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ROSHOLT – Auburndale’s Danica Harrison, Stratford’s Matt Zuelke and Spencer’s Marcie Hebert each qualified for the state track meet in two events by placing in the top four at the WIAA Division 3 Sectional Meet on Thursday at Rosholt High School.
The trio will be among the large group of local athletes that will compete at the WIAA State Track and Field Championships at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse on June 3-4.
Extra qualifiers, those placing in the top eight statewide, will be announced Friday.
Harrison, Zuelke and Hebert each won an event and placed second in another to secure a spot at the state meet.
Harrison won the girls 1,600 meters in 5:23.73 and was second in the 3,200 in 12:01.35. Danielle Leffel of Stratford was seventh in the 1,600 and teammate Megan Skwierczynski took fifth in the 3,200.
Auburndale also had two additional girls qualify for the state meet. Freshman Lakisha Sutton took third in the 200 meters, running in 27.23 seconds, and senior Kelly Tomfohrde took third in the pole vault (9 feet, 6 inches). Tomfohrde failed to qualify in the long jump, taking 12th.
Zuelke was one of two individuals and two relay teams to qualify for the Stratford boys team.
Zuelke won the 3,200 in 10:08.91 and placed second in the 1,600 in 4:35.19. Aaron Swensen of Auburndale was 15th in the 3,200 (11:27.61).
Zuelke will be joined at state by Jake Griffith, who was second in the pole vault (13-0), the 800 relay team of Austin Shelley, Eli Temanson, Mark Marquardt and Nick Viegut (fourth in 1:36.11 and the 400 relay team of Dylan Kell, Temanson, Phil Sersch and Viegut (second in 45.87).
Sersch (200), Marquardt (high jump) and the 1,600 and 3,200 relay teams failed to qualify for Stratford.
Hebert won the girls discus with a toss of 124 feet, 7 inches, and was third in the shot put (36-1.75) as the senior qualified in both events. Tracy Arnes of Stratford was 14th in the discus (86-8).
Auburndale’s C.J. Castellano was the only other local boy to qualify for the state meet. He took second in the high jump with a leap of 5-11. His brother, Isaac Castellano, placed 13th in the high jump and seventh in the 800 meters.
The Spencer relay team of Rudy Nieman, Josh Miller, Josh Olson and Austin Mueller failed to qualify in any of its three races, taking 12th in the 800 relay, and 15th in the 400 relay and the 1,600 relay. Olson took ninth in the triple jump as the Rockets were shutout of the state meet.
Marshfield Columbus Catholic also failed to gain an entry into the state meet.
Travis Wienke took 15th in the 400, the 3,200 relay team of David Clevleand, Wienke, Travis Pischel and Tyler Derfus took fifth, and Cleveland was 10th and Pischel took 16th in the 800 meters.
Auburndale’s Tom Sabel did not qualify for the finals in the 100 meters and teammate Jake Hansen was 11th in the shot put.
The Marshfield Columbus Catholic and Stratford girls each had a relay team that will move on to state.
The Columbus 400 relay team of Mariah Heiman, Lindsey Brandt, Abigal Gotz and Kayla Selz finished fourth in 52.57 seconds, while the Stratford 800 relay team of Brooke Schultze, Abby Bender, Josie Kolbeck and Toshia Spindler was fourth in 1:51.74.
The same group of Columbus girls took fifth in the 800 relay and the Dons’ 3,200 relay team of Riley Roehl, Nikki Hertel, Claire Pinter, Deanna Kaiser also finished fifth.
WIAA Division 3 Sectional
May 26 at Rosholt
Boys
Team standings: 1. Edgar 81; 2. Iola-Scandinavia 70; 3. Wild Rose 67; 4. Rosholt 66; 5. Athens 56; 6. Wausau Newman Catholic 52; 7. Marathon 43; 8. Stratford 42; 9. Tri-County 35; 10. Crivitz and Gillett 31; 12. Suring 25; 13. Lena 19; 14. Florence 12; 15. Auburndale 10; 16. Northland Lutheran, Three Lakes and Coleman 7; 19. Wisconsin Rapids Assumption and Stevens Point Pacelli 6; 21. Marion 5; 22. Gresham/Bowler, Niagara and Marshfield Columbus Catholic 4; 25. Loyal, Manawa and Spencer 3; 28. Shiocton 2.
