Elk Mound boys win regional, girls place third

RICE LAKE — For the second straight year, the Elk Mound boys’ track and field team came home with a regional championship, this time by 25 points over Fall Creek at the Rice Lake regional May 20.

Under sunny skies with temperatures in the high 70s, the Mounders advanced several athletes to the sectional meet in Bloomer May 23 by placing in the top four of their events. Top eight places scored team points in the meet. Elly Friberg and Andie Friberg were both triple winners for the girls. Elly earned the top spot in the high jump (5-00) the long jump (15-10) and ran a leg of the 4 X 100 relay  with older sister Andie, Waive Melgaard and McKenna McVey (52.41). Andie won the pole vault ( 9-06) and the 100 m dash (14.02), Alyssa Buros won the shot put (36-09.25), while McVey took the 200 m dash (28.34).

Placing first for the boys were Dakota Tarnow in the 110 hurdles (16.42), Josiah Bauer in the shot put (46-06.75), the 4 X 800 relay with Nate Mack, Andrew Zabel, Mitch Zimmer and Shawn Lane (8:45.98) and the 4 X 200 relay with Jonah Bauer, Ryan Bridges, Jordan Klemp and Zabel (1:34.12).

Following are other Elk Mound competitors with places, times/distances:

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: High Jump: 12. Moriah Mauer 14-02; Shot Put: 11. Anne Kendzierski 26-10, 12. Kathleen Simmons 26-07.50; 4 X 800 relay: 4. Rachel Caron, Emma Hayes, Hannah Flatness, Danae Sternecker 10:39.82; 100 m dash: 9. Abbey Olson 14.96; 4 X 200 relay: 2. E. Friberg, A. Friberg, Melgaard, McVey 1:52.16; 400 m dash: 8. Katie Gerber 1:12.20, 10. Anna Sessions 1:12.56; 300 m hurdles: 5. Melgaard 53.45. 12. Jamie Solem 1:00.9; 3200 m run: E. Hayes 13:17.03; 4 X 400 relay: 5. Caron, Flatness, Alexandria Hagberg, Corrine Zimmer 4:32.93; Discus: 10. Buros 81-00, 12. Kendzierski 77-09, 18. Simmons 57-07; Triple Jump: 8. Mauer 28-10.75, 9. Josie Hayes 28-07.25; 1600 m run: 6. Kayla Black 6:26.38, 9. Samantha Jain 6:33.34; 800 m run: 10. Sternecker 2:49.40, 11. Emily Finder 2:53.88

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: Discus: 5. Gabe Anderson 129-09, 10. Jon Adank 107-00; Pole Vault: 2. Tarnow 11-06, 6. Nevin Melgaard 9-06; Triple Jump: 7. Adank 38-11.75; 110 m hurdles: 6. Melgaard 18.08; 100 m dash: 2. Jonah Bauer 11.37, 6. Klemp 12.38, 9. Tyler Deutschlander 12.56; 1600 m run: 7. Caleb Kruger 5:13.73, 9. Justin Fedie 5:18.50; 400 m dash: 9. Hunter Alexander 58.15; 4 X 100 relay: 2. Klemp, Deutschlander, Yeng Her, Jonah Bauer 45.62; 300 m hurdles: 3. Tarnow 44.10, 8. Melgaard 47.98; 200 m dash: 3. Bridges 23.80, 5. Adam Gottschalk 25.11; High Jump: 3. Mack 6-00; Long Jump: 8. Will Miller 18-08.50; Shot Put: 8. Bridges 40-10.50, 12. Anderson 37-11.25; 3200 m run: 2. Ben Holzwarth 10:27.06, 10. Lucas Winter 11:38.23; 800 m run: 2. Zimmer 2:08.07, 4. Lane 2:10.41, 8. Drew Sternecker 2:21.12

GIRLS TEAM SCORES: Mondovi 129.50, Stanley-Boyd 111.50, Elk Mound 100, Bloomer 92, Cameron 81, Ladysmith 73, Fall Creek 49.50, Altoona 46.50, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 12

BOYS TEAM SCORES: Elk Mound 138, Fall Creek 113, Chetek-Weyerheauser 102.50, Stanley-Boyd 78, Cameron 72, Bloomer 68.50, Mondovi 64, Altoona 47, Ladysmith 11