Whitefish girls shine at Polson ABC meet
Whitefish High School senior Mikenna Ells (left) edges past freshman Brooke Zetooney (right) in the 100-meter dash on Saturday, May 1, 2021. Ells delivered another impressive performance during a meeting in Polson on Saturday, May 15, 2021. (Whitney England/Whitefish Pilot)
POLSON — Mikenna Ells' performance at Nelson-Thomas ABC meet was as simple as 1, 2, 4.
The Whitefish senior swept the three girls’ sprints Saturday and lowered her state-best time in the 400 meters to 57.46 seconds. She’d clocked 57.79 11 days before, and edged past Helena’s Odessa Zentz (57.48) for the fastest time this spring regardless of class.
The Bulldogs finished a close second in the girls’ team race, scoring 105.5 points to 113.5 for perennial Southwest A power Corvallis.
Frenchtown won the boys’ team title with 115 points. Columbia Falls was fourth at 51 and Whitefish fifth with 49.
It was a fast meet. Columbia Falls’ Lara Erickson lowered her personal best in the 1,600 by almost 13 seconds, to 5:13.86. That leads Class A; sister Siri Erickson is second at 5:26.35.
Siri Erickson won the 3,200 Saturday.
Other PRs were set by Columbia Falls’ Ally Sempf (26.94 in the 200, where she finished fourth) and Hailey Ells of Whitefish (46.76 in the 300 hurdles, where she was second to Corvallis’ Olivia Lewis. Those two now sit 2-3 in Class A. Hailey Ells won the 100 hurdles.
Both Whitefish and Columbia Falls ran their fastest 400-meter relays of the spring, while finishing 1-2. The Bulldogs (50.08) and Wildkats (51.25) are 2-3 in the A rankings. They went 1-2 in Saturday’s long relay as well.
Columbia Falls’ Rebeka Walker cleared 9 feet in the pole vault to finish fourth and teammate Hannah Sempf matched her season best of 10-0 to take second.
Winning was Corvallis’ Kailen Herbstritt, who cleared 11-0. That was one of three Blue Devils’ wins Saturday.
The Whitefish boys’ got a win from Bodie Smith in the 300 hurdles, whose time of 42.38 was a personal record and sits No. 4 in Class A. Smith also had a PR in the long jump, winning with a leap of 20-6.5. That sits No. 6 in A.
Columbia Falls’ Jace Duval won the 200, Polson’s Jarrett Wilson claimed the 100 and Ronan’s Germa Detwiler won the triple jump.
One highlight in the boys’ meet was an 800 race that, even though Class A leader Lane Cole of Hamilton didn’t compete, saw four top-10 times. Leading the way was Jeremy Bockus of Browning, who ran 1:59.33. Only Cole’s 1:58.75 is faster, for all classes.
Brinson Wyche of Corvallis, Michael Irvine of Rolna and Gabe Lund of Whitefish followed.
Hamilton’s Colter Kirkland and Colter Purcell ran the two fastest 1,600 meter times Saturday. Cole, meanwhile, won the 3,200 in 9:54.74 and sits No. 3 in Class A in that event.
BOYS
Team scores — Frenchtown 115, Hamilton 92, Corvallis 60.5, Columbia Falls 51, Whitefish 49, Ronan 48, Polson 38.5, Stevensville 34, Libby 23, Browning 14.
100 — 1, Jarrett Wilson, Pol, 11.81; 2, Jeffery Jacobs, Ftn, 11.84; 3, Austin Luper, Pol, 11.98; 4, Evan Ellington, Ftn, 12.04; 5, Lucas Targerson, Pol, 12.10; 6, Garrett Schmill, Ftn, 12.11.
200 — 1, Jace Duval, CF, 23.64; 2, Garrett Schmill, Ftn, 23.77; 3, Austin Luper, Pol, 24.12; 4, Evan Ellington, Ftn, 24.28; 5, Cassidy Hendricks, Pol, 24.40; 6, Keilen Rausch, Lib, 24.82.
400 — 1, Garrett Schmill, Ftn, 51.81; 2, Eli Taylor, Ham, 52.20; 3, Derek Criddle, Cor, 52.22; 4, Kaden Hanson, Ftn, 54.37; 5, Bailey Sjostrom, CF, 54.41; 6, Drifter Skillicorn, Pol, 54.73.
800 — 1, Jeremy Bockus, Brw, 1:59.33; 2, Brinson Wyche, Cor, 2:03.03; 3, Michael Irvine, Ron, 2:05.24; 4, Gabe Lund, Wfh, 2:05.66; 5, Barrett Garcia, Wfh, 2:06.,02; 6, Jakob Hansen, Ftn, 2:06.52.
1600 — 1, Colter Kirkland, Ham, 4:26.97; 2, Colter Purcell, Ham, 4:27.81; 3, Michael Irvine, Ron, 4:40.21; 4, Brant Heiner, Ron, 4:40.22; 5, Deneb Linton, Wfh, 4:42.22; 6, Richards Role, CF, 4:43.69.
