COLUMBIA FALLS — The Whitefish Bulldogs ran away with the girls’ team title at the Western A Divisional track meet on Saturday.

They scored a few individual titles in the process — Mikenna Ells in the 100 and 200 meters and Erin Wilde in the high jump.

Ells edged teammate Brooke Zetooney in the 100 and 200 and set a personal record time of 25.76 seconds in the latter. Ells and Zetooney were separated by .03 in the 100.

“They do push each other,” Whitefish girls track coach Kelliann Blackburn said. “It’s a good relationship.”

Wilde cleared 5 feet in the high jump and won on criteria over Camas Crattey of Hamilton. She was also second in the long jump and third in the triple jump.

The girls’ short relay team (Mikenna Ells, Hailey Ells, Zetooney and Wilde) topped Columbia Falls with a time of 50.39, almost two seconds ahead of the Wildkats.

Hailey Ells was second in the 300 hurdles.

Lara Erickson won the 800 for Columbia Falls, which was third as a team with 72 points. Whitefish scored 128.

“They don’t complain, they’re doing what’s asked of them and they’re right where they need to be because of that,” Blackburn said of the Whitefish girls. “They’re in the best shape that they can be in. They’re ready to go.”

Whitefish is the defending state girls track champion.

Columbia Falls freshman Ally Sempf was fourth in the 100 and third in the 200. Siri Erickson finished fourth in the 800.

“This whole weekend has just been phenomenal for us,” Columbia Falls head track coach Jamie Heinz said. “We have a lot of kids that ended up qualifying for the state meet, which is great.”

Columbia Falls hosted the divisional and relied on the dedication of dozens of volunteers to keep things running smoothly.

“It was a stressful week, but everything’s going really, really smooth,” Heinz said. “I got a lot of compliments from a lot of different coaches that are really, really pleased with how things are going.”

Libby’s Rylee Boltz had a busy day, finishing fifth in the 200 and clearing 4-10 for third in the high jump.

Boltz’s teammate Jay Beagle, a University of Montana track recruit, ran a season-best 11.18 in the 100, undoubtedly pushed by Dillon’s Treyton Anderson, who nipped at his heels and finished with a time of 11.43.

Anderson got the better of Beagle in the 200 but forced the Libby senior to another season-best time— 22.82. Beagle also qualified for the state tournament in the javelin with a throw of 147-8, another season-best mark.

“The divisional weekend’s been really good to us,” Libby head track coach Josh Bean said. “Yesterday we had seven kids qualify for state and there were some really good marks by our kids and they competed really well, so we’re really happy for them.”

The Whitefish boys finished fourth with 52 points to first-place Hamilton’s 120.

Marvin Kimera was fifth in the 100 and 200. Other notable Whitefish performances were Gabe Menicke’s first place (44-0.25) in the triple jump, Talon Holmquist’s fourth place in the discus, and Bodie Smith’s third in the 300 hurdles.

Libby’s Trey Anderson tied for fourth in the high jump by clearing 5’-10 and qualified for state in the process. Ronan’s Peyton Cates, the current Class A leader, cleared 6-2 to win the event.

The State A-B track meet will be in Laurel on May 28-29.

Western A Divisional

At Dr. Nicosia Track Complex, Columbia Falls

Saturday

BOYS

Team scores — Hamilton 120, Frenchtown 83, Dillon 68, Whitefish 52, Ronan 50, Corvallis 48, Libby 33, Columbia Falls 27, Polson 17, Stevensville 17, Browning 6, Butte Central 6.

100 — 1, Jay Beagle, Libby, 11.18; 2, Treyton Anderson, Dillon, 11.34; 3, Jeffrey Jacobs, Frenchtown, 11.44; 4, Tyson Bauder, Hamilton, 11.48; 5, Marvin Kimera, Whitefish, 11.49; 6, Dawson Dumont, Polson, 11.50.

800 — 1, Colter Kirkland, Hamilton, 1:57.77; 2, Lane Cole, Hamilton, 1:58.27; 3. Richard Role, C-Falls, 2:02.39; 4, Michael Irvine, Ronan, 2:03.25; 5, Jeremy Bockus, Browning, 2:03.33; 6, Jakob Hansen , Frenchtown, 2:04.08.

300 hurdles — 1, Treyton Anderson, Dillon, 39.45; 2, Daxon Graham, Dillon, 41.03; 3, Bodie Smith, Whitefish, 42.19; 4, Aiden Read, Corvallis, 43.06; 5, Colter Cornwell, Ronan, 43.10; 6, Treyton Graham, Dillon, 43.40.

200 — 1, Treyton Anderson, Dillon, Polson, 23.39; 5, Marvin Kimera, Whitefish, 23.40; 6. Carter White, Frenchtown, 23.47.

3200 — 1, Brinson Wyche, Corvallis, 9:48.57; 2, Colter Purcell, Hamilton, 10:00.41; 3, Brant Heiner, Ronan, 10:03.84; 4, Michael Irvine, Ronan, 10:11.19; 5, Harrison Silverio, Hamilton, 10:12.00; 6, Deneb Linton, Whitefish, 10:12.53.

400 relay — 1., Hamilton, 3:30.03; 2, Frenchtown, 3:31.65; 3, Columbia Falls 3:34.48; 4, Corvallis, 3:35.39; 5, Polson, 3:39.42; 6, Whitefish, 3:39.8.

