa, CF, 51.22. 2, Jacob Leininger, Gla, 51.33. 3, Derrick Williams, CF, 51.50.
800 - 1, Ian Hollander, Gla, 2:04.16. 2, James Ratzlaff, CF, 2:15.97. 3, David Koperta, Gla, 2:22.68.
1,600 - 1, Troy Fraley, Gla, 4:35.59. 2, Richie Boyer, Gla, 4:38.69. 3, Adam Harris, Gla, 4:53.38.
3,200 - 1, Austin Dumay, CF, 11:19.05. 2, Austin Cochran, Gla, 11:55.06. 3, Adam Harris, Gla, 11:55.11.
110 hurdles - 1, Jacob Leininger, Gla, 14.82. 2, Trevor, Wobschall, CF, 17.01. 3, Warren Berry, CF, 17.68.
300 hurdles - 1, Kodiak Gimbel, CF, 41.87. 2, Adam Cebulla, Gla, 43.40. 3, Nathan Connell, Gla, 44.53.
400 relay - 1, Glacier 43.99. 2, Columbia Falls 45.24. 3, Glacier 45.60.
1,600 relay - 1, Columbia Falls 3:32.98. 2, Glacier 3:45.13. 3, Glacier 3:49.66.
Javelin - 1, Todd Ogden, Gla, 175-7. 2, Colton Harkins, Gla, 163-9. 3, Jacob Tudahl, Gla, 161-7.
Shot put - 1, Marshall Boyland, Gla, 45-2. 2, Daniel Jones, CF, 45-0. 3, Joel Horn, Gla, 44-7 1/2.
Discus - 1, Tanner Morrison, Gla, 172-3. 2, Daniel Jones, CF, 153-6. 3, Jacob Tudahl, Gla, 136-3.
High jump - 1, Shane Freese, Gla, 6-7. 2, Rial Gunlikson, Gla, 5-7. T3, Markie Reiten, CF, 5-1. T3, Conner Williams, CF, 5-1. T3, Kevin Malloy, Gla, 5-1.
Long jump - 1, Shane Freese, Gla, 20-7 3/4. 2, Markie Reiten, CF, 20-7 1/2. 3, Rial Gunlikson, Gla, 19-6 1/2.
Triple jump - 1, Trey Griffith, Gla, 40-11 1/4. 2, Matt Iavicoli, Gla, 40-6. 3, Shane Freese, Gla, 40-4.
Pole vault - 1, Josiah Bumgarner, Gla, 12-6. T2, Trevor Fehrenbach, CF, 10-6. T2, Lonnie Sherman, Gla, 10-6.