Mounders fare well at Eleva-Strum, gain experience at Cadott

By Cara L. Dempski

The chilly, bluster weather that accompanies the early spring in the upper Midwest can often be difficult to deal with if you are forced to spend extended periods outdoors.

Fortunately for the Elk Mound track and field team, the weather does not pose a significant struggle.

The Mounders traveled to the Eleva-Strum Cardinal invitational April 18, and the girls’ copped a first-place finish, while the boys picked up second. A New Richmond meet scheduled for April 20 was cancelled due to weather, which left the Mounders with only one more meet at Cadott for the week.

While the boys’ took second out of three teams at Cadott with 177 points, the girls picked up third out of three with 136.5.

Elk Mound took the weekend off and headed to Chippewa Falls April 25 before taking on several conference foes at the Larry Z. Invitational to be held at Boyceville April 27. They are scheduled for a meet May 2 at Bloomer Middle School, and will be at Colfax May 4.

Eleva-Strum

Elk Mound head track coach Jeremiah Fredrickson said the April 18 meet at Eleva-Strum went off without much rain, but did feature a lot of wind.

The weather did not seem to hold the team back, as the girls picked up their first team win this season with 107.5 points, while the boys finished second after logging 129.5. Fredrickson noted some of his female runners have found a niche, and are proving worthy competitors.

“We found some girls that really like to compete, and also figured out some races for them,” the Mounder coach explained. “It was neat to see the fight in some of them during races, really pushing to beat the person next to them.”

Hannah Cedarblade picked up a top-three finish for the girls’ in the 110m hurdles. The junior finished in 17.60, which put her less than one second behind the race winner from Eleva-Strum; she also took fifth place in the 300m hurdles with a time of 58.00.

The Elk Mound girls’ teams took the top spot in the 800m and 400m relays. The 800m team ran a 1:58.40 race, while the 400m team earned the win with a time of 54.60.

Sprinters Brynn McVey and Sydney Simpson took third and fourth in the girls’ 200m dash. McVey just edged out Simpson with her 28.80 race. Simpson finished in 29.00. Sophomore Brook Plaszcz ran to a third-place finish in the two-mile run. She completed her race in 14:16.40, while the race winner from Augusta finished in 13:31.30.

The Elk Mound girls’ 1600m relay finished in 4:59.70 to take third. Osseo-Fairchild’s team won with a 4:42.10 effort.

In field events, Mikayla Solberg fired the discus 86-07 to take third place in the event behind an Osseo-Fairchild thrower who threw for 109-10.

Fredrickson also said the boys had a nice evening, with times continuing to drop in certain races.

Jake Johnson copped second in the 110m hurdles with his time of 15.40, right behind the first-place Independence-Gilmanton runner. He also logged a second-place finish in the 300m hurdles after completing the race in 41.90. Johnson was bested by the same runner from Independence-Gilmanton in the 300m hurdles.

Senior sprinter Noah Zurbuchen copped a win in the 100m dash after flying to the finish line in 11.00. Brady Redwine and Tyler Sahm finished third and fourth with times of 11.40 and 11.50.

Hunter Johnson then took first in the 400m dash, with Tyler Brantner in third and Andrew Benson in fifth. Johnson raced to a 54.90 finish, while Brantner’s time was 58.10 and Benson finished in 1:00.90.

Like their female counterparts, the boys’ 800m and 400m relays won their respective races. The 800m team finished in 1:35.2, while the 400m team raced to a 44.60 finish.

In field events, Conner Mavis earned third place in discus with his 117-11 throw, while an Altoona thrower flung the discus 128-08 for the win. Senior Chandler Schreiber cleared 12-00 in pole vault to take second behind an Eleva-Strum vaulter who cleared 12-06.

The first place boys’ team at Eleva-Strum was the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Redhawks, who earned 173.5 for the win.

