Elk Mound’s Jonah Bauer sets pair of records at UW-Stout Indoor meets

MENOMONIE — The track and field season has barely begun but Elk Mound’s Jonah Bauer already appears to be in mid-season form.

The senior, who finished fifth in both the Division 2, 100 and 200 meter state finals last year, had a pair of record-setting performances during two indoor meets held in UW-Stout’s Johnson Fieldhouse on Saturday, March 19 and Tuesday, March 22.

Bauer put his name in the record books in the season opening Northern Badger Classic on March 19 in winning both the 100 and 200 meter races that day.

Bauer ran a :06.59 in the 55 meter finals to establish a new mark  besting his own record of 6.61 seconds set back in the 2014 Northern Badger Classic.

A little while later, Bauer tied the seven-year old record of Arcadia’s Issac Vazquez when he won the 200 meter race in :23.46.

Just three days later inside the Johnson Fieldhouse once again, Bauer came tantalizingly close to a third record when he again won the 55 meter race in a time of :06.59 at the Blue Devil Open (March 22) that featured several Division one and two schools. The time was just two one-hundredths off the record pace of :06.57 set by Tomah’s Matt Ferry in 2010. He also finished second in that meet’s 200 meter sprint.

Bauer’s efforts, which also included a fifth place in the Northern Badger’s long jump event, helped the Mounder boys finish third with 42.50 points at the Northern Badger Classic and ninth at the Blue Devil Open with 27.50 points.

Junior Elizabeth Fasbender was also a winner in the Northern Badger Classic for the Elk Mound girls. Fasbender ran a 5:52 to place first in the 1,600 meter run.

The Lady Mounders copped ninth at the Northern Badger Classic and 17th at the Blue Devil Open.

The Mounders had several other place winners at the two UW-Stout indoor meets.

Sophomore Jake Johnson took fourth in the 55 meter hurdles in the Northern Badger Classic March 19 and then cut a tenth of a second off his time in the same event at the Blue Devil Open three days later to finish third.

Also at last Tuesday’s Blue Devil Open, Nathan Kruger, a senior, placed sixth in the 3,200 meter run while junior Kaitlyn Baier finished in a three-way tie for fourth after clearing seven feet in the girls’ pole vault.

A few days prior at the Northern Badger Classic, junior Chandler Schreiber scored a fourth place finish in the boys’ pole vault with a jump of 11 feet. Fifth place finishes went to Freshman Alana Plaszcz in the 800 meter run, sophomore Maddie Jenson in the high jump and senior Taylor Deling in the shot put. Brooke Plaszcz, twin sister to Alana, finished sixth in the 1,600 meter run as did the boys’ 4 x 400 meter relay squad.

Complete results for the Elk Mound athletes for both meets are listed below.

Blue Devil Open (March 22) at UW-Stout

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 55m Dash – 24. Sydney Simpson, 8.45. 200m Dash – 23. Sydney Simpson, 31.11. 400m Dash – 9. Ciera Lind, 1:22.78; 30. Kayla Patterson, 1:22.81. 800m Run – 16. Brook Plaszcz, 2:52.34.  1600m Run – 15. Alana Plaszcz, 6:23.73; 27. Jenna Heit, 6:58.98. 3200m Run – 13. Jenna Storing, 16:40.56. 55m Hurdles – 28. Kayla Bridges, 12.42. 4x200m Relay – 10. 2:01.16. High Jump – 14. Maddie Jenson, 4-06.00; 24. Brynn McVey, 4-00.00. Pole Vault – 4. Katelyn Baier, 7-00.00. Long Jump – 22. Sarah Sweeney, 12-08.00; 35. Maria Heltne, 4-10.00. Shot Put – 34. Jasmine Johnson, 23-01.00.

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 55m Dash – 1. Jonah Bauer, 6.59; 12. Noah Zurbuchen, 7.01. 200m
Dash – 2. Jonah Bauer, 23.30. 400m Dash – 29. Aric Jenson, 1:03.76; 30. Marquis Kasakaitas, 1:04.67. 800m Run – 28. Hayden Kohls, 2:31.39; 35. Matt McLaughlin, 2:47.53. 1600m Run – 29. Nate Lind, 5:52.80; 31. Matt McLaughlin, 5:59.44; 3200m Run – 6. Nathan Kruger, 11:55.27. 55m Hurdles – 3. Jake Johnson, 8.60; 27. Tyler Brantner, 10.91. 4x200m Relay – 10. 1:43.23. 4x400m Relay – 11. 4:04.66; Pole Vault – 8. George Friberg, 10-00.00; 8. Chandler Schreiber, 10-00.00. Long Jump – 23. Ben Mack, 15-08.50; 32. Elliot Johnson, 13-11.75. Triple Jump – 16. Tyler Brantner, 35-02.00; 23. Elliot Johnson, 30-06.50. Shot Put – 16. Aaron Maves, 37-05.00.

