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Warriors and Braves compete on the track
Black Hawk

PATCH GROVE – The Black Hawk and Belmont track and field teams each participated in a pair of competitions over the past week with each team getting some fine performances out of their athletes.

Black Hawk earned second-place team finishes in both the girls’ and boys’ meets at the five-team River Ridge Six Rivers Meet held in Patch Grove on Tuesday, April 19, and then the Warriors came away with a pair of seventh-place finishes at the eight-team Brodhead Invitational held on Friday, April 22.

The Braves also competed at Tuesday’s event at River Ridge, placing fifth in both meets; and they also took to the track at Saturday’s Platteville Relays, placing 10th in the girls’ meet and 11th in the boys’ meet along side some tough competition.

Black Hawk sophomore Veronica Cheatham swept the titles in the girls’ hurdle events on Tuesday, winning the 100 high hurdles in 20.19 seconds and the 300 low hurdles in 1:00.23.

Junior Jaliyah Collins added a first in the discus with a toss of 111’7” and was second in the shot put at 30’8” for the Warriors. Collins also won the discus at Brodhead on Friday with a top mark of 106’3”.

Junior Jenna Meier was second in the 100 (13.94) and joined with juniors Raylin Peterson and Tara Wellnitz and freshman Maddy Lange to finish second in the 4x100-meter relay (57.23).

Lange also broke her own school record in the pole vault after tying for fourth with a height of 6’6”.

Senior Hailey Jentz led Belmont with a first-place finish in the triple jump (30’6.5’) and a second-place in the long jump (15’4”).

Senior Anna Hardyman was second in the 400 (1:0772) and freshman Maggie Wedig was second in the 1,600 (6:51.88) for the Braves.

In the boys’ meet, Warriors’ sophomore Lane Marty swept the boys’ hurdles with winning times of 19.13 in the 110 high and 47.80 in the 300 intermediate hurdles.

Junior Jovanny Erickson won the 400 in 56.79 seconds and was second in the 200 (24.87). Other seconds for the Warriors went to senior Elijah Shelton in the 100 (11.85) and the long jump (18’0.5”).

Belmont got seconds from freshman Mason Oellerich in the 400 (58.73) and their 400 relay team of Oellerich, senior Conner Varvil, junior Noah Fritz and freshman Gavin Opitz (51.95).


RIVER RIDGE MEET
Girls Meet– Team Scores: River Ridge 162, Black Hawk 56.5, Albany 51.5, Monticello 38, Belmont 33.
Other Top 5 finishers: 100- 3- Maddy Lange, BH, 14.02; 5- Peterson, BH, 14.28; 400- 2- Anna Hardyman, Bel, 1:07.72; 800- 4- Abby Reuter, Bel, 3:03.73; 5- Maggie Wedig, Bel, 3:05.59; 1600- 2- Wedig, Bel, 6:51.88; 800R- 4- Bel (Ashley Foecking, Hailey Jentz, Olivia Millin, Reuter) 2:08.93; HJ- 4- Wedig, Bel, 4’2”; SP- 3- Peterson, BH, 29’8.5”; 4- Wellnitz, BH, 29’0”; D- 4- Peterson, BH, 88’1”.
Boys Meet– Team Scores: River Ridge 184, Black Hawk 72, Monticello 45, Albany 45, Belmont 17.
Other Top 5 finishers: 100- 4- Lucas Milz, BH, 12.31; 200- 4- Milz, BH, 26.08; 400- 3- James Holland, BH, 59.18; 1600- 4- Carter Kettler, Bel, 5:24.10; 300LH- 3- Eli Schliem, BH, 53.73; 400R- 3- BH (Gavin Smith, Kyler Seffrood, Nickoli Ladow, Ben Bredeson), 58.65; HJ- 5 -Fritz, Bel, 5’0”; LJ- 3- Milz, BH, 17’8.75”; 4- Fritz, Bel, 17’8”; TJ- 3- Marty, BH, 34’6”; 4- Schliem, BH, 33’11”; SP- 4- Milz, BH, 35’3.25”; D- 3- Cade Stietz, BH, 91’2”.
At Patch Grove, on Tuesday, April 19

 

BRODHEAD INVITATIONAL
Girls Meet– Team Scores: Brodhead-Juda 193, McFarland 119.5, Clinton 86, Evansville 85.5, Big Foot 75, Albany 44, Black Hawk 37, Beloit Turner 26.
BH placewinners: 100HH- 8- Veronica Cheatham, 20.24; 800R- 5- BH (Jenna Meier, Cheatham, Raylin Peterson, Maddy Lange), 2:07.19; PV- 5- Lange, 6’0”; SP- 4- Peterson, 30’7.5”; 6- Tara Wellnitz, 30’1”; 7- Jaliyah Collins, 28’6”;D- 1- Collins, 106’3”; 4- Peterson, 94’1”; 7- Wellnitz, 83’7”.
Boys Meet– Team Scores: McFarland 150, Brodhead-Juda 110, Big Foot 107, Evansville 106, Clinton 105, Beloit Turner 50, Black Hawk 39, Albany 22.
BH placewinners: 100- 5- Elijah Shelton, 11.87; 200- 4- Jovanny Erickson, 24.39; 8- Andrew Figi, 25.08; 800- 8- James Holland, 2:28.91; 110HH- 3- Lane Marty, 18.92; 7- Eli Schliem, 27.75; 300LH- 3- Marty, 46.97; 400R- 3- BH (Shelton, Figi, Lucas Milz, Erickson), 47.54; 800R- 2- BH (Shelton, Figi, Lucas Milz, Erickson), 1:38.08.
At Brodhead, on Friday, April 22

 

PLATTEVILLE RELAYS
Girls Meet– Team Scores: Lancaster 103, Platteville 93, Cuba City 66.5, Prairie du Chien 54.5, River Ridge 50.5, Galena 34, Iowa-Grant 31, Pecatonica/Argyle 17, Tri-State Homeschool 16, Belmont 10, Cassville/Potosi 8.
Area Placewinners: 1600 Distance Medley- 4- Belmont (Ashley Foecking, Hailey Jentz, Maggie Wedig, Anna Hardyman), 5:05.20; 2x100 Shuttle Hurdle- 6- Belmont (Sophia Kress/Olivia Millin), 45.21; LJ Relay- 8- Belmont (Jentz/Kress), 23’6”; Tetrathlon- Abby Reuter, (800- 3rd, 2:54.55; 100H- 4th, 21.68; LJ- 4th, 9’11”; SP- 3rd, 22’2.5”).
Boys Meet– Team Scores: Platteville 96, Lancaster 68, Prairie du Chien 66, Galena 61, Lena-Winslow 55, Cuba City 53, River Ridge 31, Iowa-Grant 19, Tri-State Homeschool 17, Pecatonica/Argyle 16, Cassville/Potosi 12, Belmont 0.
Area Placewinners: Tetrathlon- Carter Kettler, (800- 4th, 2:29.32; 100H- 5th, 17.81; LJ- 1st, 15’9”; SP- 4th, 30’8”).
At Platteville, on Saturday, April 23