by Scott Sacry, Sports Editor
The Class A State Track & Field meet was in Kalispell on May 22-24. Besides Corvallis, Hamilton and Stevensville also had great success at the state meet.
Hamilton
The Hamilton girls team took 3rd place and the Hamilton boys took 8th place.
Individually for Hamilton, Gracie Werst won the state championship in the girls shot put with a personal best throw of 42’05”; this mark was nearly four feet further than her previous best.
Also for the Hamilton girls, Annalise Lewis took 2nd in both the 800m (2:14.11) and the 1600m (5:04.23), and 6th in the 400m (59.32).
Aubrey Korst took 2nd in the pole vault, Korst cleared the same height, 12’ 0”, as the winner, but had more misses.
The 4x400m relay team of Aubrey Korst, Lily Apedaile, Jenna Ellis and Annalise Lewis took 2nd (4:02.98). Jenna Ellis took 4th in the 300m hurdles (46.49). Kassidee McKern took 5th in the high jump (5’0”). Lily Apedaile took 5th in the triple jump. (34’6.5”). London Provencher took 6th in the high jump (5’0”).
For the Hamilton boys, the 4x400m relay team of Jake McCarthy, Brayden Lanser, Taylor Doleac and Evan Bennett took 2nd (3:24.00). Evan Bennett took 3rd in the 400m (49.34) and 4th in the 800m (1:57.08). Taylor Doleac took 4th in the discus (158’8”) and 5th in the 800m (1:58.39). Everett Stumpf took 6th in the discus (148’11”).
Stevensville
Stevensville freshman Reagan Johnstone had an exceptional state meet. Johnstone won the state championship in both the 100m hurdles (15.17) and the 300m hurdles (45.01), took 2nd in the long jump (17’7.25”) and took 6th in the triple jump (34’4”).
Also for Stevensville, Sophia Hutchison took 3rd in the triple jump (35’3.25”) and 6th in the long jump (16’11.75”).
The Stevensville girls took 6th place in the team standings.