by Scott Sacry
Twenty-five local high schools traveled to Frenchtown on Thursday, March 28th for the Frenchtown Invitational. Most of the Bitterroot Valley schools participated on a cool and overcast day.
Hamilton once again flexed their track and field muscles as both the boys and girls teams took 1st place at the meet.
There were some great individual performances by Bitterroot Valley athletes. Hamilton’s Tyson Bauder won the 100m and the Javelin. Corvallis’ Derek Criddle won the 200m and the High Jump. Hamilton’s Andrew Burrows won the Shot Put and Discus. Hamilton’s Annalise Lewis won the girls 400m and the 800m. Hamiton’s Mya Winkler won the girls Shot Put and the Discus, and took 2nd in the Javelin.
In the team standings, the Hamilton boys and girls teams took 1st place. The Corvallis boys took 2nd and the Corvallis girls took 4th. The Florence girls took 7th and the Florence boys took 11th. The Darby girls took 11th and the Darby boys took 20th.
Bitterroot Valley boys top 6 finishers:
100m
1. Tyson Bauder (11.43) Hamilton
2. Solomon Morgan (11.47) Corvallis
5. Riley Reeves (11.58) Florence
200m
1. Derek Criddle (23.02) Corvallis
4. Isaac Bates (24.24) Florence
400m
1. Isaac Bates (53.80) Florence
2. Jake McCarthy (54.09) Hamilton
800m
1. Evan Bennett (1:59.64) Hamilton
2. Brayden Lanser (2:04.14) Hamilton
5. Bryson Poulsen (2:09.56) Hamilton
1600m
3. Taylor Doleac (4:42.31) Hamilton
5. Taggart Jessop (4:47.15) Corvallis
3200 Meters
6. Ben Martin (10:43.43) Darby
300m Hurdles
3. Trace Chapman (47.99) Hamilton
5. Noah Guisinger (50.34) Hamilton
Shot Put
1. Andrew Burrows (56’ 4) Hamilton
2. Wyatt Miles (55’ 10) Corvallis
Discus
1. Andrew Burrows (167’ 1) Hamilton
6. Drew Lewis (133’ 6.5) Corvallis
Javelin
1.Tyson Bauder (173’ 3) Hamilton
2. Levi Reynoso (171’ 2) Corvallis
3. Hunter Loesch (167’ 3) Corvallis
5. Trevor Lewis (150’ 2) Hamilton
6. Logan Avery (150’ 0) Corvallis
High Jump
1. Derek Criddle (6’ 0) Corvallis
4. Ledge Conner (5’ 8) Corvallis
Pole Vault
5. Aiden Carnes (9’ 6) Hamilton
4×100 Relay
1. Corvallis (Logan Avery, Stuart Brennan, Derek Criddle, Solomon Morgan) 44.86
3. Hamilton (Carter Korst, Marshall Smith, Tommy Bender, Tyson Bauder) 45.31
6. Florence (Isaac Bates, Mattix Chase, Logan Williams, Riley Reeves) 46.08
4×400 Relay
1. Hamilton (Carter Korst, Brayden Lanser, Jake McCarthy, Evan Bennett) 3:41.96
6. Corvallis (Silas Hammill, Chance Jessop, Taggart Jessop, Kaison Weidow) 4:08.61
Bitterroot Valley girls top 6 finishers:
100m
4. Farah Wyche (13.30) Corvallis
6. Ella Varner (13.45) Corvallis
200m
4. Nadia Bruno (27.06) Hamilton
5. Bailey Kroeker (27.44) Florence
400m
1. Annalise Lewis (1:00.71) Hamilton
6. Quinn Skaggs (1:07.63) Florence
800m
1. Annalise Lewis (2:27.80) Hamilton
4. Aleigha Child (2:36.15) Hamilton
1600m
3. Aleigha Child (5:31.27) Hamilton
5. Lily Adair (5:39.44) Darby
3200m
2. Violet Jessop (12:20.15) Corvallis
3. Lily Adair (12:25.04) Darby
100m Hurdles
4. Madigan Hurlbert (17.68) Florence
6. Natalie Anderson (18.09) Darby
300m Hurdles
1. Olivia Lewis (45.28) Corvallis
3. Madigan Hurlbert (50.41) Florence
6. Natalie Anderson (53.35) Darby
Shot put
1. Mya Winkler (36’ 3) Hamilton
2. Tyana Jessop (34’ 9) Hamilton
3. Meredith Buhler (32’ 10) Corvallis
4. Ashlynn McKern (32’ 8) Hamilton
5. Elaina Lewis (31’ 7) Hamilton
Discus
1. Mya Winkler (128’ 4) Hamilton
3. Alanna Auch (120’ 3) Corvallis
4. Ayda Griffin (110’ 1) Hamilton
6. Tyana Jessop (103’ 2) Hamilton
Javelin
2. Mya Winkler (114’ 5) Hamilton
4. Quinn Skaggs (103’ 4) Florence
High Jump
4. Ayda Griffin (4’ 8) Hamilton
Pole Vault
1. Aubrey Korst (9’ 6) Hamilton
3. Jocelyn Covington (7’ 6) Corvallis
Long Jump
2. Ella Varner (16’ 5.5) Corvallis
3. Farah Wyche (16’ 3) Corvallis
4×100 Relay
2. Corvallis (Ella Varner, Olivia Lewis, Jillian Huls, Farah Wyche) 52.03
3. Hamilton (Aubrey Korst, Madi Nelson, Nadia Bruno, Annalise Lewis) 53.08
4×400 Relay
1. Corvallis (Shaylee Weidow, Ella Varner, Farah Wyche, Olivia Lewis)
4:11.88
2. Hamilton (Madi Nelson, Nadia Bruno, Aubrey Korst, Annalise Lewis) 4:27.61