Led by its sophomore class, the McFarland track and field team won five events as the girls team finished sixth and the boys team took seventh at the Tri-State Large School Invitational held at UW-Platteville’s Williams Fieldhouse on Friday, March 17.
Ackley also finished third in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 9.79 seconds. Kuehl finished tied for second in the high jump at four feet and 10 inches and placed fourth in the 55-meter dash at 7.80 seconds.
The 4x800 relay team of senior Maggie Paulios, freshman Alexis Charbonneau, senior Sofia Alf and junior Chloerissa Johnson finished fifth at 11:12.23. Senior Maya Thompson took 10th in the 1,600 meter run at 6:17.57.
Senior Emily Schoeller threw ninth in the shot put at 27 feet and 9.75 inches. Freshman Grace Swan took seventh in the long jump at 13 feet and 11 inches.
The McFarland girls team finished sixth out of 15 teams with 46.33 points.
For the boys team, the 4x800 relay team of sophomore Spencer Alf, junior Westin Fisher, senior Aaron Fasick and sophomore Issac Ewing finished first at 9:17.71. Alf also won the 800-meter run in 2:06.64, and Ewing took first in the 3,200 meter at 10:47.95.
Junior Brock Spiegel (5:12.29) and freshman Henry Piec (5:18.97) finished fifth and seventh in the 1,600 meter run.
The 4x200 relay team of junior Dane Lundy, senior Paul Morris, junior Remington Burns and junior Cade Korth finished ninth at 1:45.00. The 4x400 relay team of senior Travis Zadra, sophomore Liam Chapman, sophomore Joshua Gilbertson and Lundy took ninth at 4:08.81.
Sophomore Brevid Roth took ninth in the shot put with a mark of 39 feet and 5.5 inches. Burns scored seventh in the triple jump at 36 feet and 7 inches.
The boys finished seventh out of 16 teams with 38 points.