Bigfork runs away with Western B titles

by Daily Inter Lake
| May 21, 2022 11:55 PM

FRENCHTOWN — The Valkyries and Vikings built on their first-day lead at the Western B track divisional and ran away with the team titles Saturday.

The Vikings scored 194 points, and Loyola’s 91 was a distant second. Eureka was next with 57. The Vals scored 175, with Eureka in second at 97 points.

Wyatt Johnson won the 110-meter hurdles, going 1-2 with Cole Knopik, and Jack Jensen won the 1,600 for Bigfork, who was also second in the long relay. George Bucklin cleared 6 feet, 4 inches to win the high jump, Braeden Guse threw 128-5.5 and won discus, and Levi Petersen leaped to the triple jump title with a distance of 41-1.

Eureka’s Carson Komac set a personal record in his 300 hurdles win.

Bigfork’s Inga Turner won 100 hurdles with a new personal best – 16.13 – and Lily Tanko did the same in 300 hurdles, clocking in at 47.46 seconds.

The Vals won the long relay, beating second-place Anaconda by 10 seconds. Chloe Raats, the second leg of the relay, was second in the 200.

Eureka had four winners Saturday: Maya Carvey in the 200, Lucy Reynolds in the 1,600, Remmi Stanger in high jump and Jimena Sanchez in triple jump.

Western B Divisional

Saturday, Frenchtown

GIRLS

Team scores — Bigfork 175, Eureka 97, Anaconda 62, Loyola 52, Thompson Falls, 45, Deer Lodge 41, Plains 26, Florence 24, Troy 4, Arlee 1.

100 — 1, Cora Pesanti, ANA, 12.96; 2, Isabelle Berry, LOY, 13.06; 3, Maya Carvey, EUR, 13.20; 4, Camy Hoiland, ANA, 13.56; 5, Emma Pouwers, BF, 13.62; 6, Afton Lambrecht, BF, 13.67.

200 — 1, Maya Carvey, EUR, 26.78; 2, Chloe Raats, BF, 27.30; 3, Afton Lambrecht, BF, 27.62; 4, Camy Hoiland, ANA, 27.81; 5, Ireland Johnston, LOY, 28.01; 6, Coralyn Shillam, BF, 28.12.

1,600 — 1, Lucy Reynolds, EUR, 5:49.36; 2, Faith Palmer, TF, 5:51.44; 3, Claire Jensen, BF, 5:59.35; 4, Peyton Wasson, PLA, 6:14.06; 5, Maddie Schrecengost, DL, 6:19.07; 6, Mollie Nichols, TF, 6:21.90.

100 hurdles — 1, Inga Turner, BF, 16.13; 2, Isabelle Berry, LOY, 16.17; 3, Remmi Stanger, EUR, 17.80; 4, Cali Pesanti, ANA, 18.17; 5, Avery Jones, DL, 18.18; 6, Lucy Reynolds, 18.64.

300 hurdles — 1, Lily Tanko, BF, 47.46*; 2, Isabelle Berry, LOY, 49.06; 3, Ellie Jordt, BF 52.04^; 4, Annie Rue, LOY, 53.37; 5, Taylor Ehman, ANA, 54.75, 6, Olivia Pirnat, TF, 54.85.

1,600 relay — 1, Bigfork (Coralyn Shillam, Chloe Raats, Danika Bucklin, Afton Lambrecht), 4:13.31; 2, Anaconda (Lelynn Woolbright, Taylor Ehman, Larkin Galle, Cora Pesanti), 4:23.21; 3, Loyola (Annie Rue, Ava DeArment, Amrit Grewal, Ireland Johnston), 4:44; 4, Eureka (Jadyn Pluid, Lucy Reynolds, Kara Stanger, Remmi Stanger) 4:32.37; 5; Thompson Falls (Olivia Pirnat, Faith Palmer, Trinity Riffle, Hattie Neesvig), 4:34.54; 6, Florence (Kendall Boehm, Aislynn Campbell, Dylan Kidd, Quinn Skaggs), 4:36.99.

Discus — 1, Alexis Deming, PLA, 114-1*; 2, Kendall Boehm, FLO, 106-2.75; 3, Scout Nadeau, BF, 102-3; 4, Lexi Lunceford, DL, 94.8.50; 5, Nia McClanahan, DL, 94-0; 6, Milynn Lucey, EUR, 86-3.5^.

