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Hurley starts track-and-field season

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — Hurley's Aiyana Nickel started the track-and-field season with a win in the 200-meter dash at Thursday's Tomahawk Indoor Invitational at UW-Eau Claire.

She finished the race in 29.34 seconds. She also placed in the long jump (fourth) and triple jump (seventh).

Susan Walesewicz finished seventh in the 1,600 run.

The Hurley girls took ninth as Tomahawk won the meet.

The Hurley boys finished 10th while Black River Falls won.

Kris Bluse led the Midgets with a third-place finish in the high jump. He was also fifth in the 55 hurdles and sixth in the triple jump. Luke Marczak took fourth in the 400 run and sixth in the 55 hurdles. Scott Subert was sixth in the 400 run and Adam Hendricks was sixth in the long jump.

Tomahawk Indoor Invitational

At UW-Eau Claire

Thursday

Boys

Team: 1. Black River Falls 97, 2. Medford 76, 3. Stratford 67, 4. Unity 66, 5. Amery 60, 6. Cadott 57, 7. Durand 48, 8. Osseo-Fairchild 45, 9. Tomahawk 41, 10. Hurley 27.

55 hurdles: 1. Ben Kyes, Cadott, 8.40; 5. Kris Bluse, Hurley, 9.65; 6. Luke Marczak, Hurley, 9.66.

400 run: 1. Jesse Vlasnik, Unity, 54.57, 4. Luke Marczak, Hurley, 1:00.67, 6. Scott Subert, Hurley, 1:01.96.

High jump: 1. Matt LaFaunge, Black River Falls, 5-10, 3. Kris Bluse, Hurley, 5-6.

Long jump: 1. Ryan Engebretson, Black River Falls, 19-7; 6. Adam Hendricks, Hurley, 18-9.75.

Triple jump: 1. Ben Kyes, Cadott, 41-1; 6. Kris Bluse, Hurley, 36-10.75.

Girls

Team: 1. Tomahawk 130, 2. Medford 94.5, 3. Unity 80.5, 4. Stratford 77, 5. Black River Falls 75, 6. Amery 58, 7. Cadott 27, 8. Durand 20, 9. Hurley 19, 10. Osseo-Fairchild 2.

1,600 run: 1. Michealla Stenulson, Black River Falls, 6:24.06; 7. Susan Walesewicz, Hurley, 7:02.95.

200 dash: 1. Aiyana Nickel, Hurley, 29.34.

Long jump: 1. Hanna Meyer, Tomahawk, 16-8.25; 4. Aiyana Nickel, Hurley, 15-.25.

Triple jump: 1. Emmy Larson, Tomahawk, 34-6.75; 7. Aiyana Nickel, Hurley, 28-7.25.