Colfax tracksters place high at Viking Invite

COLFAX — Hosting their own meet, the Colfax girls track and field team finished second in the 13 team field at the Viking Invitational held May 7 while the boys’ team placed third out of 15 teams. The meet was held under sunny skies and started with temperatures in the high 70s, then gradually cooled down, making it rather pleasant conditions for the competitors and the fans.

The Vikings’ Garrett Miller continues to dominate the 400 m dash, winning it by one second over the runner up from Menomonie while the 4 X 800 relay team with Matthew Almquist, Tucker Hovde, Michael Larson and Lachlan Hinwood streaked to another win with a personal best time, finishing nine seconds faster than the team from Elmwood-Plum City. Heidi Lieffort set her own personal record by 20 feet in winning the discus to lead the girls team while the 4 X 800 relay also bettered their seed time by 20 seconds with Dannielle Dachel, Dempsey Fogarty, Ryleigh Prochnow and Brittany Rothbauer doing the running.

Division 1 team Menomonie, a late entry to the meet, won both the boys and girls titles. Each team was allowed only two entries per event and the top eight places tallied points for the team. Listed are Colfax athletes with place and time/distance for the meet. Personal records according to their seed time are indicated by (pr).

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL: 100 m dash: 4. Hannah Hover 13.10 (pr), 20. Alyssa Miller 14.50 (pr); 200 m dash: 2. Hover 27.08 (pr), 6. Katy Toycen 29.20 (pr); 400 m dash: 2. Fogarty 1:02.72; 800 m run: 3. Dachel 2:33.30 (pr); 1600 m run: 2. Fogarty 5:46.00 (pr), 8. Rothbauer 6:17.10; 100 m hurdles: 9. Katie Christoffel 18.66 (pr); 300 m hurdles: 7. Lieffort 55.50, 19. Heather Tweed 1:04.40 (pr); 4 X 100 relay: 6. Christoffel, Katy Toycen, Miller, Tweed 58.00 (pr); 4 X 200 relay: 2. Hover, Prochnow, Toycen, Christoffel 1:54.50 (pr); 4 X 400 relay: 2. Dachel, Christoffel, Prochnow, Rothbauer 4:28.80; 4 X 800 relay: 1. Dachel, Fogarty, Prochnow, Rothbauer 10:09.50 (pr); High Jump: 7. Prochnow 4-06 (pr); Pole Vault: 3. Lieffort 8-00; Long Jump: 19. Taylor Shipman 12-07; Triple Jump: 10. Dachel 29-00; Shot Put: 21. Hannah Mikesell 20-08; Discus: Lieffort 102-11.50 (pr), 6. Marianne Scharlau 82-07 (pr)

BOYS INDIVIDUAL: 100 m dash: 5. Noah Pretasky 11.30 (pr), 23 Devon Utpadel 12.30 (pr); 200 m dash: 8. Pretasky 23.90; 400 m dash: 1. Miller 52.40, 22. Joseph Verdon 1:06.00; 800 m run:  4. Hovde 2:15.00 (pr), 22. Verdon 3:01.20; 1600 m run: 4. Almquist 5:00,10, 18. Daniel Schneider 6:06.00 (pr); 3200 m run: 5. Hinwood 10:46, 8. Hunter Lieffort 11:28 (pr); 110 m hurdles: 8. Troy Bird 18:30 (pr), 11. Trevor Secraw 18:60 (pr); 300 m hurdles: 5. Larson 45.30 (pr), 6. Bird 45.60 (pr); 4 X 200 relay: 5. Brad Foyt, Secraw, Isaac Lee, Utpadel 1:44.90 (pr); 4 X 400 relay: 10. Lee, Zach Arvold, Bird, Utpadel 4:02.90 (pr); 4 X 800 relay: 1. Almquist, Hovde, Larson, Hinwood 8:40.40 (pr); High Jump: 4. Larson 5-08 (pr); Long Jump: 16 Pretasky 16-08, 26. Scot Schmock 10-07; Triple Jump: 12. Secraw 36-00 (pr); Shot Put: 2. Ben Kragness 42-07.50 (pr), 13. Rhett Kragness 37-06.50; Discus: 6. B. Kragness 109-03.50 (pr), 25. R. Kragness 69-04 (pr)

GIRLS TEAM RESULTS: Menomonie 144, Colfax 89.25, Elk Mound 82.50, Flambeau 79, Somerset 72, Elmwood-Plum City 59.75, Cadott 45.25, Spring Valley 43, Glenwood City 36.25, Frederic-Luck 15, Cornell-Lake Holcombe 15, Thorp 11, Clear Lake 9

BOYS TEAM RESULTS: Menomonie 183, Elk Mound 104.50, Colfax 66, Spring Valley 64, Glenwood City 58, Frederic-Luck 42.75, Cadott 39.25, Flambeau 36, Elmwood-Plum City 34.50, New Auburn 16, Cornell-Lake Holcombe 13,25, Thorp 12.50, Somerset 5, Winter 1