by Scott Sacry
On a cold and rainy spring day, the track & field teams for Florence, Stevensville, Hamilton, Corvallis, Darby, and Victor competed in the annual Ravalli County Invitational in Hamilton on Friday, April 26th.
Only Bitterroot Valley schools participate in this event, so winners can call themselves the Best of the Bitterroot. The complete results are below.
Ravalli County Invitational Results
Boys
100 Meters
1. Brogan Gard 11.20 Stevensville, 2. Isaac Bates 11.38 Florence, 3. Solomon Morgan 11.40 Corvallis, 4. Riley Reeves 11.49 Florence, 5. McCoy Townsend 11.52 Darby, 6. Payton Ehmann 11.67 Darby
200 Meters
1. Isaac Bates 23.29 Florence, 2. Brogan Gard 23.54 Stevensville, 3. McCoy Townsend 23.83 Darby, 4. Stuart Brennan 23.96 Corvallis, 5. Riley Reeves 24.20 Florence, 6. Trace Chapman 24.53 Hamilton
400 Meters
1. Jake McCarthy 53.66 Hamilton, 2. Ayden Spencer 54.58 Corvallis, 3. Ledge Conner 54.97 Corvallis, 4. Zach Polanski 58.33 Stevensville, 5. Payton Ehmann 58.97 Darby, 6. Harrison Yaskus 1:00.32 Stevensville
800 Meters
1. Jack Davidson 2:03.05 Corvallis, 2. Taggart Jessop 2:09.84 Corvallis, 3. Liam Harvey 2:11.48 Corvallis, 4. Curtis Pijanowski 2:19.96 Florence, 5. Stephan Matveev 2:24.36 Hamilton, 6. Sebastian Schroeder 2:25.07 Florence
1600 Meters
1. Evan Bennett 4:35.54 Hamilton, 2. Taylor Doleac 4:42.40 Hamilton, 3. Curtis Pijanowski 4:52.01 Florence, 4. Ben Martin 4:57.64 Darby, 5. Carter Koerner 5:01.18 Corvallis, 6. Eider Reed 5:07.73 Corvallis
3200 Meters
1. Jeremy Davidson 10:14.79 Corvallis, 2. Bryson Poulsen 10:34.12 Hamilton, 3. Ben Martin 10:40.77 Darby, 4. Marrek Jessop 10:41.58 Corvallis, 5. Taylor Graham 11:36.82 Darby, 6. Marshall Jessop 11:44.37 Corvallis
110m Hurdles
1. Stuart Brennan 15.49 Corvallis, 2. Aiden Carnes 17.10 Hamilton, 3. Tommy Bender 18.27 Hamilton, 4. Caleb Reynoso 19.52 Corvallis, 5. Javin Jessop 19.70 Corvallis, 6. Peyton Long 19.81 Darby
300m Hurdles
1. Noah Guisinger 46.81 Hamilton, 2. Caleb Reynoso 47.06 Corvallis, 3. Javin Jessop 48.65 Corvallis, 4. Erik Potter 48.83 Stevensville, 5. Kennie Cords 49.41 Hamilton, 6. Peyton Long 50.57 Darby
4×100 Relay
1. Corvallis – Logan Avery, Ayden Spencer, Derek Criddle, Solomon Morgan 44.96, 2. Florence – Logan Williams, Mattix Chase, Riley Reeves, Isaac Bates – 45.63m 3. Hamilton – Aiden Carnes, Trace Chapman, Cody Davis, Clayton Beall 46.37, 4. Stevensville – Easton Hollis, Brogan Gard, Shan Madula, Erik Potter 46.72, 5. Darby – McCoy Townsend, Emerson Atkins, Brad Reasor, Wyatt Miller 47.01, 6. Corvallis – Colt Heiland, Samuel Melott, Caleb Reynoso, Javin Jessop 49.14
4×400 Relay
1. Hamilton – Jake McCarthy, Brayden Lanser, Trace Chapman, Evan Bennett, 3:39.75, 2. Corvallis, Stuart Brennan, Ledge Conner, Jack Davidson, Taggart Jessop – 3:42.63, 3. Hamilton – Regan White, Noah Guisinger, Bryson Poulsen, Cody Davis 3:55.46, 4. Darby – Payton Ehmann, McCoy Townsend, Wyatt Miller, Ben Martin 3:56.11, 5. Stevensville – Zach Polanski, Cody Bradford, Erik Potter, Brogan Gard 3:56.12, 6. Florence – Isaac Bates, Andrew Horsens, Mattix Chase, Logan Williams 3:57.83
Shot Put Unified
1. Carson Alexander 25-01 Florence, 2. Colton Jeppesen 16-04 Hamilton, 3. Tristin Jeppesen 15-00 Hamilton
Shot Put
