Meet Records Week 2 2009

Known records set during week 2: March 23-28. Please send other 2009 meet & 2009 school records/pictures

Week 2 saw some early season impressive performances in Wisconsin. This feature looks at the known meet records that were set during the week of March 23-28. Kayla Wagner [left, 1600m at La Crosse - 2008] is a senior at Baldwin - Woodville high school. Wagner finished in second in the D2 3200m behind graduated Ashley Beutler at the 2008 State Meet. At the Blue Devil High School Open held at UW-Stout on Friday, March 27, Wagner broke the 1600m record of 5:41.62 set in 2004 by Beth Lutz of Eau Claire Memorial. Wagner smashed the old record by posting a 5:17.04.

Osceola senior Brea Tinney [above, 1600m at La Crosse - 2008] ran 5:18.91 [2nd place] in the 1600m at the All American Invitaitonal at UW-River Falls on Saturday. March 28. She then came back to break the 3200m record of 12:10.00 set in 2008 by Hannah Sleznikow of La Crosse Central. Tinney's time was 11:40.76.


The Hill twins made their mark at the All American Invitational held at the Knowles Field House on the campus of UW- River Falls. Katie Hill won the 400m in 1:02.72.

Then her sister Jami [left at La Crosse - 2008] set the 800m record by running to a 2:15.25 clocking. This broke the old record of 2:21.81 set by Apple Valley [MN] Eastview high school runner McKenzie Melander in 2006. Jami Hill [above] was second to Megan Palmer in the D1 2008 800m.


Erika Suchla an Arcadia senior set the triple jump record at the Blue Devil High School open held at UW-Stout on Friday, March 27. The old record of 33' 00.50 set by River Falls jumper Bailey Franklin in 2008 fell when Suchla jumped 35' 08.50.



Suchla's teammate Maya Vazquez also surpassed an old record in the LJ when she jumped 17' 01.50. Vazquez finished second to Blaine [MN] jumper Nicole Murphy who broke the old record of 16' 05.50 [also set by Bailey Franklin] by leaping 17' 03.50.



Suchla is pictured above and to the right in long jump competition at La Crosse 2008].



Jordan Kelch a junior at Menomonie set the 800m record at the Blue Devil High School open held at UW-Stout on Friday, March 27. Kelch broke Menomonie runner Tara McCoy's record of 2:25.33 set in 2006 by recording a 2:22.48. Kelch [middle, maroon jersey] is pictured above in the 1600m at La Crosse in 2008.


Maya Vazquez a junior at Arcadia made her mark in the field events during week 1. Week two saw the 200m and 400m records fall at the Blue Devil High School open held at UW-Stout on Friday, March 27.



Vazquez is the defending D2 400m champion. At the Blue Devil she broke Rachel Albecht's record in the 400m [1:02.69, 2005] by posting a 1:02.24.



In the 200m Vazquez sprinted to a 26.55 clocking in breaking Briana Berg's [Arcadia] 2005 record of 27.53.



In the 2008 State Meet Vazquez finished second to 200m champion Tasha Allen of Milwaukee North. This season Allen and her Milwaukee North teammates have moved to D1 status. However plenty of D2 competition waits for a chance to replace Allen as a D2 champion.



In the picture above Vazquez is shown in the 100m D2 preliminaries. All the athletes above return for the 2009 season L-R]:Hillary Hughes [12, Wisconsin Heights], Eileen Gehring [10, Madison Edgewood], Vazquez, and Carlye Schuh [Appleton Xavier].



Arcadia set a team record in the 4x4 relay at the Blue Devil Meet. In 2006 Rice Lake set the old record in the 4x4 of 4:23.30. This year the Raiders of Arcadia knocked over 4 seconds off the record by setting a new 4x400 record [4:18.90].