Competing at Medford, Bloomer, Abbotsford, and Stanley over the past two week, the Oriole varsity track team had a busy schedule.
Starting with Medford results from April 23, the girls track team placed fifth, while many personal records were made.
Among these were Macie LaGrander jumping 15-1.5 in the long jump, while Addison Mahr shaved 30 seconds off her 3200 meter time. Also of note, Elena Trevino ran 6:06.66 in the 1600 meter.
Commenting on challenges at Medford, Orioles Head Coach Robert Seidl said that the weather was poor.
“This was a difficult meet to run in, especially in the sprints,” he said. “ It was cold and windy and as expected we didn’t have a lot of improvements.”
As for boys team results from Medford, they placed first out of 11 teams, with Madden Mahr jumping 20-4.5 in the long jump for a personal record while Lucas Walker ran a 2:02.48 in the 800 meter run. Commenting on the challenges to performance, Coach Seidl again returned to the role of the weather.
“Very cold and windy conditions,” he said of the boys team and challenges at Medford. “We ran well considering but did not have very many improvements.”
As for results at Bloomer April 25, the girls team placed fifth, with Macie LaGrander jumping 15’11” in the long jump, a personal record by almost a foot. Addyson Gustafson ran 14.23.06 in the 3200 meter, while Elena Trevino ran her fastest time in the 1600 meter run thus far with a time of 6:03.72, while the girls relay team of Lula Chwala, LaGrander, Adyson Gustafson and Bethany Pilgrim ran their fastest time ever in the 800 meter relay with a time of 1:52.03. The school record currently 1:51.4, Coach Seidl predicted they can break it.
“I think they can break it,” he said of the school record.Summing up the girls performance at Bloomer, Coach Seidl said the team was competitive.
“Two outstanding teams were at this meet, Fall Creek and Bloomer,” he said. “They are also conference rivals. We are short on numbers but we have been competitive in the events we enter into. Our times in the running events are improving but we still need to get more in our field athletes.”
As for the boys at Bloomer, they placed first out of nine teams, being undefeated on the 400 meter track. Lucas Walker ran his fastest time so far in the 800 meter run, finishing with a time of 2:00.92, doing so after running the 1600 meters.
“He will have a few more opportunities to break the 2 minute barrier before Conference,” Coach Seidl said of the Stanley-Boyd senior.
Going on to sum up the boys performance at Bloomer, Seidl said the team was setting its goals high.
“We ran well against our conference rivals,” he said of the boys team. “We found out that Fall Creek can be beat after coming off last year’s stellar performance winning the State title. The boys are setting their goals high for a conference re-match.”
Moving from Bloomer to Abbotsford results April 29, Madden Mahr finished the 200 meter dash with a time of 23.16, Carson Hodowanic taking second with a time of 23.85. Also of note, the boys relay team of Cole Brenner, Jake LaGrander, Carson Hodowanic and Madden Mahr won the 4x 200 meter relay with a time of 1:31.98, taking second in the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:55.19. Aydden Marten took second in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 17.69 while Zach Haas took third in the 3200 meter run with a time of 111:44.64. Madden Mahr took first in the long jump with a mark of 19-10.00
As for the girls at Abbotsford, Bethany Pilgrim took first in the 400 meter dash finals with a time of 1:05.84, while Macie LaGrander took second in the 200 meter dash with a time of 28.91. Additionally, Lula Chwala took first in the 100 meter hurdle with a time of 17.89, while Addison Mahr finished the 3200 meter run with a time of 14:23.20. The girls relay team took second in the 4x200 relay at Abbotsford with a time of 1:52.55
Finishing with results at Stanley-Boyd Oriole Park May 3, Madden Mahr took home a school record, running 22.22 in the 200 meter dash to take first place. Mahr also took first in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.17, a time coach Robert Seidl said was “good.” Mahr also took first in the long jump with a result of 20-04.00
Coming in just behind Mahr in the 200 meter dash at Stanley-Boyd Friday was Carson Hodowanic, taking second with a time of 23.13, also taking second in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.50. Also notable for finishes were Lucas Walker finishing first in the 800 and 1600 meter runs, Walker’s time in the 800 meter 2:07.00 while his time in the 1600 meter was 4:31.19, a personal record. Additionally, the boys relay team broke the record they just set in the 4x200 relay, finishing with a time of 1:31.84.
In girls results from Stanley-Boyd May 3, Macie LaGrander took second in the girls 100 meter dash with a time of 13.40 for personal record, while Bethany Pilgrim finished 1:03.10 in the 400 meter dash, a personal record as well. Pilgrim took first in the girls high jump with a mark of 4-08.00, while the girls relay team finished the 4x200 meter relay with a time of 1:52.17
The Orioles next compete Tuesday, May 14 at Cadott. Meet start is 4:00 p.m.