Elk Mound boys win GC quad, girls second; Colfax boys take third and girls place fourth
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PHOTO FINISH — Elk Mound senior Spencer Wolf (third from the left) edged out Colfax senior Max Knudson (fourth from the left) to take the win in the 100 meter dash last Thurday in Glenwood City. Elk Mound’s Alex Woodford (far left) and AJ Miller (fifth from the left) placed third and fourth, respectively, while Colfax senior Julio Hernandez (far right) placed sixth. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
GLENWOOD CITY — In the final tune-up before the conference meet in Colfax, the Elk Mound boys dominated a Dunn-St. Croix track and field quad in Glenwood City last Thursday, June 3.
The Mounder boys won seven of the meet’s 18 events and took eight seconds in racking up 112 points to claim victory in the four-team meet that as featured host Glenwood City along with Boyceville, and Colfax.
The Colfax boys placed third overall with 55 points as Noah Heidorn, Jadent Buchholz, and Thomas Drees won individual firsts. The host Hilltoppers took second with 78 points and the Bulldogs of Boyceville came in last with 17 points.
The girls’ team competition saw Glenwood City easily take the top spot with 102 points. The Lady Mounders finished in second with 62 points, with Boyceville edging out Colfax, 36 to 30, for third place.
All four schools plus Spring Valley, Elmwood/Plum City, Durand, and Mondovi converged at the Lee Bjurquist Sports Complex in Colfax yesterday (June 8) for the annual Dunn-St. Croix Conference meet.
The WIAA track and field state tournament series will get underway next Monday, June 14 with regional competitions. Colfax will host a Division 3 regional while Elk Mound will compete in the Division 2 Bloomer regional. The top four place winners in each event will advance to their respective sectional meets – Colfax at Cameron and Elk Mound in Osceola – on Thursday, June 17.
Elk Mound
Seven first-place showings coupled with eight silvers and several more third, fourths and fifths propelled the Elk Mound boys to a track and field victory in Glenwood City June 3.
Senior Jack Gabert scored double victories claiming the 100 meter high hurdles (:21.22) and the 300 meter intermediate hurdles (:48.10). Gabert jumped a bit over 38 feet to also add a third place to his haul.
Fellow senior Spencer Wolf ran to a win in the 100 meters with a time of :11.71 and took second in the 200 meters (:25.00) behind teammate and junior Braedon Pederson who ran a :24.38 to win the 200m.
Sophomore Ian Hazen won the Mounders’ other individual gold with the top time of 4:53.38 in the 1,600 meter run.
Elk Mound also won the boys’ 4×100 and 4×800 meter relays, came in second in the 4×200, and third in the 4×400 races.
Others claiming second for the Mounder boys were, Cason Pederson in the 800m, Aidan Schiferl in the 1,600m, Jesse Moyer in the 3,200m, Toby Westcott in the 110m high hurdles, and Korbin Verdon in the high jump.
Trae Schaefer (800m), Evan Laur (3,200m), and Will King (high jump and triple jump) each earned third-place finishes in their events.
Freshman Lydia Levra won the Elk Mound girls’ only gold in Glenwood City. She took the 200 meter sprint in :28.42.
Sophomores Aleya Hadenfeldt and Kate Mohr finished as the runner-up in the 100 meters and high jump, respectively.
The Elk Mound girls also placed second in the 4x100m, 4x400m, and 4x800m relay events.
Senior Kennedy Pritchard secured three of the Lady Mounders’ eight, third-place medals. Pritchard took the bronze in the 100 and 200 meter dashes and in the long jump. Thirds were also earned by Madison Lehman (400m), Marley King (800m), Grace Roder (shot put), Olivia Schreiber (triple jump), and the 4x100m relay.
King (1,600) and Schreiber (long jump) also earned a fourth-place finish.
Colfax
COLFAX freshman Jeanette Hydukovich throw the shot put 32 feet 11 inches on this attempt to finish second at a quad meet in Glenwood City June 3. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
Sophomore Molly Heidorn won both the 800 and 1,600 meters races to account for the Colfax girls’ only wins at the Glenwood City quad.
Heidorn ran the two-lap 800 meters in 2:28.49 and finished the 1,600 meters in 5:21.77.
Freshman Jeannette Hydukovich took second place in the shot put (32’ 11’) and discus ( 91’ 3”) behind Glenwood City senior Yasmin Mendez who set personal records in both events.
Third place finishes were earned by junior Jasmine Best in the 1,600 meters and senior Tyler Noll in the discus. Best also placed fifth in the 800 meters.
Another Colfax freshman, Kennedy Shane, placed fourth in the shot put and fifth in the discus.
Noah Heidorn, Jadent Buchholz, and Thomas Drees each won events for the Colfax boys.
Heidorn took home gold in the 800 meters after running a 2:12.58; Buchholz finished the 3,200 meter run in 11:21.81 for first; and Drees threw the shot put 39’ 2.75” to claim victory. Buchholz added a third in the 1,600 meters.
Senior Max Knudson was second in the 100 meters (:11.81) as was Nick Jensen in the discus and the boys’ 4×800 meter relay team. Jensen also placed third in the shot put.
Ryan Albricht (400m) and Alex Swanson (discus) also had a third-place finish.