Lady Bulldogs win Colfax track meet

COLFAX — Nine individuals accounted for six first-place finishes – five individual and one relay – and 142 of the Lady Bulldogs’ 156-point winning tally.

Those performances were more than enough to carry the Boyceville girls to a convincing 32-point win over second-place finisher and rival Glenwood City at a five-team track and field meet at Colfax High School Thursday, April 21.

Elmwood/Plum City was third with 115.5, Chippewa Falls McDonell took fourth at 91.5 and Colfax was fifth with 34 points.

Although several varsity starters from the host Vikings’ rested in preparation of a meet the following day in Arcadia, the Lady Bulldogs victory was nonetheless impressive.

Junior Erica Sempf accounted for a pair of the five individual titles with wins in the long jump and 200 meters.

Teammate and classmate Cassie Malean received points in three events with a victory in the 100 meters and second-place finishes in the long and high jumps.

Seniors Anna Hagen and Ireland McAbee-Thomas each scored a top finish. Hagen won the 100 meter high hurdles and came in second in the 300 m low hurdles. McAbee-Thomas won the triple jump competition and was third in the 100 meters.

Brooklyn Booth led a three-way sweep of the girls’ pole vault as she took first followed by teammates Emma Harnisch in second and Emily Voelker in third.

In addition, Sempf, Malean, McAbee-Thomas along with Carlee Schultz ran to a win in the 4 x 100 m relay.

Voelker also placed third in the 400 meter dash in a new personal best time of 1:09.16. Paulina Wenke also set a personal best in the discus with a throw of 98’ and finished as the runner-up.

Tyler Krueger was second in the pole vault to lead the Boyceville boys, who came in fourth with 69 points.

Chippewa Falls McDonell won the boys’ meet with 170 points followed by Glenwood City at 124, Elmwood/Plum City at 120.5 and host Colfax was last with 65.5 points.

Krueger had plenty of familiar company in the pole vault as sophomore Brandon Kenefick, junior Michael Chick and freshman Brock Schlough went third, fourth and fifth, respectively, in the event for Boyceville.

The boys also took second in the 4 x 100 m and third in the 4 x 400 meter relays.

“The coaches were very pleased with the effort put out there last night,” said Corey Day, Boyceville head coach. “We feel things are moving in the right direction.”

The Bulldogs will host the annual Larry Z Invitational this Thursday, April 28.

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 100m Hurdles – 1. Anna Hagen, 20.53. 100m Dash – 1. Cassie Malean, 13.91; 3. Ireland McAbee-Thomas, 14.40; 7. Paulina Wenke, 16.43; 8. Haley Wold, 16.52; 9. Satina Chilson, 16.74. 1600m Run – 7. Brianna Foer, 8:48.78. 400m Dash – 3. Emily Voelker, 1:09.16; 5. Emma Harnisch, 1:11.74; 7. Anna Hagen, 1:12.33. 4x100m Relay – 1. Boyceville, 54.34. 300m Hurdles – 2. Anna Hagen, 1:01.79.  200m Dash – 1. Erica Sempf, 29.06. High Jump – 2. Cassie Malean, 4-10.00. Pole Vault – 1. Brookyln Booth, 8-06.00; 2. Emma Harnisch, 8-00.00; 3. Emily Voelker, 6-06.00. Long Jump – 1. Erica Sempf 15-01.00; 2. Cassie Malean, 14-05.75. Triple Jump – 1. Ireland McAbee Thomas, 31-09.00; 3. Carlee Schultz, 27-08.25. Discus Throw – 2. Paulina Wenke, 98-00’ 5. Haley Wold, 70-05; 6. Satina Chilson 69-09. Shot Put – 5. Paulina Wenke, 26-07.50; 10. Ireland McAbee-Thomas, 24-04.50; 11. Erica Sempf, 24-02.00; 12. Haley Wold, 23-09.00; 13. Satina Chilson, 23-08.00; 16. Brookyln Booth, 22-04.00.

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 110m Hurdles – 2. Tyler Krueger, 18.75. 100m Dash – 6. Brock Schlough, 12.62; 14. Hunter Lipke, 13.96; 15. Damien Waller, 15.43. 1600m Run – 5. Jack Kapsner, 5:25.03; 6. Kiel Anderson, 5:26.98; 7. Rian Corr, 5:29.60. 400m Dash – 6. Michael Chich, 1:02.47; 11. Jack Kapsner, 1:09.59. 4x100m Relay – 2. Boyceville, 51.40.  800m Run – 7. Brandon Malean, 2:24.38; 8. Rian Corr, 2:27.34; 9. Kiel Anderson, 2:31.91. 4x400m Relay – 3. Boyceville, 4:12.26; 5. Boyceville “B”, 4:22.84. Pole Vault – 2. Tyler Krueger, 12-00.00; 3. Brandon Kenefick, 10-00.00; 4. Michael Chich, 8-06.00; 5. Brock Schlough 8-00.00. Long Jump – 3. Trystin O’Connell, 17-03.00. Discus Throw – 14. Damien Waller, 61-04. Shot Put – 10. Brandon Kenefick, 27-04.00.

GIRLS TEAM RESULTS: 1. Boyceville 156, 2. Glenwood City 124, 3. Elmwood/Plum City 115.5, 4. McDonell Central 91.5, 5. Colfax 54.

BOYS TEAM RESULTS: 1. McDonell Central 170, 2. Glenwood City 124, 3. Elmwood/Plum City 120.5, 4.
Boyceville 69, 5. Colfax 65.5.