Seeley Swan Pathfinder -

FRENCHTOWN - With more than half the team out for spring break and other reasons, the remaining Seeley-Swan Blackhawks still had a great showing at the Jim Johnson Invitational March 29. The Boys took second and the Ladies took fifth out of more that 20 A, B and C class teams.

The Boys relay team consisting of Logan Robinson, Soren Moon, Hunter Shelmerdine and Dakota Wood won the 4x400 and took second in the 4x100-meter.

Nate Samuli earned the Boys only individual first place in the javelin. His throw of 150 feet, 9.5 inches is the second farthest in all of Class C this season and tenth across all classes in Montana. It was also a personal record by more than a foot.

The Boys racked up the points in the short races. Shelmerdine took second in the 400 and fifth in the 200. Robinson took second in the 200. Wood took third in both the 100 and 200 while Moon took sixth in the 400.

For the Girls, Klaire Kovatch pushed her personal record out a couple inches in the discus to 123 feet, 11.5 inches and edged out last year's state champ Jessica Thompson for first place. Kovatch also earned third in the 100-meter hurdles and fifth in the javelin.

Ashley Miller earned points with a third place in the triple jump and fourth in the long jump.

The next meet is the Frenchtown Invitational April 7 in Frenchtown.

Jim Johnson Invitational-March 29 at Frenchtown (Stats only shown for events Seeley-Swan placed in the top six and only one place behind Seeley-Swan's athletes.)

Boys Team Scores: Frenchtown (FT) 174, Seeley-Swan (SS) 65, Thompson Falls (TF) 61, Deer Lodge (DL) 44, Fort Benton (FB) 35, Drummond 25, Plains 24, St. Ignatius (SI) 21, Florence-Carlton (FL) 18, Lincoln 10, Noxon 10, Power 10, Darby 10, Philipsburg 7, Clark Fork 7, St. Regis 4 and Harrison 2.

100 – 1. Jace Klucewich (FT), 11.10; 2. Jethro Thorne (FC), 11.42; 3. Dakota Wood (SS), 11.58; 4. Tanner Jolly (DL), 11.60.

200 – 1. Jace Klucewich (FT), 23.71; 2. Logan Robinson (SS), 24.33; 3. Dakota Wood (SS), 24.38; 4. Ian Ferris (St. Regis), 24.50; 5. Hunter Shelmerdine (SS), 24.82; 6. Dominik Dunk (Power), 25.02.

400 – 1. Jethro Thorne (FC), 52.89; 2. Hunter Shelmerdine (SS), 55.21; 3. Nate Tibeault (TF), 56.23; 4. Aidan Cyr (FT), 56.73; 5. Dominik Dunk (Power), 56.77; 6. Soren Moon (SS), 59.94.

4x100 – 1. Frenchtown, 45.79; 2. Seeley-Swan, 46.70; 3. Deer Lodge, 46.88.

4x400 – 1. Seeley-Swan, 3:42.89; 2. Frenchtown A, 3:42.98; 3. Frenchtown B, 3:56.00.

Triple jump – 1. Danny Hoisington (TF), 41-04.5; 2. Levi Brubaker (Noxon), 40-5.5; 3. Hunter Shelmerdine (SS), 39-10; 4. Sinjin LaDeaux (Plains) 38-11.

Javelin – 1. Nate Samuli (SS), 150-9.5; 2. Michael Durglo (SI), 146-9; 3. Cody Garrison (TF), 145-10.5.

Girls Team Scores: Fort Benton 101, Frenchtown 98, Deer Lodge 62.5, Plains 53, Seeley-Swan 32, Darby 30, St. Ignatius 29, Florence-Carlton 26, Thompson Falls 20, Drummond 17, Clark Fork 17, Noxon 12, St. Regis 11, Philipsburg 9, Lincoln 8.5, Arlee 6.

100 hurdles – 1. Kamryn Scully (DL), 17.30; 2. Caprice Johnson (DL), 17.94; 3. Klaire Kovatch (SS), 17.96; 4. Nicole Axtman (FB), 18.33.

Nathan Bourne, Pathfinder

Junior Hunter Shelmerdine leaps though the air in the triple jump. He jumped 39 feet, 10 inches for third place and a new personal record.

4x400 – 1. Frenchtown, 4:27.00; 2. Fort Benton, 4:36.98; 3. Deer Lodge, 4:39.41; 4. Clark Fork, 4:55.19; 5. Seeley-Swan, 5:00.53; 6. Thompson Falls, 5:02.87.

Long jump – 1. Leah Gannon (FB), 17-0; 2. Alivia Williams (FT), 16-1; 3. Aspen Geise (FB), 15-11.5; 4. Ashley Miller (SS), 14-11; 5. Emma Hill (St. Regis), 14-8.

Triple jump – 1. Nicole Axtman (FB), 33-7; 2. Afton Brander (SI), 32-8; 3. Ashley Miller (SS), 32-8; 4. Syd Brander (SI), 31-10.5; 5. Kara Good (SS), 30-6.5; 6. Anna Kaiser (Noxon), 30-2.5.

Discus – 1. Klaire Kovatch (SS), 123-11.5; 2. Jessica Thompson (PLA), 117-11.5; 3. Kara Altmiller (PLA), 112-8.

Javelin – 1. Jessica Thompson (PLA), 125-6; 2. Kara Altmiller (PLA), 106-8.5; 3. Lindsay Laws (PLA), 103-6; 4. Kristina Brown (NOXN), 101-9.5; 5. Klaire Kovatch (SS), 100-11; 6. Tanea Reisch (Lincoln), 95-2.