G-E-T’s Smock wins pole vault in first meet

Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau’s Sawyer Smock shined in an early-season track event this past weekend, placing first in the pole vault.

Smock cleared the bar at 13 feet to win the boys’ pole vault at the Mauston Golden Eagle Invite, held last Saturday at the Hetzel Fieldhouse on the campus of UW–La Crosse.

Smock’s win was one of three top-five finishes for the Red Hawk boys, with Kyle Seiling finishing second in the long jump and Rion Waxlax placing fifth in the 400-meter dash.

The G-E-T boys came in a tie for 10th in the team standings with 26 total points. The Red Hawk girls finished 15th out of 16 teams with its best finishes coming in the 3200 and 1600 relays.  

The seventh-place 3200 relay was run by Nora Higgins, Carson Gagnon, Jaylen Hilton and Anya Wolfe while Reyna Garcia, Claire Breidenbach, Jayden Thill and Charlee McCutchen were on the seventh-place 1600 team. 

Boys track, Mauston Golden Eagle Invite, March 22 at UW–La Crosse

Holmen 74.5 West Salem 70 Reedsburg Area 50 Mauston 45 La Crosse Logan 45 Viroqua 41 Onalaska 36 Richland Center 31.5 Fennimore 27.5 G-E-T 26 Tomah 26 La Crosse Central 22 Aquinas 19 Sparta 18 Neillsville 13 Westfield Area/Montello 9 Wrightstown 7 Nekoosa 4

G-E-T top five finishers

Firsts—Smock, pole vault, 13-0.

Seconds—Seiling, long jump, 19-9.5.

Fifths—Waxlax, 400, 57.10.