Deerfield Invitational

Friday, May 7, 2011 at Deerfield High School. Results

Eighteen D2 and D3 teams competed at the 22nd Annual Deerfield Classic. The Sugar River Raiders edged out Lake Mills and Darlington for the team title.

Senior Anne Rauschert [above] from Wayland Academy [Beaver Dam] set a new high jump record with a height of 5' 05. She broke the old Deerfield Classic record of 5' 04 set in 1994 by Randolph-Cambria Friesland athlete Amy Wiersma. Rauschert is pictured above right making the record setting jump. In the two photos [below left] Rauschert is shown concentrating before the approach to her record setting performance. Below right: Second place [5' 02] went to ninth grader Bryton Nyman from Lake Mills.

Third place went to sophomore Cassidy Chambers from Darlington [left]. Chambers is shown above with her father Mike Chambers who is the Darlington jumps coach. On the next jump she set her season PR with a height of 5' 02.

Above L-R: Terissa Bierd [Deerfield, 6th], Jessica Powers [Lake Mills, 5th] and Ashley Brusveen [Sugar River, 4th]

Angie Miller [above left in LJ] won the TJ [35' 01] and placed second in the LJ. Miller's jump coach Marlin Hensler is also pictured above left. Sugar River athlete Madeline Brunner [not pictured] won the LJ [16' 02.50]. Kayleigh Topel [above right] was third in the LJ.

Chelsey Reierson [left, Rio] was 5th in the LJ and 2nd in the TJ.

Reierson is shown above with her jumps coach Deb Hutzler.

Kaylee Luedtke [right] from Lomira was 4th in the LJ.

Omro junior Amanda Obot [above] had a busy night. She won the 100m [12.31], 200m [25.51] and placed second in the 400m [1:01.39] dash events. She is shown above in the 100m finals.

Above left [near to far]: Bobbie Bush [Omro], Myriel Werner [Randolph-Cambria Friesland], and Ashley Estorf [Marshall]. Above right: Amanda Obot in the 100m prelims

Above L-R 100m prelims heat 1: Lisa Rayord [Wayland Academy] and Cheyenne Gordan [Pardeeville]

Left: Columbus dash athlete Madeline Tompach was 1st in the 400 [59.88] and 2nd in the 200m. Above Myriel Werner [above, RCF, 4th in the 200m] and Obot [right] in the 400m.

Above L-R: Kayleigh Topel [3rd in 200m] and Sugar River's [Belleville-New Glarus] Alexis Hanson [5th in 200m]

HH Finals L-R: Brianna Schmitt [Dodgeland, 3rd], Kirsten Zangl [Lomira 2nd], and winner Victoria Ortgiesen [Sugar River [16.63]. Ortgiesen also won the 300m LH in 47.71.

Above: lap 2 of the 1600m run. Below L-R: Albany ninth grader Bailey Hlavachek [1st , 5:35.76] Omro's Janna Crowley, and Leah Johnson a ninth grader from Pardeeville. Right: Hlavachek at the finish followed by Lake Mill's runner Kennedi Kloss who is also a ninth grader. Hlavachek also won the 3200m run in 12:06.32. Albany is a D3 school with 108 students. Six girls are on the track team. All meets are away meets as Albany does not have a track. Despite the lack of numbers Albany has a tradition of having strong relay teams.

The Bulldogs from Pardeeville moved up to #2 in the D3 4x8 HR list with a first place time of 10:14.39. Relay teammembers above L-R: Taylor Hayes, Leah Johnson, Brooke Jarchow, and anchor Anne Ritter.

A large crowd watched the Deerfield Classic. The pictures above, to the left and below are from the 4x8 relay event. Deerfield's refreshment stand was busy all night as track fans took advantage of the great food reputation that the stand has. Above center: Darlington's Amy Jorgenson handing to anchor Tatum Evenstad.

Despite missing one of Wisconsin's best track and field athletes Briana Dunkleberger who sat out the meet with an injury the Lake Mills's "L-Cats" won the 4x2 relay [1:50.48]. Relay runners above L-R: Emma Koeppel [who won the SP, 36' 07, and was 2nd in discus throw], Jessica Powers, Gabriella Recob, and anchor Kayleigh Topel.

Finish of the 4x2 relay

The Pardeeville Bullogs [heat 2 of 3-above left] won the 4x1 relay. Above: Heat 3 of the 4x1