Six Hilltoppers on their way to State track meet at UW-LaCrosse campus
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LONG-DISTANCE RUN — Glenwood City sophomore Clayton Hoffman is shown running in the 3,200 meter race at the May 23 sectional track and field meet held in Cameron. Hoffman placed 14th.
—photo by Shawn DeWitt
by Renee Bettendorf
CAMERON — At the WIAA Division 3 track and field sectional meet held in Cameron last Thursday, May 23, six Hilltopper athletes qualified for the state championship meet by placing fourth or higher in their events.
In the pole vault, senior Haylie Hannah vaulted her way to state with a jump of 10 feet 6 inches. She placed third in the event with the top two finishers clearing 11 feet 3 inches and 11 feet 9 inches. Hannah finished second in last year’s state pole vault competition.
Sophomore Brady Thompson qualified for state by placing fourth in the 400 meter run with a time of 51.34 seconds coming in less than two seconds behind those placing above him.
Thompson is also a member of the team’s 4×800 relay which placed fourth with a time of 8 minutes 28.37 seconds to earn a state berth. Other members of that relay are Ilan Anderson, Clayton Hoffman and Elliott Springborn. The Grantsburg team won the event with a time of 8 minutes 20.10 seconds.
GOOD EXCHANGE — Glenwood City’s Tucker Augeson (left) took the baton from teammate Justin Rogers (right) during the 4×100 meter relay at last Thursday’s WIAA sectional meet in Cameron. The Topper team, which also included Tyler Harrington and Conner Gross, placed fifth in the event just missing a state berth which went to the top four place winners. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
Senior Conner Gross is headed to state in the shot put. At the meet in Cameron, he threw the shot 47 feet and three-quarter inches which earned him a fourth place in the event. Top finishers in the event threw over 48 feet.
Other section competitors for the Hilltopper included sophomore Kyra Flick who was sixth in the shot put, sophomore distance runners Clayton Hoffman and Garrett Gross who were 14th and 15th, respectively, in the 3,200 meters, senior Tucker Augeson placed 14th in the shot put and junior Tyler Harrington finished ninth in the high jump. The boys’ 4×400 m relay team of Justin Rogers, Brady Thompson, Ilan Anderson and Elliott Springborn just missed a state berth when they finished fifth. The boys’ 4×100 m relay squad finished ninth.
Thirty six teams competed in the girls’ competition with Fall Creek winning at 72 points. The two Hilltopper girls that made it to sectionals scored nine points to finish 23rd in the final team standings. In the boys’ competition, Grantsburg took first out of 38 teams with a score of 53. Glenwood City placed 15th in that competition earning 19 points.
The WIAA state championships will be held at the Veterans’ Memorial Complex on the UW-La Crosse campus this Friday and Saturday, May 31 and June 1.
GLENWOOD CITY senior Conner Gross qualified for the state meet when he heaved the shot put 47 feet and three-quarters of an inch to place fourth in the event at the May 23 sectional meet in Cameron.
—photo by Shawn DeWitt
Boys’ Results
400m: 4. Brady Thompson, 51.34; 3200m: 14. Clayton Hoffman, 10:46.57; 15. Garrett Gross, 11:11.98; 4×100 Relay: 9. Justin Rogers, Tucker Augeson, Tyler Harrington, Conner Gross, 47.90; 4×400 Relay: 5. Justin Rogers, Brady Thompson, Ilan Anderson, Elliott Springborn, 3:32.94; 4×800 Relay: 4. Ilan Anderson, Clayton Hoffman, Brady Thompson, Elliott Springborn, 8:28.37; Shot Put: 4. Conner Gross, 47’.75”; 14. Tucker Augeson, 39’10.75”; High Jump: 9. Tyler Harrington, 5’4”.
Girls’ Results
Shot Put: 6. Kyra Flick, 35’8.75”; Pole Vault: 3. Haylie Hannah, 10’6”.