With just nine seniors on the track team this spring, the WFHS Indians have been struggling to find their identity. Due to a slew of injuries, illnesses, accidents, and other disasters, the boys from Wega have been missing an average of eight athletes from every meet this season.

So it has been a serious period of growth for a lot of the younger track athletes as each meet has come and gone. Add into the equation that some of the kids missing meets have been Most Valuable Athletes for the team, and you really have a confusing diversity of athletes to work with.

With that in mind, it is little wonder the boys, especially, have struggled to date. And yet, have they been struggling, or just being forced to grow up sooner than many of them should needed to???

To be honest this gang of 44, has been improving across the boards because they have to in order to be competitive. There are no longer the Seniors who graduated in 2008 to have their back and cover up any weaknesses. The 2009 Edition of Wega Track is on their own, in that regards.

And it show up in the times and efforts, but not always in the final score. These kids are diligently preparing for the CWC Championships on May 16 in Wittenberg in a big way.

For the record, the boys finished 9th out thirteen teams at last Thursday's Plainfield Invitational. They finished 6th out of eight CWC Schools, both large and small divisions. But, and there's the rub. But.....fifteen personal records and season bests were established in the effort. It was an impressive meet from the improvement standard. Places were not over abundant for the Indians, but......

Chris Chase captured 7th in the shot put with the best toss of his life. Cody Wilz placed 8th in the long with the best jump of his life in an event he just started doing this spring, out of necessity. All four relay teams recorded the best times of the year and all four placed for points. Two fifth place scoring efforts and two seventh place finishes for the relays. Chris Miller is rounding into low hurdle form and took home points for seventh place in the 300 hurdles. And Cody Wilz pulled off the biggest shocker of the night running in lane 8 to capture 5th place in the 200 dash, another event he only started doing this spring.

Cody had a really good night placing in two relays to go along with his two individual places. Chris Miller also helped in the 400 and 800 relays and Gideon Wilz set two season bests in addition to helping the 3200 relay to a solid place. These three young men were chosen as the most outstanding Indians of the meet.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the 2009 Lady Indians competed short handed due to injuries and illness, as well. The girls finished fifth of the thirteen schools in the meet and third among CWC schools, behind Witt-Birnamwood and Wild Rose. But, as with the boys, being short-handed only provides an opportunity to step up for these youngsters. Yes, the team is led by the Fantastic Four, Katherine Cloninger, Devery DeSantis, Brenda Paider, and Lynn Zeinert. But.... and here we go again, the four seniors can't carry the whole load to make the team successful. The production needs to be, and has been to this date, spread around to the entire team.

Places were not always golden for the Lady Indians, but they were right there competing every step of the way. In fact, the girls from Wega won just one individual event and one of the four relay events as they battled their way to fifth in the meet.

In both gold medal efforts, and many of the other medal winning efforts, the Fantastic Four had a huge impact on the results going towards Wega.

Katherine Cloninger went out and dominated her special event, the 400 Meter Dash, winning with her best time of the year so far, 1:02.46. Katherine also anchored the 1600 meter relay to a year's best time and a bronze medal. As if Puma had not already done enough, she captured third in the high jump and 200 meter dash. Can anyone say, "Good Job Katherine"? Say it with me now, "Good job, Katherine"

Say it with me now, "Good job Devery". Devery DeSantis anchored the 400 meter relay to the only other gold medal captured by the Lady Indians. Taylor Tomaszewski, Amanda Miller, Carlie Akey, and the little blonde girl circled the track with a season best time of 55.52 seconds, winning the one-lap race by over a second. This was a huge win for the girls. Devery also anchored the 800 relay team of Dacia Goetsch, Miller, and Akey to a third place finish with another season best time, 1:57.32.

The Senior hand was definitely in place on the 3200 meter relay as Lynn and Brenda brought the foursome home with another season's best good enough for fourth place, just missing the medal stand. It's plain to see the Fantastic Four are right in the middle of almost everything. The senior girls are defintely the the straw that stirs the drink on this year's Lady Indians track team.

