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GILMAN – Spencer senior Noah Zastrow won four events, including the pole vault for the fourth-straight year, to lead the Rockets to the boys team victory at the 2017 Eastern Cloverbelt Conference Track & Field Meet.
The meet began Tuesday and was finished Thursday after thunderstorms postponed the final events on Tuesday.
The Spencer boys won six other events to finish with 197 points, 35 ahead of second-place Loyal. Marshfield Columbus Catholic was fourth and had two individual champions.
Neillsville/Granton won the girls team title with 176 points, 16 ahead of Colby. Loyal was third with 88.5 points, followed by Spencer with 88. Columbus Catholic was sixth with 48.
Zastrow won the pole vault with a vault of 15 feet, the long jump with a leap of 21 feet, 1 inch, and both the 110-meter hurdles (16.72) and the 300 hurdles (40.39).
Aaron Pankratz won two individual titles for Spencer, taking first in the 400 (52.43) and the 800 (2:05.98), and was part of the winning 1,600 relay team, along with Collin Nieman, Isaiah Schillinger and Rylie Schmidt, that won in 3:45.23.
Also winning titles for the Rockets were Hunter Luepke in the 100 meters (11.62), Max Johnson in the shot put (51-10.5) and Logan Zschernitz in the discus (134-2). The shot put title was Johnson’s second in a row. Zschernitz also placed second in the shot put (46-5).
Joshua Guyer won the 3,200 in 10:48.55 and was part of the winning 3,200 relay team, along with Jeremiah Giles, Jon Viegut, and Peyton Nystrom, that won in 9:02.66 for the Columbus Catholic boys. Giles, Viegut and Nystrom were part of the Dons’ winning 3,200 relay team a year ago.
Leo Pittsley finished second in the 200 in 23:57 for the Dons.
The Spencer girls won two events and were runner-ups in two others.
Johanna Ellefson repeated as the pole vault champion (10-7) and the 1,600 relay team of Sabrina Vircks, Liz Endreas, Kaily Northup and Lauren Faber won in 4:26.97 for Spencer.
Northup was second in the 400 (1:06.72) and Vircks took second in the high jump (5-0) for the rockets.
The Columbus girls had second-place finishes from Jessica Jakopin in the shot put (31-5) and the 3,200 relay team of Hannah Grubofski, Melanie Lang, Natalie Pospyhalla, and Morgan Albrecht (11:16.14).
Both Spencer and Columbus Catholic will participate in the WIAA Division 3 regional on Monday at Marathon.
2017 Eastern Cloverbelt Conference Track & Field Meet
May 16 and May 18, at Gilman High School
Girls
Team scores: 1. Neillsville/Granton 176; 2. Colby 160; 3. Loyal 88.5; 4. Spencer 88; 5. Greenwood 62; 6. Marshfield Columbus Catholic 48; 7. Owen-Withee 36.5; 8. Gilman 21.
Winners, and Spencer and Columbus Catholic results
100: 1. Carley Elmhorst (COLB) 13.50; 4. Delaney Eichman (SP) 14.10; 7. Lauren Faber (SP) 14.18.
200: 1. Elmhorst (COLB) 27.43; 7. Sabrina Vircks (SP) 29.30; 8. Liz Endreas (SP) 29.41.
400: 1. Olivia Hanson (NG) 1:05.37; 2. Kaily Northup (SP) 1:06.72; 8. McKenna Brecht (SP) 1:12.12.
800: 1. Chloee Lowry (NG) 2:37.37; 6. Hannah Grubofski (MCC) 2:45.99; 8. Morgan Albrecht (MCC) 2:51.04; 9. Kaitlin Kasch (SP) 2:54.58; 11. McKenna Brecht (SP) 3:00.53.
1,600: 1. Isabelle Feiten (COLB) 6:21.21; 5. Leah Nieman (SP) 6:30.20; 8. Greta Schiferl (MCC) 8:20.60.
3,200: 1. Abbie Hediger (COLB) 13:29.01; 5. Melanie Lang (MCC) 13:56.81; 6. Kaylee Wehrman (SP) 14:42.55.
100 hurdles: 1. Edrea Kubista (LOY) 17.39; 5. Brionna Zygarlicke (MCC) 19.92; 6. Johanna Ellefson (SP) 21.48.
300 hurdles: 1. Kelly Barth (NG) 48.95; 9. Zygarlicke (MCC) 1:00.06; 11. Ryleigh McGiveron (MCC) 1:22.72.
400 relay: 1. Loyal (Kubista, Rachel Hederer, Gabrielle Hederer, Bailey Waldhauser) 52.82; 3. Spencer (Ellefson, Eichman, Faber, Sydney Johnson) 54.48; 6. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Sophia Hackel, Jessica Jakopin, Celine Scholin, Ryleigh McGiveron) 1:03.09.
800 relay: 1. Neillsville/Granton (Morgan Hauge, Kelly Barth, Hanson, Allie Schoengarth) 1:50.73; 3. Spencer (Eichman, Ellefson, Kasch, Vircks) 1:59.63; 5. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Hackel, Jakopin, Scholin, Melanie Lang) 2:09.93.