GIRLS TEAM RESULTS: 1. Hudson 100; 2. Wausau West 95.50; 3. Menomonie 72; 4. Chippewa Falls 42; 5. Rice Lake, 39; 5. Bloomer 39; 7. Osceola 37.5; 8. Eau Claire North 24; 9. Cadott 17; 10. West Salem 14; 11. Eau Claire Memorial 10; 12. Barron 8; 12. Boyceville 8; 12. Ellsworth 8; 15 Durand 6; 15 Thorp 6; 17. Elk Mound 5; 17. Cornell/Lake Holcombe 5; 19. Tomah 4; 19. St. Croix Central 4; 21 Ladysmith 2.

BOYS TEAM RESULTS: 1. Hudson 97.5; 2. Rice Lake 79; 3. Eau Claire Memorial 61; 4. West Salem 45; 5 Menomonie 41.25; 6. Chippewa Falls 38; 7. Osceola 31; 8. Ellsworth 30; 9. Elk Mound 27.5; 10. Eau Claire North 23; 11. Cornell/Lake Holcombe 16.5; 12. Tomah 14.25; 13. Durand 11; 14. Boyceville 8; 15. Bloomer 7; 16. Barron 6; 17. St. Croix Central 5, 18. Cadott 4; 19. Glenwood City 1.

 

Northern Badger Classic (March 19) at UW-Stout

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 55m Dash – 19. Maddie Jenson, 8.33; 24. Sydney Simpson, 8.53. 200m Dash – 35. Kayla Bridges, 34.29; 42. Maria Heltne, 38.61. 400m Dash – 25. Jenna Storing, 1:21.65; 27. Kayla Patterson, 1:23.28. 800m Run – 5. Alana Plaszcz, 2:47.82; 19. Ciera Lind, 3:08.87.  1600m Run – 1. Elizabeth Fasbender, 5:52.41; 6. Brook, Plaszcz, 6:28.76. 3200m Run – 10. Claudia Paul, 15:42.27. 4x200m Relay – 20. 2:18.03. 4x400m Relay – 10. 4:53.35. High Jump – 5. Maddie Jenson, 4-06.00. Pole Vault – 9. Katelyn Baier, 6-00.00. Long Jump – 20. Paxtyn Pavelski, 11-06.50; 23. Sarah Sweeney, 11-05.00. Triple Jump – 26. Sarah Sweeney, 28-00.00; 17. Paxtyn Pavelski, 27-06.00. Shot Put – 5. Taylor Deling, 30-09.75; 18. Mikayla Solberg, 23-07.00.

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 55m Dash – 1. Jonah Bauer, 6.59; 11. Ben Mack, 7.35. 200m Dash – 1. Jonah Bauer, 23.46; 17. Jordan VanSchoonhoven, 26.46. 400m Dash – 10. George Friberg, 57.59. 800m Run – 17. Hayden Kohls, 2:29.25; 38. Nate Lind, 2:52.10. 1600m Run – 25. Nathan Kruger, 5:45.06; 29. Nate Lind, 6:03.71. 3200m Run – 13. Matt McLaughlin, 13:28.78. 55m Hurdles – 6. Jake Johnson, 8.70. 4x200m Relay – 3. 1:42.78. 4x400m Relay – 6. 3:56.68; High Jump – 14. Jared Strand, 5-00.00; 14. Tyler Brantner, 5-00.00. Pole Vault – 4. Chandler Schreiber, 11-00.00. Long Jump – 5. Jonah Bauer, 17-05.50; 10. Ben Mack, 16-03.75. Triple Jump – 9. Tyler Brantner, 34-09.00. Shot Put – 9. Aaron Maves, 38-02.50; 13. Conner Mavis, 35-00.50.

GIRLS TEAM RESULTS: 1. Athens 64; 2. Arcadia 50; 3. St. Croix Falls 49; 4. Bloomer 45; 5. Blair-Taylor 43; 6. Shell Lake 34; 7. Fall Creek 33; 8. Somerset 29; 9. Elk Mound 25; 10. Aquinas 22; 10. Grantsburg 22; 12. Cornell/Lake Holcombe 20; 13. Cadott 19; 14. Amery 16; 15. Frederic/Luck 13; 15. Barron 13; 17. Cumberland 12; 18. Spencer 10; 19. Chetek/Weyerhaeuser 7; 20. Turtle Lake/Clayton 6; 20. Boyceville 6; 20. Colby 6; 23. Prairie Farm 2.

BOYS TEAM RESULTS: 1. Arcadia 72; 2. Aquinas 54; 3. Elk Mound 42.50; 4. Chetek Weyerhaeuser 41; 4. Flambeau 41; 6. Cornell/Lake Holcombe 39.50; 7. Amery 36; 8. Blair-Taylor 29; 9. Prairie Farm 27; 10. Spencer 26; 11. Turtle Lake/Clayton 23; 12. St. Croix Falls 20; 13. Bloomer 19; 14. Boyceville 16; 15. Cadott 15; 16. Athens 13; 17. Somerset 12; 18. Barron 9; 19. Shell Lake 5; 20. Cumberland 4; 21. Fall Creek 2.