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Suring sweeps Hilbert Invitational

The Suring High School boys and girls track teams each placed first Thursday at the six-team Hilbert Invitational. The Suring girls finished 62.5 points ahead of second-place Wrightstown (118). Hilbert-Stockbridge was third at 111.50. Sophomore Katie Stegeman finished first in the 1,600-meter run, at 5 minutes, 56.57 seconds, and high jump (4 feet, 10 inches). She was also was second in the 800 (2:41.55). Junior Az VanBellinger snagged second-place finishes in the 100 (13.85), 200 (28.22) and long jump (15-02.00). Senior thrower Brooke Gauthier was first in the discus (109-01) and third in the shot put (34-05.00), 6 1/2 inches shy of teammate Hailey Baldwin (34-11.50), who finished second. The boys finished 32 points ahead of second place St. Mary Central (159). Hilbert-Stockbridge (127) was third. Suring swept all three sprint finals behind the efforts of Will Vollmar (100, 11.75; 200, 24.40) and Creo VanBellinger (400, 53.51). Vollmar also won the long jump, going 19-00. Hilbert Invitational Girls scores: 1. Suring, 182.50; 2. Wrightstown, 118; 3. Hilbert-Stockbridge, 111.50; 4. Kaukauna, 103; 5. St. Mary Central, 79; 6. Gibraltar, 59. Suring (top-three finishes): 100-meter dash - 2. Az VanBellinger, 13.85. 200 - 2. Az VanBellinger, 28.22; 3. Blake Seppel, 29.16. 400 - 2. Blake Seppel, 1:04.10. 800 - 2. Katie Stegeman, 2:41.55; 3. Jazmine Chesterfield, 2:49.45. 1,600 - 1. Katie Stegeman, 5:56.57. 100 hurdles - 4. Hailey Thompson, 19.26. 4x200 relay - 1. Suring (Carly Christensen, Breanna Tienor, Felicia Wachtendonk, Darian Bowman), 2:04.72. 4x400 relay - 3. Suring (Az VanBellinger, Gracelyn Lenz, Courtney Heimerl, Katie Stegeman), 4:47.18. 4x800 relay - 2. Suring (Jazmine Chesterfield, Gracelyn Lenz, Hailey Baldwin, Mackenzi LaMarre), 11:43.45. High jump - 1. Katie Stegeman, 4-10.00; 2. Jazmine Chesterfield, 4-06.00. Pole vault - 5. Courtney Heimerl, 7-00.00. Long jump - 2. Az VanBellinger, 15-02.00; 3. Blake Seppel, 14-10.00. Triple jump - 5. Breanna Tenor, 27-10.00. Shot put - 2. Hailey Baldwin, 34-11.50; 3. Brooke Gauthier, 34-05.00. Discus - 1. Brooke Gauthier, 109-01. Boys scores: 1. Suring, 191; 2. St. Mary Central, 159; 3. Hilbert-Stockbridge, 127; 4. Wrightstown, 97; 5. Gibraltar, 51; 6. Kaukauna, 40. Suring (top-three finishes): 100 - 1. Will Vollmar, 11.75. 200 - 1. Will Vollmar, 24.40. 400 - 1. Creo VanBellinger, 53.51. 800 - 3. Grant Fischer, 2:15.79. 1,600 - 1. Grant Fischer, 4:57.68. 110 hurdles - 3.Trent Lechleitner, 18.02; 4. Will Vollmar, 18.05; 6. Ricky Neldner, 18.88. 300 hurdles - 3. Trent Lechleitner, 46.60; 4. Ricky Neldner, 46.94; 6. Josh Vollmar, 47.93. 4x200 relay - 2. Suring (Trent Lechleitner, Ricky Neldner, Josh Vollmar, Will Volmar), 1:41.21. 4x400 relay - 3. Suring (Mitch Firgens, Bob Mahoney, Creo VanBellinger, Grant Fischer), 3:51.92. 4x800 relay - 3. Suring (Mitch Firgens, Scout Gerndt, Connor Giese, Bob Mahoney), 9:29.21. High jump - 1. John Christensen, 5-10.00. Pole vault - 2. Mark Runge, 11-00.00. Long jump - 1. Will Vollmar, 19-00.00; 2. Creo VanBellinger, 18-03.25. Triple jump - 3. Trent Lechleitner, 35-10. Shot put - 2. Johnathon Miller, 40-08.25; 3. Cody Johnson, 39-06.00.