Boys win divisionals, girls place second
Photo by Tom Wiley In the girls 3,200 distance race at the Northwestern Class A divisionals in Polson, Kayla Carlson, of Bigfork, leads, followed by Jessica Sagen, Bailey Eaton and Loni Hanson, of Whitefish.
The Whitefish boys held on at the Northwestern A divisional track meet on Saturday and set themselves up for a good shot at defending their state title.
The Bulldogs tallied 162.5 points to win for the second-straight year. They were led by senior Drew Coco, who completed his sweep of the distance races after winning the 800 and defending his title in the 3,200. On Friday, he won the 1,600 for the third-straight year.
The Whitefish boys have won the Class A state championship four of the last six years — 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008.
Whitefish senior Aaron Tkachyk will have a chance to defend his long jump state title after winning divisionals with a leap of 21-8 1/4. Teammate Willie Roche came in second and also had the top divisional high jump at 6-6.
The top six qualifiers in each event will move on to the state meet, which begins next Friday, May 29, in Butte and runs through Saturday.
Anto Daoud won the 400, followed by teammate Willie Roche in second and Dalton Rice in fourth. The Bulldogs' 1,600 relay team claimed first place.
Four Bulldogs placed in the 110-meter hurdles — Derek Crittenden, second, Seth Wiley, fourth, Sam Wiley, fifth, and John Joern, sixth. Seth Wiley took second in the 300-meter hurdles, and Sam Wiley took fourth.
In the triple jump, Tkachyk placed second and Kalin Hale was third. Dustin Beck took second in the javelin, Kaleb Prestegaard took fifth in the pole vault, and the Bulldog 400-meter relay team placed fourth.
The Lady Bulldogs took second overall behind Polson. For the girls, the distance races again proved to be their strong suit.
Four runners placed in the 1,600 — Jessica Sagen, second, Bailey Eaton, third, Carly Schwickert, fourth, and Stella Holt, sixth.
Holt took second in the 800, with Schwickert in third and Breanna Leggit in fourth. In the 3,200-meter race, Sagen took second and Eaton took third.
The Lady Bulldogs' 400-meter and 1,600-meter relay teams both placed second. Amanda Foley took fourth in the 200 and fifth in the 100 sprints.
Natalie Kearns placed second in both the triple jump and the long jump. Megan Powell took fifth in the triple jump. Alexa Day took third in the pole vault, and Elizabeth King was fifth. Olivia Nagler came in sixth in the discus.
Heather Melcer took third in the 400, followed by Becca Strellnauer in fifth. Ariel Ducote took fourth in the 100 hurdles, and Megan Apple was fifth. Ducote was fifth in the 300 hurdles, and Apple was sixth.
Boys
Team totals — Whitefish 162.5, Columbia Falls 136.5, Polson 87, Libby 64, Bigfork 48, Ronan/St. Ignatius 29.
Individual results
100 — 6, Anto Daoud, WF, 12.04.
200 — 2, Anto Dauod, WF, 23.5; 3, Willie Roche, WF, 23.8.
400 — 1, Anto Daoud, 50.92; 2, Willie Roche, WF, 51.42; 4, Dalton Rice, WF, 52.73.
800 — 1, Drew Coco, WF, 1:57.
1,600 — 1, Drew Coco, WF, 4:35.
3,200 — 1, Drew Coco, WF, 10:15.
110 hurdles — 2, Derek Crittenden, WF, 16.521; 4, Seth Wiley, WF, 16.6; 5, Sam Wiley, WF, 17.1; 6, John Joern, WF, 18.0
300 hurdles — 2, Seth Wiley, WF, 41.6; 4, Sam Wiley, WF, 43.0.
400 relay — 4, Whitefish, 44.83.
1,600 relay — 1, Whitefish, 3:31.
Long jump — 1, Aaron Tkachyk, WF, 21-8 1/4; 2, Willie Roche, WF, 21-4 3/4.
High jump — 1, Willie Roche, WF, 6-6; 5, Aaron Tkachyk, WF, 5-10.
Triple jump — 2, Aaron Tkachyk, WF, 42-3; 3, Kalin Hale, WF, 42-1 3/4.
Pole vault — 5, Kaleb Prestegaard, WF, 12-6.
Shot put — 6, Tanner Benedict, WF, 41-3.
Javelin — 2, Dustin Beck, WF, 166-1.
Girls
Team totals — Polson 139, Whitefish 124, Ronan/St. Ignatius 76, Bigfork 70, Columbia Falls 62.5, Libby 54.5
Individual results
100 — 5, Amanda Foley, WF, 13.479.
200 — 4, Amanda Foley, WF, 27.66.
400 — 3, Heather Melcer, WF, 1:01; 5, Becca Strellnauer, WF, 1:02.7.
800 — 2, Stella Holt, WF, 2:26; 3, Carly Schwickert, WF, 2:29; 4, Breanna Leggit, WF, 2:30.3.
1,600 — 2, Jessica Sagen, WF, 5:34; 3, Bailey Eaton, WF, 5:35; Carly Schwickert, WF, 5:36; 6, Stella Holt, WF, 5:41.
3,200 — 2, Jessica Sagen, WF, 12:17; 3, Bailey Eaton, WF, 12:25.
100 hurdles — 4, Ariel Ducote, WF, 17.1; 5, Megan Apple, WF, 17.3.
300 hurdles — 5, Ariel Ducote, WF, 48.6; 6, Megan Apple, WF, 48.7.
400 relay — 2, Whitefish, 51.8.
1,600 relay — 2, Whitefish, 4:15.4.
Triple jump — 2, Natalie Kearns, WF, 34-8; 5, Megan Powell, WF, 34-2.
Long jump — 2, Natalie Kearns, WF, 16-0 1/2.
Discus — 6, Olivia Nagler, WF, 91-0.
Polevault — 3, Alexa Day, WF, 8-6; 5, Elizabeth King, WF, 8-6.
Shot put — 6, Paula Oliviera, WF, 28-7.
Javelin — 3, Olivia Nagler, WF, 108-4.