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MEDFORD – The Stratford boys won three events and had six runner-up finishes as it placed second in the team standings at the Medford Track & Field Invitational on Tuesday at Medford High School.
Medford won the boys title with 135.5 points, with Stratford second with 126 and Spencer seventh with 46.
Conner Weigel won the 400 meters in 54.35 seconds, Cree Defoe was first in the 3,200 in 11:13.53, and Darin Heeg won the 300 hurdles in 47.52 for Stratford.
Jett Schoenherr had three second-place finishes for the Tigers in the 100 (11.89), 200 (24.43) and 400 (55.98). Also earning second-place finishes for Stratford were Garrett Zuelke in the 110 hurdles (18.22) and the 300 hurdles (47.93), and Koehler Kilty in the shot put (41-1.75).
Spencer’s Kyle Nieman won the 110 hurdles in 18.21 seconds for the Rockets’ lone victory.
Loyal earned the girls team title with 146 points, with Medford second with 119, Stratford fourth with 96, and Spencer eighth with only four points.
Jaidyn Wright earned two of the Stratford girls’ four wins as she was first in the long jump (15-9.5) and triple jump (35-1.25).
Kayla Casperson also won the 3,200 in 12:41.13, and teamed with Ella Heidmann, Lydia Golbach and Breleigh Skaya to take first in the 3,200 relay in 11:02.35 for the Tigers.
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Medford Track & Field Invitational
April 19, at Medford High School
Boys
Team scores: 1. Medford 135.5; 2. Stratford 126; 3. Northland Pines 124.5; 4. Bloomer 74; 5. Athens 62; 6. Abbotsford 55; 7. Spencer 46; 8. Loyal 24.
Girls
Team scores: 1. Loyal 146; 2. Medford 119; 3. Bloomer 114; 4. Stratford 96; 5. Abbotsford 86.5; 6. Northland Pines 53.5; 7. Athens 43; 8. Spencer 4.