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for the Hornets. Adams grabbed the top spot in the 3200-meter run, where she finished with a final time of 13:45.03. The junior was able to pass Prentice’s Kylie Orysen on the final lap of the race, eventually crossing the line with a five second advantage.

Meanwhile, Hopperdietzel snatched a victory in a highly contested long jump event, where the top six athletes all finished within eight inches of each other. Hopperdietzel came out on top, however, his furthest leap of 19 feet, 3.5 inches narrowly edging out Dominic Sherwood of Owen-Withee and Jake LaGrander of Stanley-Boyd.

Teammates Daelyn Rieck and Annamarie Schmitt added onto their list of accolades this year by adding three more first place finishes for Colby.

Rieck once again dominated in both the shot put and discus competitions. After all was said and done, she held a nearly seven-foot advantage in the shot put, where her best throw of 37 feet, three inches put some significant distance between herself and Cornell/Lake Holcombe’s Megan Paff, who took second. Rieck also won the discus by nearly ten feet, finishing with a final throw of 110 feet, six inches. Stanley-Boyd’s Syleen Seichter was her closest competition with a throw of 101 feet, 11 inches.

Schmitt cruised to a five-second win in the 1600-meter run, posting a time of 5:59.33 to take first place in the long distance race. The junior grabbed first place during the second leg of the race and did not look back, pulling away from Owen-Withee’s Adelynn Petersen on the third and fourth laps to grab her second 1600meter victory in as many opportunities during the Hornets’ outdoor season.

The boys’ 4x100-meter relay team of Hopperdietzel, Dany Nunez, Carsen Thomsen and Adrian Weix had the next best finish for the Hornets in Stanley-Boyd. The relay team grabbed third place in their event, posting a time of 50.22 seconds to edge out the Loyal relay by seventenths of a second.

Schmitt, Xander Buchanan and Oliver Steen picked up a trio of fourths for Colby. Schmitt’s came in the 800-meter run, where she posted a time of 2:52.31, while Buchanan and Steen grabbed theirs in the field events.

No athlete reached a height higher than five feet, eight inches in the high jump on Friday, a mark that Buchanan reached himself. However, the tiebreakers did not work in the Colby sophomore’s favor, pushing him below the other competitors to finish in fourth place. Buchanan also grabbed a fifth place finish in the triple jump, where his best attempt measured 36 feet even.

Steen led the boys’ team in the throwing events, scoring in both the discus and the shot put. His best throw of 101 feet, five inches in the discus earned him fourth place in the event, defeating Gavin Meyer of Stratford by half a foot. He then took fifth in the shot put, posting a throw of 38 feet, two inches.

Jacob Raatz had the boys’ distance team’s best finish. The sophomore put together a sixth place performance in the 800-meter run, where he posted a time of 2:35.96.

The girls’ team had a trio of seventh place finishes. Isabelle Kloth notched the girls’ top finish in the sprints, earning her spot in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:11.69 while Jenelle Ertl took seventh in the 1600-meter run with a time of 6:46.25. Veronica Mateer also had a seventh place finish in the triple jump, where her best attempt measured 28 feet, 2.75 inches. Mateer also added an eighth place finish in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 20.29 and Carisa Steen rounded out the scoring efforts for the Hornets by taking eighth in the 800-meter run with a time of 3:09.21.

TAKING THE INSIDE LANE - Isabelle Kloth gets off to a fast start in the 400meter dash in Stanley-Boyd. She had the best finish for the girls team in the sprints, grabbing fourth in the event. STAFF PHOTO/NATHANIEL UNDERWOOD