xCOLUMBIA FALLS — On a cool, windbreaker-handy day at the Dr. Nicosia Track Complex, Mikenna Ells breezed to another 400 meters victory and her Whitefish Bulldogs built another pretty good pile of points.

Ells, who also clocked 12.52 seconds in the 100 meters trials — second-fastest in Class A — ran anchor on the victorious short relay. All that helped Whitefish to 47 points.

Corvallis, which edged Whitefish at last week’s Nelson-Thomas A-B-C meet last week, is second with 43 points after eight events. Host Columbia Falls is third at 39.

A lot of the Wildkats’ points came in the 1,600, where Lara and Siri Erickson went 1-2. Siri Erickson lowered her best time to 5:26.22. The sisters sit 1-2 in Class A.

The most impressive mark came from Dillon’s Ainsley Shipman, who won a fast 100-meters hurdles race in 15.36, a personal record and the fastest time in A. Hailey Ells of Whitefish was second at 16.34 and now sits No. 3.

Corvallis’ Jenna Jordan bettered her own personal record by over 7 feet and won the javelin with a heave of 129-4. That’s now tops in Class A as well. Rylie Linduist of Ronan was second at 117-8 and sits No. 6 in A.

Kailen Herbstritt cleared 10-6 to win the pole vault for the Blue Devils; Columbia Falls’ Hannah Sempf was second.

Hamilton, getting two individual wins, leads the boys race after seven events with 62 points. Frenchtown has 40 and Whitefish is third at 26.

Libby’s Jay Beagle continued his success in the 400 meters, winning in 50.05, and also ran the fastest time in a fast 100 meters trials: 11.20.

Hamilton’s Colter Purcell and Lane Cole went 1-2 in the 1,600, and Cole PR’d with a time of 4:32.27, third-fastest in Class A. Right behind him was Browning’s Jeremy Bockus at 4:36.98 (5th in A).

Another impressive event was the shot put, where the top four finishers — Frenchtown’s Jake Houlihan (51 feet, 6 inches), Whitefish’s Talon Holmquist (50-1.5), and Andrew and Tyler Burrows of Hamilton — all PR’d. The top three in the event now sit 1-2-3 in Class A.

Hamilton also saw Andrew Carmody win the pole vault on criteria: All six placers cleared the same height: 11-6.

Dillon’s Treyton Anderson ran an extremely good 110-meter hurdles, winning in 14.69. In second was Whitefish’s Bodie Smith at 16.14, which is currently the second-fastest time in Class A.

Anderson also won the long jump with a personal record of 20-10.25.

Western AA Divisional track

Columbia Falls

BOYS

Team scores (through 7 events) — Hamilton 62, Frenchtown 40, Whitefish 26, Dillon 22, Columbia Falls 14, Corvallis 14, Libby 12, Ronan 10, Stevensville 7, Polson 6, Browning 4.

400 — Jay Beagle, Lib, 50.05; 2, Eli Taylor, Ham, 51.80; 3, Derek Criddle, Cor, 51.92; 4, Garrett Schmill, Ftn, 52.04; 5, Brandon Finley, Ftn, 52.05; 6, Gabe Menicke, Wfh, 52.61.

1600 — 1, Colter Purcell, Ham, 4:30.66; 2, Lane Cole, Ham, 4:32.27; 3, Brinson Wyche, Cor, 4:35.72; 4, Jeremy Bockus, Brw, 4:36y.98; 5, Colter Kirkland, Ham, 4:38.59; 6, Richard Role, CF, 4:39.65.

110 hurdles — 1, Treyton Anderson, Dil, 14.69; 2, Bodie Smith, Wfh, 16.14; 3, Kellan Beller, Ste, 16.20; 4, Colter Cornwell, Ron, 16.44; 5, Aiden Read, Cor, 16.48; 6, Daxon Graham, Dil, 16.82.

400 relay — 1, Frenchtown (Garrett Schmill, Jeffrey Jacobs, Evan Ellington, Carter White) 44.56; 2, Whitefish 45.49; 3, Polson 45.83; 4, Columbia Falls 46.04; 5, Hamilton 46.26; 6, Dillon 46.36.

