KouGars Stuart, Chesters Tempel win four events
KG standout Joey Stuart accounted for nearly 25 percent of his team's total points, and the KouGars also had three other athletes score more than 20 points to literally run away with the KG Invitational track and field boys title at Havre Middle School on Wednesday.
The two-time defending Class C champions finished with 165.5 points, well ahead of Chester's 109. Dutton was third (75), Geraldine fourth (48), and Havre's junior varsity team finished fifth (30).
Chester's Maci Tempel and Michele VanDyke combined for 63.5 of their team's 111 points as the Coyotes rolled to the girls' championship.
Chester finished 39 points ahead of the Havre JV squad, which squeaked past Augusta for second place. The Ponies had 72, followed by Augusta's 71.
Stuart finished first in four events 300 hurdles, javelin, triple jump and one-quarter of KG's winning 400 relay team and added a second-place finish in the long jump.
But his effort was certainly not the only one that helped the KouGars cruise the boys' title.
Roger Larson, who scored 27 points, was first in the 400 and the 400 and 1,600 relays. Matt Aageson was first in the 200 and was part of the KouGars' winning 400 and 1,600 relay teams to finish with 23 points. Aaron Smith was also a triple-winner for the KouGars, notching victories in the 1,600, 3,200, and taking part in the 1,600 relay to finish with 22.5 points.
KG's Tyler Kapperud won the 800 and ran in the 1,600 relay
Chester's Jeff Graham, who officially signed a letter-of-intent to play basketball at Montana State University-Northern on Wednesday scored the second-most points (36) onfany individual in the meet. He placed first in the 110 hurdles and added second-place finishes in the 300 hurdles and 400.
Brent Clark added a victory in the pole vault for the Coyotes.
Tempel finished an outstanding afternoon with wins in the 100 and 300 hurdles, as well as participating in the victorious 400 and 1,600 relays, to conclude the meet with 33 points.
She narrowly missed a win in the 400 by just one-tenth of a second, finishing just behind Augusta's Kacey Troy.
VanDyke won the high jump and was also part of the 1,600 relay. She added second-place finishes in the 800 and triple jump and finished with 30.5 points.
Big Sandy's Kathy Bitz was a double-winner with victories in the 800 and 1,600, her teammate Amy Silvan was first in the triple jump, Box Elder's Kristi Pullin won the 200, Kim Berg of KG won the javelin, Blue Sky's Lindsey Letang won the 3,200, and Havre JV's Maureen Porter was first in the pole vault.
BOYS RESULTS
Team scores KG 165.5, Chester 109, Dutton 75, Geraldine 48, Havre JV 30, Highwood 26, Blue Sky 24.5, Big Sandy 16, Hobson 8, Turner 8, Geyser 7, Sunburst 7, Brady 2, Hays/Lodgepole 1. Also competing: Augusta, Box Elder, Rocky Boy.
Top six placers
100 1. Gregg Owen (Ger) 11.5, 2. Matt Aageson (KG) 11.6, 3. Roger Larson (KG) 11.6, 4. Jeff Graham (Che) 11.7, 5. Rory Clark (Ger) 12.0, 6. Ryan Schnitzmeier (Blue) 12.1.
110 hurdles 1. Jeff Graham (Che) 16.0, 2. Zeb Engstrom (Che) 16.4, 3. Brian Derosa (Hav) 16.4, 4. Thomas Marshall (KG) 16.5, 5. Ryan Bagley (Dut) 16.6, 6. Robert Ebeling (Ger) 16.8.
200 1. Matt Aageson (KG) 23.2, 2. Gregg Owen (Ger) 23.3, 3. Jeff Graham (Che) 23.7, 4. Daniel Kaiser (Gey) 23.9, 5. Kenny Kolste (High) 24.2, 6. Ryan Schnitzmeier (Blue) 24.6.
300 hurdles 1. Joey Stuart (KG) 40.8, 2. Jeff Graham (Che) 41.1, 3. Brian Derosa (Hav) 43.2, 4. Robert Ebeling (Ger) 44.0, 5. Thomas Marshall (KG) 44.6, 6. (tie) Casey Crites (KG) and Bryan Cartwright (Ger) 45.7.
400 1. Roger Larson (KG) 52.3, 2. Jeff Graham (Che) 52.4, 3. Kenny Kolste (High) 54.7, 4. Tyler Kapperud (KG) 55.7, 5. Sean Weinert (Che) 56.0, 6. (tie) Greg Reid (Ger) and Mitchell McKinley (Blue) 56.4.
400 relay 1. KG (Casey Crites, Joey Stuart, Roger Larson, Matt Aageson) 45.7, 2. Geraldine 46.5, 3. Dutton 47.3, 4. Blue Sky (Ryan Schnitzmeier, Mitchell McKinley, Matt Strissel, Jeromy O'Neil) 47.5, 5. Highwood 47.8, 6. Chester (Brent Clark, Sean Weinert, Travis VanDyke, Logan Lyders) 47.9.
