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County athletes compete in Eureka ABC meet

Thompson Falls and Noxon thinclads participated in the Eureka ABC meet in Lincoln County last Tuesday, April 24, and Plains' Jessica Thompson went it alone in the Russ Pilcher Top 10 Meet in Missoula that day.

The State C leader in the shot put and the discus, Thompson won the shot put in the Top 10 with a best put of 40 feet, 1 inch, beating the next closest competitor (Brooke Kearns of Missoula Big Sky) by over a foot.

In Eureka, Nate Thibeault of Thompson Falls and Levi Brubaker of Noxon were the only Hawks or Devils to win, but a lot of Sanders County athletes showed well.

Thibeault motored to victory in the 400 meters, logging a time of 52.81 seconds, while Brubaker claimed the triple jump with an outstanding effort of 42 feet, 4 inches. Thibeault and Brubaker also both placed in the long jump, with Nate winning third (19-6) and Levi taking sixth (18-10.5).

In other results for the Thompson Falls boys, Cody Garrison won second in the pole vault (11-6) and in the javelin (145-8), Colby Lantz won third in the 1600 meters (5:00.23) and the 3200 (11:06.50), Nick Viera won second in the long jump (19-7.5), Robert Bonney took second in the 110 meter hurdles (18.32 seconds) and the 1600 meter relay squad placed second.

Freshman Cody Burk placed fifth in the discus and seventh in the shot put, Alex Erosa placed fourth in the 1600 meters, Harrison Hugus sixth in the triple jump and Carson Alexander seventh in the triple jump.

For the Noxon boys, Edison VanVleet placed fourth in the 300 hurdles and fifth in the 110s, Ryan Weltz won third in the discus, sixth in the shot put and seventh in the javelin, Aaron Raynor won fifth in the shot put, Cody Cable placed fifth in the 400 meters and Alex Currie ran down eighth in the 3200.

Delaney Weltz made big noise in the throwing events for the Lady Red Devils, winning second place in the Discus (98-11) and in the javelin (101-00) in addition to placing fourth in the shot put (28-8.5).

Cory Brodmerkle won fifth in the shot put and the discus, Anna Kaiser took sixth in the triple jump, seventh in the 800 meters and seventh in the long, Kali Murray won fifth place in the 100 meter hurdles and sixth in the 100 meters, and Phalyn Fickas took third in the 3200 meters.

For the Lady Hawks, Jody Detlaff won second place in the high jump, fourth in the discus and eighth in the triple jump, Josey Neesvig took second in the 1600 meters, Riley Wilson won third in the 100 meter hurdles and in the high jump and eighth in the triple jump and Kacey VanZanten third in the 300 meter hurdles, fifth in the javelin and ninth in the discus.

Maya Stiles won second in the pole vault and sixth in the long jump and in the javelin, Rachel Ribeiro placed fourth in the 3200 meters, Sarah Detlaff fifth in the high jump, Sierra Hanks third in the 800 meters and sixth in the high jump, Annalyn Stover sixth in the shot put, and Megan Baxter seventh in the high jump and in the 400 meters.

 

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