But they are not alone in their efforts. Not by any stretch of the imagination. Amanda Miller placed high in the 100 dash. Dani Johnson was huge in the 300 hurdles just getting nipped for the gold medal as she ran the race of her life. Dani also threw in a thirty foot triple jump to help the cause. Ellen Schroeder threw points into the pool in the 800 and 1600 meter runs. And jackie Beyer went totally ballistic in the 3200 meter run placing fourth in the meet. It was almost thirty seconds better than Jackie has ever done in the 3200 before. Say it with me, "Good Job, Jackie".

It was a solid, total team effort as the girls once again proved they are very much able to "Chick Up" when the going gets tough. All in all, the Tri-County Invite once again proved to be a big checkmark in the success column for the Lady Indians as they grow into the contenders role at the May 16th CWC Large Championships to be held in Wittenberg.

Here are all the results from the 2009 Tri-County Invite. Wega-Fremont results are in bold lettering.

Tri-County Invitational - 4/30/2009 Results

Women - Team Rankings - 18 Events Scored
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1) Wittenberg Birnamwood 122
2) Pittsville 103
3) Wild Rose 89
4) Nekoosa 83.50
5) Weyauwega Fremont 74.50
6) Necedah 51
7) Pacelli 45
8) Tri-County 34
8) Amherst 34
10) Princeton 26
11) Shiocton 22
12) Green Lake 11

Girls 100 Meter Dash
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1 Hannah School Wittenberg B 13.05
2 Raquel Ebbe Nekoosa 13.08
3 Amanda Siedschlag Tri-County 13.85
4 Emily Weitz Wild Rose 13.92
5 Dallas Oates Pittsville 14.10
6 Amanda Miller Weyauwega Fr 14.17
7 Tricia Monnot Wittenberg B 14.30
8 Chelsea Shulfer Amherst 14.63

Girls 200 Meter Dash
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1 Raquel Ebbe Nekoosa 26.96
2 Hannah School Wittenberg B 27.13
3 Katherine Cloninger Weyauwega Fr 28.25
4 Michelle Miller Shiocton 28.82
5 Kenzie Reinke Wild Rose 29.02
6 Margo Rosandick Pittsville 29.15
7 Miranda Paulick Pittsville 29.40
8 Dallas Oates Pittsville 29.50

Girls 400 Meter Dash
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1 Katherine Cloninger Weyauwega Fr 1:02.48 4
2 Kendal Wormuth Wittenberg B 1:02.68 4
3 Hannah School Wittenberg B 1:05.20 4
4 Alex Mallory Pittsville 1:05.60 4
5 Danielle Muntner Wild Rose 1:05.69 4
6 Michelle Miller Shiocton 1:05.96 3
7 Becca Behr Nekoosa 1:06.71 3
8 Dallas Oates Pittsville 1:07.29 4
12 Leah Eick Weyauwega Fr 1:09.23 3

Girls 800 Meter Run
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1 Kendal Wormuth Wittenberg B 2:28.80
2 Cody Mueller Wild Rose 2:36.15
3 Mandy Elsen Nekoosa 2:36.32
4 Hannah Piper Wild Rose 2:36.35
5 Miranda Baur Wittenberg B 2:40.54
6 Heather Adrian Pittsville 2:40.72
7 Katie Felckowski Amherst 2:40.76
8 Ellen Schroeder Weyauwega Fr 2:44.03
9 Alex Mallory Pittsville 2:47.33
10 Kirsten Dailey Weyauwega Fr 2:49.09
14 Lynn Zeinert Weyauwega Fr 3:00.11

Girls 1600 Meter Run
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1 Carli Kronstedt Pittsville 5:36.19
2 Ana Breit Pacelli 5:48.14
3 Megan Woyak Tri-County 6:00.26
4 Kristine Amundson Wittenberg B 6:00.50
5 Heather Adrian Pittsville 6:05.82
6 Jenni Berndt Wittenberg B 6:06.79
7 Ellen Schroeder Weyauwega Fr 6:07.69
8 Alexa Marsicek Pacelli 6:11.58
9 Brenda Paider Weyauwega Fr 6:14.23
10 Jillian Olander Wild Rose 6:14.30

