By Becky Walz,
Temps in the 70s, the sun shining and light breeze blowing set the perfect stage for track and field teams to compete at Sumner-Fred Monday night.
The girls finished second at the Blue and Gold Relays with 144 points, with Sumner-Fred winning the team title with 162 points. The TV boys collected 47 points, good for sixth place as Tripoli won the division with 152 points.
Tuesday night, the Trojan girls were back at it, competing in Guttenberg in an invite hosted by Clayton Ridge.
Blue and Gold Relays
In total, the TV teams won four gold medals Monday night.
The Trojan girls brought home three titles. Jalyssa Blazek was the champion of the 800-meter run, stopping the clock at 2:30.41.
The junior also anchored two relays to gold. Blazek started the night with Kara Reicks, Clare Courtney and Olivia Snyder on the sprint medley team, winning in 1:57.14. In the 4×800 relay it was Josie Weber, Jaycie Byrne and Cambree Kruse joining Blazek for a winning time of 10:19.93.
It was Chase Hayek, Dylan Reicks, Noah Hanson and Kalvin Langreck combined for a winning time of 8:51.39 in the 4×800. Later it was Hanson, Langreck, Reicks and Marcus Herold breaking the tape in the 4×200 relay in a time of 1:36.96.
Blue and Gold Relays girls’ team scores
1. Sumner-Fred 162; 2. Turkey Valley 144; 3. Nashua-Plainfield; 4. West Central 52; 5. Janesville 51; 6. Tripoli 27; 7. Columbus Catholic 22; 8. MFL MarMac 15; 9. Postville 12
Blue and Gold Relays boys’ team scores
1. Tripoli 152; 2. Nashua-Plainfield 135; 3. MFL MarMac 98; 4. Sumner-Fred 87; 5. Janesville 54; 6. Turkey Valley 47; 7. West Central 26; 8. Columbus Catholic 17
Girls’ individual results
High jump – 3. Halle Weber, 4’2”; 4. Brianna Busta, 4’2”
Long jump – 2. Josie Weber, 13’11”; 7. Aubrey Hoffert, 12’7.5”; 8. Kylie Wurzer, 12’7”
Shot put – 2. Aleah Hackman, 29’8”; 3. Jacqlyn Schmitt, 28’8”; 14. Harley Baumler, 22’8”
Discus – 3. J. Schmitt, 84’4”; 5. Hackman, 78’4”; 10. Alison Leibold, 67’1”
100m – 4. Olivia Snyder, 13.46; 8. Kara Reicks, 14.21; 11. Busta 14.38
200m – 8. Josie Weber, 30.62; 16. Leibold, 33.30
400m – 3. Cambree Kruse, 1:09.12; 6. Olivia Drilling, 1:12.72; 8. Busta 1:13.16
800m – 1. Jalyssa Blazek, 2:30.41; 6. Kourtney Schmidt, 2:57.45; 7. H. Weber, 2:57.48
1500m – 2. Kruse, 5:49.97; 7. Hailey Elsbernd, 6:20.77
100m hurdles – 3. Wurzer, 17.92; 9. Breanna Moudry, 21.31; 11. O. Drilling, 22.03
400m hurdles – 9. O. Drilling 1:27.14; 11. Busta, 1:53.32
Shuttle hurdle – 3. Sophia Adams, Busta, Moudry, Wurzer, 1:22.63
4×100 – 2. Kara Reicks, Clare Courtney, Wurzer, Snyder, 54.27; 7. Sayler Drilling, Hailey Elsbernd, Hoffert, Sophia Adams, 58.76
4×100 weight person – 1. Ryann Schmitt, Leibold, Hackman, J. Schmitt, 59.81
4×200 – 2. Courtney, Snyder, J. Weber, Jaycie Byrne, 1:56.19; 6. S. Drilling, R. Schmitt, Hoffert, Elsbernd, 2:06.31
4×400 – 2. Reicks, Kruse, Schmidt, Byrne, 4:34.00
4×800 – 1. J. Weber, Byrne, Kruse, Blazek, 10:19.93
Sprint medley – 1. Reicks, Courtney, Snyder, Blazek, 1:57.14; 7. S. Drilling, Moudry, R. Schmitt, H. Weber
Distance medley – 2. H. Weber, Schmidt, Byrne, Blazek, 4:38.21
Boys’ individual results
100m – 6. Marcus Herold, 11.78; 21. Robert Kruse, 14.17
