Janesville Parker advances 21 entries to sectional track meet; Janesville Craig has 17, Milton 14

STOUGHTON —With sectional berths on the line Monday, athletes from Janesville Parker, Janesville Craig and Milton made sure to grab their fair share.

The three schools combined to advance 52 entries (individuals and relays) to Thursday’s Division 1 Beaver Dam Sectional, including all four sectional qualifiers in the boys 100-meter dash and in the boys long jump and 3 of 4 in the boys 200-meter dash.

Here’s a school-by-school breakdown of those advancing.

Janesville Parker

The Vikings qualified 21 total entries between its girls and boys teams by 24 athletes, including in all three sprint relays in boys and girls competition.

Parker won the boys regional team championship with 120 team points and four event wins. Parker’s girls were third as a team with 104 points.

Cayden Brandenburg had a hand in three of the boys wins, taking first in the 200-meter dash (22.10 seconds), the 400-meter dash (49.36) and in the 1,600-meter relay (3 minutes, 24.95 seconds). Jayvion Hill also qualified in the open 400 and as part of the 1,600-relay.

Paul Kim also ran in the 1,600 relay and won the regional 100-meter dash in 11.15 seconds. He took third in the long jump at 20 feet, 1.5 inches.

Xander Vallee advanced to sectionals in both the 110 hurdles (16.11, fourth) and the 300 hurdles (42.11, second).

Jeff Rowin made the sectional high jump field, taking fourth with a jump of 5 feet, 10 inches, and Avery Keller and Gavin Flynn took second (13-0) and fourth (11-6), respectively, in the pole vault.

For Parker’s girls, Harper Brandenburg won the 400 in 59.07 and took third in the 200 in 26.75. Like her brother, she anchored the 1,600 relay, which finished second to Oregon but still reached sectionals.

Mya Barnes took second in the 400 and fourth in the 200 behind her teammate.

Mia Riley finished second in the 100-meter dash to Madison La Follette’s Alayna West, and Riley joined with Olivia Schober, Shay Schuh and Violet McCue in both the 400 and 800 relays, where they came in second to Oregon in both.

The Vikings girls team had one field event qualifier in Alivia Olson, who was second in pole vault with a jump of 8 feet, 6 inches.

Janesville Craig

Three relay winners came from the Cougars tent: the girls 3,200-meter relay and the boys 400 and 800 relays. Those wins were part of 17 total sectional entries for Craig.

Quintin Jackson, Dylan Tyler, Alex Lawton and Levi Booker won the 400 relay in 42.80, and Tyler, Lawton and Booker ran with Ben Hayd in the 800 relay to win that race in 1:29.48.

Booker and Jackson both reached sectionals in the 100-meter dash, as well, while Lawton will run Thursday in the 200 after finishing third Monday.

The girls 3,200 relay team included Kaylie Conway, Addison Fagan, Zoey Ziegler and Julianna Moran. Craig’s boys 3,200 also qualified for sectionals with a fourth-place finish.

Abi Anderson will run in the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs at sectionals after winning the first and coming in third in the second. She will be joined by teammates Abi Austin in the 1,600 and Kaitlynn O’Leary in the 3,200.

Craig’s field event qualifiers included Chloe Hedman in long jump (16-6, second), Jack Dostal in long jump (20-4.25, second), Nathan Daskam in high jump (5-10, third), Caleigh Huse in discus (105-5, fourth), Kaylin Delgado in high jump (4-8, fourth) and Brian Deltgen in shot put (46-8, fourth).

The Cougars took fourth in the boys standings (94.5 points) and fifth in the girls (72).

Milton

Ethan Mitchell was a four-time sectional qualifier for the Red Hawks on Monday and won three regional titles, highlighting 14 total sectional entries for Milton.

He finished first in the 110 high hurdles in a personal-best time of 15.13, and he also won the long jump (21-4) and triple jump (42-8.75). He joined with Brenon Banushi, Kai Sheridan and Carter Smith to take third in the 800 relay.

Caitlin Zingsheim, meanwhile, won both the girls throwing competitions (36-1.5 in shot put, 111-10 in discus) to advance to the sectional. Louisa Borsutzky won the girls high jump championship by clearing 5 feet, 2 inches.

Sheridan will compete at sectionals in the 100 and 200 after finishing third and second, respectively, in the regional meet.

Banushi made the sectional long jump field, taking fourth Monday with a jump of 20-1.25. Jonathan Flowers finished the 1,600-meter run third in 4:37.66 to advance, and A.J. Markham was third in discus with a throw of 146-9.

Joining Zingsheim and Borsutzky in the girls sectional meet from Milton will be Jule Esslinger in the 300 hurdles (52.01, fourth), Hailey Gill in the triple jump (30-5, fourth) and the Red Hawks’ 800 relay combo of Esslinger, Laney Gill, Sydney Grady and Lydia Kueng (1:49.07, third).

The Red Hawks were fourth in the girls standings at 74 points and tied for fifth with host Stoughton at 89 points.

Field events at the sectional meet are scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Beaver Dam High School.

