Tigers claim 13 spots in all for Thursday’s sectional

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

WAUSAU — Marshfield had six athletes and three relay teams qualify for sectionals in a total of 13 events by earning top-four finishes at the WIAA Division 1 Track & Field Regional on Monday at Wausau West High School.

The top four in each event at the regional move on to the Division 1 sectional on Thursday at D.C. Everest High School. The top three in each event at the sectional qualify for the 2016 WIAA State Track & Field Championships at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse on June 3-4.

Marshfield’s Alexa Aumann, right, takes second, and teammate Courtney Brown finished third at in the girls 400 meters at the WIAA Division 1 Track & Field Regional on Monday at Wausau West High School.

Marshfield senior Calden Wojt will compete in three events at the sectional after finishing in the top three in each on Monday. Wojt won the 200 meters in 22.66 seconds, was second in the 400 in 50.79, and finished third in the 100 in 11.63 for the Tigers boys’ top three finishes.

Also moving on for the Marshfield boys is Adam Elhendy-Gunnarsson, who was fourth in the 200 in 23.66 seconds.

Junior Alexa Aumann and senior Courtney Brown finished second and third, respectively, in the girls 400 to move on. Aumann finished in 1:01.24 and Brown in 1:01.73 for the Tigers. Aumann was also fourth in the 800 (2:26.57) to qualify for sectionals.

Freshman Shantel Nienast took third in the high jump (4 feet 9 inches), and sophomore Meg Bryan was third in the long jump (16-11 ¾) to earn Marshfield’s other individual sectional spots.

Also moving on are three girls relay teams for Marshfield. The 1,600 team of Aumann, Dani Bender, Mariah Goeppinger, and Brown was third in 4:15.36; the 3,200 team of Lilly O’Brien, Jocie Anderson, Maddison Clemens, and Sophia Schrodi finished fourth in 11:32.60; and the 800 team of Angelina Dunomes, Kessa Schreiner, Nienast, and Bender took fourth in 1:53.88.

The Marshfield boys were fifth and the girls sixth in the team standings. Both titles were won by Stevens Point.

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

2016 WIAA Division 1 Track & Field Regional

May 23, at Wausau West High School

Girls

Team scores: 1. Stevens Point 176; 2. Wausau West 120; 3. D.C. Everest 113; 4. Wisconsin Rapids 76; 5. Wausau East 72; 6. Marshfield 70; 7. Rhinelander 27; 8. Merrill 24; 9. Antigo 20.

Sectional qualifiers (top four) and Marshfield finishers

Discus: 1. Natalie Mohring (DC) 118-9; 2. Miranda Lang (DC) 117-9; 3. Sam Danczyk (SP) 117-3; 4. Taylor Louis (SP) 112-8; 6. Amy Martorano (MAR) 106-2; 7. Jamila Ougayour (MAR) 98-10; 14. Katie Osinski (MAR) 70-7.

High jump: 1. Rylee Folz (MER) 5-0; 2. Rachel Huffcutt (DC) 4-9; 3. Shantel Nienast (MAR) 4-9; 4. Jillian Staven (WR) 4-8.

Pole vault: 1. Tia Dorshorst (WR) 10-3; 2. Olivia Bright (WW) 10-0; 3. Maya Veenstra (DC) 9-9; 4. Kim Robertson (ANT) 9-6; 8. Julianna Kollross (MAR) 8-6.

Triple jump: 1. Tatum Houlihan (SP) 37-2.75; 2. Elizabeth Keena (WR) 35-11; 3. Huffcutt (DC) 35-9; 4. Korinne Trueman (SP) 34-8.25; 6. Meg Bryan (MAR) 34-0; 7. Maddie Nikolai (MAR) 33-6.

3,200 relay: 1. Wausau West 10:17.14; 2. D.C. Everest 10:18.53; 3. Stevens Point 10:23.92; 4. Marshfield (Lilly O’Brien, Jocie Anderson, Maddison Clemens, Sophia Schrodi) 11:32.60.

100 hurdles: 1. Sydney Blaskowski (WE) 16.53; 2. Enne’Burton (WE) 16.79; 3. Renee Hinchcliffe (SP) 17.10; 4. Kaitlin Rubow (WW) 17.38; 7. Isabelle Denowski (MAR) 18.18.

