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Platteville's Momot, Iselin punch tickets to state cross country meet
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Platteville's Dan Iselin (left) and Vince Momot (pictured earlier this year) qualified for the WIAA Division 2 state cross country meet at last Friday's D2 Monroe Sectional.

MONROE — Platteville senior Vince Momot and junior Dan Iselin are going back to the WIAA state cross country meet.

The duo earned two of the five available individual state berths at Friday’s WIAA Division 2 Monroe Sectional.

Momot finished third overall out of 102 runners with a time of 15:29.4. Iselin was close behind, placing sixth with a time of 16:41.3.

The Hillmen were fourth as team with 116 points, behind McFarland (51), Madison Edgewood (75), Monroe (77).

“The boys ran as hard as we could,” said Platteville head coach Rob Serres. “For us to have qualified for state, our fifth man, Tom Lambert would have had to have run the race of a lifetime. He took the chance of going out with our leaders, but just could not hold the pace. The guys ran super. They gave us all they had on the given day.”

Freshman Jace Serres placed 26th at 17:41.3, senior Blake Julius was 28th at 17:47.4 and freshman Calvin Wernimont finished 55th at 18:39.0 to round out Platteville’s scoring team. Lambert finished 58th at 18:47.9 and senior Jackson Gormley was 60th at 18:58.1.

Momot will be making his third trip to state. He finished 21st as a junior and 19th as a sophomore.

Iselin will be making his second state appearance. He placed 94th a year ago as a sophomore when Platteville finished fourth at state as a team.

The boys’ Division 2 race will begin at 2:35 p.m. Saturday at The Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids.

The Platteville girls finished sixth out of 13 teams.

Senior Brelynn Updike broke her own 5,000-meter school record with a time of 20:28.3 to place 13th out of 94 runners.

Sophomore Morgan Wehnke placed 23rd at 21:11.6.

WIAA Division 2 Monroe Sectional
(from Friday, Oct. 23 @ Monroe)
(Girls, 5,000 meters)
Team scores: 1.Lodi 61, 2.McFarland 68, 3.Dodgeville/Mineral Point 106, 4.Brodhead/Juda 107, 5.Monroe 133, 6.Platteville 134, 7.Madison Edgewood 166, 8.New Glarus/Monticello 222, 9.Evansville 263, 10.Edgerton 269, 11.River Valley 273, 12.Mount Horeb 301, 13.Richland Center/Ithaca 302.
Top individuals: 1.Brooke Lonigro (McFarland) 19:36.4, 2.Taylor Bluemel (Brodhead/Juda 19:53.1, 3.Jenny Seeliger (McFarland) 19:57.8, 4.Cora Purdue (Brodhead/Juda) 19:58.4, 5.Hannah Busser (Lodi) 19:59.2.
Platteville (134): 13.Brelynn Updike 20:28.3, 23.Morgan Wehnke 21:11.6, 33.Sami Brookens 21:37.8, 34.Maggie Durni 21:48.3, 36.Julia Kasper 21:50.6, 42.Grace Hammermeister 22:19.7, 58.Cori Kettler 22:53.8.
(Boys, 5,000 meters)
Team scores: 1.McFarland 51, 2.Madison Edgewood 75, 3.Monroe 77, 4.Platteville 116, 5.Dodgeville/Mineral Point 145, 6.Lodi 148, 7.River Valley 215, 8.Mount Horeb 230, 9.Brodhead/Juda 256, 10.New Glarus/Monticello 161, 11.Evansville 284, 12.Southwestern/Benton/Cuba City 288, 13.Edgerton 357, 14.Beloit Turner 410.
Top individuals: 1.Chris Pahnke (McFarland) 16:15, 2.Dustin Hatfield (River Valley) 16:23.5, 3.Momot (Platteville) 16:29.4,  5.Nick Baumann (Monroe) 16:33, 6.Dan Iselin (Platteville) 16:41.3, 7.Dylan Scace (Monroe) 16:45.2.
Platteville (116): 3.Vince Momot 16:29.4, 6.Dan Iselin 16:41.3, 26.Jace Serres 17:41.3, 28.Blake Julius 17:47.4, 55.Calvin Wernimot 18:39.0, 58.Tom Lambert 18:47.9, 60.Jackson Gormley 18:58.1.