Loyal girls place second at Auburndale Invite
Local track teams came out in full force on April 29 to compete at the Auburndale Invitational. For some, it was their first meet of the season — others have already participated in a few — but for all it was a learning experience as the athletes begin to figure out their places on the track.
The Loyal girls were one of the most successful teams at the invite, taking home a second place finish from among 10 teams. In addition to the individual placings, the girls had two teams place at the invite. The Greyhounds ran both a 4X200m relay team
(1:58.76) and a 4X100m relay team (53:82), finishing in second place for both.
Individual results for the Loyal girls are as follows: Savannah Schley, 1st, 100m dash, 13.39,
1st, 400m dash, 1:02.9, 1st, 800m run, 2:31.3; Alyssia Zvolena, 1st, high jump, 4’8”, 5th,
100m dash, 14.17; Haven Peroshek, 1st, shot put, 29’9”, 5th, discus, 74’3”; Abrial Kubista, 2nd, triple jump, 31’10.5”, 4th,
300m hurdles, 58.57, 5th, 100m hurdles,
20.33; Shalisha Buchanan, 3rd, shot put,
28’7.5”, 8th, discus, 70’8”, 9th, 100m dash,
14.64; Aubre Robida, 3rd, 100m dash, 14.08,
7th, 100m hurdles, 21.03; Leah Scherer,
3rd, 100m hurdles, 19.27; Margaret Reis,
3rd, pole vault, 8’, 16th, 100m dash, 15.12; Sheila Tellock, 5th, pole vault, 7’, 9th, 200m dash, 30.91; Maci Bogdonovich, 5th, 1600m run, 7:19.7, 14th, 800m run, 3:12.2; Devani Hinklemann, 6th, discus, 71’1”; Riley Waldhauser, 8th, 400m dash, 1:52.9, 41st, 100m dash, 18.24; Ella Rand, 8th, pole vault, 6’; Hannah Smith, 9th, shot put, 25’1”, 10th, discus, 64’3”; Miranda Trade, 10th, 200m dash, 30.97; Halle Aumann, 16th, discus,
54’1”, 19th, 800m run, 3:27.7; Brianna Hederer, 15th, 200m dash, 32.02.
For the boys, the Greyhounds also had two relay teams compete and place at Auburndale. The 4X100m relay team (50.15) took fourth place and the 4X400m relay team (4:16.8) finished 6th.
Individual results for the Loyal boys are as follows: Sully Hanson, 4th, 100m dash, 12.15, 5th,
200m dash, 25.50; Connor Genteman, 4th,
800m run, 2:17.9, 5th 1600m run, 5:13.8, 5th,
3200m run. 11:51.4; Seth Genteman, 7th,
800m run, 2:22.3, 8th, 1600m run, 5:32.8; Kaden Olson, 4th, 110m hurdles, 21.58, 7th, triple jump, 33’0.5”; David Nikolai, 8th, discus, 93’1”, 23rd, 100m dash, 13.35; Aden Smrka, 13th, discus, 78’10”, 18th, shot put,
26’2”; Riley Schneider, 17th, discus, 65’6”,
19th, shot put, 25’10”; Bo Bogdonovich,
18th, 400m dash, 1:05.1; Jaden Ruggles,
21st, 800m run, 2:52.2; Sam Lathrop, 22nd, shot put, 21’9”, 29th, discus, 42’6”.
The Spencer track team also competed at the invite. For the girls team, two relays competed and placed. The 4X200m relay team (2:06.76) took third while the 4X400m relay team (5:12.8) placed fourth.
Individual results for the Spencer girls are as follows: Leah Zastrow, 1st, pole vault, 10’, 2nd,
300m hurdles, 53.36, 5th, 200m dash, 30.23; Emily Wehrman, 2nd, 800m run, 2:40.1,
18th, long jump, 11’11”, 23rd, 100m dash,
15.5; Haylee Hopperdietzel, 7th, 200m dash,
30.75, 11th, 100m dash, 14.73; Faith Miller,
100m dash, 14.60, 8th, 200m dash, 30.84; Elisha Blanchard, 9th, discus, 65’11”, 21st, shot put, 17’2”; Lydia Nieman, 11th, long jump, 12’5.5”, 18th, 100m dash, 15.28; 18th,
200m dash, 33.04; Bristol Engevold, 13th,
100m dash, 15.0; Jayden Zschernitz, 14th, shot put 22’4.5”, 17th, discus, 53’8”; Alyssa Kobs, 18th, shot put, 20’5”, 26th, discus, 44’; Alizabelle Carman, 23rd, 200m dash, 35.03,
31st, 100m dash, 16.23; Martina Miradoli,
26th, 200m dash, 35.90, 35th, 100m dash,
16.72; Madison Riemer, 28th, 200m dash,
36.23, 36th, 100m dash, 17.04; Haley Miller,
42nd, 100m dash, 18.60.
The Rocket boys also had two relay teams. the 4X100m relay team took third place with a time of 49.53 and the 4X400m relay team ran a 4:06 for fifth.
