Drew Payne won three events, but his Gresham/Bowler track and field team finished second Monday in an indoor meet in Antigo.
The Gresham/Bowler boys compiled 86 points, behind only Antigo (106). Wittenberg-Birnamwood (64) took third, followed by Menominee Indian (27) and Marion (25).
Payne won the triple jump, going 41-5 3/4. He also won the long jump with a leap of 21-5 1/2. His time of 1:00.56 was good enough for first in the 400-meter dash.
Also winning events for Gresham/Bowler were Austin Olson (45 hurdles, 7.43), Cody Montez (3,200 run, 11:00.21) and Andrew Pleshek (high jump, 5-10).
Menominee Indian’s Gordon James took first in the 45 dash with a time of 5.94
The Wittenberg-Birnamwood 4x800 relay team of Devin Barnes, Bobby Uttecht, Tyler Weller, Dustin Tomson finished first in that event with a time of 8:51.17. The relay team of Mark Coxen, Aaron Monnot, Trevor Stewart, Brian Szutkowski won the 4-lap event with a time of 1:04.90 and the 8-lap with a time of 2:15.69.
Marion’s Cole Drahfahl won the shot put with a throw of 50-7.