3200 — 1, Lane Cole, Ham, 9:54.74; 2, Brant Heiner, Ron, 10:03.95; 3, Gavin Hagberg, Cor, 10:25.83; 4, Harrison Silverio, Ham, 10:40.14.; 5, Deneb Linton, Wfh, 10:40.20; 6, Mason Sloan, Pol, 10:52.66.
110 hurdles — 1, Kellan Beller, Ste, 16.86; 2, Jarrett Wilson, Pol, 17.37; 3, Aiden Read, Cor, 17.43; 4, Richard Babcock, CF, 18.56; 5, Will Heitmann, Ham, 18.62; 6, Nate Davis, Cor, 19.03.
300 hurdles — 1, Bodie Smith, Wfh, 42.38; 2, Aiden Read, Cor, 43.77; 3, Levi Bachteler, CF, 45.04; 4, Noah Rausch, Ftn, 45.74; 5, TJ Brown, Ste, 46.05; 6, Thane Borgen, CF, 46.11.
400 relay — 1, Frenchtown (Schmill, Jacobs, Ellington, White) 44.78; 2, Columbia Falls 46.12; 3, Hamilton 46.58; 4, Stevensville 46.73; 5, Corvallis 47.29; 6, Libby 47.41.
1600 relay — 1, Hamilton (Taylor, Cole, Purcell, Kirkland) 3:36.84; 2, Frenchtown 3:40.77; 3, Whitefish 3:46.45; 4, Browning 3:46.49; 5, Columbia Falls 3:48.42; 6, Corvallis 3:48.42.
Discus — 1, Orion Kutuey, Ham, 138-6; 2, Allec Knapton, CF, 136-6; 3, Jason Jessop, Cor, 134-10; 4, Talon Holmquist, Wfh, 131-6; 5, Tel Arthur, Ftn, 131-0; 6, Bridger Cole, Cor, 130-3.
Javelin — 1, Kellan Beller, Ste, 163-9; 2, Levi Reynoso, Cor, 149-0; 3, Jay Beagle, Lib, 144-5; 4, Landen Conner, Cor, 142-9; 5, Jason Jessop, Cor, 137-3; 6, Dennis Shestak, Wfh, 135-0.
Shot put — 1, Jake Houlihan, Ftn, 48-10; 2, Talon Holmquist, Wfh, 48-2.5; 3, Hunter Gum,. Ste, 46-8; 4, Tyler Burrows, Ham, 45-8; 5, Duncan Richardson, Ftn, 43-11; 6, Taetum Tresch, Cor, 42-11.
High jump — 1, Brandon Finley, Ftn, 6-2; 2, Payton Cates, Ron, 5-10; 3, Cale White, Ftn, 5-10; 4, Devin Shelton, Ftn, 5-10; 5 (tie), Derek Criddle, Cor, and Jarrett Wilson, Pol, 5-8.
Long jump — 1, Bodie Smith, Wfh, 20-6.5; 2, Keilen Rausch, Lib, 20-4.5; 3, Zarec Couture, Ron, 20-0; 4, Sully Belcourt, Ftn, 19-8; 5, Cale White, Ftn, 19-4; 6, Drifter Skillicorn, Pol, 19-4.
Triple jump — 1, Girma Detwiler, Ron, 43-3; 2, Jeffrey Jacobs, Ftn, 41-3; 3, Jaxon Heinz, CF, 40-10.25; 4, Cale White, Ftn, 40-7; 5, Kellan Beller, Ste, 39-6.5; 6, Sully Belcourt, Ftn, 39-1.5.
Pole vault — 1, Tayler Searle, Ham, 12-6; 2, Dawson Rose, Lib, 12-0; 3, Colter Kirkland, Ham, 12-0; 4, Andrew Carmody, Ham, 12-0; 5 (tie), Jaxon Heinz, CF, and Lane Clark, CF, 11-6.
GIRLS
Team scores — Corvallis 113.5, Whitefish 105.5, Hamilton 79, Columbia Falls 77, Stevensville 50, Frenchtown 37, Libby 27, Ronan 24, ‘Polson 12.
100 — 1, Mikenna Ells, Wfh, 12.83; 2, Brooke Zetooney, Wfh, 12.90; 3, Claire Hutchison, Ste, 13.07; 4, Ashton Lewis, Ste, 13.43; 5, Erin Wilde, Wfh, 13.60; 6, Michelle Dale, Pol, 13.68.
200 — 1, Mikenna Ells, Wfh, 26.56; 2, Claire Hutchison, Ste, 26.76; 3, Brooke Zetonney, Wfh, 26.90; 4, Ally Sempf, CF, 26.94; 5, Tommye Kelly, Wfh, 27.40; 6, Ashton Lewis, Ste, 27.61.
