FRCC Recap: Preble girls, Bay Port boys repeat
SHEBOYGAN – The Fox River Classic Conference featured two repeat champions.
The Bay Port boys won a second straight title and fifth in six years, while Green Bay Preble won back-to-back conference crowns.
However, there weren’t many repeat champions in events as the meet saw many first-time champions after there were 10 repeat winners last year.
This season there were just five, all coming on the girls side of the meet.
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Preble sophomore Carley Duffney won the 300-meter hurdles for a second straight season with a time of 47.83 seconds.
Preble junior Aubrie Gorski leaped to another title in the triple jump with a distance of 33 feet, 11½ inches. Gorski also won the 100 hurdles (16.11) and came up just an inch short of repeating in the long jump to Sheboygan North freshman Nyla Spicer.
De Pere senior Olivia Fabry became a three-time FRCC champion in the pole vault, clearing 12 feet.
Bay Port sophomore Ella Meeuwsen repeated as the high jump champion by clearing 5-3. The Pirates went 1-2-3 in the event with freshmen Sydney Palomaki and Kathryn Thomas both clearing 5-2 to place second and third, respectively.
Bay Port also picked up a win in the 1,600 relay.
The Pulaski girls 400 relay repeated as conference champions. The Red Raiders also won the 800 relay and saw sophomore Anna Balstad win the 3,200 with a time of 11:44.95.
Ashwaubenon produced four individual champions as it finished as the girls runner-up, coming up just five points short of Preble in the team standings.
Senior Mia Dunning won the shot put (38-3) and discus (122-5), while senior Sage Wagner won the 800 (2:22.23) and junior Haley Ehmke won the 400 (1:01.46).
Notre Dame sophomore Molly Desotell won the 1,600 (5:24.34) and the Tritons’ 1,600 relay finished the meet with a win.
The only conference record that was broken at the meet for girls and boys was set by Manitowoc senior Emily Dawidowich in the 200-meter dash. Dawidowich’s time of 25.33 seconds broke the mark of 25.45 seconds set by De Pere’s Grace Matzke last year.
On the boys side, Bay Port won five events.
Junior Isaiah Gash won the long jump with a leap of 21-¼. It was his second conference championship in an individual event after winning the triple jump last year.
Bay Port also got victories from senior Noah Stascak in the 100 (11.55); sophomore Mitchell Merhalski in the 400 (50.72); senior Dylan Grosskreutz in the pole vault (12-6) and its 1,600 relay.
Preble finished as the runner-up, capturing titles in five events.
The junior trio of Khalid Mohamed (1,600), Joe Engler (3,200) and Nick Renier (high jump) won conference titles.
Preble senior Jack Dessart also won the triple jump with a leap of 41 feet and was a leg on the winning 800 relay.
There were two dual champions for individual events at the meet.
Green Bay Southwest senior Nick Howard won both throws with personal-best marks in the shot put (54-2½) and discus (152-7).
De Pere sophomore Jack Rosner won the 110 hurdles (15.76) and 300 hurdles (40.43).
The Redbirds also got victories from junior Payton Vanlaarhoven in the 200 (23.40), junior Andrew Lopez in the 800 (1:58.46) and its 3,200 relay (8:09.76).
Click here for complete results from the FRCC track and field meet.