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BSMS Preseason Preview  Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Benton High School.
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 Temperatures remained cold on Day 3 of the 2021 season. Wisconsin Track Online visited D3 Co-Op Benton-Scales Mound-Shullsburg for their preseason practice. Beginning in 2013 the Co-Op finished 18th at the State Meet. After that the 'BSMS' team has had Top 10 finishes at the State Meet including a Team State Championship in 2018. BSMS has had a variety of State Medalists and individual State Champions in the throws, hurdles, relays, and middle and long distance events. Brittany Davis a former BSMS athletes who holds the D3 800m record [2015] is now a coach in the Benton School district. |
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Benton-Scales Mound-Shullsburg Preseason Preview
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Benton-Scales Mound-Shullsburg [none of the schools have a track facility]. Division: 3. Enrollment: 61+106+69. Head Coach: Paul Raley. 42nd year coaching track and field. Coached @ Benton Head boys/girls from 1979 - 1987, 2 conference championships (first in school's history). Coached @ UW Platteville 1987-1989 Head Cross Country, ast Track - took men's team to NAIA National CC Meet in 1988. Coached @ Lancaster as ast. coach 1990, 1991( boys 2nd @ State ) Then as head boys/girls coach 1993, 1994 ( boys 3rd @ State ), 1995 - (Boys conference champs, 6th @ state), Volunteer coach @ Fennimore 1992, 1996-2006 - 12 years. Started the track program at Benton in 2007 - went into a Co-Op with Scales Mound (first time they ever had track) 2011 - then added Shullsburg in 2013 to form the current Tri-Op. He was an assistant coach when BSMS was D3 State Champion in 2018. BSMS is the defending 2019 Six Rivers Conference Champion. Conference Six Rivers: Albany, Argyle/Pecatonica, Belmont, Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg, Black Hawk, Cassville/Potosi and River Ridge. |
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| Hildie Sigwarth - 2019 Six Rivers 1600m |
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Madison Russell - PV 2019 WIAA State Meet |
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| Junior Kayci Martensen is shown at the 2019 WIAA State Meet. She finished 2nd in the 800m and won the 1600m and 3200m races. After finishing 3rd at the 2018 D2 WIAA State XC Meet she won the D2 2019 and 2020 WIAA State XC Championships. In XC she competed for the Southwestern/Cuba City/Benton Co-Op team. In track she competes in D3 with the Benton-Scales Mound-Shullsburg Co-Op team. | ||
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| 2019 Six Rivers Conference Races At UW - Platteville Claire Tiedman and Kayla Klotz [#6] in the 100m HH and Hildie Sigwarth [#2] and Kayci Martensen in the 1600m |
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| Kylie Monson ~ PV at the 2019 Six Rivers |
Madison Russell ~ PV at the 2019 WIAA |
4x1 anhor Madison Russell and |
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| Hanna Martensen a ninth grader finished 7th in the D2 WIAA 2020 State Fall XC Meet held in Colby Photo by Lynn Raley |
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| Photos from Colby and Bellevue by Lynn Raley | ||
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| Kayci Martensen was the indoor 1600m Champion at the 2019 W/TFA Meet held at UW-Whitewater | ||
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COACHES
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| The assistant coaches who work with the BSMS trtack and field program are: Coach Grady Rielly (hurdles, relays), Coach Andrew Ihm (boy's distance, relays), , Coach Deb Davis (PV, Tech Coordinator), Coach Julie Redfearn (girl's distance, ast. trainer), Ast. Coach Todd Bastian (high jump, sprints, relays), Coach Kyle Kern (throws, PV), Coach David Neis (jumps, sprints), Coach Tim White (distance), Coach Alex Wright (PV), and Coach Brittany Davis - (JH Coach - HS middle distance). | ||
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| Head Coach Paul Raley |
Coach Deb Davis |
Coach Julie Redfearn |
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| Coach Brittany Davis |
Coach Andrew Ihm |
Coach Kyle Kern |
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| Coach Daniel Neis |
Coach Grady Rielly |
Coach Alex Wright |
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SCALES MOUND |
SHULLSBURG |
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PRACTICE
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| After a warmup on hurdles inside the team took a lap around the campus [there is no track at Benton]. Then back inside a variety of stretching and then line running drills were run before the team broke up into groups. Wednesday the emphasis was on field events. | ||
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| High Jump Drills | ||
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| The distance runners worked in the weight room before going outside for circuit type of drills | ||
| The Throw Ring is on a cement patio outside the middle school gym. The throws go down a steep hill beind the middle shcool giving the throw athletes a bonus workout when they retrieve their throws. | ||
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| During warmups inside the vaulters trained using pipes to simulate the poles they will use outside. Benton does not have a track. However a generous boaster club drive raised the funds to purchase a PV pit and then built the runway to the pit. Athletes new to field events met with Coach Raley outside. Fundamentals of body position and foot landing position were stressed. | ||
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TJ Drills |
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