Mendez, Taylor are conference track champions
JUMPING FOR GOLD — Glenwood City senior Quinn Taylor jumped to the win in the conference triple jump competition in Mondovi last Tuesday. Taylor sailed to a winning mark of 40′ 7″. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
By Missy Klatt
MONDOVI – The Hilltopper Track team had a good showing at last week’s Dunn-St. Croix Conference Meet held in Mondovi on May 15th, taking six conference titles back home to Glenwood City.
Senior Quinn Taylor took home first place honors in the triple jump with a personal best jump of 40’7”. While freshman Yasmin Mendez who has been on fire lately, set a personal best record of 32’ 10.5” to win the shot put event, besting the Boyceville girls who have dominated the throwing events for most of the season.
Glenwood also took first with four of their relay teams. The girls’ 4x100m team consisting of Bella Rassbach, Kristin Dayton, Bethany Ullom, and Marie Garcia. The girls’ 4x400m team consisting of Megan Speiser, Bella Rassbach, Kinzie Strong, and Elizabeth Wink. The boys’ team of Darian Multhauf, Jacob Nelson, Carson Strong, and Jacob Kopacz who make up both the 4x100m and the 4x200m.
Head Coach, Rick Tiberg had this to say about the meet: “I’m very proud of everyone that competed at the conference meet. They did a very good job with many PRs.” He goes on to say that “this was a very fun meet to watch with great throwing and jumping”. He also said it was great to see Marie Garcia pass the girl at the finish line to win the 4x100m relay. As for the other relay wins he said “once they took the lead they never looked back.”
Some other notable finishes for the Hilltoppers were second place finishes from Elizabeth Wink in the 400m dash, Ethan Kahler in the 300m hurdles and Jacob Kopacz in the 100m dash. Kopacz actually qualified in first for the 100m dash but then was bested by Durand’s Karter Kurth in the finals.
The team also had several third place finishes with Bella Rassbach in the 100m dash, Julia Dinkel in the high jump, Jacob Nelson in the 200m dash, Darian Multhauf in the 800m, Peter Hill in the high jump, Owen Wagner in the pole vault and the girls’ 4x800m relay team consisting of Megan Speiser, Makayla O’Brien, Gabby Moede, and Elizabeth Wink.
Regionals will take place in Frederic on Monday, May 21st with Sectionals to follow on Thursday, May 24th in Boyceville.
LEADING THE WAY — The Glenwood City boys’ 4×200 m relay took an early lead and held it throughout at last Tuesday’s conference meet in Mondovi. Above, Darian Multhauf runs to hand the baton to Jacob Nelson. The squad, which also includes Jacob Kopacz and Carson Srong, won the race and also took first in the 4×100 m relay. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
ON THE WAY TO VICTORY — Kinzie Strong, back right) handed the baton to Elizabeth Wink for the final leg of the Hilltoppers’ 4×400 m relay race. Glenwood City won the race in a time of 4:25.16. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
RESULTS
Girls: 100m: 3. B. Rassbach 13.63, 13. M. Schmidt 15.54. 200m: 10. T. Peskar 30.42, 12. M. Eliason 30.77, 18. M. Schmidt 34.07. 400m: 2. E. Wink 1:04.28, 4. M. Speiser 1:06.88, 5. K. Strong 1:07.86. 800m: 7. G. Moede 2:50.42, 10. A. Bauman 2:59.48. 100m hurdles: H. Strehlo 18.65. 300m hurdles: 6. H. Strehlo 55.4, 8. L. Wannemacher 56.17. 4x100m relay: 1. GC 53.86. 4x200m relay: 4. GC 1:58.51. 4x400m relay: 1. GC 4:25.16. 4x800m relay: 3. 10:58.62. High jump: 3. J. Dinkel 4-06, 9. M. Eliason 4-02. Long jump: 4. B. Rassbach 14-07, 14. J. Dinkel 12-00.25. Triple jump: 4. K. Dayton 30-03.25, 7. D. Quinn 29-05, 12. H. Strehlo 26-04. Shot put: 1. Y. Mendez 32-10.5, 15. H. Cook 24-07.5. Discus: 5. Y. Mendez 90-07, 17. J. Hager 54-02.
Team Scores: 1. Mondovi 118, 2. Colfax 116, 3. Elk Mound 97, 4. Glenwood City 95, Elmwood/Plum City 78, 6. Durand 67, 7. Boyceville 62, 8. Spring Valley 59.
Boys: 100m: 2. J. Kopacz 11.42, 14. Z. Raska 13.15. 200m: 3. J. Nelson 23.74, 13. Z. Raska 27.25. 400m: 6. A. Grant 57.65, 11. P. Watson 1:02.79. 800m: 3. D. Multhauf 2:07.95, 8. M. Bauman 2:20.12, 9. W. Eggert 2:21.19. 1600m: 14. E. Simmons 5:46.22. 3200m: 11. K. Meyers 14:57.71. 110m hurdles: 4. E. Kahler 16.69. 300m hurdles: 2. E. Kahler 43.74, 6. P. Hill 45.90. 4x100m relay: 1. GC 44.84. 4x200m relay: 1. GC 1:33.97. 4x400m relay: 6. GC 4:06.23. High jump: 3. P. Hill 5-08, 9. P. Watson 4-10, 10. A. Grant 4-10. Pole vault: 3. O. Wagner 10-06. Long Jump: 6. Q. Taylor 18-09, 14. W. Eggert 14-06.5. Triple jump: 1. Q. Taylor 40-07. Shot put: 15. J. Klatt 28-03. Discus: 14. J. Klatt 82-01.
Team Scores: 1. Elk Mound 194, 2. Durand 164, 3. Glenwood City 90, 4. Mondovi 85, 5. Colfax 60, 6. Spring Valley 41, 7. Boyceville 30, 8. Elmwood/Plum City 27.