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Bulldogs tough at Libby track meet

by Matt Baldwin / Whitefish Pilot
| April 27, 2011 9:23 AM

Whitefish’s girls track team earned a

big win last week at the Libby meet by earning 178 points. The next

closest team, Columbia Falls, had 119 points.

Marlow Schulz won the 100 impressively

with a 13.30, edging out team mate Amanda Foley who finished in

second with a 13.38. Foley easily won the 200 with a 27.45, while

Schulz wrapped up the 400 with a 1:01.38.

The distance crew was strong as usual,

with Jessica Sagen, Carly Schwickert and Bailey Eaton taking first

through third respectively in the 1,600. Sagen and Eaton were first

and second in the 3,200, while Schwickert was second in the

800.

Whitefish’s relay teams, which are

always good measuring sticks for the team, won both the 400 and

1,600. Carly Schwickert, Jessica Sagen, Amanda Foley and Marlow

Schulz teamed up in the 1,600 effort.

In the field, Shelby Backer was second

in javelin with an 88-8, and Abby Stellnauer was third with a 88-1.

Strellnauer won the discus with a 96-1.

Brooke Silliker cleared 7 feet in the

pole vault for second place.

The boys team finished third at the

Libby meet with 92 total points, behind Columbia Falls and

Libby.

Iaian Cameron was second in both the

100 and 200, while Logan Harwood was second in the 400.

Gage Vasquez continued his dominance in

the 800, this time posting a 2:08.56.

Fischer Gangemi tried to keep pace with

Columbia Falls stand out Derrick Williams in the 3,200. Gangemi

ended up in second place with an 11:00.50.

Whitefish was second in both the 400

and 1,600 relays.

Madison Apple, Bryce Wehrli, Jimmy

Boles all cleared 10 feet in the pole vault.