WIAA DIVISION 1 STOUGHTON REGIONAL

GIRLS TEAM SCORES

Oregon 158.5, Fort Atkinson 105, Janesville Parker 104, Milton 74, Janesville Craig 72, Madison La Follette 71, Stoughton 67, Beloit Memorial 27.5

GIRLS EVENT WINNERS PLUS CRAIG, PARKER, MILTON SECTIONAL QUALIFIERS (TOP FOUR)

100 — 1. Alayna West (MLF) 12.60. 2. Mia Riley (JP) 13.02. 200 — 1. West (MLF) 25.93. 3. Harper Brandenburg (JP) 26.75. 4. Mya Barnes (JP) 26.80. 400 — 1. Brandenburg (JP) 59.07. 2. Barnes (JP) 59.77. 800 — 1. Delaney Nyenhuis (O) 2:24.14. 4. Trista Anderson (JP) 2:34.98. 1,600 — 1. Abi Anderson (JC) 5:43.66. 2. Abi Austin (JC) 5:46.02. 3. Anderson (JP) 5:48.24. 3,200 — 1. Ava Leurquin (FA) 13:24.51. 2. Kaitlynn O’Leary (JC) 13:26.13. 3. Anderson (JC) 13:26.15.

400 relay — 1. Oregon 49.73. 2. Janesville Parker (Riley, Olivia Schober, Shay Schuh, Violet McCue) 51.99. 800 relay — 1. Oregon 1:46.69. 2. Janesville Parker (Riley, Schuh, Schober McCue) 1:48.53. 3. Milton (Jule Esslinger, Laney Gill, Sydney Grady, Lydia Kueng) 1:49.07. 1,600 relay — 1. Oregon 4:08.00. 2. Janesville Parker (Barnes, Schober, Schuh, Brandenburg) 4:08.10. 3,200 relay — 1. Janesville Craig (Kaylie Conway, Addison Fagan, Zoey Ziegler, Julianna Moran) 10:16.09.

100 hurdles — 1. Anna Johnson (O) 16.20. 300 hurdles — 1. Ashlie Riley (FA) 49.10. 4. Esslinger (M) 52.01.

Shot put — 1. Caitlin Zingsheim (M) 36-1.5. Discus — 1. Zingsheim (M) 111-10. 4. Caleigh Huse (JC) 105-5. Long jump — 1. Madison Vance (MLF) 16-6.75. 2. Chloe Hedman (JC) 16-6. Triple jump — 1. Natiya Ballard (S) 32-9. 4. Hailey Gill (M) 30-5. High jump — 1. Louisa Borsutzky (M) 5-2. 4. Kaylin Delgado (JC) 4-8. Pole vault — 1. Bizzy Vieaux (O) 9-0. 2. Alivia Olson (JP) 8-6.

BOYS TEAM SCORES

Janesville Parker 120, Madison La Follette 100, Oregon 95.5, Janesville Craig 94.5, Stoughton 89, Milton 89, Fort Atkinson 84, Beloit Memorial 23

BOYS EVENT WINNERS PLUS CRAIG, PARKER, MILTON SECTIONAL QUALIFIERS (TOP FOUR)

100 — 1. Paul Kim (JP) 11.15. 2. Levi Booker (JC) 11.22. 3. Kai Sheridan (M) 11.22. 4. Quintin Jackson (JC) 11.25. 200 — 1. Cayden Brandenburg (JP) 22.10. 2. Sheridan (M) 22.76. 3. Alex Lawton (JC) 22.90. 400 — 1. Brandenburg (JP) 49.36. 4. Jayvion Hill (JP) 52.36. 800 — 1. Ethan Zywicki (S) 1:58.26. 1,600 — 1. Nico Castellanos (MLF) 4:32.52. 3. Jonathan Flowers (M) 4:37.66. 3,200 — 1. Castellanos (MLF) 9:47.22.

400 relay — 1. Janesville Craig (Jackson, Dylan Tyler, Lawton, Booker) 42.80. 4. Janesville Parker (Jonathon Aguiniga, Cody Slater, Mason Chmielewski, Avery Eastman) 44.60. 800 relay — 1. Janesville Craig (Tyler, Ben Hayd, Lawton, Booker) 1:29.48. 2. Janesville Parker (Aguiniga, Slater, Kim, Eastman) 1:29.96. 3. Milton (Brenon Banushi, Ethan Mitchell, Sheridan, Carter Smith) 1:31.39. 1,600 relay — 1. Janesville Parker (Eastman, Kim, Aguiniga, Brandenburg) 3:24.95. 3,200 relay — 1. Madison La Follette 8:15.53. 4. Janesville Craig (Brenden Wesson, Owen Hotchkiss, Roman Koch, Gavin Dempsey) 8:50.35.

110 hurdles — 1. Mitchell (M) 15.13. 4. Xander Vallee (JP) 16.11. 300 hurdles — 1. Jahdiel Guerrero Bastardo 41.61. 2. Vallee (JP) 42.11.

Shot put — 1. Jaedyn Coleman (BM) 51-1. 4. Brian Deltgen (JC) 46-8. Discus — 1. Griffin Rousseau (S) 154-3. 3. A.J. Markham (M) 146-9. Long jump — 1. Mitchell (M) 21-4. 2. Jack Dostal (JC) 20-4.25. 3. Kim (JP) 20-1.5. 4. Banushi (M) 20-1.25. Triple jump — 1. Mitchell (M) 42-8.75. High jump — 1. Hans Kiesau (O) 6-3. 3. Nathan Daskam (JC) 5-10. 4. Jeff Rowin (JP) 5-10. Pole vault — 1. Jacob Yoerger (O) 14-0. 2. Avery Keller (JP) 13-0. 4. Gavin Flynn (JP) 11-6.