Girls 3200 Meter Run
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1 Carli Kronstedt Pittsville 12:26.09
2 Kristine Amundson Wittenberg B 13:08.66
3 Megan Woyak Tri-County 13:14.25
4 Jackie Beyer Weyauwega Fr 13:40.88
5 Jillian Olander Wild Rose 13:40.93
6 Karlyn Wormuth Wittenberg B 13:41.16
7 Haley Sorbo Nekoosa 13:55.43
8 Katie Darnell Necedah 13:58.65

Girls 100 Meter Hurdles
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1 Brittiny Stapleton Wittenberg B 16.55
2 Margo Rosandick Pittsville 16.85
3 Heidi Studinski Pacelli 17.53
4 Kenzie Reinke Wild Rose 17.60
5 Dani Johnson Weyauwega Fr 17.91
6 Morgan Yeska Wild Rose 18.15
7 Cassie Scott Shiocton 18.43
8 Dacia Goetsch Weyauwega Fr 20.88 (17.9 trials)
18 Kaitie Gilbert Weyauwega Fr 21.99 2

Girls 300 Meter Hurdles
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1 Kenzie Reinke Wild Rose 50.57 3
2 Dani Johnson Weyauwega Fr 50.94 3
3 Margo Rosandick Pittsville 51.02 3
4 Brittiny Stapleton Wittenberg B 51.41 3
5 Cassie Scott Shiocton 52.29 3
6 Renee DeMars Nekoosa 52.68 3
7 Morgan Yeska Wild Rose 52.79 3
8 Heidi Studinski Pacelli 54.35 2

Girls 4x100 Meter Relay
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1 Weyauwega Fremont 55.52 2
2 Pacelli 56.61 1
3 Necedah 57.14 2
4 Wild Rose 57.47 2
5 Princeton 59.01 2

Girls 4x200 Meter Relay
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1 Pacelli 1:55.70
2 Wild Rose 1:57.02
3 Weyauwega Fremont 1:57.32
4 Amherst 2:08.29

Girls 4x400 Meter Relay
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1 Wild Rose 4:23.30 2
2 Nekoosa 4:29.33 2
3 Weyauwega Fremont 4:30.17
4 Pacelli 4:30.18 2
5 Necedah 4:35.19 2

Girls 4x800 Meter Relay
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1 Pittsville 10:13.15
2 Wittenberg Birnamwood 10:25.58
3 Wild Rose 10:43.55
4 Weyauwega Fremont 10:51.19

Girls High Jump
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1 Molly Christensen Nekoosa 4-10.00
2 Alex Patza Shiocton 4-08.00
3 Chelsea Sorbo Nekoosa J4-08.00
3 Katherine Cloninger Weyauwega Fr J4-08.00
4 Heather Adrian Pittsville J4-06.00
5 Mikala Drevek Pacelli 4-06.00
6 Hannah Piper Wild Rose J4-06.00
7 Megan Sharkey Green Lake J4-06.00
8 Emily Scheuers Princeton J4-04.00

Girls Pole Vault
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1 Lydia Sondalle Princeton 7-00.00
2 Felicia Peckham Nekoosa 6-06.00
3 Wendy Cullan Pittsville 6-00.00
4 Kelly Helbach Green Lake 5-06.00
5 Laura Sommers Tri-County J5-06.00
6 Amanda Anderson Tri-County 5-00.00

Girls Long Jump
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1 Alex Mallory Pittsville 16-00.00
2 Tricia Monnot Wittenberg B 15-08.00
3 Raquel Ebbe Nekoosa 15-04.50
4 Hannah School Wittenberg B 15-02.00
5 Danielle Muntner Wild Rose 14-08.75
6 Sarah Fix Pacelli 14-08.00
7 Kendra Meyers Necedah 14-06.00
8 Amanda Siedschlag Tri-County 14-03.00
9 Stephanie Rodriquez Almond Bancr 13-10.50
10 Amanda Miller Weyauwega Fr 13-10.00
16 Kaitie Gilbert Weyauwega Fr 13-00.00

Girls Triple Jump
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1 Raquel Ebbe Nekoosa 35-03.00
2 Tricia Monnot Wittenberg B 33-01.00
3 Margo Rosandick Pittsville 32-05.75
4 Molly Christensen Nekoosa 31-07.25
5 Danielle Muntner Wild Rose 30-08.75
6 Haley Horbinski Necedah 30-07.50
7 Dani Johnson Weyauwega Fr 30-06.50
8 Dallas Oates Pittsville 30-05.25
16 Kirsten Dailey Weyauwega Fr 25-04.25

