The Shawano Community High School track and field teams won conference championships in two events at the Bay Conference meet Saturday in Denmark.
The Hawks finished fifth in the boys meet and eighth in the girls meet but won both the 4x200-meter relays. Seymour won the girls and boys titles.
“With the (low) numbers (on the team), we were not really going to be able to compete as a team,” Shawano coach Scott Smurawa said. “So our focus changed to looking to more individual efforts. We were able to do that with both the boys 4x200 and the girls 4x200.”
Malory Soper, Isabella Gonzalez, Kia Smurawa and Kristina Kurtz won the girls 4x200 with a time of 1:52.81. Carlos Merino, Dan Boivin, Jake Klister and Brice Bergner won the boys event with a time of 1:36.38.
“They’ve been working to improve steadily throughout the year,” Smurawa said. “They pulled it off in (the conference meet), which is what you’re looking for.”
Gonzalez also took second in the high jump. Kia Smurawa took third in both the long jump and triple jump, and placed fourth in the 100 dash.
Soper, Gonzalez, Kristina Kurtz and Lindsey Kurtz finished third in the 4x400 relay. Lindsey Kurtz took fourth in the 800 run.
Zeke Gueths took second in the discus, getting a personal best of 123-10.
“He’s been throwing pretty steady,” Smurawa said. “He’s been consistent throughout the season.”
Boivin cleared 13 feet in the pole vault to take second place.
“That was nice for him,” Smurawa said. “He’s been working steady in the offseason. He’s been hitting the 12-foot, 12-6 range pretty often. He improved a lot over the course of the year.”
Jake Klister took second in the 1,600-meter run.
Bergner (100 dash), Austin Lhotka (3,200 run) and Merino (long jump) all had fourth-place finishes.
Shawano Results
Girls
Team scoring: 1. Seymour 134.5, 2. Hortonville 107.33, 3. Luxemburg-Casco 100, 4. West De Pere 80.5, 5. Marinette 62, 6. New London 57.66, 7. Denmark 54.5, 8. Shawano 53.5, 9. Oconto Falls 52
100 dash: 4. Kia Smurawa, 13.58
800 run: 4. Lindsey Kurtz, 2:48.78
1,600 run: 8. Kathryn Kugel, 6:06.43
3,200 run: 7. Kathryn Kugel, 13:35.18
300 hurdles: 8. Jolene Downs, 51.48
4x100 relay: 7. Shawano (Malory Soper, Isabella Gonzalez, Lindsey Kurtz, Jolene Downs), 55.74
4x200 relay: 1. Shawano (Malory Soper, Isabella Gonzalez, Kia Smurawa, Kristina Kurtz), 1:52.81
4x400 relay: 3. Shawano (Malory Soper, Isabella Gonzalez, Lindsey Kurtz, Kristina Kurtz), 4:25.01
High jump: 2. Isabella Gonzalez, 5-2
Pole Vault: 7. Kristina Kurtz, 7-0
Long jump: 3. Kia Smurawa, 16-1 1/4
Triple jump: 3. Kia Smurawa, 32-10 1/2
Boys
Team scoring: 1. Seymour 198, 2. West De Pere 121, 3. Hortonville 110, 4. Luxemburg-Casco 101, 5. Shawano 65, 6. Denmark 43, 7. Oconto Falls 35, 8. New London 26, 9. Marinette 3
100 dash: 4. Brice Bergner, 11.77
1,600 run: 2. Jake Klister, 4:42.87
3,200 run: 4. Austin Lhotka, 10:28.35
300 hurdles: 5. Dan Boivin, 45.26
4x200 relay: 1. Shawano (Carlos Merino, Dan Boivin, Jake Klister, Brice Bergner), 1:36.38
4x400 relay: 8. Shawano (Michael Mault, Trenton Miller, Kyle Raddant, Carlos Merino), 4:13.58
4x800 relay: 8. Shawano (Travis Amerson, Andrew Cardish, Juwan White, Austin Lhotka), 9:37.13
Pole vault: 2. Dan Boivin, 13-0
Long jump: 4. Carlos Merino, 19-8 1/2
Triple jump: 8. Dan Boivin, 38-1 3/4
Discus: 2. Zeke Gueths, 123-10
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