Viking tracksters begin season
MENOMONIE — Competing against Menomonie a Division I school and Elk Mound and Black River Falls, both Division II schools, the Colfax boys and girls track teams opened their season by placing fourth at the Dunn County Indoor Championships held April 2 in the Menomonie High School Fieldhouse.
Winning their events for the girls were the 4 X 800 relay team of Dannielle Dachel, Dempsey Fogarty, Taylor Shipman and Brittany Rothbauer with a time of 11:37, while Fogarty won the 400 m dash at 1:07.5 and Courtney Dressel won the 1600 m run in 6:24.1. In what was probably a preview of the conference pole vault showdown, the Viking’s Heidi Lieffort was second behind Elk Mound’s Andie Friberg. Leiffort vaulted 7-06, six inches lower than Friberg.
Highest finisher for the boys was a second place by the 4 X 800 relay team with Matthew Almquist, Garrett Miller, Tucker Hovde and Hunter Lieffort with a time of 10:11.5 with the winning team from BRF winning at 10:11.2. The top five individuals were counted for team points.
Colfax competitors with places and times/distances are as follows:
GIRLS: 40 m dash: 20. Katy Toycen 6.5, 22. Katie Christoffel 6.6, 36. Heather Tweed 7.1; 50 m low hurdles: 4. Christoffel 9.8; 800 m run: 3. Dressel 2:51 .4; 300 m dash: 5. Christoffel 51.9, 9. Lieffort 52.7, 13. Toycen 53.3; High Jump: 4. Ryleigh Prochnow 4-04, 8. Shipman 4-02; Triple jump: 9. Dachel 27-02.75; Shot Put: 4. Emily Halpin 28-11.50, 6. Marianne Scharlau 27-03, 17. Lynsey Lloyd 20-09.50, 19. Hannah Mikesell 20-04.50
BOYS: 50 m high hurdles: 4. Trevor Secraw 8.7; 40 m dash: 4. Noah Pretasky 5.2, 21. Devon Utpadel 5.7, 35.Ben Kragness 6.0, 40. Rhett Kragness 6.3; 1600 m run: 5. Almquist 5:25, 6. Brett Prince 5:50.3; 400 m dash: 5. Tucker Hovde 1:03.2, 9. Tucker Teige 1:07.7, 11. Brad Foyt 1:09.3; 50 m low hurdles: 7. Secraw 8.2; 300 m dash: 3. Miller 40.4, 5. Pretasky 42.3, 14. Foyt 44.6, 19. Teige 46.6, 21. Utpadel 47.7, 26. Isaac Lee 49.3; 4 X 400 relay: 5. Foyt, Lieffort, Hovde, Prince 4:16.3; Pole Vault: 3. Lieffort 8-06; Long Jump: 11. Secraw 16-00.50, 13. Lee 15-09, 21. Lieffort 13-06.75, 23. Zack Arvold 13-01; Triple Jump: 3. Secraw 34-11; Shot Put: 3. B. Kragness 40-03.25, 11. R. Kragness 35-05.25
GIRLS TEAM SCORES: Black River Falls 65, Elk Mound 63.50, Menomonie 56.50, Colfax 31
BOYS TEAM SCORES: Black River Falls 89, Elk Mound 59, Menomonie 45, Colfax 23