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Clintonville’s Lauren Zwirschitz concentrates on the finish line of a girls’ Division 2 100-meter hurdle preliminary race at the WIAA State Track & Field Championships. She qualified for the finals, where she placed fifth. Greg Seubert Photo

Several return home with medals

By Greg Seubert

Here’s how local participants fared at the WIAA State Track & Field Championships, held June 3-4 at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse:

Division 3 Boys

• 100-meter dash: Quinn Dittmann, Weyauwega-Fremont, third.
• 3,200-meter run: Charlie Vater, Iola-Scandinavia, fourth.
• Long jump: Parker Prahl, Iola-Scandinavia, fourth.
• Triple jump: Parker Prahl, Iola-Scandinavia, 10th.
• 400-meter relay: Weyauwega Fremont (Muluken Rucks, Hayden Orr, Quinn Dittmann, Brayden Arndt), 10th.
• 800-meter relay: Weyauwega-Fremont (Muluken Rucks, Hayden Orr, Quinn Dittmann, Brayden Arndt), third; Manawa (Justin Buschke, Grant Bristol, Conner Scheid, Tanner Nienhaus), sixth.
• 3,200-meter relay: Iola-Scandinavia (Brock Wester, Dylan Donovan, Jacob Lashua, Charlie Vater), fourth.

Manawa’s Amber Fietzer takes off with the baton while running the second leg of the girls’ Division 3 3,200-meter relay race at the WIAA State Track & Field Championships in La Crosse. Fietzer, Makenzie Jo Krueger, Jolie Jaeger and Marilyn Klatt went on to place 13th in the race. Greg Seubert Photo

Division 3 Girls

• 400-meter dash: Emma Ziepke, Weyauwega-Fremont, 16th (preliminaries, did not make finals).
• 800-meter run: Emma Ziepke, Weyauwega-Fremont, 13th.
• 1,600-meter run: Abby Bartel, Weyauwega-Fremont, sixth.
• 3,200-meter run: Abby Bartel, Weyauwega-Fremont, third.
• High jump: Lexi Hedtke, Manawa, tied for fourth.
• Shot put: Olivia Santos, Manawa, 16th.
• Discus: Olivia Santos, Manawa, 16th.
• 3,200-meter relay: Weyauwega-Fremont (Emma Ziepke, Morgan Hansen, Madison Hansen, Abby Bartel), ninth; Manawa (Makenzie Jo Krueger, Amber Fietzer, Jolie Jaeger, Marilyn Klatt), 13th.

Division 2 Boys

• 1,600-meter run: Joshua Wilson, Clintonville, 12th.
• 3,200-meter run: Joshua Wilson, Clintonville, 14th.
• Triple jump: Kyle Wisniewski, New London, first (46 feet, 11 1/4 inches).
• Long jump: Kyle Wisniewski, New London, second.
• High jump: Kyle Wisniewski, New London, second.

Abby Bartel wrapped up her Weyauwega-Fremont High School track career by competing in three events at the WIAA State Track & Field Championships. She placed third and sixth, respectively, in the girls’ Division 3 3,200- and 1,600-meter runs and also ran the fourth leg of the 3,200-meter relay team that placed ninth. Greg Seubert Photo

Division 2 Girls

• 400-meter run: Macy Reybrock, New London, 16th (preliminaries, did not make finals).
• 100-meter hurdles: Lauren Zwirschitz, Clintonville, fifth.
• 1,600-meter relay: New London (Maddie Kloehn, Maren Stepniak, Rianna Schutz, Macy Reybrock), ninth.

Division 1 Boys

• Shot put: Ben Smith, Hortonville, first (59 feet, 4 inches).
• Discus: Ben Smith, Hortonville, first (179 feet, 3 inches).
• Pole vault: Eathan Lund, Hortonville, no height.
• 3,200-meter relay (Mason Lehmkuhl, Aidan Paschke, Blake Radish, Aiden Leist), 21st (preliminaries, did not make finals).