GALESVILLE — The West Salem High School boys and girls track and field teams swept championships at the Sporty Salsman Invitational hosted by G-E-T on Friday.
The girls scored 170.6 points and the boys 133 on a big night for the Panthers.
Arcadia was third, Logan fourth and Melrose-Mindoro seventh in the boys competition. Logan was fourth, Melrose-Mindoro sixth and Arcadia 10th in the girls competition.
The Panthers were led in their girls title quest by individual championships from Madison Kaiser in the shot put (34 feet, 9 inches), Sydney Quick in the discus (93-5), Brielle Moore in the triple jump (31-6.5) and Maia Hutchens in the pole vault (9-1). Hutchens was also third in the 200 (28.82 seconds) and ran with Kaylee Skiles, Moore and Makenna Hirsch in the second-place 400 relay team.
Olivia Maki was second in the 100 hurdles (17.46) and 300 hurdles (48.54), and Faith Minard added second-place points in the 800 (2:32.65) for West Salem, which also had runner-up finishes from Skiles, Moore, Dillan Riste and Bailey Rosenthal in the 800 relay (1:54.65) and from Makena Fecht, Kennedy Garbers, Elise Flock and Isabel Krueger in the 3,200 relay (10:39.19).
The Panthers also received third-place finishes from Anna Witte in the 800 (2:33.18), Elise Schwarz in the 1,600 (6:02.95) and Hayden Rohde in the 100 hurdles (18.76).
Logan’s Lilly Dettwiler won the 200 (27.15) and was second in the 400 (1:02.19), and Melrose-Mindoro’s Bristol Coates was second in the 200 (27.57) and long jump (15-3.25) and third in the 300 hurdles (52.28).
Melrose-Mindoro’s Sheila Johnson won the high jump (4-10), and teammate Isabella Libke was second in the pole vault (8-0).
Logan’s Maddy Cornett was second in the 100 (13.32) and ran with Tabitha Sward, Johanna Hall and Camille Johnson on the third-place 1,600 relay team (4:30.7), and Olivia Sake gave the Rangers second place in the shot put (34-1).
Logan’s Kareena Ramakrishnan was third in the 3,200 (12:27.2) and ran with Johanna Hall, Ivy Miles and Avery Farmer to place third in the 3,200 relay (10:46.72).
West Salem’s boys won behind individual championships from Luke Jambois in the long jump (19-9.5), Luke Baginski in the triple jump (41-5.5) and Elliot Wolf in the shot put (49-10). Arcadia also received victories from Trey Lyga in the discus (152-4) and Ted Teske in the high jump (6-2). Teske was also third in the 200 (23.39).
The Panthers received second-place finishes from Michael Torrance in the 800 (2:11.54) and Isaiah Laack in the discus (137-8) and three runner-up finishes from relays. Jackson Williams, Jayden Hansen, Jackson Seberg and Cade Donahue were timed at 45.38 in the 400, Kaden Langrehr, Jambois, Seberg and Donahue were clocked at 1:38.1 in the 800, and Owen Mitchell, River Powell, Tate Kujak and Daniel Lenz finished the 3,200 in 8:53.01.
Arcadia’s Andy Monroy was second in the 1,600 (4:47.01) and 3,200 (10:28.3), and teammates Jerson Sanchez and David Escalara added second-place finishes in the 110 hurdles (15.93) and 300 hurdles (44.41), respectively.
Andrew Stanton (400, 51.92), James Freund (long jump, 19-0.25), Gabe Driscoll (triple jump, 40-2.5) and Wes McGough (shot put, 47-10) were all second for Logan.
West Salem’s Jack Torrance (110 hurdles, 16.67) and Sam Adams (triple jump, 37-0) were third, along with Logan’s Gabe Passe (1,600, 4:55.11), Briggs Schaffer (300 hurdles, 44.68), Andrew Leaver (high jump, 5-8), Jasper Moesch (shot put, 47-5) and Collin Wilson (discus, 131-9).
Melrose-Mindoro’s Collin Christianson (pole vault, 11-0) and Landon Windsor (long jump, 18-6.5) and Arcadia’s Matthew Badillo (800, 2:12.44) were also third.
Third-place relay finishes came from West Salem’s Gideon Wolbrink, Jackson Williams, Jambois and Donahue in the 1,600 (3:39.01) and Graham Sjoquist, Andrew Larson, Jovey Morrison and Philip Gabrielson in the 3,200 (9:01.59). Melrose-Mindoro’s Collin Christianson, Rawlins Clark, Jackson Boese and Brooks Cowley were also third in the 800 relay (1:38.12).
Old Abe Invitational
EAU CLAIRE — Holmen’s girls were third with 121.5 points and its boys fourth with 108.
Girls coaches opted to run the same four in three relays, and the decision paid off with three victories.
Alivia Wickstrom, Abry Bloyer, Chloe Jones and Lydia Lazarescu all teamed up to win the 400 in 50.67, the 800 in 1:47.02 and the 1,600 in 4:22.76. Bloyer was also third in the long jump (15-5).
The Vikings received individual victories from Alexa Szak in the high jump (5-0) and Brenna Schmidt in the shot put (41-6). Schmidt was also second in the discus (115-2).
Teammate Kendall Kozlowski was second in the pole vault (9-6), and Macy Keim and Sophia Jacobson were third in the 100 hurdles (17.69) and high jump (4-10), respectively.
Holmen’s boys were led by a huge performance from Jakai Ayed, who won the 110 hurdles (14.89), long jump (20-7.5), ran with Ryland Eickhoff, Jack Barth and Peyton Peterson on the winning 800 relay (1:30.49) and placed third in the 300 hurdles (41.32).
John Faherty, Peterson, Jacob Simmons and Eickhoff also won the 400 relay in 43.9, and Barth was second in the long jump (20-6) and third in the triple jump (40-3).
Simmons was also third in the 200 (23.26), and Jaren Bygren and Tay Parcher tied for third place in the high jump (5-8).
Caledonia/Spring Grove Invitational
CALEDONIA — The Warriors place second among boys teams with 55 points and third among girls teams with 57.
Nicole Banse was the top performer with three victories and a third-place finish. Banse won the 400 (1:02.3) and long jump (15-0.5), ran with Chloe Lange, Kamrin Thies and Sienna Augedahl to win the 800 relay (1:50.86) and placed third in the 200 (27.67).
Lange added second place in the 200 (27.66), Jessica Stengel was second in the discus (96-8), and Alexis Qualy was third in the shot put (27-9.5).
Fischer Wait led the boys with a win in the 400 (50.52), one leg — along with Eli Staggemeyer, Owen Staggemeyer and Coby Hammell — in the winning 800 relay (1:35.15) and a runner-up performance in the 100 (11.13). Eli Staggemeyer added third-place runs in the 100 (11.48) and 200 (23.93).
Noah Staggemeyer won the discus (112-8), and Noah Heppner won the shot put (39-3) and finished second in the discus (108-2).
