Thirty-Eighth Annual Stoughton Track Invitational

Friday, May 2, 2008 at Stoughton High School



La Crosse Logan junior Emily Worden is the defending D1 long jump champion. At Stoughton she won the LJ with a jump of 18' 01 [pictured on right]. She currently leads the HR LJ list with a performance of 18' 04.50.

Left: La Crosse Logan senior Emily Betz gives the Rangers a strong performer in the jumps and hurdle events. Betz was the 2006 D1 State Champion in the LJ. She jumped in the finals of the TJ and LJ events at the 2007 State Meet. At Stoughton she placed second with a jump of 17' 06.


Right: DeForest senior Alida Mau.


Below [L-R]: Rita Rabb [La Crosse Logan], Mereta Monsen [Stoughton], Chelsea Kiecker [Sun Prairie], and Chelsea Robinson [Belmont].


Stoughton hosted the meet with teams from DeForest, Belmont, Fort Atkinson, La Crosse Logan, Oregon, Madison West and Sun Prairie participating.


Finals of the 100m HH event [L-R]:La Crosse Logan finished 1-2-3 in the 100m HH event. Danielle Jorgenson [La Crosse Logan, 3rd], Emily Betz [La Crosse Logan, 2nd], and winner Grace Heglund-Lohman a ninth grader from La Crosse Logan. Heglund-Lohman also won the 300m LH event [48.4]. Kaleigh Prange of Sun Prairie is 2nd from left.

Left: High hurdle winner Grace Heglund-Lohman.

Above: La Crosse Logan senior Emily Betz. Betz, Emily Worden, Rita Rabb and Stephanie Henry were on the Logan 4x1 relay team which set a meet and track record of 49.7. This is also a Logan school record.



Above L-R: The Sun Prairie shot put team swept the first three places at the Stoughton Invitational. Senior Toywonia Jones who is out for track and field for the first time won the shot with a put of 38' 08.00. Alyssa Chase placed second and teammate Alex Procak took third.



Above: Sun Prairie sophomore Latifah Bryant edged senior Alida Mau of DeForest in the 100m dash finals. La Crosse Loagan sophomore Stephanie Henry who is on the Honor Roll in the 100m, 200m, and 400m dash events won the 200m event [25.9 HHT]. Below left: 100m dash athlete Chelsea Robinson [Belmont]. Below right L-R]: Mackenzie Bower [Stoughton] and Chelsea Williams [Oregon].



Above L-R: Madison West won the 4x8 relay race. Team members from the Regents were Emily Keepman, Ruth Davis, Laurel Ohm, and Kirkley Doyle

In the 4x2 relay race Sun Prairie won with a time of 1:49.2 [HHT]. La Crosse Logan had the lead but a mishap on the last exchange dropped them to second place. Coming into the meet Sun Prairie had recorded a 1:47.24 in the 4x2 while Logan had a previous best time of 1:47.44.

Megan Beers an Oregon high school senior and UW-Madison track recruit won the 1600m race. Beers is pictured on the right and left. Michaela Magsamen from Fort Atkinson and Liz Berkholtz from Sun Prairie were right with Beers until the final lap when Beers opened up a lead. Beers posted a time of 5:12.5.


Below Left: Ada Smith from Stoughton and Georgia Greene from Madison West in the 1600m event.


Below right: Sun Prairie's Liz Berkholtz had enough left at the end of the race to move from third to second [5:24.9]. Magsamen finished in third [5:25.2].

The weather has played havoc with track meets this spring in Wisconsin. Athletes and fans from Stoughton spent almost as much time looking up at approaching weather systems as they did watching the events. The tornado that swept through the Stoughton area in August of 2005 was obviously on their minds. Despite a 70%+ chance of rain and thunderstorms the meet was run in rain free conditions. The sky alternated from clear sunny conditions to cloud formations that hinted at storm activity. The high winds made it tough on the runners and jumpers but the warm temperature and periods of sun were a welcome relief from the rains of last week.