400 — 1, Mikenna Ells, Wfh, 57.46; 2, Ashton Lewis, Ste, 61.68; 2, Ally Sempf, CF, 62.76; 3, Tommye Kelly, Wfh, 64.63; 5, Madalyn Nelson, Ham, 65.35; 6, Margaret Pulsifer, Wfh, 65.85.
800 — 1, Brynnli Poulsen, Ham, 2:29.46; 2, Abigail Sherwood, Ftn, 2:30.20; 3, Amara Auch, Cor, 2:33.83; 4, Rylee Breackman, H am, 2:38.78; 5, Margaret Pulsifer, Wfh, 2:40.75; 6, Taleah Hernandez, pol, 2:49.05.
1600 — 1, Lara Erickson, CF, 5:13.86; 2, Brynnli Poulsen, Ham, 5:29.40; 3, Abigail Sherwood, Ftn, 5:34.63; 4, Laurie Davidson, Cor, 5:36.,38; 5, Katie Gleason, Cor, 5:37.46; 6, Olvia Heiner, Ron, 5:42.93.
3200 — 1, Siri Erickson, CF, 12:13.53; 2, Ashtyn Wagner, Pol, 12:48.13; 3, OIivia Buoy, Cor, 12:48.63; 4, Courtney Hoerner, CF, 13:11.31; 5, Olivia Heiner, Ron, 13:30.59; 6, Julia Martin, CF, 13:51.92.
100 hurdles — 1, Hailey Ells, Wfh, 17.24; 2, Olivia Lewis, Cor, 17.75; 3, Kristina Shestak, Wfh, 17.75; 4, Rylee Herbstritt, Cor, 18.13; 5, Elliana Davis, Cor, 18.49; 6, Julia Sefert, Ham, 18.55.
300 hurdles — 1, Olivia Lewis, Cor, 46.74; 2, Hailey Ells, Wfh, 46.76; 3, Rylee Herbstritt, Cor, 51.07; 4, Aurora Smith, Lib, 52.24; 5, Julia Sefert, Ham, 52.27; 6, Bailey Smith, Wfh, 52.54.
400 relay — 1, Whitefish (Hailey Ells, Brooke Zetooney, Erin Wilde, Mikenna Ells) 50.08; 2, Columbia Falls 51.25; 3, Corvallis 52.00;; 4, Frenchtown 53.06; 5, Ronan 53.49; 6, Polson 54.60.
1600 relay — 1, Whitefish (Hailey Ells, Tommye Kelly, Brooke Zetooney, Mikenna Ells 4:12.15); 2, Columbia Falls 4:23.85; 3, Hamilton 4:24.05; 4, Corvallis 4:28.65; 5, Polson 4:40.13.
Discus — 1, Katelyn Dickemore, Ham, 125-2.5; 2, Kayla Botkin, Ftn, 114-10; 3, Kaitlyn Weidow, Cor, 112-7; 4, Madison Lewis, Cor, 110-6.5; 5, Crystal Hazel, Ste, 102-1.5; 6, Madeline Stutsman, CF, 100-8.
Javelin — 1, Jenna Jordan, Cor, 121-1; 2, Brooke Powell, Cor, 109-0; 3, Mya Winkler, Ham, 106-2.5; 4, Katelyn Dickemore, Ham, 102-8; 5, Tahnee Lewis, Cor, 99-6.5; 6, Rylee Boltz, Lib, 95-6.
Shot put — 1, Katelyn Dickemore, Ham, 39-8.25; 2, Madison Lewis, Cor, 38-5; 3, Molly Craig, Ham, 34-2.25; 4, Madeline Stutsman, CF, 31-8.75; 5, Rylie Lindquist, Ron, 31-7; 6, Kennedy Praast, Ste, 31-6.25.
High jump — 1, Claire Hutchison, Ste, 4-10; 2, Camas Crattey, Ham, 4-10; 3, Lindsey Brooks, Ron, 4-8; 4, Rylee Boltz, Lib, 4-8; 5 (tie), Sophia Zohrer, Wfh, and Laila Smith, Cor, 4-6.
Long jump — 1, Ashton Lewis, Ste, 17-0; 2, Maddie Robison, CF, 16-1.5; 3, Brooke Powell, Cor, 16-0; 4, Rylee Boltz, Lib, 15-9.5; 5, Demi Smith, Ftn, 15-6; 6, Olivia Clairmont, Ron, 14-11.5.
Triple jump — 1, Leina Ulutoa, Ron, 33-10.5; 2, Savanna Sanderson, Lib, 32-1.5; 3, Madison Caruthers, Lib, 30-0.25; 4, Maddie Young, Wfh, 29-11.25; 5, McKinley Murray, Ham, 29-9; 6, Katherine Deschamps, Ftn, 29-5.5.
Pole vault — 1, Kailen Herbstritt, Cor, 11-0; 2, Hannah Sempf, CF, 10-0; 3, Charlie Ham, Ftn, 9-6; 4, Rebekah Walker, CF, 9-0; 5, Elena Garrard, Ftn, 8-6; 6, Whitney Bodily, CF, 8-0.