Bigfork boys, Whitefish girls win Bigfork Invitational

BIGFORK — Bigfork won the boys team title at its own Bigfork Invitational track and field meet Tuesday, but a lot of the big marks belonged to Whitefish.

The Vikings scored 249 points to far outpace Whitefish (133.5) and three other teams to the meet, which made up the one that was weathered out on April 2.

Whitefish’s girls scored 242 points to 176 for the Bigfork Valkyries, and the Bulldogs’ speed and power showed up on both sides.

Exhibit A: Talon Holmquist, who also won the discus, marked 52 feet, 6 inches in the shot put. That’s the best in the state for all classes and beyond his personal best of 52-3 1/2, set last year while winning the event at the State A meet.

Teammate Gabe Menicke won the 200 (in 23.76 seconds) and triple jump, and his jump of 45-5 1/2 both shattered his PR of 44-3 — which he did while winning the 2021 State A title — and is the best in Montana. It was Menicke’s first triple jump competition this spring.

The Bulldogs’ Barrett Garcia ran 2:05.98 in the 800, which ranks fourth in A; Bodie Smith owns second-fastest time in 300 hurdles after clocking 42.37 Tuesday.

Libby’s Cy Stevenson threw 46-11 in the shot put, which met the A qualifying standard and sits fourth in A.

The Vikings boys had their moments, with Isak Epperly running the fastest 110-meter hurdles (15.69 seconds) in Class B. Joseph Farrier took the 100 meters in 11.54, which was just outside the State B qualifying standard.

Levi Taylor didn’t win the triple jump (38-9 1/2) or shot put (45-5 1/2), but he PR’d in the former and is in the top 10 in Class B in both.

The Whitefish girls went fast: Brooke Zetooney’s 12.81 in the 100 is fastest in Class A, and teammate Hailey Ells ran the fastest 300 hurdles so far this spring, at 48.24.

Morgan Grube’s 3,200 time of 12:24.59 sits No. 2 in A, and the Bulldogs ran the second-fastest short relay and fastest long relay in the class.

Libby’s Rylee Boltz ran fourth-fastest 200 time of the spring, 27.49. She also became the fifth Class A athlete to reach the State A qualifying high jump height of 5-0.

For Bigfork, Chloe Raats ran the third-fastest 200 time in Class B (27.25) and also helped the Vals clock the fastest long relay in B this spring.

Teammate Lilly Tanko ran just over the qualifying standard in the 110 hurdles (16.54), but still sits No. 3 in Class B. Teammate Inga Turner is fifth.

Bigfork’s Scout Nadeau had possibly the most impressive mark: She uncorked a shot put of 37-8, almost five feet beyond her previous personal best. That ranks No. 2 in B, and obviously meets the state qualifying standard.

BOYS

Team scores — 1, Bigfork 249; 2, Whitefish 133.5; 3, Libby 70.5; 4, Florence 52; 5, Arlee 21.

100 — 1, Joseph Farrier, Bfk, 11.44; 2, Trevor Hill, Bfk, 11.75; 3, Bodie Smith, Wfh, 11.80; 4, Nick Walker, Bfk, 11.82; 5, Kasen Day, Lib, 11.87; 6, Jackson Abney, Bfk, 11.97.

200 — 1, Gabe Menicke, Wfh, 23.76; 2, Dawson Rose, Lib, 23.79; 3, Joseph Farrier, Bfk, 24.17; 4, Trevor Hill, Bfk, 24.78; 5, Kasen Day, Lib, 25.07; 6, Morgan Kyle, Wfh, 25.16.

400 — 1, Elijah Thomas, Bfk, 55.58; 2, Maddox Mater, Bfk, 55.91; 3, Azure Stotle, Wfh, 57.56; 4, Dawson Rose, Lib, 58.52; 5, Greysen Thompson, Lib, 58.57; 6, Coulter Jessop, Bfk, 59.48.

800 — 1, Barrett Garcia, Wfh, 2:05.98; 2, Jack Jensen, Bfk, 2:08.08; 3, Gabe Lund, Wfh, 2:14.10; 4, Nate Ingelfinger, Wfh, 2:16.78; 5, Elijah Albert, Bfk, 2:17.29; 6, Joel Goodman, Lib, 2:17.38.

1,600 — 1, Jack Jensen, Bfk, 4:44.84; 2, Nathaniel Gale, Flo, 4:45.12; 3, Nate Ingelfinger, Wfh, 5:00.32; 4, Elliot Sanforsd, Bfk, 5:02.68; 5, Kyle Harris, Flo, 5:05.68; 6, Joel Goodman, Lib, 5:05.75.

