Waupaca relay team places first
By Greg Seubert
Records were made to be broken and a dozen of them fell May 11 at the North Eastern Conference track meet in Denmark.
Freedom broke seven of the 12 records that fell at the 10-team meet and returned home with boys’ and girls’ championships.
Team scores for the boys were Freedom (189), Little Chute (115), Denmark (85), Luxemburg-Casco (74 1/2), Fox Valley Lutheran (66 1/2), Waupaca (65), Marinette (50), Wrightstown (24), Oconto Falls (20) and Clintonville (12).
Team scores for the girls were Freedom (219), Fox Valley Lutheran (98), Little Chute (94), Marinette (71), Oconto Falls (52), Clintonville (49), Luxemburg-Casco (40), Wrightstown (36), Denmark (33) and Waupaca (3).
Waupaca’s only championship came in the boys’ 3,200-meter relay, as Colby Nimmer, Abram Jackson, Camryn Borland and Caleb Studzynski combined to turn in a winning time of 8:25.4.
Brad Moloney finished second in the boys’ pole vault event, while Forrest Ziebell was third in the boys’ 3,200-meter run and Nimmer, Studzinski, Alex Orr and Borland placed third in the boys’ 1,600-meter relay.
Conference records fell in the boys’ 300-meter hurdles, pole vault and 800- and 1,600-meter relays; and the girls’ 400-meter dash, 300-meter hurdles, high jump, 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs and 800-, 1,600- and 3,200-meter relays.
The top three finishers in each events were:
Boys
100-meter dash: 1. Griffin Geib, Luxemburg-Casco (11.48); 2. Gavin Hafeman, Freedom; 3. Derek Chervenka, Luxemburg-Casco.
200-meter dash: 1. Ty Brickner, Freedom (22.89); 2. Griffin Geib, Luxemburg-Casco; 3. Gavin Hafemann, Freedom.
400-meter dash: 1. Noah Mueller, Little Chute (51.14); 2. Hunter Thelen, Fox Valley Lutheran; 3. Alex Sheriff, Freedom.
800-meter run: 1, Matthew Sanderfoot, Little Chute (2:03.1); 2. Jackson Higgins, Freedom; 3. Marshall Paider Luxemburg-Casco.
1,600-meter run: 1. Alex Klarner, Freedom (4:36.7); 2. Jesse Wilson, Clintonville; 3. Carson Polomis, Marinette.
3,200-meter run: 1. Connor Sisel, Denmark (10:04.89); 2. Jack Reiter, Freedom; 3. Forrest Ziebell. Waupaca.
110-meter hurdles: 1. Hunter Wiese. Freedom (15.65); 2. Jeremy Wendt, Marinette; 3. Thomas Jungwirth, Fox Valley Lutheran.
300-meter hurdles: 1. Luke Pingel, Freedom (39.54); 2. Connor Christopherson, Little Chute; 3. Hunter Wiese, Freedom.
400-meter relay: 1. Freedom (Gavin Hafemann, Jon Verhasselt, A.J. Opperman, Conor Dickrell) (44.21); 2. Denmark (Brandon Wavrunek, Mason Karl, Max Larson, Seth Alexander); 3. Little Chute (Adam Hietpas, Carson Wyngaard, Michael Rambo, Bryce Schumacher).
800-meter relay: 1. Freedom (Bryce Vandenberg, Jon Verhasselt, Luke Pingel, Ty Brickner) (1:30.83); 2. Marinette (Darrell Dufek, Anthony Jardeen, Jeremy Wendt, Alex Shaw); 3. Little Chute (Adam Hietpas, Carson Wyngaard, Bryce Schumacher, Connor Christopherson).
1,600-meter relay: 1. Freedom (Bryce Vandenberg, Alex Sheriff, Ty Brickner, Luke Pingel) (3:27.05); 2. Little Chute (Adam Hietpas, Matthew Sanderfoot, Connor Christopherson, Noah Mueller); 3. Waupaca (Colby Nimmer, Caleb Studzinski, Alex Orr, Camryn Borland).
3,200-meter relay: 1. Waupaca (Colby Nimmer, Abram Jackson, Camryn Borland, Caleb Studzinski) (8:25.4); 2. Little Chute (Matthew Sanderfoot, Bryan Rodriguez, Drew Lamers); 3. Freedom (Joseph Jahnke, Koy Murphy, Sawyer Gonnering, Jackson Higgins).
Pole vault: 1. Bryce Schumacher, Little Chute (14 feet, 1 inch); 2. Brad Moloney, Waupaca; 3. Ryan Vosters, Freedom.
High jump: 1. Ty Brickner, Freedom (6 feet); 2. Noah Mueller, Little Chute; 3. Mike Rabas, Denmark.
