By Jared Schmeltzer
Reporter
On Thursday night several Merrill track athletes competed in the sectional track meet at D.C. Everest High School. Merrill’s Jared Olhoff took first in the triple jump, qualifying him for the state track meet next weekend (June 1-2), at UW-La Crosse.
Following up his top placing at the regional meet, Olhoff also won the triple jump at sectional with a jump of 44-03.00. Olhoff also competed in the boys long jump, placing sixth at sectional with a jump of 20-11.00, right behind Merrill teammate Adam Laehn, who placed fifth with a jump of 21-01.00.
For the Merrill boys runners, Dominic Laufenberg had a nice showing in his first sectional meet, placing eighth in the 1600 meter run with a time of 4:44.64. Taron Gutowski placed eighth in the 400 meter dash, running a time of 53.74.
Autumn Schenzel qualified for sectional in the 100 meter dash and would place fifth at sectional with a run of 12.99 seconds. Schenzel and three other Merrill girls including Faith Seliger, Dalie Thomas, and Brielle Thorson competed in the 4×200 meter relay and would end up with a sixth place finish, running a time of 1:49.89. Thomas would also compete in the 800 meter run, finishing with a time of 2:31.51, good enough to earn a sixth place finish. Schenzel and Faith Seliger competed in the 200 meter dash, with Schenzel finishing in fourth with a time of 26.83 seconds and Seliger taking sixth place with a time of 27.48 seconds.