by Scott Sacry, Sports Editor
The annual Ravalli County Invitational took place in Hamilton on Friday, April 25. Athletes from Darby, Corvallis, Florence, Hamilton, Stevensville and Victor competed in this Bitterroot-only event.
This is a fun meet as many athletes tried different events – throwers sprinted, runners jumped and jumpers threw. There was also a unique 1600m relay that had two 200m legs, one 400m leg and one 800m leg.
A group of Bitterroot girls race in the 100m at the Ravalli County Invitational on Friday, April 25. Corvallis’s Jillian Huls, 4th from left, won the race. Photo by Scott Sacry.
But there was also some serious competition.
The girls long jump was especially strong. The day’s top three jumps by Corvallis’s Ella Varner, Stevi’s Reagan Johnstone and Stevi’s Sophia Hutchison are the top three jumps in Class A so far this year. Corvallis’s Lauryn Holmberg and Jillian Huls finished 4th and 5th in the event, and their jumps were good enough to be in the top ten in Class A as well.
Ella Varner’s jump of 18’ 7.75” is a new Corvallis school record and is the longest jump by a girl in Montana this year.
Boys results
100m: 1. McCoy Townsend (11.33) Darby. 2. Kaeden Gum (11.52) Hamilton. 3. Logan Williams (11.63) Florence. 4. Liam Carlson (11.67) Stevensville. 5. Isaac Nicoson (11.90) Florence. 6. Carter Korst (11.92) Hamilton.
200m: 1. Anton Ptok (24.39) Stevensville. 2. Isaac Nicoson (24.61) Florence. 3. Wyatt Miller (24.98) Darby. 4. Benjamin White (25.32) Stevensville. 5. Liam Carlson (25.58) Stevensville. 6. Gavin Deong (25.95) Corvallis.
400m: 1. Evan Bennett (50.38) Hamilton. 2. Jake McCarthy (51.63) Hamilton. 3. Solomon Morgan (51.64) Corvallis. 4. McCoy Townsend (51.66) Darby. 5. Gavin Miller (52.75) Darby. 6. Wyatt Miller (56.18) Darby.
800m: 1. Jack Davidson (1:59.67) Corvallis. 2. Brayden Lanser (2:01.15) Hamilton. 3. Kyler Harris (2:03.79) Florence. 4. Taylor Doleac (2:04.22) Hamilton. 5. Ledge Conner (2:07.98) Corvallis. 6. Carter Koerner (2:09.49) Corvallis.
1600m: 1. CJ Pijanowski (4:45.79) Florence. 2. Ben Martin (4:46.10) Darby. 3. Marrek Jessop (4:47.45) Corvallis. 4. Eider Reed (4:51.42) Corvallis. 5. Taggart Jessop (4:59.83) Corvallis. 6. Sebastian Schroeder (5:00.25) Florence.
3200m: 1. Jeremy Davidson (10:45.55) Corvallis. 2. Braden Anderson (10:49.39) Corvallis. 3. Taylor Graham (11:10.83) Darby. 4. Wyatt Welling 13:00.33) Florence. 5. Dale Forst (15:47.04) Stevensville.
110m Hurdles: 1. Stuart Brennan (14.52) Corvallis. 2. Reese Tucker (16.72) Corvallis. 3. Tanner Sorensen (16.75) Corvallis. 4. Gavin Anderson (18.16) Darby. 5. Kennie Cords (18.46) Hamilton. 6. Nathan Keller (20.04) Corvallis.
300m Hurdles: 1. Stuart Brennan (42.48) Corvallis. 2. Benjamin White (43.94) Stevensville. 3. Bryson Poulsen (44.56) Hamilton. 4. Gavin Anderson (45.87) Darby. 5. Kennie Cords (46.64) Hamilton. 6. Tanner Sorensen (46.99) Corvallis.
Shot Put: 1. Bridger Alexander (45’ 10”) Florence. 2. Hunter Loesch (44’ 4”) Corvallis. 3. Dallas Nagelhout (43’ 2”) Corvallis. 4. Everett Stumpf (41’ 10”) Hamilton. 5. Drew Lewis (40’ 10”) Corvallis. 6. James Sawyer (39’ 1”) Stevensville.
