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RIB MOUNTAIN – The Marshfield boys finished third and the girls took fourth at the D.C. Everest Evergreen Invitational on Tuesday at Nine-Mile Forest.
Stevens Point grabbed the top five spots to win the boys event, led by winner Evan Hatton, who finished in 16:31.1.
D.C. Everest was second, followed by Marshfield. Max Tibbett led the Tigers with an 11th-place finish in 17:34.2. The next four Tigers finished between 26th and 32nd.
Rebecca Voss topped the Marshfield girls by taking fifth in 20:42.2. Mckayla Scheuer was 15th and Madie Koehn was 19th to held Marshfield finish with 89 points, just three behind third-place Clintonville.
Stevens Point had the top four finishers to win the team title. Hannah Beilke won in 19:45.6, edging teammate Mya Zajakowski by 8 seconds.
“The boys really surprised me with their third-place finish,” Marshfield coach Dan Akin said. “It was great to have Talon (Labrec) back on varsity and the other boys responded well. Our group of runners really helped each other out today.
“We had three (girls) medalists today in Rebecca, McKayla and Madie. We had some solid groupings today, but we still need to keep improving as the season progresses.”
The Columbus Catholic boys took fifth, with four of its top five runners finishing between 25th and 38th. Jeremy Binder led the Dons, taking 25th in 18:54.9.
The Dons had just one girl run in the event. Rachel Roehl finished 44th in 24:23.6.
Marshfield and Columbus Catholic will both be competing at the Smiley Invitational on Saturday in Wausau.
D.C. Everest Evergreen Invitational
Sept. 17, at Nine-Mile Forest, Rib Mountain
Boys
Team results: 1. Stevens Point 15; 2. D.C. Everest 65; 3. Marshfield 122; 4. Rhinelander 158; 5. Marshfield Columbus Catholic 177; 6. Wisconsin Rapids 188; 7. Wittenberg-Birnamwood 202; 8. Rosholt 230; 9. Crandon 262; 10. Menasha 279; 11. Clintonville 283; 12. Laona/Wabeno 289; 13. Florence 320.
Top 10 individuals: 1. Evan Hatton (SP) 16:31.1; 2. Sam Sheibley (SP) 16:39.4; 3. Derek Cruz (SP) 16:59.7; 4. Tyler Tanko (SP) 17:02.3; 5. Sam Anderson (SP) 17:05.0; 6. Anthony Anderson (DC) 17:11.2; 7. Brad Luetschwager (SP) 17:15.9; 8. Isaiah George (SP) 17:18.2; 9. Sam O’Melia (RH) 17:21.4; 10. Devin Greiner (WR) 17:23.4.
Marshfield finishers: 11. Max Tibbett 17:34.2; 26. James Kollross 18:56.2; 29. Devon Klement 19:04.0; 31. Alex Gunn 19:07.1; 32. Talon Labrec 19:08.9; 48. Randy Witzel 20:01.9; 50. Brett Roeglin 20:09.2.
Marshfield Columbus Catholic finishers: 25. Jeremy Binder 18:54.9; 33. Sam Studinger 19:09.3; 35. Ben Behling 19:14.1; 38. Benny Frericks 19:31.9; 55. Evan Nikolai 20:18.9; 56. Alex Baierl 20:22.4; 59. Kienan McIntee 20:27.3.
Girls
Team results: 1. Stevens Point 17; 2. D.C. Everest 68; 3. Clintonville 86; 4. Marshfield 89; 5. Menasha 151; 6. Rosholt 179; 7. Wittenberg-Birnamwood 182; 8. Wisconsin Rapids 210; 9. Rhinelander 247; 10. Crandon 269; Marshfield Columbus Catholic, Florence and Laona/Wabeno incomplete.
Top 10 individuals: 1. Hannah Beilke (SP) 19:45.6; 2. Mya Zajakowski (SP) 19:53.5; 3. Autum Shurbert-Hetzel (SP) 20:03.6; 4. Abbey Hyland (SP) 20:20.3; 5. Rebecca Voss (MAR) 20:42.2; 6. Ariana Chirstophersen (DC) 20:43.3; 7. Savannah Soik (SP) 20:54.1; 8. Dorene Sanchez (DC) 20:54.8; 9. Jessica Petruzates (CL) 20:54.9; 10. Kimby Klein (SP) 21:03.0.
Other Marshfield finishers: 15. Mckayla Scheuer 21:56.5; 19. Madie Koehn 22:05.0; 26. Melissa Brix 22:23.1; 28. Gabby Stauber 22:45.5; 29. Courtney Brown 22:48.1; 30. Maddison Clemens 22:54.8
Marshfield Columbus Catholic finisher: 44. Rachel Roehl 24:23.6.