Kleist (11.97) were fifth and ….

Kleist (11.97) were fifth and sixth in the 100-meter dash final and actually had faster times in the prelims. Lindahl was 10th in the prelims at 12.12 seconds.

Losiewicz had Medford’s highest finish in the field, earning All-GNC secondteam honors by clearing 12 feet in the pole vault. Lakeland’s Kaleb Winter won it by getting 6 inches higher. Paul continued his late-season surge in three events. He went a personal-best 39-9 in the triple jump to place third, while Owen Stockwell took seventh at 38-3.75. Ryan Muench and Jack Gjovik of Northland Pines had the top distances at 41-7 and 4011.75. Paul cleared 5-8 in the high jump to place fourth and he went 19-3.5 to take sixth in the long jump, while Lindahl hit a personal-best 18-11 to take seventh.

Kleist earned five fourth-place points with a throw of 39-5 in the shot put. Jacob Rechtzigel was 14th in the discus at 88-3.

On to post-season

Medford will try to carry the momentum it’s built in the last two weeks into the post-season, which begins Monday at the WIAA Division 2 Colby regional. The top four finishers in each event will advance to the Arcadia sectional on May 25, where the top four in each event will qualify for state.

Monday’s regional features Medford, the host Hornets, Lakeland, Mosinee, Northland Pines, Rhinelander, Stanley-Boyd and Tomahawk. The meet starts at 4:15 p.m.

Medford plans to host its annual JV meet tonight, Thursday, at 4 p.m.