State qualifiers
(top 4) and local finishersDiscus: 1. Viktor Stelter (ED) 163-2; 2. Ryan Paulick (SUR) 159-1; 3. Bryce Stieber (MAR) 146-4; 4. Jesse Call (AT) 146-1.
Pole vault: 1. Jake Wiedemeier (CRV) 13-9; 2. Jake Griffith (ST) 13-0; 3. Chris Seefeldt (LEN) 12-9; 4. Treven Gezella (CRV) 12-9.
Triple jump: 1. Kyle Schueller (ED) 43-3.5; 2. Alec Dix (WR) 41-6.5; 3. Devin Peterson (IS) 4-8; 4. Zac Jones (FLO) 40-6.5; 6. Josh Olson (SP) 40-4.
110 hurdles: 1. Devin Peterson (IS) 15.40; 2. Tamas Peterson (IS) 15.99; 3. Kyle Wolf (ED) 16.00; 4. Tyler Schwartzman (TC) 16.42.
100: 1. Schueller (ED) 11.42; 2. Chris Seefeldt (LEN) 11.59; 3. Matthew Weise (AT) 11.61; 4. Jay Tienor (SUR) 11.63; Tom Sabel (AUB) 12.44 (did not qualify for finals).
1,600: 1. Jordan Yenter (ROS) 4:34.35; 2. Matt Zuelke (ST) 4:35.19; 3. Ben Hoffman (IS) 4:37.21.
800 relay: 1. Tri-County 1:33.56; 2. Athens 1:34.67; 3. Wausau Newman Catholic 1:34.84; 4. Stratford (Austin Shelley, Eli Temanson, Mark Marquardt, Nick Viegut) 1:36.11; 12. Spencer (Rudy Nieman, Olson, Josh Miller, Austin Mueller) 1:40.67.
400: 1. Luke Hruska (WN) 52.50; 2. Brian Erickson (WR) 52.73; 3. Kyle Ladwig (GIL) 52.80; 4. Ben Nyman (WR) 53.45; 15. Travis Wienke (MCC) 59.16.
400 relay: 1. Athens 45.04; 2. Stratford (Dylan Kell, Temanson, Phil Sersch, Viegut) 45.87; 3. Wausau Newman 45.96; 4. Wild Rose 46.24; 15. Spencer (Mueller, Nieman, Olson, Miller) 48.43.
300 hurdles: 1. Eric Schwartzman (TC) 40.21; 2. T. Peterson (IS) 40.77; 3. Andrew Wilke (WN) 42.24; 4. Jorday Beyersdorf (IS) 42.69.
200: 1. D. Peterson (IS) 22.94; 2. Schueller (ED) 23.56; 3. Zach Schreiner (AT) 23.68; 4. Schwartzman (TC) 23.88; Sersch (ST) 24.89 (did not qualify for finals).
1,600 relay; 1. Iola-Scandinavia 3:29.51; 2. Wausau Newman 3:31.03; 3. Rosholt 3:31.36; 4. Wild Rose 3:34.08; 9. Stratford (Shelley, Henry Uthmeier, Temanson, Marquardt) 3:41.16; 15. Spencer (Mueller, Olson, Nieman, Miller) 3:50.71.
Long jump: 1. Wiese (AT) 20-6.75; 2. Schueller (ED) 20-4.75; 3. Lukas Eichinger (WRA) 19-10.5; 4. Blake Lambert (MARI) 19-8.5; 12. Marquardt (ST) 18-8.5.
