May 17, 2013 at 9:45 a.m.
Dodge-Point track teams both claim titles
The girls amassed 122 points to runner-up Cuba City's 85 and Darlington's 78.5 while the boys edged Lancaster 97-94 with Darlington a distant third with 62.
The rest of the girls team scores were: Boscobel 61.5, Lancaster 54, Prairie du Chien 47, Cashton 43, River Ridge 38, Belmont 38, Fennimore 35, Riverdale 33, Richland Center 20, Kickapoo/La Farge 19, Hillsboro 14, Cassville 6, Southwestern 4, North Crawford 3, Platteville 1.
The 4x800 relay team of Hannah Owens, Mary Hanson, Kennedy Stumpf and Brittany Rhyner won in new meet record time of 9:42.32, eclipsing the former mark by Cuba City (2002) by nearly 10 seconds.
The 4x400 relay team of Hanson, Taylor Stanek, Stumpf and Rhyner won in 4:13.2.
Mairin Cahill was a two event winner as she won the 800 in 2:24.2 and took the 1600 in 5:12.28.
She led a three-runner sweep in the 800 as Hanson took second in 2:24.89 and Stumpf was third in 2:28.2..
In the 1600, Mariah Zoet finished fifth in 6:03.86 and Caitlyn Bauer was eighth in 6:12.37.
Owens won the 3200 in 11:44.33 with Debbie Heth sixth in 13:48.34
By event other finishes were: 100-Samantha Dees 22nd 15.52; 200-Sarah Lawinger 9th 29.64, Ally Brennan 18th 30.58; 400-Rhyner 2nd 1:03.45, Emily Philipps 3rd 1:04.01, Mikaela Bakker 4th 1:04.53; 100 hurdles-Natalie Chubb 7th 18.27, Megan Pluemer 12th 19.04; 300 hurdles-Stanek 2nd 49.65, Chubb 4th 50.81, Lizzy Doolittle 11th 55.47; 4x100-10th (Pluemer, Briana Neal, Katie Dochnahl, Alexa Bohnsack) 58.15; 4x200-8th (Lawinger, Avery McKinlay, Tara Bender, Mikalah Enright) 1:59.12; high jump-Stanek 2nd 5'2", Natalie Baumann 9th 4'8"; long jump-Chubb 20th 13'9"; triple jump-Enright 11th 31'1.5"; shot put-Brianna Johnsrud 21st 27'4.5", Keely Iverson 27th 26'1.75"; discus-Melissa Seman 5th 103'4", Iverson 6th 94'6".
The Dodge-Point boys also set a meet mark in the 4x800 with a time of 8:09.76 with legs by Jack Schickel, Ian Ewers, Jonah Nelson and Trevor Wunnicke. They topped Darlington's mark (2012) by 6.5 seconds.
The 4x400 team of Jack Schickel, Ryan Raess, Cris Francia and Trevor Wunnicke won in 3:36.51.
Trevor Wunnicke claimed his team's only individual first with a 2:01.1 in the 800. Teammates Jonah Nelson and Ian Ewers were 3rd and 4th in 2:02.28 and 2:0.3.6.
Other Dodge-Point finishes were: 100-Mario Campbell 6th 11.97, Kyle Fitzsimmons 15th 12.68, Logan Bidlingmaier 29th 13.64; 200-Noah Goetzke 12th 25.32, Brady Wetter 15th 25.6; 400-Shane Kieffer 6th 54.5, Nathan Eisenzimmer 7th 54.51, Alex Steil 13th 56.72; 1600-Tyler Wunnicke 6th 4:55.75, Steven Blume 7th 4:56.16, Henry Schickel 21st 5:15.88; 3200-Tyler Wunnicke 7th 10:37.78, Caleb Byers 15th 11:16.15; 110 hurdles-Jim McGuire 17th 20.82; 300 hurdles-Robby Chubb 4th 45.86, McGuire 6th 46.47; 4x100 3rd (Dane Pfaff, Kane Poad, Fitzsimmons, McGuire) 47.12; 4x200-2nd (Poad, Campbell, Raess, Francia) 1:35.69; high jump-Chanler Leonard 3rd 5'10", Steil 11th 5'6"; long jump-Campbell 5th 18'1/5", Poad 14th 17'3"; triple jump-Leonard 8th 39'3/25"; shot put-Sam Kruk 6th 41'6", Chubb 7th 41'5.25"; discus-Adam Keenan 6th 117'10", George Glover 14th 102'7".
The rest of the boys team scores were: Richland Center 59.5, Prairie du Chien 57, Boscobel 37, Fennimore 36, River Ridge 32, Kickapoo/LaFarge 29, Belmont 28, Ithaca 18, Brookwood 12.5, Riverdale 12, Wauzeka-Steuben 10, Cassville 6, Platteville 6, Cashton 1, Southwestern 1.
Dodge-Point coach Joe Hanson commented on the event saying, " "Under nearly ideal conditions for a track and field meet in early May, our teams preformed outstanding tonight. Both Boys and Girls placed first for the second consecutive year. To say the coaches were pleased would be an understatement. Always strong in the mid-distance and distance events, we are also gaining a reputation as a very good sprint and sprint relay team. I'm very impressed with Coach Palzkill and Coach (Matt) McGraw and their ability to train, motivate and peak these athletes. Our Boys team scored in 15 of the possible 18 events and the Girls 11. We never used to be able to say that. Thanks to Coach Tolzman and his athletes, we are scoring crucial points in the throwing events. Those are things that good teams do.
"The "Sparky" Reynolds Memorial meet is one that the Coaches and athletes circle on the schedule as it is the beginning of our "Big" competitions. The venue is also the sight of our WIAA sectional meet on May 23rd. The meet itself is one that we look forward to each year. Greg Bell, the meet manager and his staff do an incredible job hosting one of the best track meets in Southwest Wisconsin year after year. "
"Trevor Wunnicke was named Athlete of the meet with his three gold medals, two relays and one individual. Mairin Cahill was edged out by one vote for the Girls Athlete of the meet. She had two individual gold medals. Both Boys and Girls 4 x 800 relays shattered meet records and put themselves in great position for the WIAA tournament starting Monday, May 20th."
