Blue Jay Invitational

Thursday, April 7, 2011 at Cambridge High School. Results

On a dry, cold and cloudy afternoon D2 and D3 teams competed at the annual Blue Jay Invitatonal held at Cambridge High School. The Sugar River Raiders from Belleview-New Glarus outpointed seven other teams to win the Blue Jay Meet. Athletes were creative in staying warm between their events.

Jefferson's Megan Linse [above left] won the 100m HH event. Alexis Hanson [Sugar River, above far right] won the 100m and 200m dash events. Jefferson dash athlete Maddie Riehle [above right, 2nd from right] was second in the 100m dash.

Above: Heat 3 of the 100m dash.

Above left: 400m dash winner Amanda Brom from Jefferson. Above center: 400m dash athlete Jordan Rockwell from Abundant Life Christian School. Above right: Tess Thornton from Evansville placed second in the 200m dash. Below: Amanda Brom winning the 400m dash.

Above: start of the 1600m run

Right: Top 3 finishers in the 1600m run L-R:

  • Kelly Daly [3rd, Cambridge]
  • Cassie Chapados [2nd, Edgerton]
  • Haley Fritz [1st, Edgerton]

Left: Bob Nodolf who was a long time teacher and head football coach at Cambridge High School.

Coach Nodolf is now retired but still helps at track meets in Cambridge.

Below: Track official Jill Ditlefsen instructs 1600m runners prior to their race.



Above: 4x1 relay exchange zones 2 and 3

The 'Tiders' from Edgerton won the 4x1

Teammembers above right were L-R: Tory Jackson, Toni Falligant, Kassie Walters, and anchor Jennifer Gimmer.

Sugar River won the 4x2 relay. Teammembers above L-R: Victoria Oortgiesen, Megan Neperud, Emily Diaz, and anchor Alexis Hanson.

Hanson is pictured [left] anchoring the Raiders 4x2. The Raiders also won the 4x4 with Emily Diaz, Alex Walters, Savanna Atkins, and Katie Schmitz.

The Blue Devils from Evansville won the 4x8 relay event. Teammembers above L-R: Lauren Janes, Tess Thronton, Jenny Larson, and anchor Kayla Klitzman.

Below: 4x8 relay runners [legs 2,3, and 4].



Above: High jump winner Ashley Brusveen from Sugar River. Brusveen jumped 5' 03 to win the Blue Jay HJ title. Below left: Terissa Bierd from Deerfield was third in the HJ while Evansville's Sylvia Gay [below right] was second.

Tessa Snell from Edgerton won the SP. She is pictured above left competing in the HJ. Heather Besaw-Benz from the Wisconsin School for the Deaf is pictured above center. Sugar River thrower Kayla Schween [Above right].

Above: Edgerton jump athlete Jennifer Gimmer won the TJ and placed 2nd in the LJ.

Right: Long jump winner Lori Eldred from the Wisconsin School for the Deaf.


Above L-R: Megan Linse [Jefferson, 3rd in LJ], Rachael Bromley [Evansville, 2nd in TJ], and Whitney Oren [Edgerton, 3rd in TJ].