EM boys’ and girls’ thinclads claim victory in Durand
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DURAND — Despite cloudy skies and rainy conditions, Elk Mound’s track and field teams came out on top of a May 20 Dunn-St. Croix quad meet held at Bauer Sports Complex in Durand.
The Mounder boys dominated their four-team competition with 98 points to easily out distance runner-up Spring Valley who tallied 79. Host Durand was third with 61 points and Mondovi came in fourth with just 14.
On the ladies side of the competition, Elk Mound scored 71 to just slip past Mondovi (69) by a pair of points. Spring Valley came in third with 53 points and host Durand tallied 36.
Elk Mound will be back on the track this Thursday when it competes in Colfax against the Vikings, Spring Valley, and Durand.
Mounder Boys
The boys of Elk Mound rang up 98 points behind seven first-place finishes in Durand last Thursday including victories in three of the four relay races.
The 4×100 meter team of Lucas Hanson, Tyler Ganger, Copper Reese, and Breaden Thatcher; the 4×400 meter squad of Jackson Gehweiler, Trae Schaefer, Ian Hazen, and Aidan Schiferl; and the 4×800 meter quartet of sophomore Trae Schaefer, and freshmen Evan Laur, Shawn Pinder, and Jesse Moyer all copped gold medals in their respective relay races. The 4×200 meter team of Hanson, Ganger, Reese, and Thatcher came in third.
Two more wins came the Mounder boys’ way in the sprints and middle distances where they piled up the points.
Junior Cason Pederson led a 1-2-4 finish with a win in the 800 meters in 2:20.54. Fellow junior Carter Sundeen was second in 2:31.78 while freshman Evan Laur took fourth in a time of 2:46.20.
In the 1,600 meter run, sophomore Ian Hazen placed first in 4:58.59 with junior Cason Pederson coming in fourth.
In both the 100 and 400 meter sprints, Elk Mound grabbed the second, third and fourth-place slots.
Senior Spencer Wolf took silver in the 100 with a :11.81, while juniors Pederson Braedon was third in 11.83 and Korbin Verdon was fourth with a :11.96.
AJ Miller, a sophomore, ran to second place in the 400 meter run with a :56.39, Braedon was third at :57.24 and Aiden Schiferl was fourth with a :58.05.
The boys other two wins came in the high jump where Korbin Verdon went 5’ 6” and in the 110 meter high hurdles where Toby Westcott ran a :21.67. Westcott also placed fifth in the 300 meter low hurdles.
In the 200 meters, Verdon finished second and Braedon was fourth.
Junior Will King was the triple jump runner-up with a best of 36’’ 2.50 and 5th in the long jump.
Garnering a pair of third-place finishes were senior Jack Gabert and freshman Jesse Moyer. Gabert took bronze-finishes in the 300 meter intermediate hurdles and triple jump while Moyer pole vaulted and ran in the 3,200 meters to pick up his thirds.
Mounder Girls
Although the girls won just three events, the Lady Mounders secured several second and third-place finishes to nip Mondovi for the team title.
Three-event place winner Olivia Schreiber won the girls only individual title with a triple jump of 29’ 0.75”. The junior also grabbed second in the long jump with a best of 13’ 11”, missing the top spot by just a half inch, and took fourth in the 300 meter low hurdles.
The other two wins for the Elk Mound girls came in the relays. The team of Aleya Hadenfeldt, Lydia Levra, Olivia Schreiber, and Kennedy Pritchard won the 4×100 meter race in :54.42 while the 4×800 meter squad consisting of Marley King, Kyra Hadenfeldt, Madison Lehman, and Kaydyn Nielson took first in a time of 12:41.18. The 4×400 meter team of Lydia Levra, Aleya Hadenfeldt, Caroline Gabert, and Madison Lehman took second.
Senior Kennedy Pritchard also scored team points in a trio of events. Pritchard placed third in the 100 and 200 meters sprints and the long jump.
Sophomore Kate Mohr finished second in the 300 meter low hurdles and third in the high jump.
Also garnering runner-up finishes were sophomores Aleya Hadenfeldt in the 100 meters and Grace Roder in the shot put along with freshmen Lydia Levra and Madison Lehman in the 200 and 400 meters dashes, respectively.
Freshman Jillian Schlewitz came in third in the 300 meter low hurdles while two other freshmen Caroline Gabert and Marley King placed fourth in the 200 and 800 meter runs, respectively. Junior Kyra Hadenfeldt was fifth in the 800.