May 26, 2011 at 11:55 a.m.
D-P track & field athletes move to sectional
The following is a list of those advancing: (Girls) Molly Hanson, 800M, 4X400M Relay, 4X800M Relay; Mairin Cahill, 1600M, 4X400M Relay, 4X800M Relay, Shelby Owens, 3200M; Abby Philipps, 3200M; Anna Eisenzimmer, 3200M; Rachel Pope, 300 IH, 4X400M Relay; Macy McConnell, 4X400M Relay, 4X800M Relay; Melissa Seman, Discus; (Boys) Payton Hanson, 100M, 4X100m Relay, 4X200M Relay; Joseph Lawinger, 800M, 4X800M Relay; Mark Schmitz, 800M, 4X800M Relay; Trevor Wunnicke, 3200M, 4X800M Relay; Brett Hottmann, 3200M, 4X800M Relay; Austyn Whitlatch, 110M HH, 4X100M Relay, 4X200M Relay; TC Smith, 300M IH, 4X100M Relay, 4X200M Relay; Shane Kieffer, 4X100M Relay; Alex Steil, High Jump.
As a team, the boys finished a distant second behind Platteville 192-103. The rest of the team scores were: Wisconsin Heights 93, River Valley 85, Prairie du Chien 81, Boscobel 52, Lancaster 51, Richland Center 35.
Payton Hanson won the 100 in 11:18 and Brett Hottmann edged teammate Trevor Wunnicke 10:03.66 to 10:03.77 to win the 3200. TC Smith took the 300 hurdles in 41.17.
The 4x200 relay team of Smith, Austyn Whitlatch, Mark Schmitz and Payton Hanson won in 1:33.81 and the 4x800 team of Joseph Lawinger, Hottmann, Wunnicke and Schmitz won in 8:30.99.
The rest of Dodge-Point's finishes were: 100-Shane Kieffer 9th 12.23, Cody Arn 19th 13.31; 200-Taylor Fingerson 16th 29.17; 400-T.J. Bramlett 6th 53.92, Alex Trollop 9th 55.55, Jacob Hanson 14th 58.72; 800-Schmitz 2nd 2:02.71, Lawinger 3rd 2;03.05, Cory Fitzsimmons 8th 2:13.14; 1600-Josef Frank 6th 4:58.93, Greg Hanson 8th 5:06.94, Henry Schickel 11th 5:33.33; 110 hurdles-Austyn Whitlatch 3rd 16.05; 300 hurdles-Colton Starr 9th 50.94; 4x100-2nd (Smith, Whitlatch, Kieffer, Payton Hanson) 44.99; 4x400-5th (Bramlett, Trollop, Greg Hanson, Lawinger) 3:42.43; high jump-Alex Steil 4th 5'6"; long jump-Jacob Hanson 15th 15'4/25"; shot put-Sam Kruk 13th 36'4.5", Tom Sigg 18th 30'8.5"; discus-George Glover 13th 106'10", Adam Keenan 16th 101'.
Platteville also took the girls meet with 122 points to Lancaster's 103 with Dodge-Point taking third at 94.
Other team totals were: Boscobel 88, River Valley 85, Prairie du Chien 80, Wisconsin Heights 64, Richland Center 51.
Dodge-Point won two relays with the 4x400 team of Molly Hanson, Rachel Pope, Mairin Cahill and Macy McConnell winning in 4:13.36 and the 4x800 team of Cahill, McConnell, Abby Philipps and Hanson winning in 9:47.72. Both teams just edged out runner-up Platteville.
They took places 2-3-4 in the 3200 with Shelby Owens beating Philipps 11:49.9 to 11:54.48 with Anna Eisenzimmer in third at 12:14.33.
Other finishes were: 100-Laura Neil 6th 13.88, Morgan Peterson 8th 14.04; 200-Anna Schmit 7th 30.34, Alayna Husom 11th 31.1; 400-Schmit 8th 1:08.5, Debbie Heth 9th 1:08.96, Mikalah Enright 12th 1;13.16; 800-Hanson 2nd 2:18.09, McConnell 5th 2:32.82, Heth 10th 2:47.28; 1600-Cahill 2nd 5:21.65, Caitlin Bauer 8th 6:26.89; 100 hurdles-Kortney Spersflage 11th 21.33, Kristi Bramlett 12th 22.02; 300 hurdles-Pope 3rd 50.89; 4x100-6th (Sarah Lawinger, Neelie Krueger, Kailee Fitzsimmons, Nichole Doolittle) 59.06; 4x200-5th (Lawinger, Neil, Peterson, Doolittle) :54.97; high jump-Doolittle 5th 4'6", Natalie Bauman 10th 4'4"; long jump-Fitzsimmons 7th 12'5.75", Megan McCarthy 11th 11'4.5"; triple jump-Enright 8th 30'4"; shot put-Kelly Iverson 15th 24'2"; discus-Melissa Seman 2nd 03'2", Iverson 12th 72'11".
"We had an outstanding night at Valley. The entire coaching staff came home pleased with the athletes' results. All those who participated gave a tremendous effort, fortunately we had many athletes make it through to the Sectional. To those athletes not moving on, we want to thank all of them and their parents for the support they have giving this season," said Dodge-Point coach Joe Hanson.
