Bulldog girls claim team title at Lewiston Invitational

LEWISTON — Hannah Davidson won the 800 and pole vault, and joined Niah Brass, Dana Beaty and Katherine Kaul in the winning 4X400 relay team to lead the Bulldog girls to a first place finish in the 10 team Lewiston Invitational on Saturday.

With much of the early season spent in a gym, the Bulldogs took advantage of finally getting outside with some solid marks.

“Some very good results for this early in the season, especially considering the track was covered with snow until last week,” said Bulldogs head coach Matt Brass. “There were some great personal records in the long and triple jump, and the relay hand-offs were very crisp. It’s a long trip to Lewiston, but worth it for the weather this time of year.”

Freshman Maddie Morgan jumped a PR of 15’ 9” to place first in the Long Jump, while Sharon Rowe jumped 14’ 7” for 3rd. In the Pole Vault, Hannah Davidson took first with a PR of 8’9”, Sharon Rowe also took 2nd in the Triple Jump in 31’, with Grace Bradley placing 3rd in 29’1”. Elaine Huang was 3rd in the High Jump with a 4’4”, and Victoria Aylward was 3rd in the Shot Put in 29’7”.

In the running events, the girls started out with a 2nd place in the 4x800 with the team of Corina Wallace, Chloe Pierce, Mesa Keating and Heather Wallace running a 11:37. Next came the girls mile, with Katherine Kaul placing second in a 5:30.24, Kali Scheel was 5th in 5:47 and Niah Brass 6th in 5:57. In the 400 Open, Dana Beaty was 2nd in 1:05.15, with Heather Yunek 6th in 1:08.31 and Paige Davidson at a 1:08.36 for 7th. Jaelyn Martin ran a 13.94 to place 6th in the 100 Open.

In the 800 Open, Hannah Davidson cruised to the win in a 2:32, with teammate Kali Scheel placing 3rd in 2:38. Valerie Wickboldt was 5th in the 200 Open in 28.59. In the 3,200, Heather Wallace was 2nd in 13:10, with teammate Chloe Braedt 6th in 14:15. Corina Wallace was the lone hurdler of the day, taking 8th in the 300s with a 57.31.

The girls 4x100 relay of Bailee Klopman, Jaelyn Martin, Val Wickboldt and Taitam Bowen ran well, placing 2nd in 53.65.

Spencer Bassett won the long jump with a PR of 19-5, and was second in the triple jump with a leap of 40-7, and the relays were strong to lead the Bulldog boys to a fourth place finish among 11 teams.

Sawyer Seley was 2nd in the High Jump with a 5’8” jump and Ammon Ollerton was 5th with 5’6”, and Slade Rucker was 2nd in the Pole Vault with a 11’ 6” vault. Zach Alamillo was 4th in the Discus in 115’5”, and 5th in the Shot with 39’7”.

The boys relays did well at the meet, with the 4x100 team of Erik Suhr, Julian Barajas, Robbie Johnson and Spencer Bassett winning in a time of 45.92. The Sprint Medley team of Julian Barajas, Robbie Johnson, Teagan Dieter and Peik Lund-Andersen also won with at time of 4:01.08. The 4x800 team of Garrett Pierce, Gabe Christman, Kieran Wilder and Cole Dillong took 3rd in 9:36.73.

Finan Lund-Andersen was 7th in the 1,600, Robbie Johnson was 7th in the 200 in 24.62, Teagan Dieter was 4th in the 400 with a 56.13, with teammate Peter Soderberg 6th in 56.96. In the 800, Sloan Woodward was 7th with at 2:17.15, and Ephraim Weisz was 6th in the 3,200 with a 10:36.

With Spring break starting next Friday, Sandpoint will not have a meet again until April 12, when the Bulldogs host a quad meet.