Mounder thinclads sweep to wins at Colfax, Viking teams third

By Cara L. Dempski

COLFAX — The Elk Mound and Colfax track teams are going to get used to seeing each other these last few weeks of the regular season.

After waiting a few weeks for fair weather to making competing outdoors at least tolerable, the Mounders finally found a sunny night at the home track of longtime rival Colfax. The boys and girls team shone bright when they copped first place finishes for both teams for the first time this season.

The two Elk Mound teams nabbed first place at the meet, with the boys’ team earning 151.25 points, and the girls scoring 114.33. The Viking boys and girls’ took third place, with the boys earning 80.50, and the girls getting 49 points. 

The Mounder boys started the evening with a second-place finish in the 3200m relay, a little over eight seconds behind first-place finisher Boyceville. Elk Mound’s team finished the race in 9:13.15. Colfax’s boys’ finished in fourth with a time of 9:56.36.

The Elk Mound team followed the relay up by taking the top six placings in the boys’ 100m dash. Noah Zurbuchen won the event with his 11.52 dash, while Tyler Sahm was second (11.78), Brady Redwine was third (11.90), Jack Emberson was fourth (11.93), Chandler Schreiber earned fifth (12.10) and Tyler Brantner was sixth 12.16.

ANCHOR — Mounder freshman Cade Hanson runs the final leg of the boys’ 3200m relay at Colfax May 4. The Elk Mound team took second in the race with a time of 9:13.15. —photo by Cara L. Dempski

Zurbuchen, Sahm and Redwine also took the top three spots in the 200m dash with times of 23.40, 24.01 and 24.12. In a new event, Zurbuchen copped a win in the 400m dash with a time of 54.03, while his classmate Hunter Johnson raced to a 54.72 finish to take second.

Freshman Andrew Pathos earned a win in the 800m race with his 2:13.77 effort, and senior Chandler Schreiber took second with a time of 2:14.94. 

Colfax’s Jacob Larson and Matthew Reisdorf finished first and third in the mile with times of 5:05.53 and 5:10.00 respectively. Mounder Cade Hanson ran an 11:37.25 in the two-mile race to take second behind Boyceville’s Kiel Anderson.

Hurdler Jake Johnson continued to rack up wins, taking care of business in the 110m hurdles with a time of 15.80, and in the 300m hurdles with a 42.70 race. 

The Viking boys’ 400m relay team took second in the race behind Regis with a time of 46.26. Colfax’s 1600m relay team took second behind Regis in the race with a time of 3:54.92.

Rian Flynn, Tyler Brantner and Ben Lambele took second in high jump with 5-08.00, just behind Regis’ Justin Zweifelhofer at 5-10.00. Chandler Schreiber cleared 11-00.00 for third at pole vault, and was beaten by Boyceville’s Tyler Krueger with a 12-00.00 vault. Tyler Brantner’s 19-04.50 jump earned him second in long jump after losing to Regis’ Jack Nicolai by just one-half inch.

Mounder junior Andrew Benson earned third in triple jump with a distance of 33-11.50. Ben Sokup of Regis won the event with a 40-00.00 jump.

Viking thrower Spencer Herrick won the boys’ shot put with a toss of 40-11.00, while Elk Mound’s Conner Mavis was second with his 36-07.00 attempt. Mavis won the discus throw with a throw of 123-04, but Colfax freshman Ed Hydukovich took second with his 117-05 effort. 

On the girls’ side, the Mounders copped a win in the 3200m relay by racing to a 11:17.55 finish, with Colfax not far behind at 11:19.59.

LEADING THE WAY — Viking sprinter Bryana Buchanan leans slightly at the finish line of the 100m dash during a home track meet May 5. She won the event with a time of 13.96. —photo by Cara L. Dempski

Sprinter Bryana Barstad won the 100m dash for Colfax with a time of 13.96, but Mounders Hannah Cedarblade and Maddie Jenson were right behind her in second and third with times of 14.04 and 14.06. Senior Sarah Sweeney picked up a third-place finish in the girls’ 400m dash with her 1:11.27 race.

