EM thinclads challenged in meets at Baldwin and New Richmond
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By Amber Hayden
Elk Mound’s track and field athletes faced some stiff competition last week during a pair of meets hosted by Middle Border schools.
Points were at a premium for the Elk Mound squads in Baldwin last Tuesday, April 23. The Lady Mounders finished fourth while the boys finished in fifth place in the 8-team meet hosted by Baldwin-Woodville. Even with a second place finish for the ladies in the 4×200 meter relay and a few top ten finishes it was not enough to compete with Prescott and Grantsburg, who finished one and two in the team standings.
Two days later in New Richmond, the Mounder teams struggled to even score points in the April 25 meet that featured all larger schools. Elk Mound’s boys finished in fifth place and the ladies were sixth. Rian Flynn and Kennedy Pritchard did their best to help out the group of athletes as each garnered fifth-place finishes.
The Mounders were back on the track and field Tuesday to close out April with a meet in Bloomer. Elk Mound then runs in Colfax tomorrow, Thursday, May 2 followed by meets in Durand on Friday, May 3, Mondovi on Monday, May 6 before returning to Colfax next Tuesday, May 7.
Baldwin-Woodville
It wasn’t a perfect start to the week for the Mounders’ track and field teams as the girls placed fourth with 51 points while the boys finished in fifth with 64 points.
Finishing first and second in the girls’ team competition were Prescott with 182 points and Grantsburg with 140 points. Amery topped the boys’ standings with 180 points and was followed by Clear Lake with 131.5 points.
Olivia Schreiber had the top individual finishes for the Lady Mounders as she jumped to a second-place showing in the triple jump with a leap of 30’ 8”, took third place in the long jump with a best of 13’ 10” and also came in sixth in the 200 meter dash in :30.89. Kennedy Pritchard took fourth in the 100 meter dash in a time of :13.65, Abby Kasper threw 26’ 2” to take fifth in the shot put and Hannah Simpson finished in seventh place in the discus with a distance of 61’11”.
The girls’ 4×200 meter relay team that finished as the runner-up with a time of 2:00.46.
Brady Redwine and Rian Flynn highlighted the Mounder boys’ running events with Flynn finishing in third place in the 100 meter dash with a time of :11.62 while Redwine finished in a time of :11.91 for seventh. Redwine also participated in the 200 meter dash and finished in third with a time of :24.47.
Alex Johnson hurdled to third in the 110 meter highs with a time of :17.81.
In the field events, Galen Young claimed Elk Mound’s only win of the competition with a vault of 13′ in the pole vault. Marquis Kasakaitas helped out the Mounders with a second-place finish in discus with a distance of 109’07 and was eighth in the triple jump with a distance of 33’8.5”.
The boys’ 4×100 meter relay placed third.
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RESULTS: 100 M Dash-4. Kennedy Pritchard :13.65, 12. Paige Vanschoonhoven :14.28, 16. Sydney Simpson :14.53; 200 M Dash-6. Olivia Schreiber :30.89, 19. Isabella Harmer :32.45; 100 M Hurdles-3. Isabella Harmer :22.04; 4×200 M Relay-2. Elk Mound 2:00.46 (Paige Vanschoonhoven, Sydney Simpson, Olivia Schreiber, Kennedy Pritchard); Long Jump-3. Olivia Schreiber 13’10”, 13. Regan Jenson 12’05”, 14. Sydney Simpson 12’01”; Triple Jump-2. Olivia Schreiber 30’08”, 9. Melanie Balts 23’08”; Shot Put-5. Abby Kasper 26’02”, 20. Bryanna Troutz 18’06”; Discus-7. Hannah Simpson 61’11”.
GIRLS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. Prescott 182, 2. Grantsburg 140, 3. Amery 113. 4. Elk Mound 51, 5. Clear Lake 33, 6. Elmwood/Plum City 29, 7. St. Croix Central 17, 8. Baldwin-Woodville 14.
