Big 8 Conference Meet

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 At Middleton High School. Results

Above: Finals of the 100m HH. Senior Shelby Demos [below left] from Janesville Parker won the event in 15.86. In the 100m dash Felicia Carlson [below right] from Beloit Memorial won with a time of 12.86

Left: Sun Prairie senior Tiffany Kepney won the 200m dash in 26.22.


Right: Junior Melissa Landsee finished second in both the 100m and 200m dash events. She anchored Middleton's winning 4x2 relay team.


The 'Big 8' consists of 10 teams: Beloit Memorial, Janesville Craig, Janesville Parker, Madison East, Madison La Follette, Madison Memorial, Madison West, Middleton, Sun Prairie and first year conference member Verona.


Sun Prairie won the meet with 1144.10 points while Middleton was second with 135.10 points.


Above: 400m and 800m winner senior Kayla Beckwith from Middleton. She won the events with times of 58.46 and 2:22.52.


Right: 400m runners [L-R] Kiki Joseph [Madison East], Beckwith, and Ashley Bartow [Sun Prairie].


Below: Start of heat 2 of the 1600m run.


Above: 1600m and 3200m winner sophomore Liz Berkholtz from Sun Prairie. She posted times of 5:17.98 and 11:29.98 to win both distance races.


Left: 1600m runners [L-R] Sophomore Amanda Walker [Sun Prairie, 2nd], Sarah Baltisberger [Madison La Follette, 3rd], and Berkholtz.


Above: Paige Demos [left] a sophomore at Janesvile Parker was second in the HJ with a height of 5' 02. Her sister Shelby [right] cleared 5' 04 to win the HJ event. Shelby Demos who is a senior is the defending D1 HJ champion and currently shares the HJ HR lead with Katie Langmeier of Cuba City [5' 09]. Below left [L-R] Paige and Shelby Demos.

Right: Madison La Follette senior Samia Taylor won the triple jump with a distance of 36' 01.


Below left: Laura McGinness a Middleton junior was second in the LJ and 3rd in the TJ event. Below center: Ninth grader Ashley Bartow from Sun Prairie was 2nd in the TJ and 4th in the LJ.


Below Right: LJ winner senior Eva Greenwalt from Verona. Verona jumps coach Dave Nelson looks on as Greenwalt jumps 16' 09. She won the LJ with a jump of 16' 11.50.


Long Jump: A Matter of Inches

Eva Greenwalt [Ver, 16' 11.50], Laura McGinnis [Mid, 16' 10.00], Erin McCauley [Mid, 16' 09.00], and Ashley Bartow [SP, 16' 08.00]


Madison East ninth grader Alex Douglas [above] won the PV with a vault of 9' 03.

Left: Senior Tamara Wade from Madison La Follette won the SP with a distance of 40' 09.00.


Second pace went to Sun Prairie Alyssa Chase [Above center] while Middleton's Emily Larson [Above right] a senior from Middleton was third .


In the discus event Verona's Amanda Spencer took first with a throw of 120' 02 followed by Tiffany Wade [Madison La Follette], Alyssa Chase [Sun Prairie], Emily Larson [Middleton], and Tamara Wade [Madison La Follette].



The West Regents were timed in 9:51.52 to win the 4x8 relay. Teammembers above [L-R]: Georgia Greene, Mary Daly, Olivia Pratt, and anchor Kirkley Doyle.

First Leg Runners in the 4x8


Relay runners: Above L-R Madison West's Olivia Pratt and Kirkley Doyle in the 4x8. Laura McGinness in the 4x2. Below L-R: Anchors in the 4x2 Nicole Hill [Madison La Follette], Tiffany Kepney [Sun Prairie], Kelsey Jones [Janesville Parker], and Melissa Landsee [Middleton].


The Purple Knights from Beloit Memorial won the 4x1 in 50.12. Left: Latrice Pritchard gives the baton to anchor Felicia Carlson.


Above L-R: LaBreya Williams-Johnson, Melanie Dunkin, Latrice Pritchard, and Felicia Carlson.


A Janesville Parker athlete found a quiet spot under the bleachers in order to prepare for Wednesday's lessons.