Vikes and Vals lead Western B track

by Daily Inter Lake
| May 20, 2022 9:50 PM

FRENCHTOWN — The Vikings and Valkyries lead the standings after the first day of the Western B/C Divisional track meet Friday at Frenchtown High School.

With 94 points, the Valkyries have a big lead on second-place Eureka, which has 37 points. Anaconda is next at 30.

The Vikings have 77 points through eight events, Loyola is next with 43 points and Eureka is third at 29.

Bigfork’s Chloe Raats won the 400-meter dash and was the third leg on the Valkyries’ winning short relay.

Inga Turner led a 1-2-3 Valkyrie finish in the long jump. Turner’s winning jump was 16 feet, 2.25 inches, and Emma Pouwers and Hannah Ayers rounded out the top 3. Ayers was also second in the 800.

Scout Nadeau threw a personal best 38-6.50 in the shot put, and Madison Chappius was fourth. Another Bigfork thrower, Zoey Albert, set a new personal best distance in the javelin, 116-1, and won the event. Chappius also threw a PR, 114-2, for second place.

Eureka’s Maya Carvey was second in the 400, and teammate Jadyn Pluid third in the javelin.

There were plenty of personal bests on the Vikings’ side too. Jack Jensen had two — one in the 800, which he won and another in the 3,200, where he was second to Florence’s Nathaniel Gale. Gale’s 10:05.14 is second-best in Class B.

George Bucklin won the long jump, and Levi Taylor topped the field in the shot put with a PR throw of 48-7, which set up a 1-2-3 Bigfork finish in the event. Braeden Guse and Silvestre Rodriguez were second and third respectively.

Eureka’s Caleb Utter cleared 12-6 to win the pole vault and Joseph Kindel threw a season-best 162-7 for second in javelin.

The remaining 10 events will be completed today. Field events start at 10 a.m. and running events will begin at noon.

Western B Divisional Track

Friday

Frenchtown High School

BOYS

Team scores (through 8 of 17 events) — Bigfork 77, Loyola 43, Eureka 29, Thompson Falls 26, Mission 25, Anaconda 22, Florence 14, Arlee, 6, Troy 6.

400 — 1, Ridger Palma, LOY, 48.99*; 2, Luca Dombrowski, LOY, 50.09; 3, Ryan Bucher, TF, 52-11; 4, Maddox Mater, BF, 53.84^; 5, Carson Komac, EUR, 54.25; 6, Gavin Bates, EUR, 54.57.

800 — 1, Jack Jensen, BF, 2:00.71*; 2, Andrew Rush, MIS, 2:04.74^; 3, Trevor Grant, TRO, 2:05.96; 4, Noah Kimball, LOY, 2:07.86; 5, Kyler Harris, FLO, 2:07.89; 6, Nate Blodnik, ANA, 2:08.01.

3,200 — 1, Nathaniel Gale, FLO, 10:05.14*; 2, Jack Jensen, BF, 10:06.22; 3, Andrew Rush, MIS, 10.14.41; 4, William Hyatt, TF, 10:17.50; 5, Kyler Harris, FLO, 10:24.48; 6, Elliot Sanford, BF, 10:34.60.

400 relay — 1, Loyola (Tytus Palma, Malik Coombs, Luca Dombrowski, Ridger Palma), 43.73; 2, Bigfork (Jackson Abney, Trevor Hill, Levi Peterson, Joseph Farrier), 44.51; 3, Thompson Falls (Braxton Dorscher, Jesse Claridge, Ryan Bucher, Breck Ferris), 45.34; 4, Mission (Canyon Sargent, Charles Adams, Bryce Umphrey, Kellen McClure), 45.86; 5, Eureka (Caleb Utter, Emmett Manges, Jacob Buckingham, Carson Komac), 45.88; 6, Anaconda (Riley Kriskovich, James Lovett, Cory Galle, Gabe Galle), 46.39.

Pole vault — 1, Caleb Utter, EUR, 12-6; 2, Tristen Herd, BF, 12-6; Jake Jamieson, LOY, 11-6; 4, RJ Knoll, ARL, 10-6; 5, Jaiden Connors, ANA, 10-0; 6, Talen Reynolds, LOY, 10-0.