Individual results for the Spencer boys are as follows: Kaiser Eickelberry, 3rd, 300m hurdles,
51.66; Kyle Nieman, 5th, 300m hurdles,
56.96, 8th, pole vault, 7’, 23rd, 200m dash,
29.22; Cameron Nieman, 4th, high jump,
5’2”, 14th, 400m dash, 1:01.9, 18th, 200m dash, 27.48; Noah Schultz, 5th, 100m dash, 12.17; Alexander Baumgarten, 7th, pole vault, 7’,12th, 200m dash, 26.70, 24th, 100m dash, 13.37; Will Gorst, 8th, long jump,
17’4”, 16th, 100m dash, 112.65; Malachai Anderson, 12th, 1600m run, 5:52.23, 15th,
200m dash, 27.18; Landon Behselich, 22nd, 200m dash, 28.61, 28th, 100m dash, 13.50; Dylan Riemer, 20th, 200m dash, 27.76, 32nd,
100m dash, 13.75; Raphael Gehring, 31st,
200m dash, 31.88, 39th, 100m dash, 15.64.
Alyssia Zvolena (above) just barely makes it over the high jump bar at the Auburndale invite held on April 29. She placed first in the event with a jump of
4’8”. Below Nathan Revier (left) of Greenwood, Cameron Nieman of Spencer and Bo Bogdonovich of Loyal all compete in the 400m dash
CHEYENNE THOMAS/STAFF PHOTOS
Alexis Pongratz (left) and Faustina Thomas compete in the 400m run for Granton. Thomas took third overall and Pongratz placed seventh.
Raphael Gehring, 31st, 200m dash, 31.88, 39th, 100m dash, 15.64.
The Greenwood track team also competed at the April 29 invite, with Lauren Ingold setting a school record in the shot put, and Nathan Revier setting a school record in the triple jump.
Individual results for the Greenwood boys are as follows: Nathan Revier, 1st, triple jump, 39’2.25”, 6th, 100m dash, 12.25, 7th, long jump, 17’6”, 9th, 400m dash, 58.25; Avrey Horvath, 4th, 3200m run, 11:36.8, 7th, 1600m run, 5:21.7; Ashtin Palms, 13th, 800m run, 2:34.9, 15th, 1600m run, 6”01.8; Cody Eckes, 16th, 1600m run, 6:09, 19th, 800m run, 2:48.2, 22nd, long jump, 13’11”; Christian Thomas, 17th, long jump, 15’1”, 17th, 200m dash, 27.34, 26th, 100m dash, 13.42; Riley Gardner, 26th, long jump, 10’, 27th, 200m dash, 36.16; Caden Arteman, 25th, shot put, 19’5.5”, 28th, discus, 43’7”, 40th, 100m dash, 15.78.
The girls had only one relay team compete. The 4X100m relay team took fifth place with a time of 1:03.64.
Individual results for the Greenwood girls are as follows: Rylan Lindner, 6th, 1600m run, 7:24.5, 13th, 800m run, 3:08.3; Lauren Ingold, 8th, shot put, 25’6”, 25th, 100m dash, 15.77; Katlund Etlicher, 9th, 1600m run, 7:45.8; Kia Abel, 11th, 200m dash, 31.50, 22nd, long jump, 11’4”; Anna Aichele, 19th, shot put, 20’3.5”, 22nd, discus, 48’1”; Sierra Myers, 25th, long jump, 10’6”, 32nd, 100m dash, 16.42; Tora Degenhardt, 34th, 100m dash, 16.59.
The Granton girls track team was the final area team to compete at Auburndale. The team’s 4X800m relay group took fifth place at the invite, running a 12:29.75.
Individual results for the Granton girls are as follows: Ashlee Piskow, 3rd, 1600m run, 6:58.6, 5th, 3200m run, 15:35.8; Faustina Thomas, 3rd, 400m dash, 1:15.9, 13th, long jump, 12’4”; Olivia Piskow, 7th, shot put, 26’, 18th, discus, 53’6”, 18th, 800m run, 3:26.44; Dolorosa Thomas, 7th, 300m hurdles, 1:02.57, 27th, 100m dash, 15.90; Alexis Pongratz, 7th, 400m dash, 1:27.53, 28th, long jump, 9’10”; Lizzy Reinart, 15th, discus, 57’5”; Maya McConkey, 25th, 200m dash, 35.34, 33rd, 100m dash, 16.45; Abby Woller, 29th, discus, 34’1”.
The Loyal girls earned 115 points to take second place at the invite, finishing behind Colby (143). Other teams placing at the invite were Auburndale (106), Neillsville (62), Stratford, (54), Spencer, which scored 44 points for sixth, Assumption (40), Columbus (32), Granton, which scored 32 points for ninth, and Greenwood, which placed 10th with seven points.
For the boys teams, Greenwood took 10th with 22 points. They placed behind Assumption (25), Spencer, which took eighth with 33 points, Owen-Withee (38), Columbus (41), Loyal, which finished fifth with 41 points, Stratford (98), Auburndale (103), Colby (117), and Neillsville (130).
