Tuesday, September 17, 2024
By Rich Palzewic
Sports Editor
LA CROSSE – The Green Bay area was well represented at the WIAA Division 1 track and field state championships in La Crosse May 31-June 1.
De Pere’s Olivia Fabry repeated her state title in the pole vault by clearing 12 feet.
Her teammate, Grace Kowalkowski, finished third with a vault of 11-6.
Ashwaubenon’s Sage Wagner placed second in the 1,600-meter run (4:56.22) by less than a half-second.
Bay Port’s Ella Meeuwsen finished third in the high jump (5-06) to close out the area top-three results for the girls.
After having the fastest time in the preliminaries, the Bay Port boys’ 4x400 relay team (Andrew Thomas, Sam Plumb, Ryan Thieme, Mitchell Merhalski) narrowly missed out on a state title with a time of 3:24.32.
The Pirates finished about two-tenths of a second behind Appleton North in the finals.
West De Pere’s Tejay Evans blazed to a time of 21.97 in the 200 to finish third to highlight the remaining boys’ top-three results.
Other area girls’ results
100: 20, Gianna Kornaus, Pulaski, 12.74.
400: 11, Haley Ehmke, Ashwaubenon, 1:01.07.
100 hurdles: 12, Carley Duffney, Green Bay Preble, 15.54; 18, Pejha Mitchell, West De Pere, 15.89.
300 hurdles: 7, Duffney, Preble, 45.84.
4x100 relay: 9, Pulaski (Kayla Lipsey, Kornaus, Leighann Binkowski, Maddy Karcz), 46.69.
4x200 relay: 5, Pulaski (Lipsey, Kornaus, Binkowski, Karcz), 1:43.80.
4x400 relay: 18, Ashwaubenon (Claudia Toonen, Ehmke, Bri Lambrecht, Wagner), 4:06.13.
High jump: 9, Kathryn Thomas, Bay Port, 5-04; 14, Madeline Zirbel, West De Pere, 5-02.
Long jump: 6, Kaylee Olson, West De Pere, 18-04; 11, Aubrie Gorski, Preble, 16-11.5.
Triple jump: 15, Gorski, Preble, 35-07.25.
Shot put: 13, Mia Dunning, Ashwaubenon, 38-03; 19, Mabel Kirst, Ashwaubenon, 35-10.25.
Discus: 11, Dunning, Ashwaubenon, 121-11.
Other area boys’ results
100: 13, Davian Willems, West De Pere, 11.09; 19, Noah Stascak, Bay Port, 11.33.
400: 18, Merhalski, Bay Port, 51.29.
800: 11, Randy Johnson, Ashwaubenon, 1:58.35; 13, Andrew Lopez, De Pere, 1:58.59; 25, Jermaine Evans, West De Pere, 2:03.22; 26, Nick Johnson, Ashwaubenon, 2:06.34.
1,600: 18, Khalid Mohamed, Green Bay Preble, 4:29.76.
3,200: 6, Mohamed, Preble, 9:19.85.
300 hurdles: 7, Luke Schroeder, Ashwaubenon, 40.41.
4x100 relay: 9, West De Pere (T. Evans, David Vanderlogt, Matthew Burns, Willems), 43.52; 18, Bay Port (Isaiah Gash, Plumb, Owen Miller, Stascak), 43.27.
4x200 relay: 4, Preble (Ashton Verdoorn, Kaiser Neverman, D’Angelo Dear, Jack Dessart), 1:28.88.
4x400: 14, West De Pere (T. Evans, Spencer Borley, Devon Hermes, J. Evans), 3:25.84.
4x800: 4, De Pere (Aaron Milkie, Matthew Galler, Daniel Ericksrud, Lopez), 7:53.10; 13, Preble (Brett Litkey, Nick Becker, Michael Vance, Dawson Borley), 8:03.72; 15, Bay Port (Drew Abfall, Drew Dahlin, Thieme, Merhalski), 8:07.03.
High jump: 4, Jacob Carriveau, West De Pere, 6-06.
Long jump: Foul, Gash, Bay Port.
Triple jump: 4, Gash, Bay Port, 45-11.5; 20, Dessart, Preble, 41-10.25.
Shot put: Foul, Jason Wright, Green Bay West.
Discus: 5, Braden Doyle, Bay Port, 160-03.
