Winners of the oval; Vikes win own invite

By Becky Walz,

Monday, April 10, 2023 11:21 am

The Decorah girls’ track and field team hosted the Viking Invite Thursday night, featuring eight teams from across the area.
The Vikings won the meet with 174 points, South Winn took home fifth with 65 points, while Turkey Valley was eighth with 26 points.

Viking gold
Decorah had nine gold medals Thursday night.
In the field events, Chloe Reiser took home the shot put title with a toss of 39 feet 8 inches. Julia Alberts was crowned the discus champion with the best throw of 131 feet 5 inches.
Lani Hubka swept the shortest sprints, winning the 100-meter dash in 12.61 seconds and later the 200-meter dash in 26.18 seconds. Sydney Kipp captured gold in the 100-meter hurdles in 16.82 seconds and was a member of the winning shuttle hurdle team with Renae Wilson, Autumn Schaller and Leslie Campbell. They had the best time of 1:10.32.
In 5:07.48, Bridget Bentley, Dahlyn Headington, Paige Werner and Danielle Losen won the distance medley. The final two events were also captured by Decorah. Speeding around the track in 51.24 seconds in the 4×100 relay were Reiser, Kailyn O’Gara, Brinley Krivachek and Hayley Stowe. In the 4×400 relay, Hubka, McKenzie Riley, Sami Mount and Lily Sandhorst punched the clock at 4:21.16.
“It was great to compete in an outdoor meet. We have been practicing hard but this helped the girls see what their hard work has been for and we are proud of their efforts,” said co-head coach Cristy Nimrod.

Top 3 for Warriors
South Winn had just one first-place finish Thursday, coming from Billie Wagner in the 800-meter run. The senior broke the tape in 2:32.47, with teammate Josie Tieskoetter claiming silver in 2:34.54. B. Wagner was also the runner-up in the 3,000-meter run, crossing the finish line in 11:17.21.
Two other events claimed silver for the Warriors. In the high jump, Abby Wagner was the runner-up after clearing the bar at 4’10”. Joining forces in the 4×400 for second were Tieskoetter, Maddy Jansen, Katie Shimek and Megan Hageman. The quartet posted a time of 4:30.28.

Small but mighty
The relays showed promise for the Trojans led by the 4×100 with a third-place finish. Makinley Lutgen, Olivia Snyder, Jenna Throndson and Morgan Wenthold raced around the track in 54.42 seconds. Also garnering bronze was Morgan Wenthold in the 100-meter dash, sprinting down the track in 13.45 seconds.
Senior Jacqlyn Schmitt heaved the shot put 33 feet even and sent the discus 91 feet 8 inches to finish fourth in both events and score points for Turkey Valley.
The 4×800 relay of Layni Schuchhardt, Addison Steinlage, Haylee Hanson and Karstyn Lukes finished fifth in 11:50.72. Also in fifth was the distance medley relay in 5:07.48. Members of that quartet included Snyder, Throndson, Steinlage and Schuchhardt.

Coming up
Today, Tuesday, April 11, the Decorah squad is split between meets at Hudson and Waukon. South Winn is also competing at Hudson at 4:30 p.m. today. The Vikings will host another invite Thursday, April 13, with the Warriors scheduled to compete there at 5 p.m.
Turkey Valley will be at Nashua-Plainfield tonight (Tuesday, April 11), then compete at New Hampton Thursday, April 13. Both meets are co-ed and are set to begin at 4:30 p.m.

Decorah Invite team scores
1. Decorah 174; 2. Waukon 88; 3. New Hampton 76; 4. Waverly-Shell Rock 73; 5. South Winn 65; 6. Crestwood 59; 7. Kee High 27; 8. Turkey Valley 26

