Bulldogs track and field teams compete in pair of Stout meets
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By Amber Hayden
MENOMONIE — Another week wrapped up for the Bulldogs’ track and field teams with their most recent meets at UW-Stout on Tuesday, March 19, and Saturday, March 23.
On Tuesday, March 19, the Bulldogs competed in their second meet of the season at the Blue Devil Invite at UW-Stout and struggled as neither the boys’ nor girls’ team managed to finish among the top 20 teams.
Later in the week, Boyceville returned to Menomonie to take part in the Northern Badger Classic on Saturday, March 23 with the boys finishing in 27th place with four points, but the girls once again were unable to scorer any points.
Nevertheless, head Coach Corey Day was pleased with his athletes performances.
“A lot of our athletes are showing improvement and that is what we expect,” noted Day. “These early meets are a good gauge but do not carry a lot of weight by the end of the season. Continued improvement and staying healthy will be the true test over the next ten weeks.”
The Bulldogs will get in some practice time before their next meet on Thursday, April 4, at Saint Croix Central in what will hopefully be the first of many outdoor meets.
Blue Devil Invite
It was a tough evening for the Bulldogs as they made their way to Menomonie last Tuesday evening, March 19, wondering how to put together enough wins to get into the top teams.
The Bulldogs girls’ 4x400M relay team finished in thirteenth place, which was the highest finish in any of the girls’ events at the Blue Devil Invite.
Naomi Hillman finished in 19th place in the 200M dash for Boyceville with a time of :30.99, followed by Chesney Leslie who finished in 65th place with a time of :34.39. Hillman also competed in the long jump finishing with a distance of 13’3.75” in 18th place and Leslie finished the 55M dash in 58th place with a time of :8.97 which was just over a second slower than first-place finisher Abby Syverson with a time of :7.84.
The Bulldog men struggled to crack the top ten with the highest place going to Nathan Stuart with his 14th place finish in the pole vault at a height of 8’0”.
The 200M dash saw the most athletes crossing the line with Preston Coombs finishing in 45th place with a time of :27.04, Brendan Hazelton in 76th place with a time of :30.86 and Dane Wedland in 77th place with a time of :31.45.
Menomonie and River Falls finished in first and second at the Blue Devil Invite with 76 and 70 points respectively.
BLUE DEVIL INVITE
BOYCEVILLE GIRLS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 55M-48. Jocelyn Wilson :8.67, 58. Chesney Leslie :8.97, 62. Megan Olson :9.19; 200M-19. Naomi Hillman :30.99, 65. Chesney Leslie :34.39; 55M Hurdles-25. Chrissa Kersten :11.06; 4x400M Relay-13. Boyceville 4:57.76; Long Jump-18. Naomi Hillman 13’3.75”, 36. Jocelyn Wilson 11’8.25”; Shot Put- 31. Jasmine Windsor 25’3”.
GIRLS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. River Falls 83, 2. Wausau West 78, 3. EC North 43, 4. Menomonie 41, 5. Bloomer 35, 6. EC Memorial 32.5, 7. Saint Croix Central 27, 8. Superior 24, 9. Arcadia 22.5, 10. Prescott 21.
BOYCEVILLE BOYS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 55M-59. Preston Coombs :7.78; 200M-49. Preston Coombs :27.04, 76. Brendan Hazelton :30.86, 77. Dane Wedland :31.45; 400M-34. Nathaniel Chich 1:05.44; 800M-34. Cade Klefstad 2:47.84; 1600M-29. Steven Rasmussen 5:41.90; 4x400M Relay-19. Boyceville 4:19.15; Pole Vault-14. Nathan Stuart 8’0”; Long Jump-43. Preston Coombs 12’6”; Shot Put-44. Damien Waller 23’5.5”, 45. Greg Moore 21’10”.
BOYS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. Menomonie 76, 2. River Falls 70, 3. Tomah 39, 4. EC North 36, 5. Superior 34.5, 6. St. Croix Central 30, 7. Arcadia 25, 8. Chippewa Falls 24, 9. EC Memorial 23.5, 10. Mondovi 22.
Northern Badger Classic
Nathan Corr was the shining star for Boyceville after not competing since the end of the cross country season, according to Day, he finished fifth overall in the 3200M run and beat last year’s time by nearly a minute as he finished in 11:41.56.
From the track to field events, Nathan Chich made his presence known in the 400M run finishing in 29th place with a time of 1:03.79 and finished in 17th place in the pole vault event with a height of 8’0”.
Naomi Hillman moved up six spots in the long jump from earlier in the week finishing in eleventh place at the Northern Badger with a distance of 14’1.75” which was also an improvement. Hillman also finished in 25th place in the 200M dash with a time of :29.78.
Jumping up in positions for the girls’ shot put was Jasmine Windsor in 21st place with a distance of 27’7” followed by Faith Harnisch in 34th place with a distance of 24’0”.
NORTHERN BADGER CLASSIC
BOYCEVILLE GIRLS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 55M-53. Jocelyn Wilson :8.88, 65. Megan Olson :9.22, 70. Chesney Leslie :9.51; 200M-25. Naomi Hillman :29.78, 60. Megan Hintzman :31.84, 78. Chesney Leslie :33.86; 400M-35. Kayden Benson 1:23.63, 38. Ade Harpil 1:33.90; 55M Hurdles- 25. Chrissa Kersten :11.18; 4x400M Relay-19. Boyceville 4:59.85; Pole Vault-14. Megan Hintzman 7’0”; Long Jump-11. Naomi Hillman 14’1.75”, 36. Jocelyn Wilson 11’5.25”; Triple Jump-24. Megan Olson 24’9.25”; Shot Put-21. Jasmine Windsor 27’7”, 34. Faith Harnisch 24’0”
GIRLS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. Prescott 47, 2. Spencer 41, 3. Colby 39, 4. Marathon 35, 5. Byron 33.5, 6. Saint Croix Falls 30, 6. St. Charles 30, 8. Ladysmith 29.5, 9. Abbotsford 26, 10. Flambeau 20.5.
BOYCEVILLE BOYS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 55M-64. Brandan Hazelton :8.55, 67. Filup Nelson :9.01, 68. Tanner Anderson :9.05; 200M-42. Preston Coombs :26.91, 48. Justin Lombardo :27.36, 71. Brendan Hazelton :30.83, 73. Filup Nelson :31.49; 400M-29. Nathaniel Chich 1:03.79, 30. Nick Goodell 1:03.95; 800M-14. Cade Klefstad 2:24.67; 1600M-31. Elijah Ferrell 7:15.89; 3200M-5. Nathan Corr 11:41.56; 4x400M Relay-14.Boyceville 4:19.80; Pole Vault-17. Nathaniel Chich 8’0”; Triple Jump-29. Tanner Anderson 25’10” Shot Put-40. Damien Waller 29’2”, 44. John Klefstad 25’2”.
BOYS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. Marathon 80, 2. Saint Croix Falls 63.5, 3. Amery 52, 4. Abbotsford 41, 5. Ladysmith 40, 6. St. Charles 29, 7. Elk Mound 24, 8. Arcadia 22, 9. Spencer 21.5, 10. Somerset 21.