Cadott is well-represented as athletes head to State

Cadott sophomore Beau Steinke took his turn in one of the relay events, May 30, at Colby, in Sectional competition. Photo by Nathaniel Underwood

By Ginna Young

Multiple Cadott track athletes have punched their ticket to State and look to bring home some hardware.

May 27 Gilman Regional

Coming off the regular season, the Hornets were confident going into the Regional action at Gilman, which showed in the results.

Junior Iszy Sonnentag continued to be at the top, taking first place in the 100-meter hurdles, in a time of 15:48; 400-meter dash (57:14); 800-meter run (2:25.68); and long jump (17-10). Junior Haley Mathison also placed high, claiming second in discus throw (124-03) and fourth in the shot put event (33-10.25).

Freshman Sydney Spaeth also placed second, in the 400 dash (1:03.61), third in the 100-meter dash (13.09) and 200-meter dash (27.44), and ninth in pole vault (700). Senior Adrianna Goodman followed that with third place in long jump (15-00.75) and fourth in high jump (408), while senior McKenna Steinke placed eighth in the 1,600-meter run (6:33.06), with freshman Saffron Riley-Starck in eighth in the 300-meter hurdles (59.09).

Marley Mengel, junior, came in ninth in the 300 hurdles (1:06.52) and 100 hurdles (21.61).

For the boys, sophomore Kaden Roen took first place in the 400 dash (52.68) and 10th in long jump (17-11.75), and sophomore Coy Ramseier placed second in the 400 dash (55.52) and fifth in the 100 dash (12.10). Sophomore Beau Steinke placed third in the 800 run (2:05.93) and 10th in high jump (5-04).

Sophomore Jon Phelps was fourth in the 3,200-meter run (11:31.71) and seventh in the 1,600 run (5:21.59), while senior Tucker Salzgeber was fifth in shot put (305.25) and seventh in discus (110-04). Senior Ethan Kershner came in seventh in the 400 dash (1:03.44) and sophomore Brenton Faber was seventh in the 110-meter hurdles (21.67), with junior Saibyn Will taking eighth in the 300 hurdles (47.47) and sophomore Brenton Faber ninth in that event (47.70).

“Friday should be a very exciting meet, as we have a number of individuals and relays competing for an opportunity to compete in the State meet,” said coach Pat Rothbauer.

May 30 Colby Sectional

A few days later, Cadott was in Colby, for Sectionals, to determine who, if any, of the Hornets would qualify for State.

“It was a very exciting meet,” said Rothbauer. One exciting moment for Cadott, was that the girls team took first place at the meet, out of 35 teams, winning a Sectional championship.

“The girls were very focused and really came through in the clutch,” said Rothbauer.

Individually, Sonnentag again showed what she’s made of, placing first in the 100 hurdles (14.71), 400 dash (56.55) and 800 run (2:20.56), and second in long jump (17-04). Taking third in shot put and notching a trip to State, was Mathison (38-10.25), who also was sixth in discus (121-11).

Spaeth ended in sixth in the 200 dash (27.92), and seventh in the 100 dash (12.92) and 400 dash (1:03.82), while Goodman placed ninth in high jump (4-10).

Also qualifying for State, was Roen, who was second in the 400 dash (1:03.82), with Steinke in eighth place in the 800 run (2:04.87), Ramseier in 10th in the 400 dash (55.86) and Phelps in 15th in the 3,200 run (11:41.14).

The 4x400-meter relay boys team also competed, ending in sixth (3:36.63).

Despite a rain delay during the competition, Sonnentag, Mathison and Roen all punched their ticket to State, June 6-7, at La Crosse.

“We are really excited about seeing them all do their best at the State meet this weekend,” said Rothbauer.