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WAUSAU – Dan Kniech won the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles and led a contingent of four Marshfield boys who qualified in seven events for Thursday’s sectional meet on Monday at the WIAA Division 1 Track Regional at Wausau West High School.
The Marshfield girls also had four individual qualifiers and three relay teams move on. The Tigers boys also had a pair of relays finish in the top four at the Merrill regional, which qualifies them for Thursday’s sectional at Wausau East.
The top three finishers at the sectional qualify for the WIAA State Track and Field Championships on June 3-4 at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Kniech won the 110 hurdles in 15.16 seconds and also took gold in the 300 hurdles, winning in 40.48 seconds.
Jeremy Robinson and Keron Howlett also qualified for the sectional in two individual events.
Robinson won the 200 meters in 22.53 seconds and took second in the triple jump with leap of 43 feet.
Howlett was second in the long jump (21-4.5) and third in the 110 hurdles (15.81).
Riley Gebelein rounded out the Tigers’ individual qualifiers, taking second in the 100 (11.21).
The Marshfield boys 400 relay team of Logan Schmitz, Gebelein, Howlett and Robinson won the regional title in a time of 43.34 seconds. The same team finished second in the 800 relay, finishing in 1:31.54.
The Marshfield girls had a pair of relays win regional titles.
The 400 relay team of Alexa Fritsch, Gabrielle Myrie, Nikki Youngblood and Bisola Omoba won in 51.40 seconds, and the same four combined to win the 800 relay in 1:48.29.
Fritsch, Amanda Cousins, Omoba and Youngblood also qualified in the 1,600 relay, finishing in 4:16.49.
Individually, Myrie was second in the 100 (12.95), Cousins was third in the 400 (1:04.31), Rebecca Voss took third in the 3,200 (11:33.73) and Yasmeena Ougayour took fourth in the discus (107-4).
D.C. Everest won the boys team title with 171.5 points, with Marshfield second with 109.5.
Wausau West won the girls title with 138.5 points, just 10.5 points ahead of second-place Everest. Marshfield was sixth with 74.5 points.
WIAA Division 1 Regional
May 23 at Wausau West
Top four finishers qualify for sectional May 26 at Wausau East
Boys
Team results: 1. D.C. Everest 171.5; 2. Marshfield 109.5; 3. Wausau West 105.5; 4. Lakeland 97.5; 5. Merrill 82.5; 6. Antigo and Wausau East 49; 8. Rhinelander 33.5.
100: 1. Corey Griffin (DC) 11.01; 2. Riley Gebelein (MAR) 11.21; 3. Tyler Lewis (A) 11.52; 4. Kevin Schlichter (L) 11.71.
200: 1. Jeremy Robinson (MAR) 22.53; 2. Ty Fischer (WW) 22.90; 3. Sam McKay (R) 23.04; 4. Cody Dengel (MER) 23.93.
400: 1. Marquis Johnson (L) 50.87; 2. McKay (R) 51.28; 3. Lewis (A) 52.14; 4. Chris Seager (WW) 52.78.
800: 1. Jack Micholic (DC) 2:00.00; 2. Paul Dau (DC) 2:00.68; 3. Luke Lang (L) 2:00.69; 4. Mitch Straub (WE) 2:00.87.
1,600: 1. Andrew Nielsen (L) 4:32.88; 2. Cody Artymiuk (A) 4:35.28; 3. Mike Bushar (DC) 4:35.39; 4. Tyler Schertz (WW) 4:36.91.
3,200: 1. Jacob Dirkman (DC) 10:06.93; 2. Artymiuk (A) 10:09.81; 3. Michael Orlowski (L) 10:21.80; 4. Andrew Pitney (WE) 10:22.53.
110 hurdles: 1. Dan Kniech (MAR) 15.16; 2. Josh Brezezinski (DC) 15.55; 3. Keron Howlett (MAR) 15.81; 4. Jamie Marrier (MER) 16.03.
300 hurdles: 1. Kniech (MAR) 40.48; 2. Dustin Buchberger (WW) 41.18; 3. Brezezinski (DC) 41.64; 4. Ben Matsch (WE) 42.23.
400 relay: 1. Marshfield (Logan Schmitz, Gebelein, Howlett, Robinson) 43.34; 2. D.C. Everest 43.71; 3. Merrill 44.43; 4. Wausau West 45.12.
800 relay: 1. D.C. Everest 1:30.38; 2. Marshfield (Schmitz, Gebelein, Howlett, Robinson) 1:31.54; 3. Merrill 1:31.99; 4. Wausau West 1:32.19.
1,600 relay: 1. Merrill 3:27.00; 2. Wausau West 3:29.01; 3. Lakeland 3:29.60; 4. D.C. Everest 3:30.46.
3,200 relay: 1. Lakeland 8:18.89; 2. Wausau East 8:28.78; 3. D.C. Everest 8:38.89; 4. Merrill 8:45.10.
High jump: 1. Buchberger (WW) 5-10; 2. Bryon Andrews (L) 5-10; 3. Nate Kitchell (DC) 5-8; 4. Lucas Olson (MER) 5-8.
