Elk Mound sets four meet record at Bloomer

by Samuel Ripp

BLOOMER — The Elk Mound track team was in action on Tuesday, May 3 in Bloomer at the Dave Landgraf Invitational and came away with top two finishes for the girls and boys. The girls finished second out of eight teams and the boys took first.

Girls

The girls took second overall in the meet scoring a total of 149 points and only finished a couple points behind the winner, Bloomer who finished with 150.50 points. Elk Mound set a meet record in the discus throw in the meet.

The girls had a great day on the track as they took home three first place finishes along with one second and a few thirds.

Setting a meet record was junior Mikayla Solberg in the discus who threw a distance of 107-02, breaking the previous record of 106-08. The record stood four years by Chloe Zeman of Bloomer until Tuesday.

Also taking home first place finishes included sophomore Hannah Cedarblade in the 100-meter hurdles. She finished with a time of 17.95. The 4×200-meter relay team being made up of senior McKenna McVery, junior Kaitlyn Baier, sophomore Callie Nyren, and sophomore anchor Maddie Jenson brought home first with a time of 1:54.59.

Almost the same team made up the 2×100-meter relay team that finished second on the day. Senior Paxtyn Pavelski took Kaitlyn Baier’s spot on the team and they finished with a time of 54.51.

The Lady Mounders also had three third place finishes on the afternoon. They came in the 1600-meter run, 800-meter run and the 200-meter dash. Junior Elizabeth Fasbender finished third in the 1600 with a time of 5:45:95 and in the 800 with a time of 2:31.88. McKenna McVey found her way to a third place finish in the 200-meter dash with a time of 28.50.

Boys 

The boys finished first overall for the meet with a total of 150 points and Bloomer was the next closest with 126.66 points. The boys broke three meet records on the night.

Senior sprinter Jonah Bauer broke two of these records himself in the 100 and 200-meter dash. In the 100 he set the record with a time of 11.14 and the previous record was 11.15 that has been held for three years. His time in the 200 was 22.50 which broke the previous record of 23.10 that has been standing for three years as well.

The other record that fell was already held by Elk Mound since 2012 and now is claimed by four new boys in the 4×100-meter relay. This team was made up of junior Noah Zurbuchen, senior Jordan VanSchoonhoven, junior Tyler Sahm, and senior anchor Ben Mack with a winning time of 45.38. They broke the previous record of 46.18.

Sophomore Jake Johnson was involved in the three other first place finishes for Elk Mound on the afternoon. By himself he took first in the 110 and 300-meter hurdles and took first with his 4×200-meter relay team.

In the 110-meter hurdles he had a winning time of 16.08 and in the 300-meter hurdles he cruised to a first place finish with a time of 42.76.

The 4×200-meter relay team was made up of Zurbuchen, VanSchoonhoven, Sahm, and anchor Johnson. Their winning time was 1:34.45.

In the pole vault, Elk Mound took second and third with junior Chandler Schreiber and junior George Friberg. Schreiber jumped 11-00.00 feet while Friberg made it over 10-00.00 feet on the afternoon.

Senior Aaron Maves took second in the shot put with a throw of 43-01.00 and third in the discuss with a distance of 136-05.

The Elk Mound track team will look to keep their momentum going on Thursday, May 5 as they will be in Colfax.