GIRLS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 3200m relay: 4. Elk Mound 13:48.10; 110m hurdles: 3. Hannah Cedarblade 17.60; 100m dash: 6. Sydney Simpson 13.80, 7. Kourtney Zurbuchen 13.90; 1600m: 4. Alana Plaszcz 6:27.9, 5. Victoria Fasbender 6:30.70; 400m dash: 6. Kourtnee Halgren 1:11.80, 7. Hanna Hollister 1:14.30, 8. Ciara Lind 1:15.2; 800m relay: 1. Elk Mound 1:58.40; 400m relay: 1. Elk Mound 54.6; 300m hurdles: 5. Hannah Cedarblade 58.00; 800m: 6. Kirstin Martinson 2:53.40, 7. Taya Schaefer 2:58.40; 200m dash: 3. Brynn McVey 28.80, 4. Sydney Simpson 29.00; 3200m: 3. Brook Plaszcz 14:16.40, 7. Mattea Linberg 17:12.40, 8. K. Patterson 18:25.20; 1600m relay: 3. Elk Mound 4:59.7; Discus: 3. Mikayla Solberg 86-07, 7. Kassie Jain 78-00; Long jump: 7. Emily Winchester 13-00.50; Triple jump: 5. Sarah Sweeney 28-10.00; High jump: 5. Maddie Jenson 4-06; Pole vault: 5. Kaitlyn Baier 7-00.

GIRLS’ TEAM RESULTS: 1. Elk Mound 107.5, 2. Gail-Ettrick-Trempealeau 92.5, 3. Osseo-Fairchild 86, 4. Altoona 80, 5. Independence-Gilmanton 71.5, 6. Fall Creek 62, 7. Eleva-Strum 53, 8. Mondovi 52.5, 9. Immanuel Lutheran 25, 10. Augusta 24, 11. Lincoln 23, 12. Gilman 8.

BOYS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 3200m relay: 7. Elk Mound 10:40.20; 110m hurdles: 2. Jake Johnson 15.40; 100m dash: 1. Noah Zurbuchen 11.00, 3. Brady Redwine 11.40, 4. Tyler Sahm 11.50; 1600m: 4. Cade Hanson 5:07.30, 7. Andrew Pathos 5:35.90; 400m dash: 1. Hunter Johnson 54.90, 3. Tyler Brantner 58.10, 5. Andrew Benson 1:00.9; 800m relay: 1. Elk Mound 1:35.20; 400m relay: 1. Elk Mound 44.6; 300m hurdles: 2. Jake Johnson 41.90; 800m: 6. Nate Lind 2:18.90; 200m dash: 6. Rian Flynn 24.40; 3200m: 5. Seth Hazen 11:53.80; 1600m relay: 4. Elk Mound 3:50.20; Discus: 3. Conner Mavis 117-11; Shot put: 5. Bryce Kasper 37-10.5; Long jump: 7. Aric Jenson 17-07; Triple jump: 6. Tyler Brantner 37-06; High jump: 4. Tyler Brantner 6-00; Pole vault: 2. Chandler Schreiber 12-00.

BOYS’ TEAM RESULTS: 1. Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau 179.5, 2. Elk Mound  129.5, 3. Eleva-Strum 91.5, 4. Altoona 58, 5. Independence-Gilmanton 53.5, 6. Fall Creek 42.5, 7. Immanuel Lutheran 33, 8. Osseo-Fairchild 30.5, 9. Augusta 29, 10. Mondovi 26, 11. Gilman 20, 12. Lincoln 12.

Cadott

Coach Fredrickson apparently left many of his most experienced competitors at home when he took the Elk Mound track and field team to Cadott April 21.

Both teams still did relatively well, with the boys copping second and the girls finishing third.

The only Elk Mound boys’ wins came in field events. Junior Ben Lambele took first in high jump with a height of 5-08.00. He also won long jump with a distance of 18-03.00.

The winning boys’ team was Cadott with a score of 218.

The Elk Mound girls took third, while Cadott copped the 211.83-point win. Field events were the girls’ strong point as well.

Mikayla Solberg and Kassie Jain took the top two spots in discus with distances of 99-06 and 82-07, while Abby Kasper and Mary Tamke took first and second in the shot put. Kasper nabbed first for her 26-10.25 throw, and Tamke took second with a throw of 25-08.75.

