Bergland, Orme earn top spots for Whitefish at Western A meet
JULIE ENGLER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 month, 2 weeks AGO
Freshman standout, Brooklyn Shoff, competes in the triple-jump at the Western A Divisional meet on Saturday. (Matt Weller photo)
Freshman Oakley Tunison competes in the men's 4X400 relay at the Western A Divisional meet on Saturday. (Matt Weller photo)
Bulldogs Nathan Zetooney (right) and Colby Minton (left) compete in the men's 4X100 relay at the Western A Divisional meet in Frenchtown on Friday. Their 6th place finish qualified them for the State Meet next week.(Matt Weller photo)
Whitefish sophomore Braylon Dunn with a personal best put of 47-09 on Friday. Dunn will represent the Bulldogs at the State Meet in Laurel next week. (Matt Weller photo)
Freshman Kendall Dye qualified for the State Meet in both the 1600 meter run and the 800 meter run. Her 2:22 time in the 800 earned her the third spot on the podium at the Western A Divisional meet in Frenchtown. (Matt Weller photo)
Sophomore, Ginger Bergland, finishes on top of the podium in the women's 300-meter hurdle race in Frenchtown on Saturday. (Matt Weller photo)
Whitefish Junior Sierra Gibb ran a personal best of 2:28 in the women's varsity 800. Gibb finished in 8th overall, earning her a spot at the State Meet in Laurel next weekend. (Matt Weller photo)
Anna Boysen tied for 6th place in the women's 200-meter dash in Frenchtown on Saturday. (Matt Weller photo)
Whitefish sophomore Chantry Krack competes in the women's long jump at the Western A Divisional meet on Friday. (Matt Weller photo)
Bulldog sophomore, John Stephens, competes in the men's 200-meter dash in Frenchtown on Saturday. (Matt Weller photo)
Julie Engler covers Whitefish City Hall and writes community features for the Whitefish Pilot. She earned master's degrees in fine arts and education from the University of Montana. She can be reached at [email protected] or 406-882-3505. | May 27, 2026 1:05 AM
The Whitefish girls track and field team placed third at the Western A meet last weekend in Frenchtown, behind Hamilton and the host team. The boys finished in seventh place, as Bigfork, Corvallis and Columbia Falls took the top three spots.
The Whitefish girls 4x100 relay team of Mila Maddock, Anna Boysen, Neva Sliman and Hayley Reardon finished in third with a time of 50.12. Corvallis won in 49.18, and Frenchtown took second with 49.93. The Whitefish boys relay took sixth place.
In the 4x400, the girls team clocked 4:09.20 to finish in second place to Hamilton’s 4:04.52. The boys team was third with 3:29.49. Bigfork won with a 3:26.82 and Columbia Falls was second.
Avery Orme earned a first-place finish in the triple jump. Her mark of 36-08 was nearly a foot farther than that of the second-place finisher from Stevensville. Orme also earned seventh place in the long jump and fifth in the 100.
Sophomore standout Ginger Bergland won the 300 hurdles with a time of 44.80. She also finished fourth in the 200, third in the 400, and eighth in the pole vault.
Junior Bulldog Colby Minton finished second in the 400, third in the 200 and fifth in the 100 meters.
In the javelin, Sol Holmquist took second place with a throw of 113-02. Frenchtown's Macey Kay Smith won the event with a throw of 132-00.
Margaret Zonich tied for second place with Columbia Falls’ Peyton Ross in the high jump, clearing 4-10. Laney Holleran of Frenchtown won with a 5-0.
Nola Brown was fourth in the high jump. In the long jump, Oakley Tunison was fourth and Austin Alton was seventh.
Thrower Braylon Dunn finished ninth in the javelin, eighth in the discus, and fifth in the shot put.
Junior Anna Boysen earned fifth place in the 200, sixth place in the 100, and seventh in the 400.
Brooklyn Shoff took home fifth place in the 200 and the 400. Kendal Dye earned third in the 800 and ninth in the 1600
For complete results, go to athletics.net.
Freshman Oakley Tunison competes in the men's 4X400 relay at the Western A Divisional meet on Saturday. (Matt Weller photo)
Bulldogs Nathan Zetooney (right) and Colby Minton (left) compete in the men's 4X100 relay at the Western A Divisional meet in Frenchtown on Friday. Their 6th place finish qualified them for the State Meet next week.(Matt Weller photo)
Whitefish sophomore Braylon Dunn with a personal best put of 47-09 on Friday. Dunn will represent the Bulldogs at the State Meet in Laurel next week. (Matt Weller photo)
Freshman Kendall Dye qualified for the State Meet in both the 1600 meter run and the 800 meter run. Her 2:22 time in the 800 earned her the third spot on the podium at the Western A Divisional meet in Frenchtown. (Matt Weller photo)
Sophomore, Ginger Bergland, finishes on top of the podium in the women's 300-meter hurdle race in Frenchtown on Saturday. (Matt Weller photo)
Whitefish Junior Sierra Gibb ran a personal best of 2:28 in the women's varsity 800. Gibb finished in 8th overall, earning her a spot at the State Meet in Laurel next weekend. (Matt Weller photo)
Anna Boysen tied for 6th place in the women's 200-meter dash in Frenchtown on Saturday. (Matt Weller photo)
Whitefish sophomore Chantry Krack competes in the women's long jump at the Western A Divisional meet on Friday. (Matt Weller photo)
Bulldog sophomore, John Stephens, competes in the men's 200-meter dash in Frenchtown on Saturday. (Matt Weller photo)ARTICLES BY JULIE ENGLER
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