3,200 — 1, Nathaniel Gale, Flo, 10:46.36; 2, Kyler Hrris, Flo, 11:11.35; 3, rowen Sherbo, Lib, 12:16.32; 4, Colton Ballard, Bfk, 12;21.61; 5, Liam Gale, Flo, 13:15.15; 6, Gabe Hollingsworth, Lib, 14:05.90.

110 hurdles — 1, Isak Epperly, Bfk, 15.69; 2, Wyatt Johnston, Bfk, 17.25; 3, Cole Knopik, Bfk, 18.05; 4, Nick Walker, Bfk, 19.08; 5, Lou Kofal, Wfh, 19/13; 6, Andrew Olson, Bfk, 19.14.

300 hurdles — 1, Bodie Smith, Wfh, 42.37; 2, Wyatt Johnson, Bfk, 45.30; 3, Cole Knopik, Bfk, 47.33; 4, Dale Relyea, Bfk, 47.95; 5, Harrison Shepp, Flo, 48.46; 6, Chayse Hartley, Lib, 49.62.

400 relay — 1, Bigfork (Jackson Abbey, Trevor Hill, George Bucklin, Joseph Farrier) 45.66; 2, Whitefish A 46.93; 3, Arlee 49.14; 4, Florence 50.94.

1,600 relay — 1, Whitefish (Zachary Chiarito, Kilian Gustin, Nate Ingelfinger, Deneb Linton) 3:39.84; 2, Bigfork 3:46.47; 3, Arlee 4:04.88; 4, Florence 4:11.73.

Discus — 1, Talon Holmquist, Wfh, 131-7; 2, Braeden Guse, Bfk, 121-4; 3, Luke Maki, Flo, 118-11; 4, Joseph Farrier, Bfk, 113-10; 5, Trey Andersen, Lib, 112-5; 6 (tie), Cy Stevenson, Lib, and JJ McKay, Wfh, 109-1.

Javelin — 1, Trent Riddel, Lib, 141-8; 2, Joseph Farrier, Bfk, 139-4; 3, Charley Crawford, Arl, 138-7; 4, Nick Walker, Bfk, 130-0; 5, Dennis Shestak, Wfh, 126-5; 6, Joel Goodman, Lib, 118-5.

Shot put — 1, Talon Holmquist, Wfh, 52-6; 2, Cy Stevenson, Lib, 46-11; 3, Levi Taylor, Bfk, 45-5 ½; 4, Braeden Guse, Bfk, 40-4; 5, Silvestre Rodriguez, Bfk, 39-5; 6, Jake Knoll, Arlee, 39-4.

High jump — 1, George Bucklin, Bfk, 6-2; 2, Trey Andersen, Lib, 5-10; 3 (tie), Levi Taylor, Bfk, and Quinn Lue, Flo, 5-8; 5, Elliot Sanford, Bfk, 5-8; 6, William Wagner, Flo, 5-6.

Long jump — 1, Levi Peterson, Bfk, 19-9; 2, Vadim Abramchuk, Wfh, 18-0; 3, Trevor Hill, Bfk, 17-10; 4, Wyhatt Barnes, Bfk, 17-9; 5, Scott Dalen, Wfh, 17-8 ½; 6, Kasen Day, Lib, 17-7 ½.

Triple jump — 1, Gabe Menicke, Wfh, 45-5 ½; 2, Levi Taylor, Bfk, 38-9 ½; 3, Morgan Kyle, Wfh, 38-7; 4, Wyatt Barnes, Bfk, 38-6; 5, Trey Andersen, Lib, 38-4; 6, Carson Krack, Wfh, 37-8.

Pole vault — 1, Dawson Rose, Lib, 12-6; 2 (tie), RJ Knoll, Arl, and Tristen Herd, Bfk, 10-0; 4, Jordan Betts, Bfk, 10-0; 5, Jerrod Anderson, Bfk, 10-0; 6, Bowdrie Krack, Wfh, 9-6.

GIRLS

Team scores — 1, Whitefish 242; 2, Bigfork 176; 3, Libby 49; 4, Florence 42; 5, Arlee 7.

100 — 1, Brooke Zetooney, Wfh, 12.31; 2, Madison Caruthers, Lib, 13.29; 3, Malea Pemberton, Wfh, 13.35; 4, Emma Pouwers, Bfk, 13.36; 5, Erin Wilde, Wfh, 13.54; 6, Rylee Boltz, Lib, 13.57.

200 — 1, Chloe Raats, Bfk, 27.25; 2, Rylee Boltz, Lib, 27.49; 3, Rachael Wilmot, Wfh, 27.75; 4, Malea Pemberton, Wfh, 27.89; 5, Danika Bucklin, Bfk, 28.08; 6, Tommye Kelly, Wfh, 28.26.

