JANESVILLE — The Platteville cross country team competed in one of the largest meets the state Saturday at the 78th annual Midwest Invitational in Janesville.
With more than 3,000 runners toeing the start line in six different high school races, the Hillmen were up to the challenge.
Senior Vince Momot continued his stellar final season in Hillmen red, finishing 11th out of 268 runners in the 42-team varsity boys race. His time of 16:17.19 was the second fastest boys time in school history.
Junior Dan Iselin finished 36th in the varsity boys race at 16:50.
Platteville finished 17th out of 37 complete teams.
Freshman Jace Serres ran in the freshman/sophomore race and medaled with a fifth-place finish among 152 runners at 17:26.78.
For the second time in three weeks junior Brelynn Updike broke the Platteville girls 5,000-meter varsity record.
She placed 39th out of 217 runners in the varsity girls race with a new record time of 20:32.19. Updike originally set the school record of 21:23 at the Luther College All-American Invitational two weeks earlier.
Sophomore Morgan Wehnke medaled in the freshman/sophomore girls race, finishing ninth out of 102 runners at 21:13.92.
“We had some outstanding races Saturday,” said Hillmen head coach Rob Serres. “Almost every runner hit a PR [personal record’ or a season-best time in Saturday’s meet.”
Last Tuesday, Platteville competed in an SWC quadrangular at Lancaster.
The Hillmen boys picked up a trio of dual meet victories over the host Arrows, 17–39, River valley, 15–45, and Prairie du Chien 24–48. Momot turned in the winning time of 17:40.
The Platteville girls defeated both River Valley, 17–44, and Prairie du Chien, 24–48, but suffered a 23–32 loss to Lancaster. Updike finished second overall at 22:03 to lead the Hillmen.
The Hillmen will return to action Saturday when they host the Dick McKichan Platteville Invitational at UW–Platteville’s Memorial Park. The event will kick off at 8:30 a.m. with a junior high race followed by the varsity girls race at 9 a.m. and the varsity boys race at 9:40 a.m.
SWC Quadrangular
(from Tuesday, Sept. 22 @ Lancaster)
(Girls, 5,000 meters)
Team scores: Lancaster 23, Platteville 32
Platteville 17, River Valley 44
Platteville 24, Prairie du Chien 48
Platteville: 2.Brelynn Updike 22:03, 3.Morgan Wehnke 22:18, 11.Sami Brookens 23:32, 13.Julia Kasper 23:48, 14.Maggie Durni 23:55, 17.Grace Hammermeister 24:46, 18.Abby Wein 25:18.
(Boys, 5,000 meters)
Team scores: Platteville 17, Lancaster 39
Platteville 15, River Valley 45
Platteville 18, Prairie du Chien 43
Platteville: 1.Vince Momot 17:40, 2.Dan Iselin 17:48, 4.Blake Julius 18:20, 5.Jace Serres 18:22, 8.Tom Lambert 18:55, 13.Calvin Wernimont 19:36, 18.Jackson Gormley 20:15.
78th Annual Midwest Invite
(from Saturday, Sept. 26 @ Janesville)
(Girls, 5,000 meters)
Top 10 team scores: 1.Hartland Arrowhead 85, 2.Kimberly 89, 3.Middleton 152, 4.Madison West 192, 5.Wisconsin Lutheran 214, 6.Neenah 260, 7.Madison Memorial 270, 8.Oconomowoc 282, 9.Stoughton 302, 10.Westby 308...26.Platteville 650.
Top individuals: 1.Audrey Janik (Wisc. Lutheran) 18:30.76, 2.Sam Valentine (Middleton) 18:34.11, 3.Marlie Houston (Oconomowoc) 18:59.09, 4.Carisa Weyenberg (Kimberly) 19:13.78, 5.Elena Schmidt (Westby) 19:16.11.
Platteville: 39(38).Brelynn Updike 20:33, 134(128).Maggie Durni 22:39, 165(158).Sami Brookens 23:19, 171(164).Grace Hammermeister 23:33, 175(169).Abby Wein 23:58, 202(191).Katelyn Brown 25:25, 204(192).Kaelyn Johnson 25:35.
Platteville Frosh/Soph: 9.Morgan Wehnke 21:14.
(Boys, 5,000 meters)
Top 10 team scores: 1.Madison La Follette 70, 2.Kimberly 102, 3.Madison Memorial 142, 4.Middleton 156, 5.Homestead 173, 6.Wisconsin Lutheran 219, 7.Houston (Tex.) MacArthur 224, 8.Hartland Arrowhead 225, 9.South Milwaukee 279, 10.Neenah 304...17.Platteville 529.
Top individuals: 1.Finn Gessner (Mad. LaFollette) 15:21.46, 2.Gus Newcomb (Middleton) 15:37.84, 3.Nicholas Ring (Kimberly) 15:43.13, 4.Trevor Legg (Mad. LaFollette) 15:54.42, 5.Jack O’Neil (Cedarburg) 16:00.02.
Platteville: 10(10).Vince Momot 16:18, 36(35).Dan Iselin 16:50, 115(113).Blake Julius 18:01, 173(169).Tom Lambert 18:44, 210(202).Jackson Gormley 19:22, 227(217).Mike Taber 19:48, 243(229).Eric Wells 20:19.
Platteville Frosh/Soph: 5.Jace Serres 17:26.
