PLATTEVILLE — Albany boys missed out on a Six Rivers East Conference title by 21 points, falling to River Ridge at the conference meet at UW-Platteville on Monday, May 15. River Ridge won with 180 points, while Albany scored 159 points.
Albany
Ethan Koss led the Comets as an individual conference champion in the 1600- (4:51.83) and 3200-meter runs (11:29.51). Bryce Hughes won the 400-meter dash (52.21), while Gage Roth took first in the 800-meter run (2:08.03). The boys 4x800 relay team — comprised of Jayden O’Bel, Drew Sertle, Kaleb Broughton and Brian Cid — took first (9:27.23), beating the second-place team by 14 seconds. In the field, Caleb Smith won the shot put (41 feet, 8 inches).
The Lady Comets took third with 85 points.
Pecatonica-Argyle
Although the Vikings took fifth in both boys and girls divisions, the event meant much more to the team. During the boys 4x100 relay, the entire team honored teammate Jake Worthington who was in a severe accident on Thursday, May 11. Worthington was the third leg of the relay, so during his portion of the race, the entire team passed the baton to one another in a line. They wore
#jakestrong t-shirts and orange and green ribbons.
Senior Ridge Toay became a two-time conference champion, winning the 110- (16.14) and 300-meter hurdles (39.60). His time in the 300-meter hurdles broke the meet record (42.36) previously set by River Ridge’s Kevin Christ in 2012. Toay then combined with Ryan Harris, Nathan Burkeland and Sam Nelson to win the 4x400 relay (3:40.40).
On the girls side, Anna Tisch also became a two-time conference champion, also winning the 100- (17.32) and 300-meter hurdles (49.01). Her sister, Loretta, finished right behind her in both events. Like the boys, the girls 4x400 relay team — Anna Tisch, Loretta Tisch, Brianna Gaertig and Maddy Webster — also took first (4:36.01).
Black Hawk
Despite lack of overall numbers, the Warriors took fourth in both boys and girls divisions. The boys 4x100 relay team — comprised of Andrew Figi, Lane Marty, Lucas Milz and Jovanny Erickson — became conference champions (45.07), beating the meet record previously set by another Warrior team in 2012.
Raylin Peterson won her first conference championship in the shot put (39 feet, 11 inches), a whole four feet ahead of the second-place thrower. With her first-place finish in the discus (114-03), Jaliyah Collins won her second straight conference championship.
Monticello
The Ponies finished eighth in both boys and girls divisions. They didn’t have a conference champion. The highest boys finisher was Alex Roe in the long jump (third, 19-06), and the highest girls finisher was Natalie Wahl in the discus (fifth, 95-03).
