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TRACK AND FIELD: Cassville/Potosi Invitational

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

Host Cassville/Potosi wins girls team title at own 10-team meet

CASSVILLE — The Cassville/Potosi girls track and field team won its own 10-team invitational Thursday in near perfect conditions

Junior Brielle Fishnick led the way on the sunny 75-degree day claiming gold medals in the girls 100-meter dash (13.17 seconds), long jump (15’4”), triple jump (33’5”) and the 4x100 relay (54.36), along with senior Iris Adams, freshman Grace Eastlick and sophomore Irelyn Walsh.

Fishnick scored 32.5 of the Cassville/Potosi girls’ 152.5 team points. Argyle/Pecatonica finished second with 123 points, followed by Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg (107.5), River Ridge (88), Belmont (72), Iowa–Grant (58.5), Black Hawk (48.5) and the Tri-State Homeschool Falcons (39).

Senior Grace Laufenberg scored 21 team points by winning the 200 at 28.38 seconds and the 400 at 1:03.59, and teamed with freshmen Norah Post and Rachel Vosberg, and senior Lainey Riedl to place fifth in the 4x400 relay (4:51.12).

Eastlick won the discus (113’5”) and finished second in the shot put (34’0”), setting new school records in both events, and placed third in the 100 at 13.61 seconds.

Walsh tied for third in the long jump (13’10”), and placed fifth in the 200 (29.59) and sixth in the 100 (14.12), while sophomore Jessa Caley finished third in the 3,200 run (15:34.15), and teamed with Post, Riedl and junior Allie Kaufman to place third in the 4x800 relay at 11:54.78.

The Cassville/Potosi boys were equally impressive medaling in three of the four relays and scoring 114 team points to place third behind only Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg (134.5) and River Ridge (128.33) in the boys standings.

The 4x400 relay team consisting of juniors Hunter White, Aaron Edge and Pau Silvestre, and sophomore Theo Bendickson finished first at 3:47.94 in the final event of the night.

White also won boys’ 400 (54.64), while Edge finished second in the event at 55.14, and placed fourth in the pole vault (11’0”).

Senior Carter Bierman won the boys’ discus (119’0”) and placed third in the shot put (43’9.25”).

Junior Drew Richardson finished second in the long jump (18’5”) and senior Darius Tate took second in the boys’ high jump by clearing 5’8”.

Sophomore Eli Post placed third in the discus (108’8”) and eight in the shot put (37’0.25”).

The Comets’ 4x100 relay team of Ryder Stramaglia, Sam Infield, Connor Robbins and Jason Allison finished third at 48.61 seconds, while .

Bendickson, Helminiak, Richardson and sophomore Boden Uren combined to place third in the 4x800 relay (9:38.35).

CP coach Jenny Tuescher and her assistants were very proud of how the meet ran and for all of the help given by the parents and middle school track and field team. They were also extremely pleased with the progression of the teams and the numbers of personal bests had by the athletes.

Cassville/Potosi Invitational

(from Thursday, April 16 @ Cassville)

(Boys)

Team scores — 1.Benton/Scales Mound 134.50, 2.River Ridge 128.33, 3.Cassville/Potosi 114, 4.Argyle/Pecatonica 98, 5.Black Hawk 69.50, 6.Iowa–Grant 63, 7.Belmont 33, 8.Tri-State Home School 21.66, 9.Iowa–Grant B 11, 10.River Ridge B 4, 11.Argyle/Pecatonica B 2.

Cassville/Potosi individual results (top 8)

400 — 1.Hunter White 54.64, 2.Aaron Edge 55.14. 800 — 5.Theo Bendickson 2:18.98. 1,600 — 8.Levi Meyer 6:03.34. 3,200 — 5.Levi Mayer 13:37.02. 4x100 ­— 2.C/P (Jason Allison, Sam Infield, Connor Robbins, Ryder Stramaglia) 48.61. 4x200 — 3.C/P (Jakob Limbeck, Caleb Liebfreid, Emmett Miles, Dylan Scauff) 1:52.47. 4x400 — 1.C/P (Bendickson, Edge, Myles Helminiak, White) 3:47.94. 4x800 — 3.C/P (Bendickson, Helminiak, Drew Richardson, Boden Uren) 9:38.35. High jump — 2.Darius Tate 5’8”, 7.Allison 5’2”. Pole vault — 4.White 11’0”, 5.Bendickson J10’6”, 6.Stramaglia J10’6”, 7Richardson J10’6”. Long jump — 2.Richardson 18’5”, 5.Robbins 17’9”. Triple jump — 8.Leibfreid 27’3.5”. Shot put — 3.Carter Bierman 43’9.25”, 8.Eli Post 37’0.25”. Discus — 1.Bierman 119’0”, 3.Post 108’8”.

(Girls)

Team scores — 1.Cassville/Potosi 152.5, 2.Argyle/Pecatonica 123, 3.Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg 107.5, 4.River Ridge 88, 5.Belmont 72, 6.Iowa–Grant 58.5, 7.Black Hawk 48.5, 8.Tri-State Homeschool 39, 9.River Ridge B 3, 10.Argyle/Pecatonica B 2.

Cassville/Potosi individual results (top 8)

100 — 1.Brielle Fishnick 13.17, 3.Grace Eastlick 13.61, 6.Irelyn Walsh 14.12. 200 — 1.Grace Laufenberg 28.38, 5.Walsh 29.59. 400 — 1.Laufenberg 1:03.59, 5.Norah Post 1:09.48. 800 — 6.Lainey Riedl 2:43.67. 1,600 — 7.Bentley Tuescher 7:31.53. 3,200 — 3.Jessa Caley 15:34.15. 100 hurdles — 4.Iris Adams 18.88, 7.Rylee Schmitz 20.06. 300 hurdles — 5.Schmitz 1:02.18. 4x100 — 1.C/P (Adams, Eastlick, Fishnick, Walsh) 54.36. 4x200 — 5.C/P (Autumn Churchill, Avery Decker, Schmitz, Callie White) 2:05.30. 4x400 — 5.C/P (Post, Rachel Vosberg, Laufenberg, Riedl) 4:51.12. 4x800 — 3.C/P (Post, Caley, Allie Kaufman, Riedl) 11:54.78. High jump — 6.Churchill J4’2”. Pole vault — 2.Avery Decker 7’6”. Long jump — 1.Fishnick 15’4”, 3(tie).Walsh 13’10”. Triple jump — 1.Fishnick 33’5”, 7.Schmitz 27’0”. Shot put — 2.Eastlick 34’0”. Discus — 1.Eastlick 113’5”, 6.Post 81’5”.