Day 2 of the WIAA State Track and Field Championships was one that many area athletes won’t forget about anytime soon.
The Cochrane-Fountain City girls are your Division 3 champions in the team standings after squeaking out a one point win over Lourdes Academy.
On Saturday the Pirates got a second place finish from Addy Duellman in the one mile with a time of 4:55.19 while her sister Paxtyn took eighth with a time of 5:07.05, a second place finish from Paxtyn in the 800m with a time of 2:11.57, a fourth place finish by Cecelia Dittrich in the long jump with a leap of 17-8.75. They won the Division 3 title by one point.
It was a special day for Prairie du Chien’s Blake Thiry as he was crowned champion in the 100m hurdles as well as the triple jump. He took second place in the 300m hurdles to prevent him from four golds in the weekend but he still set a new school record with a mark of 38.00.
Manny Putz’s illustrious high school running career has come to a close as he was edged out by Grady Lenn of De Pere in the two mile, similar to yesterday when the De Pere runner defeated Putz in the mile. The Hilltopper ran a mark of 8:53.79 which is a new state record, but Lenn finished one second faster.
In the Division 2 two mile race it was a comeback for the ages by Aquinas senior Declan Gregg after he found a new gear down the final stretch defeating Isaac Ewing of McFarland by .24 seconds. Gregg finished with a time of 9:09.25.
The Kickapoo/La Farge sprinters had a massive day in relays winning the 4×200 race in 1:44.44 and the 4×100 in a time of 48.90. Those teams consisting of Katie Randow, Ayvah Young, Chloe Walter and Jewel Kleinsasser.
Holmen speedster Lydia Lazarescu had a big day as well taking home silver in the 100m dash by 0.01 seconds with a time of 11.89. She finished second in the 200m with a time of 24.29 seconds. Her teammate Brenna Schmidt with a runner-up finish in the Division 1 shot put with a throw of 41-4.00.
In the Division 3 100m hurdles Cashton’s Makayla Gooselaw took fifth with a time of 15.37 and De Soto’s Paisley Egge logged a mark of15.52.
In Division 1, Onalaska’s Ella Stevens finished fifth with a time of 15.12.
In 110m hurdles Kaden Sullivan of Viroqua finished sixth with a time of 15.09.
Holmen’s Jakai Ayed took home fifth place in the same event in Division 1 with a time of 14.62 and then also took fifth place in the 300m hurdles with a time of 39.67.
Abigail Lendosky of Viroqua had a busy weekend and her best finish was in the 100m wheelchair race where she took second with a time of 22.72.
Westby’s Elizabeth Curtis found her way to the podium in the one mile with a run of 5:00.65.
Bangor girls consisting of Grace Wenthold, Marin Gasper, Aubrey Langrehr, Jaycee Michek in the 4×200 took home third place with a time of 1:45.31.
Onalaska’s girls 4×200 relay team took home sixth place with a mark of 1:43.09. That team made up of Ella Stevens, Eliana Mascotti, Makena McGarry, Elin Gilles.
In the boys event in Division 2 Aquinas took home fifth with a time of 1:29:58.
In the D3 boys 400m dash Kickapoo/La Farge’s Aidric Egge made the podium with a mark of 49-58.
In Division 2, Viroqua’s Isaac Pratt finished fourth with a time of 49.44 turned in.
Katelyn Benish, Ali Fortun, Madelyn Vonfeldt, Erin Gluch turned in a time of 49.89 in the 4×100 good enough for third place.
Holmen’s 4×100 team of also taking bronze thanks to a time of 48.21.
Aquinas’ 4×100 boys team found their way to the podium thanks to a fifth place finish and a time of 43.04.
Bangor’s 4×400 team took fourth in the event with a time of 4:04.05.
Kickapoo/La Farge’s team of Aidric Egge, Jeff Olsen, Theo Parr, Arlon Walter finished in third place with a time of 3:26.28.
Gavin Tamling of North Crawford had the fourth-best throw in boys discus with a mark of 158-10 and Luther’s Jack Schmeling took sixth with a throw of 156-11.
In Division 2 Trey Lyga of Arcadia took home fourth with a throw of 171-2, while Jacob Hackbarth of Logan finished sixth with a throw of 164-10.
Atlin Steinhoff of Tomah had a good showing in Division 1 with a hoist of 176-9.
Luther’s Lauren Wickus had a fifth place finish thanks to her leap of 5-3 in the Division 3 high jump and she also made the podium on long jump taking sixth with a mark of 17-4.25.
Holmen’s Alexa Szak and Onalaska’s Isabella Malacek tied for sixth in the D1 high jump with marks of 5-2.
Onalaska’s Makena McGarry with a fantastic showing in Division 1 long jump with a mark of 18-11 on her fourth attempt which got her a runner-up finish.
In Division 2 Logan’s Lillian Dettwiler with a nice performance as she jumped 17-8.50, good enough for fourth place.
In boys pole vault G-E-T’s Sawyer Smock finished third with a mark of 14-0.
Onalaska’s Gabe Mauss finished off his solid weekend with a third place finish in the triple jump with a leap of 47-0.75
In addition to Thiry finishing first in Division 2, Tanner Winker of Mauston finished second, Luke Baginski of West Salem took third and David Onyeabor was fourth.
For a full list of results from the two day event click here.
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