Get the brooms out

Raider teams sweep D-3 home regional meet

By Casey Krautkramer

Marathon’s boys and girls track and field teams took laps around their home track on Monday while holding the WIAA Division 3 regional championship

plaques they’d just won.

Both Red Raider squads only took third place in the track meet’s final event, the 4x400-meter relay, but it didn’t matter because they’d already won the meet. The Marathon boys amassed 160 points while Edgar finished as regional runners-up with 117. The Marathon girls tallied 143 points, better than second-place Edgar with 127.

The Edgar boys beat Marathon a week ago on Marathon’s home track to win the Marawoood South Conference championship, making Monday’s regional title victory against Edgar extra sweet for Marathon senior Jared Sweno.

“It feels really great to win the regional championship,” Sweno said. “It’s a great bounce back for us because we just missed winning the conference championship for the ninth straight year by 7-1/2 points to Edgar. It feels good for our boy and girl teams to sweep the regional, and for our boys team to get back into a groove.

“We really took losing the conference title to heart and used it as motivation to come out at regionals and do our best, and I think it’s going to carry us through the rest of this season. We’ve been determined in practice and winning the regional shows our hard work is paying off tremendously.”

The top four individuals and relay teams which placed in each event at the Marathon regional advance to the Division 3 sectional in Rosholt this Thursday, June 17.

Edgar senior Austin Dahlke was proud of his 4x400-meter relay teammates for winning the Marathon regional meet’s final event in three minutes, 31.93 seconds. Dahlke pointed two fingers on his left hand in the air as he crossed the finish line, to signal the team won the race while competing in the second lane on the Marathon track.

“It feels good to win the 4x400-meter relay because it’s probably the best event in track, because it requires all four legs to do well so everyone put in the work to win the race,” Dahlke said while still catching his breath after the race was over. “

He’s ready for the sectional competition in Rosholt.

“It should be a fun sectional meet; we have a lot of guys moving on to sectionals who are ready to compete and hopefully make it to state,” Dahlke said.

On Monday, Marathon junior Brett Gertschen won both the boys discus with a throw of 143 feet, six inches and shot put with 44 feet, two inches to advance to sectionals.

Three Marathon girls finished in second through fourth places in the discus to move on to sectionals. Senior Hope Krautkramer took second place in the discus with 105 feet, eight inches; junior Alyssa Hall was third with 104 feet, eight inches and Ashley Gertschen fourth with 88 feet, four inches. Krautkramer also placed third in the shot put with 38 feet, 3/4 inches and Hall was third with 32 feet.

Dahlke of Edgar won the 200-meter dash in 23.12 seconds. Marathon sophomore Parker Mathwich placed third in 24.48 seconds and Edgar sophomore Avery Normington was fourth in 24.66.

Edgar senior Konnor Wolf won the 110-meter hurdles in 15.82 seconds, followed by Marathon junior Michael Kindlarski in second place in 16.06 and Marathon senior Colton Free in third in 16.46. Wildcats senior Kyle Brewster won the 100-meter dash in 11.31 seconds, followed by Marathon senior Sam Dick taking second in 11.62. Edgar sophomore Amber Skrzypcak placed second in the girls 100-meter hurdles in 16.90 seconds and Wildcats junior Malia Hoesly was third in 17.65. Edgar sophomore Morgan Schnelle took second place in the girls 100-meter dash in 12.86 seconds and Marathon sophomore Grace Kahon was third in 13.17. Red Raiders junior Lindsey Sparr placed second in the 100-meter dash in 27.77 seconds.

Morgan Schnelle won the girls long jump with 15 feet, 9-3/4 inches. Marathon sophomore Chloe LaValley took second place with 15 feet, seven inches and Edgar freshman Brooke Imhoff was fourth with 14 feet, 9-1/4 inches. Red Raiders junior Laci Hoeksema placed second in the girls high jump with four feet, 10 inches and Marathon sophomore Ashley Seliger was fourth with four feet, six inches.

Marathon freshman Jacob Smith took second place in the boys pole vault with 10 feet, six inches and Red Raiders sophomore Mathew Annis was third with 10 feet, six inches. Wolf of Edgar placed second in the boys triple jump with 42 feet, two inches and Edgar junior Mattison Butt was fourth with 40 feet. Marathon sophomore Jaron Gage placed third in the boys 1,600-meter run in five minutes, 8.87 seconds. Gage also placed third in the 800-meter run in two minutes, 12.67 seconds.

Red Raiders sophomore Drake Carlson won both the mixed 400-meter dash wheelchair and the mixed 1,600-meter run wheelchair. Red Raiders junior McKinnley Marks placed second in the girls 1,600-meter run in six minutes, 29.02 minutes and Edgar sophomore Gretchen Brewster was third in 6:31.76. Marathon senior Cullen Krasselt placed second in the 3,200-meter run.

