Four individual Hilltoppers and three relays claim golds at D-SC conference track meet
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HILLTOPPER senior Haylie Hannah cleared the bar at 10 feet in the girls’ pole vault competition at the conference track and field meet which was held May 14 in Boyceville. Hannah repeated as conference champion. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
By Renee Bettendorf
BOYCEVILLE — The Hilltopper boys scored 105.5 point to finish in third place at the 2024 Dunn-St. Croix Conference track and field meet held Tuesday, May 13 in Boyceville.
Under near ideal conditions, clear skies and warm temperatures, the Glenwood City girls’ team tied with Boyceville for seventh place after each tallied 51.5 points in Tuesday’s competition.
In addition to Glenwood City and Boyceville, the six other conference schools from Colfax, Durand-Arkansaw, Elk Mound, Elmwood-Plum City, Mondovi, and Spring Valley competed in the meet. The Mondovi girls’ and Elk Mound boys’ teams both repeated as conference champions. Elk Mound finished with the same score as a year ago, 184 points, to claim boys’ title by 72 points over Durand-Arkansaw. The Mondovi girls tallied 144.33 to win the ladies’ crown by 11.33 points over runner-up Durand-Arkansaw.
In the boys’ competition, junior Ilan Anderson and sophomores Clayton Hoffman and Brady Thompson were all conference champions in their respective events. Clayton won the 3,200 meter race coming in a full 15 seconds before the second place finisher with a time of 10 minutes 40.54 seconds.
Ilan Anderson and Brady Thompson just barely beat out second-place finishers. Anderson ran the 800 m run with a time of 2 minutes 6.20 seconds beating Durand’s Zayne Richardson who had a time of 2 minutes 6.30 seconds. Thompson ran the 400 meter race with a time of 50.93 seconds, the second-place winner came in at 51.18 seconds.
Also winning first in conference were three of the Hilltopper relay teams. In the 4×200 m relay, Logan Rands, Elliot Springborn, Justin Rogers and Tyler Harrington beat all seven other teams in the event with a time of 1 minute 37.43 seconds.
HILLTOPPER Elliot Springborn sprinted to the finish line, baton in hand, during the boys’ 4×200 meter relay race at the May 14 Dunn-St. Croix Conference track and field meet held in Boyceville. Glenwood City won the gold with a winning time of 1:37.43. Other team members included Logan Rands, Justin Rogers and Tyler Harrington.
—photo by Shawn DeWitt
In the 4×400 m relay, Justin Rogers, Elliott Springborn, Ilan Anderson and Brady Thompson crushed their nearest competition, which was an Elk Mound team by ten seconds. In the 4×800 m relay Garrett Gross, Elliott Springborn, Ilan Anderson and Clayton Hoffman did a number on the other relay teams finishing well under nine minutes with all other teams taking between nine and nine and a half minutes to finish.
Brady Thompson also took second in the 200 meter dash with a time of 23.43 seconds coming in less than a second behind Elk Mound’s Keinin Miller who had a time of 22.83 seconds.
The team had a number of third place finishers. Sophomore Garrett Gross in the 3,200 m run, senior Tucker Augeson in shot put and Charlie Bogie, Conner Gross, Logan Rands and Tucker Augeson in the 4×100 meter relay.
The top three place winners in each event earned all-conference distinction with first team honors going to the victors, second team certificates presented to the runners-up and honorable mention awarded to the bronze medal recipients.
Fourth and fifth place finishers included sophomore Logan Klatt in discus, senior Conner Gross in the 100 meter dash and junior Tyler Harrington in the high jump.
In the girls’ competition, senior Haylie Hannah won the girls’ pole vault by a mile with a vault of ten feet. She was the state runner-up in this event last season. The second-place finisher in the competition vaulted 8 feet 9 inches. If Hannnah had been competing against the boys she also would have beat the first-place finisher in that competition by six inches.
GLENWOOD CITY’S Kyra Flick threw the shot put at the conference track and field meet in Boyceville on May 14. The sophomore placed second with a throw of 34’ 5.5”. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
Sophomore Kyra Flick earned second place in shot put with a throw of 34 feet 5.5 inches. She faced stiff competition from Colfax’s Jeanette Hydukovich who launched the shot 38 feet 3.25 inches and placed first in the event.