High jump: 1. Ryan Wierzba (ROS) 6-0; 2. CJ Castellano (AUB) 5-11; 3. Zachary Lemmer (AT) 5-11; 4. Caden Untiedt (ED) 5-11; 13. Isaac Castellano (AUB) 5-4.
Shot put: 1. Brad Bernarde (MAR) 53-0.5; 2. Jeff Raymond (ED) 52-3.25; 3. Ryan Paulick (SUR) 52-1.75; 4. Chad Strehlow (SUR) 51-0.5; 11. Jake Hansen (AUB) 43-8.25.
3,200 relay: 1. Rosholt 8:18.34; 2. Gillett 8:21.50; 3. Wild Rose 8:24.11; 4. Marathon 8:27.94; 5. Marshfield Columbus (David Cleveland, Wienke, Travis Pischel, Tyler Derfus) 8:37.46; 6. Stratford (Zuelke, Marquardt, Sam Guyer, Shelley) 8:38.80.
3,200: 1. Zuelke (ST) 10:08.91; 2. Andrew Studinski (MAR) 10:10.73; 3. David Jadack (SPP) 10:15.15; 4. Jordan Yenter (ROS) 10:31.40; 15. Aaron Swensen (AUB) 11:27.61.
800: 1. Darren Hudziak (WR) 2:02.95; 2. Ryan Wierzba (ROS) 2:04.23; 3. Kyle Wallaca (ROS) 2:04.65; 4. Alex Kohn (GIL) 2:05.13; 7. Isaac Castellano (AUB) 2:07.96; 10. Cleveland (MCC) 2;11.92; 16. Pischel (MCC) 2:15.87.
Girls
Team standings: 1. Edgar 156; 2. Wild Rose 72; 3. Wausau Newman Catholic 63.5; 4. Marathon 61.5; 5. Auburndale and Stevens Point Pacelli 30; 7. Tigerton 28; 8. Gillett 27; 9. Athens 21; 10. Florence, Pittsville and Suring 20; 13. Marshfield Columbus Catholic and Lena 17; 15. Spencer 16; 16. Stratford 15.5; 17. Port Edwards 15; 18. Coleman and Rosholt 14; 20. Niagara 13; 21. Iola-Scandinavia 11; 22. Manawa 6; 24. Neenah St. Mary Central 3; 25. Tri-County 2.5; 26. Three Lakes 2; 27. Greshman/Bowler, Shiocton and Almond-Bancroft 1.
State qualifiers (top 4) and local finishers
High jump: 1. Jenna Breaker (TIG) 5-5; 2. Stormy Gerndt (SUR) 5-0; 3. Elizabeth Pospyhalla (ED) 5-0; 4. Emily Minniecheske (TIG) 5-0; 6. Abby Bender (ST) 4-10; 9. Kyleigh Hebert (SP) 4-10.
Long jump: 1. Jena Heidmann (ED) 16-6.5; 2. Breaker (TIG) 15-10.75; 3. Brianna Wirkus (MAR) 15-4.5; 4. Lidia Frias (IS) 15-0; 12. Kelly Tomfohrde (AUB) 14-0.25; 13. Kyleigh Hebert (SP) 13-10.25.
Shot put: 1. Melanie Brickner (MAR) 40-10; 2. Haley Zakrzewski (ROS) 37-11.75; 3. Marcie Hebert (SP) 36-1.75; 4. Jessica Janke (AT) 35-4.
3,200 relay: 1. Pittsville 10:10.82; 2. Wild Rose 10:13.49; 3. Marathon 10:15.46; 4. Edgar 10:16.43; 5. Marshfield Columbus (Riley Roehl, Nikki Hertel, Claire Pinter, Deanna Kaiser) 10:21.38; 12. Spencer (Alicia Endreas, Jessica Ruhbusch, Macie Wienke, Aly Hannan) 11:22.00.
100 hurdles: 1. Tessa Thurs (ED) 15.47; 2. Teresa Rock (WN) 16.10; 3. Morgan Yeska (WR) 16.70; 4. Kathryn De Jung (GIL) 16.80; Diana Holzberger (MCC) 18.41 (did not qualify for finals).
