Bulldogs, Wildkats battling for Western A track title
HAMILTON — Hailey Ells and Erin Wilde provided individual victories for the Whitefish girls Friday, at the Western A Divisional track and field meet at Broncs Stadium.
The Columbia Falls Wildkats saw it and said, “Hold our windbreakers.”
With Siri Erickson winning the 1,600, Hannah Sempf taking the pole vault and the short relay finishing second, Columbia Falls built a narrow 45-42 lead over Whitefish in the girls team race, after six events.
The Bulldogs figured to score a bunch Saturday — Ells, who won the 400 in a career best 58.79 seconds Friday, and Brooke Zetooney ran the two fastest 100 times Friday — but the Kats aren’t going anywhere.
It was a fast track, with most of the girls in the timed events setting personal or season bests. That includes Dillon standout Ainsley Shipman, who clocked 14.00 in the 100-meter hurdles according to athletic.net. The existing all-class Montana record is 14.11, by Morgan Sulser in 2013.
Northwest A boys teams didn’t fare as well, with Hamilton (57.5 points) and Dillon (55) grabbing more than half the available points on Friday.
Whitefish sits fifth with 16 points, thanks mostly to Bodie Smith’s personal-record winning long jump of 21 feet, 4.75 inches.
Columbia Falls’ 14 points including a winning short relay: Adler Waters, Malaki Simpson, Adam Schrader and Jace Duval clocked 43.91.
Western A
Friday at Hamilton
GIRLS
Team scores (through 6 of 17 events) — 1, Columbia Falls 45, 2, Whitefish 42; 3, Dillon 40; 4, Corvallis 38; 5, Frenchtown 20; 6, Hamilton 11; 7, Stevensville 8; 8 (tie), Libby and Browning 6; 10, Polson 1.
400 — 1, Hailey Ells, Wfh, 58.79; 2, Claire Hutchison, Ste, 60.43; 3, Brooke Zetooney, Wfh, time unavailable; 4, Rylee Boltz, Lib, 60.80; 5, Ally Sempf, CF, 60.92; 6, Madi Nelson, Ham, 62.55.
1,600 — 1, Siri Erickson, CF, 5:22.24; 2, Laurie Davidson, Cor, 5:27.12; 3, Kiara IronHeart, Brw, 5:27.94; 4, Amara Auch, Cor, 5:30.64; 5, Isabelle Cooke, Wfh, 5:32.25; 6, Ashtyn Wagner, Pol, 5:32.85.
400 relay — 1, Dillon 50.63; 2, Columbia Falls 51.16; 3, Whitefish 51.28; 4, Corvallis 51.33; 5, Libby 52.16; 6, Hamilton 52.79.
Shot put — 1, Madison Lewis, Cor, 42-4.5; 2, Sadie Smith, Ftn, 39-1.5; 3, Kayla Botkin, Ftn, 38-2; 4, Mya Winkler, Ham, 35-6; 5, Jordyn Walker, Dil, 33-7; 6, Ellie Stutsman, CF, 33-0.5.
Long jump — 1, Erin Wilde, Wfh, 17-10.5; 2, Ainsley Shipman, Dil, 17-3.5; 3, Sydney Petersen, Dil, 16-9; 4, Hannah Sempf, CF, 16-4’; 5, Ally SEmpf, CF, 16-2; 6, Amber Santos, Dil, 36-0.
Pole vault — 1, Hannah Sempf, CF, 10-6; 2, Emma McCallister, CF, 9-6; 3, Charlie Ham, Ftn, 9-0; 4, Chesnee Lawerence, Ham, 9-0; 5, Sam Anderson, Dil, 9-0; 6, Chaeley Lawerence. Dil, 9-0.
BOYS
Team scores (through 6 of 17 events) — 1, Hamilton 57.5; 2, Dillon 55; 3, Corvallis 30; 4, Frenchtown 21.5; 5, Whitefish 16; 6, Columbia Falls 14; 7, Stevensville 7; 8, Libby 6; 9, Butte Central 4; 10 (tie), Browning, Polson and East Helena, 2.
400 — 1, Treyton Anderson, Dil, 50.15; 2, Treyton Graham, Dil, 51.06; 3, Eli Taylor, Ham, 51.24; 4, Malaki Simpson, CF, 51.27; 5, Garrett Schmill, Ftn, 51.68; 6, Derek Criddle, Cor, 51.89.
1,600 — 1, Lane Cole, Ham, 4:23.31; 2, Brinson Wyche, Cor, 4:26.34; 3, Colter Purcell, Ham, 4:30.97; 4, Colter Kirkland, Ham, 4:31.72; 5, Jeremy Bockus, Brw, 4:35.59; 6, Gavin Hagberg, Cor, 4:36.53.
400 relay — 1, Columbia Falls 43.91; 2, Hamilton 44.07; 3, Frenchtown 44.22; 4, Corvallis 45.18; 5, Dillon 45.32; 6, Stevensville 45.42.
Javelin — 1, Connor Curnow, Dil, 171-7; 2, Levi Reynoso, Cor, 166-8; 3, Kellan Beller, Ste, 164-0; 4, Kee Christiansn, Dil, 158-4; 5, Braden Howell, EH, 155-3; 6, Kyle Jones, Dil, 150-0.
Long jump — 1, Bodie Smith, Wfh, 21-4.75; 2, Holter Santos, Dil, 21-0.5; 3, Carter White, Ftn, 21-0; 4, Kyle Holter, BCM, 20-11.5; 5, Drifter Skillicorn, Pol, 20-7.25; 6, Billy Corette, Ftn, 20-6.25.
Pole vault — 1, Taylor Searle, Ham, 14-0; 2, Andrew Carmody, Ham, 13-0; 3, Dawson Rose, Lib, 12-6; 4, Colter Kirkland, Ham, 121-6; 5 (tie), Jack Ellis, Ham, and Brody Hardy, Ftn, 12-0.