Chester boys edge KG for Northern C title

The Chester Coyotes boys track team proved that you don't need to win every event to win the track meet, you just have to win the right ones.

The Coyote boys team won the 1,600 meter relay, the final event of the meet, to break a 91-all tie with the KG KouGars and capture the Ralph Halverson Northern C Divisional track and field title Thursday at Memorial Stadium.

The team of Patrick Walstad, Kevin Fenger, Logan Lyders and Patrick Wicks ran an impressive time of 3:34.84 to score eight point team points and end the KouGars' bid for their sixth straight Northern C title. KG's relay team finished fifth.

The Geraldine girls, paced by a strong effort from Toni Qunell, captured the girls' team title scoring 79 points to edge Centerville, which finished with 72.

Besides the win in the 1,600 relay, the Coyotes only picked up two other event titles. Walstad captured the 800- and 1,600-meter runs to give Chester its only individual wins. But, the Coyotes got their points in other ways with a multitude of athletes placing in the top five in multiple events.

KG picked up its points the opposite way. The KouGars captured six individual events - four by Casey Crites and two by Thomas Marshall - to score the majority of their points.

Crites was his usual dominating self. He captured the 100-and 200-meter dash titles, cleared 6-6 in the high jump and broke the meet record in the long jump.

Crites sailed to a meet record 21-11 in the long jump breaking the old record of 21-6 held by Kris Kline of Blue Sky.

He almost made it a perfect five for five on the day, but he was edged out by Tyson Wilber of Hobson in the 400 meter dash.

Marshall shook off some sore legs to capture the 110- and 300 hurdle titles.

But the day belonged to the Coyotes and head coach Bill Schlepp, who will be heading to Roundup next year to be the school's principal.

Chester had placers in every event but the shot put to score enough points for the win.

Big Sandy also picked up a pair of boys individual titles. Mason Ophus continued his dominance in the discus ,throwing 161-0, which was 25 feet farther than his nearest competitor. Adam Butler didn't have quite as easy of a time in the 3,200 meter run. Butler edged Josh Gondiero of Belt.

On the girls side, Qunell made Thursday her personal showcase. The scintillating sophomore ran a meet record 12.28 in the 100-meter dash breaking the old record of 12.40 ran by Karla Howes of Belt in 1993. But Qunell was far from done. She captured the 200, the 400, the 110 hurdles and the 300 hurdles to make it a perfect five-for-five on the day.

District 9C champ Blue Sky finished a distant fourth in the meet with 40 points. The Eagles didn't win any individual titles, but did place several athletes in the top five to ensure berths into the Class C state meet. Kaila Warren had a solid day, placing fifth in the 400, third in the 100 hurdles, fifth in the 300 hurdles and was also part of the third place 1,600 relay team.

Kile Patrick picked up a third in the 1,600 and a fourth in the 800 for the Eagles.

District 9C's lone girls title came from KG's Kim Berg in the javelin. Berg picked up an easy win, tossing 133-2 and outdistancing the competition by almost eight feet. Berg also picked up a third in the shot put.

The top five placers from this meet qualify for next weekend's Class C State Track and Field Meet in Missoula.

BOYS

Team scores

Chester 101, KG 93, Centerville 33, Geyser 32, Hobson 28, Big Sandy 26, Blue Sky 25, Belt 24, Dutton-Brady 23.5, Geraldine 23, Judith Gap 20, Valier 18.5, Denton 16, Roy 13, August 12, Joplin-Inverness 12, Stanford 10, Winifred 8, Great Falls Central 6, Power 2, Moore 1

Individual results

100 - 1. Casey Crites, KG, 11.17; 2. Tyson Wilber, HOB, 11.22; 3. Calvin Walter, JG, 11.29; 4. Patrick Wicks, CHE, 11.37; 5. Matthew Strissel, SKY, 11.52; 6. Mike Clark, GER, 11.72.

200 - 1. Casey Crites, KG, 23.14; 2. Calvin Walter, JG, 23.26; 3. Tyson Wilber, HOB, 23.56; 4. Roald Aageson, SKY, 23.94; 5. Kevin Fenger, CHE, 24.00; 6. Logan Lyders, CHE, 24.37.

400 - 1. Tyson Wilber, HOB, 50.66; 2. Casey Crites, KG, 51.54; 3. Patrick Wicks, CHE, 52.15; 4. Luke Lasecki, Aug, 52.58; 5. Jon Lipp, SKY, 52.80; 6. Mitchell McKinley, SKY, 53.01.

800 - 1. Patrick Walstad, CHE, 2:04.79; 2. J.D. Schmitt, GEY, 2:06.50; 3. Keenan Salazar, GFC, 2:07.59; 4. Jesse Logan, D-B, 2:08.73; 5. Shance Hall, VAL, 2:08.93; 6. Casey Landru, Roy, 2:09.08.

1,600 - 1. Patrick Walstad, CHE, 4:50.0; 2. Tyrel Poser, DEN, 4:50.59; 3. Adam Butler, BSY, 4:53.64; 4. Jesse Logan, D-B, 4:57.27; 5. Brien Peterson, DEN, 4:57.50; 6. Neil Tatsey, VAL, 4:01.03.

