Glenwood and Boyceville compete in track event at SCC

By Kelsie Hoitomt

HAMMOND — The Glenwood City and Boyceville track teams competed at the St. Croix Central High School last Thursday, April 4 for their first official outdoor meet of the season. Due to the current weather elements with snow on the ground, the field events were cancelled.

The Bulldogs boys’ team finished in the top half in fifth place out of 11 schools and the girls placed 11th.

For it being the Hilltoppers’ first meet, they had an average start with the girls’ team finishing eighth and the boys tied for tenth.

For the Bulldogs, freshman runner Hope Chovan had her third consecutive finish in the top two in the 100 m dash with a 12.93. She also placed in the 200 m dash in tenth (29.67) out of 24 runners. Fellow Bulldog Zach Klassen also had a second place finish in the 300 m hurdles with a 44.58. Also placing in the top half for individual events was Tanner Johnson-Hetchler in fourth place in the 3200 m run with a 11:32.58.

The boys’ relay teams competed well against the other schools with a third place finish in the 4×400 m relay with Zach Klassen, Will Kraft, Dominic Olson and Isaac Wold. There was a fourth place finish in the 4×200 m relay with Tyler Wolfe, Wold, Logan McAbee-Thomas and Logan Horstman. The 4×800 m relay team placed fifth with Tanner Johnson-Hetchler, Ian Kane, Olson and Isaac Boyd.

For the Hilltoppers, Jennifer Kopacz ran a strong first meet with a third place finish in the 400 m dash with a 1:08:44, just five seconds behind first place. Isaac Tuttle also placed in the top half with a fourth place finish in the 100 m dash with a 11.37.

There were two third place finishes for the Toppers’ 4×100 relay teams with Tuttle, Ethan Brandt, Adam Holmquist and Jeff Kopacz running for the boys and Kayla Bloss, Kopacz, Janessa Ullom and Krisite Knops competing for the girls.

The Hilltoppers next meet is scheduled for Thursday, April 18 at Colfax and the Bulldogs are scheduled to compete in Menomonie this Thursday, April 11.

BOYS STANDINGS: 1. Somerset 96, 2. Elk Mound 87, 3. Prescott 71, 4. Mondovi 43, 5. Boyceville 34, 6. St. Croix Falls 32, 7. St. Croix Central 30, 8. Elmwood/Plum City 27, 9. Colfax 19, 10. Baldwin-Woodville 13, 10. Glenwood City 13.

INDIVIDUAL BOYS’ RESULTS (GLENWOOD CITY AND BOYCEVILLE): 110 m Hurdles– 12. Bryor Hellmann, BV, 19.70, 13. Zach Klassen, BV, 20.80, 18. Dylan Lamm, BV, 22.21; 300 m Hurdles– 2. Zach Klassen, BV, 44.58, 10. Bryor Hellmann, BV, 48.08; 100 m- 4. Isaac Tuttle, GC, 11.37, 13. Isaac Wold, BV, 11.84, 18. Josh Cormican, BV, 12.15, 21. Devonta Anderson, BV, 12.59, 23. Adam Holmquist, GC, 12.62, 28. Lucas Meyers, GC, 13.34; 200 m- 13. Will Kraft, BV, 24.90, Tyler Wolfe, BV, 25.02, 23. Logan Horstman, BV, 26.61; 400 m– 10. Will Kraft, BV, 56.95, 11. Jeff Kopacz, GC, 57.23, 13. Charlie Shackett, GC, 59.75, 15. Buddy Hanestad, BV, 1:00.07, 22. Todd Petersen, GC, 1:02.85, 26. Andrew Marshall, BV, 1:06.65; 800 m– 7. John Harnisch, BV, 2:22.21, 10. Ian Kane, BV, 2:26.57, 14. Isaac Boyd, BV, 2:30.08; 1600 m– 8. Tanner Johnson-Hetchler, BV, 5:18.64, 13. Mitch Pustol, BV, 5:37.15, 24. James Lindo, BV, 6:15, 48; 3200 m– 4. Tanner Johnson-Hetchler, BV, 11:32.58, 12. Nick Adams, BV, 12:26.84, 13. Mitch Pustol, BV, 13:07.35; 4×100 m Relay– 3. GC (Isaac Tuttle, Ethan Brandt, Adam Holmquist, Jeff Kopacz), :47.11, 6. BV (Logan McAbee-Thomas, Josh Cormican, Tyler Wolfe, Logan Horstman), :49.26, 15. GC (Lucas Meyers, Quintin Rogers, Andrew Bauman, Bill Norenberg), :54.26, 19. BV (Ignacio Iglesias, Caleb Arndt, Nolan Windsor, Alec Schaffer), :59.02; 4×200 m Relay– 4. BV (Tyler Wolfe, Isaac Wold, Logan McAbee-Thomas, Logan Horstman), :1:40.97, 11. BV (Josh Cormican, Bryor Hellmann, Jake McIntrye, Buddy Hanestad), :1:44.43, 13. GC (Todd Petersen, Bill Norenberg, Donovan Fornal, Charlie Shackett), :1:46.95; 4×400 m Relay– 3. BV (Zach Klassen, Will Kraft, Dominic Olson, Isaac Wold), :3:51.66; 4×800 m Relay- 5. BV (Tanner Johnson-Hetchler, Ian Kane, Dominic Olson, Isaac Boyd) :9:30.33, 7. GC (Ethan Brandt, Tyler Johnson, Jeff Kopacz, Bill Norenberg) :9:45.71.

