Tigers boys finish fifth

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

STEVENS POINT — Marshfield junior Jordan Dzikowich missed out on a trip to the state meet by just 13 seconds as he placed 15th at the WIAA Division 1 cross country sectional on Saturday at Standing Rock Park.

The top two teams and top five individuals not on those teams at the sectional qualified for next Saturday’s 2016 WIAA State Cross Country Meet, which will be held at the Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids.

The Marshfield girls cross country team competed at the WIAA Division 1 sectional Saturday at Standing Rock Park in Stevens Point.

Dzikowich was sixth among those not on sectional champion Stevens Point and runner-up Appleton North, finishing in 17:19. Michael Jarvis of Hortonville grabbed the final individual qualifying spot, taking 12th in 17:06.

Jared Oemig was 26th in 17:43, and Addison Hill took 30th in 17:50 for Marshfield, which was fifth in the team standings.

Stevens Point and Hortonville earned the team spots in the state meet for the girls. Marshfield was 10th.

Sophia Schrodi took 39th in 21:25, and Lilly O’Brien was 46th in 21:45 for the Tigers.

“Jordan Dzikowich gave just a super effort today and nearly qualified as an individual at state, missing it by just one place,” Marshfield coach Dan Akin said. “Our ninth graders really stepped it up on the boys’ side with Addison Hill, Joseph McKee, and Evan Ellis in our top five. Sophia Schrodi and Lilly O’Brien had great finishes to their seasons today on the girls’ side.”

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

2016 WIAA Division 1 Cross Country Sectional

Oct. 22, at Standing Rock Park, Stevens Point

*State meet qualifiers

Boys

Team scores: *1. Stevens Point 31; *2. Appleton North 67; 3. Hortonville 86; 4. D.C. Everest 143; 5. Marshfield 146; 6. Wausau East 148; 7. Appleton East 172; 8. Wisconsin Rapids 185; 9. Appleton West 209; 10. Tomah 235; 11. Wausau West 343; 12. Merrill 350.

Top 10, state qualifiers, and Marshfield finishers: 1. Ricky Perez (SP) 16:10; *2. Axel Treinen (WE) 16:17; 3. Ethan Cruz (AN) 16:20; 4. Derek Franz (SP) 16:20; 5. Thomas Weed (AN) 16:32; 6. Liam Belsno (SP) 16:50; 7. Mark Stoskopf (SP) 16:53; 8. Stephen Dinkler (AN) 16:54; *9. Isaiah Winowiski (DC) 16:56; *10. Noah Bruehl (AE) 17:00; *11. Joseph Nicholson (HOR) 17:02; *12. Michael Jarvis (HOR) 17:06; 15. Jordan Dzikowich (MAR) 17:19; 26. Jared Oemig (MAR) 17:43; 30. Addison Hill (MAR) 17:50; 33. Joseph McKee (MAR) 17:59; 42. Evan Ellis (MAR) 18:18; 54. Jacob Dick (MAR) 18:28; 74. Paul Fischer (MAR) 19:27.

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Girls

Team scores: *1. Stevens Point 56; *2. Hortonville 62; 3. Appleton North 74; 4. Wausau West 121; 5. Appleton East 132; 6. D.C. Everest 155; 7. Wausau East 165; 8. Appleton West 211; 9. Wisconsin Rapids 218; 10. Marshfield 288; 11. Merrill 293; 12. Tomah 303.

Top 10, state qualifiers, and Marshfield finishers: 1. Brooke Jaworski (WW) 19:12; 2. Alyssa Rafuse (HOR) 19:21; 3. Hannah Lohrenz (HOR) 19:21; *4. Mary Rose Flood (AN) 19:21; *5. Mariah Haight (WE) 19:26; 6. Maddie Hyland (SP) 19:38; *7. Sydney Squier (AN) 19:51; 8. Grace Belson (SP) 19:53; *9. Willow Sering (WR) 19:57; 10. Madelyn Schneider (SP) 19:59; 39. Sophia Schrodi (MAR) 21:25; 46. Lilly O’Brien (MAR) 21:45; 58. Madysen Bohman (MAR) 22:45; 71. Selena Rocha (MAR) 23:23; 74. Lottie Schrodi (MAR) 23:48; 76. Emma Gilkerson (MAR) 24:24; 78. Jocie Anderson (MAR) 24:28.