Chris Peterson
Havre Daily News
cpeterson@havredailynews.com
It was a beautiful spring day at the start of the Chinook Invitational track and field meet, but by mid-day the sky was covered with threatening clouds.
Oon the cold dim afternoon, one star did manage to shine through the clouds. That star was Big Sandy's Kourtney Danreuther.
Danreuther was an instant star when she burst onto the high school track scene a little over a month ago and with every event her legend grows.
On Saturday at the Havre Middle School Track, the Chinook Invitational was no different, as Danreuther once again showed why she is quickly ascending into a class all by herself.
Danreuther took home five first-place finishes on Saturday highlighted by a three-and-a-half-second victory in the 300-meter hurdles. She also took home first place in the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash, the 110-meter hurdles and the long jump.
“She is a special athlete,” Chinook head coach Mark Roseberry said. “It is amazing to watch her. It would be tough trying to choose what five events to put her in because someone like her could probably win just about any event she entered into. She is that good. “She can do things as a freshman that juniors and seniors have been trying to do for three or four years,” Roseberry added “It's all just very natural for her. She has such a great stride and she just has great natural instincts. All long as she continues to work hard and stay healthy there is no telling how good she can become.”
While Danreuther stole the spotlight, she was not the only girl to put on an impressive performance. Brianne Wolfe of Chester/J-I also had quite a day, winning both the 400-meter dash and the 800-meter run as well as being the anchor on C/J-I's first-place team in the 1600-meter relay.
Crystal Roseberry of Chinook was another girl who had an outstanding individual performance on Saturday. Roseberry took first-place honors in both the triple jump and the 3200-meter run, and she also finished second in the long jump behind Danreuther.
“Crystal did a really nice job for our team,” Roseberry said. “She did really well in both the triple jump and the long jump. She also took first place in the 3200 even though she doesn't normally do that event.
“She usually does the 200-meter dash, but she missed the event, so she just jumped into the 3200,” he added. “It was nice to see her jump in and compete in an event she isn't familiar with.”
On the boys side of things, the Big Sandy Pioneers dominated the competition with eight first-place finishes and many other top-six finishes on the afternoon.
Kyle Danreuther capped off a great day in the Danreuther family with first-place finishes in both the 110-meter hurdles and the 300-meter hurdles as well as a second-place finish in the 400-meter dash.
Karl Osterman also had a solid individual performance for the Pioneers taking home first place in the 200-meter dash and the 400-meter dash. Osterman also finished second in the 100-meter dash. Other first-place finishes for the Pioneers included Laurence Jappe in the long jump and Darin Ray in the 1600-meter run. The Pioneers also finished first in the 400-meter relay.
Other top individual performances included Curtis Darrah of Malta, who finished first in the 800-meter run, third in the 400-meter dash and fourth in the 100-meter dash. Cody Donoven had a solid day for North Star grabbing first place in the javelin and finishing in fifth place in the 100-meter dash.
“I thought that our kids did a good job of coming out and competing hard,” Roseberry said. “We are just really young and we are trying to develop and get stronger. If you look at a team like Big Sandy, both their boys and girls, they don't have a ton of kids on their team, but every single kid that shows up scores points. We have some kids that will make it out of districts and probably even divisionals, but at this point we just don't have a lot of depth and that is something that will only come after we get some more experience.”
Chinook Invitational
Boys
(no team scores)
100 - Ryan Pokorny, Big Sandy, 11.01; Karl Osterman, BS, 11.28; Lawrence Jappe, BS, 11.47; Curtis Darrah, Malta, 11.55; Sean Dailey, Chester-Joplin-Inverness, 11.65; Trent Moran, MAL, 11.65.
200 - Karl Osterman, BS, 23.18; Scott Griffiths, Simms, 23.61; Trent Moran, MAL, 23.72; Sean Dailey, C-J-I, 24.16; Ryan Flatt, MAL, 24.40; Gert Marais, Fort Benton, 24.44.
400 - Karl Osterman, BS, 52.70; Kyle Danreuther, BS, 53.70; Curtis Darrah, MAL, 54.50; Alex Frey, North Star, 55.30; Cody Donoven, NS, 55.60; Trent Moran, MAL, 55.70.