LaValley of Marathon won the girls 300-meter hurdles in 52.12 seconds and Rachel Brewster of Edgar finished second in 52.14. Red Raiders sophomore Griffin Treankler won the boys 300-meter hurdles in 42.68 seconds and Edgar senior Nate Drabek placed fourth in 44.02. Kyle Brewster of Edgar took second place in the long jump with 19 feet, 6-3/4 inches and Austin Dahlke was third with 18 feet, 9-3/4 inches. Wildcats junior Ayden Weisenberger placed third in the high jump with five feet, six inches. Edgar senior Jasmine Schnelle took third place in the girls pole vault with seven feet, six inches. Edgar sophomore Rachel Schneider placed third in the triple jump with 31 feet, eight inches.

Marathon senior Chen Phakitthong placed fourth in the 400-meter dash in one minute, 6.94 seconds. Red Raiders junior Owen Marks took fourth in the boys 400-meter dash in one minute, 1.65 seconds.

The Wildcat boys 4x100-meter relay team of Austin Dahlke, senior Drew Guden, Wolf, Brewster, Ayden Weisenberger and freshman Karter Butt won the event in 44.53 seconds. Marathon’s 4x100-meter relay of Sweno, Dick, junior Tanner Hanke, Annis and senior Matt VandeBoom took second place in 45.12.

The Edgar girls 4x100-meter relay squad of sophomore Ella Morse, Morgan Schnelle, Hoesly, Brewster, Skrzypcak and Schneider won the event in 51.42 seconds. Marathon’s 4x100 relay of sophomores Jersey Lobner and Grace Kahon, juniors Alexandria Kraimer and Vanessa Krueger, freshman Alisha Blenker and Sparr placed second in 53.17 seconds.

Marathon’s 4x800-meter relay of Phakitthong, McKinnley Marks, Vanessa Krueger, junior Julianna Thurs, LaValley and Hoeksema placed second. Edgar’s 4x800-meter relay of Gretchen Brewster, sophomore Brooklyn Schwoerer and freshmen Natalie Thompson, Amelia Gajewski, Erica Socha and Valerie Czech placed third.

The Red Raiders 4x800-meter relay of Owen Marks, Jacob Smith, Gage and Krasselt took second place. Edgar’s 4x200-meter relay squad of Drew Guden, Ayden Weisenberger, freshman Kohlbe Weisenberger, Wolf, Brewster and Drabek won the event in one minute, 32.78 seconds. Marathon’s 4x200meter relay of Sweno, Dick, Mathwich, VandeBoom, Annis and Kindlarski placed third.

Marathon’s girl 4x200-meter relay of Kahon, freshmen Ava Krueger and Hannah Baldeshwiler, Kraimer, Vanessa Krueger and Sparr took second place. Edgar’s 4x200-meter relay of Schneider, Makenna Guden, Jasmine Schnelle, Hoesly, Imhoff and Gajewski placed fourth.

The Wildcat girls 4x400-meter relay squad of Brewster, Guden, Skrzypcak, Morse and Jasmine and Morgan Schnelle won the event in four minutes, 17.26 seconds. Marathon’s 4x400-meter relay of Ava Krueger, Hoeksema, Lobner, Thurs, Phatkitthong and Lavalley placed third. The Marathon boys 4x400meter relay of Sweno, Vandeboom, Free, Treankler and Annis placed third.

Athens at Cadott regional

Both the Athens boys and girls track and field teams took third place at the WIAA Division 3 regional in Cadott on Monday. Athletes who placed in the top four in each event advance to the Division 3 sectional in Cameron this Thursday, June 17.

Bluejays junior Elizabeth Van Rixel took second place in the 1,600-meter run in five minutes, 56.44 seconds and she was third in the 3,200-meter run in 14 minutes, 20.52 seconds.

Athens senior Montana Albrecht won the 100-meter hurdles in 15.87 seconds and she placed second in the 300-meter hurdles in 47.73. Bluejays senior Dana Felzkowski won the pole vault with 10 feet. Athens junior Caden Decker won the boys pole vault with 13 feet, six inches and Aiden Guralski placed third with 11 feet, six inches.

Bluejays sophomore Nathan Wolf took second place in both the 1,600-meter run in five minutes, 29.10 seconds and the 3,200-meter run in 12 minutes, 29.78 seconds. Wolf also placed third in the 400-meter dash in one minute, 2.55 seconds.

Athens sophomore Aiden Janke won the discus with a throw of 134 feet, eight inches. Janke took second place in the shot put with 43 feet, 2-3/4 inches and senior Michael Komarek placed fourth with 38 feet, six inches.

Montana Albrecht placed third in the triple jump with 33 feet and sophomore Katlyn Schreiner was fourth with 30 feet, 10-1/4 inches. Athens sophomore Addyson Zettler took third place in the 400-meter dash in one minute, 14.11 seconds.

WORKING TOWARD A REGIONAL TITLE- Marathon sophomore Griffin Treankler competes in the final event of the night on Monday, the boys 4x400-meter relay, to conclude the WIAA Division 3 regional championship in Marathon. Both the Red Raider boys and girls claimed regional titles at home.STAFF PHOTO/CASEY KRAUTKRAMER

WINNING TEAM IN THE SECOND LANE- Edgar senior Austin Dahlke points two fingers up to signal his Wildcats’ 4x400-meter relay team is victorious while competing in the second lane on Marathon’s track, as he prepares to cross the finish line.STAFF PHOTO/CASEY KRAUTKRAMER