APPLETON – Trey Halfmann and Eddie Negron posted a 1-2 finish in the triple jump and Fond du Lac won two of the four relays en route to a second place finish at the Fox Valley Association meet on Monday.
Halfmann won the event with a leap of 443-feet, 4 inches, while Negron was runner up with a distance of 42-7. No other jumpers in the field cleared 42-feet.
Halfmann was the lone individual winner for the Cardinals, although Fond du Lac did pick up wins in the 400-meter and 1,600-meter relays.
Levi Burns, Quinn Woelfel, Joe Kuber and Nick Park teamed up to win the 400-meter event, while Halfmann, Kuber, Luke Curran and Kyle Marcoe made up the winning 1,600-meter relay team.
Halfmann also picked up second-place finishes in the 200 and 400 meters, while Noah tagliapietra was second in both the 1,600 and 3,200 meters.
Andrew Stone in the shot put, Jimmie Diener in the high jump and the 800-meter relay team each finished third, while Park in the 100 meters, Matt Laska in the 300-meter hurdles, Devon Krzanowski in the discus and Negron in the long jump were each fourth.
The Cardinals finished with 145 points, 20 behind champion Kimberly. Appleton North was a distant third with 109 points.
Both the Fond du Lac boys and girls track and field teams finished in third place at the Fox Valley Association Relays on Monday, which the Cardinals hosted.
The boys scored 98.33 points, while the girls came in with 71.33 points. Kimberly won both the boys and girls meets.
On the boys side,
4X400-meter relay team of Luke Curran, Joe Kuber, Kyle Marcoe and Trey Halfmann finished first (3:28.51), while
800-meter sprint medley of Nick Park, Eddie Negron, Alex Balthazor and Marcoe was also first (1:36.40).
Distance Medley of Zach Schmitt, Nic Flitcroft, Bryton Koepke and Noah Tagliapietra took first as well (11:06.88).
Matt Laska was third in both the 330-meter hurdles relay and 900-meter hurdles relay
4X100-meter relay was second
Zach Emmer and Negron took third in the pole vault relay and long jump relay, respectively.
Andrew Stone was second in the shot put relay and third in the discus throw relay.
MILWAUKEE – The Fond du Lac boys track and field team took first place at Saturday’s Marquette Invitational, hosted by Milwaukee Marquette University.
The Cardinals finished with 114 points as a team to soundly defeat second-place finisher Menomonee Falls, which finished with 100 points. Fond du Lac had a couple of individual first-place finishes on Saturday.
Trey Halfmann won the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.94 seconds
Andrew Stone was first in the shot put (53-feet, 2-inches) and discus (136-03)
Kyle Marcoe took third in the 400-meter dash
Ian Spletter was third in the 1,000-meter run
Matt Laska finished second in the 110-meter hurdles and was fourth in the 300-meter hurdles.\
Noah Tagliapietra took fifth in the 3,200-meter run.
4X100-meter relay team of Levi Burns, Quinn Woelfel, Joe Kuber and Luke Curran took third
4X400-meter relay of Curran, Kuber, Marcoe and Halfmann was second.
David Stucke was third in the discus
Jimmie Diener was fourth in the high jump and fifth in the 300-meter hurdles
Eddie Negron took fourth in both the long jump and triple jump
Zach Emmer was fifth in the pole vault
Fondy boys, girls 1st at 4/26/16 home triangular
For complete girls & boys triangular results go to pttiming link below
The Fond du Lac boys and girls track and field teams each took first place at their home triangular on Tuesday evening.
The girls ended the night with a team score of 68.5, while the boys had 70 to edge Kimberly by one point and take the win.
First-place finishers for the girls were Nicole Lord (100-meter dash, 200-meter dash), Liz Ziegler (1,600-meter run), Katie Rezlaff (100-meter hurdles), Amber Wells (300-meter hurdles), and Amelia Wehner (high jump).
First-place finishers for the boys included: Alex Balthazor (200-meter dash), Noah Tagliapietra (800-meter run), Bryton Koepke (1600-meter run), Jimmie Diener (300-meter hurdles, high jump), Zach Emmer (pole vault), Donte Johnson (shot put), and the 4X800-meter relay team.
Spartan Invite for complete results go to link below
The Fond du Lac boys track and field team finished first at the Spartan Invite on Friday, hosted by West Bend West.
The Cardinals scored 128 points as a team, easily topping Menomonee Falls’ 102 points.
Trey Halfmann paced Fond du Lac with a first-place finish in the 400-meter dash (49.84 seconds) and also took third in the 200-meter dash.
The 4X400-meter relay team of Luke Curran, Joe Kuber, Kyle Marcoe and Halfmann also finished first with a time of 3:28.78.
Marcoe took second in the 400-meter dash, while Noah Tagliapietra was second in both the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs. Matt Laska was second in the 110-meter hurdles.
