Glenwood City, Boyceville compete in first outdoor track meet

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By Amber Hayden

HAMMOND — It was a cold, windy and wet day last Thursday, April 4 in Hammond, as the Glenwood City Hilltoppers and the Boyceville Bulldogs competed in their first outdoor meet of the season.

While the all-weather track at St. Croix Central High School allowed the running events to go off without a hitch, wet ground conditions caused the cancellation all field events with the exception of the boys’ and girls’ shot put competitions which were moved inside to the Panthers’ gymnasiums.

“The track meet went very well despite the cold weather,” said Toppers head coach Carrie Blanchard.

The Hilltoppers did not disappoint in their first track and field meet of the year as the girls’ squad finished in fifth place overall with 45 points while the boys tallied 20 points to take eighth.

The Bulldogs, however, struggled throughout cold weather, but continued to have great attitudes as both the girls and boys teams finished in twelfth place.

“Our two best performances of the night were both good enough for a fifth place for Rachel Becker in the 300M hurdles and Nathan Corr in the 3200M run,” said Bulldogs’ head coach Corey Day.

Becker finished the 300 meter intermediate hurdles with a time of :58.03 and Corr ran a time of 11:42.44  in the 3,200 meters for Boyceville.

Taking a first place finish for the Hilltoppers was senior Hadin DeSmith in the 110 meter high hurdles event with a time of :16.86.

In all three of the relay events, the Lady Toppers finished up strong with a second-place finish in the 4×800 meters with a time of 11:59.97, a fourth in the 4×200 meters in a time of 2:03.59 and the 4×100 meters relay race saw Glenwood City cop third place after running a time of :55.53.

“I am really proud of how our athletes competed,” said Glenwood City coach Blanchard.

As for Boyceville’s boys, Dane Wedland posted a top 15 finish with a time of :21.61 in the 110 meter high hurdles while Nathaniel Chich finished in 15th place in the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:03.36.

“There is work to be done, but it was a good measure of where the Bulldogs are early in the season,” explained coach Day.

The Bulldogs traveled to Baldwin-Woodville last evening, Tuesday, April 9, and then don’t return to the track until April 18 in Colfax.

Glenwood City was also in Baldwin-Woodville last evening and will make their way back to the track on Friday, April 12 in Mondovi and next Tuesday, April 16 in Clear Lake, weather permitting.

GLENWOOD CITY BOYS’ INDIVIUDAL RESULTS: 100 M Hurdles-1. Hadin DeSmith :16.86; 100 M Dash-14. Zach Raska :13.35, 23. Justin Moe :14.60; 4×200 M Relay-11. Glenwood City (Cas Grant, Hadin DeSmith, Axel Peralta, Zach Raska) 1:47.28; 400 M Dash-8. Andy Grant :58.04; 300 M Hurdles-3. Hadin DeSmith :46.57; 800 M-11. Will Eggert 2:28.41; 200 M Dash-16. PJ Watson 6:21.33, 17. Cas Grant 6:21.57; 4×400 M Relay-6. Glenwood City (Justin Moe, PJ Watson, Will Eggert, Andy Grant) 4:06.36; Shot Put-20. Jordan Klatt 33’7.75”.

BOYCEVILLE BOYS’ INDIVIUDAL RESULTS: 4X800 M Relay-6. Boyceville (Nathan Corr, Cade Klefstad, Steven Rasmussen, Brian Johnson) 10:02.83; 110 M High Hurdles-13. Dane Wedland :21.61; 100 M Dash-21. Nick Goodell :14.20; 1600 M-17. Steven Rasmussen 5:40.62; 400 M Dash-15. Nathaniel Chich 1:03.36; 4×100 M Relay-14. Boyceville (Brendan Hazelton, John Klefstad, Preston Coombs, Nathaniel Chich) :54.67; 800 M-17, Brian Johnson 2:36.89; 3200 M-5. Nathan Corr 11:42.44; 4×400 M Relay-9. Boyceville (Cade Klefstad, Justin Lombardo, Preston Coombs, Dane Wedland) 4:22.50.

BOYS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. St. Croix Falls 92, 2. St. Croix Central 85, 3. Somerset 68, 4. Colfax 55, 5. Osceola 50, 6. Ellsworth 49.5, 7. Baldwin-Woodville 36, 8. Glenwood City 20, 9. Hudson 19, 10. Spring Valley 12.5, 11. Prescott 9, 12. Boyceville 8, 13. Prairie Farm 3.

GLENWOOD CITY GIRLS’ INDIVIUDAL RESULTS: 4×800 M Relay-2. Glenwood City (Azra Ibrahimagic, Gabby Moede, Emily Bethell, Izzy Williams) 11:59.97; 100 M Hurdles-4. Hanna Strehlo :20.02, 9. Lexi Wannemacher :20.88; 100 M Dash-9. Marie Garcia :14.57, 10. Brenna Schwartz :14.78; 1600 M-18. Annika Bauman 7:28.47; 4×200 M Relay-4. Glenwood City (Brenna Schwartz, Kristin Dayton, Bethany Ullom, Marie Garcia) 2:03.59; 400 M Dash-8. Kenzie Strong 1:11.20; 4×100 M Relay-3. Glenwood City (Bella Rassbach, Kristin Dayton, Bethany Ullom, Marie Garcia) :55.53, 9. Glenwood City (Sam Peterson, Alex Swanepoel, Isabel Christmas, Brenna Schwartz) :59.85 (B); 300 M Hurdles-3. Lexi Wannemacher :56.26, 9. Alex Swanepoel 1:03.18; 800 M-7. Gabby Moede 3:05.86; 3200 M-7. Isabel Draxler 15:16.12; 4×400 M Relay-4. Glenwood City (Bella Rassbach, Hanna Strehlo, Azra Ibrahimagic, Kinzie Strong) 4:51.24; Shot Put-4. Yasmin Mendez 31’4.75”, 11. Hallie Cook 27’2.50”.

BOYCEVILLE GIRLS’ INDIVIUDAL RESULTS: 100 M Hurdles-12. Shiloh Wheeldon :21.57, 18. Chrissa Kersten :24.06; 100 M Dash-21. Jocelyn Wilson :16.14; 4×200 M Relay-8. Boyceville (Chrissa Kersten, Jocelyn Wilson, Naomi Hillman, Megan Hintzman) 2:08.14; 400 M Dash-15. Kayden Benson 1:19.99, 20. Ade Harpil 1:32.82; 4×100 M Relay-10. Boyceville (Megan Olson, Jocelyn Wilson, Naomi Hillman, Megan Hintzman) 1:00.19; 300 M Hurdles-5. Rachel Becker :58.03; 200 M Dash-9. Megan Olson 31.30; 4×400 M Relay-8. Boyceville (Rachel Becker, Naomi Hillman, Chrissa Kersten, Shiloh Wheeldon) 5:03.09; Shot Put-16. Jasmine Windsor 26’4.25.

GIRLS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. St. Croix Central 98, 2. St. Croix Falls 92, 3. Colfax 59, 4. Baldwin-Woodville 55, 5. Glenwood City 45, 6. Hudson 44, 7. Ellsworth 33, 8. Spring Valley, 9. Elmwood/Plum City 18, 10. Somerset 14, 11. Osceola 12, 12. Prescott 7, 12.
Boyceville 7, 14. Prairie Farm 2