by Scott Sacry
On Saturday, May 11th, the track teams for Corvallis, Stevensville and Hamilton competed in the Polson ABC Invitational. This was the final meet before the Western A Divisionals, which will be in Whitefish on May 17th-18th.
For Corvallis, Olivia Lewis won the 300m hurdles in a blazing time of 42.36. To put Lewis’ time in perspective, it is a full second better than her Class A state record from last year, and it is under the All Class state record of 42.87 (All Class records have to be set at a state meet).
Derek Criddle won the 400m (49.53). Laurie Davidson won the 3200m (11:22.34). Meredith Buhler won the shot put (37-2.25). Alanna Auch took 2nd in the discus (123-5). Jeremy Davidson won the 3200m (10:09.32). And in the boys javelin, Hunter Loesch won (174-5) and Levi Reynoso took 2nd (165).
For Hamilton, Mya Winkler won the discus (129-11), took 2nd in the javelin (105-0) and took 3rd in the shot put (35-10). Andrew Burrows won the shot put with a personal best throw of 57-0, and he took 2nd in the discus (167-8). Annalise Lewis won the 800m (2:20.76) and took 2nd in the 400m (59.06). Aubrey Korst won the pole vault (11-6). Aleigha Child won the 1600m (5:16.73). Taylor Doleac took 2nd in the 1600m (4:29.63).
For Stevensville, Brogan Gard took 2nd in the 200m (23.50) and 3rd in the 100m (11.30), and Sophia Hutchison took 2nd in the triple jump (33-6.25).