Girls Shot Put
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1 Kamie Bluell Necedah 33-08.25
2 Katy Rutz Amherst 32-09.50
3 Becky Cook Necedah 32-09.00
18 Leah Eick Weyauwega Fr 22-05.25

Girls Discus Throw
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1 Katy Rutz Amherst 99-07
2 Kamie Bluell Necedah 96-10
3 Ellen Maves Amherst 93-07
13 Jackie Beyer Weyauwega Fr 72-06
19 Devin Smith Weyauwega Fr 64-05

Tri-County Invitational - 4/30/2009 Results

Men - Team Rankings - 18 Events Scored
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1) Wild Rose 156.50
2) Nekoosa 120
3) Tri-County 88
4) Wittenberg Birnamwood 76
5) Pittsville 70
6) Pacelli 54
7) Amherst 53
8) Necedah 39
9) Weyauwega Fremont 21
10) Shiocton 8
11) Almond Bancroft 6
12) Princeton 5
13) Green Lake 4.50

Boys 100 Meter Dash
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1 Ross Ebbe Nekoosa 11.29
2 Patrick Williams Wild Rose 11.38
3 Marcus Hendrickson Pittsville 12.04
4 Josh Pinkos Wittenberg B 12.16
5 Nissen Jordan Pacelli 12.21
6 Jacob Kramer Wild Rose 12.31
7 Pezewski Harry Pacelli 12.46
Disqualified  1 Cody Przybylski Nekoosa 11.59q 4

Boys 200 Meter Dash
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1 Ross Ebbe Nekoosa 23.26
2 Patrick Williams Wild Rose 23.46
3 Sam Schoenmann Wittenberg B 24.73
4 Josh Pinkos Wittenberg B 25.06
5 Cody Wilz Weyauwega Fr 25.75
6 Strojny Matt Pacelli 25.78
7 Ryan Weigel Necedah 26.00
8 Lucas Simonds Pittsville 32.24
16 Taylor Looker Weyauwega Fr 26.73 4

Boys 400 Meter Dash
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1 Lucas Simonds Pittsville 53.29 3
2 Eric Martin Amherst 53.82 3
3 Branden Nyman Wild Rose 54.29 3
4 Brett Stewart Necedah 54.39 3
5 Sam Schoenmann Wittenberg B 55.00 3
6 Olson Nate Pacelli 56.42 2
7 Austin Kukulka Nekoosa 57.26 3
8 Matt Van Scoyc Green Lake 57.64 3
12 Dakota Sasse Weyauwega Fr 59.13 2
16 Alex Cullen Weyauwega Fr 1:02.63 1
19 Jake Wetzel Weyauwega Fr 1:06.74 1

Boys 800 Meter Run
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1 Aaron Easker Wittenberg B 2:02.40
2 Kyle Severson Nekoosa 2:02.98
3 Anthony Jagielo Tri-County 2:04.67
4 Critter Koch Pacelli 2:07.00
5 Michael Peterson Nekoosa 2:09.57
6 Kaleb Olson Wittenberg B 2:10.89
7 Ben Nyman Wild Rose 2:11.66
8 Matt Eidenschink Nekoosa 2:12.76
11 Gideon Wilz Weyauwega Fr 2:21.37
17 Matt Hidde Weyauwega Fr 2:33.66
18 Alex Cullen Weyauwega Fr 2:37.05

Boys 1600 Meter Run
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  1 Aaron Easker                 Wittenberg B           4:30.31  
  2 Jacob Peterson               Nekoosa                4:35.28  
  3 Anthony Jagielo              Tri-County             4:48.51  
  4 Kaleb Olson                  Wittenberg B           4:53.05  
  5 Darren Hudizak               Wild Rose              4:53.54  
  6 Michael Peterson             Nekoosa                4:55.84  
  7 Matt Eidenschink             Nekoosa                4:57.42  
  8 Matt Easker                  Wittenberg B           5:01.74 
 15 Gideon Wilz                  Weyauwega Fr           5:27.02 
 21 Matt Hidde                   Weyauwega Fr           5:43.14  
 22 Jake Kuenzi                  Weyauwega Fr           6:02.79  