3,200 - 1. Adam Butler, BSY, 10:28.38; 2. Josh Gondiero, BLT, 10:28.53; 3. Tyrel Poser, DEN, 10:35.98; 4. Benji Rogers, HOB, 10:45.22; 5. Isaac VanDyke, CHE, 10:45.40; 6. Neil Tatsey, VAL, 10:50.72.

110 hurdles - 1. Thomas Marshall, KG, 15.39; 2. Kyle Oriet, CEN, 15.65; 3. Nick Lasorte, CHE, 15.76; 4. Doug Anderson, CHE, 15.87; 5. Luke Antonich, KG, 15.93; 6. Phil Hodgson, D-B, 16.69.

300 hurdles - 1. Thomas Marshall, KG, 40.72; 2. Kade Greany, Aug, 41.10; 3. Kyle Oriet, CEN, 42.04; 4. Doug Anderson, CHE, 42.13; 5. Kevin Fenger, CHE, 42.41; 6. Greg Reid, GER, 42.65.

400 relay - 1. Geraldine (Greg Reid, Mike Clark, Glen Reid, Justin Roudebush) 45.51; 2. Chester 45.54; 3. Blue Sky 45.89; 4. KG 45.92; 5. Valier 45.95; 6. Centerville 46.33.

1,600 relay - 1. Chester (Patrick Walstad, Kevin Fenger, Logan Lyders, Patrick Wicks) 3:34.84; 2. Blue Sky 3:35.60; 3. Geraldine 3:41.27; 4. Winifred 3:42.63; 5. KG 3:43.03; 6. Dutton-Brady 3:44.47.

Shot put - 1. Beau Wootan, BLT, 47-3; 2. Ty McDonald, GEY, 46-6; 3. Tyler Bumgarner, BLT, 45-0; 4. Craig Miller, J-I, 44-9; 5. Austin Kirpach, STN, 44-; 6. Reid Fleshman, D-B, 44 -.

Discus - 1. Mason Ophus, BSY, 161-0; 2. Ty McDonald, GEY, 136-3; 3. Sannon Norick, CHE, 132-10; 4. Brock Hansen, GEY, 131-0; 5. Chase Rambo, KG, 129-0; 6. Reid Fleshman, D-B, 128-10.

Javelin - 1. Travis Bayala, D-B, 182-6; 2. Travis VanDyke, CHE, 168-10; 3. Bill Page, JG, 159-10; 4. Casey Buffington, CHE, 148-3; 5. Keenan Toner, SKY, 147-4; 6. Darby Donoven, G, 144-5.

Long jump - 1. Casey Crites, KG, 21-11 (meet record, old record 21-6, Kris Kline, Blue Sky, 1985); 2. John Voegel, CEN, 21-8; 3. Kyle Moseman, ROY, 20-10; 4. Doug Anderson, CHE, 20-5; 5. Kevin Fenger, CHE, 20-2; 6. Mervin Walter, Moore, 20-2.

Triple jump - 1. John Voegel, CEN, 43-7; 2. Kevin Fenger, CHE, 41-8; 3. Kyle Moseman, ROY, 41-8; 4. Ryan Neumann, GEY, 41-1; 5. Zach Ramberg, J-I, 40-8; 6. Thomas Marshall, KG, 40-6.

High jump - 1. Casey Crites, KG, 6-6; 2. Richie Melby, KG 6-0; 3. Justin Johnson, J-I, 5-10; 4. Evan Bowser, Winifred, 5-10; 5. (tie) Phil Hodgson, D-B, 5-8; Chris Widhalm, VAL, 5-8.

Pole vault - 1. Chris Widhalm, VAL, 13-4; 2. Daniel Hawkey, STN, 12-6; 3. (tie) Joey Boso, GER, 11-6; Luke Antonich, KG, 11-6; 5. Mike Somerfeld, POW, 11-0; 6. Jeff Trafalet, VAL, 11-0.

GIRLS

Team scores

Geraldine 79, Centerville 72, Belt 58, Blue Sky 40, Grass Range 34, Hobson 33, Sunburst 32.33, Highwood 28, Valier 24.33, Denton 20, Chester 17, Dutton-Brady 17, KG 17, Stanford 14, Augusta 12.33, Power 11, Winnett 9, Roy 5, Big Sandy 2, Winifred 2

Individual results

100 - 1. Toni Qunell, GER, 12.28 (meet record, old record 12.40, Karla Howes, BLT, 1993); 2. Renae Knerr, GR, 12.56; 3. Hillery Turner, SUN, 12.85; 4. Danielle Larocque, CEN, 13.25; 5. Lynae Wichman, HOB, 13.50; 6. Anna Dembek, WIN, 13.51.

200 - 1. Toni Qunell, GER, 26.60; 2. Renae Knerr, GR, 27.24; 3. Jalyn Kapp, CEN, 27.60; 4. Danielle Larocque, CEN, 27.88; 5. Hillery Turner, SUN, 28.18; 6. Brianne Wolfe, CHE, 28.34.

