The Blue Devil track machine continued to win, clinching both the boys’ and girls’ divisional titles; however, it was a close race in the boys’ team scoring. Corvallis edged Columbia Falls by one point to win the divisional championship. The girls, on the other hand, outscored second place Hamilton by 25 points. Teams from both the Northwest A and the Southwest A conferences battled for a chance to move on to the state. The top 10 places in each event advance to the state meet which will be in Bozeman beginning Friday. In addition to the top 10 placings at divisional, individual athletes who have met the qualifying standards in distance or time will be eligible for state.
Penny Jessop and Braxton Roth were double winners for Corvallis. Roth won the long jump with a leap of 20-9.75. His effort in the triple jump was 42-8, six and a half inches farther than Ky Burch’s second place jump. Penny Jessop finished first in the 100-meter race and the 200-meter race. She was second in the 400. Bruce Thomas on the 400 and Josh Jessop took first in the 800. Skylar Jessop won the discus with a throw of 156-10. On the girls’ side, Heather Nisly won the 800. Brookelyn Palin won the discus with a toss of 132’8; the longest throw in Class A. Zena Smith won the javelin. The girls’ 1,600-relay team won their race.
Hamilton’s Jacie Schmalz won the 1,600 and the 3,200. Baylie Duce took first in the triple jump and Kacia Guisinger won the high jump for the Broncs. Hamilton’s top distance runner for the boys, Cameron Meikle, did not compete at the divisional meet but will compete at state because of his qualifying time in the 1600. The top three times in Class A belong to Sage Wanner of Columbia Falls (who finished first at the divisional), Josh Jessop of Corvallis (who was second) and Meikle. Meikle holds the best time in Class A in the 3200 with a time of 9:34.36. He will run up against Wanner there also.
Stevensville’s Megan Pendergast won the 300 hurdles.
Western A Divisional Results
Team scores: Corvallis 124, Columbia Falls 123, Dillon 74, Polson 52, Whitefish 50, Frenchtown 49, Hamilton 27, Butte Central 15, Stevensville 13.
Boys
100: 1, Troy Andersen, Dil, 11.23. 4, Cole Wohltman, Cor, 11.64.
200: 1, Troy Andersen, Dil, 22.63. 4, Cole Wohltman, Cor, 23.19.
400 – 1, Bruce Thomas, Cor, 50.14. 6, Hunter Casey, Ste, 52.49.
800: 1, Josh Jessop, Cor, 1:58.50. 2, Hunter Casey, Stev, 2:00.55. 3, Carson Jessop, Cor, 2:01.39.
1,600 – 1, Sage Wanner, CF, 4:26.34. 2, Josh Jessop, Cor, 4:27.40. 3, Ronald Venema, Cor, 4:34.38. 4, Joel Haas, Cor, 4:34.5. 6, Carson Jessop, Cor, 4:36.66.
3,200: 1, Sage Wanner, CF, 9:54.91. 2, Ronald Venema, Cor, 10:05.98. 3, Matt Wilson, Ham, 10:14.67. 4, Carson Jessop, Cor, 10:21.70.
110 Hurdles – 1, Jansen Anderson, Whitefish, 15.98. 6, Ridge Albright, Corvallis, 16.84.
400 Relay -1, Dillon 43.84. 2, Butte Central 43.97. 3, Columbia Falls 44.19. 4, Polson 44.56. 5, Corvallis 44.63. 6, Whitefish 45.47.
1,600 relay: 1, Columbia Falls 3:28.71. 2, Corvallis 3:29.73. 3, Whitefish 3:35.94. 4, Stevensville 3:36.29. 5, Polson 3:36.93. 6, Frenchtown 3:41.24.
Pole Vault – 1, Jacob Clairmont, Pol, 13-06. 4, Aidan Carmody, Ham, 12-06. 5,
Long Jump – 1, Braxton Roth, Cor, 20-09.75. 2, Bruce Thomas, Cor, 19-10.75.
Triple jump: 1, Braxton Roth, Cor, 42-08. 2, Ky Burch, Ham, 42-01.50.
Shot Put – 1, Kyle Finch, Dil, 48-00.50. 3, Luke Channer, Cor, 47-02.50.
Discus: 1, Skylar Jessop, Cor, 156-10. 2, Jaylen Taggart, Ham, 146-11. 5, Spencer T Jessop, Cor, 137-04. 6, Dillon Spear, Ham, 136-11.
Javelin: 1, Luke May, WF, 188-07. 5, Zach Jessop, Cor, 162-04.
Girls
Team scores: Corvallis 112, Hamilton 87, Whitefish 85, Columbia Falls 70, Polson 70, Butte Central 42, Stevensville 24, Dillon 19, Frenchtown 18.
100: 1, Penny Jessop, Cor, 13.04.
200: 1, Penny Jessop, Cor, 26.51.
400 – 1, Lydia Kryshak, WF, 1:00.54. 2, Penny Jessop, Cor, 1:00.84. 3, Heidi Nisly, Cor, 1:01.17.
800: 1, Heidi Nisly, Cor, 2:21.67. 5, Lynn Reynoso, Cor, 2:32.89.
1,600 – 1, Jacie Schmalz, Ham, 5:16.77. 5, Albany Jessop, Cor, 5:44.83.
3,200: 1, Jacie Schmalz, Ham, 11:54.56. 4, Albany Jessop, Cor, 12:28.89. 5, Grace Kurfman, Corv, 12:52.34.
100 Hurdles – 1, Rachael McGree, BC, 14.75. 4, Megan Pendergast, Ste, 16.54. 6, Stephanie Stoker, Cor, 16.71.
300 hurdles: 1, Megan Pendergast, Ste, 47.60. 4, Stephanie Stoker, Cor, 50.34. 5, Ani Mason, Ham, 50.77.
400 Relay – 1, Columbia Falls 50.96. 2, Polson 51.41. 3, Butte Central 51.46. 4, Corvallis 52.25. 5, Dillon 52.57. 6, Hamilton 52.79.
1,600 relay: 1, Corvallis (Kathryn Rowley, Penny Jessop, Calla Haldorson, Heidi Nisly), 4:12.14. 2, Whitefish 4:12.83. 3, Columbia Falls 4:13.17. 4, Hamilton 4:16.52. 5, Polson, 4:21.12. 6, Butte Central, 4:25.22.
Pole Vault – 1, Ashley Caffrey, CF, 10-00. 2, Taylor Bess, Ham, 10-00. 3, Hennesy Meyer, Ham, 9-00.
Long Jump – 1, Rachael McGree, BC, 17-06. 2, Reilly Rostad, Ham, 16-02.25. 3, Breann Duce, Ham, 15-11.75.
Triple jump: 1, Baylie Duce, Ham, 34-11. 2, Mariah Hinson, Stev, 34-06. 5, Ceara Chavez, Cor, 33-00. 6, Reilly Rostad, Ham, 32-10.25.
High jump: 1, Kacia Guisinger, Ham, 5-04. 3, Ashlee Searle, Ham, 5-00. 3, Mary Royce, Cor, 5-00.
Shot Put – 1, Allyson Gimbel, CF, 38-08.50. 4, Brookelyn Palin, Cor, 33-03.50.
Discus: 1, Brookelyn Palin, Cor, 132-08. 2, Calla Haldorson, Cor, 126-03. 3, Kailan Rocheleau, Ham, 115-07 6, Payton Tillotson, Ste, 114-01.
Javelin – 1, Zena Smith, Cor, 132-04.