200m – 10. Burke Busta, 26.30; 13. Troy Schmitt, 26.70
800m – 2. Chase Hayek, 2:21.39; 14. Dale Schwamman, 2:42.99
400m hurdles – 3. Kalvin Langreck, 1:01.45
Shuttle hurdle – 6. Oliver Schmitt, Calvin Bodensteiner, Carson Busta, Garrett Dietzenbach, 1:20.61
4×100 – 7. C. Busta, Hayek, T. Schmitt, Herold, 49.09; 9. O. Schmitt, Treyton Hulbert, Russell Nieman, Kruse, 54.27
4×200 – 1. Noah Hanson, Langreck, Dylan Reicks, Herold, 1:36.96
4×400 – 2. B. Busta, Hanson, Reicks, Langreck, 3:41.69; 8. Hayek, Bodensteiner, Dietzenbach, Schwamman, 4:15.09
4×800 – 1. Hayek, Reicks, Hanson, Langreck, 8:51.39
Sprint medley – 5. C. Busta, T. Schmitt, Herold, B. Busta, 1:44.31; 12. O. Schmitt, Hulbert, Kruse, B. Busta, 1:58.12
Distance medley – 6. B. Busta, T. Schmitt, C. Busta, Bodensteiner, 4:17.16; 8. O. Schmitt, Hulbert, Nieman, Schwamman, 4:48.36
Girls’ only
Back on the track Tuesday, the Lady Trojans once again finished second to the Sumner-Fred Cougars at the Clayton Ridge girls invite. This time TV scored 111 points to comparison to S-F’s 126.
Similar to Monday, the TV girls claimed four top spots at Guttenberg.
Blazek was a two-time individual champion as she broke the tape in 1:01.53 of the 400-meter dash and the 800-meter run in 2:34.46. The junior was also a member of the winning sprint medley along with Kara Reicks, Olivia Snyder and Jaycie Byrne. The quartet sprinted to victory in 1:58.66.
Also victorious was the 4×100 relay of Reicks, Snyder, Clare Courtney and Kylie Wurzer. The foursome combined for a time of 54.95 seconds.
CR varsity team scores
1. Sumner-Fred, 126; 2. Turkey Valley 111; 3. Kee High 108; 4. Clayton Ridge 83; 5. West Central 43; 6. Ed-Co 42; 7. MFL MarMac 34; 8. East Buchanan 27
CR JV team scores
1. Sumner-Fred 112; 2. Turkey Valley 76; 3. Ed-Co 66; 4. West Central 39; 5. East Buchanan 7; 6. Kee High 6; 7. Clayton Ridge 4
Girls’ individual results
High jump – 5. Halle Weber, 4’4”
Long jump – 5. Josie Weber, 14’6”; 10. Aubrey Hoffert, 12’9”
Shot put – 3. Aleah Hackman, 31’11”; 6. Jacqlyn Schmitt, 28’11”
Discus – 3. Hackman, 87’0”; 7. J. Schmitt, 76’7”
100m – 2. Jalyssa Blazek, 13.46; 5. Olivia Snyder 13.90
200m – 10. Cambree Kruse, 32.26; 12. H. Weber 33.23
400m – 1. Blazek, 1:01.53; 10. H. Weber, 1:19.54
800m – 1. Blazek, 2:34.46; 4. Jaycie Byrne, 2:46.31
100m hurdles – 4. Kylie Wurzer, 17.82; 9. Sophia Adams, 21.57
400m hurdles – 5. Brianna Busta, 1:26.31; 7. Olivia Drilling, 1:28.49
Shuttle hurdle – 4. Adams, Busta, O. Drilling, Wurzer, 1:25.47
4×100 – 1. Kara Reicks, Snyder, Clare Courtney, Wurzer, 54.95
4×200 – 2. Courtney, Snyder, J. Weber, Byrne, 1:59.37
4×400 – 2. Reicks, Kruse, J. Weber, Byrne, 4:46.79
4×800 – 2. J. Weber, Kruse, Kourtney Schmidt, H. Weber, 11:28.33
Sprint medley – 1. Reicks, Snyder, Blazek, Byrne, 1:58.66
Distance medley – 3. Reicks, Courtney, Schmidt, Kruse, 5:05.27
Next competitions
The TV boys have two more meets this week, including an invite at Clayton Ridge tonight (Thursday, April 29) at 4:30 p.m., and at Starmont Friday, April 30, at 4:45 p.m.
The Lady Trojans will also compete Friday, April 30, at North Butler beginning at 4:30.
Monday, May 3, both squads will be at South Winn at 4:30 p.m.
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