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COLBY – The Marshfield Columbus Catholic boys track team had eight top-three finishers to finish sixth at the Colby Track & Field Invitational on Tuesday at Colby High School.
The Columbus boys finished with 75 points to finish sixth among the 10 teams at the meet.
Medford won both the boys and girls team titles. The Dons’ girls were ninth.
Finishing second for the Columbus boys were Tim Gruenloh in the 800 meters (2:14.50), the 3,200 relay team of Joshua Guyer, Jon Viegut, Leonard Steinert and Jeremiah Giles (9:32.45), and the relay team of Nadim Torbey, Jose Martin, David Nielsen and Leo Pittsley in the 400 (47.46) and the 800 (1:38.03).
Peyton Nystrom was third in the 400 (56.15) and the 800 (2:16.26), Pittsley was third in the 200 (24.41), and Guyer was third in the 3,200 (11:25.03) for the Dons.
The top finishes for the Columbus girls came from the 3,200 relay team of Morgan Albrecht, Melanie Lang, Hannah Grubofski and Natalie Pospyhalla (12:00.69) and Pospyhalla individually in the 3,200 (13:33.76), which each finished second.
Columbus Catholic will compete at the Wood County Track Meet on Monday at Auburndale High School.
Colby Track & Field Invitational
Girls
Team scores: 1. Medford 132; 2. Neillsville/Granton 109; 3. Antigo 106; 4. Colby 96; 5. Stanley-Boyd 63; 6. Abbotsford 57; 7. Loyal 42; 8. Owen-Withee 34; 9. Marshfield Columbus Catholic 27; 10. Thorp 19.
Winners and Marshfield Columbus Catholic finishers
3,200 relay: 1. Medford (Franny Seidel, Lauren Meyer, Katie Phillips, Bailey Brandner) 10:55.53; 2. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Morgan Albrecht, Melanie Lang, Hannah Grubofski, Natalie Pospyhalla) 12:00.69.
110 hurdles: 1. Mel Kunze (ABBY) 17.20; 9. Brionna Zygarlicke (MCC) 21.00.
100: 1. Carley Elmhorst (COLBY) 13.76; 17. Celine Scholin (MCC) 14.92; 20. Sophia Hackel (MCC) 15.15.
1,600: 1. Isabelle Feiten (COLBY) 5:59.64; 14. Greta Schiferl (MCC) 8:38.41.
800 relay: 1. Colby (Ashley Streveler, Skylar Leffel, Hailey Voelker, Elmhorst) 1:54.61.
400: 1. Meyer (MED) 1:01.64; 10. Albrecht (MCC) 1:13.37; 18. Lang (MCC) 1:21.66.
400 relay: 1. Medford (Ashley Hoffman, Megan Graff, Lauren Carstensen, Markki Farmer) 54.79.
300 hurdles: 1. Hanna Zenkovich (ANT) 50.68; 15. Zygarlicke (MCC) 1:07.05.
800: 1. Allison Vitort (SB) 2:40.29; 10. Albrecht (MCC) 2:56.20.
200: 1. Kunze (ABBY) 28.55; 9. Scholin (MCC) 30.57; 18. Hackel (MCC) 31.49.
3,200: 1. Seidel (MED) 12:22.35; 2. Pospyhalla (MCC) 13:33.76; 6. Lang (MCC) 15:17.16.
1,600 relay: 1. Medford (Meyer, Lainey Brunner, Katie Phillips, Farmer) 4:33.47.
Pole vault: 1. Kimi Robertson (ANT) 9-6.
Triple jump: 1. Morgan Hotchkiss (ANT) 32-0; 5. Kendra Baierl (MCC) 30-1.
Discus: 1. Jennifer Wendler (OW) 97-8; 16. Jessica Jakopin (MCC) 62-10.
Shot put: 1. Hayley Nichols (SB) 34-0; 12. Jakopin (MCC) 27-11.
Long jump: 1. Morgan Hauge (NG) 15-1.25; 7. Scholin (MCC) 13-2.25; 27. Hackel (MCC) 10-4.25.
Boys
Team scores: 1. Medford 153; 2. Loyal 114; 3. Neillsville/Granton 88; 4. Abbotsford 81; 5. Antigo 77; 6. Marshfield Columbus Catholic 75; 7. Stanley-Boyd 49; 8. Owen-Withee 45; 9. Thorp 9; 10. Colby 8.
Winners and Marshfield Columbus Catholic finishers
3,200 relay: 1. Medford (Jake Sullivan, Justin Sullivan, Derek Rudolph, Trey Ulrich) 9:17.82; 2. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Joshua Guyer, Jon Viegut, Leonard Steinert, Jeremiah Giles) 9:32.45.
110 hurdles: 1. Mason Barth (NG) 16.81.
100: 1. Victor Rinaldi (MED) 11.60; 19. Wyatt Bauer (MCC) 13.15.
1,600: 1. Ulrich (MED) 4:53.60; 6. Benny Frericks (MCC) 5:12.43; 7. Guyer (MCC) 5:14.38.
800 relay: 1. Abbotsford (Franny Gamillo, Brock Halopka, Ethan Kramas, Ezra Kremsreiter) 1:37.32; 2. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Nadim Torbey, Jose Martin, David Nielsen, Leo Pittsley) 1:38.03.
400: 1. Will Dixon (ANT) 53.85; 3. Peyton Nystrom (MCC) 56.15; 13. Steinert (MCC) 1:02.07; 15. Bauer (MCC) 1:04.04; 20. Coleton Grambsch (MCC) 1:12.20.
400 relay: 1. Loyal (Devin Witt, Skylar Ruggles, Parker Leffel, Dalton Kroening) 46.88; 2. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Torbey, Martin, Nielsen, Pittsley) 47.46.
300 hurdles: 1. Barth (NG) 42.93; 8. Giles (MCC) 49.41.
800: 1. Elliot Genteman (LOY) 2:11.35; 2. Tim Gruenloh (MCC) 2:14.50; 3. Nystrom (MCC) 2:16.26; 7. Viegut (MCC) 2:22.54; 13. Steinert (MCC) 2:29.51.
200: 1. Rinaldi (MED) 23.42; 3. Pittsley (MCC) 24.41; 8. Nielsen (MCC) 25.60; 17. Martin (MCC) 26.59; 21. Bauer (MCC) 27.29.
3,200: 1. Ulrich (MED) 10:29.54; 3. Guyer (MCC) 11:25.03; 4. Frericks (MCC) 11:29.19.
1,600 relay: 1. Antigo (Dixon, Riland Baker, Drew Hohensee, Dane Tischendorf) 3:40.82; 4. Marshfield Columbus Catholic (Viegut, Gruenloh, Nystrom, Giles) 4:01.89.
High jump: 1. Kremsreiter (ABBY) 6-3; 15. Nystrom (MCC) 5-0.
Pole vault: 1. Thomas Nelson (ANT) 13-0.
Shot put: 1. Qwan Bussey (ANT) 44-3; 36. Coleton Grambsch (MCC) 23-3.5.
Triple jump: 1. Kremsreiter (ABBY) 41-0.75; 9. Giles (MCC) 36-4.
Discus: 1. Josh Grape (OW) 128-6; 31. Grambsch (MCC) 65-7.
Long jump: 1. Garrett Strebig (MED) 20-7.