Area Track and Field: Pierz dominates home meet

By Dispatch staff report

April 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM

PIERZ — Aiden Jones won the 100- and 200-meter dashes as the Pierz Pioneers swept their home invite with the boys tallying 221 points and the girls 194.33.

Jones won the 100 in 11.25 with Brayden Foust second and Kyle Stangl fourth. Jones won the 200 in 22.87 with Foust in second.

Landin Brezinka won the 110 hurdles in 16.62. Kaleb Power was third and Lucas Kunstleben fourth. Poser beat out Brezinka in the 300 hurdles with a first-place 44.35.

The Pioneers went first through third in the shot put with Wyatt Brezinka winning in 42-foot-5. Austin Pawlu was second and Kunstleben in third. Wyatt Brezinka swept the throwing events with a first-place 146-3 in the discus. Kunstleben was second.

Brandon Solinger won the high jump with a 6-0 leap.

Alex Sebasky posted a second-place 11:50.77 in the 3200 run, followed by Joel Marshik in third. Garrett Seelen finished second in the pole vault

Tyler Foss finished third in the 400 dash and Wyatt Betsinger placed third in the 1600 and fourth in the 800.

Pierz won the 4x100 and 4x400 relays and placed second in the 4x200 and 4x800 relays.

Chloe Lochner won the 800 run in 2:31.0 and Quinn Gruber captured the 3200 in 5:59.92 for the Pierz girls.

Evalie Gall finished second in the 300 hurdles, followed by Kora Toops in fourth and Kadynce Theis in fifth. Autumn Jones placed third in the 100 hurdles.

Beverly Rentz threw the shot 34-7 for second and the discus 100-1 for second. Payton Stangl was third, Elsa Gray fourth and Ashlee Dingmann fifth.

Toops added a second in the high jump and Eden Andres was second in the pole vault. Hailey Gall placed third in the long jump, but second in the triple jump with a 30-9.5 effort. Theis finished third.

The Pierz girls won the 4x100 and placed second in the 4x400 relays

Crosby-Ironton’s squads finished sixth.

For the Ranger boys, Ezra Jacobson finished third in the 800 run and Martin Strom was third in the discus. Eldon McLean was third in the long jump. Justin Reisz placed fourth in the 1600. Jeremy Hanson finished fifth in the 100 dash.

On the girls’ side, Halle Koschmeder finished second in the 1600 run. Sammie Hachey placed second in the long jump. Margaret Ringhand placed third in the 800 run. Lucy Lewandowski was third in the pole vault.

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Area Track and Field: Pierz dominates home meet

Three area track and field teams were in action Friday, April 11.