Columbus Catholic Track Shines at Edgar Invite with PR’s Galore
We had a great team showing in Edgar this week! We scored a combined 118 points and broke 27 lifetime PRs. In the 10-team invitational, the boys finished in 3rd place, beating Abbotsford, Rib Lake, Antigo, Assumption, Cadott, Prentice, and Greenwood. Edgar finished atop the boys team standings, and Cadott won the girls meet, with our girls finishing in 8th.
We also had many Top 5 performances. Junior Aubrey Waldhauser won the Pole Vault (7′ 6″). Sophomore Lucky Laessig finished runner-up in the Discus (118′ 9″). Senior Seth Roewe finished runner up in both the Pole Vault (10-feet) and 800m Run (2:15.63). Freshman Azariah Hoffman added another runner-up placing in the Pole Vault (7-feet). Sophomore Mason Edwards (5′ 4″) and Waldhauser (4′ 10″) both took 3rd place in their respective High Jumps. Senior Cal Birkhauser added a 4th place finish in the 3200m Run (11:41.74). Sophomore Dakota Hannasch also took 4th in the 300m Hurdles (48.55), and Elliott Alcott added a 4th place in the Pole Vault (9′ 6″). Sophomore Tanner Shortt notched two 5th place finishes in the 1600m Run (5:21.76) and the 3200m Run (11:42.36). Junior Katelyn Becker also took 5th in the Girls 3200m Run.
All four of our relay teams finished in the Top 5 as well. The boys 4x100m team of Jackson Bernitt, Cade Jansen, Alcott, and Devin Phillips took 3rd (49.93). Our boys 4x200m team (Jansen, Hannasch, Davis Vinnedge, and Phillips) took 4th place (1:44.37). Our girls 4x100m team (Livvie Laessig, Rosalyn Bergs, Alayna Egle, and Monica Thill) took 5th (1:06.71). And our girls 4x200m team (Hailey Hargraves, Sophie Wilczek, Waldhauser, and Hoffman) also finished in 5th (2:02.46).
We also had another 14 finishes in the Top 10 of our events. All in all, a very strong performance from the Dons! We were supposed to be in Spencer tonight for the Brian Pickett Invitational, but that has been canceled due to cold temps and wet fields.
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