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FLYING THROUGH THE AIR was Boyceville long jumper Makayla Ross during the Larry Z Battle of the Small Schools held last Thursday on the Boyceville track. Ross finished with a jump of 10′ 11″. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
By Amber Hayden
It was a tough week for the Boyceville track and field squads as they finished outside the top five teams at Mondovi last Monday, May 6, and again at home for the Larry Z Battle of the Small Schools Invitational held Thursday, May 9.
Even with the experience that came with competing in Mondovi, Boyceville came up short handed as the girls and boys finished in sixth and seventh place even with some top ten finishes which included a first-place finish in the pole vault by Megan Hintzman.
Boyceville hosted its annual Larry Z Invitational, named in honor of the late Larry Zirgibel who taught and coached in Boyceville, last Thursday. It was a better outing for the Bulldogs as the girls had two first-place finishes in the hurdles and long jump events. Point-wise, they didn’t show the improvement the Bulldogs have made in recent weeks as they finished in sixth for the boys and seventh in the girls’ competition.
The Bulldogs traveled to Durand yesterday, May 14, for the D-SC conference tournament. The teams will return to the track next Monday, May 20, in Colfax for the WIAA Division 3 regional meet. The top four finishers in each regional event will earn a berth in the sectional meet which will be held on Thursday, May 23 at Cameron High School.
Mondovi
The Bulldogs track and field team traveled to Mondovi on Monday, May 6, and competed in the Mondovi Invitational and took seventh place for the boys and sixth place for the girls.
Elk Mound and Mondovi finished in first and second for the boys while Bloomer and Mondovi placed first and second in the girls’ team competition.
“It was a good experience for them as we get into the competition part of our season,” said head coach Corey Day.
Megan Hintzman finished in first in the pole vault event with a jump of 8′ 06”.
Teammate Naomi Hillman finished in sixth place in the 100 meter dash with a time of :14.14 and in ninth place in the long jump with a distance of 14’07”.
The Bulldog boys ran their fastest 4×800 meter relay of the season finishing in fourth with a time of 9:36.81. The team consisted Nathan Corr, Cade Klefstad, Steven Rasmussen and Brian Johnson.
Corr also took part in the 1,600 meter run and finished in sixth place with a time of 5:12.12.
“It was good to see improvements still happening after four track meets in seven days,” Day explained. “This hard competition phase will help going forward to the tournament series.”
BOYS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 400 M Dash- 14. Filup Nelson 1:07.46, 15. Justin Lombardo 1:08.55; 800 M- 11. Brian Johnson 2:30.38, 15. Cade Klefstad 2:38.80; 1600 M- 6. Nathan Corr 5:12.12, 15. Elijah Ferrell 6:31.17; 3200 M- 7. Elijah Farrell 14:03.01; 110 M Hurdles- 3. Dane Wedland :18.37; 300 M Hurdles- 5. Dane Wedland :48.01; 4×100 M Relay- 5. Boyceville :57.03 (Tanner Anderson, Brendan Hazelton, John Klefstad, Nick Goodell); 4×400 M Relay- 5. Boyceville 4:15.54 (Preston Coombs, Filup Nelson, Nathan Corr, Cade Klefstad); 4×800 M Relay- 4. Boyceville 9:36.81 (Nathan Corr, Cade Klefstad, Steven Rasmussen, Brian Johnson); Pole Vault- 10. Tanner Anderson 7’06”; Long Jump- 16. Filup Nelson 14’04”, 17. Preston Coombs 14’1.5”; Triple Jump- 15. Tanner Anderson 26’02 ”; Discus- 12. Damien Waller 92’10”, 20. Greg Moore 67’10”; Shot Put- 16. Damien Waller 29’11”, 20. Nick Goodell 28’11”.
BOYS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. Elk Mound 130, 2. Mondovi 122, 3. Neillsville 118, 4. Bloomer 111, 5. Durand 101, 6. Eleva-Strum 50, 7. Boyceville 28, 8. Elmwood/Plum City 22.5.
GIRLS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 100 M Dash- 6. Naomi Hillman :14.14; 400 M Dash- 9. Juieanna Banyai 3:43.30; 100 M Hurdles- 5. Chrissa Kersten :19.76, 7. Shiloh Wheeldon :20.14; 300 M Hurdles- 8. Shiloh Wheeldon 1:00.22; 4×100 M Relay- 4. Boyceville :57.78 (Naomi Hillman, Megan Hintzman, Chrissa Kersten, Jocelyn Wilson); 4×200 M Relay- 3. Boyceville 2:08.00 (Rachel Becker, Alexia Kaiser, Chesney Leslie, Megan Olson); 4×400 M Relay- 4. Boyceville 5:03.60 (Naomi Hillman, Rachel Becker, Megan Hintzman, Chrissa Kersten); High Jump- 9. Kayden Benson 3’08”; Pole Vault- 1. Megan Hintzman 8’06”; Long Jump- 9. Naomi Hillman 14’07”, 19. Megan Olson 12’05”, 20. Makayla Ross 12’1.5”; Discus- 16. Makayla Ross 62’04”; Shot Put- 12. Makayla Ross 23’04”.