800 - Curtis Darrah, MAL, 2:08.80; Caleb Brown, C-J-I, 2:09.86; Darin Ray, BS, 2:12.57; Marshall Harms, MAL, 2:18.95; Andy Keim, Havre JV, 2:19.31; Jordan Maddox, Chinook, 2:21.75.
1,600 - Darin Ray, BS, 4:52.60; Caleb Brown, C-J-I, 4:57.20; Andy Keim, HJV, 5:04.90; Clay Nottingham, HJV, 5:13.00; Jon Sheehy, BS, 5:16.20; Cory Britton, BS, 5:17.80.
3,200 - Anthony Markuson, C-J-I, 11:48.90; Jon Sheehy, BS, 11:58.33; Carlos Morales, Harlem, 12:09.78; John Fauerback, C-J-I, 12:21.53; Logan Fouts, Turner, 12:38.52; Collin Jendro, CHI, 12:45.91.
400 relay - Big Sandy, 45.50; Malta, 47.20; North Star, 48.00; Chester-Joplin-Inverness, 48.30; Fort Benton, 48.80; Harlem, 49.00.
1,600 relay - Malta, 3:48.90; Chester-Joplin-Inverness, 3:51.66; Fort Benton, 4:03.29; Malta Blue, 4:13.74; Chinook, 4:19.40; Havre JV, 4:20.05.
110 hurdles - Kyle Danreuther, BS, 15.53; Kevin May, C-J-I, 16.00; Cody Donoven, NS, 16.10; Scott Griffiths, SIM, 16.90; Vance Bigby, HAR, 17.00; Matt VanWinkle, MAL, 17.30.
300 hurdles - Kyle Danreuther, BS, 41.00; Cody Donoven, NS, 42.20; Scott Griffiths, SIM, 42.30; Kevin May, C-J-I, 42.80; Cody Jurenka, NS, 43.90; Vance Bigby, HAR, 44.00.
Long jump - Lawrence Jappe, BS, 20-10; Ron Williamson, Hays-Lodge pole, 20-8; Kyle Danreuther, BS, 19-5; Kameron Gilham, HAR, 19-4; Karl Osterman, BS, 18-11; Matthew Squires, FB, 18-5.
Shot put - Ethan Tweet, FB, 45-3; Rick Haluszka, HAR, 42-9; Mike Miller, CHI, 41-3; Logan Sims, MAL, 40-1; Casten Heppner, BS, 38-4; John Werk, HAR, 37-11.
Discus - Casten Heppner, BS, 128-10; Ethan Tweet, FB, 120-; Logan Sims, MAL, 119-5; Spencer Fischer, C-J-I, 118-6; Kameron Gilham, HAR, 117-10; Mike Miller, CHI, 113-10.
Triple jump - Kameron Gilham, HAR, 39-5; Peter Engebretson, MAL, 37-8; Charles Rider, HAR, 37-; Charlie Diemert, C-J-I, 36-7; Chase Pimley, C-J-I, 36-5; Brandon Farwick, FB, 36-3.
Javelin - Cody Donoven, NS, 153-0; Lawrence Jappe, BS, 149-9; Brian Tatafu, MAL, 145-5; Gert Marais, FB, 144-8; Tyler Han, C-J-I, 139-4; Zach Webb, MAL, 138-11.
High jump - Ron Williamson, H-L, 5-8; Branden Melby, NS, 5-8; Matthew Squires, FB, 5-6; Alex Frey, NS, 5-6; Clayton Kill Eagle, Dodson, 5-4; Brandon Farwick, FB, 5-4.
Pole vault - Alex Chvilicek, NS, 11-0; Garrett Graff, C-J-I, 10-6; Anthony Markuson, C-J-I, 10-0; Jeff Handley, MAL, 10-0; Josh Beaudry, NS, 9-0; Ethan Hinebauch, HJV, 9-0.
Girls
(no team scores)
100 - Kourtney Danreuther, Big Sandy, 12.40; Daina Kolstad, Chester-Joplin-Inverness, 12.70; Ginger Singer, Fort Benton, 13.40; Brooklynn Berg, Malta, 13.63; Megan Warren, North Star, 13.70; Brittany Ennis, Havre JV, 13.80.
