LeMoine, Brown, Nikolay earn spots at state with second-place finishes at WIAA Division 1 Track Sectional

Marshfield’s Sophie Nikolay, left, and Aubri Brown earned spots at next week’s state meet with second-place finishes at the WIAA Division 1 Track Sectional on Thursday at D.C. Everest. (Submitted photo/Sara Nikolay)

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SCHOFIELD – Wyatt LeMoine, Aubri Brown and Sophie Nikolay will be moving on to the state meet for Marshfield after earning top-three finishes at the WIAA Division 1 Track & Field Sectional on Thursday at Stiehm Stadium.

Brown set a new girls school record in the discus with a throw of 137 feet, 6 inches, to finish second, and Sophie Nikolay placed second in the pole vault with a vault of 10 feet to qualify for the Marshfield girls.

LeMoine finished second in both the boys long jump (21 feet, 4¾ inches) and the triple jump (44 feet, 2¾ inches) to also earn a spot at state.

The 2021 WIAA Division 1 State Track & Field Championships will be Saturday, June 26, at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

WIAA Division 1 Track & Field Sectional
Girls
Team scores:
1. D.C. Everest 155; 2. Hudson 107; 3. Eau Claire Memorial 52; 4. New Richmond 51; 5. River Falls and Chippewa Falls 46; 7. Stevens Point and Marshfield 43; 9. Wausau West 38; 10. Merrill 35; 11. Menomonie 29; 12. Eau Claire North 20; 13. Wisconsin Rapids 13; 14. Superior 9; 15. Rhinelander 8; 16. Wausau East 6.
Boys
Team scores:
1. Stevens Point 132; 2. New Richmond 92; 3. Wausau West 68; 4. River Falls 62; 5. Menomonie 59; 6. D.C. Everest 58; 7. Hudson 39; 8. Chippewa Falls and Rhinelander 34; 10. Eau Claire Memorial 23; 11. Eau Claire North and Marshfield 20; 13. Superior 18; 14. Wausau East 17; 15. Wisconsin Rapids 14; 16. Merrill 7.

Click here for complete results, courtesy of the WIAA.