Eau Claire North swept the boys and girls titles for a second consecutive year Friday at the annual Packy Paquette Invitational, hosted by Superior High School at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.
The Spartan boys finished fourth at the track and field meet, while the girls finished eighth. Northwestern took fifth in the boys’ competition and sixth in the girls’.
A familiar MVP was named for the boys, as Rice Lake’s Kenny Bednarek picked up the honor for the third straight year. The junior is the WIAA Division 2 state record holder in the 400-meter dash and won both the 200 and 400 at last season’s state track meet.
Senior Kary Petricka, of Eau Claire North, was named the girls MVP. She won two individual events for the Huskies and ran on the record-setting 4x200 relay.
Four new records were set by the boys Friday, while three were broken and one was matched by the girls.
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For the boys, Bednarek lowered both of his previous records in the 220-yard dash and 400-meter dash. He has won the 220-yard dash in record time all three years he has run in the Packy Invite.
In the triple jump, Evan Spaeth of Chippewa Falls cleared a distance of 42 feet, 4.5 inches to best the previous record of 41-11, set by Rice Lake’s Brandyn Christman in 2013; and the Rice Lake 4x400 relay team surpassed Chippewa Falls’ mark of 3:37.23 from 2015 by about two seconds.
Records fell predominantly in the field events for the girls.
Sophomore Abby Nelson kept the pole vault record in the hands of Northwestern when she cleared 10 feet to win the event. Former Tiger Carolyn Prochaska set the previous record of 9-6.75 in 2010.
In the triple jump, Hayward’s Gabby Snider went 35-2.25 to top the record of 34-8 set last year by fellow Hurricane Taylor Snider; and in the high jump, Superior’s Caroline Becker cleared five feet to join Ashland’s Lindsay Wiebe and Chippewa Falls’ Stephanie Sawicki for a share of the record.
On the track, the ECN girls 4x200 relay team toppled a record that had stood since 2008. The team of Petricka, Jaiden Sullivan, Harper Dilley and Olivia Laube finished in 1:51.66 to beat the previous time of 1:53.37 set by Rice Lake.
The host Spartans won two events and finished second in two others. Becker won the high jump for the girls, and Abby Dolsen took second in the 800. Gunnar Gronski led the boys with his win in the 200-meter hurdles, and Sam Kline took second in the high jump.
Northwestern swept the pole vault events, with Nelson winning for the girls and Connar Wheeler winning for the boys. The Tigers also picked up two relay victories. The girls 4x800 team of Emma Smykalski, Talia Martens-Cismonski, Paige Johnson and Caitlin Johnson finished nearly 18 seconds ahead of the runner-up. The boys 4x200 team (Jon Morley, Yuri Achucarro, Jared Antilla and Connor Johnson) edged ECN by four-tenths of a second.
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The Tigers also received a pair of second-place finishes from Donny Pooler in the 1,600 and 3,200.
2017 Packy Paquette Invitational
at Lydia Thering Fieldhouse, UWS
Girls team scores
- Eau Claire North, 146.40; 2. Rice Lake, 92.20; 3. Hayward, 71.50; 4. Chippewa Falls, 55.25; 5. Duluth East, 55; 6. Northwestern, 50.25; 7. Shell Lake, 50; 8. Superior, 40.40; 9. Ashland, 33.50; 10. Cumberland, 23.50; 11. Spooner, 5.
Boys team scores
- Eau Claire North, 138; 2. Rice Lake, 95.50; 3. Chippewa Falls, 93.50; 4. Superior, 76.50; 5. Northwestern, 63; 6. Hayward, 58.50; 7. Duluth East, 39.50; 8. Spooner, 18.33; 9. Cumberland, 16; 10. Ashland, 14.33; 11. Drummond, 8.33; 12. Shell Lake, 0.50.
Combined team scores
- Eau Claire North, 284.40; 2. Rice Lake, 187.70; 3. Chippewa Falls, 148.75; 4. Hayward, 130; 5. Superior, 116.90; 6. Northwestern, 113.25; 7. Duluth East, 94.50; 8. Shell Lake, 50.50; 9. Ashland, 47.83. 10. Cumberland, 39.50; 11. Spooner, 23.33. 12. Drummond, 8.33.
Girls individual results
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(Winners plus SHS and NHS)
55 - 1. Kary Petricka, ECN, 7.53; 10. Marcia Mogensen, SHS, 8.15; 16. Brooke Koenen, SHS, 8.30; 23. Kasha Hughlett, NW, 8.81; 24. Brianna Wrege, NW, 8.97; 27. Addie Heller, NW, 9.23.
