By Tiffany L. Rehbein
The defending State Class C champion KG KouGar boys' track team tallied points in every event en route to their 324-point District 9C track title.
"It was exciting," KG head track coach Paul Anderson said. "It was amazing they scored quite a few points. The most important thing is we moved a bunch of kids on to divisionals."
Eighteen kids to be exact.
Eric Marshall placed first in the 100 and 200 meters. He set a new meet record in the 100 with a time of 11.1. The former record was 11.30 set in 1985 by Chris Kline of Blue Sky and James Al of KG.
The KouGars dominated the 100, placing five athletes in the top six in the race. Only Blue Sky's Jeromy O'Neil broke up the KouGar pack with a third-place finish.
Marshall won the 200 with a time of 23.7, while teammate Justin Simonsen placed second with a time of 24.7. Again, the KouGars placed four runners in the top six.
Blue Sky's O'Neil was third with a time of 25.6 and teammate Mitchell McKinley was sixth with a time of 26.7.
Justin Antonich set a new district record in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.1. Mat Seidensticker of KG held the former record of 15.6 set in 1992.
Antonich placed first in the javelin with a toss of 176-5 and second in the 100 with a time of 11.7.
Joey Stuart broke a district meet record in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 41.3. Kevin Ford of KG set the former record of 42.1 in 1993.
Stuart placed first in the long jump with a leap of 20 feet seven inches. He won the triple jump with a leap of 41-9 3/4.
Aaron Smith set a new meet record of 4:36.2 in the 1,600 meters for his first-place finish. The old record, set by Travis Stehman of KG, was 4:36.7, set in 1998.
Smith also won the 3,200 meters with a time of 9:52.6.
Roger Larson won the 400 meters with a time of 54.1, while Eric Hanson placed first in the 800 meters with a time of 2:02.6 and he placed second in the 1,600.
Tel Sterner won the discus with a toss of 132-10. Jared Miller won the high jump with a personal-best six feet one inch.
The KouGar boys' relay teams swept the field, setting a new meet record in the 400-meter relay at 46.10.
KG did not place first in just two events pole vault and shot put.
Big Sandy's Mace Mangold set a a new meet record in the pole vault with a leap of 13-6. Shawn Rettig of Big Sandy held the former record of 12-4, set in 1988.
Blue Sky's Matt Johnson won the shot put with a toss of 43-1. He paced the Eagles, who placed second at the meet with 97 points.
Big Sandy was third with 71 points and Turner was a distant fourth with 11 points. Rocky Boy finished the day with nine points.
"We are not specialists in any one event, but we are very deep," Anderson said.
On the girls' side, the Big Sandy Pioneers notched points in all but two events with a 192-point team title.
Jenny Silvan placed first in the 100 hurdles (16.7), 300 hurdles (48.7), and the pole vault (8-6) to help the Pioneers.
Kristi Upham placed first in the 200 meters with a time of 28.0 and the high jump at 4 feet 10 inches.
Eryn Darlington placed first in the 800 with a personal-best time of 2:28.3. She also placed first in the shot put with a toss of 28-11 1/2.
Lindsey Danreuther won the 400 with a time of 65.3. Sheena Darlington won the 1,600 with a time of 5:49.1.
Blue Sky finished second at the meet with 142 points and KG was third with 100.
Box Elder had 40, Turner eight, and Rocky Boy five points.
Blue Sky's Caryle Reddig placed first in the 100 with a personal-best time of 13.5. She won the long jump with a leap of 15-7 3/4 and the triple jump with a personal-best leap of 32-10.
Teammate Cassidy Han won the 3,200 with a time of 15:02.2.
Box Elder's Tami Infante won the discus with a throw of 91-4.
KG's Kim Berg did well at the meet, setting a meet record in the javelin with a toss of 116-11 1/2. She placed second in the both the long and triple jump and the high jump.
"She had a real nice day," Anderson said.
Kristin Preeshl and Marissa Hanson also collected some big points for the KouGar girls, who advanced eight girls to the divisional meet.
The Northern Divisional is slated to be held at Memorial Stadium in Great Falls on Thursday.
Boys
Team scores: KG 324, Blue Sky 97, Big Sandy 71, Turner 11, Rocky Boy 9.
Individual results
100 1, Eric Marshall, KG, 11.10; 2, Justin Simenson, KG, 11.70; 3, Jeromy O'Neil, BS, 11.80; 4, Casey Crites, KG, 11.90; 5, Jared Dees, KG, 12.20; 6, Kyle Reynolds, KG, 12.50.
