2008 W/TFA State Indoor Championships: Running Events

Saturday, April 5, 2008 at DLK Kachel Center on the campus of UW-Whitewater. TFA | Results | Records



An early highlight of the 2008 Track and field season took place in the 1600m event at the W/TFA championships. Junior Jami Hill of Onalaska and senior Ashley Beutler of Sugar River ran a classic race that track fans will remember for a long time. Hill pulled away in the last lap to win in 4:54.31 while Beutler posted a 4:55.69 to finish second.

Onalaska's Jami Hill improved upon her Week 3 Honor roll leading time of 5:01.21 with a blazing 4:54.31. Hill was not finished for the night as she ran to another first in the 800m event [see below].

WOW!

The DLK Katchel scoreboard shows the top six finishers in the 1600m. Ashley Beutler is pictured on the left. Above center:[L-R] Hill, Katie Cumming from Hudson, Kiah Ehrke from Stoughton and Beutler on lap 1 of the 1600m. Joanna Zurko of Muskego was 5th and Maddie Hibshman from Onalaska was 6th..


L-R: Katie Cumming [Hudson, 3rd], Kiah Ehrke [Stoughton, 4th], Ann Tank [Dodgeville-Mineral Point, 7th], and Becca Gusmer [Green Bay Preble, 8th]

L-R: Kelly Bogard [Kimberly, 9th], Stacey Swatek [Wisconsin Dells,11th], Rachel Weber [Appleton North, 10th], Samantha Bluske [Pardeville, 12th], Kriston Siemianiwski [Bangor, 13th] and Morgan Briggs [Waterford, 16th] There were 76 runners entered in the W/TFA 1600m event..
Jami Hill from Onalaska won the 800m event [2:22.53]. She was followed by Diedre Dillman [2:24.65] from Prairie du Chien and Haley Moeller [2:25.79] of Sevastopol.

Left: [L-R] Haley Moeller , Jami Hill, and Diedre Dillman.

Right [L-R] Heidi Brittnacher of Appleton Xaview, Moeller, and Hill.

Below left: Haley Moeller, Below center: Beaver Dams Jenna Wise [4th], and Moeller.

Below right: Madison East's Claire Brickson[10th].