MONTAGUE — Montague earned state qualification in 10 events Saturday in the Division 3 regional meet at its home track.
Senior Isaiah Atchison helped account for four of those events, leading the Wildcat boys to third place as a team. Atchison won the regional championship in high jump with a mark of 6-0; he was one of five to clear that height, but earned first place by missing fewer attempts than his competitors. Atchison also qualified in both sprint events with second-place finishes, earning times of 11.25 seconds in the 100 meters and 22.80 seconds in the 200 meters. Atchison’s 800-meter relay team also took second, with Devlin Dean, Talan Degen and Paul Olson joining him to run a time of 1:33.1.
Isaac French took home a regional championship for the ‘Cats as well, reaching the top of the podium in the shot put. His mark was 43-11. Wyatt Fairchild earned a state spot in the adaptive 400 meters, finishing in a time of 1:24.2.
The Wildcat girls squad earned four event state nods and placed fifth as a team. Trisha Beckman finished in second place in discus with a throw of 92-2, and Annelyse Schneider was second in long jump with a leap of 15-5. Amanda Cederquist placed third in the 100 hurdles and beat the qualifying standard with her season-best time of 17.01 seconds. The ‘Cats qualified in the 800 relay by taking second, as Jenna Erickson, Cederquist, Schneider and Britta Johnson ran a time of 1:52.1.
Other regional boys medalists for Montague included: Noah Raeth in the 1,600, who ran a PR time of 4:38.8 and finished third; Michael Jones, sixth in pole vault; Clay Johnson, sixth in the 800; Dean, seventh in the long jump; Jeremiah Atchison, seventh in the 300 hurdles; Isaac French and Logan Hansen, seventh and eighth in the dicus respectively; Maverick Osborne, eighth in the shot put; and the 3,200 relay team, which placed fifth.
Beyond the state qualifiers, girls medalists were Johnson, fifth in the 400; Erickson, fifth in the 200; Addison Smith, fifth in the pole vault; Molly Mulder, seventh in the shot put; and Grace Torsch, eighth in both the 800 (2:43.8) and the 1,600 (6:01.8), with PR times in each. The Wildcats also earned medals in the 3,200 relay, taking fourth, and the 1,600 relay, where they were fifth.
