Tegels advances to State

By Ginna Young

Cadott was well-represented at the Colfax Sectional track meet May 26, with multiple athletes competing in events. But, it was senior Gavin Tegels who carried off honors of the day, placing second in the shot put, with a distance of 27-05.5, which earns him a trip the State meet in La Crosse, June 4.

“This is his first year as a track athelte, so it has taken a little while for him to feel comfortable with the technique,” said coach Pat Rothbauer. “He is a tremendous worker, with a great desire to excel, so it has been fun seeing him improve so much throughout the year.”

The remaining Hornets athletes worked nonetheless diligently, but fell shy of qualifying for State.

Sophomore Emma Kowalczyk finished seventh in the 100-meter hurdles finals (17.77) after placing seventh in the preliminaries (17.58), while sophomore Jaycee Stephens was 13th in the prelims (19.52). Stephens also came in eighth in the 300-meter hurdles (50.55), while senior Kaleb Sonnentag was also eighth in that event (43.25).

Sonnentag also placed ninth in the 200-meter dash preliminaries (24.09), while senior Cameron Messenger was 10th in the 110-meter hurdles prelims (17.72) and sophomore Wyatt Engel was 12th in that event (18.74). Messenger also placed 12th in the high jump (5-04), and Tegels was 11th in the discus throw (116-10) and 14th in the 100-meter dash (12.78).

Freshman Cortney Weggen ended the day in 11th in the 3,200-meter run and freshman Mia Weggen came in 13th place in the 1,600-meter run (6:19.25). Senior Tad Weiss placed 13th in the 3,200 run (10:57.4) and junior Lucy Lindeman was 14th in the discus throw (86-05).

In the relay portion of the event, the girls 4x800-meter team of freshmen Mckenna Steinke, C. Weggen, Lyla Weggen, M. Weggen, sophomore Mckenna Harel and freshman Maria Cuahua, placed 11th (11:29.81). In the girls 4x200meter relay, the team of senior Mallory Kyes, sophomore Kendall Webster, freshman Adrianna Goodman, junior Julia Sedlacek, freshman Abigail Goettl and Harel, came in 10th (1:58.64).

In the girls 4x400-meter relay, the team came in eighth (4:30.25), consisting of Kowalczyk, Sedlacek, M. Weggen, Stephens and Lindeman.