Vals start fast at divisional track

by The Daily Inter Lake
| May 21, 2011 2:00 AM

MISSOULA - Bigfork won the 400 relay, Emily Moxley had the best time in the 1,600 and the Valkyries used runner-up finishes by Caitlin Charlebois in the pole vault and Chelsea Olson in the 1,600 to take a huge lead in the team race at the Western B divisional track meet on Friday.

Bigfork leads the standings with 51 points, while Superior trails in second place with 34. Eureka is third, 20.

Bailey Malecha won the 400 for Eureka's lone first on the day.

Bigfork had placers in five of the six events.

Quinci Paine, Jen Egdorf, Charlebois and Mallery Knoll were members of the winning relay.

Darby leads the boys field with 47 points after seven events. Bigfork is eighth with 10.

The divisional wraps up today at Missoula County Stadium.

GIRLS

Team Totals

(through 6 of 17 events)

Bigfork 51, Superior 34, Eureka 20, Thompson Falls 18, Florence 17, Loyola Sacred Heart 16, Deer Lodge 11, Plains 10, Darby 8, Valley Christian 1.

400 - 1, Bailey Malecha, Eur, 61.84; 2, Ashley Blaylock, Sup, 62.49; 3, Quinci Paine, Bf, 62.92; 4, Kadeshia Clark, DL, 64.06; 5, Leanna Lantz, TF, 65.43; 6, Mckenna Sweet, VC, 65.46.

1,600 - 1, Emily Moxley, Bf, 5:40.00; 2, Chelsea Olson, Bf, 5:41.62; 3, Erica Sorlie, TF, 5:42.21; 4, Diamond LaDeaux, Pla, 5:47.42; 5, Maggie Mitzel, LSH, 5:52.84; 6, Shari Leedom, Flo, 5:58.27.

400 relay - 1, Bigfork (Quinci Paine, Jen Egdorf, Caitlin Charlebois, Mallery Knoll), 51.11; 2, Florence, 52.46; 3, Superior, 52.55; 4, Eureka, 53.08; 5, Loyola, 53.35; 6, Deer Lodge, 53.48.

Shot put - 1, Ashley Medeiros, LSH, 39-0 1/2; 2, Megan Leathers, Flo, 38-8; 3, Emily Billows, Eur, 32-8 1/2; 4, Tessa Robertson, Bf, 31-2 1/2; 5, Thelina Conley, Bf, 28-8 1/2; 6, Kate Lamm, Bf, 28-1.

Long jump - 1, Nicole Stroot, Sup, 16-3 3/4; 2, Sarah Jakober, Dar, 16-2 1/2; 3, Kelsey Beagley, Pla, 15-6; 4, Rhandy Cox, Sup, 14-11; 5, Casey Miller, LSH, 14-7 1/4; 6, Bailey Senecal, DL, 14-3 1/4.

Pole vault - 1, Hope Reid, TF, 9-6; 2, Caitlin Charlebois, Bf, 9-6; 3, Kinzie Cooper, Sup, 8-6; 4, Linsea Farrow, DL, 8-0; 5, Keiko Sagami, Bf, 8-0; 6, Cassy Graveley, DL, 7-6.

BOYS

Team Totals

(through 7 of 17 events)

Darby 47, Florence 39, Deer Lodge 38.5, Loyola Sacred Heart 25, Plains 19, Thompson Falls 18, Superior 14.5, Bigfork 10, Troy 4, Valley Christian 2.

400 - 1, Aaron Johnston, Dar, 50.45; 2, Jacob Senecal, DL, 51.32; 3, Brady Blomquist, Flo, 51.75; 4, Dylan Reynolds, Flo, 52.36; 5, Travis Knoll, Bf, 52.95; 6, Ryan Haynes, Bg, 53.32.

800 - 1, Doug Raymer, Dar, 1:57.74; 2, Madison Bolton, Flo, 2:00.55; 3, Jeremy Campbell, Dar, 2:02.20; 4, Sean Abrahamsen, Dar, 2:03.07; 5, Alex Ammons, VC, 2:03.77; 6, Cody Burke, LSH, 2:04.71.

3,200 - 1, Doug Raymer, Dar, 10:06.67; 2, Carter Montgomery, Pla, 10:10.10; 3, Lyle Pocha, LSH, 10:12.67; 4, Sean Abrahamsen, Dar, 10:24.31; 5, Kit Mayer, LSH, 10:32.42; 6, Kenneth Beech, Pla, 10:44.93.

400 relay - 1, Deer Lodge (Cole Thomas, Brett Witt, Jake Davenport, Jacob Senecal,), 45.10; 2, Loyola, 45.15; 3, Bigfork, 45.18; 4, Superior, 45.74; 5, Thompson Falls, 45.93; 6, Florence, 46.31.

Shot put - 1, Brandon Forson, DL, 55-4; 2, Johnny Medeiros, LSH, 46-7; 3, Damon Ward, Flo, 44-9 3/4; 4, Kody Hoffman, T, 43-4; 5, Chalis Wilson, TF, 41-11; 6, Sterling Kim, Dar, 41-9.

Long jump - 1, Taylor Firestone, Pla, 21-9 3/4; 2, Reed Jenkins, Flo, 20-0 1/2; 3, Ross Mangun, Flo, 20-0; 4, Brett Witt, DL, 19-11 1/4; 5, Aaron Johnston, Dar, 19-8 1/4; 6, Kyle Hauns, Bf, 19-6 1/2.

Pole vault - 1, Cody Phillips, TF, 13-3; 2, Christofer Eriksson, Sup, 13-0; 3, Brett Witt, DL, 12-6; 4, Dominque Holt, TF, 12-0; 5, Matt Campbell, Sup, 12-0; 6, (tie) Kevin Ryan, Sup, and Rodney Hunter, DL, 11-6.