Staff report

The Prescott girls track team was first and the Ellsworth boys were second at the Saint Croix Central Quad Meet last Tuesday.

Rain has been the name of the game in high school sports in the last week, but last week’s event got the teams some needed track time.

The Prescott girls finished with 103 points, followed by SCC, 67.5, New Richmond 61 and Ellsworth 32.5.

New Richmond won the boys competition at 97.5, followed by Ellsworth 71.5, SCC 57 and Prescott 43.

Prescott coach Emily Calabrese likes the way her team is shaping up.

“Our girls’ team is continuing to have very dominant performances as a whole,” she said. “I am proud of the leadership our upperclassmen girls are giving to our younger ladies this season. They are setting a foundation for the young girls on our team to follow for many years to come. Our boys’ team, although not scoring as high, has still had very solid performances. We are seeing a lack of depth on our boys’ side that makes it difficult to score enough points to win meets. Overall, our boys are performing well individually, setting a lot of personal records every week. I am proud of this team and everything they have done so far this season.”

With several weeks left in the track season until the WIAA State Meet in late June this year, Calabrese is looking for continued improvement.

“We have a very solid foundation set and are looking to ‘fine tune’ the smaller parts of our events as we head into the postseason,” she said. ‘The excitement within our team is high, and these athletes are ready to perform at high levels as we hit bigger meets in the next few weeks.”

Girls’ winners

Prescott

Grace Carlson won the 100-meter dash in 13.30.

Abby Syverson won the 200-meter dash in 27.10.

Ella Johnson won the 800-meter run.

The girls 400-meter relay of Carson,Jessie Urman, Syverson and Tori Bench won in 50.76. Those same four runners teamed up to win the 800 relay as well.

The team of Ella Johnson, Sophie Ripley, Urman and Maddie Matzek won the 1,600-meter relay in 4:27.34.

Prescott won first, second and third in the pole vault, with Johnson winning and Matzek and Addison Huppert in second and third.

Benck won the long jump at 16-00.5 and the triple jump at 3209.5.

Nicole Dalman won the shot put at 31-06.25.

Ellsworth

The Panthers didn’t win any events but picked up points with top five finishes.

Kaitlyn Peterson and Hayley Bach were third and fourth in the 100. Peterson was third in the 200 also, while Kayla Dressing and Ashlyn Townsend were fourth and fifth.

Chloe VanWatermeulen was third in the high jump as was Bach in the long jump.

Boys’ winners

Max Grand and Shane Lang took second and third in the 100meter and 200-meter dashes for Ellsworth.

Grant Stanton took fourth in the 100 for Prescott.

In the 400, Ellsworht’s Wyatt Blomberg took second.

Ryan Zerneke was third in the 800 for Prescott, with Ellsworth’s Kohl Flock taking fourth.

Ellsworth took the top two spots in the 3,200 meters, with Addison Peters winning in 11:29.62, followed closely by Roy Roberts. Prescott’s Jayne Canfield took third.

The 400-meter relay was won by Prescott’s team of Josh Gergen, Stanton, Aiden Russell and Andrew Lee in 45.84.

Stanton, Gergen and Russell teamed with Kyle Budworth to win the 800-relay.

Ellsworth’s team of Bo Hines, Grand, Lange and Ashton Quade took second.

Russell won the high jump for Prescott, and teammate Matthew Lynes was second in the pole vault.

Ellsworth’s Joey Hove was seconding the triple jump.

Panther Kyle Kressin was third in the shot put.