Two Colfax girls punch ticket to WIAA state track and field meet
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SANDY LANDING — Colfax’s Logan Swartz took a leap in the sectional long jump competition held in Cameron May 23. Swartz finished ninth in the event. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
CUTTING TO THE INSIDE — Junior Theo Hovde is shown running in the 800 meter race at the Division 3 sectional meet in Cameron on May 23. Hovde finished 11th. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
by MarlysKruger
Sports Correspondent
CAMERON — Just as they have all season, Jeanette Hydukovich and Kaysen Goodell have led the Colfax girls on the track and in the field.
Hydukovich was the runner-up in both the discus throw and the shot put and Goodell claimed a fourth place in the 1,600m run at the sectional meet held Thursday, May 23 in Cameron and will represent the Vikings at the WIAA state meet this coming Friday and Saturday, May 31 and June 1 in La Crosse.
After breaking school records all season long, Hydukovich heaved the discus 126 feet 9 inches but Nora Skoroczewski of Drummond threw a little further at 128 feet 6 inches. Hydukovich tossed the shot 38 feet 1 inch but once again Skoroczewski went a little further at 40 feet 4 inches.
COLFAX’S Clara Hydukovich is shown throwing the discus at the sectional meet in Cameron May 23. Hydukovich finished her season with an eighth-place showing in the event.
—photo by Shawn DeWtt
THE VIKINGS’ Kaysen Goodell is shown finishing the 1,600 meter run at last Thursday’s sectional track and field meet in Cameron. The junior placed fourth to earn a berth in this weekend’s state meet in La Crosse. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
Goodell ran a time of 5:35.73 in the 1,600m run as the top four places will move on to state.
Others competing but falling a little short were the 4x800m relay team for the girls in 13th place with Lauren Becker, Leila Hurlburt, Hannah Peterson and Goodell, Peterson in the 400m dash took ninth, Goodell was also ninth in the 800m run, Clara Hydukovich placed eighth in the discus and Kennedy Shane finished tenth in the shot put.
For the boys, Theo Hovde scored the only team point for Colfax with an eighth place in the long jump and was 11th in the 800m run. Along with teammates Logan Swartz, Eli Ralph and Charlie Charbonneau they were 12th in the 4x400m relay.Charbonneau was 16th in the 1,600m run and Swartz finished in ninth for the long jump.
Fall Creek was the sectional team winner with 72 points while the Vikings were 15th with 22 points. Grantsburg won the boy’s division with 53 points and Colfax was 37th with Hovde’s point.
Girls’ Team Scores: 1. Fall Creek 72, 2. Cameron 69, 3. McDonell Central 41, 4. Cadott 36, 5. Turtle Lake/Clayton 31, 5. Eau Claire Regis 31, 7, Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran 30, 7. Chequamegon 30, 9. Abbotsford 27, 9. Phillips 27, 11. Cumberland 26, 11. Ladysmith 26, 13. Athens 25, 14. Clear Lake 23, 15. Colfax 22, 16. Drummond 20, 16. Grantsburg 20, 18. Frederic/Luck 19, 19. Flambeau 17, 20. Webster 15, 20. Bruce 15, 22. Mercer 10; 23. Prairie Farm 9, 23. Glenwood City 9, 25. New Auburn 8, 26. Prentice 5.50, 26. Gilman 5.50, 26. Hurley 5.50, 29. South Shore 5, 30. Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 4.50, 31. Owen-Withee 4, 31. Spring Valley 4, 33. Rib Lake 3, 33. Boyceville 3, 33. Unity 3, 36. Solon Springs/Northwood 1.
Boys’ Team Scores: 1. Grantsburg 53, 2. Solon Springs/Northwood 45, 3. Webster 43, 4. Eau Claire Regis 41, 5. Ladysmith 39, 6. Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 38, 7. Boyceville 37, 8. Owen-Withee 34, 9. McDonell Central 33, 10. Unity 29, 11. Lake Holcombe 26, 11. Fall Creek 26, 13. Phillips 22.50, 14. Drummond 20, 15. New Auburn 19, 15. Glenwood City 19, 15. Cameron 19, 18. Athens 18, 18. Flambeau 18, 20. Turtle Lake/Clayton 17, 21. Washburn 16, 22. Clear Lake 10.50, 23. Chequamegon 10, 24. Immanuel Lutheran 9, 25. Gilman 8, 25. Hurley 8, 25. Shell Lake 8, 28. Frederic/Luck 7, 29. Rib Lake 6, 29. Cumberland 6, 31. Bayfield 4, 32. Thorp 3, 33. Abbotsford 2, 33. Siren 2, 33. Cadott 2, 33. Spring Valley 2, 37. Elmwood-Plum City 1, 37. Colfax 1.