WATERTOWN — The Cheesemakers ran at Watertown May 8 and had a successful day, according to coach Scott Mosher.
“We had great experience at Watertown and the athletes got to try different events as we had our second meet of the season and first conference triangular. I’ve grown to appreciate these meets and what they bring towards athlete and team development,” Mosher said.
Lucas Flom and Egor Sereda ran well in the 100, Mosher said. Lucas Sathoff also had a strong race in the 800, finishing in 2:03.
“He has a ton of speed right now and maybe went out a little too quickly. I timed his first 200 and he might have won the open 200 meters with that time. He still held on for the next 600 to run a very nice time. Shortly after he ran in the 4x400 in a :51.5 split. It’s crazy to see him have so much leg speed right now because he just got done with Cross Country and hasn’t done significant speed work,” Mosher said.
Mosher specializes in distance races, as he’s also the cross country coach. He was pleased with watching Anthony Wels run the 3,200-meter race.
“It was his first high school 3200 and he looked great and I can tell he will go a lot faster as he figures out distance running,” Mosher said.
Another runner back into the fold was Jason Carpenter, who just finished the soccer season days earlier.
“He won both hurdles distances and looked very strong doing so. He was one of our fastest freshman ever in those events and it will be interesting to see how he does after the missed season, but he looks awfully sharp already despite not practicing much,” Mosher said.
In throwing events, Mosher said his squad looked strong.
“Our throwers looked strong and displayed the team depth in those events. Lead by Caleb Bunker we have a young group that looks to improve and help score points at the conference. They are a competitive group that wants to not only beat the competition but want to beat each other as well. This type of friendly competition will drive them throughout the next few years,” Mosher said.
Girls coach Eric Jubeck said it the feeling after the meet was one of proud triumph.
“The main thing is it felt great to beat Watertown — during our last season in ‘19 they edged us out for conference and this was a little revenge,” Jubeck said.
The girls team is working a lot this spring on building depth for both field and running events.
“Individually, the girls continued to show a willingness to find events to help the team and this meet was a prep for Fennimore (May 10). The Fennimore meet will show us where we are and what we need to focus on as we prepare for conference and regionals,” Jubeck said.
Sugar River Invitation
BELLEVILLE — Sugar River won the boys team title at its home invitational May 8 with 84 points. Black Hawk (73) and Pecatonica-Argyle (73) tied for second in the boys standings, followed by Albany (21) and Monticello (11). On the girls side, Black Hawk (104) finished first, followed by Albany (72), Pecatonica-Argyle (58) and Sugar River (57).
In boys events, Sugar River’s Patrick Samon won the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.99 seconds. Elijah Shelton of Black Hawk won the 200 (24.69). Pec-Argyle’s David Tisch was the champion in the 400 (56.31) and 800 (2:25.97). Vikings teammate Ridge Toay was the winner in the 1,600 (5:34.78), and Monticello freshman Ben Collins won the 3,200 (12:51.62).
Raiders freshman Isaak Tonn won the 110 high hurdles (23.54), and the Raiders team of Josh Danz Grass, Adrix DeVoe, Jjay Wenger and Samon won the 400-relay. Pec-Argyle’s quartet of Kaden Hartwig, Nathan Nickels, Toay and Tisch won the 1,600-relay.
Albany’s Ethan Koss was the high jump champion at 5-feet, 4-inches, while Black Hawk sophomore Teegan Sweeney won the pole vault at 10-feet even. Shelton was the champion in the long jump at 16-07, and DeVoe won the triple jump at 30-10. Nickels won the shot put (32-06) and the discus (97-11).
On the girls side, Black Hawk’s Kaylee Marty won the 100 (14.63), just 3/100ths of a second ahead of teammate Savannah Freitag.
Sugar River’s Katie Bowers won the 200 (31.80). Albany’s Ava Ahnen was the champion in the 400 (1:07.98) and teammate Kaiya Zurfluh won the 800 (2:56.28) by more than 30 seconds. Albany’s Mckenna Broughton won the 1,600 (6:08.25). Black Hawk’s Emily Triem won the 100 hurdles (20.21), and Anna Tisch of Pecatonica finished first in the 300 hurdles (54.54).
Black Hawk’s Ellie Edler, Veronica Cheatham, Jenna Meier and Freitag teamed up to win the 400-relay. Sugar River’s quartet of Morgan Bagley, Madeline Miller, Risandi Bartle and Katie Bowers won the 800-relay. Albany’s group of Ahnen, Zurfluh, Broughton and Payton Wachholz won the 1,600-relay, and Ahnen, Broughton, Wachholz and Linsey Mueller finished first in the 3,200-relay.
Bowers won the high jump (4-08) and teammate Kyla Jerome was the champion in the pole vault (8-00). Triem was victorious in the long jump (13-08). Marty won the triple jump (29-08).
In throwing events, Black Hawk’s Makayla Mau won the shot put (37-00.5) and teammate Jaliyah Collins won the discus (82-05).
