Madison Opens Track and Field Season at Ruth Marske Invitational

The Madison Track and Field season began this week with an indoor meet at the Ruth Marske Invitational.

Both boys and girls teams had multiple top five finishes. 

For the boys, Aaron Hawkes placed second in the pole vault, with a 13’ vault. The 4×100 meter relay team for the boys, consisting of Rylan Johnson, Ben Brooks, Lincoln Anderson, and Shane Veenhof, also finished in second with their time of 42.27.

Brooks placed just outside of the top five in the triple jump, placing sixth with a jump of 39′ 01 3/4″.

The girls had three individuals place in the top five in field events.

Audrey Nelson had a third place finish in the high jump, with her jump of 5’. Ella Peterreins also had a third place finish, placing third in the pole vault, with a 8′ 6″ vault. 

Lydia Nelson, who is tied for tenth on the top ten list for track and field in the triple jump, finished fourth with a triple jump of 32’3”.

The Lady Bulldogs also had the top two finishes in the 4×800 meter relay race, with the team of Jessie Tappe, Ellie Keller, Sammy Troxell, and Ashlyn Rustand finishing first with a time of 11:11.8, and the team of Lou Schladweiler, Emmy Havlik, Kylee Oines, and Delaney Feistner placing second with a time of 12:57.8. 

Full results for Madison from the Ruth Marske Invitational can be found below.

The Bulldogs next meet will be tomorrow in a dual meet at O’Gorman.