Hilltopper girls runners-up at D-SC track and field meet, boys finish fifth
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GLENWOOD CITY senior Marie Garcia (second from the left) tried to hold the lead in the girls’ 100 meter dash final at the conference meet in Colfax June 8. Garcia finished second with a time of :13.14. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
by Marlys Kruger
Sports Correspondent
The Glenwood City girls’ track and field team won three relays and four individual events but it wasn’t enough to overcome Mondovi as the Lady Toppers placed second with 138.5 points while the Mondovi Buffaloes finished with 163.5 to claim the championship at the 2021 Dunn-St. Croix Conference meet held in Colfax last Tuesday, June 8.
The girls had led through 13 events but were overtaken by the Buffaloes late in the meet.
TAKING SECOND — The Glenwood City boys placed second in the 4×200 meter relay at the conference track and field meet in Colfax June 8. Above, Drew Olson (right) handed the baton to Will Eggert (left). The other team members were Wyatt Thompson and Malachi Keller. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
The Hilltopper boys’ team was fifth with 82 points with Mondovi also winning the boys’ team title with 163.5 points. The top eight places were counted for team points.
The meet was moved back an hour due to blistering hot conditions with the temperature still around 90 degrees at 5:00 p.m. Later in the meet, there was a threat of a storm on the horizon but officials kept the meet going to get it completed.
“I thought our teams competed very well in the weather conditions,” said Glenwood City head coach Carrie Blanchard.
“Mondovi just had a few more kids place in a few more events then we did,” she added. “Overall, it was a great team effort (by both squads). I am very proud of how well the athletes competed and handled the weather.”
Despite the heat and humidity, Glenwood City had several personal bests for the season and set a new school record in the girls’ 4×200 meter relay.
The foursome of Maddie Booth, Brenna Schwartz, Hailey Hannah, and Marie Garcia ran a 1:52.64 in the 4×200 meter relay to claim the conference crown and break a 30-year-old school record of 1:53.40 set in 1991 by Amy Steffen, Sonya Schug, Nicole Jackelen, and Becca Meyer.
The Topper girls also won the 4×800 meter relay with Gabby Moede, Lexi Wannemacher, Bella Simmons, and Kinzie Strong in a season’s best time of 11:01.81, and the 4×400 meter relay which consisted of Bella Rassbach, Kinzie Strong, Bella Simmons, and Wannemacher with a time of 4:24.94. The Toppers’ 4×100 meter female quartet of Booth, Schwartz, Hannah, and Garcia just missed out on sweeping the relay events when they finished second (:52.84) to Elk Mound by a mere two-hundredths of a second.
In addition, freshman Ryeah Oehlke won the long jump with a leap of 15’ 10.25”, and seniors Lexi Wannemacher and Yasmin Mendez claimed individuals golds as well. Wannemacher won the 300 meter low hurdles in :49.22 and Yasmin Mendez dominated the throwing events winning both the discus with a throw of 100’ 10” and the shot put with a throw of 34’ 2”. It was Mendez’ third consecutive conference championship in the shot put.
GLENWOOD CITY’S Hailey Hannah (left) and Rileigh Schwartz are shown competing in the finals of the girls’ 100 meter high hurdles at the conference track and field meet in Colfax June 8.
—photo by Shawn DeWitt
The Glenwood City boys had one individual winner with William Eggert coming up with a personal best jump of 41’ 5” to claim the top spot in the triple jump.
All four of the boys relay teams finished the day in second place as did junior Austin Nelson who ran a personal best of :51.17 in the 400 meters for the silver medal.
Other individual second-place finishes went to seniors Marie Garcia in the 100 meters (:13.14) and Bella Rassbach in the long jump (15’ 7.5”).
Rassbach also took a third in the 400 meters, running a personal best time of 1:03.75. Taking home bronze medals also were: juniors Bella Simmons in the 1600 meter run and Brenna Schwartz in the pole vault, and sophomores Blake Wakeling in the pole vault, with a person best of 9’, and Brady Klatt in the discus. Wakeling also set a personal best of 5’ 4” in the high jump to finish in fifth.
Glenwood City was back in Colfax this past Monday, June 14 for the WIAA Division 3 regional meet. The top four finishers in each event at the regional competition will move on to the sectional meet to be held in Cameron this Thursday, June 17. The D3 state meet will be held Thursday, June 24 in LaCrosse.
D-SC Girls’ Team Scores:
1. Mondovi 163.5, 2. Glenwood City 138.5, 3. Elk Mound 81, 4. Durand 70, 5. Colfax 66, 6. Boyceville 55, 7. Elmwood/Plum City 52, 8. Spring Valley 37.
GC girls’ point scorers (1st through 8th place):
4x800m relay – 1. Gabby Moede, Lexi Wannemacher, Bella Simmons and Kinzie Strong; 100m high hurdles – 5. Hannah :20.13; 6. Rileigh Schwartz :21.03; 100m dash -2. Marie Garcia :13.14, 5. Brenna Schwartz :13.65; 1,600m run – 3. Bella Simmons 5:51.70; 4x200m relay – 1. Maddie Booth, Breanna Schwartz, Hailey Hannah, Marie Garcia 1:52.64; 400m dash – 3. Bella Rassbach 1:03.75, 4. Ryeah Oehlke 1:07.10; 4x100m relay – 2. Maddie Booth, Breanna Schwartz, Hailey Hannah, Marie Garcia :52.84 (Elk Mound won at :52.82); 800m run – 8. Kinzie Strong 2:48.92; 300m low – 1. Lexi Wannemacher :49.22; 200m dash – 8. Samantha Peterson 29.85; 4x400m relay – 1. Bella Rassbach, Kinzie Strong, Bella Simmons, Lexi Wannemacher 4:24.94; high jump – 3. Gabby Moede 4-02; pole vault – 3. Brenna Schwartz 7-06; long jump – 1. Ryeah Oehlke 15-10.25; 2. Bella Rassbach 15-07.50; shot put – 1. Yasmin Mendez 34-2, 6. Aria Desmith 27-03.25, 8. Brooklyn Caress 26-02.50; discus – Yasmin Mendez 100-10.
D-SC Boys’ Team Scores:
1. Mondovi 145, 2. Elk Mound 123.5, 3. Durand 111, 4. Spring Valley 89, 5. Glenwood City 82, 6. Colfax 78, 7. Elmwood/Plum City 47.5, 8. Boyceville 14.
GC boys’ point scorers (1st through 8th place):
4x800m relay – 2. Elek Anderson, John Hager, Austin Nelson, Anthony Nelson 9:25.80; 4x200m relay– 2. Malachi Keller, Wyatt Thompson, Drew Olson, Eggert 1:38.46; 400m dash – 2. Austin Nelson :51.17; 4x100m relay – 2. Wyatt Thompson, Brady Klatt, Malachi Keller, Will Eggert :47.13; 800m run – 5. Elek Anderson 2:19.42; 4x400m relay – 2. Elek Anderson, Will Egert, Wyatt Thompson, Austin Nelson 3:41.2; high jump– 4. Malachi Keller 5-08, 5. Blake Wakeling 5-04; pole vault – 3. Blake Wakeling 9-00, 4. Nick Hierlmeier 8-06; triple jump – 1. Will Eggert 41-05; discus-3. Brady Klatt 125-06; shot put – 7. Hierlmeier 37-07.