MONROE — The Monroe Cheesemakers honored long-time track coach Richard Glendenning with the annual Glendenning meet on Monday, April 10. Despite splitting the boys and girls into five different teams, Monroe snagged the top five spots.
Glendenning served on the Monroe track and field coaching staff for 51 years, specializing in pole vault. He was inducted into the Wisconsin Track Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2011, the same year of the first Glendenning Invite. He passed away three years later in January 2014.
In prior years, Monroe had just two boys and girls teams each, but with 51 boys in the program, the Cheesemakers added another squad. Both head coaches Scott Mosher and Eric Jubeck agreed the format gave their athletes a chance to shine in events they might not normally compete.
“It was a perfect opportunity for all our athletes to get a lot of events in,” Mosher said. “One of my favorite things about splitting the teams up is seeing kids try new events. We had young athletes trying events like triple jump and hurdles, and every year we find surprise athletes who end up helping us in varsity meets down the road. This year was no exception, and I’m incredibly excited for the potential out of these athletes.”
Black Hawk, Albany, Pecatonica-Argyle, Benton-Scales Mound-Shullsburg and Monticello also participated in event.
Three meet records were broken — two for boys and one for girls.
Lauren Coppes, who took first in all four events that she participated in, broke the girls long jump record previously held by Lexus Trickel of Monroe (2017) and Paige Murphy of BSMS (2016). Coppes jumped 17 feet, six 1/2 inches, beating the previous record of 16-07.75 by almost a foot.
“She was overdue to pop one in the long jump, and that is exactly what she did,” Jubeck said. “It was the fourth longest jump in school history.”
Pecatonica-Argyle’s Ridge Toay ran the 300-meter hurdles in 40.44 seconds, beating Monroe’s Jason Carpenter’s record (2022) of 41.48 seconds. He was just two tenths of a second away from Carpenter’s 110-meter hurdle record, too.
Black Hawk’s 4x100 relay of Jovanny Erickson, Andrew Figi, Lucas Milz and Teegan Sweeney beat a 12-year record previously set by Darlington. The Warriors finished in a time of 45.86 seconds, beating the 46.28-second record by nearly half a second.
Boys Top 3:
● 100-meter dash: Nate Lawrence, BSMS, 11.46; Bryce Hughes, Albany, 11.59; Andrew Figi, Black Hawk, 11.67
● 200-meter dash: Charlie Wiegel, Monroe C, 23.42; Jovanny Erickson, Black Hawk, 23.78; Broderick Cornfield, Monroe C, 24.10
● 400-meter dash: Caden Oudinot, Monroe B, 55.79; Seth Schmidt, Monroe, 57.08; Wyatt Stevenson, Monroe B, 57.53
● 800-meter run: Caden Oudinot, Monroe B, 2:13.29; Tre Dammen, Monroe, 2:13.42; Austin Fuller, Monroe, 2:17.49
● 1600-meter run: Jared Batz, Monroe, 4:52.81; Ethan Koss, Albany, 5:01.88; Austin Fuller, Monroe, 5:07.20
● 3200-meter run: Jared Batz, Monroe, 10:45.00; Tre Dammen, Monroe, 11:22.85; Brian Cid, Albany, 11:44.20
● 110-meter hurdles: Ridge Toay, Pec-Argyle, 15.74; Kaden Kuester, Monroe, 16.01; Lane Marty, Black Hawk, 16.75
● 300-meter hurdles: Ridge Toay, Pec-Argyle, 40.44; Christian Carpenter, Monroe, 45.88; Max Hayden, Monroe B, 46.69
● 4x100 relay: Black Hawk (Jovanny Erickson, Andrew Figi, Lucas Milz, Teegan Sweeney), 45.86; Monroe B (Jy’Shon Broitzman, Jordan Klocke, Lane Meier, Josh Pink), 47.00; Monroe C (Caden Blum, Ben Gatdula, Gavin Hendrickson, Hasan Mustafa), 48.33
● 4x200 relay: Monroe C (Broderick Cornfield, Gavin Hendrickson, Caden Blum, Hasan Mustafa), 1:40.46; Monroe (Jacob Flom, Gavin Foulker, Hayden Hitchins, Joe Rufenacht), 1:43.00; Monroe B (Jy’Shon Broitzman, Jack Mann, Braedyn Nally, James Seagreaves), 1:43.83
