STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point men's and women's track and field teams took top billing in the team scores at the Pointer Invite on Saturday.  The men won the 10-team field with a total event score of 197 and the women won the 12-team field with 198 points. 

Team Scores | Meet Results

Two teams of Pointers went first and second in the 4x400 meter. Leah Trempe (Combined Locks, WI/Kimberly), Kathy Derks (Greenville, WI/Hortonville), Sarah Vils (Mosinee, WI/Mosinee) and Hannah Mertens (West Bend, WI/Hartford Union) finished first with a time of 3:59.24.  The team of Jackie Butler, Makani Peters (Stevens Point, Wis./SPASH), Rebecca Alter (Trevor, Wis./Wilmot) and Tatiana Sotka (Waupaca, Wis./Waupaca) finished in second with a time of 4:07.34. 

In the high jump, Isabella Weekly (Plainfield, WI/Tri County) earned a first-place finish.  Weekly cleared the bar at 1.60 meters.  Teammate Briana Simonis (Rosholt, Wis./Rosholt) followed Weekly with a third-place finish.  Weekly also picked up an additional first-place finish in the long jump with a distance of 5.60 meters. 

Jackie Butler picked up a first-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles.  Butler finished with a time of 9.32, .10 seconds faster that her preliminaries time. 

In the pole vault, Angela Breunig (Watertown, WI/Watertown) finished in first.  Breunig cleared the bar at 3.69 meters, and finished better than her seeded height. 

In the 5,000-meter run, Bailey Wolf (Oconto Falls, Wis./Oconto Falls) crossed the finish line in first.  Wolf finished with a time of 18:53.64.  Teammate Bailey Boudreau (Wausau, WI/East) finished fifth with a time of 19:34.92. 

Distance runner Emily Schlebecker (Mundelein, IL/Mundelein) competed in the one-mile run.  Schlebecker finished with a time of 5:22.30, a time good for first.  Schlebecker's teammates Georgia Harrison (West Bend, Wis./East) and Kara Hier followed going fourth and fifth, respectively, with times of 5:40.54 and 5:41.06.    

Derks picked up an additional first-place finish for the Pointers.  Derks finished with a time of 2:17.25 in the 800-meter run. 

Tatum Houlihan (Stevens Point, Wis./SPASH) competed in the triple jump for the Pointers.  Houlihan finished with a distance of 10.45 meters, and set a new PR. 

Abigail Clement was the sole presence for the Pointers in the 60-meter dash.  Clement finished with a time of 7.93, a time good for third place. 

Mertens and Trempe went three-four in the 400-meter dash.  The pair finished with times of 59.05 and 59.31. 

In the shot put, Karen Wethal (Evansville, WI/Evansville) earned a fourth-place finish.  Wethal threw a distance of 12.51 meters.  In the shot put, Jordan Tyjeski (Beaver Dam, WI/Beaver Dam) finished in sixth, with a distance of 15.40 meters. 

On the men's side, two teams picked up a first and second win in the 4x400-meter relay.  The team of Takuto Kobayashi (Franklin, WI/Franklin), Calden Wojt (Marshfield, Wis./Marshfield), Dylan McGuire (Luxemburg ,WI/Luxemberg-Casco) and Matt Sosinsky (Princeton, WI/Princeton) finished in first place with a time of 3:26.10.  The team of Michael Pomaville (Dousman, WI/Mukwonago), Noah Scheer (Elkhorn, WI/East Troy), Jayden Jesse (Genoa City, Wis./Wilmot) and Chase Franz (Stevens Point, Wis./SPASH) came in second with a time of 3:28.40. 

In the high jump, Christian Ferguson (Milwaukee, Wis./SCTE) picked up a first-place finish as he cleared the bar at 2.02 meters. 

In the long jump, Jerry Williams (Watertown, WI/Watertown) contributed to the Pointers score with a first-place finish.  Williams finished with a distance of 7.07 meters.  Williams also won the triple jump with a distance of 14.25 meters.    

A group of Pointers took the top five spots in the one-mile run.  Alex Egbert (La Crosse, WI/Aquinas), Dane Tyler (Janesville, WI/Parker), Matt Stelmasek (Johnsburg, Ill./Johnsburg), Lukas Johnston and Robert Lutz (Greendale, WI/Greendale) ran for the top five spots, respectively.  The group all finished with times just under 4:30.

Calden Wojt (Marshfield, Wis./Marshfield) picked up a first place finish in the 200-meter dash.  Wojt finished with a time of 22.45. 

In the weight throw, Logan Heil (Weston, WI/DC Everest) picked up a third-place finish.  Heil threw a distance of 17.52 meters.  In the shot put, Brent Reierson (Watertown, WI/Watertown) and Kyle Nowak (Stratford, WI/Stratford) finished in second and fourth place.  Reierson and Nowak finished with distances of 15.87 and 14.93 meters. 

In the pole vault, junior Jesse Johnson (Stevens Point, Wis./SPASH) earned a third place finish.  Johnson cleared the bar at 4.66 meters, setting a new PR. 

In the 800-meter run, Calvin VanRyzin (Appleton, WI/North) and Michael Evans (Reedsville, WI/Valders) finished in third and fourth place.  The duo finished with times of 1:58.83 and 1:58.91. 

In the 400-meter run, Matt Sosinsky (Princeton, WI/Princeton) picked up a second-place finish.  Sosinsky finished with a time of 50.13.  Teammate Michael Pomaville (Dousman, WI/Mukwonago) finished fifth with a time of 51.07. 

Sophomore distance runner, Eric Zengler (Wausau, WI/West) finished the 3,000-meter run in third place.  Zengler finished with a time of 9:11.92.  Teammates Max Zeitler (Gillett, WI/Gillett) and Daniel Sikora (Cary, IL/Cary-Grove) followed going third and fourth with times of 9:16.58 and 9:20.96. 

The Pointers are on the road as they head to Oshkosh Wis. for the WIAC Quad on February 11.  The meet begins at 11:00 a.m.