Whitefish sweeps own A.R.M. meet

WHITEFISH — Brooke Zetooney and Rachael Wilmot secured a pair of top two finishes in the 100 and 200 meter dashes for Whitefish at the ARM Invitational Saturday. 

Despite rain falling during the 200, Zetooney and Wilmot put down the two fastest times in Class A for the season. Zetooney finished with a 25.32 for the top spot and Wilmot clocking a 25.62.

Zetooney’s 12.32 in the 100 improved on her season best and put her second in Class A for the 2024 season — .01 behind Laurel’s Kaitlyn Dantic. Hailey Ells finished third to make it an all-Whitefish podium.

Zetooney added a third win on the day in the shot put.

“I was planning on keeping the same speed (as the Top 10) if not faster,” said Zetooney, who faced different conditions each time she took the track. “I just try to stay focused on my race, throughout the day I try to settle myself and my mind and just focus on the race.”

The Bulldog girls used the sprints to seize control of the team standings, winning with 170 points over Columbia Falls (134). Polson (63). Plains (60) and Bigfork (53) rounded out the top five.

Maeve Inglefinger of Whitefish finished second in the 1,600 meters with a 5:26.37, good enough for ninth in the state. Polson’s Morgan Delaney took the victory at 5:25.39, but did not improve on her seventh best time set at the Sapphire Twilight Meet.

Whitefish’s Bailey Smith and Bigfork’s Callie Gembala battled in the javelin with Smith holding the edge at 109-5 — good enough for eighth in Class A. Gembala threw 109-2.5.

Plains’ Alexis Demming improved on her Class B-best discus mark with a throw of 127-1.

The Whitefish boys also grabbed the team title with 126 points. Bigfork (98) edged out Columbia Falls (92) for second, Polson (82) and Browning (54) finished out the top five.

Bulldog senior Carson Krack grabbed a pair of wins, setting a personal record in the 110-meter hurdles at 15.33 — second in Class A for 2024. Three other hurdlers moved into the Class A top 10: Bigfork’s Wyatt Johnson (fourth at 15.68), Whitefish’s Carson Gulick (seventh at 16.24) and Polson’s Ashten Nelson (16.62). Johnson also moved to third in Class A in the 300 hurdles at 41.56

Krack won the high jump with a jump of 6 feet. He also set a PR in the 100 meters at 11.40, finishing second behind Columbia Falls’ Malaki Simpson (11.05).

Libby’s Tristan Andersen set a PR in the javelin with a throw of 161-8 — good enough for eighth best in Class A this spring.

“It just gives me confidence to do well,” Andersen said. “I am trying to prequalify with 167 (feet) before I go to divisionals so that I don’t have to worry about a bad day at divisionals. But it is a good step forward, I need about six more feet.”

Whitefish ARM Invitational

Schools participating — Bigfork (Big.); Browning (Bro.); Columbia Falls (CF); Eureka (Eur.); Hot Springs (HS); Libby (Lib.); Mission (Mis.); Plains (Pla.); Polson (Pol); Thompson Falls (TF); Whitefish (WF).

BOYS

Team results — 1, Whitefish 126; 2, Bigfork 98; 3, Columbia Falls 92; 4, Polson 82; 5, Browning 54; 6, Libby 48

100 — 1. Malaki Simpson, CF 11.05; 2, Carson Krack, WF 11.40; 3, Robert Merchant, Big. 11.43; 4, Kai Golan, CF 11.47; 5, Ryder Barinoski, WF 11.55; 6, Tommy Williams, Pol. 11.57.

200 — 1, Christian Schwaderer, WF 24.33; 2, Robert Merchant, Big. 24.51; 3, Adler Waters, CF 24.60; 4, Tayden West, Big. 24.70; 5, Tommy Williams, Pol. 24.81; 6, Scott Dalen, WF 24.84.

400 — 1, Ethan Amick, WF 51.88; 2, Jack Phelps, CF 51.93; 3, Jack Jensen, Big. 52.27; 4, Josh Lambertsen, Eur. 52.90; 5, Azure Stolte, WF. 53.22; 6, Simon Douglas, WF 53.25.

800 — Jerdan Crawford, Bro. 2:03.84; 2, David DiGiallonardo, Pol. 2:03.93; 3, Preston Iron Heart, Bro. 2:04.36; 4, Quinn Clark, CF 2:05.93; 5, Timothy Schmidt, Eur. 2:09.46; 6, Cole Sartori, Eur. 2:10.53.

1,600 — 1, Simon Douglas, WF 4:35.51; 2, David DiGiallonardo, Pol. 4:37.94; 3, Preston Iron Heart, Bro. 4:40.30; 4, Jackson Bontadelli, Pol. 4:50.64; 5, Rowen Sherbo, Lib. 4:53.45; 6, Oliver Kress, CF 4:56.57.

3,200 — 1, River Racine, Bro. 10:32.54; 2, Jackson Bontadelli, Pol. 10:50.10; 3, Ethan Amick, WF 11:08.75; 4, Cael Thilmony, TF 11:12.69; 5, Sam Ayers, Big. 11:28.10; 6, Griffin LaRosque, CF 11:55.84.

