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Slatter paces Janesville Cougars to girls sectional track and field title

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LAKE GENEVA — Mark Marsden understands that talent can ease much of the burden for any coach.

So the Janesville Craig High School girls track and field coach was very succinct in describing what it takes to coach sophomore sprinter Maggie Slatter.

“She’s very fast,” Marsden said. “It’s easy to coach a fast kid.”

Slatter displayed her speed in Thursday’s WIAA Division 1 sectional at Lake Geneva Badger, winning the 100- and 200-meter dashes and anchoring the 800 relay team that also placed first for the Cougars.

Slatter’s exploits led the Craig girls to a sectional title, following up the regional championship the Cougars captured on Monday at Monterey Stadium.

Craig finished with 89 points on Thursday, 18 clear of second-place Verona and 19 ahead of third-place Waterford.

“It’s been an outstanding year,” Marsden said. “We took second in (the Big Eight Conference meet). We didn’t think we could do that, and we won all our invites, so I’m really proud of the kids.

“It’s a deep team, it’s a committed team. It’s a young team, which is kind of exciting.”

Including relays, the Craig girls sent 12 athletes to the state meet, which will be held June 3-4 at UW-La Crosse. The top three finishers in each event Thursday qualified for state.

Janesville Parker senior Paige Demos took second in the 100 high hurdles with a time of 15.95 seconds to become the only automatic state qualifier for the Viking girls. She placed 10th in that event at last year’s state meet and tied for fourth in the state in the high jump.

Slatter won the 100 sectional title in 12.88 seconds and the 200 in 26.56. Badger senior standout Megan Mulligan finished second behind Slatter to also qualify for state in both events.

This will be the first individual appearance at state for Slatter, who competed in the 400 and 800 relays at state last season. She has run all three sprint events, all three sprint relays, both hurdle events and has competed in the long jump at various points this season.

“It took a lot of self-motivation and a lot of support from (my) teammates and everything,” Slatter said of her success. “I just pushed myself a lot.”

Craig junior Tommy Meister is certainly no stranger to pushing himself, either.

Meister captured both the boys 1,600 (4:23.99) and 800 (1:56.13) on Thursday and also anchored the Cougars’ winning 3,200 relay team.

Meister, who placed second in the Division 1 boys cross country meet last fall, credited maturity for his ability to win both the 1,600 and 800 this year. He qualified for state in the 1,600 last year but ran a poor 800 at sectionals.

“Physically, I’m more mature, but it’s the same thing mentally,” Meister said. “I’m just more experienced, I know what’s going on a lot more this year.

“I can read my body better. I know what I’m feeling, what I need before the race, after the race. It’s just all coming together right now.”

The Craig boys placed fourth with 70 points, as Spencer Hrycay was second in the 3,200 (9:43.65) and part of the winning 3,200 relay team, while Cy Badertscher took first in the long jump (22 feet, 3 inches) and second in the triple jump (44-5.75).

Overall, the Cougar boys will be represented at state in five individual events and two relays.

The Parker boys, meanwhile, notched 72 points for a third-place finish, qualifying for state in five individual events and one relay.

Parker senior Austin Lloyd won the 110 hurdles (15.17), took third in the high jump (6-0) and was a member of the second-place 1,600 relay team to lead the Vikings.

“Well, you’re never happy when you don’t get everybody through (to state),” Parker boys coach Joe Dye said. “But the bottom line is, we’ve still got people standing and going to La Crosse.”

Verona (82 points) edged Kenosha Bradford by a single point to capture the boys sectional title.

Milton senior Nate Hammon had a strong day in the boys field, qualifying for state in four events with a second-place showing in the long jump (22-1.25) and a third-place finish in the 100 (11.38). He was also a part of the Red Hawks’ second-place 800 relay team and third-place 400 relay squad.

Fort Atkinson’s Brian Beaudo, meanwhile, captured a boys title by winning the 400 (49.78).

Other area girls individual winners were Craig’s Sara Ennocenti in the pole vault (10-0), Elkhorn’s Sarah Woelert in the discus (114-5) and Fort Atkinson’s Taylor Bauer in the 1,600 (5:20.15).

Badger Sectional

BOYS

TEAM SCORES

Verona 82, Kenosha Bradford 81, Janesville Parker 72, Janesville Craig 70, Waterford 56, Milton 56, Burlington 45, Kenosha Tremper 44, Lake Geneva Badger 37, Stoughton 37, Delavan-Darien 27, Fort Atkinson 25, Beloit Memorial 24, Mount Horeb/Barneveld 15, Elkhorn 14, Westosha Central 14.

