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attempt, giving her the tiebreaker over three other athletes who also reached that mark.

Azul Diaz had the Falcons’ best finish in the distance events, winning the 3200-meter run. The senior led the entire race but winning was anything but easy. Diaz had to battle Stanley-Boyd’s Mariah Wehling every step of the way, but was able to hold off her opponent down the final stretch, finishing three-hundredths of a second ahead of Wehling to secure her victory. Her final time was 13:40.23. Monse Ochoa also scored for Abbotsford in the event, taking fifth with a time of 15:36.19.

The Falcons’ fourth win came in the 4x200-meter relay, where Romo, Celia Schindler, Chloe Cihlar and Lauryn Harris combined to notch a meet-best time of 1:54.87. The speedy quartet had plenty of leeway in the race, coming in over three seconds faster than the second place Cadott relay.

Marcus VanLuven led the boys’ squad in throwing events, grabbing a second place finish in the shot put and fourth in the discus. The junior’s top throw of 39 feet, 3.25 inches put him behind only Durand’s Gavin Jahnke in the shot put while his throw of 122 feet, 11 inches put him in the upper echelons of the discus competition.

Margo Pogodzinski had an equally impressive day in the girls throwing events, picking up the runner-up spot in the discus while recording the third best throw in the shot put. She edged out Durand’s Makenzie Almsted for second place in the discus, throwing for a distance of 110 feet, seven inches while her third attempt in the shot put was her best of the day, measuring 31 feet, 9.25 inches. Kate Sheahan also scored for the Falcons in the discus, earning eighth place in the event with a throw of 82 feet, 11 inches.

Chase Boller earned yet another second place finish in the field events for Abbotsford. The junior continued his solid 2025 campaign by earning the runner-up spot in the high jump. Only he and eventual winner Jed Henderson cleared the height of five feet, 10 inches, though Henderson was able to get one step further by making it past the six foot mark.

The boys’ 4x100-meter relay team of Boller, Caleb Kulesa, Carter Cihlar and Irvin Davila picked up the final second place spot for the Falcons in Bloomer. Their time of 48.78 seconds put them solidly ahead of the third-place Gilman relay and a second behind the top Thorp team.

The girls’ 4x100-meter relay also earned a top-three finish for Abbotsford. The team of Romo, Harris, Schindler and Flink posted a time of 54.93 seconds to grab third in their event, trailing just the Stanley-Boyd and Cadott relays.

Chloe Cihlar and Kulesa both earned points in their respective 300-meter hurdles competitions. Cihlar took fourth in her race, defeating Stanley-Boyd’s Stella Chwala by six-hundredths of a second to secure her spot with a time of 55.25 seconds. Meanwhile, Kulesa took sixth in the boys’ event, putting up a time of 52.01 seconds.

Celia Schinlder had the final top-five performance of the day for the Falcons, taking fifth in the triple jump with a distance of 30 feet, 3.75 inches. Other scoring performances included a sixth place finish for Diaz in the 1600meter run with a time of 6:12.25 and an eighth-place finish for Chloe Cihlar in the 100-meter dash with a time of 14.03 seconds.

TAKING FLIGHT - Carlos Beltran looks to stick his spot in the pit during the triple jump. He would end up taking sixth. STAFF PHOTO/NATHANIEL UNDERWOOD