110 hurdles — 1, Carson Krack, WF 15.33; 2, Wyatt Johnson, Big. 15.68; 3, David Chapman, HS 16.17; 4, Carson Gulick, WF 16.24; 5, Ashten Nelson, Pol. 16.62; 6, Morgan Kyle, WF 16.98.

300 hurdles — 1, Wyatt Johnson, Big. 41.56; 2, Austin Savik, Big. 42.91; 3, Carson Gulick, WF 44.88; 4, Joshua Skunkcap, Bro. 44.92; 5, David Chapman, HS 45.03; 6, Banyan Johnston, CF 45.32.

400 relay — 1, Whitefish 43.93; 2, Bigfork 45.04; 3, Eureka 45.55; 4, Polson 45.67; 5, Browning 46.38; 6, Plains 46.77.

1,600 relay — 1, Columbia Falls 3:37.32; 2, Eureka 3:39.71; 3, Browning 3:40.60; 4, Libby 3:53.64; 5, Polson 4:02.61; 6, Plains 4:06.46.

Discus — 1, Lane Voermans, CF 158-10; 2, Braedon Ferris, TF 134-5; 3, Astin Brown, Pol. 131-3; 4, David Beck, Lib. 119-7; 5, Wyatt Akey, WF 116-1; 6, Gaige Bache, Lib. 113-9.

Javelin — 1, Tristen Anderson, Lib. 161-8; 2, Jesse Day, Eur. 151-2; 3, Joe West, CF 143-11; 4, Ashten Nelson, Pol. 136-9.5; 5, Rhain Gonzalez, Mis. 132-7.5; 6, Isaac Lamere, Lib. 131-8.

Shot Put — 1, Astin Brown, Pol. 52-7.5; 2, David Chapman, HS 41-5; 3, Joel Goodman, Lib. 40-2; 4, Gaige Bache, Lib. 39-8.5; 5, David Beck, Lib. 38-10; 6, Zack Ames, TF 38-1.

High Jump — 1, Carson Krack, WF 6-0; 2, Braden Casazza, Eur. 5-10; 2, Noah Butterfly, Bro. 5-10; 4, Rhain Gonzalez, Mis. 5-8; 5, Noah Pandina, Big. 5-6; 6, Cooper Akey, WF. 5-4.

Long Jump — 1, Rhain Gonzalez, Mis. 20-9.75; 2, Christian Schwaderer, WF. 20-5; 3, Wyatt Barnes, Big. 19-7; 4, Ashten Nelson, Pol. 19-6.75; 5, Braxton Dorscher, TF 19-6.5; 6, Isaac Umphrey, Mis. 19-5.

Triple Jump — 1, Tamret Savik, Big. 42-4.5; 2, Wyatt Barnes, Big. 41-9.75; 3, Stanley Stremik, CF 41-7; 4, Jadon Persinger, CF 39-1; 5, Banyan Johnston, CF 38-11; 6, Morgan Kyle, WF 38-2.

Pole Vault — 1, Casey Rusdal, Lib. 10-0; 2, Blaise Cronk, CF 10-0; 3, Lance Peterson, Big. 9-6; 4, Timothy Schmidt, Eur. 9-6; 5, Bodee Hanson, WF 9-6; 6, Oscar McKim, Eur. 9-0.

GIRLS

Team results — 1, Whitefish 170; 2, Columbia Falls 134; 3, Polson 63; 4, Plains 60; 5, Bigfork 53; 6, Eureka 47.

100 — 1. Brooke Zetooney, WF 12.32; 2, Rachael Wilmot, WF 12.61; 3, Hailey Ells, WF 13.11; 4, Amelia Stene, Pol. 13.20; 5, Anna Boysen, WF 13.43; 6, Aubrey Smith, CF 13.54.

200 — 1, Brooke Zetooney, WF 25.23; 2, Rachael Wilmot, WF 25.62; 3, Amelia Stene, Pol. 27.86; 4, Rylee Taylor-Jefferson, Pol. 27.97; 5, Afton Lambrecht, Big. 28.01; 6, Trinity Riffle, TF 28.41.

400 — 1, Teslin Trombley, Bro. 1:02.71; 2, Anna Boysen, WF 1:05.01; 3, Aubrey Baker, TF 1:05.12; 4, Chloe Savoy, CF 1:06.03; 5, Maeve Inglefinger, WF 1:06.43; 6, Ally Sempf, CF 1:06.59.

800 — 1, Teslin Trombley, Bro. 2:28.89; 2, Morgan Delaney, Pol. 2:30.35; 3, Marina Tulloch, Pla. 2:34.52; 4, Peyton Wasson, Pla. 2:38.14; 5, Adison Carlson, Pol. 2:41.76; 6, Aubrey Baxter, TF 2:41.76.

1,600 — 1, Morgan Delaney, Pol. 5:25.39; 2, Maeve Inglefinger, WF 5:26.37; 3, Marina Tulloch, Pla. 5:28.64; 4, Peyton Eaglefeathers, Bro. 5:44.81; 5, Mya Badger, CF 5:48.02; 6, Claire Jensen, Big. 5:49.57.

