Witt-Birn girls, Lena/STAA boys 2nd at track and field invitational

The Wittenberg-Birnamwood girls and Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas Academy boys co-op each turned in second-place finishes at the Rosholt Back the Track Invitational on April 22 in Rosholt.

The Witt-Birn girls scored 108.5 points, behind only Loyal's 118.5. The Suring girls claimed third with 99 points, while Lena/STAA took sixth with 55 points.

On the boys side, Lena/STAA's 92.83 points trailed only Pacelli's 106.33. Suring took sixth with 70 points, while Witt-Birn was seventh with 63 points.

Witt-Birn

Reese Rogowski had three first-place finishes to power the Witt-Birn girls team. She won the 100-meter dash in 13.16 seconds, 200 in 26.99 seconds and 400 in 1:00.75.

Kaydence Burclaw was the top finisher in the girls discus with a throw of 89 feet, 3 inches.

Placing second was Allison Linke in the 300 hurdles (53.51) and Layla Huffman in the discus (85-7). Taking third was Jalynn Horacek in the long jump (13-10), 100 hurdles (18.67) and triple jump (31-8) and Faith Resch in the 100 (14.05).

On the boys side, Connor Groshek won the long jump (17-6¾), while Simon Schairer was the top finisher in the 400 (53.91). Schairer also took second in the triple jump (40-8¼).

Craig Wendel claimed third in the 800 (2:15.28) and joined Schairer, Will Peters and Trevor Schmidt on the 4x800 relay team that was third in 9:39.36.

Lena/STAA

Sam Marquardt won the 100 dash in 12.3 seconds for the Lena/STAA boys' top individual finish.

Marquardt, Max Beyer, Lane Whiting and Josh Kristof teamed up for first in the 4x100 relay after posting a time of 47.03. Whiting took second in the 100 (12.46) and Beyer was second in the high jump (4-10).

Sidney Sylvester finished third in the triple jump (39-7½). He joined Braeden Neta, Logan Shallow and Bryce Kittredge on the 4x200 relay team that took third in 1:45.04.

For the girls co-op, Eva Brooks, Kali Fischer, Natalie McNurlen and Karli Fischer formed the second-place finishing 4x100 relay team (58.39). Brooks was second in the high jump (4-10), while McNurlen took second in the long jump (14-1½).

Placing third was Emily Peters in the pole vault (7-6) and Samara VanArk in the 3,200 (15:55.6).

Suring

Christine Sleeter and Olivia Noack led the Suring girls to the strong finish. Sleeter won the high jump (4-11), while Noack was the first to cross the finish line in the 800 (2:38.76).

Sleeter placed third in the 400 (1:08.91), while Noack took third in the 1,600 (6:05.04).

Chantelle VanDenElzen, Kate Mahoney, Georgia Gerndt and Claire Pommerich teamed up for a second-place finish in the 4x800 relay (11:59.65).

Placing first for the Suring boys was Trent VanDenElzen in the high jump (5-2) and Jeremy Hensel in the pole vault (11-6).

Hensel claimed third in the 200 (25.03) and 400 (55.8), while VanDenElzen was third in the 110 hurdles (20.33) and 300 hurdles (50.37).

Full results from the invitational can be found at www.athletic.net.