There were quite a few fourth place finishers including Haylie Hannah in the 300 meter hurdles, Ava Multhauf in high jump and Alexis Alms, Ava Multhauf, Morgan Knops and Kyra Flick in the 4×200 m relay.
Boys’ Team Scores
1. Elk Mound 184, 2. Durand-Arkansaw 112, 3. Glenwood City 105.5, 4. Boyceville 92, 5. Mondovi 75, 6. Spring Valley 61, 7. Colfax 39, 8. Elmwood-Plum City 26.5.
Girls’ Team Scores
1. Mondovi 144.33, 2. Durand-Arkansaw 133, 3. Elk Mound 127.33, 4. Colfax 67, 5. Spring Valley 61, 6. Elmwood-Plum City 54.83, 7. Glenwood City 51.5, 7. Boyceville 51.5.
Boys’ Results:
100m: 5. Conner Gross, 12.44; 13. Charlie Bogie, 13.06; 200m: 2. Brady Thompson, 23.43; 400m: 1. Brady Thompson, 50.93; 800m: 1. Ilan Anderson, 2:06.20; 7. Eli Oberle, 2:21.10; 1600m: 11. Eli Oberle, 5:23.57; 3200m: 1. Clayton Hoffman, 10:40.54; 3. Garrett Gross, 11:14.61; 300m Hurdles: 6. Tyler Harrington, 46.81; 11. Micah Simmons, 58.05; 4×100 Relay: 3. 49.07; 4×200 Relay: 1. 1:37.43; 4×400 Relay: 1. 3:35.85; 4×800 Relay: 1. 8:54.77; Shot Put: 3. Tucker Augeson, 42’6”; 10. Conner Gross, 36’10.75”; 18. Ben Klatt, 32’8”; Discus: 4. Logan Klatt, 116’2”; 12. Ben Klatt, 96’9”; High
BATTLE FOR FIRST — Glenwood City’s Ilan Anderson (right) and Zayne Richardson of Durand-Arkansaw battled for the lead in the 800 meter race at the Dunn-St. Croix Conference track and field meet held May 14 in Boyceville. Anderson crossed the finish line in first with a time of 2:06.20. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
Jump: 5. Tyler Harrington, 5’4”; Pole Vault: 7. Ben Standaert, 8’6”; 10. William Standaert, 8’6”; 12. Tyler Rogers, 8’; Long Jump: 8. Ilan Anderson, 17’5”; 9. Justin Rogers, 17’4”; 19. Tucker Augeson, 13’3”; Triple Jump: 9. William Standaert, 32;4”; 10. Gus Kohler, 26’5”.
Girls’ Results:
100m: 17. Kenzie Price, 16.95; 200m: 6. Ava Multhauf, 29.73; 7. Alexis Alms, 29.85; 400m: 11. Erica Bauman, 1:25.22; 800m: 10. Kayley Dickmann, 2:57.87; 11. Savanna Millermon, 2:58.36; 3200m: 8. Elsja Meijer, 15:52.53; 100m Hurdles: 9. Gretchen Draxler, 21.03; 300m Hurdles: 4. Haylie Hannah, 52.2; 11. Rileigh Schwartz, 1:05.18; 4×100 Relay: 7. 1:02.43; 4×200 Relay: 4. 1:58.18; 4X400 Relay: 6. 4:52.5; 4×800 Relay: 4. 12:01.26; Shot Put: 2. Kyra Flick, 34’5.5”; 11. Julia Edison, 24’5”; 18. Lillie Fox, 21’6.25”; Discus: 8. Kyra Flick, 93’4”; 14. Gretchen Draxler, 14. 74’2”; 15. Tessa Klatt, 72’3”; High Jump: 4. Ava Multhauf, 4’8”; 7. Alexis Alms, 4’4”; Pole Vault: 1. Haylie Hannah, 10’; 12. Savanna Millermon, 6’6’; Long Jump: 12. Haylie Hannah, 13’305”; 17. Gretchen Draxler, 12’6”; 18. Savanna Millermon, 11’7.5”; Triple Jump: 9. Rileigh Schwartz, 29’4.5”.