Gordon James finally had the upper hand, or foot.
Last season, the Menominee Indian High School sprinter was relegated to trading 100- and 200-meter dash wins with Tanner Hudziak of Wild Rose in the Central Wisconsin Conference-10 meet. The two even finished with identical 200 times in last year’s sectional, with Hudziak getting the win due to a faster preliminary time.
With both competitors returning for the 2015 season, they were expected to again duel for the conference and postseason wins.
“We all knew it would be these two guys again this year,” Menominee Indian coach Chris Clache said. “They are the two fastest guys around in both events.”
James proved to be the fastest guy in both events on Saturday at the CWC-10 meet in Plainfield, defeating Hudziak in both events and earning two wins for the Eagles, one setting a record for both the school and conference. After his time of 11.81 seconds won the 100 by .05 seconds over Hudziak (11.86), James (22.85) defeated Hudziak (23.3) in the 200 to set the all-time mark for Menominee Indian and the CWC-10.
“It was a big deal for (James) to win both events,” Clache said. “He won the 100 last year, but he certainly wanted both wins and got them this year.”
The two victories boosted the Eagles to fourth in the final team standings with 55 points while Rosholt (175) and Wild Rose (165) decided first place.
Drew Payne earned multiple wins for Gresham-Bowler, leading it to a third-place finish with 68 points. He won two field events for the Panthers, finishing ahead of a second-place finisher from Wild Rose in each. Payne (22-4.25) won the long jump with Jeremy Lesniak (20-2.5) and Hudziak (19-11), both of Wild Rose, finishing behind him. Payne (43-1) also won the triple jump ahead of Lesniak (40-11.5).
Menominee Indian’s Armando Rodriguez (25.31) was fifth in the 200 behind his teammate James. Both were on the winning 400-meter relay team that finished over three seconds ahead of second-place Rosholt. Lorenzo Warrington and Jarin Reiter joined Rodriguez and James for the win.
Alphonso Smith (42-4) gave the Eagles a field event second-place finish with his toss in the shot put.
Central Wisconsin Conference-10 Meet
Boys scores: 1. Rosholt, 175; 2. Wild Rose, 165; 3. Gresham/Bowler, 68; 4. Menominee Indian, 55; 5. Port Edwards, 44; 6. Tri-County, 38; 7. Almond-Bancroft, 29; 8. Tigerton, 21; 9. Marion, 6.
100-meter dash - 1. Gordon James, Menominee Indian, 11.81; 7. Armando Rodriguez, Menominee Indian, 12.48.
200 - 1. Gordon James, Menominee Indian, 22.85; 5. Armando Rodriguez, Menominee Indian, 25.31.
400 - 6. Jarin Reiter, Menominee Indian, 56.63.
1,600 - 3. Cody Montez, Gresham/Bowler, 4:50.52; 8. Tyler Carper, Marion, 5:27.75.
3,200 - 2. Cody Montez, Gresham/Bowler, 10:46.63.
110 hurdles - 3. Arthur Boucher, Gresham/Bowler, 19.07.
300 hurdles - 7. Arthur Boucher, Gresham/Bowler, 50.45; 8. Jarin Reiter, Menominee Indian, 52.16.
400 relay - 1. Menominee Indian (Armando Rodriguez, Lorenzo Warrington, Jarin Reiter, Gordon James), 47.15; 3. Gresham/Bowler (JJ Church, Levi Ludvigsen, Johnnie Surprise, Garrison Kietlinski), 55.90.
800 relay - 2. Gresham/Bowler (Arthur Boucher, Levi Ludvigsen, Johnnie Surprise, JJ Church), 1:50.45.
1,600 relay - 4. Gresham/Bowler (Cody Montez, Levi Ludvigsen, JJ Church, Tom Seidler), 4:21.05.
Shot put - 2. Alphonso Smith, Menominee Indian, 42-04.00; 4. Jon Jones, Gresham/Bowler, 38-08.00; 8. Brett Szulczewski, Tigerton, 34-02.00.
Discus - 2. Vernon Parrott, Tigerton, 125-01; 4. Alphonso Smith, Menominee Indian, 122-00; 8. Tom Seidler, Gresham/Bowler, 105-08.
High jump - 6. Tyler Carper, Marion, 5-04.00.
Long jump - 1. Drew Payne, Gresham/Bowler, 22-04.25; 4. Jacob Minniecheske, Tigerton, 18-11.00; 6. Brett Szulczewski, Tigerton, 17-10.00; 7. Tyler Carper, Marion , 17-03.50.
Triple jump - 1. Drew Payne, Gresham/Bowler, 43-01.00; 7. Alphonso Smith, Menominee Indian, 38-04.00; 8. Cody Montez, Gresham/Bowler, 38-03.00.
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