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HUDSON – Marshfield will have four athletes at next week’s state meet after they earned five top-three finishes at a WIAA Division 1 Track & Field Sectional on Thursday at Hudson High School.
Junior Ethan Knecht earned the Tigers’ lone sectional title as he won the boys shot put with a toss of 55 feet. Knecht also placed third in the discus with a throw of 142-10 to also advance to state.
The top three finishers in each event at the sectional automatically qualify for the 2024 WIAA State Track & Field Championships, which will be held at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse on May 31-June 1. Additional qualifiers – those who finish in the top eight statewide in all of the sectionals – will be announced on Friday.
The Marshfield girls will send three athletes to state after each earned runner-up finishes.
Emma Ridgway placed second in the high jump (5-2), Devyn LeMoine was second in the pole vault (10-3) and Olivia Page took second in the 200 meters in 26.47 seconds to advance for the Tigers.
WIAA Division 1 Track & Field Sectional
May 23, at Hudson High School
Girls
Team scores: 1. Chippewa Falls 79.5; 2. Stevens Point 68.5; 3. D.C. Everest 68; 4. Hudson 64; 5. Shawano 63; 6. Eau Claire Memorial 59; 7. Marshfield 58; 8. Wausau West 50; 9. River Falls 48; 10. Eau Claire North 45; 11. Menomonie 32; 12. Wausau East 24; 13. New Richmond 23; 14. Superior 10; 15. Wisconsin Rapids 7; 16. Merrill 1.
Boys
Team scores: 1. Stevens Point 102; 2. Hudson 82.5; 3. D.C. Everest 74; 4. River Falls 72; 5. Chippewa Falls 70; 6. New Richmond 63.5; 7. Eau Claire Memorial 53; 8. Wausau East 33; 9. Marshfield 31; 10. Wausau West 29; 11. Menomonie and Shawano 25; 13. Eau Claire North 17; 14. Wisconsin Rapids 15; 15. Superior 5.