M-ettes start track season in Glasgow

The Malta M-ettes Track Team competed in the first track meet held in Eastern Montana since 2019, last Thursday, April 1, at the Glasgow Invitational.

Class C's Hinsdale Raiders won the event with a total of 52 points. Class A's Havre Blue Ponies were second with 51 points. The Plentywood LadyCats were third with 50 points. The Savage Warriors were fourth with 40 points. The Wolf Point Lady Wolves were fifth with 37 points, and Scobey was sixth with 35.5 points. The M-ettes tied with Custer County for eleventh with a total of 24 points.

The M-ettes were led by sophomore Tia Siewing who took second place in shot put with a throw of 34-8 in her first track and field meet. Siewing also set a mark of 74-8 in discus and 69-07 in javelin.

Senior Erica Smith took third in triple jump with a length of 31-3. Smith also placed fourth in long jump with a leap of 14-9. Smith placed eighth in the 100 with a time of 14.48.

Sophomore Maddie Williamson was fourth in triple jump with a mark at 30-10. Williamson was also eighth in the 200 with a time of 30.74.

The short relay team consisting of senior Leslie Young, Williamson, Gracie Honey, and Smith placed fifth with a time of 56.03. The long relay team consisting of Skylie Lefdahl, Madyson Warburton, Honey, and Young took seventh with a time of 4:53.47.

Lefdahl, a junior, took seventh in discus with a throw of 93-6. She also posted new personal best in shot put and javelin with throws of 30-1.5, and 62-5 respectively.

Addy Anderson was ninth in high jump after clearing 4-8.

Honey took ninth in the 800 with a time of 2:43.75.