 
Boys 3200 Meter Run
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  1 Jacob Peterson               Nekoosa               10:35.60  
  2 Matt Easker                  Wittenberg B          10:38.93  
  3 Hunter Smith                 Nekoosa               10:59.62  
  4 Javier Gonzales              Tri-County            11:26.63  
  5 Seth Smazal                  Pittsville            11:32.85  
  6 Levi Gage                    Wild Rose             11:44.02  
  7 Russell Pulvermacher         Princeton             11:48.47  
  8 Jarod Coyer                  Nekoosa               11:54.56 
 13 Jake Kempf                   Weyauwega Fr          13:03.48  
 14 Jake Kuenzi                  Weyauwega Fr          13:10.65  
 15 Thomas Long                  Weyauwega Fr          14:09.84 
 
Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
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  1 David Paugels                Wild Rose                16.06  
  2 Jacob Peterson               Wild Rose                16.08  
  3 Eric Schwartzman             Tri-County               16.59  
  4 Bronson Pisula               Nekoosa                  16.64  
  5 Zach Christie                Wild Rose                17.56  
  6 Cameron Weis                 Tri-County               17.59  
  7 Chris Roeske                 Almond Bancr             18.20  
  8 Gage Mott                    Amherst                  19.95  
 
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles
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  1 David Paugels                Wild Rose                41.54   2
  2 Jacob Peterson               Wild Rose                43.14   2
  3 Eric Schwartzman             Tri-County               43.34   2
  4 Zak Markman                  Amherst                  44.46   2
  5 Chris Roeske                 Almond Bancr             45.73   2
  6 Philip Barker                Tri-County               46.82   1
  7 Chris Miller                 Weyauwega Fr             47.83   2
  8 Bronson Pisula               Nekoosa                  48.45   2
 13 Chris Killeen                Weyauwega Fr             55.28   1
 
Boys 4x100 Meter Relay
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  1 Necedah                                               47.62   2
  2 Wild Rose                                             47.66   2
  3 Pacelli                                               47.87   2
  4 Tri-County                                            49.12   2
  5 Weyauwega Fremont                                     50.44   2
  6 Pittsville                                            51.59   2
  7 Amherst                                               53.24   1
  8 Princeton                                             54.83   2
  9 Green Lake                                            55.00   1
10 Almond Bancroft                                       55.46   1

Boys 4x200 Meter Relay
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  1 Wild Rose                                           1:39.80   2
  2 Necedah                                             1:39.82   2
  3 Pacelli                                             1:40.29   2
  4 Pittsville                                          1:42.16   2
  5 Weyauwega Fremont                                   1:42.36   2
  6 Tri-County                                          1:42.43   2
  7 Nekoosa                                             1:43.30   2
  8 Amherst                                             1:47.12   1
  9 Princeton                                           1:52.11   1
 10 Green Lake                                          1:55.93   1

Boys 4x400 Meter Relay
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  1 Wild Rose                                           3:36.75   2
  2 Pacelli                                             3:40.35   2
  3 Wittenberg Birnamwood                               3:44.59   2
  4 Necedah                                             3:46.49   2
  5 Tri-County                                          3:46.86   2
  6 Nekoosa                                             3:48.95   1
  7 Weyauwega Fremont                                   3:56.63   1
  8 Amherst                                             3:56.65   1
  9 Pittsville                                          3:57.57   2
 
Boys 4x800 Meter Relay
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  1 Pittsville                                          8:51.42  
  2 Pacelli                                             9:02.36  
  3 Wild Rose                                           9:03.18  
  4 Necedah                                             9:03.20  
  5 Nekoosa                                             9:05.98  
  6 Amherst                                             9:17.39  
  7 Weyauwega Fremont                                   9:25.25  
  8 Tri-County                                         10:05.84  
  9 Wittenberg Birnamwood                              10:08.35  

Boys High Jump
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  1 Cameron Weis                 Tri-County             6-02.00  
  2 Branden Nyman                Wild Rose              6-01.00  
  3 Zdroik Ryan                  Pacelli                5-06.00  
  4 Sean Klemp                   Shiocton              J5-06.00  
  5 Jacob Peterson               Wild Rose              5-04.00  
  5 Matt Van Scoyc               Green Lake             5-04.00  
  6 Ian Porter                   Necedah               J5-02.00  
  6 Andy Dammen                  Necedah               J5-02.00  
  7 Mitchell Makuski             Amherst                5-02.00  