1,600 relay 1. KG (Roger Larson, Aaron Smith, Tyler Kapperud, Matt Aageson) 3:40.8, 2. Geraldine 3:48.1, 3. Chester (Jason Anderson, Sean Weinert, Nick Lasorte, Cory Gagnon) 3:51.4, 4. Havre JV (Eli Lovo, Anthony Bonovita, Eric Vosen, Aaron Young) 3:58.1, 5. Blue Sky (Mitchell McKinley, Jeromy O'Neil, Ryan Schnitzmeier, Justus Wendland) 4:00.4, 6. Sunburst 4:07.2.
800 1. Tyler Kapperud (KG) 2:06.1, 2. Sean Weinert (Che) 2:07.0, 3. Chris Yirsa (Big Sandy) 2:12.2, 4. Jason Anderson (Che) 2:12.2, 5. Cory Gagnon (Che) 2:12.5, 6. Jeremy Walker (H/L) 2:14.5.
1,600 1. Aaron Smith (KG) 4:46.0, 2. Justus Wendland (Blue) 5:05.6, 3. Patrick Walstad (Che) 5:08.7, 4. Robert Van Voast (Tur) 5:10.5, 5. Aaron Sparks (Brady) 5:13.9, 6. Derek Booth (High) 5:17.1.
3,200 1. Aaron Smith (KG) 10:03.7, 2. Patrick Walstad (Che) 11:05.4, 3. Deven Donoven (KG) 11:06.0, 4. Robert Van Voast (Tur) 11:10.9, 5. Jeff Karst (Sun) 11:46.4, 6. Jacob Baum (High) 12:16.7.
Shot put 1. Jeremy Laisnez (Dut) 45-9, 2. Jason Kolar (Hob) 44-6, 3. Robbie Gomke (KG) 44-4, 4. Matt Sasaki (Hav) 42-0, 5. Mason Ophus (Big Sandy) 40-91/2, 6. Josh Klobofski (Hav) 40-71/2.
Discus 1. Jeremy Laisnez (Dut) 128-1, 2. Mason Ophus (Big Sandy) 123-8, 3. Robbie Gomke (KG) 122-10, 4. Levi Wesche (Dut) 121-1, 5. Jake Strissel (Blue) 114-1, 6. Josh Klobofski (Hav) 111-2.
Javelin 1. Joey Stuart (KG) 159-2, 2. Travis Bayala (Dut) 148-11, 3. Owen Stone (Ger) 144-2, 4. Jeff Brandon (Sun) 142-3, 5. Zeb Engstrom (Che) 139-9, 6. Jason Anderson (Che) 137-11.
Long jump 1. Ryan Bagley (Dut) 19-91/4, 2. Joey Stuart (KG) 19-43/4, 3. Brent Clark (Che) 19-0, 4. Jeff Pasha (High) 18-101/2, 6. Clinton Roberts (Gey) 17-93/4.
Triple jump 1. Joey Stuart (KG) 41-11, 2. Ryan Bagley (Dut) 41-0, 3. Roger Larson (KG) 40-10, 4. Dereck Logan (Dut) 40-1, 5. Jeff Pasha (High) 39-8, 6. Thomas Marshall (KG) 39-6.
High jump 1. Dereck Logan (Dut) 6-4, 2. Jeff Pasha (High) 6-0, 3. Ryan Schnitzmeier (Blue) 6-0, 4. Brent Clark (Che) 5-10, 5. Clinton Roberts (Gey) 5-10, 6. Jeremy Laisnez (Dut) 5-8.
Pole vault 1. Brent Clark (Che) 12-4, 2. Joey Howland (Hav) 10-8, 3. Scott Dees (KG) 10-8, 4. Zeb Engstrom (Che) 10-2, 5. Jeremy Laisnez (Dut) 10-2, 6. Jason Anderson (Che) 9-8.
GIRLS RESULTS
Team scores Chester 111, Havre JV 72, Augusta 71, Big Sandy 68.66, KG 47, Geraldine 38.33, Sunburst 30, Blue Sky 22, Dutton 20, Box Elder 17, Highwood 15, Hobson 12, Brady 2. Also competing: Geyser, Hays/Lodgepole, J-I, Rocky Boy, Turner.
Top six placers
100 1. Maci Tempel (Che) 13.9, 2. Jill Schmidt (Ger) 13.9, 3. Kristi Pullin (BE) 14.1, 4. Lynae Wichman (Hob) 14.1, 5. Stephanie Beckham (Brady) 14.2, 6. Schuyler Dudley (Aug) 14.5.
100 hurdles 1. Bonnie Barrett (Aug) 17.6, 2. Brooke Schwan (Hav), 3. Lindsey Danreuther (Big Sandy) 18.2, 4. Brittany Heckman (Aug) 18.4, 5. Carlane Jensen (Che) 18.4, 6. Karla McCormick (Hav) 18.7.
200 1. Kristi Pullin (BE) 28.9, 2. Lynae Wichman (Hob) 29.0, 3. Katie Siebrasse (Hav) 29.0, 4. Sherry Winchell (Hav) 29.4, 5. Ashley Melby (KG) 29.8, 6. Schuyler Dudley (Aug) 29.9.
