Discus finals
1 Cole Van Lanen, Bay Port 183-08
2 Austin Glynn, Onalaska 177-11
3 Marcus Kelly, Waukesha West 172-00
4 Marcus Matsche, Kimberly 170-03
5 Logan McCormick, Kimberly 165-06
6 Cole Karcz, Germantown 162-03
7 Hunter Quinn, Watertown 158-07
8 Cullen Quinn, Oak Creek 156-11
13 Peter Andrew, Fond du Lac 149-05
16 Jacob Brazee, Neenah 144-10
20 Cole Krause, Appleton East 134-07
21 Alex Scott, Stevens Point 133-11
22 Zach Mueller, D.C. Everest 133-01
WIAA state track: Results from Saturday’s action
BOYS Division 1
Team totals: Bay Port 67, Wisconsin Lutheran 48, Madison West 36, Middleton 26, Pewaukee 23, Kimberly 22, Stevens Point 20, La Crosse Logan 20, Milwaukee King 20, Racine Park 19, D.C. Everest 18, Mukwonago 16.5, Menomonee Falls 16, Holmen 16, Green Bay Preble 16, Brookfield East 15.5, Arrowhead 14, Manitowoc Lincoln 13, Oak Creek 13, Milwaukee SM Marshall-Languages 13, Muskego 13, Madison La Follette 12, Kettle Moraine 12, Ashwaubenon 12, Sheboygan North 10, Oregon 10, Whitefish Bay 10, Appleton North 10, Merrill 9, Milwaukee Riverside 8, Onalaska 8, Waukesha South 8, Wauwatosa West 8, Verona 8, Hamilton 7, Oshkosh North 7, Germantown 6, Janesville Craig 6, Waukesha West 6, Kaukauna 5.5, Tomah 5, Kenosha Bradford 5, Nicolet 5, Waunakee 5, Franklin 5, West Allis Hale 4.5, Eau Claire North 4, Watertown 4, West De Pere 4, Badger 4, Eau Claire Memorial 4, Monona Grove 3, Westosha Central 3, New Berlin West 3, Beloit Memorial 3, Cedarburg 2, Fond du Lac 2, Janesville Parker 2, Green Bay East 2, Oshkosh West 1, New Berlin Eisenhower 1, Hudson 1, Plymouth 1, Wilmot .5, Baraboo .5.
Shot put finals
1 Cole Van Lanen, Bay Port 62-0
2 Logan McCormick, Kimberly 55-3.5
3 Ryan Ray, Green Bay Preble 55-1.75
4 Marcus Matsche, Kimberly 54-7.25
5 Julio Perez, Kettle Moraine 54-3
6 Alex Hauke, Muskego 53-6
7 Peter Andrew, Fond du Lac 53-3.5
8 Maurice Bland, Kenosha Bradford 52-10
9 Bryce Roberts, Wisconsin Lutheran 51-5.75
10 Max Haskins, River Falls 51-5.75
11 Jason Toshner, Fond du Lac 50-8.25
100-meter dash preliminaries (top-10 qualify for finals)
1 Maurice Simpson, Milw. King 10.74 Q
10 Dom Conway, West De Pere 11.05 Q
24 Nick Park, Fond du Lac 11.52
110-meter hurdles preliminaries (top-10 qualify for finals)
1 Vince Cosey, Racine Park 14.50 Q
10 Jacob Frey, Wisconsin Lutheran 14.95 Q
20 Brian Luteyn, Fond du Lac 15.47
400-meter relay preliminaries (top-10 qualify for finals)
1 Kettle Moraine Lutheran :42.56 Q
10 Holmen :43.13 Q
15 Fond du Lac (Kyle Pierce, Nick Park, Joe Kuber, Trey Halfmann) :43.36
1600-meter relay preliminaries (top-10 qualify for finals)
1 Ashwaubenon (James Morgan, Jose Guzman, Nate Holly, Jon Gregory) 3:17.23 Q
10 Holmen 3:22.91 Q
17 Fond du Lac (Luke Curran, Brian Luteyn, Kyle Marcoe, Trey Halfmann) 3:24.51
400-meter dash preliminaries (top-10 qualify for finals)
1 Caleb Ogden, Oak Creek :48.24 Q
10 Jose Alba-Zielinski, Neenah :50.19 Q
20 Kyle Marcoe, Fond du Lac :50.89
Fondy’s Peter Andrew finished seventh in the shot put with a throw of 53-03.5. He had the second highest seed entering the event. Andrew will compete in the discus Saturday.