GIRLS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 3200m relay: 4. Elk Mound 14:01.47; 100m dash: 7. Kourtnee Halgren 14.79, 9. Reese Southwort 15.23, 10. Maggie Bartig 15.36, 14. Lizzy Lindquist 16.21, 15. Sira Shepard 16.22, 16. Melanie Balts 16.26, 17. Gabby Wilson 16.31, 18. Maria Heltne 16.42; 100m hurdles: 2. Abby Kasper 21.78, 3. Anna Wolgemuth 22.41; 800m relay: 3. Elk Mound 2:26.46; 400m dash: 2. Kortnee Halgren 1:11.36, 3. Reese Southwort 1:13.36, 7. Claudia Paul 1:21.57, 8. Amanda Sahm 1:23.06, 9. Laney Moyer 1:2649, 10. Mattea Linberg 1:29.74; 400m relay: 3. Elk Mound “B” 1:04.62, 4. Elk Mound 1:05.67; 300m hurdles: 4. Anna Wolgemuth 1:10.13; 200m dash: 5. Abby Kasper 33.41, 6. Melanie Balts 34.20, 7. Lizzy Lindquist 34.28, 8. Lexi Nechanicky 34.42, 10. Laney Moyer 38.01; High jump: 4. Lexi Nechanicky 4-02.00, 8. Maggie Bartig 4-00.00, 8. Nikki Munthe 4-00.00; Pole vault: 4. Lizzy Lindquist 5-06.00, 5. Amanda Sahm 5-06.00; Long jump: 4. Maggie Bartig 11-08.50, 5. Lexi Nechanicky 11-06.00, 6. Melanie Balts 10-00.50, 7. Anna Wolgemuth 9-07.00, 8. Nikki Munthe 1-06.00; Discus: 1. Mikayla Solberg 99-06, 2. Kassie Jain 82-07, 8. Hannah Simpson 60-09, 9. Kyla Egan 59-04, 13. Mary Tamke 57-07, 18. Sira Shepard 36-09; Shot put: 1. Abby Kasper 26-10.25, 2. Mary Tamke 25-08, 75, 5. Kyla Egan 25-04.75, 8. Kassie Jain 24-11.00, 9. Claudia Paul 23-05.00, 10. Mikayla Solberg 23-01.50, 12. Sira Shepard 22-09.00, 14. Hannah Simpson 22-05.00, 18. Kayla Patterson 17-09.25.

GIRLS’ TEAM RESULTS: 1. Cadott 211.83, 2. Durand 211.33, 3. Elk Mound 136.83.

BOYS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 100m dash: 4. Darren Svihovec 12.33, 6. Ben Lambele 12.77, 7. Gaelen Young 12.90, 8. Jaylen Emberson 13.14, 9. Jack Emberson 13.16, 11. Dominic Hall 13.20, 12. Hunter Gagner 13.25, 15. Bryce Kasper 13.47, 16. Isaiah Wald 13.59, 18. Conner Mavis 15.23; 110m dash: 2. William Muzynski 19.02, 3. Jaylen Emberson 22.75; 1600m: 7. Dylan Hanson 6:03.55; 400m dash: 2. Gaelen Young 1:00.72, 4. Marquis Kasakaitas 1:05.88, 7. Derek Falkner 1:12.30; 400m relay: 2. Elk Mound 52.01, 5. Elk Mound “B” 1:05.30; 300m hurdles: William Muzynski 50.82; 800m: 3. Dylan Hanson 2:52.94; 200m dash: 4. Darren Svihovec 25.31, 7. Dominic Hall 27.15, 10. Hunter Gagner 27.90, 11. Isaiah Wald 28.78; High jump: 1. Ben Lambele 5-08.00, 4. Ryan Mohr 5-02.00, 5. Jared Strand 5-02.00, 8. William Muzynski 4-08.00; Pole vault: 2. Gaelen Young 9-00.00, 6. Jacob Miller 6-06.00; Long jump: 1. Ben Lambele 18-03.00, 3. Jaylen Emberson 16-07.50, 4. William Muzynski 16-05.50, 6. Jared Strand 16-01.50, 8. Isaiad Wald 15-06.00, 9. Jack Emberson 15-04.50; Triple jump: 6. Jack Emberson 30-00.50; Discus: 2. Conner Mavis 114-08, 3. Andrew Benson 106-07, 4. Marquis Kasakaitas 104-03, 5. Bryce Kasper 97-07, 9. Jacob Miller 77-11, 14. Kyle Deling 57-09, 15. Derek Falkner 50-032, 16. Nic Gilpin 49-01; Shot put: 2. Bryce Kasper 40-02.25, 4. Conner Mavis 37-03.25, 6. Rylan Maves 34-01.00, 7. Marquis Kasakaitas 31-04.25, 10. Andrew Benson 30-11.00, 12. Kyle Deling 29-06.50, 14. Jacob Miller 26-01.00, 16. Nic Gilpin 21-05.50, 17. Derek Falkner 20-04.50.

BOYS’ TEAM RESULTS: 1. Cadott 218, 2. Elk Mound 177, 3. Durand 173.