VIROQUA - Monroe sophomore Jordan Hirsbrunner matched a season-best 5 feet, 5 inches to win a WIAA Division 2 Viroqua sectional championship in the high jump to punch her ticket to state.
"She went in and set the tone," Monroe girls track coach Matt Davis said. "She had a very good night."
Hirsbrunner finished fourth place in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles (46.59) to qualify for state. The top four finishers in each event qualified for the state meet June 5-6 at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse's Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Dodgeville-Mineral Point outdistanced Madison Edgewood 83-55 to win the sectional team championship. Sugar River finished eighth (34), Brodhead-Juda took ninth (33) and Monroe was 12th (25) out of 28 teams.
Brodhead-Juda freshman Maddie Harding finished first in the 400 (59.05) and took fifth place in the 100 (12.95), which was 0.6 seconds away from qualifying for state. Brodhead-Juda freshman Cora Purdue took second place in the 800 (2:19.98) and junior teammate Taylor Bluemel was fourth in the 1,600 (5:18.88).
Harding teamed with Morgan Adkins, Purdue and Bluemel to lead the Cardinals' 3,200 relay to a fourth-place finish (9:42.5). The Cheesemakers' 3,200 relay team of Isabel Bazley, Mya Waterman, Rachel Meier and Ciara Kaderly took fifth place (9:45.84). Davis expects the Cheesemakers to be an extra state qualifier based on their time even though they didn't finish in the top four. The Cheesemaker quartet ran their fastest time in the 3,200 relay by 17 seconds.
"That is a big jump," Davis said. "I'm 99.8 percent sure they will be an extra qualifier," Davis said.
Sugar River sophomore Krista Diaz won the 100 hurdles (15.54). Sophomore teammate Noelle Marie took third place in the 3,200 (11:25.65). Sugar River senior Ashley Clark took fourth in the pole vault (9-6).
Sugar River senior Madalena Macht finished fifth in the triple jump (33-9 1/2).
Monroe sophomore Josie Eberle cleared a personal-record 9-6 in the pole vault to take seventh place and senior teammate Ramsey Benkert cleared a PR 9-0 in the pole vault for ninth place.
Monroe sophomore Alicia Kuester took eighth place in the long jump with a season-best jump of 16-1. The Cheesemakers' 400 relay team of McKenzie Hesgard, Bazley, Makayla Phillips and Lexus Trickel ran a PR of 52.71 and took ninth place.
"I'm happy with their performances," Davis said of the Monroe team. "They left it all out on the track. I don't think any of them will come back and say they wish they would have done better."
"She went in and set the tone," Monroe girls track coach Matt Davis said. "She had a very good night."
Hirsbrunner finished fourth place in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles (46.59) to qualify for state. The top four finishers in each event qualified for the state meet June 5-6 at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse's Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Dodgeville-Mineral Point outdistanced Madison Edgewood 83-55 to win the sectional team championship. Sugar River finished eighth (34), Brodhead-Juda took ninth (33) and Monroe was 12th (25) out of 28 teams.
Brodhead-Juda freshman Maddie Harding finished first in the 400 (59.05) and took fifth place in the 100 (12.95), which was 0.6 seconds away from qualifying for state. Brodhead-Juda freshman Cora Purdue took second place in the 800 (2:19.98) and junior teammate Taylor Bluemel was fourth in the 1,600 (5:18.88).
Harding teamed with Morgan Adkins, Purdue and Bluemel to lead the Cardinals' 3,200 relay to a fourth-place finish (9:42.5). The Cheesemakers' 3,200 relay team of Isabel Bazley, Mya Waterman, Rachel Meier and Ciara Kaderly took fifth place (9:45.84). Davis expects the Cheesemakers to be an extra state qualifier based on their time even though they didn't finish in the top four. The Cheesemaker quartet ran their fastest time in the 3,200 relay by 17 seconds.
"That is a big jump," Davis said. "I'm 99.8 percent sure they will be an extra qualifier," Davis said.
Sugar River sophomore Krista Diaz won the 100 hurdles (15.54). Sophomore teammate Noelle Marie took third place in the 3,200 (11:25.65). Sugar River senior Ashley Clark took fourth in the pole vault (9-6).
Sugar River senior Madalena Macht finished fifth in the triple jump (33-9 1/2).
Monroe sophomore Josie Eberle cleared a personal-record 9-6 in the pole vault to take seventh place and senior teammate Ramsey Benkert cleared a PR 9-0 in the pole vault for ninth place.
Monroe sophomore Alicia Kuester took eighth place in the long jump with a season-best jump of 16-1. The Cheesemakers' 400 relay team of McKenzie Hesgard, Bazley, Makayla Phillips and Lexus Trickel ran a PR of 52.71 and took ninth place.
"I'm happy with their performances," Davis said of the Monroe team. "They left it all out on the track. I don't think any of them will come back and say they wish they would have done better."
