Street wins state javelin title, boys finish 8th
Jeremy Weber Hungry Horse News | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 7 years, 6 months AGO
Angellica Street won the javelin at the Class A State Track Meet in Laurel Friday with a toss of 147 feet, 7 inches. (Bethany Baker - Billings Gazette)
Ben WIndauer was second in the pole vault at the Class A State Track Meet Friday. (Bethany Baker- Billings Gazzette)
Tallia Sova competes in the discus at the Class A State Track Meet Saturday. (Austin Steele - Billings Gazette)
Drew Morgan throws the javelin during competition at the Class A State Track Meet in Laurel Saturday. (Austin Steele - Billings Gazette)
Angellica Street completed her dominance of girls Class A javelin and the boys used a balanced effort to finish eighth as a team Saturday as Columbia Falls competed in the State Track Meet in Laurel.
Street beat her closest competitor by more than 20 feet to take home the state javelin title. Her toss of 147 feet, 7 inches easily defeated Hamilton’s Cariann Kunkel, who finished second at 127 feet, 1 inch.
The boys got the majority of their points from the pole vault, where Ben Windauer finished second after clearing a height of 13 feet, 6 inches and Austin Green was fifth at 13 feet.
The mile relay team of Easton Sempf, Tucker Salmonsen, Zackary Pletcher and Drew Morgan finished second with a time of 3:27.61 while the 400-meter relay team of Kaeden Clewien, Morgan, Logan Kolodejchuk and Daniel Henjum finished sixth with a time of 43.77 seconds.
Parker Greene took third in the discus with a toss of 150 feet, 3 inches, Gabe Knudsen was fifth in the 1,600 meter run with a time of 4:35.57 and Tucker Salmonsen was fifth in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:02.78.
Along with Street’s state title for the Wildkats in the javelin, Genevieve Delorme was third in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:25.04 and Tallia Sova was sixth in the javelin with a throw of 113 feet, 5 inches.
Other finishes for Columbia Falls at the state meet included:
GIRLS:
200-meter dash
12th - Josie Windauer - 27.56
100-meter hurdles
Flora Jarvis - 17.32 (prelims)
400-meter relay
13th - 52.85
High Jump
10th - Stella Bistodeau - 4 feet, 10 inches
Pole Vault
7th - Josie Windauer - 9 feet, 6 inches
16th - Raina Crowell - 8 feet, 6 inches
Long Jump
21st - Madysen Hoerner - 14 feet, 7.5 inches
22nd - LaKia Hill - 14 feet, 6 inches
Shot Put
8th - Tallia Sova - 35 feet, 8 inches
11th - Angellica Street - 34 feet, 10.25 inches
21st - Kiera Brown - 29 feet, 7 inches
BOYS:
100-meter dash
Kaedan Clewien - 11.36 (prelims)
200-meter dash
11th - Drew Morgan - 23.56
15th - Kaedan Clewien - 23.97
400-meter dash
12th - Drew Morgan - 52.28
15th - Easton Sempf - 53.56
1,600-meter run
15th Richard Role - 4:46.36
16th - Joe Lamb - 4:47.19
110-meter hurdles
9th - Ben Windauer - 16.63
Long Jump
14th - Chance Adams - 18 feet, 8.5 inches
Shot Put
9th - Logan Kolodejchuk - 47 feet, 6.25 inches.
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