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Boys, girls move step closer to conference titles
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MIDDLETON - Both the Monroe boys and girls track teams moved a step closer to repeating as Badger South Conference champions.

Both the boys and girls track teams swept a double dual Tuesday against Madison Edgewood and Oregon at Middleton to improve to 4-0 in Badger South dual meets.

The Monroe boys track team won 13 of 18 events and defeated Edgewood 107-39 and Oregon 110-32.

Monroe senior Alex Bartlett and senior Mason Goff had a hand in winning three events. Bartlett won the 200-meter dash (:24.2) and was on the winning 400 and 800 relays. Goff won the 100 (:11.9) running into a strong headwind and he was also on the 400 and 800 relays. Nine different athletes were part of winning an event for the Cheesemakers.

"I think that really speaks to our depth in all the events," Monroe boys track coach Dave Hirsbrunner said. "The guys came out and really went after it."

In the 400 relay, Bartlett and Goff teamed with Jeffrey Hill and Lucas Goetz to win the race with a time of 45.6 seconds. Bartlett and Goff teamed with Godi Brandli to win the 800 relay with a time of 1 minute, 36.2 seconds.

Junior Caleb Ahrens won the 110 high hurdles (:16.4) and Matt Bush took first in the 400 (:55.4). Ahrens teamed with Dylan Starck, Bush and Skyler Stingley to take first in the 1,600 relay (3:38.4).

Senior Mack Brunker finished first in the long jump (19-11 1/2) and triple jump (39-7). Hill cleared 13-0 to take first in the pole vault and junior Dylan Starck finished first in the 800 (2:05.8). Junior Michael Barrett cleared (6-3) to take top honors in the high jump and junior Nick Walker won the shot put (46-7 1/4).

The Monroe girls track team won 11 of the 18 events to remain unbeaten. The Cheesemakers knocked off Edgewood 92-54 and defeated Oregon 96-50.

"In a meet like this, the most important thing for us is the place," Monroe girls track coach Curt Miller said. "Oregon and Edgewood have a lot of good athletes. We had to come out after them and score enough points to win."

Monroe senior Tess Seichter won the 1,600 (5:51.1) and 3,200 (12:53). Junior Jaclyn Ditter won two individual events - the 100 hurdles (:17.8) and the 300 hurdles (:51.9).

Senior Stephanie Wyss won the high jump (5-1) and senior Laura Chopp finished first in the pole vault (8-0) after darkness ended the competition with two vaulters left. Tessa Frutiger finished first in the 800 (2:32.7) and Brenna Bazley won the long jump (15-10 1/2).

The Cheesemakers won three of the four relays. The Cheesemakers' 400 relay team took first with a time of 54.2 seconds. The 800 relay team finished on top (1:53.7) and the Cheesemakers' 3,200 relay team also took first (10:57.3).