Elk Mound track has strong outing at Mondovi

by Samuel Ripp

MONDOVI — The Elk Mound track teams were in action on Thursday, April 14 in Mondovi and had a lot of success in the five-team meet.

The Mounder boys took first place thanks to nine first place finishes in the meet. The boys tallied a whopping 216 points, easily outdistancing runner-up Cochrane-Fountain City, who finisher with 124.5 points.

Elk Mound girls had just a single first-place finish but had several seconds and thirds to finished second in the girls’ standings with 156 points. Neillsville/Granton won the meet with 161.5 points.

Boys

The boys team was lead by senior sprinter, Jonah Bauer who finished first in three events. Not far behind him was sophomore, Jake Johnson, with two first place finishes in the hurdles. Also, the 4 x 100-meter relay team which is the same as the 4 x 200-meter relay team also brought home two first place finishes.

In the 100-meter dash, Bauer took first with a time of 10.86 and two spots behind him was junior, Noah Zurbuchen with a time of 11.73.

The 200-meter dash had a familiar face at the top with Bauer and a 22.92 time with senior, Jordan VanSchoonhoven taking third with 24.94 as a time.

Bauer was all by himself in the 400-meter dash as he was two seconds faster than second place with a time of 52.62.

Jake Johnson took first with a time of 16.26 in the 110-meter hurdles and first in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 42.00 flat.

The winning relay teams of the 4 x 100 and the 4 x 200 were made up of Noah Zurbuchen; junior, Tyler Sahm; Jordan VanSchoonhoven; and senior, Ben Mack. They finished the 4 x 100 in a time of 45.97 and the 4 x 200 in a time of 1:36.98.

The other relay team taking first was the 4 x 400-meter team that was made up of junior, Hunter Johnson; junior, George Friberg; senior, Chase Morris; and the senior anchor, Aaron Maves with a time of 3:47.19.

In the field events the Mounders took first in pole vault with junior, Chandler Schreiber; and second in the discus with Aaron Maves.

Girls

The girls were lead by the first place finish by the 4 x 200-meter relay team that consisted of sophomore, Callie Nyren; sophomore, Maddie Jenson; junior, Kaitlyn Baier; and senior, McKenna McVey who finished with a time of 1:55.19.

From here the girls had five second place finishes along with five third place finishes as well. Finishing second for the Lady Mounders was: freshman, Sydney Simpson in the 100-meter dash; senior, McKenna McVey in the 200-meter dash; Kaitlyn Baier, in pole vault; the 4 x 100-meter relay team; and the 4 x 800-meter relay team.

The 4 x 100-meter relay team consists of Sydney Simpson; sophomore, Maddie Jenson; senior, Paxtyn Pavelski; and the anchor was Callie Nyren with a time of 55.17.

The 4 x 800-meter relay team was freshman, Victoria Fasbender; freshman, Alana Plaszcz; freshman, Brook Plaszcz; and junior, Jenna Heit with a time of 11:42.27.

Kaitlyn Baier also took third in the 100-meter dash with a time of 14.49 and Callie Nyren also took third in the 200-meter dash with a time of 29.40.

The Lady Mounders took third and fourth in the 1600-meter run with only being separated by a couple seconds was Alana Plaszcz with third and Jenna Heit in fourth.

The girls also placed in non running events as they took third in the triple jump and shot put. Paxtyn Pavelski took third in the triple jump and senior, Taylor Deling taking third in the shot put.