GIRLS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. Bloomer 173, 2. Mondovi 157.5, 3. Neillsville 124.5, 4. Durand 104, 5. Elk Mound 58, 6. Boyceville 36, 7. Elmwood/Plum City 12, 8. Eleva-Strum 4.
Boyceville
The Boyceville Bulldogs hosted the annual Larry Z Battle of the Small Schools on Thursday, May 9. Clear Lake and Spring Valley came out on top for the men and Prairie Farm and Spring Valley topped the standings for the ladies.
The Bulldog boys finished in sixth place with 39 points and the ladies finished in seventh place with 55.5 points.
The Boyceville boys 4×800 meter relay and 4×400 meter relay teams faired well at the Larry Z Invite as they finished in third and fourth place respectively with times of 9:45.16 and 4:25.93.
BOYCEVILLE’S Steven Rasmussen is shown competing in the boys’ 1,600 meter run at last Thursday’s Larry Z Battle of the Small School tTrack and Field Invitational held in Boyceville. Rassmussen finished seventh in a time of 5:40.69. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
The teams consisted of Nathan Corr, Cade Klefstad, Brian Johnson, Nathaniel Chich and Justin Lombardo, Chich ran with the 4×800 team and Lombardo ran with the 4×400 team.
Chrissa Kersten and Naomi Hillman were the only two to finish in first place on Thursday for the Lady Bulldgos. Kersten took home first in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of :19.29 and Hillman had a jump of 14′ 11.25” to win long jump.
BOYS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 100 M Dash- 10. Preston Coombs :12.95, 15. Brendan Hazelton :14.10; 400 M Dash- 7. Nathaniel Chich 1:00.83;; 800 M- 3. Brian Johnson 2:29.43, 8. Justin Lombardo 2:42.06; 1600 M- 2. Cade Klefstad 5:15.02, 7. Steven Rasmussen 5:40.69; 4×100 M Relay- 5. Boyceville :55.02 (Brendan Hazelton, Damien Waller, John Klefstad, Filup Nelson); 4×200 M Relay- 4. Boyceville 1:50.57 (Preston Coombs, Nathaniel Chich, Filup Nelson, Justin Lombardo); 4×400 M Relay- 4. Boyceville 4:25.93 (Nathan Corr, Cade Klefstad, Justin Lombardo, Brian Johnson); 4×800 M Relay- 3. Boyceville 9:45.16 (Nathan Corr, Cade Klefstad, Nathaniel Chich, Brian Johnson); Long Jump- 12. Filup Nelson 15’07”, 13. Preston Coombs 15’6.5”; Discus- 18. Greg Moore 67’00”; Shot Put- 14. Nick Goodell 28’00”, 16. John Klefstad 24’00”, 19. Damien Waller 22’07”.
BOYS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. Clear Lake 180, 2. Spring Valley 154, 3. Cadott 67, 4. Turtle Lake/Clayton 52, 5. Elmwood/Plum City 51, 6. Boyceville 39, 7. Prairie Farm 25, 8. Cornell-Lake Holcombe 23.
GIRLS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 100 M Dash- 6. Naomi Hillman :14.68, 10. Chesney Leslie :15.33, 15. Kayden Benson :16.15, 16. Megan Olson :16.16; 200 M Dash- 8. Jocelyn Wilson :31.72, 11. Alexia Kaiser :32.18; 100 M Hurdles- 1. Chrissa Kersten :19.29; 300 M Hurdles- 3. Kayden Benson 1:04.61; 4×100 M Relay- 2. Boyceville :57.06 (Naomi Hillman, Megan Olson, Chrissa Kersten, Jocelyn Wilson); 4×200 M Relay- 6. Boyceville 2:08.84 (Rachel Becker, Alexia Kaiser, Chesney Leslie, Shiloh Wheeldon); Long Jump- 1. Naomi Hillman 14’11.25”, 7. Megan Olson 12’06”, 16. Makayla Ross 10’11”; Discus- 4. Jasmine Windsor 80’10”, 12. Makayla Ross 60’07”; Shot Put- 15. Makayla Ross 22’02”.
GIRLS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. Prairie Farm 104, 2. Spring Valley 91.5, 3. Turtle Lake/Clayton 90, 4.