There were reasons to cheer for all area schools who competed among 12 schools at the Marawood Conference Invitational at UW-Stevens Point on April 1. Highlights include Chequamegon senior Autumn Michalski winning the distance triple, while Phillips sophomore Gavin Esterholm won both of his distance events.
Phillips coach Erik Olson said that competing in the fieldhouse of a Division 3 university was an exciting experience for the students. He was pleased to see both the Logger boys and girls teams place fourth in the meet.
“It is a meet against all your conference opponents. You want to do well,” Olson said. “It gives everyone an opportunity to see how they stack up against each other.”
The Loggers highlights included sophomore Leah Harper who won the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:02.65.
Phillips sophomore Gavin Esterholm won the 1,600 meter run with a time of 5:01.03, while junior teammate James Vollendorf was second with 5:03.16. Rib Lake freshman Henry Regier was fifth at 5:11.03, and Phillips junior Arlo Berens was seventh.
Esterholm also won the boys 3,200 meter run with a time of 10:20.32. Rib Lake freshman Henry Regier was third at 11:14.51 and sophomore teammate Kaleb Scott was fourth at 11:24.77. Phillips junior Arlo Berens was sixth, and Chequamegon junior Jayden Oscar was ninth.
Phillips won the girls 4x400 meter relay with a time of 4:27.91. The runners included Meredith Merlak, Addie Gabay, Sarah Knaack and Leah Harper.
The Phillips girls also won the 4x800 meter relay with a time of 10:40.51. The runners included Caitlin Pesko, Addie Gabay, Sarah Knaack and Leah Harper.
Chequamegon Coach Mary Patterson said the most important outcome of the meet were the improvements from both the girls and boys teams while competing against outstanding athletes.
“We competed in a loaded Marawood meet filled with lots of talented athletes,” Patterson said. “We were happy to have several season bests from our teams including our relays.”
Chequamegon senior Autumn Michalski won the 800 meter run with a time of 2:21.62. Assumption junior Brooklyn Schoenick was second at 2:35.77, and Phillips junior Sarah Knaack was third at 2:42.75. Prentice junior Abby Schultz placed ninth.
Michalski won the 1,600 meter run with a time of 5:03.41, a personal best time for an indoor event. Assumption sophomore Lucy Dolan was second at 5:36, and Marathon junior Shilo Blake was third at 5:52.16. Phillips junior Meredith Merlak placed fifth, followed by freshman teammates Ruby McCormick in sixth, and Sailor Madsen in eighth. Chequamegon junior Claire Funk was ninth.
Michalski won the 3,200 meter run with a time of 11:11.71, another personal record indoors. Stratford junior Kayla Casperson was second at 12:31.61, and Prentice sophomore Kylie Orysen was third at 12:54.78. Phillips junior Meredith Merlak was fourth at 13:11.60.
Michalski met the meet standard for the MileSplit U.S. Second Team in all three of her runs, according to their website. Two other athletes met second team standards at the event were Newman Catholic Evie Bates for the high jump, and Athens Ryan Peel for the pole vault.
“Autumn looked complete on the night…” Patterson said. “She dominated her races and set herself for the state indoor this weekend.”
Rib Lake senior Olivia Lopez also had another great event, winning the triple jump with a mark of 32-10.50; placing second in the long jump, fourth in the 200 meter dash, and fifth in the 60 meter dash;
Rib Lake sophomore Emma Tlusty placed fifth in the 60 meter hurdles, followed by Phillips junior Jaycee Pomeroy in sixth, and Rib Lake sophomore Isabelle Gumz in seventh.
Prentice sophomore Kayla Gillett was fourth in the high jump. Rib Lake sophomore Hadassah Nelson was fifth.
Rib Lake sophomore Isabelle Gumz placed fifth in shot put. Phillips freshman Katelyn Kurth was eighth.
Abbotsford won the girls’ meet, followed by Stratford and Marathon. Phillips placed fourth, Rib Lake was ninth, Chequamegon was 11th, and Prentice was 12th.
The boys highlights included Chequamegon senior AJ Morgan who placed fifth in the shot put event with a personal best 43-03, just 5 feet off the first place throw of Marathon sophomore Chris Marcell with a mark of 48-00. Morgan’s mark set a new Chequamegon shot put record that was previously held by Joe Meyers.
“AJ is off to a tremendous season and we are excited to continue to see him improve, quite a feat to set the record,” Patterson said.
Prentice junior Matthew Schmidt placed second in the 400 meter dash with a time of 54.05, just behind Newman Catholic junior Nolyn Lindner at 52.76. Chequamegon sophomore Jarrett Heckendorf was third at 55.06, and Rib Lake sophomore Kaleb Scott took fourth at 55.15.
Phillips junior James Vollendorf was fourth in the 800 meter run. Rib Lake freshman Henry Regier was eighth.
Chequamegon senior Robert Schienebeck was fourth in the 60 meter hurdles.
Rib Lake was second in the 4x800 meter relay with a time of 8:47.22.
Rib Lake sophomore Jed Henderson won the high jump with a mark of 5-10.
Stratford senior Payton Glenn won with a mark of 19-09.50. Sophomore teammate Coltan Breit was second at 19-07, and Marathon sophomore Chris Marcell was third at 19-03.75.
Prentice junior Logan Geiger placed fifth in the long jump. Phillips sophomore Kyle Sidenbender was seventh, and sophomore teammate Ben Virnig was eighth.
Phillips freshman Jonathan Parker placed sixth in the triple jump, Prentice junior Logan Geiger was eighth.
Phillips sophomore Ben Virnig was second in the pole vault with 12-06. Athens senior Ryan Peel won with a mark of 14-06.
Stratford won the boys meet, followed by Marathon and Edgar. Phillips placed fourth, Rib Lake was fifth, Chequamegon was 10th, and Prentice was 12th.
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