400 — 1, Rachael Wilmot, Wfh, 64.80; 2, Afton Lambrecht, Bfk, 66.35; 3, Adalyn Jacobson, Arl, 68.30; 4, Madison Ward, Wfh, 68.69; 5, June Callaway, Wfh, 74.17.

800 — 1, Isabelle Cook, Wfh, 2:34.29; 2, Hannah Ayers, Bfk, 2:44.63; 3, Paetra Cooke, Wfh, 2:49.40; 4, Kellie Klepper, Wfh, 2:49.90; 5, Margaret Pulsifer, Wfh, 2:51.06; 6, Claire Jensen, Bfk, 2:54.82.

1,600 — 1, Maeve Ingelfinger, Wfh, 6:07.62; 2, Claire Jensen, Bfk, 6:16.74; 3, Paetra Cooke, Wfh, 6:17.81; 4, Erika Dowling, Bfk, 6:48.35; 5, Allison Streekstra, Flo, 7:05.55; 6, Sophia Logue, Bfk, 7:11.84.

3,200 — 1, Morgan Grube, Wfh, 12:24.59; 2, Hazel Gawe, Wfh, 13:58.97; 3, Erika Dowling, Bfk, 14:57.58; 4, Allison Streekstra, Flo, 15:24.59; 5, Sophia Logue, Bfk, 16:49.69.

100 hurdles — 1, Lilly Tanko, Bfk, 16.54; 2, Inga Turner, Bfk, 17.14; 3, Kristina Shestak, Wfh, 17.76; 4, Aurora Smith, Lib, 18.30; 5, Bergen Fortner, Lib. 18.36.

300 hurdles — 1, Hailey ells, Wfh, 48.24; 2, Lilly Tanko, Bfk, 51.28; 3, Maev Ingelfinger, Wfh, 51.84; 4, Bergen Fortner, Lib, 52.92; 5, Aurora Smith, Lib, 53.75; 6,Ellie Jordt, Bfk, 54.41.

400 relay — 1, Whitefish (Hailey ells, Malea Pemberton, Erin Wilde, Brooke Zetooney) 51.28; 2, Bigfork 52.38; 3, Florence 57.54.

1,600 relay — 1, Whitefish (Tommye Kelly, Isabelle Cooke, Hailey ells, Brooke Zetooney) 4:17.39; 2, Bigfork 4:22.54.

Discus — 1, Trista Williams, Flo, 89- ½; 2, Scout Nadeau, Bfk, 86-8 ¼; 3, Kendall Boehm, Flo, 84-3; 4, Callie Gembala, Bfk, 82-7; 5, Delcy Stewart, Bfk, 76-1 ½; 6, Drew Steele, Wfh, 72-5 ½.

Javelin — 1, Madison Chappuis, Bfk, 102-9; 2, Zoey Albert, Bfk, 99-1; 3, Callie Gembala, Bfk, 95-0; 4, Autumn Britt, Bfk, 82-1; 54, Kristina Shestak, Wfh, 81-2; 6, Quinn Skaggs, Flo, 80-0.

Shot put — 1, Scout Nadeau, Bfk, 37-8; 2, Trista Williams, Flo, 32-8 ½; 3 (tie), Drew Steele, Wfh, and Kendall Boehm, Flo, 30-3 ½; 5, Madison Chappuis, Bfk, 29-3; 6, Shonlea Matt, Arl, 27-8 ½.

High jump — 1, Rylee Boltz, Lib, 5-0; 2, Hailey Ells, Wfh, 4-10; 2, Inga Turner, Bfk, 4-8; 4, Braeden Gunlock, Bfk, 4-6; 5 (tie), Sophia Zohrer, Wfh, Tommye Kelly, Wfh, and Sydney Garcia, Wfh, 4-4.

Long jump — 1, Erin Wilde, Wfh, 15-0; 2, Emma Pouwers, Bfk, 14-7 ½; 3 (tie), Tommye Kelly, Wfh, and Rylee Boltz, Wfh, 14-4 ½; 5, Brooke Zetooney, Wfh, 14-4 ½; 6, Hannah Ayers, Bfk, 14-2.

Triple jump — 1, Norah Schmidt, Wfh, 30-5; 2, Maddie Young, Wfh, 30-0; 3, Hanna Gawe, Wfh, 29-1; 4, Madison Caruthers, Lib, 28-2; 5, Ellie Jordt, Bfk, 26-8; 6, Isaebel Hartsell-Miller, Flo, 26-7.

Pole vault — 1, Norah Schmidt, Wfh, 7-6; 2 (tie), Brooklyn Roberts, Wfh, and Hazel Gawe, Wfh, 7-0; 4 (tie), Nayvee Miller, Wfh, and Georgia Morrell, Wfh, 7-0; 6, Aurora Smith, L:ib, 7-0.