Monroe boys win Badger Quad, girls second

By Adam Krebs

editor@themonroetimes.com

MONROE — The Cheesemakers hosted the other West-South Badger Conference teams May 4 in a quad, which was moved back a day due to rain. Monroe won the boys team title, while the girls edged out Mount Horeb for second, with Edgewood taking first place. 

Oregon finished fourth on both sides, but that was not indicative of their overall team ability.

“Oregon did not bring their entire varsity crew, but Edgewood and Mount Horeb did,” said Monroe girls coach Eric Jubeck. He was still very impressed by his team’s efforts. “Great team performance — these are the top teams in our conference. Edgewood is the top team in the conference and should be a great battle for 2-4 with these teams. Might be a surprise from the Northwest quadrant (Portage, Baraboo, Sauk, and Reedsburg), but I expect the firepower to come from the teams from last night.”

On the boys’ side, the Cheesemakers swept all four relay races. Heath Huschitt (4:56.03) won the 1,600-meter run, beating teammate Jared Batz (4:59.95) by nearly four seconds. Lucas Sathoff (52.87) won the 400, with teammate Jakar Broitzman (53.71) taking second. 

Jason Carpenter (41.72) was the champion in the 300 hurdles, while in the 110 high hurdles teammates Kaden Kuester (15.30), Brady Wyss (16.72) and Christian Carpenter (17.50) finished 1-2-3. In the 200, JT Seagreaves (23.13) was first with Lucas Flom (23.76) finishing second. Anthony Wels (11:10.01) won the 3,200.

Isaac Bunker won the shot put (45 feet, 2 inches), with teammates Austin Fuchs (21-6.5) and Sean Rufenacht (39.95) finishing second and third. Bunker also won the discus (136-10), with Fuchs (124-6) second. Charlie Wiegel (5-10) was second in the high jump for Monroe. Egor Sereda was second in the 100 (11.46).

On the girls’ side, Monroe was second in the 3,200-relay and 800-relay, plus finished third in the 1,600-relay to close out the night. 

Lauren Coppes was first in the 400-meter dash (1:04.50) and second in the 100-meter dash (12.86). 

“Lauren Coppes has stepped up to provide great performances in many events — 100, 200, 400, 300-hurdles, triple jump, long jump. She won the 19-team meet at Sun Prairie in the triple jump 34-2,” said Jubeck. “While it has not been a total surprise where she is right now, it’s been really fun to see her development and improvement to turn into a track star.”

Sierra McGuire finished on top in the 300-hurdles (52.72), while Ximena Miranda (2:43.28) and Alyssa Roelli (2:42.27) finished 1-2 in the 800-meter run.

Aleigh Zettle took first in the pole vault (8-6) was second in the 200 (27.18). McGuire was second in the pole vault (8-0). Kyla Ziolkowski (29-9) was second in the shot put. 

“Aleigh Zettle has been very good in the sprints and has shown glimpses of what she is capable of doing in the pole vault, already clearing 9-feet. No question she has positioned herself for a really enjoyable last few weeks of the season,” Jubeck said.

Jubeck, in his fifth year at the helm, has seen some great improvement over a number of his athletes this season, which has him excited in the team’s versatility as the conference and region meets are just over the horizon.

“Brenna Aebly has taken on the role of Swiss Army Knife to help the team in a great assortment of events and become a very good hurdler (17.44). Her progress in shot and discus and speed in the 100 and 200 give us some options with relays moving forward,” he said. “Jayden Elgin has stepped up in the distance events and put-up great times in the mile (5:48) and 2-mile (12:19), scoring points in big meets. She’s not afraid to go out and compete — she had a nice freshman season, but this year has really impressed us coaches.

“We have had great showings in our meets — took first and second with split squad at Glendenning. Took second in an uber-competitive Sauk Relays and held our own at Sun Prairie with some of the biggest and best programs in the state. The next few weeks is go-time with meets at Edgerton on Friday and next Friday at Belleville. While the weather hasn’t been conducive for practice and progress, the girls have held it together with a positive attitude and put themselves in a position for a successful run at conference and regionals/sectionals.”