Elk Mound’s Alana Plaszcz and Ciera Lind took crossed the finish line of the 800m race in 2:48.27 and 2:51.66 to take first and third. Colfax runner Mackenzie Jensen earned second place with her 2:49.39 race.

Abbagail Schotter and Jensen then traded places with the Mounders in the 1600m run, with Schotter winning in 6:07.32, and Jensen taking third in 6:11.67. Elk Mound runner Kristin Martinson earned second place with her 6:11.47 race. Alana Plaszcz and Victoria Fasbender finished first and second in the 3200m run with times of 13:50.74 and 13:58.72.

Hannah Cedarblade and Emily Winchester took first and second in hurdles after finishing in 17.62 and 19.28 respectively; Cedarblade also won the 300m hurdles in 52.07.

The Colfax girls’ 400m relay just edged out Elk Mound for first, winning in 54.23 with Elk Mound hot on their heels to finish in 54.39. The Viking girls’ 800m relay and 1600m relays also copped wins, with the 800m team finishing in 1:54.15, and the 1600m team finishing in 4:31.58.

Mounder Maddie Jenson earned third in high jump with her 4-08.00 effort, and senior Kaitlyn Baier took home second after tying with Boyceville’s Megan Hintzman in pole vault with a height of 7-00.00. Viking freshman Samantha Pretasky copped second in long jump with a distance of 14-10.25. Regis’ Bria Thalacker won the event with a 15-07.75 jump.

Elk Mound’s Sweeney hopped, stepped and jumped a distance of 30-08.75 to take second in triple jump behind Laura Sokup of Regis.

Freshman Morgan Jenson took third, and earned four team points for Colfax, in shot put with her 27-10.00 toss. 

The Mounders and Vikings were scheduled to appear at Colfax again yesterday, May 9 before Elk Mound travels to Boyceville May 11. The two teams will meet again next Tuesday, May 16 at the Dunn-St. Croix conference meet in Boyceville.

BOYS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 100m dash: 1. Noah Zurbuchen 11.52, 2. Tyler Sahm 11.78, 3. Brady Redwine 11.90, 4. Jack Emberson 11.93, 5. Chandler Schreiber 12.10, 6. Tyler Brantner 12.16, 7. Adam Pretasky 12.26; 200m dash: 1. Noah Zurbuchen 23.40, 2. Tyler Sahm 24.01, 3. Brady Redwine 24.12, 8. Hunter Johnson 25.13; 400m dash: 1. Noah Zurbuchen 54.03, 2. Hunter Johnson 54.72, 4. Tyler Sahm 55.34, 6. Jacob Larson 55.88; 800m: 1. Andrew Pathos 2:13.77, 2. Chandler Schreiber 2:14.94, 3. Jacob Larson 2:16.81, 4. Trey Hovde 2:18.18, 7. Brady Lawrence 2:29.08; 1600m: 1. Jacob Larson 5:05.53, 3. Matthew Reisdorf 5:10.00, 5. Seth Hazen 5:18.72, 6. Hunter Johnson 5:19.43, 7. Brady Lawrence 5:23.31; 3200m: 2. Cade Hanson 11:37.25; 110m hurdles: 1. Jake Johnson 42.70, 6. William Muzynski 20.25, 7. Luke Heidorn 20.92, 8. Jaylen Emberson 22.59; 300m hurdles: 1. Jake Johnson 42.70, 6. Seth Hazen 48.95; 400m relay: 2. Colfax 48.55, 3. Elk Mound “B” 48.74, 4. Elk Mound 1:00.02; 800m relay: 2. Elk Mound 1:47.31; 1600m relay: 2. Colfax 3:54.92; 3200m relay: 2. Elk Mound 9:13.15, 4. Colfax 9:56.36; High jump: 2. Rian Flynn 5-08.00, 2. Tyler Brantner 5-08.00, 2. Ben Lambele 5-08.00, 6. Treyton Teige 5-06.00; Pole vault: 3. Chandler Schreiber 11-00.00, 5. Gaelen Young 8-00.00, 7. Jacob Miller 6-06.00; Long jump: 2. Tyler Brantner 19-04.50, 4. Brady Redwine 18-02.50, 8. Ben Lambele 17-06.00; Triple jump: 3. Andrew Benson 33-11.50, 4. Trey Hovde 32-10.75, 5. Pierce Harvey 29-10.25, 6. Nate Lee 29-09.50; Shot put: 1. Spencer Herrick 40-11.00, 2. Conner Mavis 35.07.00; Discus: 1. Conner Mavis 123-04, 2. Ed Hydukovich 117-05, 4. Marquis Kasakaitas 100-01, 5. Andrew Benson 97-09, 7. Spencer Herrick 95-00.

