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COLBY – The Colby girls and Neillsville boys rolled to the team titles at the 2022 Eastern Cloverbelt Conference Track & Field Meet on Tuesday at Colby High School.
The Colby girls won eight events and finished with 212.5 points, well ahead of second-place Loyal (152.5). Spencer tied for sixth with Greenwood at 35 points and Marshfield Columbus Catholic was ninth with 22.
The Neillsville boys had six first-place finishes and racked up 200.5 points, with Colby second with 125, Spencer fourth with 78.5 and Marshfield Columbus Catholic sixth with 41.
Columbus Catholic had six top-three finishes and two conference titles, all coming from three athletes.
Andrew Scheer won the boys 3,200 meters in 10:10.44 and was second in the 1,600 in 4:46.47. His brother Isaac Scheer placed third in both races – 4:49.77 in the 1,600 and 10:45.76 in the 3,200.
Mira Torbey won the girls long jump (15-8¼) and was third in the 100 meters (13.53 seconds).
The Spencer boys won four events, including three relays.
Noah Schultz took first in the 400 meters in 54.97 seconds, and was part of the 3,200 relay team along with Levi Anderson, Tim Yorgey and Alexander Baumgarten that won in 9:54.85, and the 1,600 relay team of Levi Anderson, Malachai Anderson and Kaizer Eikleberry that won in 3:50.45.
The Rockets also had wins from the boys 400 relay team of Landon Behselich, Baumgarten, Kyle Nieman and Niklas Pohl in 47.69 seconds, and Leah Zastrow in the girls pole vault with a vault of 10 feet.
Emily Wehrman added a third-place finish in the girls 800 in 2:47.00 for the Spencer girls.
2022 Eastern Cloverbelt Conference Track Meet
May 17, at Colby High School
Girls
Team scores: 1. Colby 212.5; 2. Loyal 152.5; 3. Neillsville 77.5; 4. Gilman 58; 5. Owen-Withee 46; 6. Spencer and Greenwood 35; 8. Granton 23.5; 9. Marshfield Columbus Catholic 22.
Boys
Team scores: 1. Neillsville 200.5; 2. Colby 125; 3. Owen-Withee 113; 4. Spencer 78.5; 5. Greenwood 53; 6. Marshfield Columbus Catholic 41; 7. Loyal 30; 8. Gilman 18; 9. Granton 9.