By David Paulsen
SPORTS CORRESPONDENT
With the field events leading the way, the Burlington High School boys track and field squad placed sixth at the Badger Invitational Friday at Lake Geneva.
Overall, the boys tallied 60 points in the invite, which Kettle Moraine won with 156 points.
“That’s our strong suit,” boys head coach Trent Tonn said of the field events.
Of the team’s 60 points, 14 came in the triple jump, 13 in the pole vault, six in the high jump and four in the long jump.
Max Shenkenberg won the triple jump with a leap of 42 feet 11.25 inches. That was his best triple jump so far this season.
Ross Canales was sixth, leaping 39-04.5, and Mickael Pauly was eighth with a leap of 39-02.5.
“All three of those guys are doing well,” Tonn said.
In the pole vault, Lucas Shenkenberg was third, clearing 11-00, while Greg Vogt and Cody Mather tied for fifth at 10-00. For Vogt, that was a new personal record.
Skylar VanDusseldorp was fourth in the high jump (5-08) and Canales seventh (5-08).
Junior Miranda was fifth in the long jump (19-04.5).
Pauly, a foreign exchange student from Belgium, was second in the 800 with a time of 2:02.38.
“Mickael’s been running really well in the 800,” Tonn said, adding that Pauly is “very talented, very focused” and “very willing to try just about anything.”
The 4-by-400 relay team of Canales, Zach Wawrzyniakowski, Noah Strohm and Pauly was fourth in 3:36.51.
“Their times are dropping,” Tonn noted. “Zach had a real nice split.”
Demon girls
The girls’ squad was fifth with 55.5 points, with Arrowhead taking the top spot with 197.5 points.
Kaysie Shebeneck led the Demon girls with a second-place finish in the shot put and a fourth place in the high jump. Shebeneck threw the shot put 34-08, and cleared 4-08 in the high jump.
Audra Weis was second in the pole vault, clearing 10-06.
Other top six finishes for the girls included Hannah Anderson, fourth in the 200 (28.12), and sixth in the 300 hurdles (51.29); Brittany Ehlen, sixth in the pole vault (8-00), Emma Fettig, fourth in the long jump (15-11.25); Hannah Wills, sixth in the long jump (15-09); and Molly Benavides, sixth in the triple jump (32-11.75)
The 4-by-400 relay was fifth, while the 4-by-100 and 4-by-200 relays each took sixth.
The Ninth Annual Demon Invitational will be held Friday, May 3, starting at 4 p.m.
On Monday, May 6, some of the athletes will compete in the Pat Burns Memorial Thrower’s Relay at Oak Creek High School.
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