PLATTEVILLE – Belmont senior Kailee Kamps and Black Hawk sophomore Jen Wellnitz did everything they could to keep their teams in the hunt for a conference championship, but neither individual could match the depth of the River Ridge team.
    The Timberwolves won three events, placed competitors in all but one event and had multi-placewinners in eight different events to take home the girls’ conference title with 137 points at the 2012 Six Rivers Conference Track and Field Meet held at UW-Platteville on Monday, May 14.
    Belmont pulled in second with 100 points, while Black Hawk tied with Benton/Scales Mound for third-place with 92 points. Shullsburg was ninth with two points.
    Kamps became a three-time conference champion in the discus with a winning toss of 127’4” and a two-time champ in the shot put with a top heave of 44’2”, while adding a seventh-place finish in the 200-meter dash in 29.49 seconds and joining with freshmen teammates Keegan Kamps, Jannie deHaan and Sara Schmidt to place fourth in the 4x200-meter relay in 2:02.25.
    Ke. Kamps added a second in the discus (98’1”) and a third in the shot put (32’5.25”). Senior Amanda Adams placed second in the 300-meter low hurdles (48.6) and the high jump (4’8”), and junior Cassie McCarthy was second in the 100 high hurdles (17.32) for the Braves.
    Wellnitz picked up conference titles in four events to lead the Lady Warriors. She defended her titles in the 100-meter dash (12.78) and long jump (16’2.75”), while adding first-place performances in the 200 (27.01) and triple jump (32’4.75”).
    The Miners’ lone points came from junior Blaire Lutes, who placed seventh in the long jump (14’5.25”).

Girls Team Scores: River Ridge 137, Belmont 100, Black Hawk 92, Benton/Scales Mound 92, Pecatonica/Argyle 90, Albany 54, Cassville 52 Monticello 50, Shullsburg 2.
Other area place-winners: 100- 3- Jordyn Kamps, Bel, 13.51; 200- 4- J. Kamps, Bel, 27.94; 400- 5- Kate Quinn, BH, 1:06.02; 800- 4- Kristen Walters, BH, 2:45.56; 1600- 8- Katie Powers, BH, 6:30.15; 3200- 5- Powers, BH, 14:12.35; 7- Keegan Kamps, Bel, 14:30.75; 100HH- 7- Jannie deHaan, Bel, 20.92; 8- Sara Schmidt, Bel, 21.24; 300IH- 3- Olivia Holland, BH, 49.07; 6- Cassie McCarthy, Bel, 55.5; 400R- 3- Black Hawk (Angel Paul, Mikayla Sigafus, Emily Jones, Taylor Werren), 56.5; 1600R- 3- Black Hawk (Michelle Flanagan, Sigafus, Holland, Quinn), 4:37.07; 3200R- 3- Black Hawk (Powers, Holland, Brittany Klemm, Walters), 11:30.42; HJ- 4- deHaan, Bel, 4’6”; 7- Casi Dubel, 4’2”; LJ- 6- Amanda Adams, Bel, 14’6.75”; TJ- 4- Quinn, BH, 29’10”;5- McCarthy, Bel, 29’3.5”; D- 4- Quinn, BH, 94’6”; 5- Jordyn Kamps, Bel, 88’1”; 7- Klemm, BH, 85’6”.