Girls track takes team title, Holmquist breaks Western A meet record

Girls track takes team title, Holmquist breaks Western A meet record

By Whitney England

Whitefish Pilot

The Whitefish girls track and field team earned back-to-back divisional titles after dominating competition on day two of the Western A Divisional meet in Hamilton.

The two-day meet that the Broncs hosted on Friday and Saturday showcased Class A talent from across western Montana. Several Whitefish girls earned individual titles while many more contributed to the team points.

A highlight on day one was when Bulldog senior Talon Holmquist launched a record-breaking shot put of 56 feet, 10 ½ inches. The throw was significantly further than Holmquist’s previous best (53-8) and set a new Western A Divisional meet record, one that dated back 46 years. Holmquist has consistently set new personal records weekly throughout the season and upped his throws by nearly 7 feet from last year’s divisional.

In team points, the boys came in fourth with 62 points finishing behind Southwest teams Hamilton, Dillon and Frenchtown, respectively.

The Whitefish girls trailed Columbia Falls in the team standings after day one, but the Whitefish athletes' success on Saturday helped to secure the team victory. The Lady Bulldogs scored 123 points for first, Corvallis was second with 96, Dillon third with 86 and Columbia Falls finished fourth holding onto 75 points.

“It was definitely a complete team effort — every girl showed up and competed,” Whitefish girls track coach Kelliann Blackburn said. “We had a lot of personal bests and they were mentally and physically ready.”

Individually for the girls, Whitefish swept the sprints with sophomore Brooke Zetooney nabbing the title in both the 100 meter dash and the 200; teammate Hailey Ells ran to a sub-1 minute time for first in the 400 meters which was a personal record. Ells also was second in the 100 behind Zetooney.

Whitefish senior Erin Wilde cleared 5 feet, 4 inches in the high jump to win the event and won the long jump with a mark of 17-10.5. She also finished fourth in the triple jump.

Bulldog Isabelle Cooke finished second in the 800 meters, narrowly edged by Columbia Falls’ distance leader Siri Erickson.

In the long relay, the Whitefish girls team made up of Rachael Wilmot, Cooke, Maeve Ingelfinger and Zetooney took the divisional title.

Kristina Shestak took fourth in javelin; Maeve Ingelfinger came in third in the 100 hurdles while Ells took third in the 300 hurdles — both in personal record fashion.

“It’s awesome as a coach to watch all the hard work during the regular season come to fruition and to see these girls come out and do their best was awesome,” Blackburn said.

For the boys, in addition to Holmquist’s shot put title, Whitefish senior Gabe Menicke nailed his triple jump to win with a mark of 44-2.25. Menicke in the last two years has become a triple jump leader in Class A and will look to defend his state title at the meet this weekend.

Another Whitefish senior Bodie Smith leaped to a personal best of 21 feet, 4 ¾ inches to win the title in the long jump. Smith also finished third in both the 110 and 300 meter hurdles.

In the 3200, Bulldog sophomore Deneb Linton ran to third place with a time of 9:59.74.

In the long relay, the boys team of Smith, Gabe Lund, Barrett Garcia and Menicke came in second place with a time of 3:29.44.

Up next is the state meet, and that’s when Bulldog coaches get to see it all come together.

“We’re looking forward to ending our season on a high and hopefully we can pull everything together… state is where it matters,” Blackburn said.

The Bulldogs will head to the Class A State Track Meet in Butte on Friday and Saturday. Field events will begin at 9 a.m. and running events at 10:30 a.m. on both days.

Western A Divisional

Saturday at Broncs Stadium, Hamilton

GIRLS

Team scores — 1, Whitefish 123; 2, Corvallis 96; 3, Dillon 86; 4, Columbia Falls 75; 5, Hamilton 34; 6, Frenchtown 30; 7, Stevensville 26; 8 (tie), Libby and Polson, 14; 10, Ronan 10; 11, Butte Central 10; 12, Browning 7; 13, East Helena 1.

100 — 1, Brooke Zetooney, Wfh, 12.77; 2, Ainsley Shipman, Dil, 12.85; 3, Claire Hutchison, Ste, 12.91; 4, Hailey Ells, Wfh, 12.99; 5, Farah Wyche, Cor, 13.08; 6, Ally Sempf, CF, 13.19.

200 — 1, Brooke Zetooney, Wfh, 26.21; 2, Hailey Ells, Wfh, 26.38; 3, Claire Hutchison, Ste, 26.48; 4, Ally Sempf, CF, 26.67; 5, Kylie Konen, Dil, 27.10; 6, Rachael Wilmot, Wfh, 27.42.

800 — 1, Siri Erickson, CF, 2:24.08; 2, Isabelle Cooke, Wfh, 2:26.19; 3, Ashtyn Wagner, Pol, 2:27.08; 4, Olivia Heiner, Ron, 2:27.51; 5, Amara Auch, Cor, 2:28.02; 6, Kiara Iron Heart, Brw, 2:28.08.

3,200 — 1, Siri Erickson, CF, 11:59.72; 2, Laurie Davidson, Cor, 12:09.09; 3, Halle Heninger, Pol, 12:30.55; 4, Ryanne Child, Ham, 12:30.72; 5, Autumn Benson, Cor, 12:30.78; 6, Courtney Hoerner, CF, 12:31.29.

100 hurdles — 1, Ainslee Shipman, Dil, 14.00; 2, Olivia Lewis, Cor, 15.06; 3, Maeve Ingelfinger, Wfh, 15.41; 4, Rylee Herbstritt, Cor, 15.59; 5, Kristina Shestak, Wfh, 16.52; 6, Sydney Petersen, Dil, 16.72.