Discus: 1. Taylor Doleac (162’ 5”) Hamilton. 2. Hunter Loesch (154’ 4”) Corvallis. 3. Drew Lewis (150’ 6”) Corvallis. 4. Everett Stumpf (137’ 9.5”) Hamilton. 5. AJ Darger (136’ 2”) Corvallis. 6. Dallas Nagelhout (132’ 0.5”) Corvallis.
Javelin: 1. Hunter Loesch (194’ 8”) Corvallis. 2. Drew Lewis (158’ 2”) Corvallis. 3. Sam DeLong (152’ 6”) Hamilton. 4. Luke McCarthy (141’ 3”) Hamilton. 5. Javin Jessop (140’ 3”) Corvallis. 6. Carter Korst (139’ 8”) Hamilton.
High Jump: 1. Ledge Conner (6’ 0”) Corvallis. 2. Kade Moyer (5’ 10”) Hamilton. 3. Eli Jones (5’ 6”) Darby. 4. Nathan Keller (5’ 4”) Corvallis. 5. Kyle Glasser (5’ 2”) Victor. 6. Tyler Heinert (5’ 0”) Florence.
Pole Vault: 1. Shane Spencer (8’ 0”) Corvallis. 2. Tucker Werhane (8’ 0”) Corvallis. 3. Teron Fisher Corvallis. 4. Kennie Cords Hamilton. 5. Lane Ellis Corvallis.
Long Jump: 1. McCoy Townsend (19’ 11.5”) Darby. 2. Kade Moyer (19’ 9.75”) Hamilton. 3. Eli Jones (19’ 7.5”) Darby. 4. Benjamin White (19’ 0.25”) Stevensville. 5. Kordel Martin (18’ 9.75”) Victor. 6. Preston Copps (18’ 7.75”) Hamilton.
Triple Jump: 1. Reese Tucker (40’ 6.5”) Corvallis. 2. Treyzen Frost (38’ 4.25”) Hamilton. 3. Kordel Martin (36’ 4.25”) Victor. 4. Isaac Hays (35’ 8.5”) Stevensville. 5. Silas Hammill (35’ 2”) Corvallis. 6. Alex Hauck (35’ 0”) Corvallis.
Girls results
100m: 1. Jillian Huls (12.60) Corvallis. 2. Madigan Hurlbert (12.75) Florence. 3. Aubrey Korst (13.08) Hamilton. 4. Farah Wyche (13.14) Corvallis. 5. Sophia Hutchison (13.23) Stevensville. 6. Nadia Bruno (13.30) Hamilton.
200m: 1. Shaylee Weidow (26.6) Corvallis. 2. Nadia Bruno (26.9) Hamilton. 3. Natalie Anderson (27.3) Darby. 4. Madison McArthur (28.5) Corvallis. 5. London Provencher (28.5) Hamilton. 6. Ellie Knapp (28.5) Corvallis.
400m: 1. Bailey Kroeker (1:03.40) Florence. 2. Lily Apedaile (1:05.07) Hamilton. 3. Audrey Blair (1:12.60) Florence. 4. Lola Bates (1:18.24) Florence.
800m: 1. Annalise Lewis (2:17.02) Hamilton. 2. Lily Adair (2:32.41) Darby. 3. Miley Bischof (2:40.03) Corvallis. 4. Hasalyn Schairer (2:45.66) Corvallis.
1600m: 1. Aleigha Child (5:30.33) Hamilton. 2. Lily Adair (5:42.57) Darby. 3. Violet Jessop (5:49.04) Corvallis. 4. Autumn Benson (5:56.12) Corvallis. 5. Mazie Torres (6:33.54) Hamilton.
3200m: 1. Sierra Wissenbach (13:15.07) Corvallis. 2. Natalie Huls (13:51.02) Corvallis. 3. Maddy Ondrasek (14:18.76) Florence.
100m Hurdles: 1. Madigan Hurlbert (15.17) Florence. 2. Reagan Johnstone (16.12) Stevensville. 3. Kate Allen (16.55) Corvallis. 4. Kiahna Hirmann (17.15) Darby. 5. Natalie Anderson (17.20) Darby. 6. Reagan Burrows (18.62) Hamilton.
