PREP TRACK & FIELD: Girls finish ninth at Lewiston Invitational
NED NEWTON | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 8 months, 2 weeks AGO
LEWISTON — The Badgers Track and Field girls team had a handful of competitors at the 22-school Lewiston Invitational on March 28, with athletes placing in a few events despite competing against larger schools.
Mt. Spokane dominated, scoring first for boys with 162.33 and first for girls with 151.5. Bonners Ferry girls finished ninth with 29 points. The boys did not compete.
Sydney Beckle finished with a personal record 12:33.2 in the 3200m, taking second place behind Mt. Spokane’s Ainsley Bowen.
The Badgers also had three of the top four finishers in shotput. Junior Hallie Hartman took second with 40 feet, 6 inches, junior Hana Hartman took third with 38 feet, 6 inches, and senior Helene Rae finished fourth with 37 feet, 11 inches.
GIRLS
TEAM SCORES – 1, Mt. Spokane 151.5. 2, Moscow 86.5. 3, Lewiston 66. 4, Coeur d’Alene Charter 64. 5, Pullam 46.5. 6, Sandpoint 45. 7, Timberlake 44. 8, Garfield-Palouse 40. 9, Bonners Ferry 29. 10, Vallivue 20. 11, Asotin 19. 12, Clarkston 17. 13, Potlatch 15. 14, McLoughlin 11. 15, St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse 10. 16, St. Maries 9. 17, Kellogg 8.5. 18, Troy 7. 19, Dayton 6. 20, Colfax 4. 21, Lind-Ritzville 4. 22, DeSales 2.
(Winner, plus top local)
100 – 1. Kyra Brantner, Garfield-Palouse, 12.5. 200 – 1. Makenna Ritter, Mt. Spokane, 25.4. 400 – 1. Makenna Ritter, Mt. Spokane, 58.2. 800 – 1. Annabelle Carr, Coeur d’Alene Charter, 2:20.7. 1600 – 1. Ainsley Bowen, Mt. Spokane, 5:13.8; 9. Sydney Beckle, Bonners Ferry, 5:49.6. 3200 – 1. Ainsley Bowen, Mt. Spokane, 11:10.9; 2. Sydney Beckle, Bonners Ferry, 12:33.2. 100 hurdles – 1. Reagan Meine, Coeur d’Alene Charter, 15.6. 300 hurdles – 1. Reagan Meine, Coeur d’Alene Charter, 47.3. 4x100 relay – 1. Mt. Spokane (Stella Volpone, Kayli, Eastham, Madi Hood, Kaia Oglesbee), 51.8. 4x200 relay – 1. Mt. Spokane (Kaia Oglesbee, Kira Ritter, Madi Hood, Laine Gardner), 1:46.1. 4x400 relay – 1. Mt. Spokane (Kira Ritter, Kayli Eastham, Laine Gardner, Makenna Ritter), 4:00.4. SMR 800 – 1. Moscow (Jessa Skinner, Jasmine Carr, Ashlyn Fakhouri, Addie Lassen), 1:56.36. Shot Put – 1. Kathryn Burnette, Potlatch, 40-8; 2. Hallie Hartman, Bonners Ferry, 40-6. Discus – 1. Mara Kessinger, Lewiston, 120-7.5; 7. Helene Rae, Bonners Ferry, 104-8. Javelin – 1. Jetta Thaete, Sandpoint, 118-5. High jump – Diana Nelson, Timberlake, 5-2. Pole vault – 1. Izzy Davidson, Sandpoint, 9-6. Long jump – 1. Kyra Brantner, Garfield-Palouse, 17-5. Triple jump – 1. Kyra Brantner, Garfield-Palouse, 36.6.
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