The 4X100-meter relay of Levi Burns, Quinn Woelfel, Kuber and Curran was third.
Gage Zahradnik was second in the shot put and Donte Johnson third, while Andrew Stone and David Stucke finished second and third, respectively, in the discus.
Jimmie Diener was third in the high jump and Zach Emmer and Eddie Negron were both second in the pole vault and triple jump, respectively.
Appleton West Triangular
The Cardinals placed first at an Appleton West-hosted FVA Quad with a team score of 80.
Appleton West placed second with 71.5, while Kaukauna was third with 61. Neenah was fourth with 56.5.
Alex Balthazor finished in first place in the 200-meter and 400-meter dashes for the Cardinals.
Ian Spletter (1,600-meter run), Noah Tagliapietra (3,200-meter run), Sam Fredrickson (110-meter hurdles), and Trenton Murtha (300-meter hurdles) also finished in first place.
Donte Johnson placed first in shot put, while Zach Emmer placed first in pole vault.
Appleton East Triangular
The boys finished first with 59 points.
First-place finishers for Fondy boys included:
Alex Balthazor (200-meter dash, 400-meter dash)
Ian Spletter (1,600-meter run)
Justin Maratik (110-meter hurdles)
the 4X800-meter relay team
Donte Johnson (shot put)
Andrew Stone (discus)
Fond du Lac boys track aims for FVA title
After finishing second behind Appleton North at last year’s Fox Valley Association meet, coach TJ Severson set two goals for his team this season: a conference title and “to take as many kids to La Crosse for the state meet as possible.”
The Cardinals’ season has just begun, but they already made their presence known with a first-place finish at the UW-Stevens Point invite and a second-place finish at the UW-Oshkosh invite.
“A big reason for the success so far this season is because of our returners from last year’s team, which won regional and sectional titles,” coach Severson said.
Three of those returners were state qualifiers in 2015. Juniors Trey Halfmann and Kyle Marcoe qualified as members of the 4X400-meter relay team, while Marcoe also qualified in the 400-meter dash. Nick Park, a senior, returns after qualifying for state in the 100-meter dash.
Other returners include Eddie Negron (jumps and sprints), Noah Tagliapetra (distance), Nate Diederich (pole vault), Jimmy Diener (jumps), Quinn Woelfel (relays), Levi Burns (relays and sprints), Devon Krzanowski (throws), and Justin Maratik (hurdles).
Severson also expects freshman Andrew Stone, a thrower, and Alex Balthazor, a sprinter and relay runner, to make an impact for the Cardinals, who lost four key athletes in Brian Luteyn, Kyle Pierce, Austin McCroy and Peter Andrew.
Conference championship hopes aside, Severson’s emphasis is on experience and improvement for his athletes. “We expect to compete no matter who is entered in the event at any given meet,” he said, “Our kids work extremely hard every day to get better. Our goal is to have our kids improve daily and be the best athlete they can be when all is said and done.”
Cardinals take second at season-opening meet
OSHKOSH – Trey Halfman won the 400 meters and Fond du Lac finished a close second to Bay Port at the UW-Oshkosh Large School Invitational at Kolf Sports Center on Tuesday night.
The Cardinals scored in all but one event on the night and totaled 62 points, five behind the Pirates. Kimberly was third with 60 points.
Nick Park finished second in the 60 meters, while Eddie Negron added a second place in the long jump for the Cardinals.
Fond du Lac was also third in the 1,600 meters, Kyle Marcoe in the 400 meters and Jimmie Diener in the high jump were each fourth and Justin Maratik and the 800-meter relay team were each fifth.
Team standings: Bay Port 67, Fond du Lac 62, Kimberly 60, Stevens Point 49, Green Bay Preble 47, Appleton North 42, West Bend West 31, Neenah 23, Ashwaubenon 21, Menasha 19, Plymouth 17, Oshkosh North 16, Oshkosh West 14, Hartford 10, Kaukauna 10, West Bend East 10, Beaver Dam 4, Appleton East 4, Sheboygan South 0, De Pere 0, Appleton West 0
Top FDL finishers: 60 meters: 2. Nick Park, 7:19; 6. Trey Halfman, 7.64. 400: 1. Trey Halfman, 50.46; 4. Kyle Marcoe, 51.85. 800: 9. Ian Spletter, 2:09.88. 1,600: 6. Noah Tagliapietra, 4:34.49. 3,200: 8. Kiernan Koepke, 10:26.82. 60 hurdles: 5. Justin Maratik, 9.05. 800 relay: 5. Fond du Lac, 1:37.20. 1,600 relay: 3. Fond du Lac, 3:36.17.
Long jump: 2. Eddie Negron, 20-5 ½. Triple jump: 8. Noah Ahlswede, 38-10. High jump: 4. Jimmie Diener, 6-0. Pole vault: 6. Nate Diederich, 12-6. Shot put: 8. Gage Zarahdnik, 47-4.
