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ing events, however. Marcus VanLuven also notched a first place finish for Abbotsford after taking the top spot in the boys discus. A personal best throw of 127 feet, six inches pushed him well past runner-up Kenai Radtke of Antigo, who finished with a throw of 114 feet, five inches. Teammate Irvin Davila also scored for the Falcons in the event, grabbing third place with a throw of 111 feet, five inches. On top of his win in the discus, VanLuven added a third place finish in the shot put, registering a throw of 39 feet, 4.5 inches.

Kate Sheahan and Kinsley Kalepp also scored for the girls’ team in the throwing events, with the former taking sixth in the discus with a throw of 72 feet, seven inches and the latter grabbing seventh in the shot put with a throw of 25 feet, 10 inches.

Celia Schindler added another scoring result for the Falcons in the field events. The junior posted an attempt of 31 feet, 8.25 inches in the triple jump, earning herself third place in the event.

On the track, the girls 4x200-meter relay team of Reyna Romo, Chloe Cihlar, Schindler and Flink nearly took the top spot in the event. Their time of 1:56.96 was just three tenths of a second slower than the Gilman relay, who took first in the competition. The two squads had some significant distance between themselves and the third place Lakeland relay, which finished with a time of2:00.60.

The boys’ 4xl00-meter relay and the 4x800-meter relay teams both took third in their respective events. The 4x100 team of Davila, Jovanny Cruz, Carter Cihlar and Christian Fuentes put up a time of47.52 seconds to secure their third place position while the 4x800 team of Preston Belanger, Jack Sheahan, Gavin Reis and Miguel Bautista picked up their third place finish with a time of 9:37.26.

Bautista added a fourth place finish in the 800-meter run, giving him one of Abbotsford’s top individual results on the track. His time of 2:22.52 put him behind Marathon’s Ethan Huebsch and just ahead of Medford’s Judah Wipf.

Chloe Cihlar had a pair of scoring performances for the girls team on the track. The senior took fourth place in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 55.26 seconds and then placed sixth in the 100-meter dash after recording a time of 14.00 seconds.

Monse Ochoa had the girls best performance in the distance events, taking fifth place in the 3200-meter run with a time of 15:23.78.

CRUISING IN MEDFORD - Miguel Bautista does his part to help the 4x800meter relay team take third place at the Medford Invitational. He also took fourth in the 800-meter run. staff photo/matt frey