Wausau Pilot & Review
WESTON – D.C. Everest won 12 events and easily won its home five-team D.C. Everest Boys Track & Field Invitational on Friday at Stiehm Stadium.
D.C. Everest racked up 151 points, well ahead of runner-up Marathon (73.5) and Marshfield (69). Wausau East was fourth with 49.5 points.
D.C. Everest won three relays and nine individual events to run away with the team title.
The Evergreens’ 800-meter relay team of Malachi Watson, Jaiden Easter, Vander Truax and Isaiah Floyd won in 1:37.48, the 1,600 team of Blake Postler, Caedmon Anderson, Chris Dunow and Aidan Schmitz took first in 3:50.20, and the 3,200 team of Evan Fuchs, Aidan Schmidt, Adam Gage and Tate Minnihan won in 8:47.63.
Postler also posted two individual wins, taking the 110 hurdles in 15.00 seconds and the 300 hurdles in 39.86 seconds. Xavier Edwards also a double-winner for the Evergreens, taking first in the long jump (20-6) and high jump (44-6½).
Other individual winners for D.C. Everest were: Adam McKaig in the 100 (12.16), Easter in the 200 (24.64), Gage in the 3,200 (11:27.41), Jorden Ukpong in the shot put (53-1/2), and Adrian Reynolds in the high jump (5-10).
Wausau East had four second-place finishes: Brady Prihoda in the 100 (12.34), Brekken Bancuk in the 1,600 (4:48.75), Noor Matie in the 3,200 (11:46.27) and Mason Meyer in the 110 hurdles (16.26).
D.C. Everest and Wausau East will be back in action Tuesday at the Wisconsin Valley Conference Boys Track Relays at Goerke Field in Stevens Point.
D.C. Everest Boys Track & Field Invitational
April 26, at Stiehm Stadium, D.C. Everest High School
Team scores: 1. D.C. Everest 151; 2. Marathon 73.5; 3. Marshfield 69; 4. Wausau East 49.5; 5. Stevens Point 27.
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