100: 1. Emily Dittman (ED) 12.76; 2. Heidmann (ED) 12.84; 3. Cherise Patz (COL) 12.91; 4. Karina Marchan (WR) 13.12; Mariah Heiman (MCC) 13.56 (did not qualify for finals).
800 relay: 1. Edgar 1:45.30; 2. Wausau Newman Catholic 1:49.97; 3. Wild Rose (1:51.03); 4. Stratford (Brooke Schultze, Bender, Josie Kolbeck, Toshia Spindler) 1:51.74; 5. Marshfield Columbus (Mariah Heiman, Lindsey Brandt, Abigal Gotz, Kayla Selz) 1:51.91.
400: 1. Pospyhalla (ED) 59.84; 2. Sarah Connolly (WN) 1:00.76; 3. Brooke Seubert (MAR) 1:01.74; 4. Danielle Muntner (WR) 1:02.78; 10. Angie Seubert (MCC) 1:08.18.
400 relay: 1. Edgar 50.68; 2. Marathon 51.69; 3. Wild Rose 52.09; 4. Marshfield Columbus (Heiman, L. Brandt, Gotz, Selz) 52.57; 8. Stratford (Schultze, Bender, Kolbeck, Spindler) 53.67.
300 hurdles: 1. Thurs (ED) 45.83; 2. Rock (WN) 47.33; 3. Shannon Schaal (RIL) 49.12; 4. Haley Hazlett (WR) 49.80; 10. Katy Jensen (MCC) 53.51; 15. Carrie Stroetz (ST) 56.80.
200: 1. Kira Dittman (ED) 26.66; 2. Abby Brown (WN) 27.15; 3. Lakisha Sutton (AUB) 27.23; 4. Kasia Wojciehoski (SPP) 27.25; Emma Steines (AUB) 29.50 (did not qualify for finals).
3,200: 1. Annette Lemanski (FLO) 11:57.31; 2. Danica Harrison (AUB) 12:01.35; 3. Gillian Jepson (WR) 12:26.21; 4. Tory Palmer (PIT) 12:30.35; 5. Megan Skwierczynski (ST) 12:37.05.
1,600 relay; 1. Edgar 4:07.18; 2. Wausau Newman 4:13.81; 3. Wild Rose 4:15.31; 4. Marathon 4:19.81; 8. Stratford (Macy Huettl, Bender, Kolbeck, Rachel Adank) 4:30.92.
Discus: 1. M. Hebert (SP) 124-7; 2. Melanie Brickner (MAR) 115-10; 3. Haley Zakrzewski (ROS) 110-3; 4. Lauren Kasten (GIL) 110-2; 14. Tracy Arnes (ST) 86-8.
Pole vault: 1. Faryn Wirkus (ED) 11-0; 2. Marlena Wagner (LEN) 10-3; 3. Tomfohrde (AUB) 9-6; 4. Rock (WN) 8-9; 10. Spindler (ST) 7-6.
Triple jump: 1. Sabrina Morgan (PE)35-7; 2. Thurs (ED) 35-5.5; 3. Emily Jaeger (SUR) 34-4.75; 4. Breaker (TIG) 34-1.25; 11. Steines (AUB) 30-10.25; 12. Kyleigh Hebert (SP) 30-8.5.
1,600: 1. Harrison (AUB) 5:23.73; 2. Annette Lemanski (FLO) 5:24.15; 3. Ana Breit (SPP) 5:29.59; 4. Sydney Pavlat (WR) 5:39.38; 7. Danielle Leffel (ST) 5:50.51.
800: 1. Pospyhalla (ED) 2:21.27; 2. Breit (SPP) 2:22.20; 3. Jenna Carlton (NIA) 2:25.49; 4. Pavlat (WR) 2:25.89; 5. Deanna Kaiser (MCC) 2:25.91.