220 - 1. Petricka, ECN, 27.48; 11. Abby Nelson, NW, 29.72; 17. Mogensen, SHS, 30.48; 23. Wrege, NW, 33.38; 24. Sarah Suggs, NW, 33.40.
400 - 1. Ella Ellenson, RL, 1:03.12; 8. Journey Amundson, NW, 1:09.05; 9. Novalee Flores, SHS, 1:09.29; 10. Pagie Johnson, NW, 1:09.42; 16. Cammi Vandenberg, SHS, 1:16.31; 17. Abby Bottolfson, NW, 1:17.24.
800 - 1. Molly Weberg, DE, 2:39.16; 2. Abby Dolsen, SHS, 2:41.04; 5. Caitlin Johnson, NW, 2:43.34; 7. Flores, 2:48.92.
1,600 - 1. Miciah Mills, ECN, 5:39.76; 6. Emma Smykalski, NW, 6:19.58; 8. Dolsen, SHS, 6:35.01; 13. Vandenberg, SHS, 6:57.31.
3,200 - 1. Emily Schmitt, ECN, 11:55.15; 6. Talia Martens-Cismonski, NW, 13:46.23; 8. Paige Lach, SHS, 14:43.98; 12. Jennifer Nummi, SHS, 15:22.32; 14. Shannon McCoshen, SHS, 15:23.68.
55 Hurdles - 1. Victoria Czech, CF, 9.43; 9. Chloe Aiken, SHS, 10.86; 10. Lnyzy Beitel, SHS, 10.87; 16. Alyssa Roach, SHS, 11.59; 17. Natalie Kirkpatrick, NW, 11.91; 20. Ashton Goette, NW, 14.02.
200 Hurdles - 1. Julie Pokorny, SL, 31.25; 4. Beitel, SHS, 32.88; 8. Mogensen, SHS, 34.64; 12. Breanna Thiel, NW, 36.35; 13. Nia Albright, NW, 36.87.
4x200 Relay - 1. ECN, 1:51.66; 7. Northwestern (Abby Nelson, Hope Rankila, Natalie Kirkpatrick, Thiel), 2:01.58; SHS, DQ.
4x400 Relay - 1. ECN, 4:21.16; 4. NW (A. Nelson, Rankila, Paige Johnson, Amundson), 4:45.33; 7. SHS (Aiken, Beitel, Josie DeGraef, Flores), 4:53.52.
4x800 Relay - 1 NW (Emma Smykalski, Martens-Cismonski, P. Johnson, Caitlin Johnson), 11:09.69; 7. SHS (Kingslee Hansen, McCoshen, Jennifer Nummi, Jaylynn Glaus), 12:08.85.
High Jump - 1. Carline Becker, SHS, 5-0; 8. Amundson, NW, 4-3; 12. Aiken, SHS, 4-3; 15. Hughlett, NW, 4-3.
Pole Vault - 1. Abby Nelson, NW, 10-0; 7. Emily Nelson, NW, 8-0; 8. Carlee Noonan, SHS, 7-0; 8. Annalee Kelleher, SHS, 7-0; 15. Hayley Olson, SHS, 6-0.
Long Jump - 1. Nicole Mikula, Shell Lake, 17-4; 5. Mogensen, SHS, 16-0; 13. Koenen, SHS, 13-11.50; 20. Jennifer Thul, NW, 12-3.25; 21. Vandenberg, SHS, 12-2.75.
Triple Jump - 1. Gabby Snider, Hayward, 35-2.25; 5. Amundson, NW, 30-10; 9. Caroline Becker, SHS, 27-6.
Shot Put - 1. Carly Zlabeck-Schuebel, RL, 36-10; 3. Katie Lundeen, NW, 34-2; 5. Daisy White, SHS, 33-3; 9. Sam Hoegan, NW, 29-10.5; 10. Sara Pearson, NW, 29-9.5; 17. Faustina Lehto, SHS, 25-5.5.
Boys individual results
(Winners plus SHS and NHS)
55 - 1. Marquez Clerveaux, RL, 6.72; 5. Matthew Buerger, SHS, 7.02; 12. Brady VanHove, NW, 7.14; 14. Max Plunkett, SHS, 7.16; 17. Yuri Achucarro, NW, 7.28; 25. Jared Antilla, NW, 7.52.
220 - 1. Kenny Bednarek, RL, 22.51; 6. Connor Johnson, NW, 24.57; 8. Buerger, SHS, 24.90; 11.l Michael Knaack, NW, 25.15; 12. Nick Ferrando, SHS, 25.18; 21. Achucarro, NW, 26.63; 23. Noah Benson, SHS, 26.79.