100: 1. Grace Hartman (WR) 12.51; 2. Elizabeth Keena (WR) 13.06; 3. Laura Canapa (SP) 13.11; 4. Jenna Romblaski (DC) 13.19.

800 relay: 1. Stevens Point 1:44.48; 2. Wausau West 1:47.23; 3. D.C. Everest 1:49.84; 4. Marshfield (Angelina Dunomes, Kessa Schreiner, Nienast, Dani Bender) 1:53.88.

400: 1. Brooke Jaworski (WW) 56.44; 2. Alexa Aumann (MAR) 1:01.24; 3. Courtney Brown (MAR) 1:01.73; 4. Dalie Thomas (MER) 1:01.77; 9. Rylee Hill (MAR) 1:08.32.

400 relay: 1. Wisconsin Rapids 49.32; 2. Stevens Point 50.41; 3. D.C. Everest 51.46; 4. Wausau West 51.86; 6. Marshfield (Dunomes, Brooke McGrath, Mariah Goeppinger, Bryan) 52.81.

300 hurdles: 1. Burton (WE) 47.33; 2. Hinchcliffe (SP) 48.09; 3. Rubow (WW) 49.26; 4. Blaskowski (WE) 49.34; 8. Nikolai (MAR) 52.11; 13. Ana Jensen (MAR) 55.17.

800: 1. Abigail Hyland (SP) 2:25.58; 2. Autum Shurbert-Hetzel (SP) 2:25.95; 3. Eva O’Melia (RH) 2:26.09; 4. Aumann (MAR) 2:26.57; 13. Riley Slade (MAR) 2:56.08; 14. Molly Schuster (MAR) 2:56.34.

200: 1. Hartman (WR) 25.34; 2. Brooke Jaworski (WW) 25.49; 3. Hannah Sankey (SP) 26.65; 4. Alyssa Faucett (WW) 26.77; 6. Dunomes (MAR) 28.20.

3,200: 1. Katelyn Spooner (DC) 12:20.01; 2. Mya Zajakowski (SP) 12:20.97; 3. Madelyn Schneider (SP) 12:23.69; 4. Mackenzie Malone (WW) 12:24.13; 10. Schrodi (MAR) 13:21.17.

1,600 relay: 1. Wausau West 3:59.95; 2. Stevens Point 4:06.97; 3. Marshfield (Aumann, Bender, Goeppinger, Brown) 4:15.36; 4. Wausau East 4:17.47.

Long jump: 1. Faucett (WW) 17-8; 2. Houlihan (SP) 17-4.25; 3. Bryan (MAR) 16-11.75; 4. Sarah Heinrich (WE) 16-7.75; 13. McGrath (MAR) 14-3; 16. Sara Dasler (MAR) 13-7.25.

Shot put: 1. Danczyk (SP) 38-5; 2. Elizabeth Hirzy (SP) 38-0.25; 3. Louis (SP) 36-3.5; 4. Lang (DC) 34-8.75; 6. Osinski (MAR) 33-5.75; 7. Martorano (MAR) 32-6.75.

1,600: 1. Grace Belson (SP) 5:43.28; 2. Alayna Franson (RH) 5:44.22; 3. Rylie Westfall (DC) 5:48.11; 4.Megan Mohr (WW) 5:50.22.

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Boys

Team scores: 1. Stevens Point 175; 2. D.C. Everest 138.5; 3. Wausau West 107; 4. Wisconsin Rapids 94; 5. Marshfield 49; 6. Wausau East 46.5; 7. Merrill and Antigo 40; 9. Rhinelander 9.

Sectional qualifiers (top four) and Marshfield finishers

High jump: 1. Robert Stevens (WR) 6-6; 2. Eli Wachowiak (SP) 6-2; 3. Jakob Tordsen (WW) 6-2; 4. Isaiah Westfall (WR) 6-0.

Long jump: 1. Isaac Frieders (DC) 21-2.75; 2. Jared Mortenson (WW) 21-0.75; 3. Justin Rager (WW) 20-11.75; 4. Trent Hamerski (SP) 20-8.5; 12. Adam Elhendy-Gunnarsson (MAR) 18-6.75.

Shot put: 1. Alex Scott (SP) 55-7.5; 2. Zach Mueller (DC) 49-9; 3. Qwan Bussey (ANT) 44-9.25; 4. Tyler Mertes (DC) 44-4.75; 7. Jon Wittman (MAR) 42-10; 8. Quinton Alexander (MAR) 42-8.25; 13. Andrew Gilkerson (MAR) 40-10.5.