● 4x400 relay: Pec-Argyle (Nathan Burkeland, Ryan Harris, Sam Nelson, Ridge Toay), 3:48.41; Black Hawk (Jovanny Erickson, Andrew Figi, James Holland, Lane Marty), 3:50.03; Monroe (Jakar Broitzman, Christian Carpenter, Kaden Kuester, Wyatt Steiner), 3:55.84
● 4x800 relay: Monroe (Jared Batz, Tre Dammen, Austin Fuller, Wyatt Steiner), 9:04.68; Monroe B (Benjamin Erdley, Teylon Hampton, Caden Oudinot, Wyatt Stevenson), 9:06.79; Monroe C (Kylan Ditsworth, Connor Eckdahl, Padriac Houston, Anthony Wels), 9:45.14
● High Jump: James Seagreaves, Monroe B, six feet; Bryce Hughes, Albany, 5-06.00; Charlie Wiegel, Monroe C, 5-06.00
● Pole Vault: Lane Meier, Monroe B, 10-00.00; Teegan Sweeney, Black Hawk, 9-06.00; Anthony Wels, Monroe C, 8-00.00
● Long Jump: Jordan Klocke, Monroe B, 19-02.00; Alex Roe, Monticello, 19-02.00; Caden Blum, Monroe C, 19-00.00
● Triple Jump: Kaden Kuester, Monroe, 39-04.00; Alex Roe, Monticello, 38-04.00; Nate Lawrence, BSMS, 37-08.50
● Shot Put: Isaac Bunker, Monroe B, 47-11.00; Sean Rufenacht, Monroe, 45.-06.50; Taylor Herbst, Monroe C, 41-02.50
● Discus: Isaac Bunker, Monroe B, 130-02; Austin Fuchs, Monroe B, 129-10; Taylor Herbst, Monroe C, 116-8
Girls Top 3:
● 100-meter dash: Lauren Coppes, Monroe B, 13.05; Aleigh Zettle, Monroe, 13.41; Sophie Davis, BSMS, 13.94
● 200-meter dash: Lauren Coppes, Monroe B, 26.97; Aleigh Zettle, Monroe, 27.70; Mya Milz, Black Hawk, 28.69
● 400-meter dash: Lauren Coppes, Monroe B, 1 :02.93; Miley Hanson, Monroe, 1:05.47; Aniyah Jackson-Bey, Monroe B, 1:06.21
● 800-meter run: Mya Wild, Monroe, 2:40.37; Loretta Tisch, Pec-Argyle, 2:48.18; Miley Hanson, Monroe, 2:54.02
● 1600-meter run: Ella Woodworth, BSMS, 5:40.89; Jadyn Elgin, Monroe B, 6:07.73; Loretta Tisch, Pec-Argyle, 6:11.62
● 3200-meter run: Hanna Martensen, BSMS, 11:50.62; Ava Ahnen, Albany, 12:54.79; Jadyn Elgin, Monroe B, 12:59.65
● 100-meter hurdles: Taylor Jacobson, Monroe B, 16.52; Brenna Aebly, Monroe, 16.86; Ella Kranig, Monroe B, 17.36
● 300-meter hurdles: Anna Tisch, Pec-Argyle, 49.09; Brenna Aebly, Monroe, 52.42; Ella Kranig, Monroe B, 52.72
● 4x100 relay: Black Hawk (Mya Milz, Raylin Peterson, Ellie Edler, Maddy Lange), 55.62; Monroe (Lizzie Boll, Delaney Fortney, Abby Matley, Sophie McGuire), 56.33; Monroe B (Chloe Fry, Ada Henderson-Lehto, Delanie Sweeney, Alexis Elgin), 1:03.76
● 4x200 relay: Monroe (Sophie McGuire, Lizzie Boll, Abby Matley, Brenna Aebly), 1:58.59; Monroe B (Chloe Fry, Ada Henderson-Lehto, Ella Kranig, Alexis Elgin), 2:03.74; Pec-Argyle (Lexi Harrison, Rya Jorenby, Norah McCarthy, Lyla Wagner), 2:16.95
● 4x400 relay: Monroe (Delaney Fortney, Mya Wild, Miley Hanson, Aleigh Zettle), 4:36.29; Pec-Argyle (Brianna Gaertig, Anna Tisch, Loretta Tisch, Maddy Webster), 4:41.87; BSMS (Hailey Duerst, Shelby Fuerstenberg, Vanessa Vosberg, Ella Woodworth), 4:45.13
● 4x800 relay: Monroe B (Jadyn Elgin, Xiema Miranda, Reaghan Schmelzer, Aniyah Jackson-Bey), 11:04.45; Albany (Ava Ahnen, Mckenna Broughton, Linsey Mueller, Ellie Modaff), 11:26.70; Monroe (Brooke Bunker, Eloise Maire, Mya Wild, Anna Zentner), 11:33.77
● High Jump: Miley Hanson, Monroe, 4-08.00; Abby Matley, Monroe, 4-08.00; Mya Wild, Monroe, 4-06.00
● Pole Vault: Hanna Martensen, BSMS, 8-06.00; Aleigh Zettle, Monroe, 8-06.00; Sophie McGuire, Monroe, 8-06.00
● Long Jump: Lauren Coppes, Monroe B, 17-06.50; Sophie Davis, BSMS, 15-06.50; Ella Kranig, Monroe B, 14-02.25
● Triple Jump: Aniyah Jackson-Bey, Monroe B, 29-10.50; Ada Henderson-Lehto, Monroe B, 28-01.00; Danica Altman, Monticello, 28-00.50
● Shot Put: Raylin Peterson, Black Hawk, 39-01.00; Alexis Alt, BSMS, 33-11.00; Brenna Aebly, Monroe, 32-09.50
● Discus: Lillyanna Morales, Albany, 101-10; Natalie Wahl, Monticello, 100-05 ; Jaliyah Collins, Black Hawk, 98-11