Teammate Jason Toshner also competed in the shot put, finishing 11th with a throw of 50-08.25.
FDL Cardinal athletes look to stay focused at state
The WIAA state track and field meet is like nothing else in Wisconsin prep sports.
Hundreds of athletes and thousands of spectators from across the state converge on Veterans Memorial Stadium on the campus of UW-La Crosse to take part in what has to be the most chaotic two days of the year for Wisconsin high school athletics.
With all of the distractions and havoc surrounding them, participating athletes are in the unenviable position of having to somehow prepare like normal for their events when it’s anything but a normal situation.
Returning state qualifiers clearly have the advantage in a scenario like this. Having been through the experience, they know how to keep calm, or at the very least, try to stick to a typical routine. However, from a tight warmup area to the pressure of the situation to the amount of people watching, it’s sometimes tough to adjust even for state meet veterans.
To some athletes however, the state meet doesn’t initiate any pre-meet routine changes or alterations. Fond du Lac senior thrower Peter Andrew, who qualified this year in both the discus throw and shot put, said that he tries to keep his routine as similar as possible when in La Crosse, even with the distractions and chaos.
“For the most part, it just stays the same,” Andrew said. “It’s the same as any other meet. I try to stay a little more focused because of the all the distractions, but it’s pretty much the same.”
For athletes who haven’t participated in state before, this weekend’s meet will be an eye-opening experience, but one where keeping focused and prepared will be more important than ever. Many first-time state qualifiers might have an idea of what the atmosphere is like, if they’ve attended as a spectator, but actually competing amongst and in front of thousands of people is a different animal altogether.
“Everything’s going to be completely different,” Fond du Lac senior and 4X800-meter relay member Jeannie Bestor said. “There’s going to be so many good athletes and I guess you just have to go off what you’ve been training for all season. It will be so crazy that you’ll try to have to focus yourself back in like ‘OK, race.'”
High expectations
While most athletes going into the state meet are simply hoping to run their best or set a personal record, a few area competitors this year have a great chance to take back some hardware.
Fondy’s Andrew, after finishing highly at state last year in the shotput, has his eyes firmly set on at least a second-place finish with the potential to even win the event.
“Where I stand right now, I’m hoping to take second,” Andrew said. “But if I get a good throw off, the guy in front of me is not very good under pressure so maybe if I get a good throw right away he’ll crumble and I might have a chance at first.”
The Cardinal boys, who won their Division 1 sectional last Friday at Beaver Dam, also figure to have a shot at scoring pretty highly as a team. Sending athletes in eight different events, Fond du Lac could very well make a push towards the top of the leaderboard. But as of now, the Cardinals are focused on their individual events and not where they may end up as a team.
“We’re just trying to do our own thing,” Fond du Lac senior and shot put qualifier Jason Toshner said. “As a team, if we do our best, then it will come together.”
On the girls side for Fond du Lac, Annie Moore has a chance to finish near or on the podium in both the 800- and 1,600-meter runs after winning the two races in sectionals.
Division 1
Girls
- Annie Moore, jr., Fond du Lac, 800-meter run, 1,600-meter run
- Ally Gietzel, fresh., Fond du Lac, 800-meter run
- Nicole Lord, fresh., Fond du Lac, long jump
- Alyssa Mertes, sr., Fond du Lac, pole vault
- 3,200-meter relay (A. Gietzel, M. Buechel, J. Bestor, A. Moore), Fond du Lac
Boys
- Brian Luteyn, sr., Fond du Lac, 110-meter hurdles
- Nick Park, jr., Fond du Lac, 100-meter dash
- Kyle Marcoe, soph., Fond du Lac, 400-meter dash
- Peter Andrew, sr., Fond du Lac, discus throw, shot put
- Jason Toshner, sr., Fond du Lac, shot put
- 400-meter relay (K. Pierce, Q. Woelfel, N. Park, T. Halfmann), Fond du Lac
- 1,600-meter relay (L. Curran, B. Luteyn, K. Marcoe, T. Halfmann), Fond du Lac