MARAWOOD CONFERENCE INDOOR - Henderson wins high jump; Lopez takes triple; RL teams place 5th, 9th

MARAWOOD CONFERENCE INDOOR

Olivia Lopez scored in all four of her events, Isabelle Gumz scored in three and Jed Henderson won the boys high jump, highlighting some of the solid individual performances Rib Lake had in Monday’s Marawood Conference Indoor Track and Field Invitational, held at UW-Stevens Point.

Lopez won the girls triple jump, took second in the long jump and placed in the 60- and 200-meter sprints to account for 27 of Rib Lake’s 43 points in the girls meet. The Redmen placed ninth out of the 12 conference teams, beating Auburndale (38.5), Chequamegon (34.5) and Prentice (14).

The boys took fifth on their side of the standings, scoring 39 points and beating sixth-place Abbotsford by one point. Outside of Henderson’s win, the Redmen did most of their damage in distance running events.

The boys finished behind Stratford (130), Marathon (95), Edgar (81) and Phillips (61).

Henderson earned his second high jump win of the indoor season with the fewest misses in the competition out of four jumpers who all cleared the bar at 5 feet, 10 inches. Stratford’s Xander Curtice was credited with second place, Abbotsford’s Chase Boller was third and Marathon’s Logan Rohland was fourth.

Rib Lake got a second-place finish from its 3,200-meter relay team of Kaleb Scott, Henry Regier, Elijah Scott and Jack Regier. They got to the finish line just ahead of Marathon (9:09.94) to score eight points. Stratford won the race in 8:47.22, while Auburndale (9:35.23) was a distant fourth.

Jack Regier and Kaleb Scott combined for 11 points in the 3,200-meter run, which both entered for the first time this season. Regier took third in 11:14.51 and Scott was fourth at 11:24.58, just 0.19 seconds ahead of Marathon’s Jacob Smith. Gavin Esterholm of Phillips won in 10:20.32, while Stratford’s Cree DeFoe was second in 10:27.63.

Kaleb Scott also placed fourth in the 400-meter dash at 55.15 seconds. Newman Catholic’s Nolyn Lindner won in 52.76 seconds. Riley Johnson was 23rd for Rib Lake at 1:04.87 and Seamus Highfill was 26th at 1:06.42. Henry Regier finished the scoring for the Redmen. He was fifth in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 5:11.03, while teammates Connor Highfill (5:32.05) and Elijah Scott (5:42.33) were 12th and 14th. Esterholm won in 5:01.03. Regier got one more point by taking eighth in the 800-meter run at 2:22.97. Connor Highfill (2:32.44) and Truman Smith (2:36.86) were 17th and 19th. Stratford’s Garrett Zuelke won at 2:08.02.

Gus Zuleger was 12th in the long jump at 16-1.75 and 13th in the triple jump with a personal-best distance of 33 feet. Seamus Highfill was 15th in the triple jump (31-2), while Johnson (13-10.5) and Allan Head (8-10.5) were 26th and 27th in the long jump.

Zuleger was 23rd in the 60-meter dash preliminaries at 8.38 seconds, while Demetrio Garelli (8.62) and Head (9.44) were 28th and 30th. Garelli (28.71) and Isaiah Hubbard (30.37) were 26th and 27th in the 200-meter dash.

Clinton Peterson (20-10) and Hubbard (20-9.5) were 31st and 32nd in the shot put.

Assumption (30), Athens (28), Newman Catholic (25.5), Chequamegon (24), Auburndale (20.5) and Prentice (13) rounded out the boys standings.

Girls results

Lopez made it three for three in triple jump championships during this indoor season. Her best jump Monday covered 32-10.5, putting her comfortably ahead of runner-up Celia Schindler of Abbotsford (30-4.5). Edgar’s Brooke Imhoff hit 30 feet even.

Lopez went 15-9.5 in the long jump, good for second behind Stratford freshman Brianna Sherden (16-5) and 5.5 inches ahead of Newman’s Mel Severson. Gumz was 10th for Rib Lake at 13-8, 2 inches away from scoring, and Emma Tlusty was 13th at 13-6.3.

In the 200-meter dash, Lopez was timed at 28.69 seconds, good for fourth place behind Assumption’s Bella Thomas (26.85), Abbotsford’s Oriah Harris (28.53) and Severson (28.58). Tlusty was 13th at 30.96 seconds and Kloey Paul was 20th for Rib Lake at 32.64 seconds. In the 60-meter dash final, Lopez was fifth at 8.51 seconds. Thomas won in 8.04 seconds. In the preliminaries, Tlusty (8.97) was 10th and Paul (9.6) was 26th.

Gumz extended her personal-best distance in the shot put to 30-7, good for fifth place, 0.75 inches ahead of Marathon’s Ashley Gertschen. Gumz was 7.5 inches out of fourth place. Sy’ Rih Hartwig of Athens won at 35-6.5. Rib Lake’s Tessa Krause (24-1) and Camryn Glenzer (231.75) were 18th and 19th. Coralee Glenzer was 16th in the JV competition at 18-5.

Tlusty ran the 60-meter hurdles final in 10.87 seconds to take fifth, while Gumz was seventh at 11.36 seconds. They were sixth (11.2) and seventh (11.26) in the prelims, while teammate Maddie Rademacher was ninth at 11.58 seconds, 0.29 seconds away from making the final. Abbotsford’s Sydney Falteisek won the event with a time of 10.25 seconds in the final.

Gumz added two more points by placing seventh in the 400-meter dash at 1:10.85. Leah Harper of Phillips won in 1:02.65, while Rib Lake’s Anna Martin was 21st at 1:22.13.

Hadassah Nelson was Rib Lake’s final scorer. She got four points by clearing 4-6 in the high jump, tying her best height and placing fifth in an event won by Newman’s Evie Bates at 5 feet.

Abbotsford won the girls team championship with 82 points, 20 more than Stratford and 25 more than Marathon. Phillips and Assumption tied for fourth with 56 points, followed by Newman Catholic (47.5), Athens (46) and Edgar (44.5).

Rib Lake is scheduled to start outdoor competition Monday at Stratford. The meet is set to begin at 4 p.m.

Elijah Scott carries the baton in the third leg of Rib Lake’s winning effort in the 20-lap relay at Merrill.