RIPON, Wis. — The Peshtigo track and field team kicked off the 2024 season at the Ripon College Invitational on Tuesday.
The Bulldog boys finished tied with Kimberly for eighth place with 21 points, while the Peshtigo girls placed ninth overall after collecting 20.5 points.
De Pere edged Green Bay Preble 116-114 to capture first place in the boys’ competition. Slinger and Kaukauna tied for third with 48 points each.
Matters were even closer on the girls’ side, as Neenah nipped Pulaski by a half-point, 76.5-76, to take home first place. Kaukauna (59) was third.
Ethan Brissette began his senior year with a second-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles (8.58 seconds) and a third-place finish in the pole vault (12 ’6).
Tristan Krejcarek, a junior, notched a pair of top-10 finishes on Tuesday, finishing sixth in the 200-meter dash (24.15) and fifth in the long jump (19 ‘5).
Fellow junior Dante Sechen was ninth overall in the high jump with a leap of 5’10.
Sophomore Rachel Nelson tallied Peshtigo’s best finish in the girls’ competition after finishing the 1,600-meter run in 5:31.34, good for fourth overall.
Nelson also participated in the 800-meter run and placed seventh with a time of 2:32.72.
Seven was Alaina Archambault’s number at Ripon, as the junior placed seventh in the 60-meter dash (8.39), the 200-meter dash (28.91) and the triple jump (31 ‘8.5).
Senior Christina Powers picked up a sixth-place finish in the shot put after recording a throw of 35 ‘7.25, while sophomore Athena Powers was tenth after a heave of 33’ 5.
Riley Sabel, another senior, collected sixth place in the pole vault with a height of 7’0.
Sophomore Jaycee Mullins was sixth in the long jump after leaping a distance of 15’3.
Up next
Peshtigo: The Bulldogs were at West De Pere on Thursday, with results pending at press time. Peshtigo is back in action April 2 at home beginning at 4:30 p.m.
2024 Ripon College Invitational results
Boys
Team scores — De Pere 116, Green Bay Preble 114, Slinger 48, Kaukauna 48, Pewaukee 43, Hortonville 26, Kiel 22, Peshtigo 21, Kimberly 21, Ashwaubenon 20, Pulaski 15, West Bend East 11, Shiocton 10.5, Racine Case 10, Grafton 10, Stoughton 5, Waupun 3, Milwaukee Bradley Tech 1
Peshtigo results
200 meters — 6. Krejcarek, 24.15; 18. Madison Vorpahl 24.97
400 meters — 27. Karter Carpenter, 1:01.56
800 meters — 16. Malakai Yakel, 2:16.78; 19. Liam Smith, 2:18.19
1,600 meters — 16. Dominik Baxter, 5:13.92; 24. Keelan Schmidt, 5:31.08
3,200 meters — 17. Eli Berndt, 11:27.70
60m hurdles — 2. Brissette, 8.58
800 meter relay — 19. Reese Yunke/Jackson Conn/Carson Thomas/Brady Polzin, 1:56.77
Shot put — 24. Carter Roeder, 37’9; 33. Presten Liegeois, 27’8
High jump — 9. Sechen, 5’10
Pole vault — 3. Brissette, 12’6; 18. Zach Sherman, 9’6
Long jump — 5. Krejcarek, 19’5; 16. Vorpahl, 18’1
Triple jump — 21. Yunke, 35’5.5
Girls
Team scores — Neenah 76.5, Pulaski 76, Kaukauna 59, Grafton 52, Slinger 51, Green Bay Preble 49.5, Shiocton 46.5, Hortonville 28.5, Peshtigo 20.5, Waupun 18, De Pere 18, Ashwaubenon 15, Pewaukee 13, Racine Case 9, Mishicot 8, Stoughton 4.5
Peshtigo results
60 meter dash — 7. Archambault, 8.39
200 meters — 7. Archambault, 28.91; 27. Kylie Villas, 30.95
400 meters — 25. Bella Nutt, 1:24.56
800 meters — 7. Nelson, 2:32.72; Holly Pesch, 2:46.47
1,600 meters — 4. Nelson, 5:31.34; 16. Serenity Walden, 6:13.26
3,200 meters — 15. Rebekah Nutt, 15:58.26
1,600-meter relay — 14. Evelyn Hurley/Pesch/Eliana Moreau/Mary Mayhew, 4:55.40
Shot put — 6. Powers, 35’ 7.25; 10. Powers, 33’5
High jump — 15. Mayhew, 4’6; 21. Emma Raygo, 4’2
Pole Vault — 6. Sabel, 7’0
Long jump — 6. Mullins, 15’3; 21. Moreau, 12’6
Triple jump — 7. Archambault, 31’ 8.5
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