Throwers lead Malta at Whitewater Meet

The Malta Mustangs track team saw action in Whitewater last Thursday, April 21.

The team took second place amongst the nine teams present. The meet was won by the Havre Blue Ponies, a Class A team that competed in Whitewater for the first time. 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.

The Mustangs were led by Cash Salsbery who won shot put and discus. He had a season's best of 124-4 in discus and had a throw of 46-6 in shot put.

Tuss won high jump by clearing 5-8. He was second in long jump with a leap of 18-9 and second in javelin with a throw of 129-8.

Kyle Darrington won the 400 with a time of 1:00.97, was second in the 100 with a time of 11.96, and was sixth in the 200 with a time of 27.41.

Darrington was the anchor leg in the short relay team that won with a time of 49.73. The short relay consisted of Darrington, Salsbery, Gavin Slade, and Tuss.

Slade, a sophomore, was third in the 100 with a time of 11.98, third in javelin with a throw of 124-1, fourth in discus with a personal best of 97-9, and fourth in shot put with a best of 38-3.5.

Senior David Pitman was second in discus with a throw of 114-7 and second in shot put with a throw of 41-04.

"It's a small town, very cold and windy but it's great to be back," Pitman said. "It's been about three weeks."

He dropped a few inches off of his throw in a pit that was hampered by a cold and windy crosswind.

Pitman also took seventh in javelin with a throw of 109-3. He hopes to prequalify in shot put, discus, and javelin. He hopes to surpass his mark of 150-0, which he set at last year's Havre Invitational.

He was asked what it would take to meet his goals.

"The team," Pitman said. "I need more teammates to push me. I'm also going to be in the gym more."

The long relay team consisting of Jon Siewing, Taylin Johannesen, Seth Siewing, and Darrington took second with a time of 4:22.93.

S. Siewing was second in the 1600 with a personal best of 5:65.65 and fourth in the 800 with a best of 2:29.22.

Clayton Hallenberg was fifth in discus with a personal best of 86-3 and eighth in shot put with a throw of 30-4.5.

Draven Lageson was fifth in shot put with a best of 36-6 and sixth in discus with a throw of 85-10.

Grant Larson was fifth in the 400 with a time of 1:10.85. He also had a new personal best of 15-5.75 in long jump.

Ivan Lefdahl was sixth in high jump by clearing 5-0. He also had a throw of 76-2 in discus.

Johannesen was eighth in high jump with a best of 4-10.

Malin Beck posted personal bests in three events. He had a time of 14.89 in the 100, 3:08.77 in the 800, and a length of 12-1.25 in long jump.

Bow SaintLouis posted new bests in three events. He had a best of 60-7 in javelin, 62-1 in discus, and 22-9 in shot put.