ELK MOUND BOYS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 100 M Dash-3. Rian Flynn :11.62, 7. Brady Redwine :11.91, 10. Spencer Wolf :12.08, 12. Dominic Hall :12.30, 13. Galen Young :12.31, 16. Luke Hanson :12.36; 200 M Dash-3. Brady Redwine :24.47, 13. Luke Hanson :25.71, 14. Logan Schultz :25.76, 18. Dominic Hall :26.16, 19. Spencer Wolf 26.19; 400 M Dash-10. Ethan Levra :58.81, 12. Alex Johnson 1:00.03; 800 M-18. Mitchell Hainstock 2:32.11; 1600 M-12. Cameron Johnson 6:21.83; 110 M Hurdles-3. Alex Johnson :17.81; 4×100 M Relay-3. Elk Mound :56.30 (Carter Brantner, Aaron Huer, Zane Clemmens, Jacob Miller); High Jump- 7. Corbin Verdon 5’04”; Pole Vault-1. Galen Young 13’00”, 8. Jacob Miller 7’00” Long Jump-3. Brady Redwine 17’10”, 10. Luke Hanson 16’02”, 11. Logan Schultz 16’02”, 16. Corbin Verdon 15’11”; Triple Jump-5. Alex Johnson 34’8.5”, 8. Marquis Kasakaitas 33’8.5”, 9. Dominic Hall 32’03”, 14. Zane Clemmens 27’07”; Shot Put-7. Gabe Moschkau 32’2.5”, 10. Zane Clemmens 30’9.5”; Discus-2. Marquis Kasakaitas 109’07”, 13. Carter Brantner 80’07”.
BOYS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. Amery 180, 2. Clear Lake 131.5, 3. Prescott 102.5, 4. Grantsburg 96, 5. Elk Mound 64, 6. Elmwood/Plum City 18, 7. Baldwin-Woodville 17, 8. St. Croix Central 11.
New Richmond
It was another tough go around for the Mounders’ thinclads as they finished in fifth for the boys and sixth for the girls behind River Falls and New Richmond, who finished first and second respectively in the boys’ and girls’ team scoring.
Olivia Schreiber and Kennedy Pritchard were the only two ladies to finish in the top five for Elk Mound. Schreiber finished in third place in the long jump event with a distance of 14′ 6” and Pritchard came in fifth in the 100 meter dash with a time of :13.78.
Finishing in eighth place for Elk Mound girls in the 300 meter hurdles was Isabella Harmer with a time of 1:01.77. Harmer also finished 15th in the long jump with a distance of 11′ 9.25”.
Cade Hanson led the boys in the running events with a second-place finish in the 1,600 meters while teammate Andrew Pathos was sixth.
Alex Johnson took fourth in the 110 m high hurdles with a :19.29.
Rian Flynn was in the top ten for the 100 meter and 200 meter dashes as he finished seventh in the 100 with a time of :11.99 and took home a fifth in the 200 with a time of :23.66.
In the field events, Galen Young claimed his second pole vault gold of the week after clearing a height of 13′.
ELK MOUND GIRLS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 100 M Dash- 5. Kennedy Pritchard :13.78, 17. Paige Vanschoonhoven :14.50, 18. Sydney Simpson :14.54; 200 M Dash- 11. Sydney Simpson :29.45, 12. Kennedy Pritchard :29.47, 14. Paige Vanschoonhoven :29.50; 1600 M- 7. Kyra Hadenfeldt 7:11.46; 300 M Hurdles- 8. Isabella Harmer 1:01.77; Long Jump- 3. Olivia Schreiber 14’06”, 15. Isabella Harmer 11’9.25”, 17. Regan Jenson 11’8.5”; Triple Jump- 11. Olivia Schreiber 29’04”; Shot Put- 14. Abby Kasper 27’03”, 20. Bryanna Troutz 18’06”; Discus- 13. Hannah Simpson 68’05”.
GIRLS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. River Falls 114.5, 2. New Richmond 83, 3. Osceola 76.75, 4. Baldwin-Woodville 57.5, 5. St. Croix Central 16, 6. Elk Mound 8.25.
ELK MOUND BOYS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 100 M Dash- 7. Rian Flynn :11.99, 10. Brady Redwine :12.07; 200 M Dash- 5. Rian Flynn :23.66, 10. Brady Redwine :24.12, 20. Cade Hanson :25.01; 400 M Dash- 11. Ethan Levra :58.70, 15. Alex Johnson :59.69; 800 M- 18. Mitchell Hainstock 2:32.11; 1600 M- 2. Cade Hanson 4:52.15, 6. Andrew Pathos 5:02.73; 110 M Hurdles- 4. Alex Johnson :19.29; High Jump- 7. Corbin Verdon 5’04”; Pole Vault- 1. Galen Young 13’00”, 13. Luke Hanson 7’00”; Triple Jump- 10. Alex Johnson 35’10”, 11. Marquis Kasakaitas 35’05”; Discus- 5. Marquis Kasakaitas 108’01”, 13. Carter Brantner 80’07”.
BOYS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. River Falls 160, 2. New Richmond 83, 3. Osceola 81, 4. St. Croix Central 32, 5. Elk Mound 24, 6. Baldwin-Woodville 11.