Track Team enjoys a Strong Showing at UW-River Falls Meet

The Cumberland Track Team participated in the UW-River Falls High School Classic last Friday night where Coach Ryan O’Connell received a number of strong performances. Twenty-two teams participated as several personal best and high finishes were among the Cumberland results.

Leading the way was an excellent night from Tommy Dettinger, who finished 2nd in the 3200 and 4th in the 1500-meter run. His time of 10:28 in the 3200 was a personal best, knocking 20 seconds over his past best time. Brother Ben Dettinger ran a 11:12 in the same 3200 to finish 7th.

 Senior Jack Owens continued his amazing improvement in the pole vault by jumping a personal best 12-00 to finish third in his event. He just took up the event last year and is poised for a big spring. He also ran in the 4x400 relay with Carson Catlin, Bryce McNaulty, and Onesimus West as they finished 6th with a time of 3:36, the sixth best time in the event in school history.

Other strong performances came from Kaylee Jackson in the 400, where she finished 6th with a time of 1:07 and an excellent leap of 19-09 in the long jump by Chayden Berghammer, as he finished 4th. Alexis Peterson added a 11th in the high jump, Mya Gardner a 12th in the pole vault, while Gardner joined Jasmine Delgado, Greta Weaver, and Wren Ruppel, to capture 12th in the 4x400-meter relay.

Coach Ryan O’Connell added, “What a night in River Falls! Our athletes had a great meet and we had a ton of PR’s!! Our coaches are extremely proud of their performances.”

The team was back in action on Tuesday with their first outdoor meet at Eleva-Strum and then head to UW-Superior this Thursday for a large indoor meet beginning at 4:00 pm. The Conference Indoor is scheduled for April 17 in Ashland.

Chayden Berhammer - 55m Dash - 3/25/2025
Last Tuesday at the UW-Stout Blue Devil Invitational, Chayden Berghammer set the indoor 55m dash school record. He ran a time of 6.98, which ties the previous record held by Isaac Runstrom from 2022! Chayden is the second male athlete to run under 7.00 seconds in the program's history!