STATE QUALIFIERS

100—1. Trae Waynes (KB), 11.13; 2. Melvin Gordon (KB), 11.16; 3. Nate Hammon (JC), 11.38.

200—1. Vaughn Weis (Bur), 22.84; 2. Kyle Banta (Elk), 23.27; 3. Zach Hershey (Sto), 23.44.

400—1. Brian Beaudo (FA), 49.78; 2. Bryce Rudebeck (Wat), 50.25; 3. Mason Waynes (KB), 50.71.

800—1. Tommy Meister (JC), 1:56.13; 2. Brad Money (JP), 1:56.87; 3. Doug Thoresen (Ver), 1:56.9.

1,600—1. Tommy Meister (JC), 4:23.99; 2. Zach Hansen (KT), 4:24.33; 3. Riley Olson (St), 4:26.78.

3,200—1. Aaron Derner (Wat), 9:33.23; 2. Spencer Hrycay (JC), 9:43.65; 3. Kyle Nottingham (KT), 9:49.87.

110 high hurdles—1. Austin Lloyd (JP), 15.17; 2. Edward Ruzga (LGB), 15.29; 3. Erik Albeck (JP), 15.38.

300 intermediate hurdles—1. Josh Werling (BM), 38.59; 2. Edward Ruzga (LGB), 39.54; 3. Andrew Bianan (KT), 39.68.

400 relay—1. Bradford (Waynes, Jackson, Jun, Gordon), 42.71; 2. Delavan-Darien (Jordan Hesebeck, Justin Fowlkes, Marcus McLin, Ricky Wojciechowski), 42.87; 3. Milton (Jordan Gerharz, Riley Kovars, Phil McCarthy, Nate Hammon), 43.52.

800 relay—1. Bradford (Trae Waynes, Vonte Jackson, Jun Lee, Melvin Gordon), 1:29.4; 2. Milton (Jordan Gerharz, Riley Kovars, Phil McCarthy, Nate Hammon), 3. Delavan-Darien (Marcus McLin, Kyle Schmidt, Justin Held, Jordan Hesebeck), 1:30.91.

1,600 relay—1. Verona (Joe Young, Geoff Weyenberg, Tim Kise, Doug Thoresen), 3:23.64; 2. Parker (Brad Money, Dan Treinen, Colin Burkheimer, Austin Lloyd), 3:26.45; 3. Burlington (Matt Defaut, Kevin Fallon, Kevin Caufield, Vaughn Weis), 3:26.65.

3,200 relay—1. Craig (Spencer Hrcay, Joe Sarow, Nate Brault, Tommy Meister), 8:04.98; 2. Tremper (Nick Eggert, Mike Jaros, Max Carson, Kyle Nottingham), 8:05.85; 3. Bradford (Landon Luzar, Justin Kreuser, Trenton Smith, Mason Waynes), 8:05.99.

Shot put—1. Drex Jackson (Ver), 53-8; 2. Trever Steinke (JP), 51-11; 3. Nate Newberry (KT), 47-8.5.

Discus—1. Drex Jackson (Ver), 154-3; 2. A.J. Natter (Mil), 161-0; 3. Mario Blanquel (LGB), 151-2.

High jump—1. Jake Rose (St), 6-4; 2. Jason Tiedt (Ver), 6-2; 3. Austin Lloyd (JP), 6-0.

Long jump—1. Cy Badertscher (JC), 22-3; 2. Nate Hammon (Mil), 22-1.25; 3. Melvin Gordon (KB), 21-11.75.

Triple jump—1. Jason Tiedt (Ver), 44-7; 2. Cy. Badertscher (JC), 44-5.75; 3. Riley Kovars (Mil), 43-11.5.

Pole vault—1. Kevin Caufield (Bur), 13-3; 2. Tom Kitching (JC), 13-3; 3. Brandon Aguirre Bur), 13-3.

100 wheelchair—1. Devon Radloff (JC), 24.97.

400 wheelchair—1. Luke Russell (Ver), 1:05.55.

800 wheelchair—1. Luke Russell (Ver), 2:25.07.

1,600 wheelchair—1. Luke Russell (Ver), 4:34.89; 2. Devon Radloff (JC), 6:19.86.

