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MERRILL – Martha Kupfer won the 200 and 400 meters and the Marshfield girls track team had three other event victories in placing third at the 2014 Otto Bucher Invitational on Friday at Merrill High School.
Kupfer won the 200 in 27.98 seconds and the 400 in 1:01.43 for two of the Tigers’ wins. She was also fourth in the triple jump (32-7).
Also placing first for Marshfield were Susan Omoba in the high jump (4 feet, 10 inches), Maria Brix in the pole vault (8-6), and the 800 relay team of Gabby Stauber, Courtney Brown, Kacie Prickett and Ashleigh Sternitzky (1:54.99).
Merrill won the girls team title with 154.5 points, with Edgar second with 136 and Marshfield third with 129.
Merrill also won the boys title with 194 points. The Marshfield boys did not compete in the event.
Marshfield swept third- through fifth-place in the discus. Yasmeena Ougayour was third (99-5), Miranda Forrest took fourth (94-8) and Chelsea Akin was fifth (91-5).
Dani Bender took second in the 800 (2:41:26) and Melissa Brix was third (2:42.15) for the Tigers.
Marshfield will compete at the Tomah Invitational on Tuesday.
Complete results courtesy of performancetiming.com.
2014 Otto Bacher Invitational
May 9 at Merrill High School
Girls
Team scores: 1. Merrill 154.5; 2. Edgar 136; 3. Marshfield 129; 4. Tomahawk 79; 5. Medford 71; 6. Wausau East 61; 7. Lakeland 48; 8. Rhinelander 18; 9. Three Lakes 0.5.
Winners and Marshfield results
High jump: 1. Susan Omoba (MAR) 4-10; 5. Ema Fehrenbach (MAR) 4-6; 7. Jamila Ougayour (MAR) 4-6.
Pole vault: 1. Maria Brix (MAR) 8-6; 10. Gabby Stauber (MAR) 7-0.
Long jump: 1. Morgan Marnholtz (MER) 16-2; 5. Olivia Tierney (MAR) 14-2.
Triple jump: 1. Marnholtz (MER) 34-2; 4. Martha Kupfer (MAR) 32-7; 9. Em. Fehrenbach (MAR) 30-11; 10. Maddie Nikolai (MAR) 30-1.5.
Discus: 1. Renee Sladek (MER) 106-9; 3. Yasmeena Ougayour (MAR) 99-5; 4. Miranda Forrest (MAR) 94-8; 5. Chelsea Akin (MAR) 91-5.
Shot put: 1. Sladek (MER) 38-5.
3,200 relay: 1. Wausau East (Jordan Burton, Abby Sann, Brenna Urmanski, Kennidi Knoblock) 10:11.24; 4. Marshfield (Courtney Brown, Maddison Clemens, Ana Jensen, Madie Koehn) 11:15.07.
100 hurdles: 1. Alayna Hoesly (ED) 16.30.
100: 1. Macey Wirkus (ED) 13.1; 4. Tierney (MAR) 13.59; 9. Madeline Chaltry (MAR) 14.23.
1,600: 1. Burton (WE) 5:40.38.
800 relay: 1. Marshfield (Stauber, Brown, Kacie Prickett, Ashleigh Sternitzky) 1:54.99.
400: 1. Kupfer (MAR) 1:01.43; 10. Nikolai (MAR) 1:10.62; 11. Jensen (MAR) 1:11.88.
400 relay: 1. Tomahawk (Hanna Meyer, Emmy Larson, Emily Verkilen, Lauren Hilt) 53.97; 4. Marshfield (Tierney, Omoba, Angelina Dumones, Chaltry) 54.77.
300 hurdles: 1. Wirkus (ED) 48.68; 4. Sternitzky (MAR) 53.55; 9. Ashley Holubets (MAR) 56.85.
800: 1. Jessi Krause (ED) 2:37.71; 2. Dani Bender (MAR) 2:41.26; 3. Melissa Brix (MAR) 2:42.15.
200: 1. Kupfer (MAR) 27.98; 5. Prickett (MAR) 29.98.
3,200: 1. Knoblock (WE) 11:57.18; 4. Koehn (MAR) 13:30.41.
400 relay: 1. Merrill (Hannah Marrier, Lauren Hojan, Ashley Berton, Marnholtz) 4:23.64; 3. Marshfield (Holubets, Stauber, Bender, Ellie Kummer) 4:32.04.
Boys
Team scores: 1. Merrill 194; 2. Lakeland 141; 3. Antigo 74; 4. Medford 69.5; 5. Tomahawk 64; 6. Edgar 63; 7. Wausau East 51; 8. Rhinelander 28; 9. Three Lakes 9.5.