Track squads battle to second place finishes in Whitefish

The Vikes and Vals track teams were in action in Whitefish Saturday as both squads took second at the Whitefish ARM.

Wyatt Johnson helped lead the Vikings to their second-place finish, winning the 110 hurdles (15.92), setting a season record to take second in the 300 hurdles (43.08) and helping lead the relays teams to third and fourth-place marks.

Maddox Mater took second for the Vikes in the 200 with a season record time of 23.91, Jack Jensen was second in the 800 with s season-record time of 2:02.95, Tristen Herd was second in the pole vault after clearing a season-best height of 12 feet, 4 inches and Levi Peterson was second in the triple jump with a distance of 40 feet, 9 inches.

Trevor Hill set a new season-record of 23.91 seconds to take third in the 200, Isak Epperly took third in the 100 hurdles with a time of 16.96 seconds, Joseph Farrier took third in the javelin with a season-best toss of 140 feet, Wyatt Barnes was third in the triple jump at 39 feet, 8 inches and Peterson was third in the long jump with a personal-best leap of 20 feet, one half inch.

The 4X100 relay team of Johnson, Hill, Peterson and Farrier was third with a time of 45.89 seconds.

Farrier set a new season record of 117 feet, 10 inches to take fourth iin the discus while the 4X400 relay team of Johnson, Jensen, Farrier and Mater was fourth at 3:41.97.

Tamret Savik took fifth in the triple jump at 38 feet, 6 inches and Tayden West earned sixth in the pole vault by clearing 10 feet, 4 inches, a new personal record.

Inga Turner led the way for the Valkyries, taking first in the 100 hurdles with a season-best time of 16.30 seconds, first in the long jump with a season-best leap of 16 feet, 4 inches and was third in the high jump after clearing 4 feet, 10 inches.

Scout Nadeau was first in the shot put with a season-best toss of 37 feet, 10.25 inches and took second in the discus with a toss of 105 feet, 6 inches.

The Vals dominated the javelin as Zoey Albert took first with a toss of 119 feet, 2 inches, Maddi Chappuis was second at 112 feet, 8.5 inches and Callie Gembala was fourth with a new season-record of 107 feet, 4 inches.

Emma Pouwer was second in the long jump with a leap of 16 feet, 1.75 inches and the 4X400 relay team of Danika Bucklin, Braeden Gunlock, Paeten Gunlock and Afton Lambrecht was second with a time of 4:28.08.

Chappuis took third in the shot put with a toss of 33 feet, 4.5 inches and fifth in the triple jump with a personal record of 32 feet, 7 inches.

Pouwer was fourth in the 100 with a season-best time of 13.30 seconds and fifth in the 200 at 27.88 seconds.

Braeden Gunlock took fourth in the 300 hurdles with a personal-best time of 52.33 seconds and the 4X100 relay team of Bucklin, Pouwer, Ione Plummer and Lambrecht was fourth with a time of 52.45 seconds.

Lambrecht took fifth in the 400 with a season-best time of 1:03.55 and Gembala was sixth in the discus with a toss of 87 feet, 6 inches.

The teams will be in action Saturday as they compete at the Archie Roe Meet at Legends Stadium in Kalispell.