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2019 ELK MOUND TRACK AND FIELD TEAMS — Members of the boys’ and girls’ Mounder Track and Field teams are pictured above in no particular order. Seniors Jack Emberson, Victoria Fasbender, Rian Flynn, Dylan Hanson, Cameron Johnson, Marquis Kasakaitas, Abby Kasper, Alana Plaszcz, Brook Plaszcz, Brady Redwine, Hanna Simpson and Sydney Simpson. Juniors Melanie Balts, Maggie Bartig, Carter Brantner, Kortnee Halgren, Dominic Hall, Cade Hanson, Seth Hazen, Brady Hunsucker, Laylue Kue, Lizzy Lindquist, Kristin Martinson, Jacob Miller, Weston Moschkau, Andrew Pathos, Paige Vanschoonhoven and Gaelen Young. Sophomores Nick Brown, Zane Clemmens, Jack Gabert, Luke Hanson, Mason Hay, Aaron Huer, Alex Johnson, Nanya Kue, Jeffery Lecount, Ethan Levra, Zach Miller, Gabe Moschkau, Antonio Myers, Ashley Patterson, Kennedy Pritchard, Mitchell Ruppelt, Ellie Schuch, Ryder Simngton, Bryanna Troutz, Oscar Walk, Spencer Wolf and Brennen Zais. Freshmen and Rian Hanson, Isabella Harmer, Mercedes Hay, Sawyer Hunsucker, Regan Jenson, Livi Schindler, Olivia Schreiber, Mitchell Solberg, Carter Sundeen, Lucas Wagner, Cameron Wallin, Corbin Verdon. —photo by Amber Hayden
By Amber Hayden
It was a busy first week of competition for the Elk Mound track and field teams as they participated in three meets.
The first two meets of the season for the Mounders were the Blue Devil Invite at UW-Stout and the Chippewa Falls McDonell Indoor Invitational at UW-Eau Claire last Tuesday, March 19. Elk Mound sent half of its squads to Menomonie and the other half to Eau Claire.
The Mounders didn’t fair too well in Menomonie as both the boys and girls failed to place in the top twenty teams with Menomonie and River Falls taking first and second. The boys team that went to Eau Claire placed in sixth place with a total of 43 points.
Last Saturday, March 23, Elk Mound returned to UW-Stout for their third meet of the week as it competeed in the Northern Badger Classic. The Elk Mound Ladies did not place in the top twenty and the boys finished in seventh place with 24 points.
The Mounders will take the time to practice before their next meet which is on Tuesday, April 9, in Eleva-Strum.
Menomonie
It was a long evening last Tuesday, March 19 at UW-Stout for the Mounders’ men and women as the women failed to place and the men finished in 23rd place with a mere three points.
The highest any of the Lady Mounders would finish was in 21st place as senior Sydney Simpson finished the triple jump with a distance of 26’8.5” for Elk Mound. Simpson also finished in 25th place in the 55M dash with a time of :8.29.
Hannah Simpson finished in 40th place in the shot put event with a distance of 21’7” and Olivia Schreiber and Kennedy Pritchard finished in the top thirty in the 200M dash with times of :30.58 and :31.01.
As for the boys, Rian Flynn finished in seventh place in the 55M dash and qualified for the finals where he finished in sixth place with a time of :6.98. Flynn also finished in 21st place in the long jump with a distance of 16’5”.
Sophomore Alex Johnson took to the track for the 55M Hurdles and finished in 14th place for Elk Mound with a time of :09.06.
BLUE DEVIL INVITE
ELK MOUND GIRLS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 55M-25. Sydney Simpson :8.29, 31. Kennedy Pritchard :8.38, 43. Paige Vanschoonhoven :8.57; 200M -23. Olivia Schreiber :30.58, 30. Kennedy Pritchard :31.01, 44. Paige Vanschoonhoven :31.90; 400M-29. Lizzy Lindquist 1:19.78, 31.Regan Jenson 1:23.56; Long Jump-34. Olivia Schreiber 12’2.5”; Triple Jump-21. Sydney Simpson 26’8.5”; Shot Put-40. Hannah Simpson 21’7”.
GIRLS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. River Falls 83, 2. Wausau West 78, 3. EC North 43, 4. Menomonie 41, 5. Bloomer 35, 6. EC Memorial 32.5, 7. Saint Croix Central 27, 8. Superior 24, 9. Arcadia 22.5, 10. Prescott 21.
ELK MOUND BOYS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 55M-7. Rian Flynn :6.95, 16. Brady Redwine :7.10, 23.Dominic Hall :7.24; 200M-12. Brady Redwine :25.16, 24. Dominic Hall :25.79, 31. Logan Schultz :26.01; 400M-21. Ethan Levra 1:01.07, 22. Alex Johnson 1:01.09; 800M-31. Jack Gabert 2:39.29; 55M Hurdles- 14. Alex Johnson :9.60; 4x400M Relay-15. Elk Mound 4:09.37; High Jump-12. Antonio Meyer 5’0”; Long Jump-10. Brady Redwine 17’7.5”, 21. Rian Flynn 16’5”; Shot Put-39. Oscar Wald 31’2”, 40. Carter Brantner 29’5”.
BOYS TEAM SCORES-1. Menomonie 76, 2. River Falls 70, 3. Tomah 39, 4. EC North 36, 5. Superior 34.5, 6. St. Croix Central 30, 7. Arcadia 25, 8. Chippewa Falls 24, 9. EC Memorial 23.5, 10. Mondovi 22.
Eau Claire
With half of the Mounders team in Menomonie, Elk Mound sent a boys’ team to Eau Claire last Tuesday, March 19, and were able to compete with the likes of Ladysmith and Regis, who finished first and second. Elk Mound finished in sixth place in the invitational with 43 total points.