300 hurdles 1. Maci Tempel (Che) 49.8, 2. Lindsey Danreuther (Big Sandy) 51.2, 3. Kyla Frost (Sun) 52.3, 4. Bonnie Barrett (Aug) 52.4, 5. Lindsey Anderson (Blue) 53.2, 6. Karla McCormick (Hav) 53.8.
400 1. Kasey Troy (Aug) 1:04.3, 2. Maci Tempel (Che) 1:04.4, 3. Katie Siebrasse (Hav) 1:06.5, 4. Kyla Frost (Sun) 1:06.6, 5. Michele VanDyke (Che) 1:07.8, 6. Mandy Winchell (Hav) 1:08.0.
400 relay 1. Chester (Chasi Buffington, Heidi Cicon, Jamie Graham, Maci Tempel) 55.7, 2. KG (Hosanna Hutchins, Ashley Melby, Cady Arifin, Kim Berg) 55.8, 3. Augusta 56.0, 4. Geraldine 56.8, 5. Big Sandy (Kathy Bitz, Sheena Darlington, Amy Silvan, Lindsey Danreuther) 57.2, 6. Blue Sky (Lindsay Anderson, Jessica Patrick, Ledin Letang, Naomi Lipp) 58.0.
1,600 relay 1. Chester (Chasi Buffington, Jamie Graham, Maci Tempel, Michele VanDyke) 4:33.7, 2. Big Sandy (Kathy Bitz, Sheena Darlington, Lindsey Danreuther, Amy Silvan) 4:39.2, 3. Havre JV (Katie Siebrasse, Mandy Winchell, Sherry Winchell, Karla McCormick) 4:40.0, 4. Augusta 4:42.0, 5. Geraldine 4:45.8, 6. Blue Sky (Lindsay Anderson, Heather Haas, Lindsey Letang, Naomi Lipp) 4:54.9.
800 1. Kathy Bitz (Big Sandy) 2:35.1, 2. Michele VanDyke (Che) 2:35.70, 3. Kacey troy (Aug) 2:35.8, 4. Sheena Darlington (Big Sandy) 2:36.7, 5. Sonya Iverson (Sun) 2:42.2, 6. Alicia Rundquist (Hav) 2:42.6.
1,600 1. Kathy Bitz (Big Sandy) 5:51.5, 2. Lindsey Letang (Blue) 5:53.20, 3. Alicia Rundquist (Hav) 5:56.9, 4. Kalyn Fairbanks (Ger) 6:00.0, 5. Sonya Iverson (Sun) 6:03.0, 6. Debbie Brown (Che) 6:08.3.
3,200 1. Lindsey Letang (Blue) 12:49.3, 2. Debbie Brown (Che) 13:06.1, 3. Sheena Ripley (High) 13:55.1, 4. Casie Toner (KG) 15:02.7, 5. Amanda Evans (Sun) 15:21.0.
Shot put 1. Hannah Furlong (Ger) 40-4, 2. Anna Pudelka (Sun) 33-9, 3. Michelle Bayala (Dut) 33-2, 4. Carlane Jensen (Che) 32-5, 5. Chasi Buffington (Che) 31-41/2, 6. Kristen Johnson (High) 29-0.
Discus 1. Jami Bouchard (Aug) 104-9, 2. Hannah Furlong (Ger) 103-111/2, 3. Mellisa Haymaker (Hav) 103-6, 4. Kacey Troy (Aug) 94-101/2, 5. Anna Pudelka (Sun) 90-8, 6. Lindsey Johnson (KG) 88-11.
Javelin 1. Kim Berg (KG) 136-7, 2. Carlane Jensen (Che) 121-01/2, 3. Katie Malsam (Hav) 110-7, 4. Desiree Overcast (Sun) 100-0, 5. Jeri Matter (Hav) 99-9, 6. Chasi Buffington (Che) 92-8.
Long jump 1. Brianna Smith (Dut) 15-1, 2. Kim Berg (KG) 14-8, 3. Cady Arifin (KG) 14-41/4, 4. Sammi McDonough (Aug) 14-4, 5. Keelie Brandt (Hav) 14-4, 6. Kristi Pullin (BE) 14-4.
Triple jump 1. Amy Silvan (Big Sandy) 31-7, 2. Michele VanDyke (Che) 31-6, 3. Kim Berg (KG) 31-6, 4. Brianna Smith (Dut) 31-31/2, 5. Carlane Jensen (Che) 31-3, 6. Cady Arifin (KG) 31-11/2.
High jump 1. Michele VanDyke (Che) 5-4, 2. (tie) Carlane Jensen (Che) and Bonnie Barrett (Aug) 4-10, 4. (tie) Brooke Schwan (Hav) and Jeri Matter (Hav) 4-10, 6. Kim Berg (KG) 4-8.
Pole vault 1. Maureen Porter (Hav) 7-8, 2. Katrina Hartman (High) 7-2, 3. Amy Silvan (Big Sandy) 7-2, 4. (tie) Gwynn Givens (Big Sandy), Gail Givens (Big Sandy) and Kalyn Fairbanks (Ger) 6-8.
