Ozaukee, CG-Belgium are off and running

Ozaukee High School doesn’t have many girls on its track and field team, but they made the most of their 11-member pack Friday at the Glen Funk Invite in Kohler.

The Warriors won five events on their way to scoring 98 points. Living Word Lutheran won with 108. Sheboygan Lutheran scored 90, followed by Sheboygan North, 78; Kohler, 62.5; Cedar Grove-Belgium, 58; and Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah, 48.5.

Ozaukee senior Kelley Large won the 1,600 meters in 5 minutes, 57.72 seconds and the 3,200 in 12 minutes, 53.75 seconds.

Rebecca Hoffmann won the 300 hurdles in 51.21. Hannah Bustamante won the high jump by clearing 4 feet, 8 inches, and Brynn Meyer won the triple jump in 30 feet, 1.5 inches.

Freshman Clara McKee was second in the 3,200 in 12:21.64, and Morgan Kirmse was second in shot put in 30-9.5.

Hoffmann was third in the 1,600 in 6:04.64. Kirmse was third in the discus with 82-06.

McKee was fourth in the 1,600 in 6:07.74 and Adeline Utecht was fourth in shot put in 29-0.5. Utecht was fifth in discus with 77-09.

The Rockets had three event winners. Lyndsay Sass won the 800 in 2:48.59 and Greta Beernink won the 400 in 1:09.03. The 3,200 relay team of Hadley Heimerman, Sass, Elise Brill and Faith Konzak won in 11:07.61.

Konzak was second in the 1,600 in 6:00.08, and Brill was second in the 800 in 2:49.68.

Heimerman was third in the 3,200 in 12:23.19.

Allie Jaworski was fifth in the 400 in 1:19.66.

Williams, Egan pace CG-Belgium boys

In the boys’ race, Cedar Grove-Belgium scored 60 points, good for sixth. Ozaukee was seventh with 36, followed by St. Lawrence Seminary’s nine points.

Sheboygan Lutheran won with 132.5 points. Then came Kohler, 117; Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah, 82; and Living Word Lutheran, 63.5.

Rocket senior Owen Williams won the 110 hurdles in 17.58.

Sophomore Gabe Egan won high jump by clearing 5-6.

The 800 relay team of Williams, Jonny Berndt, Alan Celedon and David Martinez was third in 1:46.93.

The 1,600 relay team of Caleb Beightol, Egan and Cole and Logan Ketterhagen was fourth in 3:55.6.

Logan Ketterhagen was fifth in the 1,600 in 5:03.4, Cole Ketterhagen was fifth in the 3,200 in 11:39.31 and freshman Michael Kuerschner was sixth in 11:42.02. Beightol was fifth in the 100 in 11.94, and Egan was sixth in 12:05. Braedon Pfaff was sixth in the triple jump in 28-1.5.

For the Warriors, Calvin McKee was second in the 3,200 in 10:42.99. The 3,200 relay team of Owen Klaus, Tyler Mueller, McKee and Matthew Baldwin was second in 8:48.98.

Freshman Austin Lemke was fourth in discus in 107-6. Klaus was fourth in the 1,600 in 4:58.32.

Matthew Baldwin was fifth in the 800 in 2:09.45.

Mueller was sixth in high jump by clearing 5-0.

The Warrior boys have 15 members on the team, just four more than the girls.

“Our numbers this year are a little smaller than I would prefer but we have some great athletes that are excited to learn the sport and compete,” coach Andrew Pfeuffer said.

This season is a little different.

“There is a little more excitement this year to be back after missing last season by both the athletes and coaches. It was really difficult for the athletes last year to miss out on that opportunity to compete, and I feel like they are hungry to get back to it,” Pfeuffer said.

But there’s a catch. Missing last season means more training is required to get back into the swing of things, and the indoor season, often used as a warm-up to the outdoor season, was canceled due to the alternate fall season held in spring for schools who waited to compete due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Our most experienced athletes on our team last competed as sophomores and freshmen, and we basically have two years worth of freshmen athletes on the team because this year’s sophomores did not get the chance to compete last year,” Pfeuffer said.

That has led to some adjustments.

“We’ve really had to get back to the basics of track and field to get everyone back up to speed,” Pfeuffer said. “However, it has been fun coaching them the basics and seeing the athletes be very receptive to coaching and working extremely hard.”

In the season-opening five team meet at Cedar Grove-Belgium, the Warrior girls and Rocket boys each took second.

Howards Grove won the boys’ meet with 98 points. The Rockets had 58, followed by Ozaukee, 54; Random Lake, 48; and Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah, 47.

Logan Ketterhagen won the 1,600 in 5:09.85, and Cole Ketterhagen was third in 5:23.29.

Williams won the 110 hurdles in 18.22. Egan won the high jump by clearing 5-4.

The 400 relay of Egan, David Martinez, Williams and Beightol was second in 48.1. Williams was second in discus with 92-04.

Beightol was third in the 100 in 11.57, and Egan was fourth in 11.62.

Logan Ketterhagen was third in the 800 in 2:27.47, and Cole Ketterhagen was fourth in 2:28.83. Pfaff was third in triple jump with 26-11.

For the Warriors, Baldwon won the 800 in 2:14.71. McKee won the 3,200 in 11:06.95. The 3,200 relay of Klaus, Mueller, McKee and Baldwin won in 9:16.18. Lemke won discus with 105.

Klaus was second in the 1,600 in 5:12.42.

Lemke was third in shot put with 31-6.25. Ryan Liermann was third in discus with 87-9. Mueller was third in high jump at 4-10.

Josh Behling was fourth in the 400 in 1:02.38.

In the girls’ meet, Howards Grove won with 92 points, followed by Ozaukee, 72; Random Lake, 44; Cedar Grove-Belgium, 40; and Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah, 37.

Warrior Grace Tinder won the 800 in 2:48.13. Clara McKee won the 3,200 in 12:55.15. Hoffmann won the 300 hurdles in 51.18. Meyer won the triple jump with 27-8.5

The 3,200 relay of Tinder, McKee, Large and Hoffmann won in 11:11.01.

Kirmse was second in shot put with 29-1.5, and Utecht was third with 28-8.75.

Meyer was second in long jump with 13-3.75.

Kirmse was third in discus with 82-03, and Utecht was fourth with 71-02.

Hoffmann was third in the 800 in 2:55.66, and Large was third in the 1,600 in 6:05.35. Hoffmann was fourth in 6:13.29.

For the Rockets, Heimerman won the 1,600 in 6:02.31. The 1,600 relay of Sass, Brill, Heimerman and Konzak won in 4:49.18.

Beernink was second in the 400 in 1:11.66. Brill was second in the 800 in 2:48.48. Konzak was second in the 1,600 in 6:02.94. Beernink was third in the 200 in 30.88.

The Rockets were to compete at Hilbert on Tuesday, at Sheboygan Falls on Friday and at Howards Grove on Tuesday, May 11.

The Warriors were to compete at Oostburg on Tuesday, at Hilbert on Friday and at Oostburg on Tuesday , May 11.