There were plenty of great performances by local athletes at this year's WIAA State Track Meet in LaCrosse, but the best came from the wheelchair heats.
Algoma's Logan Borths came home with plenty of hardware on Saturday, but one of those pieces is the grandest of all. Borths won the state title in the wheelchair 100m, cruising to a time of 17.61. It was among his personal records set during the state meet, where he also medaled in the 1600m, 400m, and shotput. They will all pair well with the collection of medals he won at last year's state meet.
Sturgeon Bay's Espen Walker was the top finisher of any local athlete on the day, taking third place in the high jump with a leap of 6-02. Nida Zukauskaite did not advance to the Division 2 100m hurdles finals, coming in 16th place with a time of 17.48.
Gibraltar hurdler McKailey Reisen wanted another try at personal records this weekend and took advantage of the opportunity at the WIAA State Track Meet. Reisen ran a time of 15.72 in the 100m hurdles, which was good for breaking her school record and a fourth-place medal. She took 12th in the high jump, earning a height of 5-00.
Kewaunee's Hannah Miller finished just outside of the finals for the 400m, running a time of 1:01.89, which was good for 14th. She did reach the podium in the triple jump with a leap of 36-00. Maddix Mueller cleared 6-00 to finish in 14th. Jordan Lamack recorded no height. Kemper Robinson finished his season with a 14th place finish in discus, throwing a distance of 140-07.
George Herlache vaulted his way to a podium finish at the WIAA State Track Meet, finishing the weekend as Luxemburg-Casco's top performer. Herlache ended his weekend with a final height of 13-06, good for sixth place overall and just over 1.5 feet under the leader Preston Buroker of Viroqua, who set a state record in the process. The 4x400m relay ream featuring Lydia Morozov, Grace Seering, Elaina Holschuh, Madyson VanArk, and Eva Junion finished outside of the qualification window, coming in 15th with a time of 4:11.55.
Sevastopol's Danica Werkheiser ended her junior season with a 14th-place finish with a final height of 5-0. Kylie Duessler came in 16th place in the 200m preliminaries, finishing in a time of 27.95. Bea Dramm came in 14th place in the 1600m run with a time of 5:42.45.
Photo courtesy of Algoma Track and Field
