PLATTEVILLE — A pair of Hillmen cross country records fell Saturday at the 48th annual Dick McKichan Platteville Invitational at UW–Platteville’s Veterans Memorial Park.
Platteville senior Vince Momot outdueled some of the best runners in this part of the state, beating all of them to win the boys’ varsity race. He finished first out of 162 runners and in the process set a new Platteville course record with a winning time of 16:19.5. Momot beat runner-up Christopher Pahnke (16:23.8) of McFarland by more than four seconds.
“For Vince to win this meet is big,” said Platteville head coach Rob Serres. “There are really some great runners out there, and he went out and gave a fantastic effort for the win, and for a new PHS course record. We are so proud.”
Momot led the Platteville boys to a third-place team finish in the large school division, but he had plenty of help. Junior Dan Iselin finished seventh overall at 17:02 to earn a top-10 medal. Freshman Jace Serres finished 15th overall at 17:27, senior Blake Julius placed 40th at 18:14 and senior Tom Lambert was 56th at 18:40 to round out the Hillmen team score. Both Serres and Julius earned ribbons for top-40 finishes.
The Platteville boys finished third with 85 points, behind champion McFarland (43) and runner-up Madison Edgewood (74).
“We are a tough, tough team, one of the best we have had,” added Serres. “But, we are running up against some tough teams as well. We have more in us, and we have a mission to be better, and we will be.”
Junior Brelynn Updike set the other Platteville course record by finishing 15th overall out of 138 runners in the girls’ varsity race with a time of 21:02.3.
Belleville junior Noelle Marie blew away the field to win the girls’ individual title with a winning time of 19:04.7, nearly half a minute better than runner-up Brooke Lonigro (19:30.0) of McFarland.
Updike led the Platteville girls to a seventh-place finish in the large schools division with 135 points. Sophomore Morgan Wehnke (24th, 21:35) and freshman Julia Kasper (40th, 21:59) joined Updike as ribbon winners with top-40 finishes.
McFarland easily won the girls’ large schools team title over runner-up Dodgeville/Mineral Point 47–106.
The Hillmen tuned up for Saturday’s Platteville Invite with an SWC shortened 4,000-meter triple dual with Dodgeville/Mineral Point and Prairie du Chien last Tuesday.
Platteville returns to action Saturday at the Albany Invitational before traveling to Richland Center for the SWC Conference Championships on Thursday, Oct. 15.
SWC Triple Dual
(from Tuesday, Sept. 22 @ Platteville)
(Girls, 4,000 meters)
Team scores: Dodgeville/Mineral Point 23, Platteville 32
Platteville 23, Prairie du Chien
Platteville: 3.Brelynn Updike 16:40, 5.Morgan Wehnke 16:58, 8.Maggie Durni 17:21, 11.Julia Kasper 17:47, 13.Grace Hammermeister 18:08, 14.Cori Kettler 18:08, 17.Abby Wein 18:41.
(Boys, 4,000 meters)
Team scores: Platteville 19, Dodgeville/Mineral Point 36
Platteville 19, Prairie du Chien 43
Platteville: 1.Vince Momot 13:08, 2.Dan Iselin 13:16, 5.Jace Serres 14:03, 6.Blake Julius 14:13, 9.Tom Lambert 14:26, 14.Calvin Wernimont 14:53, 15.Jackson Gormley 15:08.
48th Annual Dick McKichan Platteville Invitational
(from Saturday, Oct. 3 @ Platteville)
(Girls, 5,000 meters)
Large school team scores: 1.McFarland 47, 2.Dodgeville/Mineral Point 106, 3.Lodi 114, 4.Madison Edgewood 116, 5.Sauk Prairie 126, 6.Brodhead/Juda 132, 7.Platteville 135, 8.Wisconsin Dells 157, 9.Evansville 235, 10.River Valley 238.
Top individuals: 1.Noelle Marie (Belleville) 19:04.7, 2.Brooke Lonigro (McFarland) 19:30.0, 3.Lydia Murphy (Lancaster) 19:31.6, 4.Ciara Kaderly (Albany) 19:49.7, 5.Taylor Bluemel (Brodhead/Juda) 20:14.0.
Platteville (135): 15.(12).Brelynn Updike 21:02, 24.(18).Morgan Wehnke 21:35, 40.(26).Julia Kasper 21:59, 61.(36).Sami Brookens 22:42, 72.(43).Maggie Durni 23:02, 73.(44).Grace Hammermeister 23:04, 74.(45).Corri Kettler 23:06.
(Boys, 5,000 meters)
Large school team scores: 1.McFarland 43, 2.Madison Edgewood 74, 3.Platteville 85, 4.Dodgeville/Mineral Point 99, 5.Lodi 151, 6.River Valley 174, 7.Mount Horeb 188, 8.Sauk Prairie 198, 9.Brodhead/Juda 226, 10.Evansville 274, 11.Southwestern/Cuba City 304, 12.Wisconsin Dells 306.
Top individuals: 1.Vince Momot (Platteville) 16:19.5, 2.Christopher Pahnke (McFarland) 16:23.8, 3.Nathaniel Langlei (Edgewood) 16:24.9, 4.Dustin Hatfield (River Valley) 16:33.2, 5.Jaden Komprood (Darlington) 16:38.3.
Platteville (85): 1.(1).Vince Momot 16:19, 7.(6).Dan Iselin 17:02, 15.(13).Jace Serres 17:27, 40.(28).Blake Julius 18:14, 56.(37).Tom Lambert 18:40, 73.(45).Jackson Gormley 19:00.2, 77.(47).Calvin Wernimont 19:03.