400 - 1. Toni Qunell, GER, 60.50; 2. Brianne Wolfe, CHE, 61.20; 3. Lynae Wichman, HOB, 63.27; 4. Brittany Olson, GR, 63.85; 5. Kaila Warren, SKY, 64.20; 6. Maia Aageson, SKY, 64.48.

800 - 1. Julie Ann Cartmell, HOB, 2:28.28; 2. Kristen Diede, VAL, 2:32.64; 3. Whitney Baum, HWD, 2:33.32; 4. Kile Patrick, SKY, 2:33.49; 5. Jena Heggem, WIN, 2:33.60; 6. Amanda Rebman, ROY, 2:33.70.

1,600 - 1. Julie Ann Cartmell, HOB, 5:44.04; 2. Cassie Gondiero, BLT, 5:47.14; 3. Kile Patrick, SKY, 4:50.44; 4. Amanda Rebman, ROY, 5:50.57 5. Jillien Johnson, CHE, 6:03.25; 6. Kirsten Schipf, High, 6:04.27.

3,200 - 1. Cassie Gondiero, BLT, 12:32.21; 2. Samantha Halko, CEN, 12:56.01; 3. Cassie Kiehl, WNT, 12:59.38; 4. Kirsten Schipf, HWD, 13:04.00; 5. Ashley Goodian, BSY, 13:08.30; 6. Sara Gunderson, POW, 13:15.31.

100 hurdles - 1. Toni Qunell, GER, 15.91; 2. Jalyn Kapp, CEN, 16.45; 3. Kaila Warren, SKY, 17.18; 4. Brittany Heckman, AUG, 17.31; 5. Whitney Baum, HWD, 18.06; 6. Leah Smith, STN, 18.24.

300 hurdles - 1. Toni Qunell, GER, 45.42; 2. Jalyn Kapp, CEN, 45.47; 3. Kalyn Fairbanks, GER, 48.19; 4. Whitney Baum, HWD, 49.29; 5. Kaila Warren, SKY, 49.31; 6. Lynae Wichman, HOB, 49.73.

400 relay - 1. Centerville (Heather Ingman, Jalyn Kapp, Andi Wilham, Danielle Larocque) 53.09; 2. Dutton-Brady 53.50; 3. Geraldine 53.76; 4. Hobson 54.41; 5. Valier 54.93; 6. Blue Sky 55.35.

1,600 relay - 1. Centerville (Jalyn Kapp, Heather Ingman, Andi Wilham, Danielle Larocque) 4:19.21; 2. Geraldine 4:23.68; 3. Blue Sky 4:26.09; 4. Sunburst 4:26.39; 5. Belt 4:30.50; 6. Stanford 4:39.89.

Shot put - 1. Mallory Furr, Sun, 36-0; 2. Megan Wichman, BLT, 33-8; 3. Kim Berg, KG, 31-11; 4. Jessica Patrick, SKY, 32-6; 5. Jacque Mellinger, POW, 31-7; 6. Teresa Turville, D-B, 30-11.

Discus - 1. Mallory Furr, Sun, 110-3; 2. Jessica Patrick, SKY, 110-3; 3. Emily Tew, AUG, 105-7; 4. Megan Wichman, BLT, 103-4; 5. Heather Kirby, STN, 99-7; 6. Kelsey Bumgarner, BLT, 95-4.

Javelin - 1. Kim Berg, KG, 133-2; 2. Laura Keaster, BLT, 125-10; 3. Danielle Musick, DEN, 114-1; 4. Kelsey Johnson, VAL, 109-10; 5. Amanda Schlepp, CHE, 106-5; 6. Alix Ebeling, GER, 106-2.

Long jump - 1. Renae Knerr, GF, 16-9; 2. Andi Wilham, CEN, 16-3; 3. Denice Musick, DEN, 15-4; 4. Kendra Fontaine, POW, 15-3; 5. Anna Dembek, Winnett, 15-2; 6. Rachel Clark, GER, 14-10.

Triple jump - 1. Whitney Baum, HWD, 34-5; 2. Brianna Smith, D-B, 34-1; 3. Andi Wilham, CEN, 33-11; 4. Renae Knerr, GR, 33-11; 5. Denice Musick, DEN, 32-5; 6. Cady Arifin, KG, 31-9.

High jump - 1. Nichole Widhalm, BLT, 5-0; 2. Nikki Floen, Stna, 5-0; 3. Denice Musick, DEN, 4-10; 4. Shawnee Norick, CHE, 4-10; 5. Hailey Tew, Aug, 4-10; 6. (tie) Jenny Swank, VAL, 4-8; Hillery Turner, SUN, 4-8; Madalyn Morris, Aug, 4-8.

Pole vault - 1. Emily Johnson, VAL, 9-0; 2. (tie) Kalyn Fairbanks, GER, 8-6; Laura Keaster, BLT, 8-6; 4. Jacque Mellinger, Pow, 8-6; 5. Danni Raprager, STN, 8-6; 6. Katrina Hartman, HWD, 8-0.