200 1, Eric Marshall, KG, 23.7; 2, Justin Simenson, KG, 24.70; 3, Jeromy O'Neil, BS, 25.60; 4, Tyler Kapperud, KG, 25.70; 5, Casey Crites, KG, 26.60; 6, Mitchell McKinley, BS, 26.70.
400 1, Roer Larson, KG, 54.10; 2, Ross Runnion, BS, 55.30; 3, Tyler Kapperud, KG, 55.40; 4, David Jurenka, BS, 56.20; 5, Jeremy O'Neil, BS, 56.40; 6, Kyle Reynolds, KG, 56.40.
800 1, Eric Hanson, KG, 2:02.60; 2, Ross Runnion, BS, 2:04.20; 3, Tyler Kapperud, KG, 2:11.30; 4, Dan Mikulecky, BS, 2:16.50; 5, Justus Wendland, BS, 2:19.10; 6, Andrew Jones, Turner, 2:24.60.
1600 1, Aaron Smith, KG, 4:36.20; 2, Eric Hanson, KG, 4:39.20; 3, Robert Van Voast, Turner, 5:01.50; 4, Virgil Stewart, KG, 5:03.50; 5, Mike Hutchinson, BS, 5:04.00; 6, Deven Donoven, KG, 5:05.60.
3200 1, Aaron Smith, KG, 9:52.60; 2, Virgil Stewart, KG, 10:45.30; 3, Mike Hutchinson, BS, 10:56.50; 4, Robert Van Voast, Tur, 11:02.90; 5, Deven Donoven, KG, 11:08.40; 6, Brett Runnion, BS, 12:06.30.
110 Hurdles 1, Justin Antonich, KG, 15.10; 2, Jared Miller, KG, 16.00; 3, Thomas Marshall, KG, 17.90; 4, Lance Nelson, BS, 19.30; 5, Peter Prowald, BS, 23.50.
300 Hurdles 1, Joey Stuart, KG, 41.30; 2, Jared Miller, KG, 42.70; 3, Justin Antonich, KG, 42.90; 4, Thomas Marshall, KG, 46.70; 5, Lance Nelson, BS, 47.80; 6, Daniel Weaver, BS, 50.90.
400 Relay 1, KG, 45.20; 2, BS, 49.10; 3, BS, 49.40.
1600 Relay 1, KG, 3:37.10; 2, BS, 3:54.80; 3, BS, 3:58.40.
Long Jump 1, Joey Stuart, KG, 20-7; 2, Roger Larson, KG, 19-11 1/2; 3, Jon Lipp, BS, 18-7 1/4; 4, Brent Petrick, BS, 18-5 1/4; 5, Justin Simenson, KG, 18-4; 6, Jared Dees, KG, 17-11 3/4.
High Jump 1, Jared Miller, KG, 6-1; 2, Casey Crites, KG, 5-4; 3, Matt Myers, BS, 5-4; 4, Keenan Toner, BS, 5-4; 5, Dain Petersen, BS, 5-4; 6, Jon Lipp, BS, 5-2.
Triple Jump 1, Joey Stewart, KG, 41-9 3/4; 2, Roger Larson, KG, 39-6 3/4; 3, Jared Dees, KG, 37-3 1/2; 4, Thomas Marshall, KG, 37-3; 5, Brent Petrick, BS, 36-2 1/2; 6, Billy Pierce, BS, 35-9 1/4.
Shot Put 1, Matt Johnson, BS, 43-1; 2, Robbie Gomke, KG, 41.0; 3, Dustin Sunchild, RB, 40-0; 4, Tel Sterner, KG, 39-9 1/2; 5, Chris Ayers, BS, 39-6; 6, Darrell Sunchild, RB, 38.10.
Discus 1, Tel Sterner, KG, 132-10; 2, Murry Warhank, BS, 115-01; 3, Tyler Hutchinson, BS, 113-0; 4, Dustin Sunchild, RB, 106-4; 6, Chase Rambo, KG, 101-10.
Javelin 1, Justin Antonich, KG, 176-1/2; 2, Mace Mangold, BS, 158-0; 3, Virgil Stewart, KG, 150-8; 4, Keenan Toner, BS, 145-6 1/2; 5, Chris Clements, KG, 137-1; 6, Dain Petersen, BS, 134-7.
Pole Vault 1, Mace Mangold, BS, 13-6; 2, Jared Miller, KG, 13-0; 3, Lance Nelson, BS, 11-6; 4, Kyle Reynolds, KG, 10-6; 5, Chris Clements, KG, 9-0; 6, Eric Engelbretson, KG, 9-0.
Girls
Team Scores: Big Sandy 192, Blue Sky 142, KG 100, Box Elder 40, Turner 8, Rocky Boy 5.
