by Scott Sacry
Spring weather strikes again. Frenchtown planned to host a track meet on Saturday, April 1st, but they canceled it early in the week because of the weather, so Corvallis stepped in and promptly held an Impromptu Invite in Corvallis on Friday, March 31. The Bitterroot Valley track teams from Darby, Corvallis, Florence, Hamilton, and Stevensville were joined by Dillon, Gallatin, and, if you can believe it, Waimea High School from Waimea, Hawaii, who must have made the trip to Montana in an attempt to escape the harsh weather conditions of their home state.
In the girls team results, Hamilton took 1st, Corvallis took 2nd, Stevensville took 5th, Florence took 6th, and Darby finished in 8th. On the boys side, Hamilton finished 2nd, Corvallis finished 3rd, Florence took 5th, Stevensville took 6th, and Darby finished 7th.
Individually, the following Bitterroot Valley boys won their events, Stevenville’s Brogan Gard, 100M (11.86), Florence’s Kyler Harris, 3200M (10:46), Hamilton’s Andrew Burrows won both the Shot Put (56-01.5) and Discus (152-05), Florence’s Quinn Lue, High Jump (5-10), and Hamilton’s Taylor Searle, Pole Vault (14-01).
The following Bitterroot Valley girls won their events, Corvallis’s Farah Wyche, 100M (13.25), Stevensville’s Claire Hutchison 200M (26.96), Corvallis’s Autumn Benson 3200M (13:20.77), Corvallis’s Olivia Lewis won both the 100m Hurdles (16.94) and 300m Hurdles (45.89), Hamilton’s 4×400 relay team of Madi Nelson, Ayslin Jessop, Emilee Searle, and Jenna Ellis, Hamilton’s Emilee Searle, High Jump (5-01), Hamilton’s Chesnee Lawerence, Pole Vault (9-0).