Viking track teams compete in back-to-back meets

With weather conditions less than desirable the past two weeks, the Colfax track teams finally managed to compete at Boyceville and Arcadia on two consecutive days, May 1 and 2. Facing competition from every team in the conference except Mondovi, the girls finished seventh of eight teams at the Larry Z. Invite in Boyceville while the boys were eighth, just a half point away from seventh. In a field of 17 teams at the Schultz Invite in Arcadia, the girls placed ninth while the boys were 14th of 15 teams.

Larry Z. Invite

Named after long time Boyceville teacher and coach as well as high school college and national level track and field official Larry Zirgibel, the girls were led in the meet by double winner Heidi Lieffort in the pole vault at 8-00 and the discus throw at 113-11. Katie Christoffel placed third in the 100m hurdle event in 18.46 as did the 4 X 100 relay with Bryana Buchanan, Christoffel, Ally Heidorn and Emily Halpin in a time of 57.00. Halpin also scored team points with a fourth in the discus at 87-11 and Lieffort added a fifth in the high jump at 4-06. Marianne Scharlau was the third Viking to earn points in the discus with a sixth at 81-06 while the 4 X 200 relay with Buchanan, Heidorn, Halpin and Megan Schleusner took seventh at 2:08. With the top eight places scoring team points, the 4 X 400 relay added a point as Erin Nellessen, Andrea Scharlau, Schleusner, and Allie Yingst cruised the track in 5:05.

The boys also had a double winner as Ben Kragness took the shot put with a toss of 43-06 and tied for first in the discus with a St. Croix Central thrower at 125-10.The 4 X 100 sprint relay zipped to second place as Aliymu Davis, Jeremiah Wait, Andrew Adix and Noah Pretasky ran the race in 47.96 while Davis added a third in the 100m dash at 12.04. Tucker Hovde also took third in the 800m run in 2:15 while Adix added a fourth in the 200m dash in 24.92 along with Hunter Lieffort in the pole vault at 10-00. Jacob Larson claimed a sixth place in the 400m dash at 1:00 as did the 4 X 200 relay team with Isaac Lee, Tucker Teige, Jelani Smit and Brad Foyt in 1:45. Kamdon Quast added a seventh place in the pole vault at 8-00.

GIRLS TEAM SCORES: St. Croix Central 168, Elk Mound 114, Glenwood City 102, Elmwood-Plum City 99,5, Spring Valley 64, Boyceville 58, Colfax 46.5, Prairie Farm 38

BOYS TEAM SCORES: St. Croix Central 142.5, Glenwood City 114.5, Spring Valley 89, Boyceville 86, Elk Mound 81.5, Elmwood-Plum City 74, Prairie Farm 56.5, Colfax 56

Schultz Invite

Heidi Lieffort and Dempsey Fogarty scored all the girls’ team points on the individual level along with the 4 X 800 relay team. Lieffort won the pole vault again, going 9-00 and took third in the discus with a heave of 107-00. Fogarty scored points in three events, including a third in the 800m run at 2:37, a fourth in the 400m race at 1:03.02 and a seventh in the 200m dash at 28.38. In addition, the relay team (names not available) finished third in 10:23.Just missing the top eight was Courtney Dressel with a tenth in the 3200m run at 13:00 and she was 11th in the 1600m run at 6:11.

Pretasky  led the boys with a third in the 100m dash at 11.72 and Smit, a freshman competing for the first time in the 300m hurdles, took sixth at 46.99. Adix replaced Pretasky in the 200m dash and took seventh at 24.31. Kragness was close to earning points with a ninth in the discus at 121-11, and the 4 X 200 relay was tenth at 1:47.

GIRLS TEAM SCORES: Eau Claire Regis 104, Mauston 90.50, West Salem 77.50, Edgar 61, Aquinas 58, Arcadia 57.50, Cashton 54, Viroqua 38, Colfax 35, Mondovi 30, Westby 25.50, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeu 23, Chequamegon 21, Fall Creek 16, Chippewa Valley Run 5, Abbortsford 5, Altoona 1

BOYS TEAM SCORES: Westby 84, Fall Creek 84, West Salem 76, Arcadia 68, Mauston 61, Chequamengon 60, Edgar 45, Mondovi 45, Aquinas 40, Viroqua 34, Eau Claire Regis 25, Colfax 11, Abbortsford 4