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Seniors Molly Hanson won two events and seniors Payton Hanson qualified in three events to lead a list of 10 individuals and two relay teams heading for the WIAA Division 2 Track and Field Championships Friday and Saturday at UW-La Crosse.
Hanson won both the 800 and 1600 meter runs. She was timed in 2:15.2 in the 800 to top La Crosse Aquinas junior Maddeline Haupert's 2:15.8, Mauston sophomore Taylor Miller's 2:19.55 and Madison Edgewood senior Kelli McKenna's 2:21.2.
Dodge-Point teammate sophomore Mairin Cahill just finished out of the qualifying times taking fifth in 2:22.28.
Freshman Emily Philipps was 11th in 2;28.94.
Hanson returned to the top of the podium in the 1600 with a time of 5:00.28, again beating Haupert to the finish line by .31 seconds.
Cahill became the second Dodge-Point qualifier in the 1600 when she took third in 5:03.58 with Platteville senior Tricia Serres in fourth at 5:04.37.
McFarland senior Liz Smits won the 3200 in 11:13.96, but Dodge-Point had the second and fourth finishers with sophomore Anna Eisenzimmer running 11:14.58 and freshman Hannah Owens running a 11:19.99. Edgewood junior Michele Lee was third in 11:19.26.
Dodge-Point senior Abby Philipps finished seventh in 11:46.41.
The other Dodge-Point girls qualifying for state came as a rare extra qualifier as freshman Taylor Stanek cleared 5'1" in the high jump, but finished one place out of the automatic four qualifying positions due to number of misses. Her height cleared, however, was the standard for state qualifying.
Other Dodge-Point finishes were: 400-Stanek 7th 1:02.36; 100 hurdles-Rachel Pope (sr.) 6th 16.72; 4x100-12th (Stanek, Anna Schmit (sr.), Pope, Laura Neil (sr.) 53.97' 4x200-9th (Stanek, Natalie Chubb (fr.), Pope 8th 16'3.25".
Those girls gave the Dodge-Point team 55 points and a third place finish behind wining McFarland (70) and runner-up Columbus (65).
The rest of the team scores were: Aquinas 55, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau 52, Platteville 48.6, Arcadia 39.5, Sparta 32, Viroqua 27, Edgewood 25.6, West Salem 23, Brodhead-Juda 22, Mauston 15, Monroe 14.7, Belleville-New Glarus 14, Wisconsin Dells 12, Mount Horeb 12, Marshall 11, Richland Center 11, Wisconsin Heights/Barneveld 11, Edgerton 11, Boscobel 10, Evansville 8, Black River Falls 8, Lancaster 7, Poynette 7, Adams-Friendship 7, Lodi 6, Prairie du Chien 4, Westby 4, Randolph/Cambria-Friesland 1, Parkview .6.
Senior T.C. Smith was the lone individual champion for the boys.
He cruised to a 40.09 in the 300 hurdles topping Gale-
Ettrick-Trempealeau senior Ray Callaway's 40.22. In a tight finish the other two qualifiers were Belleville-New Glarus sophomore Kelvin Johnson (40.82) and Boscobel senior Logan Lathrop (40.87).
Senior Payton Hanson qualified in two events. He finished fourth in the 100 meters in 11.03. Turner senior Zach Sherrod won in 10.81 over Black Fiver Falls junior Jordan Mills (10.9) and Columbus sophomore Josh Ritchie (11.03).
Smith finished 8th in the race in 11.49.
Hanson then took fourth in the 200 with a 22.82. Sherrod won in 22.23 with Wisconsin Dells senior Ross Damen second in 22.65 and West Salem senior Tyler Kastenschmmidt third in 22.74.
In a very fast 3200 run, Dodge-Point junior Trevor Wunnicke qualified in fourth place with a 9:45.42 time. Senior teammate Brett Hottmann qualified as an extra with his fifth place time of 9:48.75.
Belleville-New Glarus junior Ryan McCoy won in 9:38.19 with Edgewood senior Joe McKenna right behind in 9:38.9 and Aquinas sophomore Michael Christianson third in 9:40.51.
Senior Austyn Whitlatch finished as runner-up in the 110 hurdles. He ran a 15.02 to winning Belleville-New Glarus senior Jon Beckman's 4.97.
Viroqua junior Josh Stohr finished in 15.06 with Columbus junior Brent Schmidt fourth in 15.44.
The Dodge-Point 4x100 relay team of Smith, T.J. Bramlett, Whitlatch and Hanson won with a time of 43.6 to runner-up West Salem's 43.91, Mount Horeb's 44.0 and Platteville's 44.09.
As another extra qualifier, the Dodge-Point 4x800 team of Joseph Lawinger, Wunnicke, Jonah Nelson and Hottmann finished fifth in 8:06.74.
Monroe won in 8:01.61 with Belleville-New Glarus second in 8:03.55, Lodi third in 8:03.73 and Edgewood fourth in 8:03.79.
Other Dodge-Point finishes were: 800-Alex Trollop 13th 2:07.76, 4x200-16th (Shane Kieffer, Cris Francia, Kane Poad, Ryan Raess) 1:38.05.
The Dodge-Point team finished fourth with 52 team points behind winning Platteville 72.33, Aquinas 68 and Belleville-New Glarus 63.
The other team totals were: Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau 46, Monroe 44, Lodi 41.5, Black River Falls 28, Turner 27, Edgewood 26, Mount Horeb 25, Columbus 25, West Salem 23, Wisconsin Heights/Barn-eveld 23, McFarland 20, Boscobel 20, Marshall 18, Lancaster 14, Sparta 10, Parkview 10, Mauston 9.33, Viroqua 9, Prairie du Chien 8, Brodhead-Juda 8, River Valley 3.5, Evansville 3, Edgerton 2, Watertown Luther Prep 2, Arcadia 1.33.
"It was another good day for the Dodge-Point teams," Dodge-Point coach Joe Hanson said.
"We are just very excited we got so many kids through the sectional and now on to La Crosse and the State Championships I expect we will score some points up there but for all these athletes just getting to La Crosse is an outstanding accomplishment. Our seniors have been a great example of how hard work and never giving up can pay off with some memories that will last a lifetime," he added.
"Again, the venue at Boscobel has proven to be the place to be for some of the best Track and Field in the state of Wisconsin. Getting an extra qualifier is next to impossible the way the WIAA system is set up. For example, in the Division 2 boys state meet, there were only 10 extra qualifiers in the entire state and 8 were from the Boscobel sectional. That's incredible," Hanson went on saying.
"Lastly, words can't describe how proud the coaching staff is of this years team. After disaster struck in that 4 x 800 at regionals when that official make an incredibly poor decision and disqualified our team, I thought it may have a negative effect on the team. But those girls have quickly bounced back and are still a big part of our state teams," he said in conclusion.
Events start at 12:30 on Friday for Division 2 with field events going first. Running events begin at 3:00. Saturday's times are 9:30 a.m. for field events with running events starting at 10:30 a.m.
All awards are given out on Saturday with the top six in each event reaching the podium.