400 - 1. Bednarek, RL, 49.37; 4. Plunkett, SHS, 54.73; 15. Kevin Garland, NW, 59.31; 19. Brennan Morrissey, SHS, 1:00.26; 23. Tyler Davis, NW, 1:01.78; 24. Iian Matheson, SHS, 1:02.39; 29. Willem Hoegen, NW, 1:07.13.
800 - 1. Andrew Arthur, DE, 2:06.51; 10. Nate Ferrando, SHS, 2:18.14; 13. Luke Denninger, SHS, 2:21; 16. Zachary Tharge, SHS, 2:27.58; 20. Adam Thom, NW, 2:33.13; 21. Kyle Heinen, NW, 2:34.59; 26. Aaron Jeter, NW, 2:48.55.
1,600 - 1. David Ecker, ECN, 4:40.16; 2. Donny Pooler, NW, 4:41.17; 7. Zach Pooler, NW, 5:03.56; 8. Brenden Crayne, SHS, 5:03.96; 11. Luke Denninger, SHS, 5:13.68; 13. Brody Burke, NW, 5:16.06; 15. Tharge, SHS, 5:29.76.
3,200 - 1. Alan Fox, CF, 11:11.40; 2. Z. Pooler, NW, 11:19.53; 3. Crayne, SHS, 11:35.26; 4. Jackson Karren, SHS, 11:36.92; 5. Grohn, NW, 11:40.08; 7. Michael Barnaby, SHS, 12:07.97; 10. Kieran Johnson, NW, 12:45.13.
55 hurdles - 1. DeVonte Kuykendall, Hayward, 8.32; 5. Gunnar Gronski, SHS, 8.99; 7. Nathan Anderson, SHS, 9.10; 10. Calen Kirkpatrick, NW, 9.32; 17. Willy Flynn, SHS, 10.72; 20. Jagar Stillson, NW, 11.27; 21. Isaiah Wiita, NW, 11.50.
200 hurdles - 1. G. Gronski, SHS, 26.99; 10. Calen Kirkpatrick, NW, 31.01; 16. Isaiah Wiita, NW, 33.49; 17. Nathan Anderson, SHS, 33.78.
4x100 relay - 1. RL, 3:29.46; 4. SHS (Nate Ferrando, Nick Ferrando, G. Gronski, Plunkett), 3:44.70; 5. NW (Connor Johnson, Knaack, D. Pooler, Greg Ruhman), 3:48.64.
4x200 relay - 1. NW (Jon Morley, Achucarro, Antilla, C. Johnson), 1:38.98; 3 SHS (Buerger, Chase Elder, Jarrett Gronski, Steven Pearson), 1:40.
4x800 Relay - 1. ECN, 8:52.28; 3. SHS (Nate Ferrando, Nick Ferrando, Morrissey, Tharge), 8:58.03; 5, NW (Brody Burke, Tyler Davis, Kevin Garland, Zach Grohn), 9:32.28.
Shot put - 1. Jeremy Danielson, ECN, 47-4.5; 5. Chase Summerfield, SHS, 42-4.5; 12. Josiah McDonald, SHS, 37-8; 14. Nate Ohman, NW, 37-1.5; 17. Morgan Bergeren, NW, 36-0; 19. Gabriel Sexton, SHS, 33-11; 21. Kyle Curphy, NW, 33-4.5.
High jump - 1. Ben Crotteau, RL, 6-0; 2. Sam Kline, SHS, 5-6; 5. Plunkett, SHS, 5-3.
Long jump - 1. Maxwell Gibson, CF, 20-1.25; 5. Brady VanHove, NW, 19-4.25; 6. Joseph Carter, SHS, 19-1.25; 7. Nick Ferrando, SHS, 18-11; 12. Achucarro, NW, 18-9.75; 15. Andre Peters, SHS, 17-1.25; 24 Hoegen, NW, 14-10.25.
Triple jump - 1. Evan Spaeth, CF, 42-4.50; 11. Carter, SHS, 35-10.5; 12. Ruhman, NW, 35-10.25; 16. Steven Pearson, SHS, 32-9.5; 20. Stillson, NW, 31-5.25.
Pole Vault - 1. Connar Wheeler, NW, 12-6; 3. Jon Morley, NW, 12-0; 10. Ethan Jenson, NW, 10-0; 11. Landon Lathrop, SHS, 9-0; 11. James Kirchoff, SHS, 9-0.
