2 Hamilton Athletes Capture Regional Titles

Drew Patterson and Toney Lock  of Hamilton High School won individual track and field championships on Monday in the tough Watertown Regional, the start of the WIAA tournament series.

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Patterson, a junior, captured the 400 meters in 49.86 seconds, just .12 off the stadium record set in 1999. Lock, also a junior, posted a time of 13.1 seconds in the 100 meters.

The top four places in each event qualified for Thursday’s sectional, hosted by Hamilton. Also going through for the Chargers were:

GIRLS

• Olivia Wick, freshman, third in the discus (88 feet, 1 inch)
• Ashlyn Paulson, freshman, second in the 800 meters (2:24.91)
• 4 x 100 relay, third (50.22 seconds)
• 4 x 200 relay, third (1:52.97)
• 4 x 400 relay, fourth (4:13.04)

BOYS

• Tony Koepnick, senior, fourth in the shot put (51 feet, 3½ inches)
• Tony Koepnick, senior, third in the discus (140 feet, 1 inch)
• Joel Fotsch, junior, third in the 110 hurdles, (15.53 seconds)
• Chais Blackburn, junior, second in the 300 hurdles (40.16 seconds)
• 4 x 400 relay, second (3:26.19)

Hamilton was sixth in both the boys and girls regionals. Arrowhead easily won the girls side and Oconomowoc edged Germantown on the boys side.