Long jump: 1. Seth Alexander, Denmark (20 feet, 7 3/4 inches); 2. Adam Hietpas. Little Chute; 3. Conor Dickrell. Freedom.
Triple jump: 1. Jon Verhasselt, Freedom (41 feet, 7 inches); 2. Seth Alexander, Denmark; 3. Alex Sheriff, Freedom.
Shot put: 1. Jackson Koenig. Denmark (48 feet, 7 1/4 inches); 2. Jeb Dobberstein, Fox Valley Lutheran; 3. Cory Siebers, Marinette.
Discus: 1. Jackson Koenig, Denmark (140 feet, 5 inches); 2. Mason Karl, Denmark; 3. Kyle Peters, Wrightstown.
Girls
100-meter dash: 1. Alyssa Hutcherson, Little Chute (12.81); 2. Ericka Havmeier, Oconto Falls; 3. Grace Hambel, Freedom.
200-meter dash: 1. Alyssa Hutcherson, Little Chute (26.52); 2. Grace Hambel, Freedom; 3. Leyna Herzog-Hahnke, Fox Valley Lutheran.
400-meter dash: 1. Grace Hambel, Freedom (59.68); 2. Katelyn Kitzinger, Marinette; 3. Maya Vosters, Freedom.
800-meter run: 1. Elisha Wilson, Little Chute (2:23.01); 2, Kimberly Carviou, Marinette; 3. Rayna Stordahl, Freedom.
1,600-meter run: 1. Leah Kralovetz, Denmark (5:02.5); 2. Gwen Hinz, Freedom; 3. Olivia Krahn, Fox Valley Lutheran.
3,200-meter run: 1. Leah Kralovetz, Denmark (10:43.53); 2. Jessica Wilson, Little Chute; 3. Liz Murphy, Freedom.
100-meter hurdles: 1. Ellyse Wolfrath, Fox Valley Lutheran (15.33); 2. Kacey Topp, Freedom; 3. Allysin Booth, Clintonville.
300-meter hurdles: 1. Gabby Johnson, Freedom (45.23); 2. Sam Bartels. Freedom; 3. Mickalyn Babcock, Denmark.
400-meter relay: 1. Fox Valley Lutheran (Meagan Prillwitz, Maddie Jacobsen, Reagan Duwe, Leyna Herzog-Hahnke) (51.62); 2. Freedom (Chloee Urban, Ashley Vondrachek, Samantha Edelburg, Kacey Topp); 3. Little Chute (Marley Johnson, Hannah VandenBerg, Jules Joosten, Aleeshea Nowacki-Klemstein).
800-meter relay: 1. Freedom (Sam Bartels, Gabby Johnson, Ashley Vondrachek, Kacey Topp) (1:47.22); 2. Clintonville (Madison Hohn, Lizzy Weatherwax, Allysin Booth, Elly Arndt); 3. Little Chute (Marley Johnson, Hannah VandenBerg, Jules Joosten, Alyssa Hutcherson).
1,600-meter relay: 1. Freedom (Sam Bartels, Gwen Hinz, Rayna Stordahl, Gabby Johnson) (4:08.72); 2. Marinette (Charli Nowak, Cora Wendt, Kimberly Carviou, Katelyn Kitzinger); 3. Little Chute (Marley Johnson, Elisha Wilson, Hannah Vanden Berg, Jules Joosten).
3,200-meter relay: 1. Little Chute (Elisha Wilson, Jessica Wilson, Lindsey Grams, Hailee Bougie) (9:53.12); 2. Freedom (Emily Jahnke, Missy Hofacker, Liz Murphy, Rayna Stordahl); 3. Luxemburg-Casco (Jordan Bukouricz, Morgan Tillmann, Jena Berceau, Megan Vandermause).
High jump: 1. Elly Arndt, Clintonville (5 feet, 5 inches); 2. Annika Opichka, Wrightstown; 3. Allysin Booth, Clintonville.
Long jump: 1. Gabby Johnson, Freedom (15 feet, 7 1/4 inches); 2. Chloee Urban, Freedom; 3. Kaitlyn Kerrigan, Little Chute.
Triple jump: 1. Brianna Beining, Wrightstown (32 feet. 11 1/4 inches); 2. Maya Vosters, Freedom; 3. Sam Bartels, Freedom.
Pole vault: 1, Amber Tomazevic, Freedom (10 feet); 2. Catt Moeller, Oconto Falls; 3. Leah Vosters, Freedom.
Shot put: 1. Linnea Willer, Freedom (37 feet, 4 inches); 2. Zoey Schneider, Freedom; 3. Taylor Thiry, Luxemburg-Casco.
Discus: 1. Linnea Willer, Freedom (107 feet, 5 inches); 2. Lindsey Wingender, Marinette; 3. Zoey Schneider, Freedom.