BELLEVILLE — In the final tune-up of the regular season before the conference championships and regionals, 12 teams took part in the Raider Invitational May 10 at Belleville High School.

Lodi won the girls meet with a score of 127.41, while Sugar River was second (110.50), Monroe third (97.66), Albany seventh (42.50), Monticello 10th (25) and Black Hawk 12th (11.50).

Cambridge was the team champion on the boys side, scoring 104.50 points. Monroe was third (89), just a half of a point behind Lake Mills. Sugar River was sixth (59.50), Black Hawk 10th (19), Albany 11th (14) and Monticello 12th (11).

“This is the first year we went to this meet,” Monroe boys coach Scott Mosher said. “The boys used this as a final tune-up for the conference championship (May 14). Most kids were limited with events and we also rested some that had tired legs. That being said, taking (third) was a big accomplishment. We had some nice performances and they all competed hard.”

Kiarra Donnell won the girls’ 100-meter dash (12.85) by 5/100ths of a second. Black Hawk senior Grace Neff was third in the 400 (1:06.04). 

Monroe’s Alyssa Roelli was just a second behind third-place runner Hildie Sigwarth in the 1,600. Roelli took fourth (5:38.92). 

In the 3,200, Sugar River’s Tayler Yapp (12:50.12) and Karley Michels (13:18.00) finished 1-2, with Monroe’s Jaclyn Hayes (13:32.22) taking third. 

Cassi Gersbach won the 300-meter hurdles for the Cheesemakers, finishing with a time of 48.38 seconds. Teammate Megan Benzschawel was third (51.35). 

Monticello was the team champion in the 400-meter relay (52.45) with Sugar River taking second (52.65). The Ponies also won the 800-meter relay (1:49.48). 

Albany was champions in the 3,200-meter relay with a time of 10:36.56. The Comets were second in the 1,600-meter relay (4:13.70), losing to Lodi by 1.1 seconds.

Faith Koester was third in the high jump for the Cheesemakers with a mark of 4-feet, 10-inches, just four inches behind champion Brooke Mosher of Waterloo. Monroe’s Abby Price was third in the pole vault (8-00), and Bri Seagreaves was third in the triple jump (32-01).

Sugar River freshman Ava Foley was the co-champion in the long jump with a mark of 16-01. Monticello’s Maggie Bak was fourth (15-07). 

Albany’s Libby Beck won the shot put (40-06), while Monroe’s Chloe Bunker (36-09.5) and Riley Hartwig (36-05.5) took third and fourth. Bunker was second in the discus (113-08), with Sugar River’s Haiden Zimmerman third (111-02.5), Beck fourth (100-02) and Hartwig fifth (99-00).

On the boys side, Monroe’s Trevor Rodebaugh was first in the 110-meter high hurdles (15.68), with teammate Jason Carpenter coming in third (17.07). Rodebaugh was second in the 300-hurdles (40.79). 

“Trevor Rodebaugh ran the fastest sophomore time in Monroe history in the 300 hurdles, which is also the sixth fastest of all grades,” Mosher said. “He’s been improving a ton lately in both hurdle events and is becoming one of the best in the state.”

Monroe’s Dylan Fahrney was second in the 400 (53.64). Patrick Rielly finished fourth in the pole vault (11-00). 

The Cheesemakers took the team title in the 400-meter relay (45.46), and finished third in the 800-meter relay (1:35.96). Sugar River was second in the 3,200-meter relay (8:49.72), just ahead of third place Monroe (8:58.18). The Raiders were third in the 1,600-meter relay (3:45.95). 

Monticello freshman Evan Guenther was third in the 1,600 (4:46.81), less than a second out of third place.

Sugar River junior Adam Nelson was second in the 3,200 (10:31.23), and sophomore teammate Jjay Wenger was third in the 200 (24.09). Raiders senior Jared Schulting was second in the long jump (19-02). 

“Jordan Montgomery literally broke the long jump board, putting his foot right through it and ending the event,” Mosher said. “It was too bad, because he had a monster jump right before it that would have moved him way up the leaderboard.”

Montgomery finished fourth (18-07).

Black Hawk senior Colby Argall was second in the triple jump (40-10.5), losing by just 2.5 inches.

Albany’s Evan Blumer won the discus (151-10).

Mosher was very happy overall with Monroe’s performance.

“Lucas Sathoff ran the 800 for just his second time ever and took fifth place. He’s been a very good sprinter and jumper for us all year and he agreed to give the 800 a try. Not many sprinters have this range, but Lucas is as tough as they come and has a ton of guts,” Mosher said. “As a team it looks like the athletes are heading into the championship part of the season ready to perform their best and hopefully contend for some championships.”

Sparky Reynolds Memorial Invitational

BOSCOBEL — Darlington girls finished third while the boys were seventh at the 22-team Sparky Reynolds Memorial Invitational May 10.

On the girls side, Kathleen Mathias won the 200-meter dash (27.09) for the Redbirds, which won the 800-meter relay (1:49.66). Marissa Gould was second in the shot put (34-11), losing by just five inches.

The boys team won the 400-meter relay (45.66), as well as the 800-meter relay (1:33.65). The Redbirds were also second in the 3,200-meter relay (8:52.81).

Rock Valley Conference Championship Meet

MCFARLAND — The Cardinals finished third in the girls conference meet and seventh in the boys, held May 11.

Jefferson won the girls team title with 112 points, with East Troy (97) and Brodhead-Juda (94.5) taking second and third. Whitewater (118) won the boys title, edging out Jefferson (114) and McFarland (110.50). Brodhead-Juda scored 58 points.

Jeff Williams flew in qualifying but was edged in the finals, taking third (11.75) behind Whitewater juniors Will Leibbrand (11.727) and Jared Clapper (11.730).

The Cardinals were second in the boys 400-meter relay (45.09).

Josiah Engen, a Brodhead-Juda freshman, was the high jump champion (6-0). Zach Loffelholtz was second in the discus (136-04).

On the girls side, Madlyn McIntyre was third in the 1,600 (5:25.26), trailing second place by just 6/100ths of a second and finishing less than 1.7 seconds behind champion Mariah Linse of Jefferson. McIntyre then finished second in the 3,200 (11:55.17), about nine seconds behind Linse.

Cardinals senior Rhianna Teubert won the 100-meter hurdles (16.88) and the 300-meter hurdles (48.52). Freshman Ellie Yates won the long jump (16-00) by a single inch. Lexi Oliver (32-07) and Kalyn Lawrence (31-10.5) finished third and fourth in the shot put.