Tigers have five event winners

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

WISCONSIN DELLS — The Marshfield track teams combined for five victories and 11 runner-up finishes as they went on to sweep the boys and girls titles at the Heather Johnson Invitational on Friday at Wisconsin Dells High School.

The meet was Marshfield’s regular-season finale as the Tigers will compete in the Wisconsin Valley Conference Meet at Goerke Field in Stevens Point on Tuesday.

The Marshfield girls finished with 119.5 points, outpacing host Wisconsin Dells by 22.5 points. The Marshfield boys won the team title by 12.5 points over second-place Medford.

The Marshfield girls had two victories. Freshman Gracie Holland won the pole vault with a vault of 9 feet and also teamed with Kaydee Johnson, Maddie Nikolai, and Mariah Goeppinger to win the 800-meter relay in 1:49.58.

Meg Bryan finished second in the triple jump (34 feet 6 inches), Jamila Ougayour was second in the discus (104-2), Stephanie Rhodes was the runner-up in the high jump (5-2), and Alexa Aumann added a pair of second-places finishes in the 800 (2:24.44) and the 1,600 (5:33.64) for the Tigers.

On the boys side, Adam Maki won the pole vault (11-6), Quinton Alexander was first in the shot put (46-10), and Jon Wittman won the discus (139-7) for Marshfield.

Skyler Theisen was second in both the 110 hurdles (16.15 seconds) and the 300 hurdles (41.95), Wittman took second in the shot put (44-0), Alexander was second in the discus (138-3), and Dawson Tysver finished second in the pole vault (11-6) for Marshfield. Also placing second for the Tigers were the 400 relay team of Alexander, Blaine Nienast, Caden Pearce, and Isaiah King (45.45) and the 800 relay team of Pearce, King, Nienast, and Austin Mientke (1:34.63).

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

2017 Heather Johnson Track & Field Invitational

May 12, at Wisconsin Dells High School

Girls

Team scores: 1. Marshfield 119.5; 2. Wisconsin Dells 97; 3. DeForest 88; 4. Medford 87; 5. Mauston 79; 6. Adams-Friendship 47; 7. Marshall 46; 8. Sauk Prairie 41; 9. Portage 39; 10. Ripon 32; 11. Reedsburg 15.5; 12. Wayland Academy 7.

Winners and Marshfield finishers

100: 1. Brooklyn Schyvinck (REED) 12.72; 4. Gracie Holland (MAR) 13.44; 6. Carly Brickley (MAR) 13.63.

200: 1. Brooke Livingston (AF) 26.83; 4. Kaydee Johnson (MAR) 28.07.

400: 1. Lauren Meyer (MED) 1:00.35.

800: 1. Kaylee Sadeghpour-Hess (DF) 2:23.94; 2. Alexa Aumann (MAR) 2:24.44.

1,600: 1. Katie Phillips (MED) 5:29.77; 2. Aumann (MAR) 5:33.64.

3,200: 1. Laura Beghin (WD) 11:38.31; 3. Sophia Schrodi (MAR) 12:27.37.

100 hurdles: 1. Livingston (AF) 16.17; 6. Maddie Nikolai (MAR) 18.68.

300 hurdles: 1. Livingston (AF) 47.36; 8. Sadie DeGrand (MAR) 55.85; 10. Abby Voss (MAR) 56.11; 12. Shantel Nienast (MAR) 58.15.

400 relay: 1. Medford (Ashley Hoffman, Megan Graff, Lainey Brunner, Markki Farmer) 52.32; 7. Marshfield (Brickley, Brooke McGrath, Stephanie Rhodes, Mariah Goeppinger) 54.94.

800 relay: 1. Marshfield (Holland, Johnson, Nikolai, Goeppinger) 1:49.58.

1,600 relay: 1. Medford (Meyer, Brunner, Phillips, Sami Stolp) 4:16.78; 4. Marshfield (Madysen Bohman, Goeppinger, Nikolai, Meg Bryan) 4:19.72.

3,200 relay: 1. Medford (Franny Seidel, Meyer, Phillips, Paige Brandner) 9:54.21; 7. Marshfield (S. Schrodi, Lottie Schrodi, DeGrand, Voss) 11:49.00.

High jump: 1. Sophee Mink (DF) 5-4; 2. Rhodes (MAR) 5-2; 9. (tie) Nienast (MAR) 4-6.

