Chequamegon, Phillips and Butternut High School athletes competed among seven teams at the T-Bird Indoor Invitational on March 23 at Lakeland Union High School in Minocqua. There were strong performances by all three teams.
Phillips coach Erik Olson said the results are especially impressive as kids competed well in key events where the athletes who typically score a lot of points were not present due to illness and vacations.
“Many other Phillips athletes stepped up and filled those vacancies very well,” Olson said. “It is a tribute to their hard work and dedication that we were able to place high in many events as well as in team scores.”
Chequamegon coach Mary Patterson also said the team had lower numbers of boys and girls competing Saturday, but it also didn’t stop them from competing at a high level.
“We had many personal records and improvements throughout the team,” she said.
Butternut coach Troy BeBeau said that as the first event of the season everyone was excited to get things rolling and ease into the new season.
“We are looking forward to the rest of the season going forward,” BeBeau said.
GIRLSThe Lakeland Union girls team was first with 140.5 points, followed by Phillips, 138; Tomahawk, 109.5; Chequamegon, 66; Mercer, 37; Butternut 11; and Antigo, 2.
Phillips took first place in all three women’s relay events with a time of 1:41.16 in the 4x160, a time of 4:56.81 in the 4x100, and a time of 11:36.46 in the 4x800. The Chequamegon girls placed fourth in the 4x160 with 1:52.79, and placed third in both the 4x400 with 6:13.45, and the 4x800 with 15:21.88.
The top area runners in the girls 55 meter dash were Kiana Zierer of Phillips who placed fifth and teammate Journee Wood was sixth. Nathalie Schmidt was the fastest runner for Chequamegon in 11th.
In the girls 200 meter dash, the Phillips girls were close behind with Jessica Morrone placing second at 31.64, and Katelyn Kurth was fifth with 33.10.
In the 400 meter dash Phillips runner Leah Harper broke the Lakeland field house record with a first place time of 1:05.41. Caitlynn BeBeau of Butternut placed third at 1:09.06. Caitlin Pesko of Phillips was fifth with 1:16.55.
Meredith Merlak of Phillips placed first in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:49.31. Caitlynn BeBeau of Butternut placed fourth at 3:07.92. Phillips runners Endora Udovich and Aubrey Sidenbender placed fifth and sixth.
Merlak also placed first in the 1,600 meter run with 6:12.62. Phillips teammate Sailor Madsen was third with 6:37.04.
Abigail Humphrey of Chequamegon placed first in the 3,200 meter run with 14:59.73.
In the 200 meter hurdles, Addie Gabay of Phillips placed fourth with 37.10. Audrina Damrow of Chequamegon was sixth with 40.73.
Tatyanna Tesmer of Chequamegon placed third in the high jump with 3-10.
Jessica Morrone of Phillips placed first in the long jump with a distance of 13-11.75. Phillips teammate Rylie Sidenbender placed third with 12-8.25. Mallory Smith of Chequamegon placed fifth with 12-4.
In the triple jump, Mallory Smith was first for Chequamegon with 26-5.5. Addie Gabay of Phillips placed third with 25-11.5, and Phillips teammate Sailor Madsen was fourth with 22-8.25.
Mallory Smith placed second for Chequamegon in the pole vault with 7-0. It was a personal record for Smith.
“It was great to see big things from Mal,” Patterson said of her four events.
In the shot put, Katelyn Kurth of Phillips placed second with a distance of 28-6. Phillips teammate Journee Wood was 12th with 23-0.5. Kalaniva Salvador of Chequamegon placed 17th.
Jarrett Heckendorf placed in four events for the boys, winning the 800 meter run with a huge finish. He also placed in the 400 meter run, the high jump and the 1,600 meter relay.
RJ Salavador was a big scorer in the hurdles and pole vault. AJ Morgan had a personal record in placing second in the pole vault with Greg Morgan who was third.
BOYSThe Lakeland Union boys team was first with 186.5 points, followed by Chequamegon, 116; Phillips, 113; Tomahawk, 109.5; Antigo, 44; and a sixth place tie between Mercer and Butternut with 2 each.
In the 55 meter dash, Devin Adams-Dunn of Chequamegon placed sixth with a time of 7.53. Teammate Harland Kasowicz was eighth. Phillips runners Bj Lowary and Jonathan Parker placed ninth and 10th.
In the 200 meter dash, Devin Adams-Dunn of Chequamegon placed eighth and teammate Harland Kasowicz was ninth. Treyvon Christl of Phillips was 10th.
In the 400 meter dash, Jarrett Heckendorf of Chequamegon placed second with 57.57. Grady Dennis of Butternut placed eighth, and Noah Siegmann of Chequamegon was 10th. There were no Phllips runners in the race.
In the 800 meter run, it was Jarrett Heckendorf of Chequamegon again in first at 2:22.61. James Vollendorf of Phillips placed second with 2:22.65, and teammate Julian Ellingen was fourth with 2:26.50.
James Vollendorf of Phillips placed third in the 1,600 meter run with 5:16.27. Phillips teammates Julian Ellingen was fifth and Logan Sokolowski was seventh. Grady Dennis of Butternut placed 17th. There were no Chequamegon runners in the race.
In the 3,200 run Maverick Hoogland of Phillips placed second with 11:23.92. Phillips teammate Arlo Berens was third with 11:29.00. Jayden Oscar of Chequamegon was sixth and teammate Zac Roberts was ninth.
Hayden Sokolowski of Phillips placed first in the 55 meter hurdles with 9.65. RJ Salvador of Chequamegon was third at 10.66, and teammate Winter Edberg was fourth at 10.93.
Hayden Sokolowski of Phillips placed first in the 200 meter hurdles with 29.96. RJ Salvador of Chequamegon was third at 33.44, and teammate Winter Edberg was fourth at 33.91.
The boys relay teams also excelled on the day. Phillips placed third in the 4x160 with 1:29.80. Chequamegon was second with 1:26.15. Phillips placed first in the 4x400 with 4:10.65. Chequamegon was second with 4:13.33. Phillips placed first in the 4x800 with 9:48.35. Chequamegon was third with 10:56.77.
In the high jump, Jarrett Heckendorf of Chequamegon was third with a 5-2. Teammate Devin Adams-Dunn was fourth, also with a 5-2. There were no Phillips jumpers in the competition.
In the long jump, Jonathan Parker of Phillips placed third with a distance of 16-4. Jackson Ernst of Chequamegon was fourth at 15-8, and teammate Judah Johnson was seventh at 15-2.25. Treyvon Christl of Phillips was 10th with 14-1.
In the triple jump, Jonathan Parker of Phillips was fifth at 32-10.75. Jayden Oscar and Zac Roberts of Chequamegon placed eighth and ninth, and Emmet Knudson of Phillips was 10th.
In the pole vault, Ben Virnig of Phillips placed first with 12-0. Chequamegon vaulters Winter Edberg, RJ Salvador and Frank Kief placed fourth, fifth and ninth.
In the shot put, AJ Morgan of Chequamegon placed second with a 41-3, and teammate Greg Morgan was third with a 38-3. Brody Janacek of Phillips placed fourth with 37-11, while teammate Evan Hollinger was eighth. Jakob Mareno of Butternut placed 16th.
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