Angell’s win in the discus ….

Angell’s win in the discus came with a season-best throw of 116-4.5 and was close to last year’s best distance of 116-11. Three Abbotsford throwers took second through fourth place. Pogodzinski was the runner-up at 107-6.5, while O’Malley was 14th with an improved distance of 66-9. Angell threw 36 feet even in the shot put, which was good for second place behind Athens freshman Sy’ Rih Hartwig (36-9.5). O’Malley improved by 2 inches and placed 11th at 27-3.5.

Rabuck, Copenhaver, Drier and Tallier teamed up to run the 800-meter relay in 1:58.73, which put them 3.24 seconds behind the winning team from McDonell and a solid 3.46 seconds ahead of thirdplace Abbotsford.

Drier added a fourth-place time of 18.14 seconds, her best of 2023, in the 100-meter high hurdles. Sonnentag won that in 16.46 seconds.

Winger led the boys by clearing a personal-best 5-4 in the high jump, good for a second-place tie with Cadott’s Peter Weir and Stanley-Boyd’s Cameron Kohls. They were all 6 inches lower than event champion Ashten Schultz of Neillsville.

Gilman got four points from its fifthplace 800-meter relay team of Person, McAlpine, Winger and Grady Kroeplin, which posted a time of 1:45.86. Neillsville won in 1:40.52. The Pirates were just behind Cadott (1:44.73) and just ahead of Athens (1:46.72).

Franzen supplied the rest of the scoring for the Pirates. He took sixth in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles at 48.55 seconds and eighth in the 110-meter high hurdles at 19.91 seconds. Schultz won the highs at 16.63 seconds and Stanley-Boyd’s Nic Schmelzer won the intermediates at 44.78 seconds.

Person was 10th in the 400-meter dash at 1:01.04 and McAlpine was 13th in both the 100-meter (12.62) and 200-meter (26.0) dashes. Person was right behind him in the 200 (26.16) and Winger was 27th in the 100 (13.72).

Moran had a great night, setting new bests in both of his distance runs. He was 12th in the 800-meter run at 2:36.44 and 13th in the 1,600-meter race at 6:03.83. Moran also was 26th in the long jump (1110.75).

Marion placed 16th in the shot put at 32-1 and 17th in the discus at 88-10.5.

Girls team standings were: 1. Mc-Donell Central, 119; 2. Abbotsford, 94; 3. Stanley-Boyd and Cadott, 79.5; 5. Bloomer, 71; 6. Gilman, 59; 7. Athens, 53; 8. Neillsville, 50; 9. Flambeau, 18; 10. Osseo-Fairchild, 16; 11. Fall Creek, 14.

Boys team standings were: 1. Stanley-Boyd, 173.08; 2. Bloomer, 86.75; 3. Neillsville, 84.5; 4. McDonell Central, 75.75; 5. Abbotsford, 68.25; 6. Cadott, 56.33; 7. Athens, 49; 8. Flambeau, 14; 9. Gilman, 13.33; 10. Osseo-Fairchild, 13; 11. Fall Creek, 7.