Pole vault: 1. Holland (MAR) 9-0; 7. Bohman (MAR) 7-0.

Long jump: 1. Jenna Mace (WD) 17-0.25; 3. Holland (MAR) 15-6; 12. McGrath (MAR) 13-8.5.

Triple jump: 1. Kelsey Georgeson (MAUS) 34-8.5; 2. Bryan (MAR) 34-6; 6. Nikolai (MAR) 32-4.5; 8. Johnson (MAR) 31-6.25.

Shot put: 1. Desirae Weissmiller (MED) 36-1; 3. Nadia Ougayour (MAR) 33-10.25; 4. Molly Meyers (MAR) 33-7.75; 13. Katie Osinski (MAR) 30-4.

Discus: 1. Melissa Leet (POR) 107-4; 2. Jamila Ougayour (MAR) 104-2; 4. N. Ougayour (MAR) 99-3; 9. Osinski (MAR) 92-9.

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Boys

Team scores: 1. Marshfield 121; 2. Medford 108.5; 3. DeForest 95.25; 4. Ripon 90; 5. Reedsburg 64.5; 6. Sauk Prairie 58.25; 7. Portage 53; 8. Mauston 40.5; 9. Marshall 34; 10. Adams-Friendship 20.5; 11. Wisconsin Dells 15; 12. Wayland Academy 0.5.

Winners and Marshfield finishers

100: 1. Kelvin Opoku-Appoh (MARSL) 11.39; 5. Isaiah King (MAR) 11.68.

200: 1. Victory Rinaldi (MED) 22.97; 4. Caden Pearce (MAR) 23.84.

400: 1. Noah Rindo (RIP) 51.45; 8. Brant Bohman (MAR) 54.92; 9. Jackson Ott (MAR) 55.36; 15. Nathaniel Phillips (MAR) 59.08.

800: 1. Jake Sullivan (MED) 2:00.76; 4. Addison Hill (MAR) 2:05.91; 13. Alex Wehrman (MAR) 2:15.31.

1,600: 1. Quynlan Duffy (RIP) 4:37.89; 12. Jacob Dick (MAR) 5:06.48.

3,200: 1. Tyler Jones (POR) 10:24.06; 5. Carter Chojnacki (MAR) 10:43.57.

110 hurdles: 1. James Bockhop (SP) 15.30; 2. Skyler Theisen (MAR) 16.15.

300 hurdles: 1. Jackson Arnold-Irby (DF) 40.52; 2. Theisen (MAR) 41.95; 7. Eric Kubash (MAR) 44.48; 12. Kyle Tremelling (MAR) 47.85.

400 relay: 1. Medford (Rinaldi, Osy Ekwueme, Hunter Brandner, Brayden Fultz) 45.30; 2. Marshfield (Quinton Alexander, Blaine Nienast, Pearce, King) 45.45.

800 relay: 1. Medford (Rinaldi, Ekwueme, Brandner, Fultz) 1:33.42; 2. Marshfield (Pearce, King, Nienast, Austin Mientke) 1:34.63.

1,600 relay: 1. Medford (Brandner, Preston Carlson, Andy Poetzl, Sullivan) 3:33.45; 5. Marshfield (Theisen, Bohman, Ott, Sam Hinson) 3:41.26.

3,200 relay: 1. Ripon (Riley Gatzke, Noah Bogardt, Rindo, Quynlan Duffy) 8:22.60; 5. Marshfield (Hill, Wehrman, Phillips, Chojnacki) 8:45.46.

High jump: 1. Brandner (MED) 6-0; 3. Collin Fravert (MAR) 5-10.

Pole vault: 1. Adam Maki (MAR) 11-6; 2. Dawson Tysver (MAR) 11-6; 10. Dustin Altman (MAR) 9-0.

Long jump: 1. Arnold-Irby (DF) 19-11; 13. Bohman (MAR) 16-10.5; 15. Nienast (MAR) 16-1.75.

Triple jump: 1. Ekwueme (MED) 41-10; 16. Hinson (MAR) 34-7; 20. Tremelling (MAR) 33-9.75.

Shot put: 1. Alexander (MAR) 46-10; 2. Jon Wittman (MAR) 44-0.

Discus: 1. Wittman (MAR) 139-7; 2. Alexander (MAR) 138-3.