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 100m Dash – 2. Sydney Simpson, 14.38; 3. Kaitlyn Baier, 14.49; 9. Brynn McVey, 15.12. 200m Dash – 3. Courtney Dressel, 6:04.32; 4. Abbigail Schotter, 6:29.462. McKenna McVey, 28.86; 3. Callie Nyren, 29.40; 7. Sarah Sweeney, 30.67; 8. Sydney Simpson, 31.40. 400m Dash – 5. Hanna Hollister, 1:15.80; 9. Amanda Sahm, 1:21.50; 10. Jenna Storing, 1:22.85; 11. Kayla Patterson, 1:24.56. 800m Run – 6. Victoria Fasbender, 2:53.44; 7. Ciera Lind, 3:01.51. 1600m Run – 3. Alana Plasczc, 6:19.80; 4. Jenna Heit, 6:21.51. 3200m Run – 4. Claudia Paul, 15:00.24; 5. Meredith Hainstock, 15:37.71. 100m Hurdles – 3. Hannah Cedarblade, 19.09; 7. Kayla Bridges, 22.20; 8. Meredith Hainstock, 26.87. 300m Hurdles – 4. Hannah Cedarblade, 54.14;, 5. Kayla Bridges, 1:00.47. 4x100m Relay – 2. Elk Mound (Sydney Simpson, Maddie Jenson, Paxtyn Pavelski, Callie Nyren), 55.17. 4x200m Relay – 1. Elk Mound (Callie Nyren, Maddie Jenson, Kaitlyn Baier, McKenna McVey), 1:55.19. 4x400m Relay – 3. Elk Mound (Hanna Hollister, Ciera Lind, Kayla Patterson, Jenna Storing), 5:31.80. 4x800m Relay – 2. Elk Mound (Victoria Fasbender, Alana Plaszcz, Brook Plaszcz, Jenna Heit), 11:42.27. High Jump – 7. Brynn McVey, J4-04.00; 7. Hanna Hollister, J4-04.00. Pole Vault – 2. Kaitlyn Baier, 6-06.00. Long Jump – 5.  Paxtyn Pavelski, 14-02.25; 7. Callie Nyren, 14-00.50; 9. Sydney Simpson, 13-06.00; 10. Hannah Cedarblade, 13-05.50. 11. Sarah Sweeney, 13-05.00. 17. Alana Plaszcz, 11-08.25. Triple Jump – 3. Paxtyn Pavelski, 29-03.00; 6. Sarah Sweeney, 28-04.00. Shot Put – 3. Taylor Deling, 31-04.00; 11. Abby Kasper, 24-09.00; 17. Kassandra Jain, 23-06.00. Discus Throw – 1. Mikayla Solberg, 95-08; 4. Taylor Deling, 82-08; 12. Jasmine Johnson, 66-11.

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 100m Dash – 1. Jonah Bauer, 10.86; 3. Noah Zurbuchen, 11.73; 5. Tyler Sahm, 11.97; 13. Preston Eppers, 13.03. 200m Dash – 1. Jonah Bauer, 22.92; 3. Jordan VanSchoonhoven, 24.94; 10. Rian Flynn, 27.01. 400m Dash – 1. Jonah Bauer, 52.62; 4. Hunter Johnson, 55.33; 6. George Friberg, 56.56; 9. Andrew Benson, 1:01.16; 14. Marquis Kasakaitas, 1:04.60. 800m Run – 6. Hayden Kohls, 2:30.27; 8. Nate Lind, 2:36.48; 9. Aric Jenson, 2:37.06; 12. Dylan Hanson, 2:50.72. 1600m Run – 4. Nathan Kruger, 5:24.21; 9. Matt McLaughlin, 5:49.23; 11. Dylan Hanson, 6:13.07. 3200m Run – 2. Nathan Kruger, 12:06.79; 10.  Matt McLaughlin, 13:28.34. 110m Hurdles – 1. Jake Johnson, 16.26; 6. Teegan Peterson, 18.74; 7. Tyler Brantner, 21.13. 300m Hurdles – 1.  Jake Johnson, 42.00; 5. Teegan Peterson, 47.31; 6. Chandler Screiber, 48.61. 4x100m Relay – 1. Elk Mound (Noah Zurbuchen, Tyler Sahm, Jordan VanSchoonhoven, Ben Mack), 45.97. 4x200m Relay – 1. Elk Mound (Noah Zurbuchen, Jordan VanSchoonhoven, Tyler Sahm, Ben Mack), 1:36.98. 4x400m Relay – 1. Elk Mound (Hunter Johnson, George Friberg, Chase Morris, Aaron Maves), 3:47.19. 4x800m Relay – 3. Elk Mound (Hayden Kohls, Nate Lind, Marquis Kasakaitas, Aric Jenson), 10:33.75. High Jump – 3. Taylor Brantner, J5-06.00. Pole Vault – 1. Chandler Schreiber, J11-00.00; 3. George Friberg, J10-06.0; 7. Teegan Peterson, J9-06.00. Long Jump – 3. Chandler Schreiber, 17-02.25; 4. Ben Mack, 16-11.50; 5. Jordan VanSchoonhoven, 16-11.00; 6. Preston Eppers, 16-09.50. Triple Jump – 3. Tyler Brantner, J35-06.00; 3. Chandler Schreiber, J35-06.00; 6. Ben Mack, 33-06.00. Shot Put – 3. Aaron Maves, 36-01.7; 4. Bryce Kasper, 36-01.00; Conner Mavis, Elk Mound, 32-08.50; 11. Casey Cappozzi, 30-04.75. Discus Throw – 2. Aaron Maves, 116-02; 10. Conner Mavis, 82-08; 11. Casey Cappozzi, 80-07.

GIRLS TEAM RESULTS: 1. Neillsville/Granton 161.5, 2. Elk Mound 156, 3. Cochrane-Fountain City 141, 4. Altoona 120, 5. Mondovi 68.5

BOYS TEAM RESULTS: 1. Elk Mound 216, 2. Cochrane-Fountain City 124.5, 3. Neillsville/Granton 119, 4. Altoona 106, 5. Mondovi 83