Elk Mound track and field teams race at Mondovi and Boyceville
The Elk Mound boys’ and girls’ track and field teams had a chance to test out the Mondovi track before they head over there for the conference meet May 20, with the girls placing third in the 10 team meet while the boys were seventh of 10 teams on May 13.They had a final tune up before conference two days later at the Dunn-St. Croix-Lakeland Conference meet with the girls finishing third again and the boys were fourth in the eight team field.
Mondovi
Elizabeth Fasbender earned a first place in the 800m run at 2:32 and Alyssa Buros also claimed a first in the shot put at 34-11.50. The 4 X 200 relay also cruised to a first in 1.54.45. (Relay names unavailable).
Elly Friberg was second in the high jump going 4-10, took third in the long jump at 15-02.50 and claimed a fifth in the 100m dash at 13.62.A pair of relays placed third including the 4 X 100 at 54.73 and the 4 X 800 in 11.31 while fourth places came by Fasbender in the 1600m run at 6:08, McKenna McVey in the 200m dash at 28.44 and Buros in the discus with a heave of 99-03.The 4 X 400 relay came in fifth at 5:33 while Hannah Flatness claimed a sixth in the 800m run in 2:45 along with Emily Finder in the 3200m run at 15:14.
Riley Radtke came up with a couple of seventh places, in the 100m hurdles at 18.83 and the 300m hurdles in 55.22 while Kaitlyn Baier was also seventh in the 400m dash at 1:09.25 along with Taylor DeLong in the shot put at 29-06.7. McVey added final points with an eighth place in the 200m dash at.28.44.
Jonah Bauer appears to be ready for a conference showdown between Isaac Tuttle of Glenwood City and Noah Pretasky of Colfax, winning the 100m dash at 11.07 and the 200m dash at 23.04. The 4 X 200 relay placed third at 1:40.71 along with Ben Holzwarth in the 3200m run in 10:29. Adam Gottschalk added a fourth in the 200m dash at 24.41 along with Gabe Anderson in the discus at 122-10 and placing sixth was Ben Mack in the 1600m run in 4:51.
Caleb Kruger scored points in the distance runs, finishing seventh in the 3200 in 10:59 and eighth in the 1600 at 5:01, Gottschalk was seventh in the long jump, leaping 19-04.50 along with the 4 X 400 relay in 4:05. Zac Doll added an eighth in the long jump at 19-00.50.
GIRLS TEAM SCORES: Menomonie 188, Mondovi 110, Elk Mound 93, St. Croix Central 84, Fall Creek 77, Spooner 49, Boyceville 41, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 27, Eleva-Strum 10, Durand 8
BOYS TEAM SCORES: Menomonie 115, Fall Creek 114, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 110, St. Croix Central 89, Spooner 71, Mondovi 59, Elk Mound 53, Durand 36, Boyceville 35 Eleva-Strum 20
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Radtke dropped her time in the 100m hurdles to win the race at 18.12 while the 4 X 100 and 4 X 200 relay teams both claimed the top spot with Friberg, Kami King, McVey and Waive Melgaard running in both. The 4 X 100 finished in 53.57 while the 4 X 200 finished in 1:53.56.
Seconds came from Friberg in the high jump at 5-01 and the long jump at 14-10, Fasbender in the 400m run in 1:05.66 and DeLong in the shot put with a toss of 30-00. Mikayla Solberg was third in the discus at 81-04 and Samantha Jain ran to a third in the 3200 in 15:33.A pair of relay teams claimed fourths including another 4 X 100 team with Baier, Paxtyn Pavelski, Emily Larrabee, and Radtke in 57.82 and the 4 X 800 with Fasbender, Flatness, Finder and Kayla Black in 11:20.
Kathleen Simmons heaved the discus 78-08 for fifth place while Jamie Solem added a pair of sixths in the 100m hurdles in 20.10 and the triple jump at 28-10,25. Also in sixth were Melgaard in the high jump at 4-04 and Finder in the 800m run at 2:59. Simmons added a seventh place in the shot put at 26-04.50 and final team points came from Baier in the 400m run for eighth in 1:10.35
At the risk of repeating myself, Bauer led the boys again, winning the 100m dash in 10.84 and running a leg of two winning relays including the 4 X 100 along with Gottschalk, Doll and Noah Zurbuchen in 46.70 and the 4 X 200 with Gottschalk, Zurbuchen and Aaron Maves at 1:39.72. Thirds came by way of Justin Fedie in the 1600m run at 4:54, Gottschalk in the long jump at 18-02.50 and Doll in the high jump at 5-08.
Fifth place finishes came from Kruger in the 1600 at 5:03, Travis Nelson in the triple jump at 35-08.50, Doll in the long jump in 18-01.25, Anderson in the shot put at 37-02 and the 4 X 800 relay with Lucas Winter, Kruger, Fedie and Josh Hall in 9:41. There were plenty of sixth places including Dakota Feilbach in the 110 hurdles at 20,54, Chandler Schreiber in the pole vault at 9-00, Nelson in the long jump at 17-10.50,Hunter Johnson in the 400 at 58-10, the second 4 X 100 relay with Mack, Tyler Sahm, Schreiber and Tyler Deutschlander in 50.41 as well as the 4 X 400 relay with Johnson, George Friberg, Maves and Chase Morris at 4:08.20. Anderson came up with team points with a seventh in the discus with a heave of 107-04.
GIRLS TEAM SCORES: Unity 154, Cornell-Lake Holcombe 129.50, Elk Mound 98, Spring Valley 95, Boyceville 73.50, Elmwood-Plum City 50, Turtle Lake-Clayton 42, Clear Lake 30
BOYS TEAM SCORES: Unity 152.50, Spring Valley 121, Cornell-Lake Holcombe 90.50, Elk Mound
86, Turtle Lake-Clayton 80, Boyceville 71, Elmwood-Plum City 60, Clear Lake 33