BOYS’ TEAM RESULTS: 1. Elk Mound 151.25, 2. EC Regis 87.50, 3. Colfax 49, 4. Boyceville 47, 5. Spring Valley 31.25.

GIRLS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 100m dash: 1. Bryana Buchanan 13.96, 2. Hannah Cedarblade 14.04, 3. Maddie Jenson 14.06, 5. Samantha Pretasky 14.19, 6. Kourtney Zurbuchen 14.24, 7. Paige VanSchoonhoven 14.37, 8. Sarah Sweeney 14.40; 200m dash: 5. Kourtney Zurbuchen 29.99, 7. Brynn McVey 30.29, 8. Caroline Dworak 30.55; 400m dash: 3. Sarah Sweeney 1:11.27, 4. Kortnee Halgren 1:11.64, 6. Hanna Hollister 1:12.34, 7. Reese Southwort 1:12.71; 800m: 1. Alana Plaszcz 2:48.27, 2. Mackenzie Jensen 2:49.39, 3. Ciera Lind 2:51.66, 5. Hailey Prince 2:57.29, 7. Taya Schaefer 2:59.55; 1600m: 1. Abbagail Schotter 6:07.32, 2. Kristin Martinson 6:11.47, 3. Mackenzie Jensen 6:11.67, 4. Brook Plaszcz 6:17.54, 7. Hailey Prince 6:36.75; 3200m: 1. Alana Plaszcz 13:50.74, 2. Victoria Fasbender 13:58.72, 4. Juelia Berger 15:00.23, 5. Kaitlyn Baier 15:55.68, 6. Mattea Linberg 15:56.07; 100m hurdles: 1. Hannah Cedarblade 17.62, 2. Emily Winchester 19.28, 4. Caroline Dworak 20.82, 5. Kaitlyn Baier 21.72, 6. Anna Wolgemuth, 7. Mary Tamke 22.28; 300m hurdles: 1. Hannah Cedarblade 52.07, 2. Morgan Schleusner 53.23, 4. Meredith Hainstock 58.64, 7. Anna Wolgemuth 1:06.15; 400m relay: 1. Colfax 54.23, 2. Elk Mound 54.39, 6. Elk Mound “B” 1:03.81; 800m relay: 1. Colfax 1:54.15, 4. Elk Mound 2:09.81, 5. Elk Mound “B” 2:17.18; 1600m relay: 1. Colfax 4:231.58, 5. Elk Mound 5:33.18; 3200m relay: 1. Elk Mound 11:17.55, 2. Colfax 11:19.59; High jump: 3. Maddie Jenson 4-08.00, 4. Emily Winchester 4-06.00, 5. Hanna Hollister 4-04.00, 8. Lexi Nechanicky 4-02.00; Pole vault: 2. Kaitlyn Baier 7-00.00, 4. Jezzicka Tweed 6-00.00; Long jump: 2. Samantha Pretasky 14-10.25, 5. Hannah Cedarblade 14-00.00, 8. Sydney Simpson 13-08.00; Triple jump: 2. Sarah Sweeney 30-08.75, 8. Morgan Schleusner 26-11.50; Shot put: 3. Morgan Jensen 27-10.00, 6. Kali Risler 25-07.00, 7. Mary Tamke 25-04.50; Discus: 4. Kassie Jain 90-02, 5. Kali Risler 80-08, 8. Ally Heidorn 71-07.

GIRLS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. Elk Mound 114.33, 2. Boyceville 83.50, 3. Colfax 80.50, 4. EC Regis 67, 5. Spring Valley 26.66.