At last Thursday night’s Lancaster Invite, Lancaster freshman Lydia Murphy broke a 20-year-old school record in the 3,200 with a time of 11:48.84, breaking the previous mark of 12:09.00 set in 1996 by Jenny Fulton. Nicole Wolf also placed second in the 800 (2:36.20), while Devin Wagner was second in the 200 (:28.69).
The Lancaster boys were led by the 4x100 relay team of Evan Gates, Jack Schaffer, Matthew Withey and Garrett Birkett, who placed third with a time of :47.49. Schaffer also placed third in the high jump with a leap of 5’8”.
Lancaster Invitational
(from Thursday, April 14)
Boys
Team scores - 1. Platteville 133; 2. Dodgeville/Mineral Point 107.5; 3. Cuba City 90; 4. River Valley 88; 5. Boscobel 69; 6. Fennnimore 59; 7. Viroqua 43.25; 8. Lancaster 39; 9. Prairie du Chien 28; 10. De Soto 18; 11. Belmont 13.25; 12. Southwestern 13; 13. Lancaster J.V. 1.
Top finishers from Lancaster
1600 - 5. Hunter Liddell 5:00.78; 3200 - 8. Jordan Jerrett 12:18.93. 300 hurdles - 6. Harrison Stone :47.56. 4x100 - 3. (Evan Gates, Jack Schaffer, Matthew Withey, Chris Haack) :47.49; 8. (Tyson Kelz, Jacob McCabe, Tanner Oyen, Damian Kauffman) :49.92. 4x200 - 6. (Evan Gates, Tyson Kelz, Matthew Withey, Chris Haack) 1:41.06. 4x400 - 6. (Jack Schaffer, Harrison Stone, Joey Recker, Hunter Liddell) 3:50.35. 4x800 - 4. (Austin Mumm, Joey Recker Hunter Liddell, Jonathon Murphy) 8:50.31. High jump - 3. Jack Schaffer 5’8”. Long jump - 6. Chris Haack 18’11”; 8. Jack Schaffer 18’5”. Triple jump - 5. Chris Haack 38’1.75”.
Girls
Team scores - 1. Viroqua 134.5; 2. Dodgeville/Mineral Point 123; 3. Platteville 120; 4. Lancaster 67; 5. Fennimore 59; 6. Cuba City 50.5; 7. Boscobel 36.5; 8. Prairie du Chien 27.5; 9. River Valley 26; 10. Southwestern 24; 11. De Soto 21; 12. Belmont 11.
Top finishers from Lancaster
200 - 2. Devin Wagner :28.69. 400 - 4. Ashton Doll 1:06.18. 800 - 2. Nicole Wolf 2:36.20. 3200 - 1. Lydia Murphy 11:48.84. 4x200 - 2. (Devin Wagner, Haley Gotto, Maria Faltin, Crystalyn Mish) 1:57.57. 4x400 - 3. (Devin Wagner, Haley Gotto, Ashton Doll, Crystalyn Mish) 4:20.56. 4x800 - 2. (Maddie Hampton, Nicole Wolf, Ashton Doll, Crystalyn Mish) 10:30.63. Long jump - 4. Devin Wagner 15’11.5”. Discus - 6. Mallory Bahl 97’6”.
This past Monday evening, Lancaster competed at the Prairie du Chien Relays, where the boys’ placed ninth of 13 teams, and the girls seventh of 12.
Jack Schaffer led the boys’ team with a first-place finish in the high jump (5’10”) and a fifth-place finish in the long jump (19’8.25”). He also helped lead the 800 sprint medley relay team of Evan Gates, Matt Withey and Garrett Birkett to a third-place finish.
For the Lancaster ladies, the 4x200 relay team of Devin Wagner, Maria Faltin, Ashton Doll and Crystalyn Mish took top honors with a time of 1:54.80, while Murphy placed second in the 400 (1:02.93), Wagner third in the long jump (16’1.5”) and Doll third in the 400 (1:03.47).
Prairie du Chien Relays
(from Monday, April 18)
Boys
Team scores - 1. La Crosse Central 149.25; 2. Westby 99.75; 3. Platteville 97; 4. River Valley 79; 5. Dodgeville/Mineral Point 53.5; 6. Boscobel 48; 7. Cuba City 40.5; 8. Fennimore 32.25; 9. Lancaster 27; 10. Viroqua 26; 11. Belmont 19.5; 12. Prairie du Chien 18.25; 13. Richland Center 12.
Top finishers from Lancaster
4x100 - 5. (Evan Gates, Jack Schaffer, Matthew Withey, Garrett Birkett) :47.25. 4x400 - 7. - (Chris Haack, Joey Recker, Harrison Stone, Tyler Graney) 3:56.03. 800 sprint medley - 3. (Evan Gates, Matthew Withey, Jack Schaffer, Garrett Birkett) 1:41.90. High jump - 1. Jack Schaffer 5’10”. Long jump - 5. Jack Schaffer 19’8.25”. Triple jump - 8. Chris Haack 38’7.5”.
Girls
Team scores - 1. Westby 132; 2. La Crosse Central 110; 3. Viroqua 74; 4. Dodgeville/Mineral Point 72.5; 5. Platteville 69; 6. Cuba City 57; 7. Lancaster 51; 8. Fennimore 45; 9. Richland Center 43; 10. Boscobel 17.5; 11. River Valley 16; 12. Prairie du Chien 14.
Top finishers from Lancaster
400 - 2. Lydia Murphy 1:02.93; 3. Ashton Doll 1:03.47; 7. Devin Wagner 1:05.45. 800 - 5. Maddie Hampton 2:34.49. 1600 - 6. Maddie Hampton 5:43.15. 3200 - 6. Hanna Cohen 15:05.58. 4x200 - 1. (Devin Wagner, Maria Faltin, Ashton Doll, Crystalyn Mish) 1:54.80. 800 sprint medley - 3. (Devin Wagner, Maria Faltin, Crystalyn Mish, Ashton Doll) 1:59.40. Long jump - 3. Devin Wagner 16’1.5”. Shot put - 8. Morelia Galvan 30’4.75”. Discus - 7. Mallory Bahl 95’0”.
Last Tuesday night, the Lancaster boys and girls track teams were at Spring Green for a River Valley Triangular with Dodgeville/Mineral Point.
On the boys side, sophomore Austin Mumm won the 1600-meter run in a time of 4:55.71, while Harrison Stone won the 300 hurdles in a time of :46.79. Also bringing home a first-place finish was the 4x100 relay team of Evan Gates, Jack Schaffer, Matt Withey and Garrett Birkett (:47.53).
On the girls side, freshman Devin Wagner won the long jump (15’6”), senior Alexis Galvan the shot put (29’1”) and senior Ashton Doll the discus (83’11”). Also winning first-place honors was the the 4x800 relay team of Maddie Hampton, Nicole Wolf, Crystalyn Mish and Doll (10:38.40)
River Valley Triangular
(from Tuesday, April 12)
Boys
Top finishers from Lancaster
1600 - 1. Austin Mumm 4:55.71. 4x100 - 1. (Evan Gates, Jack Schaffer, Matt Withey, Garrett Birkett) :47.53. 300 hurdles - 1. Harrison Stone :46.79.
Girls
Top finishers from Lancaster
Long jump - 1. Devin Wagner 15’6”. Discus - 1. Ashton Doll 83’11”. Shot put - 1. Alexis Galvan 29’1”. 4x800 - 1. (Maddie Hampton, Nicole Wolf, Ashton Doll and Crystalyn Mish) 10:38.40.
