championship in the 3,200-meter run ….

championship in the 3,200-meter run with a personal-best time of 12:03.55 that blew away the rest of the field after Pines star Nora Gremban withdrew. Runnerup Rachel Rae Reilly of Tomahawk was 37.44 seconds behind.

Machon, a freshman, continued her late-season surge, setting personal records in the 100-meter high hurdles and pole vault that earned second place in both events. Her time in the hurdles final was 17.98 seconds, just 0.42 seconds behind winner Jalynn Horacek of Wittenberg- Birnamwood. Brenley Beran, another freshman, placed eighth for Medford in 20.68 seconds and was a tick faster in the prelims at 20.58 seconds. Machon cleared 8-9 in the pole vault, well above her previous best of 8 feet and just 3 inches behind winner Olivia Wingo of Lakeland. Raider Ella Daniels cleared 7-6 to place fifth.

Kahn (2:32.23) and Fleegel (2:33.02) both moved on in the 800-meter run by taking third and fourth, respectively. Daniels added an 11th-place time of 2:54.44.

Bryn Fronk advanced by taking third in a competitive 200-meter final at 26.66 seconds. Marissa Fronk fell 0.03 seconds short in her season-best time of 26.81 seconds. Antigo’s MacKenzie Wissbroecker nudged her out of fourth in a race won by Mosinee’s Kate Fitzgerald (25.59). Rudolph set a personal-best time of 52.33 seconds in the 300-meter low hurdles, which was good for fourth and another race at Osceola.

Freshman Meredith Richter lowered her time to 1:02.57 and placed third in the 400-meter dash to qualify for Thursday’s meet. Raider Alyssa Brandner added an eighth-place time of 1:06.59 that was her best. Brost, a junior, advanced with a personal-best and fourth-place effort of 30-10.5 in the triple jump. Lindsey Klapatauskas was 12th at a personal-best 28-5 and Hannah Fleegel was 15th at 27-1.5. Brost was 0.04 seconds shy of advancing in the 100-meter dash with a final time of 13.63 seconds.

Higgins was seventh in the long jump at 14-8, while Beran was 12th at a personal- best 13-10.25 and Rudolph (13-0.75) was 14th; Alyssa Brandner was 11th (29.8) in the 200-meter dash prelims; Klapatauskas (14.36) was 12th in the 100-meter prelims and 14th in shot put at 23-7.75 and Lacey Brandner was 18th (51-8) in the discus and 20th (18-1.5) in the shot put.

The girls team standings were: 1. Mosinee, 126; 2. Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 108; 3. Medford, 102.5; 4. Antigo, 76.5; 5. Stanley-Boyd, 76; 6. Lakeland, 67; 7. Tomahawk, 44; 8. Stratford, 39; 9. Northland Pines, 36.

Moving on to Thursday, Sullivan said the sectional is always an exciting meet.

“It’s been a great season. It’s been a crazy season,” she said. “There have been a lot more challenges for all of the teams and coaches. We’ve overcome quite a bit to get to this point.

It’s going to be exciting for the kids, especially for some of these freshmen who are advancing and will get that feel for competing for top four at sectionals and making that trip to state. That’s pretty exciting. Some of those seniors that have gone before, they are bringing up the team and encouraging the other athletes. We’ve had a lot of great cheerleaders, a lot of great team support. It’s fun. We might not have a big group, but we sure have an active and a fun enthusiastic group. That’s made the season so fun.”