Dons win five events

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

COLBY — Alexandra Hutchison won a pair of events, and Marshfield Columbus Catholic swept the high jump titles at the 2016 Colby Track Invitational on Tuesday at Colby High School.

The Dons finished third in the girls and fifth in the boys team standings as both team titles were won by Medford.

Hutchison won the 100 meters in 13.63 seconds, the 200 in 26.29 seconds, and finished second in the 400 in 1:02.37 for the Dons girls.

Kendra Baierl won the girls high jump with a leap of 4 feet 10 inches, and Farid Torbey took first for the boys with a jump of 5-8 for Columbus.

Also earning a first-place finish for Columbus Catholic was the boys 3,200 relay team of Jon Viegut, Leonard Steinert, Peyton Nystrom, and Tim Gruenloh, who won in 9:35.72.

Benny Frericks was second in the boys 3,200 (11:18.03), and Elijah Welsh took second in the boys shot put (40-8) and fourth in the discus (112-10) for Columbus.

The Dons will compete in the annual Wood County Meet on Monday at Pittsville High School.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

2016 Colby Track Invitational

April 19, at Colby High School

Boys

Team scores: 1. Medford 206; 2. Neillsville/Granton 109; 3. Stanley-Boyd 102; 4. Loyal 94; 5. Marshfield Columbus Catholic 83; 6. Colby 51; 7. Owen-Withee 16; 8. Thorp 13.

Winners and Columbus Catholic finishers

3,200 relay: 1. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Jon Viegut, Leonard Steinert, Peyton Nystrom, Tim Gruenloh) 9:35.72.

110 hurdles: 1. Mason Barth (NG) 16.67.

100: 1. Victor Rinaldi (MED) 11.81; 5. Farid Torbey (MCC) 12.10; 7. Leo Pittsley (MCC) 12.46; 9. David Nielsen (MCC) 12.62.

1,600: 1. Jared Rudolph (MED) 4:46.27; 6. Gruenloh (MCC) 5:17.24.

800 relay: 1. Medford (Brayden Fultz, Osy Ekwueme, Ben Meier, Rinaldi) 1:36.19; 6. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Elijah Welsh, William Boyer, Wyatt Bauer, Nadim Torbey) 1:48.88.

400: 1. Brandner (MED) 54.01; 3. Pittsley (MCC) 56.48; 6. Nielsen (MCC) 57.10.

400 relay: 1. Medford (Jacob Mahner, Fultz, Adrian Felix, Meier) 46.29; 6. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Welsh, Boyer, Bauer, N. Torbey) 51.17.

300 hurdles: 1. Barth (NG) 42.57.

800: 1. Jake Sullivan (MED) 2:07.69; 9. Nystrom (MCC) 2:19.48; 11. Steinert (MCC) 2:20.65; 13. Cullen Voss (MCC) 2:23.76.

200: 1. Jacob Mahner (MED) 23.61; 5. Pittsley (MCC) 24.37; 8. Nielsen (MCC) 24.85.

3,200: 1. Rudolph (MED) 10:13.82; 2. Benny Frericks (MCC) 11:18.03; 5. Zach Gotz (MCC) 12:09.04.

1,600 relay: 1. Medford (Brandner, Sullivan, Preston Carlson, Tony Noland) 3:44.36; 4. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Gruenloh, Jon Viegut, Nystrom, Steinert) 3:57.24.

High jump: 1. F. Torbey (MCC) 5-8.

Pole vault: 1. Nick May (NG) 11-0.

Shot put: 1. Adam Pekol (NG) 41-4.5; 2. Welsh (MCC) 40-8; 8. David Rasmussen (MCC) 36-5.

Triple jump: 1. Derrick Howard (LOY) 40-0.5.

Discus: 1. Lane Ruch (MED) 123-5; 4. Welsh (MCC) 112-10; 7. Rasmussen (MCC) 103-5.

Long jump: 1. Garrett Strebig (MED) 19-1.25; 8. Pittsley (MCC) 17-4.25.

—

Girls

Team scores: 1. Medford 173.5; 2. Neillsville/Granton 145; 3. Marshfield Columbus Catholic 80; 4. Colby 79; 5. Loyal 61.5; 6. Stanley-Boyd 56; 7. Owen-Withee 40; 8. Thorp 23.

Winners and Columbus Catholic finishers

3,200 relay: 1. Medford (Hannah Brandner, Bailey Brandner, Cassandra Mravik, Lauren Meyer) 11:08.41; 3. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Hannah Grubofski, Becca Wirthlin, Morgan Albrecht, Natalie Pospyhalla) 11:21.31.

100 hurdles: 1. Kayla Lis (NG) 18.65; 4. Brionna Zygarlicke (MCC) 20.53; 6. Cassidy Strey (MCC) 20.71.

100: 1. Alexandra Hutchison (MCC) 13.63; 16. Sophia Hackel (MCC) 15.51.

1,600: 1. Falon Immormino (TH) 5:46.23; 4. Melanie Lang (MCC) 6:25.75.

800 relay: 1. Medford (Ashley Hoffman, Sydney Emmerich, Mandi Baker, Cassandra Meyer) 1:52.03.

400: 1. Lakyn Kummer (MED) 1:01.44; 2. Hutchison (MCC) 1:02.37; 8. Kendra Baierl (MCC) 1:15.19; 10. Janka Levai (MCC) 1:17.96.

400 relay: 1. Medford (Hoffman, Emmerich, Markki Farmer, C. Meyer) 53.64.

300 hurdles: 1. Kelly Barth (NG) 52.89; 4. Cassidy Strey (MCC) 1:00.53; 5. Zygarlicke (MCC) 1:02.83.

800: 1. L. Meyer (MED) 2:30.43; 5. Grubofski (MCC) 2:51.17; 10. Albrecht (MCC) 3:00.93; 11. Lang (MCC) 3:07.90.

200: 1. Hutchison (MCC) 26.29; 14. Hackel (MCC) 31.98.

3,200: 1. Immormino (TH) 12:25.76; 4. Natalie Pospyhalla (MCC) 13:48.88.

1,600 relay: 1. Medford (L. Meyer, Lainey Brunner, Baker, Kummer) 4:25.62.

High jump: 1. Baierl (MCC) 4-10; 8. Natalie Jacobson (MCC) 4-2.

Pole vault: 1. Emily Rand (LOY) 7-0.

Triple jump: 1. Allison Vitort (SB) 30-8.

Discus: 1. Heather Milas (SB) 122-6; 6. Catherine Pinter (MCC) 71-10; 9. Stephanie Johnson (MCC) 67-6.

Shot put: 1. Milas (SB) 36-2; 16. Johnson (MCC) 23-4; 20. Pinter (MCC) 22-1.

Long jump: 1. Morgan Hauge (NG) 14-7.