Rosenbaum breaks record at Archie Roe
Hungry Horse News
For Columbia Falls High School seniors Kyle Rosenbaum and Bekah Stoltz, it almost seems too easy.
Nevermind the hours of training, the afternoons of practice or the years of competing, these two continually impress with their displays in the field events for the high school track team.
Saturday at the Archie Roe track meet, Rosenbaum launched himself into the record books, setting a school record with a 46-00. After battling a hamstring injury earlier in the season, the jump helped land the boys team in fifth place out of 16 teams competing, amassing 41.50 points.
Stoltz, a veritable discus tossing machine, won the discus again, this time with a throw of 137-02. Her win propelled the girls team to a sixth place showing and 34 points.
For the boys, Rosenbaum also finished third in the long jump with a 20-6 1/4. In the triple jump, junior Kevin Boyer finished fifth with a 40-11 3/4.
The Wildcats continued their strong performance in the field events with senior Jace Ladenburg placing second in the discus with a 150-04.
In the high jump, junior Jack Scherman finished fifth with a 6-00, and junior Dillon West and senior Jeremiah Fauske tied for sixth with two other competitors after jumping 5-10.
The intermediate distance races also featured decent performances for the Cats, as senior Devin Schmit finished fourth in the 400 meters with a 53.01 and fifth in the 800 meters with a 2:00.96. Senior Tommy McNulty finished sixth in the 400 with a 53.64.
Scherman finished his day with a fourth place finish in the 300 hurdles after running a 41.89.
Boys coach Mark Beckwith pointed out two performances in particular that stood out.
"Kyle Rosenbaum had a great jump in the triple," he said. "Devin Schmit came in with a real respectable time in the 800 - that's the first time he's run that this year."
He also said the team competed well and he classified the day as a success.
"They just had a good day overall," he said. "That's as high as we've ever finished at the Archie Roe."
The team will be gearing up for divisionals with the Polson meet this weekend, one that Beckwith said he might use to rest some of his top performers.
"We have the Polson meet coming up this weekend, and that's the last one," he said. "This weekend, we're going to have some kids not do the events that normally they would do. We're saving them for the divisionals. That's our been our focus all year."
The girls relied on the strong day from Stoltz, who, along with her win in the discus, finished second in the javelin with a 132.05 and fourth in the shot put with a 34-02 1/2.
Senior Kim Pearce finished second in the high jump after elevating to a 5-02 and senior Cassie Stoneman finished fourth in the triple jump with a 34-05 1/4.
Girls coach Wes Knutson said that despite several key absences, his team also had a good day.
"We competed well. We have a few inconsistencies that we have to get ironed out," he said. "We were missing a couple girls again. We had a state music fest last weekend."
As for the girls that turned out for the meet last weekend, Knutson said that some of his younger athletes were initially intimidated.
"They competed hard," he said. "The girls that were there, some of them were just a little awestruck. Once they settled down, they competed extremely well."
With the divisionals closing in, Knutson said that his team must continue to score highly in the field events and hopefully improve its scoring on the track.
"We've got our strength in the field events and we've got to continue that," he said. "We're also working hard at scoring points on the track."