Malta teams take second at 2B Meet

The Malta Mustang and M-ette Track and Field teams both placed second in their respective District 2B meets last Saturday, May 14, in Glasgow.

The Glasgow Lady Scotties won the women's varsity meet with a total of 202 points, Malta was second with 169 points, Harlem was third with 63 points, Poplar was fourth with 49, and Wolf Point was fifth with 31.

The Scotties men won their meet with 191.66. Malta was second with 155 points, Wolf Point was third with 95 points, Poplar was fourth with 55 points, and Harlem was fifth with 25.33.

The Northern B Divisional is scheduled to take place at Memorial Stadium in Great Falls on Saturday, May 21, at 9:30 a.m.

M-ETTES

The M-ettes were led by senior Justine Lamb who won the high jump and 100-meter hurdles. Lamb won the district 100 hurdles for the second time in her career, having won the event in her freshman season. This time around Lamb won the event with a time of 17.34 seconds.

Lamb won the high jump after clearing 4-10. She also took fourth place in shot put with a throw of 32-0 and fifth in the 300 hurdles with a time of 57.76.

The long relay team consisting of Addison Ulrich, Gracie Honey, Maddie Williamson and Allison Kunze won their race with a time of 4:39.44.

The short relay team which had Ulrich, J. Lamb, Kunze, and Williamson as the anchor leg, won first with a time of 55.26 seconds.

"Our handoffs were way better than normal," Williamson said. "They were stretched out, where usually we would run up on each other a little bit. Today our handoffs were way better."

In the long relay, the team switched things up, switching Ulrich from the anchor to being the starting leg. Williamson went to the anchor position which she runs in the short relay.

"That kind of made a difference too," Williamson said.

To put the icing on Malta's cake, they beat Glasgow in both races.

"It's always good beating Glasgow," Williamson said.

Individually, Williamson won triple jump after posting a mark at 31-7. She was also fourth in long jump with a personal best of 79-4.

Kunze won long jump with a leap of 15-0.75. She was second in the triple jump with a season's best of 31-6.5, and second in the 200 with a time of 29.77.

Senior Skylie Lefdahl won shot put with a personal best of 34-3. Lefdahl was also fifth in javelin with a personal best of 87-11. Lefdahl was unable to leave a mark in discus but qualified for the state meet earlier this season.

Junior Madyson Bain will see the Northern B for the first time in her career in two events. She took second in discus with a throw of 92-5.5. She also took sixth in javelin with a throw of 84-6.

Sophomore Giona Lamb qualified for the Northern B in all three of her events. She took third place in shot put with a throw of 32-1.5, third in javelin with a throw of 91-6, and fifth in discus after posting a personal best of 79-10.5.

Junior Tia Siewing qualified in shot put after posting a mark of 33-4 and taking second place. Last season, Siewing was a state placer in the event and the Northern B Champion.

Sophomore Addison Ulrich was second in the 100 with a time of 13.97. She was fifth in the 200 with a time of 30.84.

Junior Kira Beck was third in pole vault after clearing 8-0. Beck placed seventh in pole vault at last year's state meet as a Lady Scottie.

Junior Addy Anderson placed in three individual events. She was third in high jump after clearing 4-6, fourth in the 300 hurdles with a season's best of 76-2, and fifth in the 100 hurdles with a season's best of 19.10. At the conclusion of the meet, Anderson's younger brother, Jens, a four-year-old ran two laps around the track in his jeans, boots, and Carhartt coat, while all in attendance watched and cheered him on.

Junior Deion Lefdahl was fourth in high jump after setting a personal best of 4-0.

Sophomore Gracie Honey was fourth in the 400 with a time of 1:08.36 and sixth in the 800 with a time of 2:41.94.

Freshman Megan Morser was fifth in the 100 with a time of 14.86.

Junior Aubri Werk took sixth place in shot put with a personal best of 27-5.5.

MUSTANGS

Mustang Connor Tuss qualified for the Northern B Divisional in all five of the events that he entered. He won the long jump and high jump events. He won long jump with a personal best of 19-0 and cleared 5-6 in high jump. This was the second season in a row that Tuss has won the high jump event.

Tuss was second in javelin with a throw of 137-1, second in triple jump with a personal best of 37-8.5, and third in the 300 hurdles with a time of 49 seconds.

For the second year in a row, Cash Salsbery earned the title District 2B champion in discus and shot put. He won shot put with a throw of 48-8 and discus with a throw of 144-6.

He also took fourth in the 100-meter dash with a personal best of 12.04.

Sophomore Gavin Slade won the 100 with a time of 11.68. He also qualified in javelin with a throw of 125-5.

Wins in the 200 and 400 by sophomore Kyle Darrington gave the Mustangs a sweep of individual short-distance runs. Darrington won the 200 with a new best of 24.06 and the 400 with a new best of 54.33. He also set a new best of 11.81 in the 100, which gave him a third-place finish.

David Pitman took second place in discus and shot put. He had throws of 134-10 and 46-11 respectively. Pitman also qualified in javelin by taking fourth with a throw of 130-3.

Malta also took first place in both the short relay and long relay. The Long relay consisting of Taylin Johannesen, Seth Siewing, Jon Siewing, and Darrington posted a time of 3:54.64. The short relay consisting of Salsbery, Darrington, Ivan Lefdahl, and Slade posted a time of 46.40.

"Cash just really has a strong start," Slade said. "He just started getting us in the lead right off the first corner. Kyle is just so fast on straights, he kept us in first. It was Lefdahl's first relay and he just took off around the corner. Once the baton got to me, all I had to do was jog it on through."

The relay has been in shuffle mode due to injuries, but Slade believes that the team can improve their handoffs during practice this week and possibly improve on their time.