MIDDLETON — The Cheesemakers took part in the 11-team Middleton Relays April 26. The Monroe boys were eighth overall, while the girls were fifth.

“Taking fifth out of 11 teams in a meet of this caliber is a great accomplishment,” Monroe girls coach Eric Jubeck said. “We had several solid performances, but the two worthy of highlighting are the shot put relay and the 4-by-1 (400-meter relay).”

Monroe’s shot-put team of Chloe Bunker (37-feet, 2.5-inches), Riley Hartwig (35-0.5) and Emily Meritt (30-01) combined for a total of 102-feet, four inches, which beat the previous school mark by 1.25 inches.

“It was particularly dramatic because Emily Meritt, who is a first-year senior on the team, reached the 30-foot plateau on her last throw to set the school record,” Jubeck said. Madison Memorial (105-08) won the shot put relay. Bunker was second individually, while Hartwig was fourth and Merritt 10th.

The Cheesemakers’ girls 400-meter relay team Emma Sanders, Faith Koester, Sabina Gonzalez and Cammi Ganshert took sixth with a time of 52.33 seconds. The mark is currently the eighth-fastest time in Division 2 this season.

Cassi Gersbach was second in the 300-hurdles (50.31).

The Monroe 400-relay field event finals team of Abby Price, Megan Benzschawel, Grace Mathiason and Gersbach was second (53.59).

On the boys side, Trevor Rodebaugh won the 110-high hurdles (15.69) and was fourth the 300-hurdles (43.56).

Monroe’s 400-relay weights team of Caleb Bunker, Julian Gruber, Aaron Ziolkowski and Jordan Montgomery won with a time of 47.90. 

Becker Memorial Invite

CUBA CITY — Darlington was fifth in both the boys and girls standings after the annual Christopher Becker Memorial Invite April 25 at Cuba City High School.

Lancaster won both the boys and girls team titles, with Cuba City second and Prairie du Chien third. Albany girls finished sixth, with Pecatonica Argyle 11th, Monticello 12 and Black Hawk 14th. Pec-Argyle’s boys team was ninth, while Black Hawk boys were 11th, Albany 12th and Monticello 13th.

In the girls 100-meter dash, Darlington’s Kathleen Mathias was first (14.06). The Redbirds’ 3,200-relay team of Morgan Black, Ilse Mendez, Judith Meister and Allyson Meyers were second (11:02.15), while Albany’s Payton Wachholz, Kaitlyn Trow, Kristin O’Bel and Megan Anderson took fourth (11:14.33).

Pec-Argyle’s Addison Noble was second in the high jump (4-6). Albany’s Madysen Conway was third in the long jump (14-05.5), while Monticello’s Maggie Bak was fourth (14-01) and Black Hawk’s Grace Neff tied for sixth (13-11.5).

Albany’s Libby Beck was first in the shot put (38-06).

On the boys side, Darlington’s Parker Fitzsimons was second in the 100-dash (12.34). Redbirds teammate Payton Heinberg was first in the 1,600 (4:47.77). 

Pecatonica-Argyle’s 3,200-relay team of Joe Tisch, Dalton Turner, Payton Flannery and Chevy Hughes were third (9:15.8), while Monticello’s quartet of Simon Blohowiak, Evan Guenther, Tristin Flanagan and Rudy Wicker were fifth (9:26.6).

Black Hawk’s Colby Argall was third in the triple jump (39-01), while Lancaster was fourth (37-09.5).

Albany’s Evan Blumer was third overall in the discus (135-05), losing to Galena’s Alex Anger by just six inches.