Chinook and 9C/NMB Listening Area Track and Field Results – Acantha Invitational

The Chinook track and field teams were in Choteau to compete in the Acantha Invitational on Saturday. This would be the first of many previews of ‘B/C’ competition as the majority of 9C schools were also in the field.

Fort Benton’s Etta Wicks ran a personal best 100-meter dash, finishing second and clocking in at 12.99 and taking second. She was also a runner up in the 200 at 27.88. Coming off his historic outing at the Cal Wearley Invite, Chinook’s Carson Nissen finished fourth with an 11.78 100 meters. He went on to win the 200 at a time of 23.84, less than one second faster than Fort Benton’s Truman Giese.

Chinook had two of the top-3 800-meter runners with Ashlyn Ford second at 2:36.55 and Alexus Seymour right behind at 2:37.91. The same would go in the 1600 as Ford clocked a 5:35.86 for second and Seymour 5:49.05. Neva Lowe was the third Chinook runner and fourth overall to come in for the 1600 at 5:52.93. The boys’ 800 was a crowded field of 1B and 9C top-5 finishers, but it was former Havre runner Jayvon Bigknife who ran a personal best 2:11.27 for 2B Harlem. Speaking of those Wildcats, Ethan Walker secured a 4:43.87 PR in the 1600 to win.

Ang Riener won the 100-meter hurdles, going at a mark of 17.24 for the Longhorns of Fort Benton. In a win, Brie Mattson from CJI clocked a 49.79 300-meter hurdles, her best mark ever. Fort Benton took the girls’ 4-by-100 relay with Riener, Wicks, Lily Ferris, and Ally Jacques coming in at 51.58.

Moving to the field, Hannah Schoen from Chinook won the girls’ shot put with a throw of 35 feet and eight inches. She also took home top prize in javelin, chucking that 107 feet and four inches. Brynn Kammerzell of CJI cleared five feet and four inches to just get by Riener in the high jump. Wicks jumped an inch further than any other long jumper at 16 feet and three inches. Another Hi-Line Hawk won the triple jump as Jayla Ramberg recorded a 33-foot and four-inch effort. Nissen set his best distance ever in the long jump, landing at 21 feet and 8.5 inches.