Class C Schools at Whitewater Meet

The Dodson, Saco, and Whitewater track teams each competed at Johnson Memorial Field at the Whitewater Invitational Meet last Thursday, April 21.

This season, the Whitewater Invitational was officially recognized by the MHSA due to newly purchased timing equipment that was set up. The meet also gave the athletes a chance to compete for the first time since the Glasgow Invitational on April 1.

"I was super glad the kids got to have a meet again," Whitewater Head Coach Charlene Wasson said. "After a 20-day break between. It seems like forever but the weather didn't help us out much."

The meet featured nine teams, which included Class A's Havre Track Team, as well as Class B's Malta Track Team.

"I believe even with the wind, the meet was good," Coach Wasson said. "I don't know that I've had too many no windy days as a track coach the last 15 years. We will take what we can get these days. I felt like the kids were ready to compete and maybe the conditions were not the best, but they certainly weren't the worst."

Havre won the girls' meet with 172 points, Malta was second with 122, Whitewater was third with 91 points, Saco was fourth with 84 points, Hinsdale was fifth with 22 points, Nashua was sixth with 14 points, Turner was seventh with seven, Hays Lodge Pole was eighth with one point, and Dodson did not score.

In the boys' meet, Havre had 168 points. Malta had 151 points. Lustre Christian was third with 54 points, Saco was fourth with 34 points, Frazer was fifth with 26, Turner was sixth with 24 points, Nashua was seventh with eight points, Hays Lodge Pole was eighth with three points, and Dodson was ninth with one point.

WHITEWATER PENGUINS

The Whitewater girls were led by the strength of their distance runners. Junior Samantha Wisher won the 3200 with a time of 13:23.46. Sophomore Paige Wasson won the 400 with a time of 1:13.31. Freshman Shelbi Labrie won the 1600 with a time of 6:02.06.

The PCN caught up with Wisher after she ran the 3200.

"It's not exactly what I wanted, but it's not always about what you want," Wisher said. "I really wanted to beat the Whitewater High School track meet record time but it didn't work out."

Her target time was 12:54, which would have been a new personal and track record, but nature did not help. Wisher was asked how it felt to host a home meet.

"The wind really makes it harder to run but other than that it feels great," Wisher said.

Wisher also took second in the 1600 with a time of 6:32.53.

In addition to her win in the 400, Wasson took second place in javelin with a throw of 106-1, and sixth in triple jump with a mark left at 27-5.

Kendall Scheffelmear was second in the 300 hurdles with a time of 58.54. She also took third in high jump by clearing 4-6 and third in triple jump by leaving a mark at 28-2.5.

Hanley took fourth in the 100 hurdles with a time of 20.02. She was also fifth in the 300 hurdles with a time of 1:01.88, seventh in the 200 with a time of 33.03, and tenth in the 100 with a time of 14.81.

She won her heat in the 300 hurdles and was asked how it felt to cross the line before her immediate opponents.

"It feels great considering it's my last Whitewater meet," Hanley said. "I thought this one would get canceled because of snow or wind, but thankfully we still have it."

As far as goals go for Hanley, she hopes to three-step her hurdles all the way through and get under 47 seconds in the 300 hurdles.

The long relay consisting of Kora LaBrie, Scheffelmear, S. LaBrie, and Wasson took second place with a time of 4:58.86.

The short relay consisted of the same athletes, in a different lineup; S. LaBrie, Wasson, K. LaBrie and Scheffelmear. The group took fourth place with a time of 59.11 seconds.

Kendra Cummings was fourth in the 3200 with a time of 17:26.47 and seventh in the 1600 with a time of 8:33.92.

K. LaBrie was fifth in javelin with a throw of 90-7.

For the boys, Korbin Skubinna was eighth in the 800 with a personal best of 3:09.83, ninth in the 400 with a time of 1:15.44, and fourteenth in the 200 with a time of 31.85.

Hunter Ellis was eleventh in discus with a throw of 74-3 and twentieth in shot put with a throw of 24-7.

SACO PANTHERS

Saco was led by sophomore Teagan Erickson, who swept all three jumping events. T. Erickson won high jump by clearing 5-0, triple jump with a mark at 32-10, and long jump with a season's best of 16-8.

Senior Jaycee Erickson won javelin with a personal best of 128. She also posted a throw of 23-0 in shot put.

Sophomore Josie Brown took second place in the 100 with a season's best of 13.55. She was also second in the 200 with a time of 29.41, and second in the 400 with a time of 1:15.09.

"This was my second meet, and it's cold, but I feel like I am doing a little bit better than I did last year," Brown said.

Brown hopes to get under 13 seconds in the 100, under 28 for the 200, and under 1:01 in the 400.

Brown nearly crossed the finish line first as a part of Saco's short relay team. The short relay consisted of Ireland Mears, T. Erickson, J. Erickson, and Brown. The team finished second with a time of 56.97 seconds. Havre won with a time of 56.74.

"I'm the only high school sprinter this year," Brown said. "I was really just trying to see how good of a (season record) that we could get in this first race."

Jessa Erickson was third in discus with a throw of 85-3. She was twelfth in javelin with a personal best of 76-9, fifteenth in shot put with a throw of 24-2, and fifteenth in long jump with a personal best of 10-7.5.

Abby Yeska finished ninth in shot put with a throw of 26-10.5, thirteenth in discus with a throw of 62-9, and twentieth in javelin with a throw of 66-8.

The Saco boys were led by Marshall Caves who won pole vault by clearing 10-0. He was seventh in the 400 with a personal best of 1:13.62. He posted a new best of 15-3 in long jump and posted a time of 14.12 in the 100.

Blaine Downing took second place in the 400 with a time of 1:03.63, second in pole vault by clearing 9-6, fourth in high jump after clearing 5-2, fourth in triple jump with a mark at 32-6, and sixth in javelin with a throw of 112-5.

DODSON COYOTES

The Coyotes were led by sophomore Sebastian Best who took sixth place in the 400 with a time of 1:11.16. Best was tenth in triple jump with a mark left at 30-9-5 and eleventh in long jump with a personal best of 17-0.5.

Freshman Mason LoneBear was eighth in high jump after clearing 4-10, fourteenth in triple jump with a mark at 25-5.5, twenty-second in long jump with a leap of 15-2.75, and twenty-third in javelin with a throw of 76-10.

Junior Conan CutsTheRope was eleventh in triple jump with a mark at 29-9, fifteenth in long jump with a leap of 16-9, and seventeenth in the 100 with a time of 13.21.

For the girls, Sophomore Kim Iron Bear took eighth in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 28.67. She was also seventeenth in long jump with a leap of 10-2.

Sophomore Imagin Fox was tenth in the 200 with a time of 35.10, eleventh in long jump with a leap of 12-0.5, thirteenth in the 100 with a time of 16.10, and twenty-third in javelin with a personal best of 62-1.