Track Season Starts in Osceola
To start off the season, the Patriots Varsity Track team took a trip down to Osceola to participate in their first track meet on March 28, 2024. This meet consisted of 8 teams.
There were several Patriot athletes that placed in the top eight, and multiple people brought home golds! The girls’ team finished runner-up overall as a team and the boys finished 5th overall as a team. Overall, it was a very successful meet for the Patriots first meet of the season.
Freshman Maizie Stoklasa and junior Brynn Settje were most successful for the girls’ team. Stoklasa placed 1st in Triple Jump, 100M Dash, 200M Dash, and 4x100 Relay. Brynn Settje placed 1st in Long Jump, 2nd in Triple Jump, and 1st in 4x100.
For the boys’, senior Trey Steffensmeier placed 1st in Long Jump, 3rd in Triple Jump, and 2nd place in 4x100.
Junior Izabel Hollatz said, “I thought that the track meet went very well! We had a lot of people place in their event, which was great considering it was our first one of the season. The girls also placed 2nd, so that was an amazing start to the season!
Head girls’ coach Mrs. Bri Wietfeld said, “The first meet of the season always brings excitement. This meet not only brought excitement, it brought success. We had several athletes pick up where they left off from last year and several freshmen make their names known. I was proud of all the kids that competed and all team members. We are a well-rounded team with hard-working athletes.
Girls’ Results (2nd Overall)
High Jump: Ava Baumert - 4’4” (Eighth Place), Lexis Gleason - 4’2” (Ninth Place); Long Jump: Brynn Settje - 16’ (First Place), Reese Wietfeld - 13’02” (Sixth Place), Chelsy Matthies - 13’ (Eighth Place); Triple Jump: Maizie Stoklasa - 36’01” (First Place), Brynn Settje - 33’10” (Second Place), Baylee Settje - 32’02” (Fifth Place); Shot Put: Nevaeh Zulkoski - 28-07” (Eighth Place), Vylet Hollatz - 24-07”, Rylee Balzer - 24-05”; Discus: Nevaeh Zulkoski - 88-09” (Eighth Place), Karly Wendt - 61-06”, Emma Bernhardt - 48-09”; 100M Hurdles: Ava Kasik - 17.37 (Third Place), Claire Holoubek - 19.02 (Seventh Place), Lexis Gleason - 19.69; 300M Hurdles: Ava Kasik - 52.27 (Second Place), Claire Holoubek - 58.83 (Fourth Place), Lexis Gleason - 1:05; 100M Dash: Maizie Stoklasa - 13.20 (First Place), Tanyn Larson - 13.48 (Second Place), Kendall Schneider - 14.12; 200M Dash: Maizie Stoklasa - 28.02 (First Place), Tanyn Larson - 28.62 (Fourth Place), Chelsy Matthies - 32.41; 400M Dash: Kendall Schneider - 1:07 (Fifth Place), Ella Baumert - 1:11, Reese Wietfeld - 1:14; 800M Run: Hannah Cech - 3:02, Sage Fernau - 3:12, Kyla Clarkson - 3:14; 1600M Run: Reann Bruhn - 6:25 (Third Place), Brianne Kuhr - 6:43 (Seventh Place), Alyssa Gurnsey - 7:07; 4x100M Relay: Brynn Settje, Tanyn Larson, Maizie Stoklasa, Chloe Hanel - 52.21 (First Place); 4x400M Relay: Kendall Schneider, Ava Kasik, Baylee Settje, Claire Holoubek - 4:40 (Third Place); 4x800M Relay: Carmen Malena, Izzy Hollatz, Reann Bruhn, Brianne Kuhr - 11:18 (Fourth Place)
Boys’ Results (5th Overall)
High Jump: Tucker Matthies - 5’02” (Eighth Place); Long Jump: Trey Steffeinsmeier - 19’11” (First Place), Colton Steffensmeier - 16’05”, Jeryn Struebing - 14’09”; Triple Jump: Trey Steffeinsmeier - 38’08” (Third Place), Colton Steffensmeier - 34’01” (Eighth Place); Shot Put: Korbin Lemburg - 39-03” (Sixth Place), Otto Crecco - 32-09”, Discus: Korbin Lemburg - 123” (Second Place), Otto Crecco - 106-03” (Eighth Place); 100M Dash: Blake Loseke - 12.26 (Sixth Place), Tucker Matthies - 12.95, Jeryn Struebing - 13.24; 200M Dash: Coal Fernau 28.19, Jackson Faltys - 34.29; 400M Dash: Blake Loseke - 1:01 (Sixth Place), Jeryn Struebing - 1:02 (Eighth Place); 1600M Run: Nile Jones - 6:07 (Seventh Place); 3200M Run: Max Muhle - 13:17 (Seventh Place), Christian Hamernik - 14:06 (Eighth Place); 4x100M Relay: Trey Steffeinsmeier, Tucker Matthies, Blake Loseke, Joey Steffeinsmeier - 47.38 (Second Place); 4x800M Relay: Nile Jones, Max Muhle, Jairo Alverado, Christian Hamernik - 10:16 (Fourth Place)