Boys Pole Vault
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  1 Anthony Jagielo              Tri-County            12-00.00  
  2 Marcus Hendrickson           Pittsville            11-06.00  
  3 Neal Beckman                 Pittsville            10-06.00  
  4 Jeremy Abrahamson            Nekoosa              J10-06.00  
  5 Skylar Leamons               Nekoosa                9-06.00  
  6 Tyler Beckman                Pittsville             8-00.00  
  7 Tony Gallo                   Princeton             J8-00.00  
  8 Tyler Hintz                  Tri-County             7-06.00 

Boys Long Jump
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  1 Patrick Williams             Wild Rose             20-10.00  
  2 Zak Markman                  Amherst               20-03.00  
  3 David Paugels                Wild Rose             19-05.00  
  4 Ross Ebbe                    Nekoosa              J19-05.00  
  5 Dillon Lilly                 Pittsville            18-07.00  
  6 Josh Pinkos                  Wittenberg B         J18-07.00  
  7 Eric Schwartzman             Tri-County            18-03.00  
  8 Cody Wilz                    Weyauwega Fr          18-01.00  
  9 Chris Roeske                 Almond Bancr          17-08.50  
 10 Taylor Looker                Weyauwega Fr          17-07.00 
 14 Kyle Utecht                  Weyauwega Fr          16-10.00 

 Boys Triple Jump
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  1 Sam Schoenmann               Wittenberg B          41-05.25  
  2 Branden Nyman                Wild Rose             41-04.75  
  3 Zak Markman                  Amherst               40-07.50  
  4 Pete Klicka                  Wild Rose             39-00.50  
  5 Dillon Lilly                 Pittsville            39-00.25  
  6 Ian Jamison                  Pacelli               38-01.50  
  7 Cameron Weis                 Tri-County            37-07.00  
  8 Philip Barker                Tri-County            36-07.50  
  9 Tyler Stephens               Nekoosa               35-05.50  
  11 Jake Kuenzi                  Weyauwega Fr          34-10.00 
 13 Dakota Sasse                 Weyauwega Fr          33-11.00 
 19 Thomas Long                  Weyauwega Fr          25-07.25 
 
Boys Shot Put
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  1 Ben Tenpas                   Nekoosa               48-11.25  
  2 Clint Engel                  Wild Rose             48-02.75  
  3 Zane Green                   Amherst               41-03.25  
  4 Ethan Schuelke               Tri-County            39-00.25  
  5 Brandon Clapper              Tri-County            38-10.25  
  6 Chris Heiting                Shiocton              38-08.00  
  7 Chris Chase                  Weyauwega Fr          38-05.50  
  8 Gair Walta                   Nekoosa               38-02.25  
  9 Kamaile Rice                 Wittenberg B          38-00.00  
 18 Jake Wetzel                  Weyauwega Fr          34-00.50  
 19 Steve Meshak                 Wittenberg B          33-08.25  
 20 Ethan Kronstedt              Pittsville            33-02.00  
 21 Cory Lynch                   Wittenberg B          32-08.50  
 22 Brandon Allen                Weyauwega Fr          31-05.75 

Boys Discus Throw
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  1 Ben Tenpas                   Nekoosa                 138-07  
  2 Phillip Rutz                 Amherst                 121-00  
  3 Levi Simonds                 Pittsville              118-10  
  4 Gair Walta                   Nekoosa                 118-06  
  5 Zane Green                   Amherst                 116-09  
  6 Brandon Clapper              Tri-County              116-05  
  7 Ethan Schuelke               Tri-County              116-04  
  8 Jesse Ard                    Necedah                 116-00  
  9 Chris Heiting                Shiocton                112-10 
 14 Hank Dembrowski              Weyauwega Fr             94-07  
 15 Levi Milanowski              Almond Bancr             94-01  
 15 Tom Abendroth                Weyauwega Fr             94-01  
 17 Brandon Allen                Weyauwega Fr             93-02