Colfax tracksters finish in top five at home; Mounders battles for points

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FIRST PLACE — Kameri Meredith finished in first place for the Vikings in the 100 meter hurdles, Meredith also competed in the 300 meter hurdles and finished in third place. —photo by Amber Hayden

By Amber Hayden

COLFAX — The Viking and Mounder boys’ and girls’ track and field teams were in Colfax on Tuesday, May 6, for the second time in a week and Colfax did fairly well, while Elk Mound had to fight for every point.

Colfax finished in third place for the ladies and fourth place for boys. Elk Mound boys came in tenth and the ladies placed 16th.

Northwestern won the boys’ and girls’ meets.

Elk Mound and Colfax both competed in yesterday’s (Tuesday, May 14) Dunn-St. Croix Track and Field Championships in Durand. The Mounder boys have won the conference title the past three seasons.

The Mounder teams will then open the 2019 WIAA tournament series at Division 2 regional meet in Bloomer next Monday, May 20. The top four place winners in each event will advance to the sectional meet to be held Thursday, May 23 in Mosinee.

Colfax will host the 11-team, WIAA Division 3 regional on Monday, May 20. The top four finishers in each event will qualify for the sectional meet in Cameron on Thursday, May 23.

Colfax

Kameri Meredith went full throttle as she finished in first place in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of :16.49 and in third place in the 300 meter hurdles with a time of :50.22. Meredith also finished fifth in the triple jump.

Morgan Jensen continued her dominance in the discus toss with a winning throw of 123′ 5”. She also placed eighth in the shot put.

QUALIFYING — Brady Redwine took first in his heat during the preliminaries for the 100 meter dash on Tuesday evening, May 7. Redwine went on to finish the event in fifth place with a time of :12.00.
—photo by Amber Hayden

Samantha Pretasky came in third in the long jump with a best of 15′ 7.75”.

For the boys’, Jeremy Artist proved he is one of the fastest athletes for Colfax as he finished first with an :11.54 in the 100 meter dash, and after having a quick pep talk with head coach Ryan Krall, Artist finished in fifth place in the 200 meter dash with a time of :24.06.

Colfax boys also won the 4×400 m relay and took second in 4×100 m relay.

Elk Mound

The Mounders struggled to crack into the top ten in any events, but the 4×100 meter relay team for the ladies finished in third place with a time of :54.30. Olivia Schreiber finished in seventh place with a jump of 29′ 3.5”.

Elk Mound’s Rian Flynn and Brady Redwine did their job on the track as they finished in second and fifth place respectively in the 100 meter dash. Flynn also finished in third place in the 200 meter dash with a time of :23.70 and Redwine finished in fourth place in the long jump with a distance of 18’7.75”.

COLFAX GIRLS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 4x800M Relay- 5. Colfax 11:27.81; 4x200M Relay- 4. Colfax 1:55.74; 400 M Dash- 20. Madison Barstad 1:18.18; 800M- 7. Teagan Field 2:47.83, 17. Juelia Berger 3:06.06, 20. Madison Barstad 3:15.56; ; 1600M- 4. Jasmine Best 6:03.84, 6. Erica Kallstrom 6:08.80, 9. Hailey Prince 6:29.32; 100 M Hurdles- 1. Kameri Meredith :16.49; 300 M Hurdles- 3. Kameri Meredith :50.22; 4x400M Relay- 3. Colfax 4:36.30; Long Jump- 3. Samantha Pretasky 15’7.75”, 6. Jayna Bowe 14’7.25”; Triple Jump- 5. Kameri Meredith 29’11.5”; Discus- 1. Morgan Jensen 123’05”, 3. Emma Hurlburt 104’11”, 7. Kali Risler 93’05” Shot Put- 8. Morgan Jensen 29’05, 10. Emma Hurlburt 27’05”, 16. Kali Risler 27’01”.