1,600 relay — 1, Whitefish (Rachael Wilmot, Isabelle Cooke, Maeve Ingelfinger, Brooke Zetooney) 4:05.01; 2, Corvallis 4:05.33; 3, Dillon 4:15.31; 4, Hamilton 4:17.22; 5, Ronan 4:21.90; 6, Polson 4:31.62.

Discus — 1, Kayla Botkin, Ftn, 140-0.5; 2, Alanna Auch, Cor, 128-11; 3, Madison Lewis, Cor, 121-5; 4, Crystal Hazel, Ste, 111-2; 5, Ayda Griffin, Ham, 108-4; 6, Ava Leopold, Cor, 107-3.

Javelin — 1, Ella Moodry, BCM, 130-8; 2, Mya Winkler, Ham, 118-2; 3, Tahnee Lewis, Cor, 115-0; 4, Kristina Shestak, Wfh, 104-8; 5, Madeline Stutsman, CF, 102-9; 6, Leila Stennerson, Dil, 100-3.

High jump — 1, Erin Wilde, Wfh, 5-4; 2, Rylee Boltz, Lib, 5-2; 3 (tie), Hailey Ells, Wfh, and Ayda Griffin, Wfh, 5-0; 5, Claire Hutchison, Ste, 5-0; 6, Montana Pierson, EH, 4-10.

Triple jump — 1, Ainsley Shipman, Dil, 37-3.5; 2, Sydney Petersen, Dil, 33-6; 3, Leina Ulutoa, Ron, 33-5.5; 4, Erin Wilde, Wfh, 32-11; 5, Rebekah Walker, CF, 32-5; 6, Quincee Anderson, Dil, 32-2.

BOYS

Team scores — 1, Hamilton 118.5; 2, Dillon 105.75; 3, Frenchtown 70; 4, Whitefish 62; 5, Corvallis 60; 6, Columbia Falls 32; 7, Butte Central 18; 8, Libby 16; 9, Ronan 14.75; 10, Browning 10; 11 (tie), Stevensville and East Helena, 9; 13, Polson 2.

100 — 1, Treyton Andreson, Dil, 11.07; 2, Carter White, Ftn, 11.13; 3, Malaki Simpson, CF, 11.35; 4, Tyson Bauder, Ham, 11.39; 5, Kaeden Sager, EH, 11.45; 6, Jace Duval, CF, 11.51.

200 — 1, Treyton Anderson, DIl, 22.00 (meet record: Old record 22.29, Cody Henning, Whitefish, 2003); 2, Malaki Simpson, CF, 22.88; 3, Carter White, Ftn, 22.89; 4, Kaeden Sager, EH, 22.97; 5, Garrett Schmill, Ftn, 22.98; 6, Tyson Bauder, Ham, 23.09.

800 — 1, Colter Kirkland, Ham, 1:55.56 (meet record: old record 1:55.65, Derrick Williams, Columbia Falls, 2012); 2, Jeremy Bockus, Brw, 1:56.34; 3, Lane Cole, Ham, 1:56.57; 4, Wyatt Ehredt, Ftn, 2:01.17; 5, Jakob Hansen, Ftn, 2:01.39; 6, Nate Ingelfinger, Wfh, 2:01.69.

3,200 — 1, Brinson Wyche, Cor, 9:50.20; 2, Colter Purcell, Ham, 9:54.44;p 3, Deneb Linton, Wfh, 9:59.74; 4, Harrison Silverio, Ham, 10:06.36; 5, Gavin Hagberg, Cor, 10:17.87; 6, Mason Genovese, Wfh, 10:22.03.

110 hurdles — 1, Treyton Anderson, Dil, 14.40 (meet record: old record 14.51, Slater Powell, Corvallis, 2010); 2, Aiden Read, Cor, 15.67; 3, Bodie Smith, Wfh, 15.99; 4, Brody Hardy, Ftn, 16.27; 5, Kee Christiansen, Dil, 16.71; 6, Elijah Sailer, Ftn, 16.79.

1,600 relay — 1, Hamilton 3:26.95; 2, Whitefish 3:29.44; 3, Corvallis 3:30.08; 4, Frennchtown 3:31.63; 5, Dillon 3:32.18; 6, East Helena 3:37.92.

Discus — 1, Andrew Burrows, Ham, 116-7; 2, Callahan Hoffman, Dil, 151-3; 3, Riley Gelling, BCM, 141-2; 4, Talon Holmquist, Wfh, 133-0; 5, Lane Voermans, CF, 131-1; 6, Kee Christiansen, Dil, 129-9.5.

Shot put (held Friday; results were unavailable) — 1, Talon Holmquist, Wfh, 56-10.5 (meet record: old record 56-1.5, Jim Darlington, Ronan, 1976); 2, Andrew Burrows, Ham, 55-0; 3, Kevin Hanenburg, Ftn, 49-3; 4, Cy Stevenson, Lib, 49-0; 5., Hunter Gum, Ste, 48-4; 6, Lane Voermans, CF, 47-10.

Triple jump — 1, Gabe Menicke, Wfh, 44-2.25; 2, Holter Santos, Dil, 42-1; 3, Sully Belcourt, Ftn, 41-11.75; 4, Kellen Klimpel, Ftn, 41-6.5; 5, Connor Durglo, Ron, 41-2.75; 6, Carter White, Ftn, 41-0.25.

Western A

Friday at Hamilton

GIRLS

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

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.