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Packy Paquette Invitational
Boys Past winners
2008 – Superior 2013 – Rice Lake
2009 – Superior 2014 – Superior
2010 – Superior 2015 – Superior
2011 – Rice Lake 2016 – Eau Claire North
2012 – Event canceled 2017 – Eau Claire North
Girls Past winners
2008 – Northwestern 2013 – Rice Lake
2009 – Superior 2014 – Superior
2010 – Superior 2015 – Chippewa Falls
2011 – Bloomer 2016 – Eau Claire North
2012 – Event canceled 2017 – Eau Claire North
Boys MVPs
2008 – Ben Wahlstrom, Spooner
2009 – Ben Wahlstrom, Spooner
2010 – Zach Colvin, Superior
2011 – Quintin Coleman, Duluth East
2013 – Bryce Miller, Ashland
2014 – Jake Libal, Superior
2015 – Kenny Bednarek, Rice Lake
2016 – Kenny Bednarek, Rice Lake
2017 – Kenny Bednarek, Rice Lake
Girls MVPs
2008 – Kelly Stipetich, Superior
2009 – Christa Diedrich, Superior
2010 – Christa Diedrich, Superior
2011 – Jamie Ludwigson, Bloomer
2013 – Morgan Johnson, Hayward
2014 – Lauren Magnuson, Superior
2015 – Elli Daniels, Chippewa Falls
2016 – Phoebe Koski, Duluth East
2017 – Kary Petricka, Eau Claire North
Packy Paquette Invite Records
Boys
55-meter dash........ Nick Greenlund, ECN (2016)............. 6.68
220-yard dash............ Kenny Bednarek, RL (2017).................... 22.51
400-meter dash.......... Kenny Bednarek, RL (2017).................... 49.37
800......................... Bryce Miller, Ashland (2013)....... 2:01.68
1,600...................... Bryce Miller, Ashland (2013)....... 4:24.27
3,200...................... Daniel Pederson, Spooner (2016) 9:55.45
55-meter hurdles.... Carter Anderson, Superior (2014)...... 8.05
200-meter hurdles.. Anthony Litersky, Ashland (2014).. 26.49
4x200 relay............ Rice Lake (John Van Feldt, Alain Pierre, Kenny Bednarek, Ben Widdes) (2015) 1:34.92
4x400 relay................ Rice Lake (2017)................................. 3:29.46
4x800 relay............ Northwestern (Donny Pooler, Leo Mack, Timmy Heikkila, Zach Pooler) (2016) 8:43.25
Shot put.................. Mike Solomon, Esko (1980)............. 55-5
High jump............... Neil Jardine, Superior; Tim Erkilla, Cloquet (1971); Steve Smith, Superior (1978) 6-5
Pole vault............... Doug Nelson, Northwestern (1980) 13-6.5
Long jump.............. Desi Fielding, Spooner (2016).......... 22-7
Triple jump.............. Evan Spaeth, Chip. Falls (2017)............. 42.45
Girls
55-meter dash........ Lauren Magnuson, Superior (2015)... 7.52
220-yard dash........ Jaime Ludwigson, Bloomer (2011). 27.11
400-meter dash...... Raya Kosey, Superior (2011)....... 1:01.54
800-meter run......... Ava Meyer, Duluth East (2015).... 2:26.42
1,600...................... Phoebe Koski, Duluth East (2016) 5:30.08
3,200...................... Emily Schmitt, ECN (2016)........ 11:38.68
55-meter hurdles.... Jaime Ludwigson, Bloomer (2011)... 8.95
200-meter hurdles.. Giselle Sziron, Superior (2013)....... 29.84
4x200 relay................ ECN (Kary Petricka, Jaiden Sullivan, Harper Dilley, Olivia Laube) (2017) 1:51.66
4x400 relay............ Chippewa Falls (Elli Daniels, Kathryn Webb, Stephanie Sawicki, Arica Swift) (2015) 4:14.00
4x800 relay............ Northwestern (Beth Gurske, Jordan Johnson, Emma Nelson, Angela Snow) (2013) 10:26.16
Shot put.................. Katie Taylor, Hayward (2016)............ 44-8
High jump............... Lindsay Wiebe, Ashland (2008 & 2009); Stephanie Sawicki, Chippewa Falls (2015); Caroline Becker, Superior (2017) 5-0
Pole vault................. Abby Nelson, Northwestern (2017)........... 10-0
Long jump.............. Morgan Johnson, Hayward (2013). 17-5.5
Triple jump Gabby Snider, Hayward (2017) 35-2.25
