T-Birds do well in Oregon

OREGON — The Baraboo High School track and field teams both finished near the top of a deep slate of teams at the Tom Mueller Invitational, Friday in Oregon.

The BHS boys team took second out of 10 teams in the meet, while the girls team placed fourth out of 13.

Lacey Craker continued to consistently well in both her events, winning the shot put with a throw of 38 feet and winning the discus with a toss of 112 feet, 6 inches. She went six inches further than her seeded distance in the discus and was half an inch short of her seed in the shot.

Ashley Schoenoff Baraboo's other individual event winner in the girls meet, winning the 800 meter run in 2 minutes, 21.62 seconds.

The BHS 3,200 relay team of Denise Leaver, Nyomi Defield, Chelsie Lee and Schoenoff won its race in an upset over Fort Atkinson. The Thunderbirds finished in 10:12.93, while Fort Atkinson, seeded six seconds ahead of BHS, finished two seconds behind.

For the Baraboo boys team, Justin Staedter won the shot put with a 53-2.25 and came just eight inches short of following suit in the discus.

Alex Petrulis won the long jump, going 20-0.75.

Michael Kohnert won the 400 with a time of 51.21.

As has been the modus operandi for the Thunderbird boys this season, they won with depth.

The BHS boys had three second-place finishes in the meet and six third places.

Besides Staedter's discus throw, David Piery was second in the 110 hurdles and Matt Weinke took second in the triple jump.

Taking third for Baraboo were Michael Kohnert (high jump), Dan Pfaff (200), Alex Petrulis (300 hurdles), three of the four relay teams (800, 1,600 and 3,200).

For the T-Bird girls, Kelsey Brinker finished second in the triple jump.

The Thunderbirds travel to Mount Horeb on Tuesday for the Badger North conference meet.