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Friday the 13th didn't seem to bother the Dodgeville-Mineral Point track and field teams as both the girls and boys brought back championships from the Steve "Sparky" Reynolds Memorial Invitational held at Boscobel.
Also, three meet records were broken by Dodge-Point runners - ironically all three belonged to past Dodge-Point runners.
The girls scored 85 points to top Boscobel's 75.5.
The rest of the team scores were: Fennimore 68.7, Cashton 65, Belmont 64, Darlington 63, Lancaster 52.2, Richland Center 41, Southwestern 37, Hillsboro 3, Prairie du Chien 30, Cassville 18.5, Cuba City 15.5, River Ridge 13.7, Ithaca 12, North Crawford 11.2, Kickapoo/La Farge 6.5, Riverdale 6, Platteville 1.
Abby Philipps topped teammate Shelby Owens in the 3200 and in doing so bettered the meet mark set by Dodge-Point and UW-Platteville standout Alli Tank (11:36.06) in 2007. Philipps was timed in 11:30.06 with Owens coming in at 12:04.8.
Mairin Cahill and Owens went 1-2 in the 1600 with times of 5:16.74 and 5:37.96. Caitlin Bauer finished 13th in 6:20.72.
Molly Hanson took the 800 in 2:21.59 with Macy McConnell 4th in 2:31.67.
The other Dodge-Point win came from the 4x800 relay team of Philipps, McConnell, Cahill and Hanson in 9:55.26.
Other Dodge-Point finishes were: 100-Rachel Pope 5th 13.82, Laura Neill 13th 14.41, Morgan Peterson 15th 14.51; 200-Peterson 9th 29.8, Neil 10th 29.93, Mikalah Enright 16th 30.74; 400-Anna Schmit 12th 1:09.59, Debbie Heth 15th 1:10.28; 100 hurdles-Natalie Bauman 28th 21.85; 300 hurdles-Pope 4th 52.35; 4x100-12th 59.57 (Bauman, Kailee Fitzsimmons, Neelie Krueger, Sarah Lawinger); 4x200-8th (Peterson, Nichole Doolittle, Neil, Lawinger) 1:59.21; 4x400-2nd (Pope, Cahill, McConnell, Hanson) 4:19.77; high jump-Doolittle 10th 4'8", Bauman 21st 4'4"; long jump-Megan McCarthy 32nd 11'10.25"; triple jump-Enright 10th 28'10.25"; shot put-Keely Iverson 28th 24'; discus-Melissa Seman 14th 76'6", Iverson 35th 60'10".
The boys totaled 86.5 points to top the battle for second between Fennimore (73) and Darlington (72).
Other team totals were: Cuba City 58, Prairie du Chien 56, Boscobel 44, Southwestern 42, Cashton 38, River Ridge 37, Wauzeka/Steuben 35, Richland Center 34, Lancaster 26, North Crawford 24, Ithaca 22, Hillsboro 19, Seneca 10, Platteville 9, Belmont 8, Riverdale 7, Cassville 4.5, De Soto 2.
The 3200 record actually fell twice as both Dodge-Point's Trevor Wunnicke (9:51.11) and Darlington's Tyson Miehe (9:52.84) broke the former mark set in 2007 by Dodge-Point's Landon Balk (9:53.13). Dodge-Point's Brett Hottmann was 3rd in 10:12.99.
The other former Dodge-Point mark that was broken was the 4x800 relay record of 8:17.98 set in 2008. That team was comprised of Bobby Wunnicke, Tom Butusov, Kyle Van Dyne Hoven and Joel Hamilton. The new mark came from Wunnicke, Hottmann, Josef Frank and Mark Schmitz at 8:16.31.
Joseph Lawinger won the 800 in 2:04.31, topping Schmitz at 2:05.25. Cory Fitzsimmons finished 29th in 2:22.65.
The 4x200 team of TC Smith, Shane Kieffer, Payton Hanson and Schmitz won in 1:33.67.
Other finishes were: 100-Payton Hanson 4th 11.62 (.17 out of 1st), Kieffer 12th 12.53; 200-T.J. Bramlett 10th 24.92, Cody Arn 29th 29.23; 400-Alex Trollop 10th 55.87, Jacob Hanson 18th 57.81, Taylor Fingerson 43rd 1:06.1; 1600-Frank 13th 5:01.4, Greg Hanson 16th 5:08.99; 110 hurdles-Austyn Whitlatch 4th 16.13; 300 hurdles-Smith 3rd 40.96; 4x100-2nd (Smith, Whitlatch, Kieffer, Payton Hanson) 45.57; 4x400-4th (Lawinger, Trollop, Bramlett, Wunnicke) 3:41.2; high jump-Whitlatch 6th 5'8", Alex Steil 8th 5'6"; long jump-Jacob Hanson 20th 16'; shot put-Adam Keehan 34th 30'10.25"; discus-George Glover 26th 94'4", Keehan 35th 85'2", Sam Kruk 36th 83'5".
"Once again, we are a bit lucky with the weather cooperating just enough. Although it was cool and wet, the wind stay in check and that is a key factor to good performances in this sport," said Dodge-Point coach oe Hanson.
"We got off to a great start when our Girls and Boys 4 x 800M relays both won in times that put them high on the Division 2 Honor Roll. It looks as though both of them are setting themselves up for a chance to get to La Crosse and the State Championships. I remember that 2008 team and those kids, that was a record I thought would last for some time. I guess you could say I was pleasantly surprised. Unlike the Boys race, where they did received some competition from Darlington, our Girls ran away with the event, winning by a huge margin "
"The biggest surprise of the meet was when they announced that the Dodge-Point Boys and Girls both won the Championship! I talked with our coaches and some have been around for a long time and no one can remember something like this happening to the Track and Field programs. We were just happy for the kids, who work hard and deserve these results. Now we need to focus on the conference championships and the WIAA regional meet."