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LADY HAWK FRESHMAN Jody Detlaff won third place in the Western B high jump and will compete in the State B meet in Laurel this week.
HIGH-SCORING HAWK - Falls senior Cody Garrison won second in the pole vault, third in the javelin and fourth in the 300 meter hurdles at the Western B meet in Frenchtown last week.
NOXON'S LEVI BRUBAKER won the triple jump and placed second in the long jump in the Western C meet last week.
The Thompson Falls boys won fourth and the Lady Hawks fifth at the Western B-C divisional track and field meet in Frenchtown last week.
Coach Trenna Ferris was grateful to her team after her first year at the helm of the Thompson Falls track and field program, and not just to the ones who will be moving on to this week's State B meet in Laurel Friday and Saturday.
"I congratulate all the athletes that made it to the State competition, what an accomplishment!" she said. "I also want to congratulate all the athletes that came to compete all season and for their efforts in Frenchtown.
"I can't believe all the personal bests that we had," she added. "Just incredible, what a way to go out!"
Seniors led the Hawk boys in Frenchtown as Thompson Falls scored 60.5 team points, finishing behind Eureka (122), Loyola (115) and Deer Lodge (79), but ahead of Bigfork (55.5), Florence (41), Anaconda (30), Troy (14) and Mission (9).
Sparked mostly by underclassmen, the Lady Hawks scored 37.5 team points to place fifth behind powerful Bigfork (187), Deer Lodge (101.5), Eureka (84) and Mission (53), but out in front of Loyola (29), Florence (16), Troy (10) and Anaconda (8).
Seniors Cody Garrison, Danny Hoisington, Nate Thibeault, Parker McConnell and Alex Erosa paced the Hawk boys with a lot of help from their younger teammates.
Garrison cleared 12 feet, 6 inches in winning second place in the pole vault, he pitched the javelin 152 feet, 1 inch to win third in that specialty, and he ran the 300 meter hurdles in 45.33 seconds to win fourth place in that race.
Hoisington won second place in the 110 meter hurdles, fourth in the triple jump and a share of fifth place in the high jump, Thibeault won second place in the 400 meters, McConnell ran down second place in the 3200 meters and sixth in the 1600, and Erosa won third in the 1600 and sixth in the 800.
Robert Bonney (fifth in the 110 meter hurdles), Cody Burk (sixth in the shot put) and Harrison Hugus (tied for sixth in the high jump) rounded out individual scoring for the Hawk boys, and the 1600 meter relay team also qualified for this week's State B with a fifth place finish.
Garrison, Hoisington, Thibeault and Erosa also teamed up to win fifth place in the 1600 meter relay.
With the very young Lady Hawks, freshmen Josey Neesvig and Jody Detlaff won third place medals in the 3200 meter run and high jump, respectively, and junior Maya Stiles won third place in the pole vault. Neesvig also ran her way to a fourth place medal in the 1600 meters.
Detlaff placed fifth in the discus, Kacey VanZanten won fifth in the javelin, Gabriella Pallister took sixth in the pole vault and Sierra Hanks tied for sixth in the high jump.
Both Lady Hawk relays also move on to State, as the 1600 meter quartet finished third and the 400 four joined forces to take fourth.
The Lady Hawk 400 meter team is comprised of Haley Morgan, Pallister, Stiles and VanZanten, while the 1600 meter relay squad is made up of Morgan, Neesvig, Megan Baxter and Hanks.
Jolia Buchanan is the alternate for the Lady Hawk 1600 meter relay and Sarah Detlaff the alternate for the 400 meter relay.
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