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Cheesemakers cruise to second
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L-R: Bryce Hughes took first in the 100-meter dash preliminaries and finished fourth in the finals. Anna Tisch took second in both the 200- and 400-meter dash races. Alex Roe represented Monticello in the high jump, taking ninth with a height of 5-04. Aleigh Zettle finished second to teammate Sophie McGuire in the pole vault. Andrew Figi qualified for the 100-meter finals with the fifth-fastest time and ended up winning with a 11.42. Jaidyn Evenstad took second in the 100-meter hurdles. - photo by Casey Lindecrantz

DARLINGTON — With 18 top-three finishes between both squads, Monroe boys and girls took second at the Redbird Invite on Monday, May 8. 

Darlington hosted 14 teams, including Monroe, Pecatonica-Argyle, Albany, Black Hawk and Monticello. Cuba City won both boys and girls divisions with 116 and 115 points, respectively.

First-place finishers are as follows:

● Andrew Figi, Black Hawk, 100-meter dash, 11.42

● Ridge Toay, Pecatonica-Argyle, 200-meter dash, 23.20

● Ridge Toay, Pecatonica-Argyle, 400-meter dash, 52.38

● Ethan Koss, Albany, 1600-meter run, 4:51.03

● Lane Marty, Black Hawk, 110-meter hurdles, 17.47

● Kaden Kuester, Monroe, 300-meter hurdles, 43.26

● Raquel Reuter, Darlington, 400-meter dash, 1:03.10

● Ava Ahnen, Albany, 1600-meter run, 5:44.80

● Sophie McGuire, Lauren Coppes, Taylor Jacobson, Aleigh Zettle, Monroe, 4x100 relay, 52.15

● Abby Solverson, Gabrielle Leuchtenmacher, Zoie Zuberbuhler, Alyza Johnson, 4x200 relay, 1:52.03

● Mya Wild, Miley Hanson, Aniyah Jackson-Bey, Lauren Coppes, Monroe, 4x400 relay, 4:24.76

● Sophie McGuire, Monroe, pole vault, 9 feet

● Raylin Peterson, Black Hawk, shot put, 41-06

● Jaliyah Collins, Black Hawk, discus, 114-02


Tisch, Toay set meet records at Fennimore

FENNIMORE — Darlington didn’t slow down, competing in the Fennimore Invitational on Tuesday, May 9. The Lady Redbirds took third with 89.50 points, while the boys finished fourth with 59 points. Host Fennimore won both boys and girls divisions with 123 and 147 points, respectively.

The Redbirds had two individual first-place finishes and two first-place relays. George West won both the 200-meter dash (24.39) and 400-meter dash (51.95). The girls 4x200 relay team — Niasia Niedziejko, Adalee Berget, Alexis Murray and Raquel Reuter — finished in 1:58.16 and the girls 4x400 relay team — Jaidyn Evenstad, Murray, Berget and Neidziejko — completed the race in 4:25.13.

Pecatonica-Argyle also competed in the event, finishing seventh for girls (38 pts) and eleventh for boys (39 pts). Anna Tisch set a new meet record in the 300-meter hurdles with time of 48.46, as did Ridge Toay in the 300-meter boys hurdles with a time of 39.81.