Long jump — 1, George Bucklin, BF, 21-1.50; 2, Gabe Galle, ANA, 20-11.25*; 3, Breck Ferris, TF, 20-3.25; 4, Jesse Claridge, TF, 20-1; 5, Charles Adams, MIS, 19-11.25; 6, Bryce Umphrey, MIS, 19-8.

Shot put — 1, Levi Taylor, BF, 48-7; 2, Braeden Guse, BF, 47-11.5; 3, Silvestre Rodriguez, BF, 43-6; 4, Canyon Sargent, MIS, 43-0; 5, Taylor Jones, LOY, 42-2; 6, Beau Meyer, LOY, 40-10.5.

Javelin — 1, Riley Kriskovich, ANA, 164-6; 2, Joseph Kindel, EUR, 162-7^; 3, Carson Komac, EUR, 152-11; 4, Joseph Farrier, BF, 147-0*; 5, Charley Crawford, ARL, 146-9; 6, Jake Jamieson, LOY, 144-1.

*Personal record

^Season record

GIRLS

Team scores (through 8 of 17 events) — Bigfork 94, Eureka 37, Anaconda 30, Thompson Falls 22, Deer Lodge 21, Loyola 16, Florence 15, Plains 12, Arlee 1.

400 — 1, Chloe Raats, BF, 1:01.06; 2, Maya Carvey, EUR, 1:01.07; 3, Ireland Johnston, LOY, 1:02.24; 4, Afton Lambrecht, BF, 1:02.82; 5, Cora Pesanti, ANA, 1:04.28^; 6, Danika Bucklin, BF, 1:04.42.

800 — 1, Larkin Galle, ANA, 2:33.19*; 2, Hannah Ayers, BF, 2:37.03; 3, Lucy Reynolds, EUR, 2:37.56; 4, Alexis Helterline, PLA, 2:39.06; 5, Peyton Wasson, PLA, 2:39.51; 6, Claire Jensen, BF, 2:41.79.

3,200 — 1, Faith Palmer, TF, 13:20.79; 2, Mollie Nichols, TF, 13:50.46*; 3, Maddie Schrecengost, DL, 14:02; 4, Allison Streekstra, FLO, 14:09.85^; 5, Jaina Meadow, DL, 14:27.79; 6, Monroe Tornow, EUR, 14.36.31.

400 relay — 1, Bigfork (Danika Bucklin, Lily Tanko, Chloe Raats, Afton Lambrecht), 50.56; 2, Anaconda (Lelynn Woolbright, Camy Hoiland, Cali Pesanti, Cora Pesanti), 50.67; 3, Loyola (Izzy Poteet, Ireland Johnston, Annie Rue, Isabelle Berry), 52.49; 4, Eureka (Maya Carvey, Jadyn Pluid, Kara Stanger, Jimena Sanchez), 52.97; 5, Deer Lodge (Shelby Beeson, Sara Spring, Avery Jones, Shaylee Knight), 54.71; 6, Florence (Aislynn Campbell, Kendall Boehm, Isaebel Hartsell-Miller, Quinn Skaggs), 55.08.

Pole vault — 1, Natalie Spring, DL, 8-6; 2, Cali Pesanti, ANA, 8-6; 3, Maya Carvey, EUR, 8-0; 4, Karli Campbell, EUR, 7-6*; 5, Remmi Stanger, EUR, 7-0; 6, Lilia Kuzyk, BF, 7-0.

Long jump — 1, Inga Turner, BF, 16-02.25; 2, Emma Pouwers, BF, 15-8.75; 3, Hannah Ayers, BF, 15-5*; 4, Chesney Lowe, TF, 15-5; 5, Camy Hoiland, ANA, 14-6.50; 6, Harley Molendyke, DL, 14-3.25.

Shot put — 1, Scout Nadeau, BF, 38-6.50*; 2, Trista Williams, FLO, 36-3.50; 3, Alexis Deming, PLA, 34-4.50; 4, Madison Chappius, BF, 31-11; 5, Kendall Boehm, FLO, 30-11^, Shonlea Matt, ARL, 29-7.

Javelin — 1, Zoey Albert, BF, 116-1*; 2, Madison Chappius, BF 114-2; 3, Jadyn Pluid, EUR, 106-3; 4, Natalie Clevenger, LOY, 99-8; 5, Zoe Guffin, BF, 99-3; 6, Callie Gembala, BF, 98-5.

*Personal record

^Season record