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TRACK AND FIELD: Lancaster Invitational
By Jason Nihles, The Platteville Journal / Boscobel Dial / Fennimore Times
Platteville boys win 20-team Lancaster Invitational
LANCASTER — Twenty teams congregated at Lancaster High School last Thursday afternoon for the early-season Lancaster Invitational.
Platteville won the boys team title with 110.5 points, beating out runner-up Dodgeville/Mineral Point (104) by 6.5 points.
The Platteville girls scored 41 points to place eighth in the girls standings. The host Flying Arrows won the girls team title with 102.5 points, well ahead of runner-up Westby (70).
Senior Marshal Rooney and brothers Cash Peterson, and sophomores Max Peterson and Louie Peterson, teamed up to win the boys’ 4x400 relay with a time of 3:45.71 to lead the Hillmen.
Louie Peterson, senior Liam Davis, and juniors Evan DeBuhr and Kaleb Osborne won the boys’ 4x800 relay at 8:55.26.
Junior Jesy Rinieker cleared 6 feet to win the boys’ high jump, while se- nior Tyler Sasse finished third at 5’8”. Sasse also placed second in the triple jump (39’6”).
Cash Peterson placed second in the 400 954.02), while Davis finished third in the 800 (2:14.61) and DeBuhr took third in the 3,200 at 10:36.26.
Senior Kody Millard placed third in the boys shot put at 46’9”.
On the girls’ side, with first-place finishes in four events and second-place finishes in three, the Lancaster girls scored 102.5 points to win the girls' team title.
The Flying Arrows finished 32.5 points ahead of second-place Westby, and 46.5 points ahead of third-place De Soto.
The Olmstead sisters of Kylie and Lexie combined to win three events and finish second in another, as senior Kylie won the 400 (1:00.78) and finished second in the 800 (2:31.51), while freshman Lexie won the 200 (27.65) and the long jump (16'10.25"), while also finishing fourth in the 400 (1:03.05) and the high jump (4'10").
Sophomore Maddy Driscoll won the girls 1,600 at 5:06.25, placed third in the 3,200 at 11:57.11 and third in the long jump at 16 feet.
Fellow sophomore Maddy Burr finished second in the high jump (5'0") and teamed with sophomores Jaylee Esser and Lexi Venson, and junior Margot Dhyanchand to finish third in the 4x100 (54.18).
Lancaster Invitational
(from Thursday, April 9 @ Lancaster)
(Boys)
Team scores — 1.Platteville 110.5, 2.Dodgeville/Mineral Point 104, 3.Richland Center 63, 4.Prairie du Chien 57, 5.Fennimore 56, 6.Lancaster 46, 7.Darlington 43.5, 8.Cuba City 38, 9.Boscobel 36, 10.River Valley 31, 11.Argyle/Pecatonica 28, 12.Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg 22, 13.De Soto 20, 14.Viroqua 18, 15.Iowa–Grant 11, 16.Wiscosin Heights/Barneveld 10, 17.Westby 7, Belmont 0.
Platteville individual results (top 8)
100 — 6.Shawn Harris 11.75. 400 — 2.Cash Peterson 54.02, 7.Max Peterson 55.85. 800 — 3.Liam Davis 2:14.61. 3,200 — 3.Evan DeBuhr 10:36.26. 110 hurdles — 5.PJ Knoernschild 18.28. 300 hurdles — 6.Knoernschild 47.48. 4x100 — 3.Platteville (Tyler Sasse, Harris, Brody Digman, Myron Reuter) 45.41. 4x400 — 1.Platteville (Marshal Rooney, Max Peterson, Louie Peterson, Cash Peterson) 3:45.71. 4x800 — 1.Platteville (Kaleb Osborne, DeBuhr, Davis, L. Peterson) 8:55.26. High jump — 1.Jesy Riniker 6’0”, 3.Sasse J5’8”. Pole vault — 8.Troy Klauer J10’0”. Long jump — 4.Digman 17’10.25”. Triple jump — 2.Sasse 39’6”, 4.Harris 38’8”, 6.Knoernschild 37’0.5”. Shot put — 3.Kody Millard 46’9”, 6.Rylan Zuhlsdorf 42’3.25”. Discus — 7.Nolan Stauffacher 128’10”.
(Girls)
Team scores — 1.Lancaster 102.5, 2.Westby 70, 3.De Soto 56, 4.Viroqua 54, 5.Dodgeville/Mineral Point 48.5, 6.Darlington 48, 7.Cuba City 44, 8.Platteville 41, 9.Argyle/Pecatonica 36, 10.Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg 34.5, 11.River Valley 32, 12.Fennimore 28, 13.Richland Center 20, 14.Boscobel 17, 15.Prairie du Chien 10, 16.Belmont 7, 17.Wisconsin Heights/Barneveld 5, 17.Iowa–Grant 7, 19.Wauzeka–Steuben 4.5.
Lancaster individual results (top 8)
200 — 2.Lexie Olmstead 27.65. 400 — 1.Kylie Olmstead 1:00.78, 4.L. Olmstead 1:03.05. 800 — 2.K. Olmstead 2:31.51. 1,600 — 1.Maddy Driscoll 5:06.25. 3,200 — 2.Driscoll 11:57.71. 100 hurdles — 6.Jenna Moore 18.16, 8.Lizzy Clauer 18.50. 300 hurdles — 6.Moore 52.28. 4x100 — 3.Lancaster (Lexi Venson, Margot Dhyanchand, Jaylee Esser, Maddy Burr) 54.18. 4x200 — 5.Lancaster (Esser, Brooklyn Hanke, Dhyanchand, Sophia Burr) 1:56.85. 4x800 — 5.Lancaster (Vivian Bernhardt, Vanessa Ihm, Jenna Muench, Aubrie Stader) 11:30.12. High jump — 2.Burr 5'0", 4.L. Olmstead 4'10". Long jump — 1.L. Olmstead 16'10.25", 3.Driscoll 16'0", 7.S. Burr 15'2.75".
