Six to attend State Track Meet

When the WIAA State Track and Field Meet commences this week, there will be several local athletes among the large pool of competitors hoping to make their mark at the highest level. Six athletes from Loyal, Spencer and Greenwood will represent their teams at the state meet after qualifying at the WIAA Division 3 Sectional held in Boscobel on June 17.

The athletes that qualified for the State meet to be held from June 24-26 will compete on the first day of the meet in the Division 3 round at the Veterans Memorial Stadium at UW-La Crosse.

From Loyal, there will be three athletes competing at State. Margaret Reis will represent the Greyhounds in the pole vault, vaulting to a height of 8’6” in that event at Boscobel to take fourth. Aubre Robida took third place in the 100m dash with a time of 13.07 at Sectionals, finishing just one millisecond ahead of her teammate, Savannah Schley, who also qualified for State in the 100m dash (13.08) with her fourth-place finish. Schley also took fourth place in the 400m dash, qualifying with her time of 59.16.

In addition to those events, Schley will also be competing at State as an extra runner in the 800m run despite placing fifth overall at Sectionals. Her time of 2:22.75 in the 800m run was faster than 50 percent of all the runners competing at State in that event, giving her the opportunity to move on to the next level. The same will be the case for the girls 4X100m relay team of Leah Scherer, Sheila Tellock, Aubre Robida and Alyssia Zvolena. They placed fifth at Boscobel with a time of 52.01, a time which was also faster than 50 percent of the teams that will be competing in that event at State.

Two athletes will represent the Spencer Rockets at La Crosse on June 24. Leah Zastrow qualified for State in two events, the 100m hurdles and the pole vault. Zastrow took first place in the pole vault by reaching a height of 11’ and also placed third in the 100m hurdles with a time of 15.75. Connor Clark will be joining her at State after taking fourth in the pole vault with his vault of 11’3”.

From Greenwood, one athlete will make his way on the track to compete in the 300m hurdles. Ashtin Palms ran the hurdle event in 43.71 at Boscobel to take fourth place and the final qualifying spot for State. Palms also competed at Sectionals in the 110m hurdles, but failed to qualify in that event, taking 11th with a time of 19.60.

Other athletes who qualified and competed at the June 17 Division 3 Sectionals but did not place high enough to move on to state were: From Loyal: --Seth Genteman took 7th in the 800m run with a time of 2:06.47.

--Leah Scherer ran a 28.99 in the 200m dash to take 8th.

--Alyssia Zvolena left 5’ in the high jump to take 9th.

--Abrial Kubista placed 11th in the triple jump with a leap of 31’9.25” and took 16th in the preliminary round of the 100m hurdles with a time of 18.95.

--Haven Peroshek took 11th in the shot put with her throw of 30’.5”.

--Shalisha Buchanan was 11th in the discus, throwing for a distance of 88’5”.

--Kade Olson ran the 110m hurdles, taking 14th with a time of 20.26.

--The girls 4X200m relay team of Abrial Kubista, Sheila Tellock, Aubre Robida and Leah Scherer, which took seventh place with a time of 1:52.96.

--The boys 4X200m relay team of David Nikolai, Kaden Olson, Jaden Ruggles and Sully Hanson, which placed 13th with a time of 1:44.42. The same group also ran the 4X100m relay, taking 14th place with a time of 49.43.

--The girls 4X400m relay team of Alyssia Zvolena, Miranda Trade, Haven Peroshek and Sheila Tellock, which placed 16th with a time of 4:42.43.

From Spencer: --Elisha Blanchard, who placed 10th in the discus with a throw of 89’7”.

--Cameron Nieman, who competed in the high jump, leaping 5’8” to take 11th.

--Kaiser Eickleberry, who took 14th in the 300m hurdles with a time of 49.37.

Plenty of athletes from Loyal, Spencer, Greenwood and Granton competed at Sectionals held in Boscobel on June 17. Several from those schools will be moving on to state. From Loyal that includes Leah Scherer and Savannah Schley (above left) who both qualified in the 100m dash. Scherer placed just a milisecond ahead of Schley in that event. At above right, Nathan Revier of Greenwood makes the most of his jump during the triple jump event. At left, Elliott Bauer of Spencer sprints the 100m dash, taking 14th place in the preliminary round of competition.

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Olivia Piskow (left) hands off the baton to Dolorosa Thomas during the 4X800m relay event. The Granton team took 14th at Sectionals.

Alyssia Zvolena hands the baton to Sheila Tellock during the 4X100m relay. The team took fifth at Sectionals and will be moving on to State.

Ashtin Palms (right) leaps over a hurdle in the 110m hurdles ahead of his teammate Christian Thomas (left) at a recent meet. Palms later went on to qualify for State in the 300m hurdles.

--Elliott Bauer, who ran in the preliminary round of the 100m dash, taking 14th in that round with a time of 12.21.

--The boys 4X100m relay team of Alexander Baumgarten, Landon Behselich, Connor Clark and Will Gorst, which completed the race in 48.26 for 11th.

--The boys 4X200m relay team of Alexander Baumgarten, Malachai Anderson, Kaizer Eickleberry and Cameron Nieman, which ran a 1:45.23 for 14th.

--The boys 4X400m relay team of Elliott Bauer, Alexander Baumgarten, Kaizer Eickleberry and Cameron Nieman, which ran the race in 4:00.30 to take 15th.

From Greenwood: --Nathan Revier, who took seventh place in the triple jump with a leap of 39’8” and 12th in the 400m dash (57.31).

--Kia Abel, who took 11th place in the 300m hurdles with a time of 52.66.

--Avrey Horvath, who took 12th in the 3200m run with a time of 11:21.43.

--Christian Thomas, who ran the 110m hurdles in 19.90 for 13th and in the 300m hurdles, taking 15th with a time of 49.46.

--The boys 4X800m relay team of Avrey Horvath, Christian Thomas, Cody Eckes and Ashtin Palms, which placed 14th with a time of 9:43.60.

From Granton: --Kristin Strey, who took 14th in the 400m dash with a time of 1:08.30.

--Ashlee Piskow, who took 14th in both the 1600m run (6:16.71) and in the 3200m run (13:41.52).

--The girls 4X800m relay team of Olivia Piskow, Dolorosa Thomas, Faustina Thomas and Ashlee Piskow, which placed 14th with a time of 12:28.24.

As a team, the Loyal girls took eighth place at Sectionals with 32 points, while the Spencer girls earned 16 points to take 15th. Neither the Greenwood girls nor the Granton girls earned points at Boscobel.

For the boys, Greenwood scored seven points to take 27th as a team, Spencer earned five points to place 30th and the Loyal boys earned two points to take 34th.