E-PC’s Track Team Regional Champs, Heading for State Competition
The Elmwood-Plum City Red Devils completed their tasks of running over the competition this past week in Colfax, during Regional on Tuesday, and Sectional Competition on Thursday. The Boys team became Regional Champions for the very first time in School History. The Girls did very well also. Everyone in attendance had to deal with very warm temperatures at the two events. Some of the results are as follows.
Regional’s for the Girl’s squad, brought home 1st place finishes in the 100m dash (Jenna Reitz), she also won the 200m dash. Triple Jump (Jordyn Mark). They had 2nd place finishes in the 800m run (Becky Hartung), 4x400m relay (Heather VonHoltum, Marah Boyer, Jenna Reitz, Becky Hartung). They also had top 5 finishes in 4x800m relay (Becky Hartung, Abbie Hartung, Morgan Sweeney, Sarah Claflin), 1600m run (Morgan Sweeney), 400m dash (Heather VonHoltum), and the High Jump (Marah Boyer). The Team finished 5th of the 9 teams attending.
The Boy’s had 1st place finishes in 4x800m Relay (Allex Gilles, Jordan Jones, Tanner Bechel, Tim Talford), 100m Hurdles (Nick Kernstock), 200m Dash (Gabe Rodriquez), 1600m Run (Tim Talford), 400m Dash (Gabe Rodriquez), 300m Hurdles (Tyler Churchill), 800m Run (Allex Gilles), 4x400m Relay (Allex Gilles, Tyler Churchill, Jaylen Case, Tim Talford), and the Long Jump (Lance VonHoltum). They took 2nd place in the 4x200m Relay (Tim Wayne, Nick Kernstock, Vance VonHoltum, Tyler Churchill), High Jump (Jaylen Case), Shot Put (Alex Hartung), and the Triple Jump (Tyler Churchill). Having top 5 finishes were the boys 100m Dash (Tim Wayne and Jesse McKune), 400m Dash (Jaylen Case), 4x100m Relay (Tim Wayne, Nick Kernstock, Hayden Kernstock, Lance VonHoltum), 300m Hurdles (Chase Lanz), and the 800m Run (Seth Jones).
Sectional’s for the Girl’s on Thursday had 1st place finishes in the 100m and the 200m Dash (Jenna Reitz). 2nd place finish by the 4x400m Relay (Heather VonHoltum, Marah Boyer, Jenna Reitz, Becky Hartung). They also had a top 10 finishes in 800m Run (Becky Hartung), 4x800m Relay (Abbie and Becky Hartung, Sarah Claflin, Morgan Sweeney), 400m Dash (Heather VonHoltum), and the Triple Jump (Jordyn Mark), The Squad finished 5th of 31 teams at the event.
The Boy’s had 2nd place finishes in 4x400m Relay (Allex Gilles, Tyler Churchill, Gabe Rodriquez, Tim Talford), Shot Put (Alex Hartung), 4x800m Relay (Allex Gilles, Seth Jones, Tanner Bechel, Tim Talford). The squad also had top 10 finishes in Triple Jump (Tyler Churchill), 110m Hurdles (Nick Kernstock), 100m Dash (Tim Wayne), 1600m Run (Tim Talford), 4x200m Relay (Tim Wayne, Hayden Kernstock, Lance VonHoltum, Tyler Churchill), 400m Dash (Gabe Rodriquez), 4x100m Relay (Tim Wayne, Nick and Hayden Kernstock, Lance VonHoltum), 200m Dash (Gabe Rodriquez), High Jump (Jaylen Case), and the 800m Run (Allex Gilles and Seth Jones). The Boy’s finished the competition in 3rd of 31 teams.
Next up will be the State Competition in LaCrosse, June 4th and 5th. Good Luck to all the athlete’s and coaches attending.
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