STOUGHTON — Monroe’s girls team finished second and the boys were third at the Stoughton Triangular April 23.
“We used this meet as an opportunity to rest up a few of our top performers and to get several athletes an opportunity to score points and compete in different varsity events,” Monroe girls coach Eric Jubeck said. “We are starting our busy string of big meets, including this upcoming Tuesday — our last home meet.”
The home meet April 30 will feature Monona Grove, which Jubeck said is the favorite to win the conference race.
“We will treat this meet as a conference warm-up and see if we can stay with them in a dual meet,” Jubeck said.
Monroe was also scheduled to take part in the Cardinal Relays in Middleton April 26.
“It has 12 teams, and we are the only Division 2 program, so we will see where we are in comparison to some of the great programs in the Madison area,” Jubeck said.
At the Stoughton meet, Cassi Gersbach took first place in the girls 300-meter hurdles with a time of 49.38 seconds and Cammi Ganshert was the champion in the 200-meter dash (26.64). Kaitlyn Elgin won the girls 3,200 with a time of 14:19.11. Gersbach also won the triple jump (32 feet, 6.5 inches). Chloe Bunker was champion in the shot put (36-10.25) and discus (100-03).
On the boys side, Trevor Rodebaugh was first in the 110-high hurdles (15.79). Jordan Montgomery won the 100 (11.10) and the 200 (22.89). Caleb Bunker won the shot put (41-0).
Darlington Invitational, April 22
DARLINGTON — Dodgeville-Mineral Point won both the boys and girls team titles at the annual Darlington Invitational April 22.
The host Redbirds were second in the girls rankings, with 153 points — just behind DMP’s 167. Benton-Scales Mound-Shullsburg (BSMS) was third (141), while Southwestern (73), Albany (66), Pecatonica-Argyle (38) and Black Hawk (24) rounded out the scoring.
On the boys side, BSMS was second (146) to DMP (159). Darlington (128.5) and Pecatonica-Argyle (74.5) went 3-4, and Southwestern (47), Stockton (40), Black Hawk (38) and Albany (20) rounded out the team scores.
In the girls 100-meter dash, Darlington’s Natty Soper (14.6 seconds) finished just 3/100ths behind champion Trinity Law of BSMS. Redbird freshman Taylor Wedig was third in the 200 (29.78).
Ilse Mendez won the 1,600 (5:50.17), with Albany’s Alyssa Knauf taking second (6:26.31). Mendez (12:39.56) and teammates Judith Meister (12:57.47) and Gracie Douglas (14:38.18) finished 1-2-3 in the 3,200.
Black Hawk sophomore Emily Triem won the 300 hurdles (53.25), with Pec-Argyle’s Valerie Carr (54.11) taking second. Darlington sophomore Sydney Beasley was third in the 100-hurdles (18:04).
Darlington won the 400-relay (54.17) while Albany (56.09) was third behind DMP (55.08). The Comets won the 800-relay (1:57.22), while Pec-Argyle was the champion in the 1,600-relay (4:39.37), with Albany taking third (4:40.17). Darlington placed third in the 3,200-relay (11:12.89).
Soper was third in the pole vault (6 feet, 0 inches) tied, beaten by teammate Redbirds McKenna Leuchtenmacher and BSMS sophomore Madison Russell (8-00).
Wedig was second in the long jump (15-03.75), losing by 1/4 of an inch to DMP’s Ashlie Baumgartner. Albany’s Kristin O’Bel was second in the triple jump (31-00). Libby Beck, a senior for the Comets, won the shot put (38-04.25) over Darlington’s Marissa Gould (34-11) and Giselle Mendez (31-07.5).
On the boys side, Black Hawk’s Jaylen Rufenacht won the 100 (12.20), with BSMS senior Zach Wiegel taking second (12.23) and Darlington’s Carson Evenstad (12.66) third.
Pec-Argyle junior Chevy Hughes was third in the 400 (55.55), while Darlington’s Payton Heinberg was third in the 800 (2:10.29). In the 1,600, Redbird freshman Rhett Reuter was third (5:08.24), and Payton Flannery of Pec-Argyle was third in the 3,200 (11:27.57).
Jaden Hendrickson of Pec-Argyle was second in the 110-high hurdles (17.14), while Darlington’s Ryley Lancaster was third (17.90). Hendrickson finished second in the 300-hurdles (44.08).
In the 400-relay, Darlington took the top spot (47.18). Pec-Argyle finished No. 1 in the 1,600-relay (3:39.64) and third in the 3,200-relay (8:44.76).
Darlington’s Blake Whalen won the long jump (20-03.25) with teammate Parker Fitzsimons finishing third (18-07) and Hendrickson second (19-07). Lancaster won the triple jump (39-10) by over three feet.
Albany’s Evan Blumer won the shot put (46-02) by over three feet, and then broke the meet record by over seven feet in the discus with a throw of 159 feet, 9 inches. Darlington’ Ross Stauffacher was second in the discus (135-09).
