Monte’s Albert wins 400 at Battle Ground track

Monte’s Albert wins 400 at Battle Ground track

BATTLE GROUND — Montesano’s Donovan Albert won the boys 400 meters in Battle Ground’s Tiger Invitational on Saturday.

Competing almost exclusively against upper-classification schools, the Bulldog boys placed 10th overall. Camas swept boys and girls team honors.

Albert was clocked in 51.76 to beat his nearest rival, Camas’ Mason Gross, by nearly a second.

The Montesano senior joined Bryce Whipple, Colby Adams and Brennen Wolcott on a boys 4×400-meter relay team that finished second. With a time of 3:41.3, the Bulldogs trailed winning Camas by close to six seconds.

Whipple, Albert, Wolcott and Gage Iverson combined to run sixth in the boys 4×100 relay (46.03).

Montesano’s Tanner Nicklas was second in the boys shot put with a throw of 45-3. Skyview’s Taylor Vo won the event at 45-7 3/4.

Carly Spradlin was the top finisher among Monte’s girls. She was sixth in the javelin (99-7) and seventh in the discus (97-8).