SUPPZ.COM SWNEWS4U ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg's Sam Klang

Klang wins four tiltes, sets two conference meet records to lead Knights to Six Rivers title

Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg junior Sam Klang won the boys 100, 200, 400 and long jump to lead the Knights to the team title at Monday's Six Rivers Conference Meet at UW–Platteville. - photo by A.J. Gates

BSMS Sam Klang — Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg junior Sam Klang won the boys 100, 200, 400 and long jump to lead the Knights to the team title at Monday's Six Rivers Conference Meet at UW–Platteville. - photo by A.J. Gates

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By Jason Nihles, The Platteville Journal / Fennimore Times / Boscobel Dial

Sam Klang, Jr., sprints/long jump, Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg track and field

Benton/Scales Mounds/Shullsburg junior Sam Klang dominated Monday's Six Rivers Conference Meet by winning four individual events, set two new conference records and scored a team-high 40 points to lead the Knights to the conference title.

Klang accounted for more than a fourth of the BSMS boys meet-best 147 points as he took first place in the 100-meter-dash (11.09 seconds), 200 (22.72), 400 (52.66), and the long jump (20’0.25”).

Klang's first-place finishes in both the 100 and 200 also established new conference meet records. The 100 record was previously set by River Ridge’s Aidan Gage in 2023 (11.12), while Dyllan Johll of Cassville set the 200 record back in 2016 (22.76).

Sophomore teammate Josh Richardson took over on lengthier runs, posting first in the 1,600 (4:49.90) and 3,200 (10:44.42). The pair were responsible for all of the BSMS gold performances, with Elliott Searles posting the boys’ only silver in the pole vault (12’0”).

“The boys’ side was another total team effort, but I do have to mention that Benton junior, Sam Klang, won four events, securing 40 team points,” said BSMS head coach Kyle Kern.

HONORABLE MENTION (in alphabetical order):
Madden Crubel, Sr., throws, Fennimore boys track and field
Crubel helped the Fennimore boys win a third-straight SWAL championship by winning the shot put (53'1.5") and the discus in a new conference meet record of 173'9", which nipped the previous record by one inch, set byCuba City's Beau Kopp in 2022

Bethany Daugherty, So., sprints / jumps, Cuba City girls track and field
Daugherty won the girls' 200 (26.85), 400 (1:01.0), triple jump (34'1.25") and 4x400 to help the Cuba City girls finish second at Monday's SWAL Conference Meet at Southwestern behind Fennimore.

Brielle Fishnick, Jr., sprints / jumps, Cassville/Potosi girls track and field
Fishnick won the girls' long jump (17'1.5") and triple jump (34'8.5"), placed second in the 100-meter-dash (13.30), and ran the third leg of the winning 4x100 relay (53.80) to help the CP girls finsih second at Monday's Six Rivers Conference Meet at UW–Platteville.

Kayahna Furrer, Sr., SS/P, Fennimore softball
Furrer hit a solo home run to lead off the bottom of the fourth inning to produce the game's only run in a 1–0 victory over SWAL champion Mineral Point Monday afternoon. The senior slugger then went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in Tuesday's 8–0 non-conferene win at Lancaster. She also went 6-for-8 with five doubles, two RBI and four runs scored in a SWAL sweep of Southwestern last Tuesday night. Furrer is batting .539 (41-for-76) with 12 doubles, four triples, nine RBI, 35 RBI, 43 runs scored, 21 walks, eight stolen bases, an incredible .646 OBP and an out-of-this-worl 1.804 OPS. For good measure, she is also 6–4 with a 2.01 ERA and 130 strikeouts in 62 2/3 innings pitched.

Griffin Fry, Sr., distance, Fennimore boys track and field
Fry ran an incredible greuling trio of events at Monday's SWAL Conference Meet, winning the boys 800 (2:05.77) and 1,600 (2:05.77), while finishing sixth in the 3,200 (11:35.54) to scored 22 team points to help the Fennimore boys win a third-straight conference title.

Cameron Hogan, Sr., pole vault / sprints, Boscobel boys track and field
Hogan won the boys' pole vault with a new conference meet record 13'6", was on the winning 4x400 relay, and placed second in the 100 (11.54) and second in the 4x200 relay (1:35.25).

Rhiannon Nelson-Hahn, Sr., hurdles / jumps, Fennimore girls track and field
Nelson-Hahn won the girls’ 100 hurdles (16.01 seconds) and 300 hurdles (50.84), placed second in the triple jump (33’0”) and fifth in the long jump (15'1.'75") to score a team-high 31 points for Gregg Davis’ Fennimore girls’ team, which won a fourth-straight SWAL Conference Meet Monday at Southwestern.

McKenzie Taylor, Jr., pole vault / sprints, River Ridge girls track and field
Taylor became the first River Ridge girls in two decades to win four events a the Six Rivers Conference track meet Monday at UW–Platteville. Taylor cleared 8'6" to win the pole vault and was also a part of the Timberwolves' winning 4x200, 4x400 and 4x800 relay teams to help the Ridge girls finish third with 100 points, behind Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg (164) and Cassville/Potosi (159.5).

Zeke Zuberbuehler, Jr., sprints / jumps, Darlington boys track and field
The Darlington junior won the boys 200 with a new meet record time of 22.43 seconds, and ran the anchor legs for the winnings 4x100 relay (44.82) and 4x200 relay (1:32.43 also a new meet record) at Monday's SWAL Conference.