Shot put — 1, Jake Houlihan, Ftn, 51-6; 2, Talon Holmquist, Wfh, 50-1.5; 3, Andrew Burrows, Ham, 49-8; 4, Tyler Burrows, Ham, 47-0; 5, Tel Arthur, Ftn, 46-7; 6, Hunter Gum, Ste, 44-4.

Long jump — 1, Treyton Anderson, Dil, 20-10.25; 2, Jeffrey Jacobs, Ftn, 20-8; 3, Zarec Couture, Ron, 20-1.25; 4, Cale White, Ftn, 19-11.35; 5, Jace Duval, CF, 19-11.25; 6, Bodie Smith, Wfh, 19-10.75.

Pole vault — 1, Andrew Carmondy, Ham, 11-6; 2 (tie), Colter Kirklland, Ham, Jaxon Heinz, CF, and Taylor Searle, Ham, 11-6; 5, Dawson Rose, Lib, 11-6; 6, Lane Clark, CF, 11-6.

GIRLS

Team scores (Through 8 events) — Whitefish 47, Corvallis 43, Columbia Falls 39, Frenchtown 24, Butte Central 23, Dillon 23, Hamilton 20, Stevensville 12, Ronan 10,Libby 7.

400 — 1, Mikenna Ells, Wfh, 59.38; 2, Claire Hutchison, Ste, 60.88; 3, Brooke Zetooney, Wfh, 61.48; 4, Ashton Lewis, Ste, 61.52; 5, Isabelle Cooke, Wfh, 62.44; 6, Rylee Boltz, Lib, 62.62.

1600 — 1, Lara Erickson, CF, 5:20.51; 2, Siri Erickson, CF, 5:26.22; 3, Brynnli Poulsen, Ham, 5:32.10; 4, Abigail Sherwood, Ftn, 5:33.43; 5, Olivia Buoy, Cor, 5:37.13; 6, Katie Gleason, Cor, 5:37.93.

100 hurdles — 1, Ainsley Shipman, Dil, 15.36; 2, Hailey Ells, Wfh, 16.34; 3, Rileigh McGree, BC, 16.38; 4, Sydney Petersen, Dil, 16.83; 5, Olivia Lewis, Cor, 17.06; 6, Maeve Inglefinger, Wfh, 17.21.

400 relay — 1, Whitefish (Hailey Ells, Brooke Zetooney, Erin Wilde, Mikenna Ells) 50.39; 2, Columbia Falls 52.31; 3, Corvallis 52.40; 4, Dillon 53.53; 5, Frenchtown 54.35; 6, Ronan 54.91.

Javelin — 1, Jenna Jordan, Cor, 129-4; 2, Rylie Lindquist, Ron, 117-8; 3, Ella Moodry, BC, 116-9; 4, Brooke Powell, Cor, 114-9; 5, Mya Winkler, Ham, 110-7; 6, Kathryn Rondeau, Dil, 104-9.

Shot put — 1, Katelyn Dickemore, Ham, 19-4; 2, Madison Lewisk, Cor, 38-8.5; 3, Kayla Botkin,m Ftn, 36-9; 4, Sadie Smith, Ftn, 36-7.5; 5, Molly Craig, Ham, 32-9.5; Rylie Lindquist, Ron, 32-0.

Long jump — 1, Rileigh McGree, BC, 17-0.75; 2, Erin Wilde, Whitefish, 16-6.75; 3, Olivia Gilliam-Smith, Lib, 16-3.75; 4, Sydney Petersen, Dil, 16-1.75; 5, Tommye Kelly, Wfh, 16-0.75; 6, Ella Moodry, BC, 16-0.5.

Pole vault — 1, Kailen Herbstritt, Cor, 10-6; 2, Hannah Sempf, CF, 10-0; 3, Elena Garrard, Ftn, 8-6; 4, Kate Hatfield, CF, 8-6; 5, Charlie Ham, Ftn, 8-6; 6, Rebekah Walker, CF, 8-0.