ABBOTSFORD TRACK & FIELD INVITE - Lopez goes even longer; RL boys get three wins at Abbotsford

ABBOTSFORD TRACK & FIELD INVITE

Olivia Lopez pushed her school-record girls long jump record out a few more inches during a two-win day and Rib Lake’s boys picked up wins in three events during Monday’s windy and occasionally rainy Abbotsford Invitational.

The girls turned five top-three finishes into the majority of their 76 points, which put them in fourth place in the seven-team meet. The Redmen outscored Athens (66), Chequamegon (56) and Prentice (34). Abbotsford edged out Stanley-Boyd by three, 145-142 to win the meet, while Edgar was third with 114 points.

Lopez set Rib Lake’s outdoor long jump record earlier in the month at 15 feet, 9.5 inches. Now that record stands at 15-11.75 after her winning jump on Monday. She won the event fairly handily with runner-up Macie LaGrander of Stanley-Boyd being 10.25 inches behind. Rib Lake’s Maddie Rademacher was credited with fourth place at a new best of 14-9, tying the distance of third-place jumper Bethany Pilgrim of Stanley-Boyd. Emma Tlusty was 10th for Rib Lake at 13-10.

Lopez added a second-place finish in the triple jump at 32-6, just 1 inch behind Edgar’s Rachel Burke and 3 inches ahead of third-place jumper Celia Schindler of Abbotsford.

On the track, Lopez won the 200-meter dash in a time of 28.86 seconds, 0.05 seconds ahead of LaGrander. Anna Martin was 12th for Rib Lake, lowering her time to 34.96 seconds. Martin also was 15th in the 100-meter dash (16.61). Lopez ran the 400-meter dash for the first time this spring and took third in 1:11.09, trailing Pilgrim (1:05.84) and Schindler (1:07.34).

Rib Lake’s hurdling tandem of Tlusty and Isabelle Gumz put 24 points on the team’s tally for the day. Tlusty took second in the 100-meter highs at 18.45 seconds, 0.56 seconds behind winner Lula Chwala of Stanley-Boyd and just 0.04 seconds off her season-best time. Gumz was fifth in 19.41 seconds. Gumz was the runner-up in the 300-meter hurdles in 54.71 seconds, 2.31 seconds behind Chwala. Tlusty got fifth in 57.67 seconds.

Gumz added six more points in the throws. She took fourth in the shot put competition with her best effort carrying 30-1.5. Tessa Krause was sixth for Rib Lake with a season-best throw of 28-3. Camryn Glenzer improved to 25-10.5 with her best throw of the spring and Coralee Glenzer was 15th (23-4). Sy’ Rih Hartwig of Athens won easily at 37-9.25. Gumz got the eighth-place point in the discus at a new personal-best 86-4. The Glenzer twins tied for 13th at 65-7.

Rademacher, a freshman, set a new best height in the high jump by clearing the bar at 4-8, good for fifth place.

Rib Lake’s boys started the running events with a bang, taking the 3,200-meter relay. Henry Regier, Jack Regier, Elijah Scott and Kaleb Scott blew away the field with a winning time of 9:19.74. Edgar (9:37.39), Stanley-Boyd (9.56.87) and Chequamegon (10:01.38) were well behind.

Kaleb Scott ended Rib Lake’s day on the track by winning the 3,200-meter run in 10:43.91, by far his best time so far this season. Jack Regier was second in 11:41.71, beating Stanley-Boyd’s Zach Haas for that spot by 2.93 seconds.

Jed Henderson was Rib Lake’s third winner. He tied his best height of the spring by clearing 6 feet in the high jump competition. He finished 4 inches ahead of fellow Marawood contender Chase Boller of Abbotsford.

Henry Regier led Rib Lake’s strong showing in the 1,600-meter run by taking third in 5:07.34. Truman Smith set a new personal-best time of 5:24.05. He dropped 10.18 seconds and took fifth. Connor Highfill finished ninth in 5:31.09, 0.3 seconds away from scoring.

The 800-meter run was another big event for the Redmen. Elijah Scott took fourth in 2:22.23, just ahead of Henry Regier (2:22.82). Smith tacked on two points with his seventh-place time of 2:27.59. Highfill was 12th at 2:35.76.

The team of Demetrio Garelli, Seamus Highfill, Isaiah Hubbard and Gus Zuleger placed fifth in the 400-meter relay at 51.96 seconds. Stanley-Boyd (44.13), Edgar (45.43), Abbotsford (47.75) and Chequamegon (50.51) took the top four spots.

Rib Lake’s final points came in the triple jump. Seamus Highfill improved his distance, stretching out to 32-8 and taking seventh. Zuleger got the eighth-place point at 30-10.5.

Zuleger was 11th in the long jump at 1510, while Garelli placed 14th (13.1), Zuleger was 18th (13.24) and Ryley Schatz (13.9) was 28th in the 100-meter dash. Garelli (28.26) and Henderson (28.94) were 18th and 19th in the 200. Riley Johnson was 15th in the 400-meter dash in an improved 1:05.67.Henderson improved to 81-4 and took 17th in the discus while Hubbard (7810) was 19th. Hubbard (23-8.5) and Clinton Peterson (23 feet) were 28th and 29th in the shot put.

Rib Lake scored 66 points to place fifth in the team standings, ahead of Athens and Prentice, who both scored 27. Stanley-Boyd won it with 193 points, followed by Edgar (131), Chequamegon (126.5) and Abbotsford (98.5).

Rib Lake will host its annual Northwoods Quad Friday with Prentice, Phillips and Chequamegon again filling the field. The Redmen will be at Marathon on Tuesday.

Kaleb Scott is all by himself as he helps Rib Lake win the boys 3,200-meter relay during Monday’s Abbotsford Invitational. NATHANIEL UNDERWOOD/TRIBUNE-PHONOGRAPH