Shot put wheelchair—1. Luke Russell (Ver), 18-0.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES

Janesville Craig 89, Verona 71, Waterford 70, Burlington 64, Lake Geneva Badger 58, Stoughton 56, Kenosha Tremper 49, Kenosha Bradford 48, Fort Atkinson 44, Oregon 32, Elkhorn 26, Westohsa Central 22, Mount Horeb/Barneveld 19, Janesville Parker 19, Beloit Memorial 17, Milton 17

STATE QUALIFIERS

100—1. Maggie Slatter (JC), 12.88; 2. Megan Mulilgan (LGB), 13.14; 3. Chelse vanderhill (Wat), 13.19.

200—1. Maggie Slatter (JC), 26.56; 2. Megan Mulligan (LGB), 26.6; 3. Jenny Gilbreath (Wat), 26.61.

400—1. Jenny Gibreath (Wat), 58.99; 2. Meg Webber (Bur), 59.01; 3. Anmarie Lewer (KB), 1:00.51.

800—1. Kayla Anderson (Ver), 2:17.19; 2. Meg Webber (Bur), 2:23.07; 3. Tristan Sproul (LGB), 2:28.05.

1,600—1. Taylor Bauer (FA), 5:20.15; 2. Meleana Bennin (MH), 5:20.54; 3. Abigail Bullmore (KB), 5:23.23.

3,200—1. Abigail Bullmore (KB), 11:43.56; 2. Brittney Feivor (KT), 11:48.33; 3. Mandi Speer (Mil), 11:50.54.

100 high hurdles—1. Jenna Ciszewski (KT), 15.88; 2. Paige Demos (JP), 15.95; 3. Tristyn Forget (MH), 16.03.

300 low hurdles—1. Jenna Ciszewski (KT), 46.33; 2. Kayla Olson (Wat), 46.81; 3. Brianna Bower (Sto), 47.56.

400 relay—1. Waterford (Val Knurr, Maddy Maerzke, Robin May, Chelsey Vanderhill), 50.63; 2. Badger (Alyssa Humphrey, Megan Mulligan, Annie Gaugert, Carly Bell), 51.02; 3. Beloit (Brittany Burns, Kiana Golden, Caireese Ayers-Reese, Lebreya Johnson), 51.57.

800 relay—1. Craig (Ashley Pohlman, Aisha Coleman, Mia Metcalf, Maggie Slatter), 1:46.83; 2. Verona (Brooke Richardson, Lauren O’Brien, Katy Miller, Ashley Bartow), 1:47.13; 3. Milton (Kim Mehlert, Alyscia Catacutan, Lauren Bradley, Lauren Frisque), 1:49.07.

1,600 relay—1. Verona (Brooke Richardson, Kayla Anderson, Ashley Bartow, Katy Miller), 4:04.33; 2. tremper (Jenna Ciszewski, Sara Knapp, Tonya Gulley, Priscilla Colon), 4:07.85; 3. Stoughton (Brianna Bower, Amanda Staffen, Hannah Sonsalla, Shelby Knispel), 4:08.33.

3,200 relay—1. Oregon (Val Jones, Maranda Ricker, Mackenzie Wilkinson, Danielle Steinberg), 9:50.4; 2. Badger (Tristan Sproul, Karina Reeves, Aaryn Edge, Alyssa Olsen), 9:56.86; 3. Craig (Jessica Finnane, Jill Castro, Rachel Gilmore, Katie Bagley), 9:58.4.

Shot put—1. Megan Bruni (Bur), 38-3; 2. Kaylyn Funk (JC), 37-3.5; 3. Nicole Enger (Elk), 36-11.

Discus—1. Sarah Woelert (Elk), 114-5; 2. Casey Silkwood (KB), 112-7; 3. April McCarthy (Sto), 112-5.

High jump—1. Brooke Richardson (Ber), 5-8; 2. Lauren O’Brien (Ver), 5-5; 3. Ellie Grande (Bur), 5-5.

Long jump—1. Brianna Bower (Sto), 17-10; 2. Victoria Smithyman (FA), 17-0.5; 3. Chelse Vanderhill (Wat), 16-5.

Triple jump—1. Brianna Bower (Sto), 36-3.75; 2. Ashley Pohlman (JC), 36-2.75; 3. Meagan Hegeman (Bur), 35-8.

Pole vault—1. Sara Ennocenti (JC), 10-0; 2. Andrea Weis (Bur), 10-0; 3. Courtney Pohlman (JC), 9-9.

100 wheelchair—1. Dani Ebben (FA), 24.55; 2. Autumn Radloff (JC), 27.92.

400 wheelchair—1. Dani Ebben (FA), 1:30.65; 2. Autumn Radloff (JC), 1:54.36.

800 wheelchair—1. Dani Ebben (FA), 3:08.44.