200 - Kourtney Danreuther, BS, 25.23; Daina Kolstad, C-J-I, 26.53; Brittney Kolstad, C-J-I, 27.10; Brooklynn Berg, MAL, 28.71; Ginger Singer, FB, 28.74; Addison Floren, HJV, 29.18.
400 - Brianne Wolfe, C-J-I, 1:02.90; Kylee Denham, MAL, 1:04.50; Lyndsey Oraw, C-J-I, 1:07.60; Morgan Darlington, BS, 1:10.00; Tara Slover, MAL, 1:12.50; Jessica Aparicio, MAL, 1:13.40.
800 - Brianne Wolfe, C-J-I, 2:34.20; Kylee Denham, MAL, 2:43.29; Cassie Nez Perce, MAL, 2:54.59; Maces Shaw, FB, 2:56.09; Emily Ulgenes, HJV, 2:56.95; Ashlee Kinsella, HJV, 2:57.82.
1,600 - Morgan Darlington, BS, 6:17.00; Cassie Nez Perce, MAL, 6:22.93; Amanda Hedstrom, HJV, 6:29.06; Jaleesa Barthel, HJV, 6:29.19; Ashlee Kinsella, HJV, 6:33.44; Shelby Cochran, Hays-Lodge pole, 6:40.02.
3,200 - Crystal Roseberry, Chinook, 13:55.50; Amanda Hedstrom, HJV, 13:57.64; Mindy Liese, Turner, 15:07.60.
400 relay - Chester-Joplin-Inverness, 53.70; Malta, 55.70; Fort Benton, 57.40; Havre JV, 58.00; Malta Blue, 59.70; North Star, 1:02.40.
1,600 relay - Chester-Joplin-Inverness, 4:25.80; Malta, 4:43.60; Havre JV, 4:54.50; Malta Blue, 4:57.20; Fort Benton, 4:59.90.
100 hurdles - Kourtney Danreuther, BS, 15.30; Brittney Kolstad, C-J-I, 16.80; Daina Kolstad, C-J-I, 16.90; Cassie Black, MAL, 17.71; Ginger Singer, FB, 17.90; Akasha Weston, MAL, 18.00.
300 hurdles - Kourtney Danreuther, BS, 44.80; Daina Kolstad, C-J-I, 48.20; Ginger Singer, FB, 52.00; Brittney Kolstad, C-J-I, 52.20; Lyndsey Oraw, C-J-I, 52.60; Cassie Black, MAL, 52.70.
Long jump - Kourtney Danreuther, BS, 17-2_; Crystal Roseberry, CHI, 16-7_; Megan Warren, NS, 14-11_; Lexi Lybeck, C-J-I, 14-11_; Kylee Denham, MAL, 14-9_; Krista Johnson, CHI, 14_.
Shot put - Brooklynn Berg, MAL, 31-9; Jessica Henry, MAL, 31-7; Natasha Dyrland, NS, 31-6_; Parker Rokki, Box Elder, 31-4; Lynette Score, MAL, 30-10; Hannah Pimley, C-J-I, 30-8_.
Discus - Laci Keller, BS, 111-9_; Bailey Skones, MAL, 95-10; Natasha Dyrland, NS, 95-3; Stump Rainbow, Rocky Boy, 93-9; Rosa Horne, HJV, 91-7_; Katlynn Lindsey, FB, 89-10_.
Triple jump - Crystal Roseberry, CHI, 34-3_; Lexi Lybeck, C-J-I, 31-5_; Brianna Tatafu, MAL, 31-3_; Krista Johnson, CHI, 30-6_; Lyndsey Oraw, C-J-I, 30-0; Molly Brown, C-J-I, 29-10_.
Javelin - Courtney Wendland, NS, 115-0; Allison Grant, NS, 112-8; Natasha Dyrland, NS, 111-4; Jessica Henry, MAL, 94-11; Becky Paulsen, CHI, 94-6; Shersteen Cline, BS, 94-6.
High jump - Kate Vosen, BS, 4-8; Hannah Pimley, C-J-I, 4-8; Molly Brown, C-J-I, 4-6; Kylee Denham, MAL, 4-6; (tie) Natasha Dyrland, NS, Keeley Lavery, NS, and Ali Wienke, MAL, 4-6.
Pole vault - Tia Pester, NS, 8-6; Andrea Mack, HJV, 6-6; Shari Nelson, HJV, 6-0.