ELK MOUND GIRLS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 4x200M Relay- 11. Elk Mound 2:09.00; 4x100M Relay- 3. Elk Mound :54.40; Triple Jump- 7. Olivia Schreiber 29’3.5”, 12. Melanie Balts 26’5.5”, 13. Sydney Simpson 25’04”; Shot Put- 15. Abby Kasper 27’1.75”.

GIRLS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. Northwestern 106, 2. Ladysmith 87, 3. Colfax 73, 4. Glenwood City 67, 5. Cumberland 65, 6. Prairie Farm 51, 7. Barron 45, 8. Fredric/Luck 36, 9. Turtle Lake/Clayton 24, 10. Lake Holcombe/Cornell 33, 11. Spring Valley 25, 12. Thorp 18, 13. Elmwood/Plum City 16, 13. Cadott 16, 13. Clear Lake 16, 16. Elk Mound 8, 17. Winter 3.

FOCUSING ON THE finish line during the 200 meter dash prelims for the Mounders was Olivia Schreiber. Schreiber finished in ninth place with a time of :30.16. —photo by Amber Hayden

COLFAX BOYS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 4x800M Relay- 5. Colfax 9:30.15; 110 M Hurdles- 7. Eddie Doerr :20.65; 100M Dash- 1. Jeremy Artist :11.54; 4×100 M Relay- 2. Colfax :45.71; 300 M Hurdles- 5. Luke Heidorn :44.69, 9. Eddie Doerr :50.37; 800M- 6. Trevor Rothbauer 2:17.89; 1600M- 4. Noah Heidorn 5:07.14; 200M Dash- 5. Jeremy Artist :24.06; 3200M- 5. Dennis Sonnentag 11:14.86; 4x400M Relay- 1. Colfax 3:43.32; High Jump- 7. Noah Heidorn 5’04”; Long Jump- 8. Luke Heidorn 18’7.75”, 16. Nate Lee 16’4.5”; Triple Jump- 7. Nate Lee 36’7.5”, 17. Pierce Harvey 33’4.5”; Discus- 9. Noah Albricht 108’04”; Shot Put- 13. Marcus Drees 34’11.5”, 19. Noah Albricht 32’7.75”.

ELK MOUND BOYS’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 100 M Dash- 2. Rian Flynn :11.70, 5.  Brady Redwine :12.00; 400 M Dash- 17. Antonio Meyer 1:01.16, 18. Marquis Kasakaitas 1:02.34; 800 M- 18. Jack Gabert 2:28.49; 200M Dash- 3. Rian Flynn :23.70, 4. Brady Redwine :24.02; 110 M Hurdles- 6. Alex Johnson :18.14; 4×100 M Relay- 6. Elk Mound :49.48; 4×200 M Relay- 4. Elk Mound 1:42.96; High Jump- 9. Antonio Meyer 5’04”; Pole Vault- 7. Luke Hanson 8’00”; Long Jump- 4. Brady Redwine 18’7.75”; Triple Jump- 6. Alex Johnson 36’8.5”, 9. Marquis Kasakaitas 36’2.5”; Discus- 11. Marquis Kasakaitas 105’03”, 15. Carter Brantner 93’07”; Shot Put- 20. Gabe Moschkau 32’7.5” .

BOYS TEAM SCORES: 1. Northwestern 109, 2. Barron 73, 3. Clear Lake 67, 4. Colfax 56.5, 5. Spring Valley 55.5, 6. Glenwood City 54, 6. Ladysmith 54, 8, Cumberland 50, 9. Cadott 46.5, 10. Elk Mound 43.5, 11. Fredric/Luck 42, 12. Turtle Lake/Clayton 19, 13. Lake Holcombe/Cornell 13, 14. New Auburn 6, 14. Winter 6, 14. Thorp 6, 17. Prairie Farm 1.

FASTER — After a quick pep talk from coach Ryan Krall, Jeremy Artist went on to finish in first place in the 100 meter dash with an impressive time of :11.54. —photo by Amber Hayden