The Oconto Falls High School girls captured the 64th annual Oconto Falls Invitational on Thursday despite injuries to two key performers.
Sophomore Bailey Wolf won two events as the Panthers overcame the harsh weather and stiff competition at Memorial Field, winning the title by 4.5 points over Hilbert.
The Oconto Falls boys finished fourth in their half of the meet, won by Kewaunee.
“We were so happy to get the meet in,” Oconto Falls coach Tammy Moynihan said. “My team is battling through some injuries.”
Oconto Falls was without juniors Julie Moore, who suffered a concussion, and state qualifier Vanessa VanDenElzen, who injured her knee earlier in the week.
Moynihan’s adjustments included making Wolf a last-minute addition to the 3,200-meter run, which she won. She added a first-place finish in the 1,600-run and a second in the 800-meter run.
“It is not traditional to put someone in all three runs in a meet,” Moynihan said. “We were not expecting it out of her.”
Moynihan credited two other girls for stepping up and achieving personal bests in their events. Diane Moore captured a fourth-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles, and Carolyn Malcheski placed second in the triple jump.
Meanwhile, boys coach Lon Ludeman said his team, competing in only its second outdoor meet of the season, also was affected by the weather.
Junior Michael Fifield achieved a personal best in the 800-meter run, however, beating his prior record by six seconds with a time of 2:13.6.
“He is becoming a good runner and is a hard worker and gives me his best every time he is out there,” Ludeman said.
Fifield also notched second-place finishes in the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs with times of 4:51.42 and 10:30.32, respectively.
Senior Alex Young took two top-five finishes in the invitational: second in the 400-meter dash and fifth in the 200-meter dash.
Girls
Team scores: 1. Oconto Falls 106, 2. Hilbert 101.50, 3. Algoma 98, 4. Peshtigo 93.50, 5. Kewaunee 83.50, 6. Sturgeon Bay 79.50, 7. Mishicot 66, 8. Bonduel 32, 9. Oconto 28, 10. Coleman 9.
100 dash: 4. Liza Leja, Oconto Falls, 13.81
400 dash: 6. Kali Erickson, Oconto Falls, 1:08.00.
800 run: 2. Bailey Wolf, Oconto Falls, 2:34.12.
1,600 run: 1. Bailey Wolf, Oconto Falls, 5:32.61.
3,200 run: 1. Bailey Wolf, Oconto Falls, 12:44.63; 7. Jaclyn Erickson, Oconto Falls, 13:45.96.
300 hurdles: 4. Diane Moore, Oconto Falls, 54.20; 7. Josie Ausloos, Oconto Falls, 56.23.
4x100 relay: 4. Oconto Falls, 56.54 (Evy O’Harrow, Kali Erickson, Liza Leja, Carolyn Malcheski).
4x400 relay: 4. Oconto Falls, 4:45.44 (Meghan Vandenack, Kali Erickson, Kaitlyn Donart, Alyssa Nelson)
High jump: 1. Carly Lemke, Oconto Falls, 5-0; 5. Kali Erickson, Oconto Falls, 4-6.
Long jump: 5. Emily Kilmer, Oconto Falls, 14-4.75.
Triple jump: 2. Carolyn Malcheski, Oconto Falls, 32-4; 3. Emily Kilmer, Oconto Falls, 29-11.
Shot put: 5. Kayla Virtues, Oconto Falls, 34-5.5; 8. Carly Lemke, Oconto Falls, 32-10; 13. Vicki Kozlovsky, Oconto Falls, 27-08.
Discus: 7. Carly Lemke, Oconto Falls, 90; 8. Kayla Virtues, Oconto Falls, 88-7.
Boys
Team scores: 1. Kewaunee 124.50, 2. Peshtigo 121.50, 3. Hilbert 116, 4. Oconto Falls 89.50, 5. Sturgeon Bay 69, 6. Bonduel 58, 7. Coleman 43, 8. Algoma 34, 9. Oconto 22, 10. Mishicot 20.50.
200 dash: 5. Alex Young, Oconto Falls, 25.20.
400 dash: 2. Alex Young, Oconto Falls, 54.84; 4. Hunter Reed, Oconto Falls, 54.90; 9. Luke Vrooman, Oconto Falls, 57.66.
800 run: 1. Michael Fifield, Oconto Falls, 2:07.97; 3. James Malcheski, Oconto Falls, 2:10.42; 12. Conner Iverson, Oconto Falls, 26.58.
1,600 run: 2. Mike Friedman, Oconto Falls, 4:51.42; 9. Evan Konitzer, Oconto Falls, 5:21.08.
3,200 run: 2. Mike Friedman, Oconto Falls, 10:30.20; 6. Liam Spillane, Oconto Falls, 11:03.16.
4x100 relay: 3. Oconto Falls, 48.93 (Jacob Yatso, Sam Fletcher, Dillion Curl, Drake Rowland)
4x200 relay: 4. Oconto Falls, 1:41.24 (Jacob Yatso, Drake Rowland, Luke Vrooman, Aaron Kurth)
4x800 relay: 3. Oconto Falls, 8:51.96 (Michael Fifield, Hunter Reed, James Malcheski, Connor Iverson)
High jump: 2. Michael Fifield, Oconto Falls, 5-8.
Pole vault: 5. Dylan Kasper, Oconto Falls, 8-6.
Long jump: 4. Aaron Kurth, Oconto Falls, 17-8.25; 15. Drake Rowland, Oconto Falls, 15-4.
Triple jump: 7. Hunter Reed, Oconto Falls, 35-8
Shot put: 10. Cole Westcott, Oconto Falls, 38-2
Discus: 9. Scott Heller, Oconto Falls, 112-6; 16. Kaleb Westcott, Oconto Falls, 93-6.
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