Thompson Falls thin clads send several to 7B Divisional meet

Bigfork may have been the big winners at last Saturday’s 7B District Championships in Eureka, but the Thompson Falls squads still have a number of talented athletes headed to this weekend’s Western B Divisional at Missoula County Public School Stadium.

For the boys, Bigfork scored 258 points while host Eureka had 104 and the Blue Hawks were third with 90.

Mission had 70 while Troy scored 16.

On the girls side, Bigfork scored 277 with the Lady Hawks the runners-up with 104. Eureka was third with 93 and Mission had 40.

Cody Burk led the boys team with two wins in the shot put and discus and a second in the javelin. Burk recorded a new personal best at 49 feet, 7 1/2 inches in the shot. His top discus effort was 141-10. His best javelin toss was 146 feet, 1 inch, also a personal best.

Justin Morgan won the 3,200-meter run and was second in the 1,600. Morgan had a personal best in the 1,600 at 4:33.40.

For the girls, sophomore Chesney Lowe came in seeded first in the javelin and didn’t look to challenge in the pole vault. But her performance proved how competition can be unpredictable at times.

Lowe entered the pole vault seeded third. Her personal best was a vault of 7 feet, 1 inch. But Lowe was working with a new pole and she had been steadily improving leading up to the district meet.

“I hit 7-6 five times in practice and then 7-9 twice right before today,” Lowe said. “Today turned out to be a pretty good day.”

Lowe won the event with a height of 8 feet, 3 inches.

Lowe finished fourth in the javelin, but she’ll have another crack at it this weekend in Missoula. Lowe was also third in the triple jump.

Senior Jody Detlaff enjoyed a good day with a win in the discus (106 feet), a second in the shot put (31-9 1/2), fourth in the high jump (4-7) and a seventh in the javelin with a personal best of 80 feet, 9 inches.

Field events begin at 11 a.m. each day and track events begin at noon.

Complete results are available at athletic.net.

Here’s a look at other top performances by Thompson Falls performers.

GIRLS

Josey Neesvig was fourth in the 800 run;

Faith Palmer was second in the 3,200 run and third in the 1,600;

Mollie Nichols was third in the 3,200 run and fourth in the 1,600;

The 4x100 relay team of Hattie and Josey Neesvig, Palmer and Lowe was second;

The 4x400 relay team of Hattie and Josey Neesvig, Palmer and Lowe was also second;

Hattie Neesvig was third in the high jump, fourth in the long jump with a personal best 14-3 1/2 and second in the triple jump.

BOYS

Dante Micheli was fifth in the 200 dash with a personal best 23.86. Micheli also had a personal best in the triple jump with a leap of 37 feet, 9 inches, which placed him fourth. He was also fourth in the long jump;

Breck Ferris was second in the long jump with a personal best leap of 19 feet, 4 1/2 inches. Ferris was fifth in the triple jump at 37 feet, 6 1/2 inches.

William Hyatt was fourth in the 800 and 3,200 runs while placing seventh in the 1,600;

The 4x100 relay team of Owen Fernstrom, Lance Palmer, Kael Brown and Justin Haagenson was fourth;

The 4x400 relay team of Breck Ferris, Morgan, Hyatt and Michelli was third;

Palmer was fourth in the discus with a personal best of 102 feet, 10 inches.