1. Andrew Burrows 55-04 Hamilton, 2. Wyatt Miles 52-03.5 Corvallis, 3. Isaac Stoker 45-05 Corvallis, 4. Bridger Alexander 43-05.5 Florence, 5. Dallas Nagelhout 40-08.5 Corvallis, 6. AJ Darger 38-05.5 Corvallis
Discus
1. Andrew Burrows 161-11.50 Hamilton, 2. Isaac Stoker 129-06 Corvallis, 3. Ethan Porter 126-01 Florence, 4. Drew Lewis 125-11 Corvallis, 5. Taylor Doleac 125-04.5 Hamilton, 6. AJ Darger 118-08 Corvallis
Javelin
1. Levi Reynoso 173-09 Corvallis, 2. Tyson Bauder 162-10 Hamilton, 3. Hunter Loesch 156-02 Corvallis, 4. Drew Lewis 151-03 Corvallis, 5. Chance Jessop 147-00 Corvallis, 6. Logan Avery 146-10 Corvallis
High Jump
1. Derek Criddle 5-10 Corvallis, 2. Ledge Conner 5-08 Corvallis, 3. Logan Harrison 5-06 Hamilton, 4. Sam DeLong 5-04 Hamilton, 5. Kyle Glasser 5-02 Victor, 6. Blaine Jensen 4-10
Hamilton
Pole Vault
1. Aiden Carnes 11-00 Hamilton, 2. Jared Reynoso 10-00 Corvallis, 3. Liam Griffin 9-06 Hamilton, 4. Kaison Weidow 8-00 Corvallis
Long Jump
1. Eli Jones 20-09.75 Victor, 2. Chance Jessop 19-05 Corvallis, 3. Logan Avery 19-03 Corvallis, 4. Tommy Bender 19-02 Hamilton, 5. Marshall Smith 19-01 Hamilton, 6. Stuart Brennan 18-10 Corvallis
Triple Jump
1. Eli Jones 38-07 Victor, 2. Noah Guisinger 36-04.5 Hamilton, 3. Beauden Therrien 34-06 Corvallis, 3. Javin Jessop 34-06 Corvallis, 5. Asher Griffin 34-04 Hamilton, 6. Alex Hauck 34-03 Corvallis
Girls
100 Meters
1. Bailey Kroeker 12.94 Florence, 2. Jillian Huls 13.35 Corvallis, 3. Paige O’Donnell 13.86 Darby, 4. Mia Faulk 14.06 Hamilton, 5. Melissa Daniels 14.11 Stevensville, 6. Hannah Buhler 14.18 Corvallis
200 Meters
1. Jenna Ellis 26.99 Hamilton, 2. Bailey Kroeker 27.02 Florence, 3. Sophia Hutchison 28.02 Stevensville, 4. Shaylee Weidow 28.30 Corvallis, 5. Paige O’Donnell 29.36 Darby, 6. Annora Weidow 30.47 Corvallis
400 Meters
1. Annalise Lewis 59.87 Hamilton, 2. Ayslin Jessop 1:04.20 Hamilton, 3. Quinn Skaggs 1:04.86 Florence, 4. Nayla Schmied 1:08.77 Darby, 5. Isaebel Hartsell-Miller Florence 1:12.56
800 Meters
Lily Apedaile 2:31.12 Hamilton, 2. Greta Gantz 2:33.76 Hamilton, 3. Farah Wyche 2:37.62 Corvallis, 4. Hasalyn Schairer 2:38.88 Corvallis, 5. Kaeleigh Trihey 3:14.01 Corvallis
1600 Meters
1. Aleigha Child 5:22.48 Hamilton, 2. Greta Gantz 5:55.14 Hamilton, 3. Autumn Benson 5:58.69 Corvallis, 4. Sierra Wissenbach 6:27.72 Corvallis, 5. Maddy Ondrasek 6:39.07 Florence
3200 Meters
1. Laurie Davidson 12:00.92 Corvallis, 2. Violet Jessop 12:01.00 Corvallis, 3. Lily Adair 12:07.22 Darby, 4. Sierra Berry 13:06.23 Hamilton, 5. Mazie Torres 14:59.67 Hamilton
100m Hurdles
1. Olivia Lewis 15.19 Corvallis, 2. Kiahna Hirmann 17.50 Darby, 3. Natalie Anderson 17.72 Darby, 4. Reagan Burrows 19.14 Hamilton, 5. Kaia Benson 21.09 Corvallis, 6. Cheyenne Knutson 21.15 Corvallis
300m Hurdles
1. Madigan Hurlbert 50.41 Florence, 2. Aubrey Korst 50.84 Hamilton, 3. Reagan Burrows 51.93 Hamilton, 4. Natalie Anderson 52.36 Darby, 5. Kealie Hixson 1:00.05 Stevensville
4×100 Relay
1. Corvallis – Ella Varner, Olivia Lewis, Jillian Huls, Farah Wyche 50.78, 2. Hamilton – Aubrey Korst, Lily Apedaile, Nadia Bruno, Jenna Ellis 51.09, 3. Corvallis – Lauryn Holmberg, Sophie Hagberg, Hannah Buhler, Kate Allen 54.35, 4. Darby – Paige O’Donnell, Hadley Heiland, Kiahna Hirmann, Natalie Anderson 56.17
4×400 Relay
