Ellsworth girls win Fuller Invite, boys tie for 2nd

• Ellsworth and Prescott 400-meter relay runners

Prescott and Ellsworth 400-meter relay runners at the Fuller Invitational meet Friday in Ellsworth. This is the last exchange of the race.

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For the first time in many years, the Ellsworth High School girls track and field team won its own Fuller Invitational Friday afternoon at Fuller-Symes Field.

The Panthers edged Osceola in the team standings of the eight-school meet 144-140. New Richmond was third with 114 points.

For a squad that began the season with question marks about depth, the Panthers sure used their depth to win the meet. Freshman Lydia Kuhl was the only EHS athlete to place first in the Invite as she swept the hurdle events by winning the 100-meter highs in :17.16 seconds and the 300-meter lows in :49.78. She also place second in the long jump.

The Panthers had multiple place winners in seven events and in some of those had as many as three place winners.

Ellsworth’s Carlie Melstrom had seconds in both the 200 and 400-meter dashes and Sabine Rudolph finished second in the pole vault. Both the Panthers 400 and 1600 relay teams were also second.

Prescott's girls team placed seventh with 52 points. The highest finish the Cardinals had was Kaycee Charette's 2nd in the 300-meter low hurdles.

Ellsworth’s boys’ team also had a good showing, tying for second place. New Richmond won comfortably with 169 points followed by the Panthers and Osceola with 102 points.

Dane Solyntjes had Ellsworth’s lone championship in the meet as he won the pole vault with a cleared height of 11-6. The Panthers’ Nick Niedfeldt finished second in the 400-meter dash and Andrew Schneider-Adams was second in the shot put. EHS’ 3200-meter relay team also finished second.

Prescott finished fifth with 98 points. Jessop Keene broke 10 minutes to win the two-mile run and the Cardinals finished 1-2 in the triple jump, led by Royce Durham and Dan Plante, and 2-3 in the 800-meter run with Matt and Mike Pechacek.

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