Bulldog Track Update
Author: MT 43 News Correspondent
MT 43 News Correspondent
The Broadwater Bulldogs traveled to Gallatin High School in Bozeman for the Manhattan Christian Invitational on Saturday, April 20th. The sun was shining but was deceivingly cold with a breeze that felt like it came straight off a glacier.
The day started off differently from a traditional meet schedule with the 3200-meter runners taking to the track first, which is becoming more common.
The Lady Bulldogs placed second as a team among 20 teams with 84.75 points behind Twin Bridges, who tallied 90 points. Track and field teams score points by placing individuals in the top six places in each event. First-place finishers tally 10 points for their teams, while second through six-place finishers score 8, 6, 4, 2, and 1 point respectfully. Ties are certainly possible with them happening more often in the field events. For example, the ladies' high jump this past weekend resulted in a four-way tie for fourth place; therefore, resulting in decimal places in team points.
Sophomore Kaitlyn Noyes continued her strong season with PRs in three of her events: 100-meter dash, long and triple jumps, where she finished 2nd, 1st, and 3rd respectfully. Kaitlyn is just one part of a strong core of horizontal jumpers for the Lady Bulldogs.
Senior Reese Wolfgram had her season’s best jump in the triple garnering a fifth-place finish while also landing 9th in the long jump. Sophomore Holly Newman added a 4th place jump while senior Luci Horne marked her season’s best distance in the long jump.
Senior Havyn Vandenacre continued her dominance in the javelin and 100-meter hurdles with a couple of wins coupled with a 2nd place in the 200-meter dash.
Junior throwers Jazlyn Martin and Karsyn Sangray added a couple more PRs in the shot put and discus, respectfully. Sophomore Aspen Slyker clocked her season’s best in the 200-meter dash, while Junior Amanda Pesicka marked her SR in the 400-meter dash.
The early morning start for the distance runners resulted in PR/SRs for the trio of freshman Kyla Meissner and juniors Kaelyn Sangray and Abby Wickens; all who finished in the top 9 of the 3200-meter run. Meissner finished 2nd in the 1600-meter run with junior Memphys Meier not far behind for 8th. Any times/distances marked with PR refer to personal record for the individual, while SR denotes a season’s record.
PRs for upperclassmen are impressive as they mark their best effort over their entire high school career.
100-meter dash: 2nd Kaitlyn Noyes 13.06 PR, Reese Wolfgram 14.17, Amanda Pesicka 14.66, Emmalin Fischer 14.95, and Sarah Morgan 16.03. 200-meter dash: 2nd Havyn Vandenacre 27.13 SR, Aspen Slyker 28.88 SR, Amanda Pesicka 30.71, and Sarah Morgan 36.15.
400-meter dash: Amanda Pesicka 1:10 SR and Sarah Morgan 1:24.
800-meter run: Kaelyn Sangray 2:48 PR, Jordyn Pittman 3:11, and Shalyn Sentinella 3:31.
1600-meter run: 2nd Kyla Meissner 5:45, 8th Memphys Meier 5:57, Abby Wickens 6:23, Jordyn Pittman 6:38 PR and Shalyn Sentinella 7:45 PR.
3200-meter run: 1st Kyla Meissner 12:05 PR, 8th Kaelyn Sangray 13:04 PR, 9th Abby Wickens 13:32 SR.
100-meter hurdles: 1st Havyn Vandenacre 15:84, Holly Newman 18.28, and Emmalin Fischer 19.97.
300-meter hurdles: Emmalin Fischer 59.68.
The ladies’ squad of Reese Wolfgram, Kaitlyn Noyes, Aspen Slyker & Havyn Vandenacre finished the 4 x 100-meter relay in 51.86 taking 3rd place. Joining Havyn Vandenacre for the long relay (4 x 400-meter) were Amanda Pesicka, Abby Wickens and Kyla Meissner finishing 9th place with a time of 4:39.
Shot Put: Jazlyn Martin 26’2” PR, Karsyn Sangray 23’7.5”, and Berlin Korr 21’11”.
Discus: Jazlyn Martin 82’, Karsyn Sangray 70’5” PR and Berlin Korr 50’7”.
Javelin: 1st Havyn Vandenacre 123’4”, 6th Luci Horne 92’0.5”, Aspen Slyker 89’11”, Jazlyn Martin 76’1”, and Karsyn Sangray 65’6” SR.
High Jump: 4th Kaitlyn Noyes 4’6”.
Long Jump: 1st Kaitlyn Noyes 17’3.5” PR, 4th Holly Newman 15’6”, 9th Reese Wolfgram 15’1.25”, and Luci Horne 13’10.25” SR.
Triple Jump: 3rd Kaitlyn Noyes 34’10.5” PR, 5th Reese Wolfgram 32’9” SR, and Emmalin Fischer 26’8”.
There is a super strong group of sophomores on the men’s team and they were flexing at the Manhattan Christian meet.
Sophomore Marek Easter had a standout day for the men’s Bulldog team, establishing personal bests in the 400-meter run and javelin, taking 8th place in each event.
Fellow sophomore Trace Giomi increased his personal best distances from last weekend by increasing them again in both the shot put and discus, while sophomore Aidan Kitto increased his PR distance in the discus.
Another sophomore, Colt Barnard had his personal best time cracking the top ten in the 200-meter dash. The men’s team is nursing several injuries, which is a delicate balance in the middle of the season to ensure their continued fitness without inflaming said injuries; hence the shorter list of times/distances.
100-meter dash: Colt Bernard 12.36 12.37. 200-meter dash: 10th Colt Barnard 24.95 PR and Marek Easter 25.08.
400-meter run: 8th Marek Easter 54.77 PR.
800-meter run: Max Sellay 2:30 and Gavin Greene 2:39. 1600-meter run: 10th Nolan Flynn 5:00, Max Sellay 5:37 PR, and Gavin Greene 5:39 PR.
110-meter hurdles: Tavyn Anderson 19.65 PR. Long Jump: Jim Tew 17’8’ and Tavyn Anderson 17’2” and Jim Tew 17’4”. Triple Jump: 9th Tavyn Anderson 37’2.5”.
Shot Put: Gavin Schmele 35’8.5”, Trace Giomi 32’9.5” PR, Pat Gossard 30’3.5”, Aidan Kitto 27’10.5”, and Cooper Hines 21’7”.
Discus: Gavin Schmele 90’5”, Trace Giomi 86’7” PR, Aidan Kitto 83’10” PR, and Cooper Hines 68’5”. Javelin: 8th Marek Easter 137’10” PR, Pat Gosserd 116’1”, Gavin Schmele 96’10” PR, and Aidan Kitto 93’10”.
The Bulldogs are certainly ramping things up with three meets the last week of April. First up is the Top 10 event in Missoula Tuesday evening, followed by the Small Schools Meet at Vigilante Stadium on the Carroll College Campus on Thursday, April 25th, which will also serve as senior night.
Lastly is the East Helena Track Invite during the day on Saturday before the athletes hurry home for the prom Saturday night. Good luck Dogs and have fun!
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Image 1 Caption: Sophomore Marek Easter places 8th in the 400-meter dash.
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Image 2 Caption: Sophomore Gavin Schmele winds up for his toss in the shot put.
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