Individual results
100 1, Carlye Redding, BS, 13.50; 2, Kristi Upham, BS, 13.60; 3, Tami Infante, BE, 13.90; 4, Linda Givens, BS, 14.30; 5, Naomi Lipp, BS, 14.80; 6, Ledin Letang, BS, 14.90.
200 1, Kristi Upham, BS, 28.00; 2, Caryle Redding, BS, 29.10; 3, Tami Infante, BE, 29.30; 4, Lindsey Danreuther, BS, 29.80; 5, Ashley Melby, KG, 30.50; 6, Linda Givens, BS, 31.20.
400 1, Lindsey Danreuther, BS, 65.30; 2, Naomi Lipp, BS, 67.60; 3, Kristin Preeshl, KG, 68.80; 4, Jessica Patrick, BS, 72.40.
800 1, Eryn Darlington, BS, 2:28.30; 2, Sheena Darlington, BS, 2:31.30; 3, Lindsey Letang, BS, 2:34.30; 4, Kate Bitz, BS, 2:59.20; 5, Melissa Grabofsky, Tur, 3:02.00; 6, Mandy Baldik, Tur, 3:19.30.
1600 1, Sheena Darlington, BS, 5:49.10; 2, Lindsey Letang, BS, 5:51.60; 3, Josephine Windyboy, BE, 6:47.90; 4, Kate Bitz, BS, 7:34.70; 5, Mandy Baldik, Tur, 7:39.90; 6, Melissa Grabofsky, Tur, 7:40.00.
3200 1, Cassidy Han, BS, 15:02.20; 2, Tess Ritter, BS, 15;30.20; 3, Josephine Windyboy, BE, 16:06.80; 4, Marisa Hanson, KG, 16:20.80.
100 Hurdles 1, Jenny Silvan, BS, 16.70; 2, Celeste Darlington, BS, 17.40; 3, Natalie Strissel, BS, 17.50.
300 Hurdles 1, Jenny Silvan, BS, 48.70; 2, Natalie Strissel, BS, 48.80; 3, Lindsey Danreuther, BS, 50.30; 4, Celeste Darlington, BS, 52.80.
400 Relay 1, BS (Amy Silvan, Jenny Silvan, Lindsey Danreuther, Kristi Upham), 54.20; 2, BS, 57.10; 3, KG, 57.90.
1600 Relay 1, BS (Amy Silvan, Jenny Silvan, Kate Bitz, Eryn Darlington) 4:31.80; 2, BS, 4:36.50; 3, KG, 5:09.20.
Long Jump 1, Carlye Redding, BS, 15-7 3/4; 2, Kim Berg, KG, 15-4 1/4; 3, Tami Infante, BE, 15-3; 4, Celeste Darlington, BS, 14-1 1/2; 5, Kristin Preeshl, KG, 14-1/2; 6, Ashley Melby, KG, 13-2 3/4.
High Jump 1, Kristi Upham, BS, 4-10; 2, Kim Berg, KG, 4-10; 3, Caryle Redding, BS, 4-4; 4, Linda Givens, BS, 4-4.
Triple Jump 1, Carlye Redding, BS, 32-1; 2, Kim Berg, KG, 32-2; 3, Amy Silvan, BS, 30-5 1/2; 4, Kristin Preeshl, KG, 29-3; 5, Jessica Patrick, BS, 28-9; 6, Celeste Darlington, BS, 28-6.
Shot Put 1, Eryn Darlington, BS, 28-11 1/2; 2, Hanna Warhank, BS, 28-2; 3, Marisa Hanson, KG, 27-7; 4, Jessica Patrick, BS, 26-4; 5, Becky Henry, KG, 25-9; 6, Lindsey Johnson, KG, 25-2 1/2.
Discus 1, Tami Infante, BE, 91-4; 2, Becky Henry, KG, 84-4; 3, Lindsey Johnson, KG, 84-4; 4, Jolin Demontiney, RB, 84-3; 5, Cassidy Han, BS, 80-6; 6, Jessica Patrick, BS 77-11.
Javelin 1, Kim Berg, KG, 116-11 1/2 (meet record, old record 112-11 1/2 by Mary Seymour, 1990); 2, Marisa Hanson, KG, 103-9 1/2; 3, Cassidy Han, BS, 85-5; 4, Darci Stewart, KG, 83-4 1/2; 5, Nadine Schlueter, Tur, 81-6; 6, Jolin Demontiney, RB, 75-4 1/2.
Pole Vault 1, Jenny Silvan, BS, 8-6; 2, Amy Silvan, BS, 7-6; 3, Naomi Lipp, BS, 6-6.
