Hambira, Whitmus Score During Eastern C Meet
By Bill Vander Weele
Jasiah Hambira earned top honors in the high jump and placed in three other events to lead Lustre Christian at the Eastern C divisional track meet in Sidney on Thursday, May 20.
The Lions scored 26 points in the boys’ standings for seventh place and five points in the girls’ division for 13th place.
Hambira cleared 6-0 for first place in the high jump. The sophomore finished third in the 200 at 24.67 seconds, third in the 400 at 55.53 seconds and took fourth in the long jump with a mark of 18-10.
In the girls’ division, Tiara Whitmus placed fourth in the discus at 102-8 and sixth in the javelin at 95-8.
Athletes coming close to placing for the Lions included Alexa Reddig in seventh for the 300-meter hurdles, Cayden Klatt in eighth for the 1600, Braeden Toavs in ninth for the 200, and the 400-meter relay team of Sean Uy, Klatt, Arun Ramnarace and Toavs in eighth.
The Richey/Lambert boys won the team title with 107.5 points followed by Hinsdale with 89 points and Scobey with 75 points.
Plentywood’s girls earned first with 65 points.
Saco took second with 60 and Fairview placed third with 57 points.
Individual divisional champions in the boys’ division included Hinsdale’s Loden Idler in the 100 and long jump, Hinsdale’s Jesse Lee in the 200 and shot put, Circle’s Hayden Lockie in the 400 and 800, Richey/ Lambert’s Samuel Smith in the 1600 and 3200, Richey/ Lambert’s Caleb Senner in the 110-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles, Fairview’s 400-meter relay team, Scobey’s 1600-meter relay team, Fairview’s Paul Hardy in the discus, Plentywood’s Cameron Brusven in the javelin and triple jump, Lustre Christian’s Jasiah Hambira in the high jump and Scobey’s J.P. Braut in the pole vault.
Earning titles in the girls’ division were Savage’s Brooke Reuter in the 100, 200, 400 and triple jump, MonDak’s Elizabeth Field in the 800, Plentywood’s Annie Kaul in the 1600 and 3200, Hinsdale’s Kaitlyn McColly in the 100-meter hurdles, long jump, 300-meter hurdles and pole vault, Richey/Lambert in both relays, Circle’s Ryann Moline in the shot put, Fairview’s Jadyn Gackle in the discus and Saco’s Jaycee Erickson in the javelin.
The Class C state meet starts in Missoula on Friday, May 28.
