Arcadia boys second, girls seventh at Cashton track invite
Arcadia sophomore Dawson Glenzinski contorted his way around the bar as he competed in high jump at last Saturday’s indoor track and field invitational at UW-La Crosse. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
Sophomore Taylor Sylla of Independence/Gilmanton placed sixth in the mile run at an invitational track and field meet at UW-La Crosse last Saturday. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
Sawyer Herrick of Whitehall worked to fend off North Crawford senior Tay’vion Burch (left) during the 55-meter hurdle preliminary race during a track and field invitational at UW-La Crosse last Saturday. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
Top-five finishes were easy to find for the Arcadia High School track and field team at an indoor invitational meet at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse last Saturday.
Arcadia athletes placed inside the top five in 13 different events as the Raider boys finished second as a team and the girls placed seventh.
A trio of seniors in Casidi Pehler (pole vault), Nestor Badillo (1600) and Landan Bremer (400) took first place in their events on Saturday. Bremer also took third in the 55-meter and 200-meter dashes.
Junior Ted Teske secured three separate fourth-place finishes as well as a fifth-place run in the open 200 to stack points for the Raiders, whose 63 team points were beaten only by Kickapoo/La Farge (65).
The Raider girls scored 32 points in a field that was won by Westby (87).
Jaylie Dahl scored multiple points for Arcadia as the sophomore finished second in the 55 and 200-meter dashes before finishing third in the 400-meter run.
Independence/Gilmanton found points early on Saturday when the 3200-meter relay team of Sophia Kampa, Kia Back, Angie Martinez and Taylor Sylla took third in the 3200-meter relay with a time of 12 minutes, 3.9 seconds.
The Indees placed 17th in the girls’ competition but did not record a boys team score.
Whitehall also saw a top-five finisher at the event. Freshman Mason Przybylla took fifth in the long jump with a leap of 18 feet, 8.5 inches to help the Norse finish 17th.
Blair-Taylor placed 21st in the boys’ field and did not have a team score on the girls’ side.
Boys track, Cashton Indoor Invitational, March 24 at UW-La Crosse
K/L 65 Arcadia 63 Bangor 46 Boscobel 44 Edgar 38 Luther 35 North Crawford 28 New Lisbon 23 Riverdale 20 Cashton 19 Westby 19 Ithaca/Weston 19 Brookwood 18 Wonewoc-Center 17 C-FC 16 Melrose-Mindoro 15 De Soto 14 Whitehall 14 Necedah 13 Cadott 9 B-T 6 Durand 5
Arcadia top five finishers
Firsts—N. Badillo, 1600, 4:47.11; Bremer, 400, 54.23.
Thirds—Bremer, 55, 6.87; Bremer, 200, 23.79.
Fourths—Teske, 400, 54.71; Teske, high jump, 6-0; Teske, long jump, 19-4.
Fifths—3200 relay (Gonzalez, Hernandez, Schultz, Ortiz), 9:50.5; Lockington, 800, 2:14.64; Teske, 200, 23.92; 1600 relay (Aguilar, Kolstad, M. Badillo, Conrad), 3:52.75.
Whitehall top five finishers
Fifths—Przybylla, long jump, 18-8.5.
Girls track, Cashton Indoor Invitational, March 24 at UW-La Crosse
Westby 87 K/L 55 C-FC 43 Luther 38.5 Bangor 35 Cadott 34 Durand 32 Arcadia 32 I/W 31 Cashton 28 Riverdale 25 Boscobel 24 Brookwood 16 North Crawford 15 Mel-Min 13.5 Royall 11 I/G 10 W-C 6 New Lisbon 4 De Soto 4 Hillsboro 1 Necedah 1
Arcadia top five finishers
Firsts—Pehler, pole vault, 11-9.
Seconds—Dahl, 55, 7.74; Dahl, 200, 27.94.
Thirds—Dahl, 400, 1:04.62.
I/G top five finishers
Thirds—3200 relay (Kampa, Back, Martinez, Sylla), 12:03.9.
