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COLBY – The Spencer boys finished second and both the Marshfield Columbus Catholic boys and girls were third at the 2016 Eastern Cloverbelt Conference Track & Field Meet on Tuesday at Colby High School.
Neillsville/Granton won both team championships, the girls by just 10 points over Spencer. The Spencer boys were fourth in the eight-team meet.
Columbus Catholic and Spencer each won seven events.
Senior Alexandra Hutchison led the way for the Dons girls, repeating as conference champion in the 100 (12.68 seconds) and 200 meters (26.21), and adding the 400 title (59.33) to her resume.
Also winning the Columbus girls was the 3,200 relay team of Morgan Albrecht, Becca Wirthlin, Hannah Grubofski and Natalie Pospyhalla, finishing with a time of 11:05.89.
Spencer’s Nadia King repeated as the 1,600-meter run champion, finishing in 5:50.21. She also finished second to Hutchison in the 400 and 200.
Other girls champions for Spencer were Sabrina Vircks, who won the high jump (5 feet) and triple jump (33-0), and Johanna Ellefson, who took first in the pole vault (9-6).
On the boys side, Noah Zastrow won the pole vault (13-6) and Max Johnson was the shot put champion (51-4) for Spencer.
Taking first for Columbus Catholic were Farid Torbey in the high jump (6-2), the 3,200 relay team of Leonard Steinert, Jon Viegut, Peyton Nystrom and Jeremiah Giles (9:07.92) and the 400 relay team of Elijah Welsh, Leo Pittsley, David Nielsen and Torbey (46.48).
Spencer and Columbus Catholic will compete in the WIAA Division 3 regional on Monday at Marathon.
2016 Eastern Cloverbelt Conference Track & Field Meet
Girls
Team scores: 1. Neillsville/Granton 157; 2. Spencer 147; 3. Marshfield Columbus Catholic 103; 4. Colby 85; 5. Greenwood 67; 6. Loyal 64; 7. Owen-Withee 44; 8. Gilman 14.
Winners, and Spencer and Marshfield Columbus Catholic finishers
3,200 relay: 1. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Morgan Albrecht, Becca Wirthlin, Hannah Grubofski, Natalie Pospyhalla) 11:05.89; 2. Spencer (Kaitilin Kasch, Brianna Frederickson, McKenna Brecht, Sydney Johnson) 11:17.60.
100 hurdles: 1. Kayla Lis (NG) 18.27; 3. Alyssa Stoiber (SP) 18.76; 5. Liz Endreas (SP) 19.42; 6. Brionna Zygarlicke (MCC) 20.24.
100: 1. Alexandra Hutchison (MCC) 12.68; 4. Lauren Faber (SP) 13.61.
1,600: 1. Nadia King (SP) 5:50.21; 4. Wirthlin (MCC) 6:13.23; 5. Melanie Lang (MCC) 6:16.09; 12. Amanda Doescher (SP) 9:30.95.
800 relay: 1. Neillsville/Granton (Kelly Barth, Olivia Hanson, Mindy Schoengarth, Lauren Mesar) 1:53.69; 2. Spencer (Endreas, Brecht, Stoiber, Johnson) 1:57.76; 5. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Kaitlyn Turchi, Kendra Baierl, Stephanie Johnson, Chaewon Kim) 2:21.10.
400: 1. Hutchison (MCC) 59.33; 2. King (SP) 1:04.80; 3. Kaily Northup (SP) 1:05.76.
400 relay: 1. Loyal (Edrea Kubista, Jennifer Szymanski, Amanda Zettler, Bailey Waldhauser) 54.05; 3. Spencer (Johanna Ellefson, Johnson, Kasch, Faber) 55.69; 4. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Baierl, Turchi, Natalie Jacobson, Sophia Hackel) 59.28.
300 hurdles: 1. Barth (NG) 50.33; 6. Stoiber (SP) 57.90; 7. Brianna Frederickson (SP) 58.52; 8. Zygarlicke (MCC) 1:01.05.
800: 1. Sophie Katcher (NG) 2:40.29; 3. Kasch (SP) 2:45.39; 4. Hannah Grubofski (MCC) 2:45.54; 5. Brecht (SP) 2:45.83; 8. Albrecht (MCC) 2:55.10.
200: 1. Hutchison (MCC) 26.21; 2. King (SP) 27.38; 7. Northup (SP) 28.71.
3,200: 1. Isabelle Feiten (COLBY) 13:19.03; 3. Pospyhalla (MCC) 13:56.66; 4. Lang (MCC) 14:07.29; 8. Destiny Lang (SP) 17:11.06.
1,600 relay: 1. Spencer (Endreas, Faber, Sabrina Vircks, Northup) 4:27.18; 4. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Zygarlicke, Jacobson, Albrecht, Grubofski) 4:55.14.
High jump: 1. Vircks (SP) 5-0; 2. Baierl (MCC) 4-8; 6. Ellefson (SP) 4-4; 8. Jacobson (MCC) 4-0.
Pole vault: 1. Ellefson (SP) 9-6; 4. Northup (SP) 7-6; 6. Kaelyn Lyon (SP) 7-3.