Varsity results
High jump – 2. Abby Wagner, SW, 4’10”; 7. Alyssa Holthaus, SW, 4’4”; 10. Brynn Storhoff, Dec, 4’2”; 11. Lauren Holthaus, Dec, 4’2”
Long jump – 3. Hayley Stowe, Dec, 15’11”; 6. A. Wagner, SW, 15’4” 8. Jerikah Dodd, Dec, 14’4”; 11. Holthaus, SW, 13’9”
Shot put – 1. Chloe Reiser, Dec, 39’8”; 4. Jacqlyn Schmitt, TV, 33’0”; 5. Lauren Luzum, Dec, 32’2.5”; 10. Kalissa Schmelzer, SW, 26’10.5”; 13. Aubrey Hoffert, TV, 24’1.5”; 15. Autumn Schmitt, SW, 22’7.5”
Discus – 1. Julia Alberts, Dec, 131’5”; 3. Sally Laybourn, Dec, 92’3”; 4. J. Schmitt, TV, 91’8”; 8. Kelsey Timp, SW, 76’6”; 11. A. Schmitt, SW, 71’10”; 16. Hoffert, TV, 65’1”
100m – 1. Lani Hubka, Dec, 12.61; 2. Stowe, Dec, 12.80; 3. Morgan Wenthold, TV, 13.45; 11. Olivia Snyder, TV, 13.85; 13. Holthaus, SW, 14.97
200m – 1. Hubka, Dec, 26.18; 3. Brinley Krivachek, Dec, 27.51; 9. Cloey Zweibohmer, SW, 28.60; 11. Morgan Wenthold, TV, 29.04; 15. Ryann Schmitt, TV, 31.60
400m – 2. McKenzie Riley, Dec, 1:04.70; 4. Sami Mount, Dec, 1:08.15; 5. Katie Shimek, SW, 1:08.47; 8. Karstyn Lukes, TV, 1:13.78
800m – 1. Billie Wagner, SW, 2:32.47; 2. Josie Tieskoetter, SW, 2:34.54; 4. Danielle Losen, Dec, 2:39.65; 6. Storhoff, Dec, 2:46.27; 10. Makinley Lutgen, TV, 3:08.45
1500m – 5. Anna Dietzenbach, SW, 5:41.25; 8. Natalie Stevens, Dec, 5:50.26; 10. Karissa Wenthold, SW, 6:00.85
3000m – 2. B. Wagner, SW, 11:17.21; 3. Megan Hageman, SW, 11:34.43; 8. Grace Brynsaas, Dec, 12:47.82; 9. Grace Blikre, Dec, 13:22.09
100m hurdles – 1. Sydney Kipp, Dec, 16.82; 3. Leslie Campbell, Dec, 17.02; 9. Josie Hageman, SW, 18.94; 10. Kinsey Reicks, TV, 19.41; 12. Gabby Becker, SW, 20.05; 13. Haylee Hanson, TV, 20.38
400m hurdles – 2. Lillian Olson, Dec, 1:13.94; 6. Paige Werner, Dec, 1:16.99; 7. Izzy Kuboushek, SW, 1:20.10; 9. Hanson, V, 1:24.29
Shuttle hurdle – 1. Kipp, Renae Wilson, Autumn Schaller, Leslie Campbell, Dec, 1:10.32; 5. J. Hageman, Becker, Kuboushek, Timp, SW, 1:26.15
4×100 – 1. Reiser, Kailyn O’Gara, Krivachek, Stowe, Dec, 51.24; 3. M. Lutgen, Snyder, Jenna Throndson, Wenthold, TV, 54.42; 5. Morgan Kriener, Josie Tollefsrud, A. Wagner, Holthaus, SW, 55.97
4×200 – 2. Ava Holthaus, O’Gara, Krivachek, Britann Metille, Dec, 1:54.63; 5. Kriener, Tollefsrud, A. Wagner, Maddy Jansen, SW, 1:57.62; 8. Ryann Schmitt, Laynia Schuchhardt, Karen Ventura, A. Lutgen, TV, 2:09.24
4×400 – 1. Hubka, Riley, Mount, Sandhorst, Dec, 4:21.16; 2. Tieskoetter, Jansen, Shimek, M. Hageman, SW, 4:30.28; 6. Schuchhardt, Reicks, Hanson, Addison Steinlage, TV, 5:03.01
4×800 – 2. Werner, Olson, Sandhorst, Madison Tollefson, Dec, 10:49.75; 4. Wenthold, Dietzenbach, Ella Willey, Ivey Franzen, SW, 11:49.79; 5. Schuchhardt, Steinlage, Hanson, Lukes, TV, 11:50.72
Sprint medley – 2. Reiser, Stowe, O’Gara, Mount, Dec, 1:58.67; 5. Kriener, Tollefsrud, Tieskoetter, Jansen, SW, 2:03.84; 6. M. Lutgen, Throndson, Snyder, Wenthold, TV, 2:05.81
Distance medley – 1. Bentley, Dahlyn Headington, Werner, Losen, Dec, 4:42.83; 5. Snyder, Throndson, Steinlage, Schuchhardt, TV, 5:07.48

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