WHITEWATER - The Monroe girls track team had five individual medalists and one relay team medal at the season-opening Nelson Daniels Classic indoor meet at Whitewater Friday night.
Monroe senior Laura Chopp was a champion in the pole vault as she cleared 9 feet.
The Cheesemakers' 3,200-meter relay team of Molly Wyss, Lizzy Dale, Allie Yurs and Tessa Frutiger took third place with a time of 10 minutes, 53.67 seconds.
The Cheesemakers had two of the top six 400 runners with senior Stephanie Wyss finishing third (1:03.96) and Frutiger sixth (1:06.41). Wyss added a fifth-place finish in the high jump (4-8). Senior Tess Seichter took fifth in the 1,600 (5:45.65).
"I really didn't expect to score all these points in the first meet," Monroe girls track coach Curt Miller said. "It was definitely a pleasant surprise."
The Monroe boys track team had seven medalists. Junior Jeffrey Hill cleared 13 feet to take second place in the pole vault. Cameron Wahl finished fourth (11-0).
Caleb Ahrens, a junior, took third in the 55-meter hurdles with a lifetime best 8.54 seconds.
"The first meet of the year is more of a training meet than anything else," Monroe coach Dave Hirsbrunner said.
Michael Barrett cleared 6-0 to take fourth in the high jump.
The Cheesemakers had two of the top six in the shot put out of a field of 40 throwers. Nick Walker, a junior, finished fifth with a personal record (49-0 1/4) and senior Mike Reed took sixth with a PR of 48-0 1/2.
"I'm pretty happy with our throwers," Hirsbrunner said. "For both of them to place in the top six is pretty good."
Monroe senior Laura Chopp was a champion in the pole vault as she cleared 9 feet.
The Cheesemakers' 3,200-meter relay team of Molly Wyss, Lizzy Dale, Allie Yurs and Tessa Frutiger took third place with a time of 10 minutes, 53.67 seconds.
The Cheesemakers had two of the top six 400 runners with senior Stephanie Wyss finishing third (1:03.96) and Frutiger sixth (1:06.41). Wyss added a fifth-place finish in the high jump (4-8). Senior Tess Seichter took fifth in the 1,600 (5:45.65).
"I really didn't expect to score all these points in the first meet," Monroe girls track coach Curt Miller said. "It was definitely a pleasant surprise."
The Monroe boys track team had seven medalists. Junior Jeffrey Hill cleared 13 feet to take second place in the pole vault. Cameron Wahl finished fourth (11-0).
Caleb Ahrens, a junior, took third in the 55-meter hurdles with a lifetime best 8.54 seconds.
"The first meet of the year is more of a training meet than anything else," Monroe coach Dave Hirsbrunner said.
Michael Barrett cleared 6-0 to take fourth in the high jump.
The Cheesemakers had two of the top six in the shot put out of a field of 40 throwers. Nick Walker, a junior, finished fifth with a personal record (49-0 1/4) and senior Mike Reed took sixth with a PR of 48-0 1/2.
"I'm pretty happy with our throwers," Hirsbrunner said. "For both of them to place in the top six is pretty good."