Pole vault: 1. Eric VanNatta (DC) 13-3; 2. Alex Parsons (DC) 12-9; 3. Travis Kohnhorst (DC) 12-9; 4. Caleb Hohensee (A) 12-6.
Long jump: 1. Marquis Johnson (L) 21-9.25; 2. Howlett (MAR) 21-4.5; 3. Fischer (WW) 21-3.75; 4. Nick Sierakowski (DC) 19-11.
Triple jump: 1. Nate Kitchell (DC) 43-1; 2. Robinson (MAR) 43-0; 3. Mark McCormick (WE) 41-3.5; 4. Brad Utegaard (WW) 41-2.
Shot put: 1. Nick Grosskopf (DC) 53-10.25; 2. Sam Arneson (MER) 51-10.5; 3. Evan Knutson (WW) 50-11.75; 4. Nick Leskey (MER) 50-3.75.
Discus: 1. Arneson (MER) 185-1; 2. Knutson (WW) 150-4; 3. Grosskopf (DC) 147-9; 4. Leskey (MER) 142-6.
Girls
Team results: 1. Wausau West 138.5; 2. D.C. Everest 128; 3. Wausau East 98; 4. Merrill 81.33; 5. Lakeland 75.33; 6. Marshfield 74.5; 7. Antigo 71.33; 8. Rhinelander 31.
100: 1. Hali Braun (DC) 12.74; 2. Gabrielle Myrie (MAR) 12.95; 3. Mandy Vonderheid (MER) 13.09; 4. Chelsie Marshall (A) 13.10.
200: 1. Rachelle Miller (A) 27.10; 2. Marshall (A) 28.03; 3. Maddy Nelson (A) 28.13; 4. Abby Scharbarth (L) 28.38.
400: 1. Vanessa Boorse (WE) 1:01.45; 2. Meghan Peters (WW) 1:02.94; 3. Amanda Cousins (MAR) 1:04.31; 4. Ellie Keener (WW) 1:04.64.
800: 1. Boorse (WE) 2:20.50; 2. Delaney Fitzpatrick (L) 2:22.85; 3. Ellie Hrdina (WW) 2;22.97; 4. Michaela Matushak (WW) 2:24.29.
1,600: 1. Ashley Eckhoff (WE) 5:28.64; 2. Marissa Matushak (WW) 5:29.98; 3. Fitzpatrick (L) 5:41.38; 4. Krista Maguire (WE) 5:43.00.
3,200: 1. Eckhoff (WE) 11:20.93; 2. Sarah Poirier (WW) 11:21.91; 3. Rebecca Voss (MAR) 11:33.73; 4. Katelyn Stine 9WE) 11:48.47.
100 hurdles: 1. Hailey Deschaine (WW) 16.47; 2. Sara Schleif (MER) 16.84; 3. Emily McGhee (ANT) 16.94; 4. Angelina Her (WW) 17.48.
300 hurdles: 1. Marissa Schaber (DC) 47.66; 2. Johanna Fischer (WW) 47.67; 3. Deschaine (WW) 49.22; 4. Rachel Brodhead (L) 51.34.
400 relay: 1. Marshfield (Alexa Fritsch, Myrie, Nikki Youngblood, Bisola Omoba) 51.40; 2. Merrill 51.75; 3. D.C. Everest 51.85; 4. Wausau East 52.94.
800 relay: 1. Marshfield (Fritsch, Myrie, Youngblood, Omoba) 1:48.29; 2. Antigo 1:50.36; 3. D.C. Everest 1:50.47; 4. Wausau East 1:51.44.
1,600 relay: 1. Wausau West 4:07.83; 2. D.C. Everest 4;13.09; 3. Lakeland 4:16.23; 4. Marshfield (Fritsch, Cousins, Omoba, Youngblood) 4:16.49.
3,200 relay: 1. Wausau West 9:50.76; 2. Wausau East 10:00.92; 3. D.C. Everest 10:05.87; 4. Lakeland 10:25.98.
High jump: 1. Renee Sladek (MER) 5-0; 2. Brianna Ziolkowski (DC) 4-10; 3. Taylor Wissbroecker (R) 4-10; 4. Taylor Gesch (L) 4-10.
Pole vault: 1. Grady Keding (DC) 10-0; 2. Emily Jones (MER) 9-3; 3. Nelson (A) 9-3; 4. Sara Schleif (MER) 8-9.
Long jump: 1. Abby Scharbarth (L) 17-0; 2. Brittany Treptow (DC) 16-1.75; 3. Ellen Bognar (R) 15-6.25; 4. Peters (WW) 15-3.25.
Triple jump: 1. Schaber (DC) 34-11; 2. Tracy Terczynski (WE) 32-10.5; 3. Emily Marciniak (A) 30-10.5; 4. Holly Solomon (DC) 32-7.
Shot put: 1. Paige Day (DC) 39-8; 2. Katie Cihlar (WW) 37-4.75; 3. Jackie Lambrecht (DC) 35-6.5; 4. Michelle Brandt (WW) 35-5.25.
Discus: 1. Day (DC) 131-0; 2. Sladek (MER) 117-2; 3. Katie Cihlar (WW) 116-10; 4. Yasmeena Ougayour (MAR) 107-4.