Malta at Fergus Twilight

The Easter holiday weekend has come and gone but prior to the various egg hunts, the Malta Track teams participated in the Fergus Twilight meet in Lewistown.

Both teams took third place in the meet. The Mustangs scored a total of 113 points in the varsity men's meet, while the M-ettes scored a total of 82 in the women's meet.

M-ettes:

Fort Benton won the women's meet with a total of 171 points. Fergus was seond with 121, Malta took third with 82, Choteau was fourth with 32.5, Winnett-Grass Range took fifth and had 31.5.

The M-ettes were led by sophomore Erica Smith who took first place in triple jump with a length of 32-9.5. She was second in long jump with a leap of 14-6.75. She was also second in the 300 Hurdles with a time of 51.23.

Senior Kyleigh Schipman won javelin with a throw of 109-9.

Freshman Kaylee Bishop took second place in the 200 with a personal best of 29.73.

Senior Raina Mortenson took third place in the 1,600 with a personal best of 6:37.91.

Sophomore Kayla Judd took third place in the 400 with a personal best of 1:07.58. Judd was also third in high jump by clearing a personal best of 4-6.

Junior Jillian O'Brien tied with Judd for third place in high jump by clearing 4-6.

Junior Carly Garfield placed fourth in shot put with a throw of 32-10.5. The M-ettes had several athletes throw for personal best in shot put including, Justine Lamb who had a throw of 28-05.25. Sidney Meeks had a heave of 28-00.75, Raina Mortenson left a mark at 27-01.75, and Jade Darrington had a throw of 16-06.25.

Lamb took fourth place in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 17.63.

The long relay team consisting of Bishop, Skylie Lefdahl, Lamb and Nikki Nicholson, took third place with a time of 4:42.92.

Lefdahl took fourth place in the 200 with a personal best of 30.53.

MUSTANGS-

Fergus won the men's meet with a total of 171 points. Fort Benton took second place with 120.5. Malta was third with 113, Geraldine Public had 31 and took fourth, and Choteau was first with 26.

The Mustang short relay team consisting of Michael Pugh, Cormac Benn, Andres Lopez, and Tanner Smith won their race with a time of 45.07.

Individually, Smith nearly pulled off a hat trick winning both the high jump and triple jump and taking second in long jump. Smith set a new personal best of 41-3.75 in triple jump. To win the high jump he cleared 5-10. He posted a leap of 19-1.75 in long jump.

Benn, a sophomore, won long jump with a leap of 19-5.5. Benn was second in high jump by clearing 5-8. He was also third in the 300 hurdles with a time of 44.87. Benn took fourth in pole vault clearing a personal best of 10-0.

Pugh, a senior, won the 100-meter dash with a personal best of 11.62.

Lopez, a senior, placed in three individual events. He took second in javelin with a throw of 140-0. Lopez was third in shot put and discus with throws of 44-8.5 and 116-3 respectively.

Junior Marcus Woods took third in the 3,200 with a time of 14:02.15.

Keigo Kawai placed third in the 400 with a personal best of 57.14.

Kooper oxarart took fourth in javelin with a throw of 129-05.

The long relay team consisting of Kawai, Parker Mortenson, Oxarart, and Pugh took fourth with a time of 3:52.09.

Cordel Salsbery and Cash Salsbery tied for sixth place in discus, each hitting a mark at 112-09. The mark was a personal best for Cash.

A handful of Mustangs posted personal bests in the 200 including Kanyon Stiles who ran a 26.32. RC Skiff had a time of 26.75, Oxarart had a season's best of 26.81, Blake Chambers had a time of 27.07, and Cash Salsbery had a time of 27.21.