300m Hurdles: 1. Natalie Anderson (49.67) Darby. 2. Kate Allen (49.69) Corvallis. 3. Brynlee Tucker (50.86) Corvallis. 4. Reagan Burrows (52.70) Hamilton. 5. Ella Bush (54.350) Darby.
Shot Put: 1. Gracie Werst (36’ 11”) Hamilton. 2. Bea Paxson (31’ 1”) Corvallis. 3. Kaia Benson (30’ 9”) Corvallis. 4. Aislynn Cambell (29’ 11”) Florence. 5. Eva Brunell (27’ 8”) Stevensville. 6. Jenna Ellis (27’ 1”) Hamilton.
Discus: 1. Eva Brunell (104’ 5.5”) Stevensville. 2. Stella Jordan (96’ 3”) Victor. 3. Kaia Benson (95’ 11”) Corvallis. 4. Gracie Werst (95’ 0.5”) Hamilton. 5. Bea Paxson (94’ 10.5”) Corvallis. 6. Amaya Emmons (91’ 11”) Corvallis.
Javelin: 1. Scarlett Gard (107’ 5”) Stevensville. 2. Melissa Daniels (99’ 3”) Stevensville. 3. Autumn Benson (93’ 3”) Corvallis. 4. Lilly Bennett (90’ 9”) Darby. 5. Madison Turbitt (84’ 2”) Florence. 6. Arionna Coy (82’ 8”) Hamilton.
High Jump: 1. London Provencher (5’ 0”) Hamilton. 2. Madison Turbitt (5’ 0” Florence 3. Annalise Lewis (4’ 8”) Hamilton. 4. Lauryn Holmberg (4’ 6”) Corvallis. 5. Kassidee McKern (4’ 6”) Hamilton. 6. Kaia Benson (4’ 4”) Corvallis.
Pole Vault: 1. Aubrey Korst (11’ 6”) Hamilton. 2. Annora Weidow (8’ 0”) Corvallis. 3. Kassidee McKern (6’ 6”) Hamilton. 4. Ellie Knapp (6’ 0”) Corvallis. 5. Alivia Gates (5’ 6”) Corvallis.
Hamilton’s Aubrey Korst clears the bar at the Ravalli County Invitational on April 25. Korst won the event and also took 1st place in the event at the Russ Pilcher Top Ten meet in Missoula on April 22. Photo by Scott Sacry.
Long Jump: 1. Ella Varner (18’ 7.75”) Corvallis. 2. Reagan Johnstone (17’ 10.5”) Stevensville. 3. Sophia Hutchison (17’ 7.5”) Stevensville. 4. Lauryn Holmberg (16’ 9.5”) Corvallis. 5. Jillian Huls (16’ 7”) Corvallis. T6. Aislynn Cambell (15’ 11.5”) Florence. T6. Aubrey Korst (15’ 11.5”) Hamilton.
Triple Jump: 1. Reagan Johnstone (34’ 10.5”) Stevensville. 2. Sophia Hutchison (34’ 7.75”) Stevensville. 3. Farah Wyche (33’ 8.75”) Corvallis. 4. Lily Apedaile (33’ 4.75”) Hamilton. 5. Mia Faulk (33’ 0.5”) Hamilton. 6. Kate Allen (32’ 4.75”) Corvallis.
Russ Pilcher Top Ten
On Tuesday, April 22, top track and field athletes from western Montana competed in the 25th annual Russ Pilcher Top Ten Track and Field Meet in Missoula. As the name indicates, the top ten individuals from western Montana schools are invited for each event.
Many Bitterroot Valley athletes competed this year and, needless to say, a win at this event is impressive.
The following Bitterroot Valley athletes won their events: Hunter Loesch, Corvallis, boys javelin (198-11); Ledge Conner, Corvallis, boys high jump (6-04); Annalise Lewis, Hamilton, girls 1600m (5:12.34); Gracie Werst, Hamilton, girls shot put (38-08); Aubrey Korst, Hamilton, girls pole vault (11-00); Reagan Johnstone, Stevensville, girls triple jump (36-07.25).