High jump — 1, Remmi Stanger, EUR, 5-0; 2, Inga Turner, BF, 4-10; 3, Trinity Riffle, TF, 4-10*; 4, Hattie Neesvig, TF, 4-8; 5, Avery Jones, DL, 4-6; 6, Sayla Edwards, BF, 4-6.

Triple jump — 1, Jimena Sanchez, EUR, 32.6*; 2, Nia McClanahan, DL, 32.4; 3, Hannah Ayers, BF, 32.3; 4, Izzy Tunison, TROY, 32-1.75; 5, Jadyn Pluid, EUR, 32-0; 6, Hattie Neesvig, TF, 31-8.

BOYS

Team scores — Bigfork, 194, Loyola 91, Eureka 57, Mission 53, Anaconda 36, Florence 31, Thompson Falls 29, Troy 12, Deer Lodge 10, Plains 8, Arlee 6.

100 — 1, Charles Adams, MIS, 11.66; 2, Joseph Farrier, BF, 11.70; 3, Tytus Palma, LOY, 11.73; 4, Trevor Hill, BF, 11.82; 5, Nick Walker, BF, 11.92; 6, Malik Coombs, LOY, 12.02.

200 — 1, Tytus Palma, LOY, 23.53; 2, Gabe Galle, ANA, 23.69; 3, Charles Adams, MIS, 23.78; 4, Trevor Hill, BF, 23.85; 5, Joseph Farrier, BF, 23.87*; 6, William Wagner, FLO, 24.28.

1,600 — 1, Jack Jensen, BF, 4:32.12; 2, Andrew Rush, MIS, 4:32.13*; 3, Trevor Grant, TROY, 4:38.00; 4, Nathaniel Gale, FLO, 4:39.26; 5, Kyler Harris, FLO, 4:42.52; 6, William Hyatt, TF, 4:44.40.

110 hurdles — 1, Wyatt Johnson, BF, 16.27; 2, Cole Knopik, BF, 16.63; 3, Jacob Buckingham, EUR, 16.82; 4, Braden McGuirl, LOY, 16.94; 5, George Cassens, LOY, 16.96; 6, Mason Elliott, PLA, 17.80.

300 hurdles — 1, Carson Komac, EUR, 42.23; 2, Wyatt Johnson, BF, 42.51; 3, Mason Elliott, PLA, 43.22; 4, Cole Knopik, BF, 44.11; 5, William Wagner, FLO, 44.26; 6, Jacob Buckingham, EUR, 44.37.

1,600 relay — 1, Loyola (Kolby Schrichte, Noah Kimball, Talen Reynolds, Ridger Palma), 3:30.93; 2, Bigfork (Jackson Abney, Wyatt Johnson, Elijah Thorness, Maddox Mater), 3:35.40; 3, Anaconda (Cory Galle, Tytan Cook, Nate Blodnik, Gabe Galle), 3:40.81; 4, Eureka (Joseph Kindel, Carson Komac, Gavin Bates, Braden Casazza), 3:42.13; 45, Thompson Falls (Breck Ferris, Kein Kauffman, Jesse Claridge, Ryan Bucher), 3:43.16; 6, Florence (Samuel Adams, Kyler Harris, Andrew Horsens, Nathaniel Gale), 3:49.66.

Discus — 1, Braeden Guse, BF, 128-5.5; 2, Beau Meyer, LOY, 128-4.5; 3, Jacopo Ceccarelli, EUR, 126-7; 4, Joseph Farrier, BF, 122-3; 5, Luke Maki, FLO, 118-7; 6, Jeremiah Coutts, LOY, 113-3.

High jump — 1, George Bucklin, BF, 6-4; 2, Logan Nicholson, DL, 6-0; 3, Levi Taylor, BF, 6-0^; 3, Quinn Lue, FLO, 6-0; 5, Elliot Sanford, BF, 6-0*; 6, Caleb Utter, EUR, 5-10.

Triple jump — 1, Levi Peterson, BF, 41-1; 2, Wyatt Barnes, BF 40-2; 3, Talen Reynolds, LOY, 40-1.50; 4, Bryce Umphrey, MIS, 39-8.50*; 5, Landon Freeman, DL, 39-3.50; 6, Joseph Martin, PLA, 38-1.25.