110 hurdles: 1. Konner Fierek (DC) 15.55; 2. Tyler Patoka (SP) 15.71; 3. Charles Handrick (WW) 16.18; 4. Brady Lenz (WW) 16.35.

100: 1. Austin Glinski (WR) 11.52; 2. Nick Kohnhorst (DC) 11.58; 3. Calden Wojt (MAR) 11.63; 4. Mitch McKibben (SP) 11.71.

1,600: 1. Colin Koss (ANT) 4:40.55; 2. Joseph Comeau (WR) 4:40.81; 3. Logan Spooner (DC) 4:46.57; 4. Tyler Bernstein (SP) 4:49.44; 10. Sam Huettl (MAR) 5:10.63.

800 relay: 1. Stevens Point 1:28.41; 2. D.C. Everest 1:29.45; 3. Wausau West 1:29.79; 4. Antigo 1:37.26; 5. Marshfield (Jackson Ott, Elhendy-Gunnarsson, Caden Pearce, Blaine Nienast) 1:39.70.

400: 1. Nolan Metz (SP) 50.57; 2. Wojt (MAR) 50.79; 3. Evan Torgerson (DC) 51.31; 4. Chase Franz (SP) 52.28; 11. Peter Alsides (MAR) 55.56.

400 relay: 1. D.C. Everest 43.36; 2. Wisconsin Rapids 44.41; 3. Wausau West 44.42; 4. Merrill 45.95; 5. Marshfield (Pearce, Elhendy-Gunnarsson, Nick Hoheisel, Skyler Theisen) 46.71.

300 hurdles: 1. Patoka (SP) 38.98; 2. Alex Miller (WE) 41.16; 3. Cory Courneya (WE) 41.48; 4. Handrick (WW) 41.63; 8. Theisen (MAR) 44.35.

800: 1. Liam Belson (SP) 1:58.56; 2. Spooner (DC) 2:00.23; 3. Koss (ANT) 2:00.67; 4. Matt Altmann (SP) 2:02.01; 9. Paul Fischer (MAR) 2:19.02.

200: 1. Wojt (MAR) 22.66; 2. Glinski (WR) 22.80; 3. Jovan Parks (WE) 23.18; 4. Elhendy-Gunnarsson (MAR) 23.66.

1,600 relay: 1. Stevens Point 3:21.30; 2. Wausau West 3:23.16; 3. D.C. Everest 3:29.40; 4. Antigo 3:36.03.

Discus: 1. Scott (SP) 166-0; 2. Mueller (DC) 153-0; 3. Nate McNamara (SP) 142-8; 4. Jonathan Gruetzmacher (MER) 135-11; 8. Wittman (MAR) 121-2; 9. Aaron Peters (MAR) 120-6; 20. Alexander (MAR) 98-2.

Pole vault: 1. John Cihlar (WW) 14-0; 2. Alex Dimler (SP) 13-3; 3. Connor Pliska (SP) 13-0; 4. McKibben (SP) 13-0.

Triple jump: 1. Jared Ollhoff (MER) 44-0.5; 2. Robert Stevens (WR) 43-9.5; 3. Westfall (WR) 43-7.5; 4. Mitch Michalske (WW) 42-2; 13. Pearce (MAR) 34-9.5.

3,200 relay: 1. Stevens Point 8:25.70; 2. D.C. Everest 8:35.17; 3. Wisconsin Rapids 8:35.38; 4. Wausau West 8:36.35; 5. Marshfield (Carter Chojnacki, Fischer, Jared Oemig, Jordan Dzikowich) 8:40.97.

3,200: 1. Franz (SP) 10:14.63; 2. Anthony Anderson (DC) 10:17.34; 3. Axel Treinen (WE) 10:19.47; 4. Comeau (WR) 10:25.87; 6. Dzikowich (MAR) 10:46.90; 9. Chojnacki (MAR) 10:57.63; 10. Oemig (MAR) 10:59.04.

100 wheelchair: 1. Matt Hass (WW) 26.53.

400 wheelchair: 1. Hass (WW) 1:40.84.

Shot put wheelchair: 1. Hass (WW) 11-10.75.