1,600 relay: 1. Spencer (Vircks, Endreas, Northup, Faber) 4:26.97.
3,200 relay: 1. Neillsville/Granton (Lily Frank, Ellie Knodle, Emily Brekke, Chloee Lowry) 11:14.80; 2. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Hannah Grubofski, Lang, Natalie Pospyhalla, Morgan Albrecht) 11:16.14; 4. Spencer (Johnson, Nieman, Sophie Shaw, Katie Volovsek) 11:49.10.
High jump: 1. Bailey Waldhauser (LOY) 5-2; 2. Vircks (SP) 5-0; 4. Kendra Baierl (MCC) 4-10.
Pole vault: 1. Ellefson (SP) 10-7; 3. Eichman (SP) 7-6.
Long jump: 1. Waldhauser (LOY) 16-0.25; 5. Northup (SP) 14-5.5; 7. Kendra Baierl (MCC) 14-5.25; 9. Liz Endreas (SP) 14-2; 11. Hackel (MCC) 12-9.5.
Triple jump: 1. Hailey Voelker (COLB) 33-0; 5. Vircks (SP) 30-0.5; 12. Brecht (SP) 26-1; 13. Wehrman (SP) 24-7.
Shot put: 1. Mackenzie Huber (COLB) 34-2; 2. Jakopin (MCC) 31-5.
Discus: 1. Jen Wendler (OW) 109-9; 4. Jakopin (MCC) 84-8.
Boys
Team scores: 1. Spencer 197; 2. Loyal 162; 3. Neillsville/Granton 117; 4. Marshfield Columbus Catholic 55; 5. Owen-Withee 53; 6. Gilman 47; 7. Colby 40; 8. Greenwood 11.
100: 1. Hunter Luepke (SP) 11.62; 7. Isaiah Schilling (SP) 12.21; 8. Jose Martin (MCC) 12.37.
200: 1. Skylar Ruggles (LOY) 23.55; 2. Leo Pittsley (MCC) 23.57; 4. Rylie Schmidt (SP) 23.79; 7. Schillinger (SP) 23.93.
400: 1. Aaron Pankratz (SP) 52.43; 3. Rylie Schmidt (SP) 53.93; 4. Peyton Nystrom (MCC) 54.18; 9. Jacob Hainzlsperger (SP) 1:00.62; 10. Leonard Steinert (MCC) 1:01.02.
800: 1. Pankratz (SP) 2:05.98; 4. Collin Nieman (SP) 2:12.23; 6. Jon Viegut (MCC) 2:16.66.
1,600: 1. Elliot Genteman (LOY) 4:52.23; 5. Tim Gruenloh (MCC) 5:05.64; 9. Benny Frericks (MCC) 5:22.21.
3,200: 1. Joshua Guyer (MCC) 10:48.55.
110 hurdles: 1. Noah Zastrow (SP) 16.72; 6. Mason Barth (SP) 18.28; 8. Hainzlsperger (SP) 20.71.
300 hurdles: 1. Zastrow (SP) 40.39; 6. Barth (SP) 46.75; 8. Jacob Schneider (SP) 48.40; 12. Jeremiah Giles (MCC) 53.34.
400 relay: 1. Loyal (Devin Witt, Skylar Ruggles, Parker Leffel, Dalton Kroening) 45.10; 2. Spencer (Luepke, Shane Hamm, Barth, Jacob Miller) 45.83; 3. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Pittsley, David Nielsen, Martin, Nadim Torbey) 45.84.
800 relay: 1. Loyal (Witt, Mason Malm, Leffel, Kroening) 1:35.77; 2. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Pittsley, Nielsen, Martin, Torbey) 1:37.21; 4. Spencer (Luepke, Hamm, Dyllan Griepentrog, Austin Bacon) 1:40.91.
1,600 relay: 1. Spencer (Pankratz, Nieman, Schilling, Schmidt) 3:45.23.
3,200 relay: 1. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Giles, Viegut, Guyer, Nystrom) 9:02.06; 3. Spencer (Collin Nieman, Jacob Schneider, Carter Krause, Adam Walter) 9:24.59.
High jump: 1. Malm (LOY) 5-8; 2. Miller (SP) 5-8; 6. Barth (SP) 5-4.
Pole vault: 1. Zastrow (SP) 15-0; 2. Miller (SP) 12-6; 8. Bacon (SP) 8-6.
Long jump: 1. Zastrow (SP) 21-1.
Triple jump: 1. Zach Zimmerman (LOY) 39-9.5; 5. Miller (SP) 38-8.5; 10. Giles (MCC) 36-2.25.
Shot put: 1. Max Johnson (SP) 51-10.5; 2. Logan Zschernitz (SP) 46-5; 3. Luepke (SP) 42-0; 16. Isaac Duerr (MCC) 27-1; 17. Coleton Grambsch (MCC) 24-0.
Discus: 1. Zschernitz (SP) 134-2; 3. Nate Karau (SP) 125-2; 4. Johnson (SP) 119-3; 14. Isaac Duerr (MCC) 72-8; 15. Grambsch (MCC) 68-6.