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TOMAHAWK – Stratford had 15 individuals and five relay teams earn top-four finishes to grab spots in the sectionals after competing at the WIAA Division 2 Track & Field Regional on Monday at Tomahawk High School.
Kayla Casperson won the girls 3,200 meters in 12:28.69 and Jaidyn Wright was first in the girls triple jump with a leap of 35 feet, 2 inches, to earn Stratford’s two regional titles.
The top four finishers in each event move on to Thursday’s sectional meet at Rice Lake. The top four in each event at the sectional will qualify for the WIAA State Track & Field Championships at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse on June 3-4.
Also earning spots for the Stratford girls were Alexis Folz, who was second in the shot put (31-11.5) and third in the discus (105-7); Breleigh Skaya, who took fourth in the 3,200 (13:02.87); Ella Heidmann, a third-place finisher in the 800 (2:30.45), and the 3,200 relay team of Casperson, Sadie Weigel, Lydia Golbach and Heidmann, which took third in 10:44.92.
The Stratford boys had nine individuals and all four relay teams qualify for the sectionals, with none winning events on Monday.
Darin Heeg was second in the 300 hurdles (44.31), Koehler Kilty was runner-up in the shot put (43-5.25), Noah Lucio finished second in the 800 (2:06.33), and the 1,600 relay team of Conner Weigel, Jett Schoenherr, Elijah Lucio and Noah Lucio (3:32.06) and the 3,200 relay team of Elijah Lucio, Lance Krieg, Garrett Zuelke and Noah Lucio (8:32.51) also finished second for the Tigers.
Schoenherr (third in the 100, 12.04), Weigel (third in the 400, 51.71), Zuelke (third in 300 hurdles, 44.57), Cree DeFoe (third in 3,200, 10:42.90), Elijah Lucio (third in 800, 2:06.68), the 400 relay team of Peyton Glenn, Noah Barrett, Heeg and Schoenherr (third, 45.53), and the 800 relay of Glenn, Barrett, Heeg and Xander Curtice (fourth, 1:39.16), Brandon Knetter (fourth in triple jump, 38-8.5) also advanced to the sectional for Stratford.
WIAA Division 2 Track & Field Regional
May 23, at Tomahawk High School
Girls
Team scores: 1. Mosinee 147; 2. Wittenberg-Birnamwood 102; 3. Medford 93.5; 4. Stratford 81.5; 5. Lakeland 73; 6. Antigo 72; 7. Tomahawk 62; 8. Northland Pines 48.
Boys
Team scores: 1. Northland Pines 128.5; 2. Lakeland 123; 3. Stratford 102; 4. Medford 90.5; 5. Mosinee 88.5; 6. Wittenberg-Birnamwood 68; 7. Antigo 49; 8. Tomahawk 38.5.