3,200 — 1, Capri Farmer, Lib. 12:15.56; 2, Marissa Schaeffer, CF 12:29.81; 3, Mila Johns, CF 12:30.60; 4, Ashley Andrews, CF 12:33.73; 5, Kalani Sun Rhodes, Bro. 13:22.64; 6, Isabel Seeley, Pol. 13:37.44.

100 hurdles — 1, Hailey Ells, WF 16.61; 2, Haidyn Guckenberg, Eur. 17.36; 3, Aubrey Smith, CF 17.76; 4, Kalli Tumma, Pla. 17.79; 5, Kara Christensen, HS 18.44; 6, Ilah McKenzie, CF 18.84.

300 hurdles — 1, Haidyn Guckenburg, Eur. 50.59; 2, Kalli Tuma, Pla. 51.04; 3, Kara Christensen, HS 52.92; 4, Cora Hannan, CF 53:20; 5, Ilah McKenzie, CF 54.89; 6, Ashley Ferlan, Pla. 56.29.

400 relay — 1, Whitefish 49.16; 2, Bigfork 52.75; 3, Columbia Falls 53.20; 4, Eureka 53.54.

1,600 relay — 1, Columbia Falls 4:37.44; 2, Plains 4:49.59; 3, Thompson Falls 4:52.62; 4, Polson 4:53.63; 5, Eureka 5:09.28.

Discus — 1, Alexis Deming, Pla. 127-1; 2, Callie Gembala, Big. 103-11; 3, Ellie Stutsman, CF 103-4; 4, Zoey Hanson, Eur. 101-8; 5, Drew Steele, WF 99-5; 6, Kara Christensen, HS 98-2.

Javelin — 1, Bailey Smith, WF 109-5; 2, Callie Gembala, Big. 109-2.5; 3, Zoe Guffin, Big. 106-8; 4, Ellie Stutsman, CF 103-4; 5, Kara Christensen, HS 101-0; 6, Aspen Britt, Big. 95-11.

Shot Put — 1, Brooke Zetooney, WF 35-4; 2, Alexis Deming, Pla. 35-2.5; 3, Ellie Stutsman, CF 31-9.5; 4, Sidnie Thompson, Lib. 30-7.5; 5, Drew Steele, WF 30-4; 6, Georgia Uski, HS 28-11.5.

High Jump — 1, Trinity Riffle, TF 4-10; 2, Norah Schmidt, WF 4-8; 3, Nayvee Miller, WF 4-6; 4, Nola brown, WF 4-6; 5, Hattie Nesvig, Eur. 4-4; 6, Lillie Suffia, Big. 4-2.

Long Jump — 1, Courtney Hussion, CF 16-0; 2, Amelia Stene, Pol. 15-9; 3, Teslin Trombley, Bro. 15-2.5; 3, Bailey Smith, WF 15-2.5; 5, Sierra Born, CF 15-0.25; 6, Taryn Borgen, CF 14-7.

Triple Jump — 1, Norah Schmidt, WF 34-0; 2, Bergen Fortner, Lib. 32-6; 3, Ilah McKenzie, CF 32-0.25; 4, Sierra Born, CF 31-11; 5m Hanna Gawe, WF 31-4; 5, Taryn Borgen, CF 31-4.

Pole Vault — 1, Norah Schmidt, WF 9-0; 2, Shelby Norman, CF 8-6; 3, Danika Bucklin, Big. 8-0; 3, Nayvee Miller, WF 8-0; 5, Courtney Hussion, CF 8-0; 6, Shannon Woll, Big. 7-6.

    Bigfork's Tamret Savik competes in the boys triple jump at the Whitefish ARM Invitational on Saturday, April 27. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Columbia Falls' Malaki Simpson placed first in the boys 100 meter run at the Whitefish ARM Invitational on Saturday, April 27. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Whitefish's Norah Schmidt placed first in the girls triple jump at the Whitefish ARM Invitational on Saturday, April 27. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Whitefish's Brooke Zetooney, center, Rachael Wilmot, left, and Hailey Ells, right, took first, second and third in the girls 100 meter run at the Whitefish ARM Invitational on Saturday, April 27. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Whitefish's Carson Krack clears a hurdle en route to a first place finish in the boys 100 meter hurdles at the Whitefish ARM Invitational on Saturday, April 27. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Bigfork's Wyatt Johnson runs the first leg of the boys 4x100 relay at the Whitefish ARM Invitational on Saturday, April 27. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Polson's Morgan Delaney crosses the finish line in first in the girls 1600 meter run at the Whitefish ARM Invitational on Saturday, April 27. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Whitefish's Ryder Barinowski runs the first leg of the boys 4x100 relay at the Whitefish ARM Invitational on Saturday, April 27. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Whitefish's Rachael Wilmot runs the first leg of the girls 4x100 relay at the Whitefish ARM Invitational on Saturday, April 27. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Bigfork's Danika Bucklin runs the first leg of the girls 4x100 relay at the Whitefish ARM Invitational on Saturday, April 27. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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