Brandenburg breaks school record to win 400, comes from behind to give Janesville Parker win in 1,600 relay

Cayden Brandenburg reasserted himself as one of the fastest athletes in the state at the elite Myrhum Invitational in Hartland on Saturday.

He broke his own Janesville Parker school record in the 400-meter dash, taking first in 47.69 seconds and finishing more than two seconds faster than the second-place finisher, who crossed in 49.80 seconds. The interval between Brandenburg and second was roughly as large as the gap between second and 18th.

Brandenburg also ran a dazzling anchor leg in the 1,600-meter relay along with Avery Eastman, Paul Kim and Jonathon Aguiniga.

He received the baton from Aguiniga in fourth place, about two seconds behind the leader from Green Bay Preble. He finished his lap in 48.14 seconds and passed the three runners who had a head start on him to give the Vikings the win in 3 minutes, 25.19 seconds, 0.59 seconds ahead of second-place West De Pere.

Milton’s Ethan Mitchell also had a solid day at the Myrhum Invitational, scoring all 18 of the Red Hawks’ team points with a win in the long jump and top finishes in the triple jump and 110 high hurdles.

Mitchell cleared 22 feet, 1.25 inches in the long jump pit and went 42-8 in the triple jump, good for sixth. His 110 hurdles time of 15.32 seconds was good for fourth.

Harper Brandenburg had Parker’s top performance in the girls meet, taking seventh in the 400 in 59.95 seconds.

Caitlin Zingsheim and Louisa Borsutzky of Milton scored team points for the Red Hawks. Zingsheim’s discus throw of 108 feet, 4 inches, was good for seventh, and Borsutzky tied for fifth in the high jump, clearing 5 feet.

MYRHUM INVITATIONAL

At Hartland Arrowhead

BOYS TEAM SCORES

TOP 10 PLUS TIES AND LOCAL TEAMS

Hartland Arrowhead 115, Green Bay Preble 45, West De Pere 43, Sun Prairie East 27.5, Sussex Hamilton 26.5, Onalaska 24, Whitefish Bay 22, Mukwonago 22, Mequon Homestead 21, Oak Creek 20, Kenosha Indian Trail 20, Janesville Parker 20, Lakeland Union 20 ... Milton 18 ...

EVENT WINNERS PLUS MILTON, PARKER POINT SCORERS

100 — 1. Samuel Vargas (HA) 10.92. 200 — 1. Vargas (HA) 21.87. 400 — 1. Cayden Brandenburg (JP) 47.69. 800 — 1. Owen Clark (LU) 1:57.46. 1,600 — 1. Clark (LU) 4:15.82. 3,200 — 1. Manny Putz (Onalaska) 9:03.34.

400 relay — 1. Hartland Arrowhead 42.43. 800 relay — 1. Hartland Arrowhead 1:26.91. 1,600 relay — 1. Janesville Parker (Avery Eastman, Paul Kim, Jonathon Aguiniga, Brandenburg) 3:25.19. 3,200 relay — 1. Green Bay Preble 7:58.05.

110 hurdles — 1. Callahan Wrasman (Muk) 15.07. 4. Ethan Mitchell (Mil) 15.32. 300 hurdles — 1. Logan Hicks (HA) 38.45.

Shot put — 1. Matthew Rusch 64-3. Discus — 1. Bryce Ruland (Waterford) 210-8. Long jump — 1. Mitchell (Mil) 22-1.25. Triple jump — 1. Landon Scray (HA) 43-7.75. 6. Mitchell (Mil) 42-8. High jump — 1. Scray 6-4. Pole vault — 1. Connor Boyle (Waukesha South) 15-0.

Mixed wheelchair 100 — 1. Daniel Nehls (WDP) 20.85. Mixed wheelchair 400 — 1. Gianni Quintero (Milwaukee Marquette) 1:01.48. Mixed wheelchair 800 — 1. Nehls (WDP) 2:50.99. Mixed wheelchair 1,500 — 1. Quintero (Milwaukee Marquette) 3:58.53. Mixed wheelchair shot put — 1. Nehls (WDP) 21-11.75.

Mixed 1,600 relay — 1. Hartland Arrowhead 3:41.41.

GIRLS TEAM SCORES

TOP 10 PLUS TIES AND LOCAL TEAMS

Hartland Arrowhead 111, Mequon Homestead 61, Mukwonago 41, Onalaska 33, Freedom 32, Slinger 27, West De Pere 24, Kenosha Indian Trail 22, Nicolet 22, Sun Prairie East 21.5 ... Milton 5.5 ... Janesville Parker 2 ...

EVENT WINNERS PLUS MILTON, PARKER POINT SCORERS

100 — 1. Laela Presendofer (Muk) 12.50. 200 — 1. Presendofer (Muk) 25.32. 400 — 1. Taylor Thimmesch (HA) 56.98. 7. Harper Brandenburg (JP) 59.95. 800 — 1. Charlize-Trinity McKenzie (Cedarburg) 2:17.42. 1,600 — 1. Autumn Michalski (Chequamegon) 4:54.98. 3,200 — 1. Lilie Fouts (Appleton Xavier) 10:50.87.

400 relay — 1. Hartland Arrowhead 49.78. 800 relay — 1. Kenosha Indian Trail 1:44.21. 1,600 relay — 1. West De Pere 4:05.40. 3,200 relay — 1. Slinger 9:32.01.

100 hurdles — 1. Eva Brandenburg (MH) 15.09. 300 hurdles — 1. E. Brandenburg (MH) 45.38.

Shot put — 1. Addy Moseler (HA) 40-8. Discus — 1. Anneka Cassel (Waunakee) 137-2. 7. Caitlin Zingsheim (Mil) 108-4. Long jump — 1. Lily Taczala (Franklin) 18-5.25. Triple jump — 1. Anisa Barnett (MH) 39-0.5. High jump — 1. Lydia Merrick (F) 5-6. t5. Louisa Borsutzky (Mil) 5-0. Pole vault — 1. Elise Schroeder (HA) 12-0.