Long jump: 1. Bailey Waldhauser (LOY) 16-0.75; 4. Endreas (SP) 14-5.5.
Triple jump: 1. Vircks (SP) 33-0; 8. Baierl (MCC) 29-4; 10. Turchi (MCC) 27-10.
Discus: 1. Arianna Perschke (NG) 85-8; 4. Catherine Pinter (MCC) 77-6; 5. Johnson (MCC) 76-2; 9. Ellefson (SP) 67-9; 15. Hayden Czaikowski (SP) and Kim (MCC) 51-2; 17. Faber (SP) 49-8.
Shot put: 1. Mackenzie Huber (COLBY) 32-6.5; 5. Stoiber (SP) 29-0; 8. Johnson (MCC) 25-5; 10. Pinter (MCC) 22-9; 11. Kim (MCC) 22-8.5; 12. Czaikowski (SP) 20-7.
Boys
Team scores: 1. Neillsville/Granton 177; 2. Loyal 163.50; 3. Marshfield Columbus Catholic 100; 4. Spencer 83.5; 5. Gilman 69; 6. Colby 56; 7. Owen-Withee 22; 8. Greenwood 6.
Winners, and Spencer and Marshfield Columbus Catholic finishers
3,200 relay: 1. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Leonard Steinert, Jon Viegut, Peyton Nystrom, Jeremiah Giles) 9:07.92; 3. Spencer (Dakota Andreae, Collin Neiman, Aaron Pankratz, Isaiah Schilling) 9:40.10.
110 hurdles: 1. Mason Barth (NG) 16.30; 5. Mason Barth (SP) 20.46.
100: 1. Ethan Aldinger (GIL) 11.64.
1,600: 1. Preston Mertins (COLBY) 4:38.55; 4. Tim Gruenloh (MCC) 5:05.09; 6. Benny Frericks (MCC) 5:11.59; 8. Steinert (MCC) 5:16.28; 11. Colten Post (SP) 6:10.82.
800 relay: 1. Neillsville/Granton (Nick May, Mason Barth, Chase Ehlers, Mike Dux) 1:34.82; 2. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Elijah Welsh, Leo Pittsley, David Nielsen, Farid Torbey) 1:35.71; 4. Spencer (Schilling, Rylie Schmidt, Jacob Miller, Noah Zastrow) 1:41.79.
400: 1. Jabob Walter (NG) 53.73; 6. Schmidt (SP) 57.25; 7. Nadim Torbey (MCC) 1:00.03; 8. Wyatt Bauer (MCC) 1:00.33; 9. Pankratz (SP) 1:00.53; 12. William Boyer (MCC) 1:10.24.
400 relay: 1. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Welsh, Pittsley, Nielsen, F. Torbey) 46.48; 4. Spencer (Alek Siegel, Max Johnson, Miller, Zastrow) 50.84.
300 hurdles: 1. Barth (NG) 42.04; 6. Barth (SP) 47.98; 7. Jacob Hainzlsperger (SP) 48.04; 8. Jacob Schneider (SP) 48.62; 10. Giles (MCC) 48.97.
800: 1. Mertins (COLBY) 2:07.61; 3. Nystrom (MCC) 2:10.53; 7. Viegut (MCC) 2:14.31.
200: 1. Walter (NG) 23.61; 3. Pittsley (MCC) 23.93; 5. Nielsen (MCC) 24.58; 6. Schmidt (SP) 24.78.
3,200: 1. Mertins (COLBY) 10:26.62; 5. Frericks (MCC) 11:32.07; 6. Gruenloh (MCC) 11:35.27; 7. Zach Gotz (MCC) 12:17.97; 10. Post (SP) 14:48.37.
1,600 relay: 1. Gilman (Aldinger, Brady Emstrom, Torgor Crick, Travis Lato) 3:43.85; 4. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Nystrom, Viegut, Giles, Steinert) 3:59.65; 5. Spencer (Barth, Collin Neiman, Pankratz, Schneider) 4:06.15.
High jump: 1. F. Torbey (MCC) 6-2; 4. Miller (SP) 5-8; 7. Barth (SP) 5-0.
Pole vault: 1. Zastrow (SP) 13-6; 4. Miller (SP) 10-6.
Long jump: 1. Aldinger (GIL) 20-0; 8. Hainzlsperger (SP) 16-7.5; 11. Pittsley (MCC) 14-10.75; 12. Andreae (SP) 14-10.
Triple jump: 1. Marlin Pogodzinski (OW) 40-2; 4. Schmidt (SP) 36-8; 5. Giles (MCC) 34-10; 7. Andreae (SP) 34-0.5.
Discus: 1. Andrew Buchanan (LOY) 128-4; 3. Welsh (MCC) 120-4; 4. Logan Zschernitz (SP) 110-0; 7. David Rasmussen (MCC) 101-8; 13. Nate Karau (SP) 87-2; 15. Max Weber (SP) 82-3.
Shot put: 1. Johnson (SP) 51-4; 4. Welsh (MCC) 41-2.5; 6. Zschernitz (SP) 37-10.5; 8. Rasmussen (MCC) 35-8.