1. Hamilton – Nadia Bruno, Lily Apedaile, Jenna Ellis, Annalise Lewis 4:15.60, 2. Hamilton – Greta Gantz, Aubrey Korst, Aleigha Child, Ayslin Jessop 4:26.91, 3. Darby – Paige O’Donnell, Kiahna Hirmann, Lily Adair, Natalie Anderson 4:34.25, 4. Florence – Isaebel Hartsell-Miller, Madigan Hurlbert, Quinn Skaggs, Bailey Kroeker 4:45.70
Shot Put
1. Meredith Buhler 36-04.5 Corvallis, 2. Mya Winkler 36-03 Hamilton, 3. Gracie Werst 35-05 Hamilton, 4. Tyana Jessop 35-02 Hamilton, 5. Ashlynn McKern 35-00 Hamilton, 6. Elaina Lewis 32-07 Hamilton
Shot Put Unified
1. Charli Duffy 14-06 Florence, 2. Rejoice Ralph 13-02 Hamilton, 3. Tabatha Townsend 11-07 Hamilton
Discus
1. Alanna Auch 119-01 Corvallis, 2. Mya Winkler 116-02.5 Hamilton, 3. Ayda Griffin 104-02 Hamilton, 4. Tyana Jessop 100-07 Hamilton, 5. Sierra Reed 94-02 Darby, 6. Meredith Buhler 84-08 Corvallis
Javelin
1. Mya Winkler 106-02 Hamilton, 2. Quinn Skaggs 99-03 Florence, 3. Meryn Leonardi 87-03 Hamilton, 4. Lilly Bennett 85-02 Darby, 5. Autumn Benson 81-08 Corvallis, 6. Sierra Reed 78-01 Darby
High Jump
1. Olivia Lewis 4-10 Corvallis, 2. Ayda Griffin 4-06 Hamilton, 3. Laila Smart 4-04 Corvallis, 3. Isaebel Hartsell-Miller 4-04 Florence
Long Jump
1. Sophia Hutchison 16-03 Stevensville, 2. Ella Varner 15-10 Corvallis, 3. Reagan Burrows 15-08 Hamilton, 4. Jillian Huls 15-07 Corvallis, 5. Aislynn Cambell 14-05, Florence, 6. Mia Faulk 14-05 Hamilton
Long Jump Unified
1. Charli Duffy 10-02 Florence, 2. Rejoice Ralph 7-00, Hamilton, 3. Tabatha Townsend 3-00 Hamilton
Triple Jump
1. Lily Apedaile 33-00 Hamilton, 2. Farah Wyche 32-10, Corvallis, 3. Reagan Burrows 32-01 Hamilton, 4. Sophia Hutchison 31-09.5, Stevensville, 5. Mia Faulk 30-07.5 Hamilton, 6. Vivian Potter 30-05.5 Corvallis
Top 10 Meet
Many of the Bitterroot Valley’s best track & field athletes were in Missoula on Tuesday, April 23rd for the annual Top 10 Meet. As the name indicates, the western Montana athletes, regardless of class, with the Top 10 marks in their event are invited. It was a high level competition and many Bitterroot athletes excelled.
The Hamilton girls shot put crew owned the invitation list as 5 of the 10 athletes in this event were from Hamilton. Hamilton’s coach Jake Jessop said, “I have seen this in some running events, but I have never seen 5 out of 10 invitations from one program for a field event.”
They finished as follows: Mya Winkler took 2nd (38-03.5), Ashlynn McKern took 4th (36-01), Gracie Werst took 6th (35-04.25), Tyana Jessop took 7th (35-03.5), and Elaina Lewis took 8th (33-06). Winkler also finished 3rd in the discus (111-03) and 4th in the javelin (116-09).
There were four individual winners from the Bitterroot Valley. Corvallis’ Wyatt Miles won the shot put (56-10). Hamilton’s Tyson Bauder won the javelin with a massive throw of 199-04. To put Bauder’s throw in perspective, this is the 9th best throw in the entire country so far this year. The Corvallis girls 4×400 relay team won (4:00.47). And Corvallis’ Olivia Lewis won the 300m hurdles with a season’s best time of 43.10. Lewis set the Class A record in the event at State last year at 43.37. Lewis is eyeing the All Class State record of 42.87. Her best time in the event was 42.94 in divisionals last year. State records have to be set at the State Track Meet.