Indee girls 14th at ‘Elite’ meet

The Independence/Gilmanton girls track and field team had two runners place inside the top five as the team was 14th at the Stout Elite meet hosted by University of Wisconsin-Stout in Menomonie last Thursday.

Taylor Sylla had the best finish, taking fourth in the 3,200 run with a time of 12:13.85 for I/G. She also finished seventh in the 1600, finishing in 5:32.51. The rest of I/G’s points came from Sophia Kampa, who was fifth in the 800, finishing in 2:35.21.

None of the I/G boys competing in the meet were able to place inside the top eight for team points.

The only Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau athlete competing was Sawyer Smock, who finished second in the pole vault with a jump of 13 feet. 

Ethan Kniseley tied for third in the high jump for Blair-Taylor with a jump of six feet. Kniseley was the only B-T athlete to score in the meet. 

Bloomer topped the 27 teams in the girls’ field scoring 58 points, 10 better than Menomonie. I/G was the only area girls’ team that had any competitors.

Menomonie edged Osceola and Mauston in the boys’ competition, as the winning team finished with 52.5 points while Osceola came in with 47 and Mauston, 46. G-E-T finished 19th with eight points and B-T tied for 24th with 5.5 points.