GIRLS STANDINGS: 1. Elmwood/Plum City 88.5, 2. Mondovi 78.5, 3. Elk Mound 55.5, 4. Colfax 50, 5. St. Croix Falls 47, 6. Prescott 42.5, 7. Somerset 33, 8. Glenwood City 27, 9. Baldwin-Woodville 19, 10. St. Croix Central 16, 11. Boyceville 10.

INDIVIDUAL GIRLS’ RESULTS (GLENWOOD CITY AND BOYCEVILLE): 100 m Hurdles– 7. Maya Petersen, GC, 19.07, 11. Alex Wold, BV, 20.03, 14. Brittany Tetzlaff, BV, 23.60; 300 m Hurdles– 7. Alex Wold, BV, 58.19, 12. Brittany Tetzlaff, BV, 1:04. 87; 100 m– 2. Hope Chovan, BV, 12.93, 11. Gabby Peterson, GC, 13.75, 13. Janessa Ullom, GC, 13.80, 15. Kristie Knops, GC, 14.14, 19. Ireland McAbee-Thomas, BV, 14.53; 200 m– 10. Hope Chovan, BV, 29.67, 17. Ireland McAbee-Thomas, BV, 30.90, 24. Lauren Klassen, BV, 40.07; 400 m– 3. Jennifer Kopacz, GC, 1:08.44, 8. Macie Rasmussen, GC, 1:09.06, 19. Michaella Kegen, BV, 1:15.82, 22. Ashley Holmquist, GC, 1:17.32, 25. Anna Hagen, BV, 1:20.62; 800 m– 15. Michaella Kegen, BV, 3:02.15, 24. Anna Hagen, BV, 3:16.73; 1600 m– 11. Kaitlin Konder, GC, 6:59.03, 13. Jenna Magsam, GC, 7:02.09, 16. Caroline Voelker, BV, 7:33.63, 18. Samantha Merkel, BV, 7:39.18; 4×100 m Relay– 3. GC (Kayla Bloss, Jennifer Kopacz, Janessa Ullom, Kristie Knops), :55.52, 5. GC (Gabby Peterson, Macie Rasmussen, Maya Petersen, Morgan Kadinger), :57.05, 9. BV (Hope Chovan, Ireland McAbee-Thomas, Katelyn Merten, Alex Wold), :57.70; 4×200 m Relay– 5. GC (Kayla Bloss, Katelyn Meyers, Jenny Linquist, Kristie Knops), :2:05.21, 11. GC (Ashley Holmquist, Maya Petersen, Gabby Peterson, Haley Tiberg), :2:09.01, 14. BV (Lauren Klassen, Destiny Klinger, Teala Mayer, Melissa Leach), :2:23.86; 4×800 m Relay– 5. GC (Morgan Kadinger, Kaitlin Konder, Jennifer Kopacz, Jenny Lindquist), :11:08.26, 10. BV (Michaella Kegen, Anna Hagen, Caroline Voelker, Samantha Merkel), :13:02.45.