One Nation, Under God
One Nation, Under God
The Malta Mustangs and M-ettes Track teams earned matching Second Place Trophies at the 2019 Northern B Divisional Meet in Glasgow last Saturday. Bottom row kneeling L to R: Erica Smith, Wylee Young, Kyleigh Schipman, Shelby Jones, Nikki Nicholson, Kayla Judd, and Skylie Lefdahl. Second row: Coach Jim Benn, Justine Lamb, Kiego Kawai, Tanner Smith, Kanyon Stiles, Parker Mortenson, Kaylee Bishop, Leslie Young (w/ blanket), Coach Fallon Handley, Coach Kalli Rummel, and Coach Patrick Sargent. Back row L to R (standing on podium) Kooper Oxarart, Cordell Salsbery, Connor Tuss, Pierce Mortenson, Michael Pugh, Andres Lopez, Rex Williamson, Zac Judd, and Cormac Benn.
The Malta Mustangs took second place in the 2019 Northern B Divisional meet held last Saturday, May 18, on a cold and windy day in Glasgow.
The Fairfield Eagles won the meet with a total of 116 points. Malta was second with a total of 107. Glasgow was third with a total of 104, Wolf Point was fourth with 65, and Shelby was fifth with 59.
Malta was led by sophomore Cormac Benn who won the long jump title with a leap of 20-03. He also won the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 43.37. Benn was fifth in high jump by clearing 5-08 and fifth in triple jump by clearing 39-01.50.
Senior Michael Pugh won the 400 with a personal best of 52.31. Pugh was second in the 100 and 200 with times of 11.41 and 23.10, both personal bests.
Senior Andres Lopez took first place in shot put with a throw of 46-03. Lopez was also third in discus with a throw of 125-03 and fourth in javelin with a throw of 146-11.
Junior Tanner Smith won triple jump with a length of 41-02.75. Prior to this season, Smith had been unable to jump past 40-0. This season Smith has cleared that mark five times. He was asked what has been the difference this season as far as his preparation goes.
"All of the work we were doing at the beginning of the season," Smith said. "We did a lot of quickness and weight room stuff for track for before warmups and after warmups. That really helped the team a lot and everyone has been improving and posting personal bests."
Smith also took fourth in long jump with a leap of 19-02.75 and sixth in high jump by clearing 5-08.
"They can jump," Smith said of the competition from the 1B District. "I didn't jump my best but the kid that won cleared 6-2 and I cleared 5-8."
Smith thought maybe the cold affected his jumping that day. He plans to have a strong week of practice prior to the state meet.
"I just gotta keep working because state is coming up," Smith said.
The short relay team consisting of Pugh, Benn, Lopez, and Smith was only a tenth of a second behind Fairfield who won the event with a time of 45.40. Malta took second with a time of 45.50.
"I think our second leg and our fourth leg handoffs weren't too good," Smith admitted. "We just told ourselves to get it across the track and that's all that matters. We made it around the track and we are going to state."
Sophomore Parker Mortenson took second place in the 110 hurdles with a time of 17.52.
Sophomore Pierce Mortenson took fifth place in shot put with a personal best of 41-08.
Cordel Salsbery, a sophomore, took fifth in discus with a throw of 114-11.
Freshman Zac Judd took sixth place in the 110 hurdles with a time of 19.52, a new personal best.
The long relay team consisting of Kooper Oxarart, Kiego Kawai, Rex Williamson, and Pugh took sixth with a time of 3:49.54.
The Mustangs will compete at the 2019 State A-B Track Meet in Kalispell on Thursday, May 23, through Saturday, May 25.
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