Tigers' Nelson, Naumann, Holly win sectional titles

Tess Nelson, Mike Naumann and Logan Holly won sectional championships to lead the Northwestern Tigers at Thursday night’s WIAA Sectional Meet in Medford.

Nelson and Naumann won their respective 300-meter hurdle events and Holly won the girls pole vault for the right to compete in next weekend’s WIAA State Meet at UW-La Crosse.

Nelson also advanced to state by finishing second in the 100 hurdles and Naumann is a member of the 4x200-meter relay, which finished third. Joining Naumnn on the 4x200 relay are Alex Reynolds, Mike Parkins and Zak Anttila.

Also advancing to state for the Tigers are Jordan Johnson, who took fourth in the 1,600; and the boys 4x100 relay, which finished second.

Members of the 4x100 relay team are Duncan Magerl, Reynolds, Parkins and Anttila.

The NHS girls finished in fifth place as a team and the boys were ninth. Osceola won the girls team title and Nekoosa was the top boys team.

The state track meet is June 1-2 at UW-La Crosse.

WIAA Division 2 Medford Sectional

Team Scores

Girls: 1. Osceola 63; 2. Somerset 62; 3. Tomahawk 56; 4. Mosinee 45; 5. Northwestern 41; 6. Hayward 32; 7. Bloomer 31; 8. Medford Area 30; 9. St. Croix Central 27; 10. Cameron 26; 10. Wittenberg-Birnamwood 26; 12. Ellsworth 25; 13. Spooner 23; 13. Ladysmith 23; 13. Colby 23; 16. Elk Mound 22; 17. Altoona 20; 17. Prescott 20; 19. Amery 19; 20. Mondovi 17; 21. Neillsville 13; 22. Nekoosa 12; 23. Stanley-Boyd 11.50; 24. Menominee Indian 7; 25. Baldwin-Woodville 6; 26. Unity 5; 27. Osseo-Fairchild 4; 27. Durand 4; 29. Frederic/Luck 3; 30. Northland Pines 2; 31. Ashland 1.50; 32. Barron 1; 32. Fall Creek 1.

Boys: 1. Nekoosa 81; 2. Somerset 59; 3. Bloomer 46; 4. St. Croix Central 45; 5. Ashland 43; 6. Medford Area 39; 7. Ellsworth 35; 7. Amery 35; 9. Northwestern 33; 10. Osceola 26; 11. Barron 23; 12. Northland Pines 22; 13. Tomahawk 21; 14. Cameron 17; 15. Prescott 16; 15. Hayward 16; 17. Mosinee 15; 18. Neillsville 14; 18. Elk Mound 14; 20. Saint Croix Falls 13; 21. Baldwin-Woodville 10; 21. Durand 10; 21. Frederic/Luck 10; 21. Chetek/Weyerhaeuser 10; 21. Fall Creek 10; 26. Unity 9; 27. Mondovi 8; 27. Cumberland 8; 29. Wittenberg-Birnamwood 4; 29. Colby 4; 31. Altoona 2; 32. Grantsburg 1; 32. Osseo-Fairchild 1; 32. Spooner 1.

Individual Events

NHS Girls Advancing to state

100-Meter Hurdles—1. Brittany Dulak, Mosinee, 15.51; 2. Tess Nelson, NHS, 15.79; 3. Sarah Northey, Somerset, 16.19; 4. Marlee Kiander, Tomahawk, 16.31.

300-Meter Hurdles—1. T. Nelson, NHS, 47.32; 2. Sarah Gamillo, Colby, 48.37; 3. Dulak, Mosinee, 48.46; 4. Lydia Kuhl, Ellsworth, 48.70; 6. Lynsey Anttila, NHS, 49.60.

1,600—1. Andrea Ostenso, Ladysmith, 5:17.64; 2. Ali Olson, Bloomer, 5:20.41; 3. Victoria Simones, Prescott, 5:21.18; 4. Jordan Johnson, NHS, 5:22.41.

Pole Vault—1. Logan Holly, NHS, 10-03; 2. Grace Mickelson, Tomahawk, 9-6, 3. Sarah Krig, Somerset, 9-6, 4. Andie Friberg, Elk Mound, 9-3; 10. Kelly Erkkila, NHS, 7-6.

NHS Boys Advancing to state

Boys 300-Meter Hurdles—1. Mike Naumann, NHS, 40.95; 2. Phil Emmerich, Mondovi, 41.63; 3. Gadi Samson, Medford, 41.68; 4. Luke Sauerman, Medford, 41.83.

4x200 Relay—1. Somerset, 1:33.13; 2. Nekoosa, 1:33.17; 3. Northwestern (Zak Anttila, Alex Reynolds, Mike Parkins, Naumann), 1:34.01; 4. Cameron, 1:34.04.

4x100 Relay—1. Somerset, 44.99; 2. Northwestern (Duncan Magerl, Reynolds, Parkins, Anttila), 45.57; 3. St. Croix Central, 45.58; 4. Nekoosa, 45.75.

Northwestern’s Non-advancing Events

Girls

800—1. Ali Olson, Bloomer, 2:16.64; 2. Rachel Sudbury, Tomahawk, 2:18.44; 7. Johnson, NHS, 2:31.32.

3,200—1. Ostenso, Ladysmith, 11:27.15; 2. Chelsea Tremblay, Hayward; 11:41.29; 7. Elli Teige, NHS, 12:24.68; 12. Carmen Ormston, Northwestern, 13:15.28.

4x400 Relay—1. Hayward, 4:08.78; 2. Tomahawk, 4:09.63; 9. Northwestern (Johnson, Ally May, T. Nelson, Michaela Ruhman), 4:20.55.

4x800 Relay— 1. Prescott, 9:54.89; 2. Hayward, 9:58.40; 8. Northwestern (Angela Snow, Teige, Carmen Ormston, Olivia Amber), 10:35.35.

Boys

800—1. Levi Nayes, Bloomer, 1:58.53; 2. Michael Peterson, Nekoosa, 1:58.94; 6. Ryan Lind, NHS, 2:02.38; 12. Mason Lombard, NHS, 2:08.98.

3,200—1. Bryce Miller, Ashland, 9:52.75; 2. John Vodacek, Bloomer, 9:56.33; 9. Travis Sznaider, NHS, 10:19.80.

4x400 Relay—1. Bloomer, 3:31.81; 2. St. Croix Central, 3:32.94; 7. Northwestern (Jacob Stai, Mike Parkins, Lind, Lombard), 3:38.07.

Pole Vault—1. Jorgen Hamann, Medford, 12-9; 2. Sandy Bautch, Neillsville, 12-6; 5. Devin Holly, NHS, 12-3; 11. Trevor Guenard, Northwestern, 10-6.

4x800 Relay—1. Nekoosa, 8:10.37; 2. Prescott, 8:17; 9. Northwestern (Lombard, Lind, Travis Sznaider, Kyle Ratio), 8:53.21.

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