Javelin — 1, Kellan Beller, Stevi, 178-4; 2, Jason Jessop, Corvallis, 162-10; 3, Landen Conner, Corvallis, 158-3; 4, Jonathan Perez, Polson, 152-10; 5, Daniel Kelsch, Ronan, 151-1; 6, Cole Truman, Dillon, 150-3 .

Discus — 1, Tyler Burrows, Hamilton, 158-4; 2, Callahan Hoffman, Dillon, 151-6; 3, Orion Kutuey, Hamilton, 147-2.5; 4, Talon Holmquist, Whitefish, 137-2.5; 5, Clay Barcus, Corvallis, 135-7; 6, Allec Knapton, C-Falls, 134-0.5.

High jump — 1, Payton Cates, 6-2, Ronan, 2, Brandon Finley, Frenchtown, 6-2; 3, Kyle Holter, Butte Central, 5-10; 4, Trey Andersen, Libby, 5-10; 4, Devin Shelton. Frenchtown, 5-10; 6, Cale White, Frenchtown, 5-8.

Triple jump — 1, Gabe Menicke, Whitefish, 44-0.25; 2, Girma Detwiler, Ronan, 42-11; 3, Carter White, Frenchtown, 41-6; 4, Zarec Couture, Ronan, 41-0; 5, Cale White, Frenchtown, 40-11.5; 6, Jeffrey Jacobs, Frenchtown, 40-10.5.

GIRLS

Team scores — Whitefish 128, Corvallis 91, Columbia Falls 72, Dillon 58, Frenchtown 42, Hamilton 42, Butte Central 33, Stevensville 29, Ronan 15, Libby 14, Polson 3.

100 — 1, Mikenna Ells, Whitefish, 12.72; 2, Brooke Zetooney, Whitefish, 12.75; 3, Claire Hutchison, Stevi, 12.95; 4, Ally Sempf, C-Falls, 13.23; 5, Ella Moodry, Butte Central, 13.25;

6, Ashton Lewis, Stevi, 13.30.

800 — 1, Lara Erickson, C-Falls, 2:20.49; 2, Isabelle Cooke, Whitefish, 2:23.59; 3, Abigail Sherwood, Frenchtown, 2:25.38; 4, Siri Erickson, C-Falls, 2:27.17; 5, Ashtyn Wagner, Polson, 2:30.76; 6, Olivia Genovese, Whitefish, 2:31.08.

300 hurdles — 1, Olivia Lewis, Corvallis, 46.34; 2, Rileigh McGree, Butte Central, 46.75; 3, Ainsley Shipman, Dillon, 46.78; 4, Lauryn Petersen, Dillon, 48.17; 5, Sydney Petersen, Dillon, 48.42; 6, Maeve Ingelfinger, Whitefish, 48.46.

200 — 1, Mikenna Ells, Whitefish, 25.76; 2, Brooke Zetooney, 25.89; 3, Ally Sempf, C-Falls, 26.47; 4, Claire Hutchison, Stevi, 26.79; 5, Rylee Boltz, Libby, 27.19; 6, Ashton Lewis, Stevi, 27.28.

3200 — 1, Olivia Buoy, Corvallis, 12:10.89; 2, Katie Gleason, Corvallis, 12:16.91; 3, Morgan Grube, Whitefish, 12:23.49; 4, Abigail Sherwood, Frenchtown, 12:24.07; 5, Paetra Cooke, Whitefish, 12:37.75; 6, Adison Carlson, Polson, 12:37.78.

400 relay — 1, Corvallis, 4:09.66; 2, Columbia Falls, 4:12.16; 3, Whitefish, 4:13.20; 4, Dillon, 4:20.42; 5, Hamilton, 4:21.14; 6, Ronan,4:28.18.

Javelin — 1, Jenna Jordan, Corvallis, 129-4; 2, Rylie Lindquist, Ronan, 117-8; 3., Ella Moodry, Butte Central, 116-9; 4, Brooke Powell, Corvallis, 114-9; 5, Mya Winkler, Hamilton, 110-7; 6, Kathryn Rondeau, Dillon, 104-9.

Discus — 1, Katelyn Dickemore, Hamilton, 133-0.5 ; 2, Kayla Botkin, Frenchtown, 128-6.5; 3, Kaitlyn Weidow, Corvallis, 118-5; 4, Madison Lewis, Corvallis, 118-5; 5, Molly Craig, Hamilton, 111-9.5; 6, Madeline Stutsman, C-Falls, 110-10.75.

High jump — 1, Erin Wilde, Whitefish, 5-0; 2, Camas Crattey, Hamilton, 5-0; 3, Rylee Boltz, Libby, 4-10; 3, Claire Hutchison, Stevi, 4-10, 5, Hailey Ells, Whitefish, 4-10; 5, Mikenna Ells, Whitefish, 4-10.

Triple jump — 1, Ainsley Shipman, Dillon, 35-6; 2, Sydney Petersen, Dillon, 35-5; 3, Erin Wilde, Whitefish, 34-7; 4, Leina Ulutoa, Ronan, 33-10.5; 5, Bailey Smith, Whitefish, 33-2; 6, Quincee Anderson, Dillon, 33-1.5.