Mounders 4×400 relay team advances to state in LaCrosse
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MILE RUN — Junior Cade Hanson, shown competing at the recent conference meet in Durand, finished seventh in the 1,600 meter run at the WIAA Division 2 sectional meet in Mosinee last Thursday, May 23.
—photo by Shawn DeWitt
By Amber Hayden
MOSINEE — The WIAA Division 2 sectional meet held Thursday, May 23 in Mosinee marked a moment in Elk Mound’s track and field history as the men’s 4×400 relay team advanced to state for the first time in over 20 years after finishing fourth.
The Mounder boys finished in twenty-first place in the final team standings with 11.5 points. The Elk Mound girls did not score a point in the meet.
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau won the boys’ meet with 82 points and Rice Lake came in second with 73 points. Osceola took first in the girls’ competition with 64 points and Medford came in second place with 55 points.
The 4×400 relay team advanced to the State Championships in LaCrosse this Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 1 after beating their previous time of 3:31.56 by close to a full two seconds once again as they crossed the line for fourth place and a time of 3:29.10. The team consisted of Rian Flynn, Brady Redwine, Seth Hazen and Cade Hanson. G-E-T won the event in 3:27.02.
“I was just glad we ran a great race and placement was in our favor,” said head coach Johnathon Langreck.
Gaelen Young bested his regional height in the pole vault event as he finished with a height of 12’ 00”, good for eighth place.
Finishing in fifteenth place was Elk Mound’s girls 4×800 m relay team, which consisted of Alana Plaszcz, Olivia Schreieber, Victoria Fasbender and Kristin Martinson, with a time of 11:08.65.
Cade Hanson also competed in the 1,600 meter run for Elk Mound and finished in seventh place with a time of 4:40.81. Andrew Pathos ran in the 3,200 meter run and finished in tenth place with a time of 10:33.62.
The Mounders’ 4×200 meter relay team struggled as they finished in tenth place with a time of 1:38.26 which was 30 seconds slower than the time they qualified with at regionals.
Seth Hazen barely missed qualifying for state in the 400 meter dash event as he finished in fifth place with a time of :51.94.
The 4×100 relay team of Brady Redwine, Rian Flynn, Dominic Hall and Spencer Wolf finished in ninth place with a time of :45.16.
The top four place winners in each event earn state berths.
GIRLS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. Osceola 64, 2. Medford 55, 3. Prescott 53, 4. G-E-T 51, 5. Lakeland Union 50, 6. Bloomer 40, 6. Mosinee 40, 8. St. Croix Falls 32, 9. Arcadia 28, 10. Northwestern 26, 10. Adams Friendship 26, 10. Rice Lake 26, 13. Somerset 25, 14. Ellsworth 23, 17. Ashland 17, 17. Amery 17, 19. St. Croix Central 16, 20. Spooner 11, 21. Nekoosa 10, 22. Baldwin-Woodville 8, 22. West Salem 8, 22. Neillsville/Granton 8, 25. Wittenberg-Birnamwood 7, 25. Black River Falls 7, 27. Tomahawk 5, 28. Rhinelander 4, 28. Stratford 4, 30. Antigo 3, 31. Mauston 1.
BOYS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. G-E-T 82, 2. Rice Lake 73, 3. Hayward 42, 4. St. Croix Falls 39, 5. Osceola 36, 6. Northland Pines 34, 7. Amery 32, 8. Stratford 30, 9. Arcadia 29, 10. West Salem 26, 10. Rhinelander 26, 10. Mosinee 26, 13. Lakeland Union 25.5, 14. Nekoosa 21, 15. Bloomer 20, 16. Somerset 18, 17. St. Croix Central 17, 18. Mauston 16, 19. Neillsville/Granton 15, 20. Prescott 13, 21. Elk Mound 11.5, 22. Medford 11, 23. Northwestern 10, 23. Baldwin-Woodville 10, 23. Barron 10, 26. Ashland 7, 27. Black River Falls 6, 27. Altoona 6, 29. Antigo 5, 30. Tomahawk 3, Wittenberg-Birnamwood 2.