Junior Gaelen Young had a successful night for Elk Mound as he finished third in the 55M dash with a time of :7.15 and first in the pole vault with a height of 12’3”.
Jacob Miller and Luke Hanson also faired well in the pole vault event coming in sixth and seventh respectively with heights of 8’0” and 7’6”.
Luke Hanson also finished well on the track with a 15th place finish in the 200M dash with a time of :27.96 and during the field events he found himself in second place in the long jump with a distance of 17’6”.
CHIPPEWA FALLS MCDONELL INDOOR INVITATIONAL
ELK MOUND BOYS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 55M-3. Galen Young :7.15, 19. Marquis Kasakaitas :7.75, 29. Zane Clemmens :8.58; 4x200M Relay-4. Elk Mound 1:56.85; 400M-5. Gabe Moschkau 1:04.19, 11. Mitchell Hainstock 1:07.25, 14. Aaron Huer 1:11.33; 800M- 13. Mitchell Hainstock 2:57.58; 200M-15. Luke Hanson :27.96, 20. Ryder Simngton :29.46, 25. Gabe Moschkau :32.93; Pole Vault-1. Galen Young 12’3”, 6. Jacob Miller 8’0”, 7. Luke Hanson 7’6”; Long Jump-2. Luke Hanson 17’6”, 15. Gabe Moschkau 14’7”, 23. Sawyer Hunsucker 12’10”; Triple Jump-4. Spencer Wolf 34’4”, 14. Zane Clemmens 27’10”; Shot Put-12. Marquis Kasakaitas 32’0”, 16. Aaron Huer 29’8”, 22. Ryder Simngton 26’0”.
BOYS TEAM SCORES: 1. Ladysmith 117, 2. Regis 101, 3. Gilman 87, 4. Cameron 79, 5. Bruce 46, 6. Elk Mound 43, 7. Fall Creek 23, 8. Flambeau 21, 9. Lake Holcombe/Cornell 18, 10. Mondovi 12, 11. McDonell Central 9, 12. Thorp 5.
Menomonie
It was another full day of events for Elk Mound last Saturday, March 23, when the boys and girls traveled to Menomonie for the second time in a week to take part in the Northern Badger Track and Field Classic held at UW-Stout.
The boys faired rather well as they finished in seventh place with 24 points, but the ladies have yet to find themselves in the top twenty.
Senior Rian Flynn once again qualified for the finals of the 55M dash after finishing in third place in the preliminaries. Flynn finished in fourth place in the finals with a time of :6.94 behind Joseph Aguilera of Abbotsford in first and Jeremy Artist of Colfax in second.
Flynn and Brady Redwine were also in the top ten of the 200M dash as Flynn finished in third with a time of :24.34 and Redwine finished sixth with a time of :22.79. Redwine also helped out the Mounders in the long jump event finishing in third place with a distance of 18’3”.
For the Mounder Ladies, it was another tough day of competition against teams such as Prescott who finished in first with 47 points and runner-up Spencer with 41.
Kennedy Pritchard had the best finish of the Elk Mound girls’ competitors as she finished in eleventh place in the 55M dash with a time of :8.20. Pritchard also finished in 34th place in the 200M dash with a time of :30.29.
Paige Vanschoonhoven and Olivia Schreiber also competed in the 55M dash and tied for 35th place with a time of :8.53. Vanschoonhoven went on to finish in 56th place in the 200M with a time of :31.50 and Schreiber finished in 15th place in the long jump with a distance of 26’8.25”.
NORTHERN BADGER CLASSIC
ELK MOUND GIRLS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 55M-11. Kennedy Pritchard :8.20, 35. Paige Vanschoonhoven :8.53, 35. Olivia Schreiber :8.53; 200M-34. Kennedy Pritchard :30.29, 56. Paige Vanschoonhoven :31.50; 400M-32. Lizzy Lindquist 1:21.77, 33. Regan Jenson 1:22.50; Pole Vault-16. Lizzy Lindquist 6’0”; Long Jump-34. Isabella Harmer 11’5”, 41. Melanie Balts 10’8.25”; Triple Jump-15. Olivia Schreiber 26’8.25, 22. Sydney Simpson 25’8.75”; Shot Put-41. Hannah Simpson 22’3”.
GIRLS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. Prescott 47, 2. Spencer 41, 3. Colby 39, 4. Marathon 35, 5. Byron 33.5, 6. Saint Croix Falls 30, 6. St. Charles 30, 8. Ladysmith 29.5, 9. Abbotsford 26, 10. Flambeau 20.5.
ELK MOUND BOYS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 55M-3. Rian Flynn :6.96, 9. Brady Redwine :7.13; 200M-3. Rian Flynn :24.34, 6. Brady Redwine :22.79; 4x400M Relay-12. Elk Mound 4:07.11; 400M-16. Ethan Levra :59.63; High Jump-19. Antonio Meyer 5’3”; Pole Vault-5. Galen Young 11’6”, 6. Jacob Miller 8’0”, 7. Luke Hanson 7’6”; Long Jump-3. Brady Redwine 18’3”, 38. Luke Hanson 13’4.75”; Triple Jump-16. Marquis Kasakaitas 33’7.75”; Shot Put-35. Marquis Kasakaitas 30’7”.
BOYS TEAM SCORES: 1. Marathon 80, 2. Saint Croix Falls 63.5, 3. Amery 52, 4. Abbotsford 41, 5. Ladysmith 40, 6. St. Charles 29, 7. Elk Mound 24, 8. Arcadia 22, 9. Spencer 21.5, 10. Somerset 21.