Bigfork track teams take 6th, 10th in state
The Bigfork track and field season came to a close in Laurel over the weekend as the Vikings came away with a sixth-place finish while the Valkyries tied for 10th among Class B teams at the state track meet.
After dominating at both the district and divisional level, the Vikings won only one event and managed just three top-three finishes while the Valkyries also won one event, their only top-three finish.
Seth Osborne had the top finish for the Vikings, clearing 13 feet, 9 inches to win the pole vault by a foot over second-place Aden Graves of Sidney.
Isak Epperly earned a second-place finish in the 110 hurdles, running a personal-best time of 15.59 seconds to finish just seven hundredths of a second behind Jefferson’s Braden Morris while Wyatt Duke cleared 6 feet, 2 inches to finish third in the high jump.
The Valkyries 4X400 relay team of Audrey Buenz, Chloe Raats, Coralyn Shillam and Afton Lambrecht earned a state title in their event, running their best time of the season (4:10.11) to edge out Manhattan’s time of 4:10.16.
Cormac Benn had a fourth-place finish in the long jump for the Vikings, leaping 20 feet, 4.75 inches while Jack Jensen was fifth in the 1,600 with a time of 4:34.78.
The Vikings 4X100 relay team of Joseph Farrier, Benn, George Bucklin and Noah Kinslow ran a season-best 44.36 to finish fourth.
Scout Nadeau threw a personal best 37 feet, 1.25 inches to finish fourth in the shot put while the 4X100 relay team of Jessy Frey, Lambrecht, Raats and Buenz ran a season best time of 50.77 seconds to finish fourth.
Bigfork State Track Results
VIKINGS
100 Meter Dash
- Joseph Farrier 11.85
1,600 Meter Run
- Jack Jensen 4:34.78 PR
110 Meter Hurdles
- Isak Epperly 15.40 PR
- Wyatt Duke 16.23
- Wyatt Johnson 16.72
300 Meter Hurdles
- Jordan Betts 43.08
- Wyatt Johnson 45.39
- Isak Epperly 46.29
4X100 Relay
- Joseph Farrier, Cormac Benn, George Bucklin, Noah Kinslow 44.36
4X400 Relay
- Jackson Abney, Maddox Mater, Shelton Woll, Cormac Benn 3:36.60
Shot Put
- Levi Taylor 42 feet, 6.5 inches
- Braeden Guse 42 feet, 1.75 inches PR
- Silvestre Rodriguez 37 feet, 3 inches
Discus
- Silvestre Rodriguez 107 feet, 2 inches
- Joseph Farrier 104 feet
Javelin
- Shelton Woll 139 feet, 8 inches
High Jump
- Wyatt Duke 6 feet, 2 inches
- Cormac Benn 5 feet, 10 inches
- Levi Taylor 5 feet, 8 inches
Pole Vault
- Seth Osborne 13 feet, 9 inches
- Wyatt Herd 12 feet
- Shelton Woll 11 feet
Long Jump
- Cormac Benn 20 feet, 4.75 inches
- Levi Peterson 19 feet, 6 inches PR
Triple Jump
- Cormac Benn 39 feet, 5.75 inches
- Levi Peterson 39 feet, 2.5 inches
VALKYRIES
100 Meter Dash
- Jessy Frey 13.54
200 Meter Dash
- Chloe Raats 27.61
400 Meter Race
- Chloe Raats 1:04.22
- Afton Lambrecht 1:04.73
- Coralyn Shillam 1:05.54
- Danika Bucklin 1:05.60
800 Meter Run
- Micah Dunham 2:42.72 PR
- Tabitha Raymond 2:46.93
1600 Meter Run
- Grace Stewart 6:11.55
- Tabitha Raymond 6:29.69 PR
3200 Meter Run
- Grace Stewart 13.25.36
300 Meter Hurdles
- Ashlyn Savik 52.67 PR
- Ellie Jordt 52.68 PR
4X100 Relay
- Jessy Frey, Afton Lambrecht, Chloe Raats, Audrey Buenz 50.77
4X400 Relay
- Audrey Buenz, Chloe Raats, Coralyn Shillam, Afton Lambrecht 4:10.11
Shot Put
- Scout Nadeau 37 feet, 1.25 inches PR
- Quinlan Nissen 30 feet
Discus
- Scout Nadeau 102 feet, 4 inches PR
- Quinlan Nissen 88 feet, 8 inches
- Callie Gembala 85 feet, 4 inches PR
Javelin
- Zoey Albert 113 feet, 8 inches PR
- Zoe Guffin 93 feet, 3 inches
High Jump
- Inga Turner 4 feet, 10 inches PR
Pole Vault
- Allie Reichner 8 feet
- Addison Reichner 7 feet, 6 inches
Long Jump
12 Inga Turner 15 feet, 2.75 inches
- Audrey Buenz 14 feet, 6 inches
Triple Jump
- Ellie Jordt 29 feet, 1 inch