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With a total of 40 student athletes, Badger Track and Field is off to a strong start. Personal Records are the focus as we try to improve individual marks throughout the season. This season also promises some school and state records, as standouts are working towards some big, yet attainable goals before the end of the season. So far the Badgers have attended three meets: Frenchtown, Fergus Invite and Choteau Acantha.

On the Boys side, senior Caiden Sekuterski qualified for state first meet of the year with 45'2 in the Triple Jump, 22'3 in the Long Jump, and 11.43 in the 100, winning both the Long and Triple at all three meets. In addition to Sekuterski's first place in those events, Cascade also placed Brant Ligameri 3rd (19'3.25) and Cody Park 6th (18'4.75) in the Long Jump, and Freshman Kameron Kakalecik 3rd (37'6.5), Josh Creveling 5th (36'10) in the triple jump. Other placers include Sophomore Brant Ligameri in the High Jump who took 3rd in Frenchtown, 2nd at Fergus, and 1st at Choteau while qualifying for state with a jump of 6'0. Fellow High Jumping Sophomore Rowan Konesky improved his personal best by 4 inches in Choteau placing 6th with 5'8. Sophomore Peyton Hauk placed 6th in the 400 with his time of 56.7 in Frenchtown and 3rd in Choteau with 56.38. Senior Brent Ethridge has been steadily increasing is Shot Put and took 3rd in Fergus with a personal best throw of 44'2.5 and 3rd again in Choteau. Junior Edward Formell placed 4th in the 100 at Choteau. The Freshman had a good showing in Choteau with Trent Lane placing 5th in the mile with 5:11.92; Peyton Johnson placed 3rd in the 3200; Kegen Vanek 6th in the 300m Hurdles. The Boys 4x100 and 4x400 relays both took 6th in Choteau, and the boys team finished up 2nd as a whole in Choteau.

The girls team is small, but mighty! In Choteau, team leader Braedyn Johnson won the Long Jump with 32', placed 4th in the 100 and 200, and 6th in the High Jump, scoring a total of 21.5 team points. She also placed 6th in the High Jump in Fergus

Junior Sophia Mortag placed 5th in the 400 and 2nd in the 800. Sophomore Ashlyn Korst placed 4th in the 100m Hurdles with a personal best of 18.25 and she also placed 5th in the High Jump. Junior Sayre McElroy placed 2nd in the Shot Put in Choteau with 32'2 and 6th in Frenchtown. The girls 4x100 placed 1st and the girls ended up 4th overall in Choteau out of 16 teams, with only 8 girls on the roster.

Next up, the Badgers travel back to Choteau on Thursday and then to Missoula on Saturday.

Personal Records Frenchtown: Josh Creveling-Long Jump; Colby Crowell-Shot Put; NicDeshayes-100; Brent Ethridge-Discus; Austin Gatch-100, 200; Peyton Hauk- 400, LJ, TJ; Rowan Konesky-LJ; Brant Ligameri -100, LJ; Asher Nelson-Pole Vault; Cody Park-LJ, TJ; Caiden Sekuterski - LJ; Braedyn Johnson-200; Sayre McElroy - Discus

Personal Records Fergus: Brent Ethridge-Shot Put; Asher Nelson-Discus; Cody Park-400; Caiden Sekuterski-100; Edward Formell-100; Peyton Johnson-800, 1600; Kamron Kakalecik-HJ, TJ; Riley Pettit - 100, 200; Trevor Standley- 100, 200, Jav; Tanna Cloninger-100; Cora Culp-LJ, TJ; Braedyn Johnson-100, HJ; Kyleigh Knowlden- 100, 100 Hurdles, TJ; Ashlyn Korst-100, 100 Hurdles, HJ; Sophia Mortag -100; Breanna Sawyer- 100

Personal Records Choteau: Sterling Byrnes-100, Javelin; Jeremiah Creveling-Shot Put, Javelin; Josh Creveling-Triple Jump; Colby Crowell-Discus; Nic Deshayes-Javelin; Edward Formell-100; Joao Gomes-Shot Put, Discus; Peyton Hauk-400; Kameron Kakalecik-High Jump, Triple Jump, 200; Rowan Konesky-High Jump, Long Jump; Trent Lane-High Jump; Blake Leardini-Javelin; Brant Ligameri-200, Long Jump; Hal McGregor-100, Shot Put; Rial McGregor-Shot Put, Javelin; Asher Nelson-Pole Vault; Cody Park-Long Jump; Riley Pettit-100, 400; Trevor Standley-100; Yuta Tone-1600; Tanna Cloninger-Long Jump, Triple Jump; Kyleigh Knowlden-Triple Jump; Ashlyn Korst-100m Hurdles, High Jump; Sophia Mortag-400; Breanna Sawyer-Long Jump.