Florence senior Aileen Lemanski made it four D3 LJ Championships in a row by setting a new record. She went out in grand style when she broke her 2008 record by 1/4 of an inch with a jump of 18' 06.50.
2006 17' 06.25
2007 17' 11.75 [D3 record]
2008 18' 06.25 [D3 record]
2009 18' 06.50 [D3 record]
Aileen Lemanski and Florence jumps coach Dan Zoeller at the end of the LJ competition
Iola-Scandinavia junior Rachel Melum is pictured above clearing 5' 02 on her way to matching the D3 HJ record set by Kate Juedes of Clear Lake in 1998. Melum cleared 5' 06, 5' 07, and then after missing twice at 5' 08 she cleared 5' 08 and then made 5' 09 as she wrote her performance into the WIAA Record Book.
Rachel Melum clears 5' 09 [above right] and then takes a moment to react to her record setting effort.
Above L-R:
Rachel Melum after the 5' 09 jump.
Iola - Scandanavia high jump coach Bruce Beyersdorf congratulates Melum after her record setting effort.
High jumper Katie Langmeier a junior from Cuba City who finished second in the D3 HJ [5' 04] congratulates Melum at the end of the competition.
Melum [left] is shown on approach [bar at 5' 06].
Above L-R: Senior Stephanie Peters from Bangor won the Bronze Medal in the D3 PV with a height of 10' 03. D3 PV. Repeat Champion senior Kelsey Temanson from Stratford won the Gold with a height of 10' 06. Ninth grader Faryn Wirkus from Edgar also jumped 10' 06 and placed second.
Because of the Saturday weather the PV competition was moved indoors. In the words of one parent who attended the meet '...it was miserable! I was basically soaked and chilled to the bone.' Despite the terrible conditions Wisconsin's young athletes arose to the occasion and competed very well on Saturday.
Scott Thomson the editor of the Whitehall Times took the picture on the left of repeat D3 TJ Champion Bria Halama a sophomore from Independence - Gilmanton. At the time of the jump pictured on the left the rain was driving down with the temperatures around 50 degrees. Despite those conditions Halama won the Gold Medal with a jump of 36' 06.
Bria Halama Picture Courtesy of the Whitehall Times
Dynamic Duo From Arcadia Win The Horizontal Jumps
Senior Erika Suchla [above left] from Arcadia won the D3 TJ with a distance of 37' 00.50. Teammate Maya Vazquez [above right] a junior won the LJ Gold for the third straight year with a distance of 18' 04.75.
Ashland senior Lindsay Wiebe [above left] made her last high school meet memorable by winning the D2 HJ Championship with a height of 5' 06. Arcadia jumps coach Nicole Hunger confers with D2 LJ Champion Maya Vazquez. Vazquez won the competition on her second to last jump when she traveled 18' 04.75 to edge out second place finisher Carlye Schuh of Xavier.
Left: Silver Medal LJ winner junior Carlye Schuh of Appleton Xavier [18' 04.00].
Above: Junior Danielle Vetesnik from Richland Center won the D2 PV with a height of 11' 06 [picture from the 2008 State Meet].
Above right: Ninth grader Raquel Ebbe from Nekoosa finished in second place in the TJ just 1/4 of an inch from Erika Suchla's winning jump of 37' 00.50.
Demos, Flucke, Smith, And Waldvogel Win Jump Titles
Senior Shalesa Smith [left] was the runnerup to 2008 Champion Julie Hebert of Greenfield in last years State Meet. This year Smith jumped 38' 06.50 in the TJ to win the Gold Medal.
Wausau West junior Jessica Waldvogel [right] was the D1 LJ champion with a jump of 18' 01.50
Smith is pictured below with Milwaukee Rufus King jumps coach Dana Lehner after the closely contested TJ event was finished.
Versatile TJ, HJ, and SP athlete Shavanna Talbert [above] finished 2nd in the TJ [37' 10]. Talbert is from Fond du Lac.
Above left: Jessica Waldvogel. Above right: Silver Medal winner in the LJ senior Emily Worden from La Crosse Logan. Below L-R: Emily Haines a junior from Tomah who was third in the TJ [37' 05.50] shares State Meet memories with friends Emily Worden and Shalesa Smith.
Krissy Day [above left] a senior from Wisconsin Lutheran was 4th in the LJ [17' 07.25] while sophomore Brianna Bower from Stoughton was 3rd in the LJ [17' 08].
Melissa Flucke repeated as PV champion with a height of 11' 03. Flucke an Ashwaubenon senior finished her high school vault career which included four trips to the State Meet.
As a sophomore she was third and last year and this season she finished as the D1 Pole Vault Champion. Teammate Brianna Baeten finished third with a height of 10' 09 while another Jaguar Sarah Finer was a State Meet qualifier in the pole vault.
Left: Junior Leanna Rose from DC Everest was second in the PV [11' 00].
Above: Shelby Demos a Janesville Parker senior repeated as the D1 HJ Champion with a height of 5' 06. Weather delayed the completion of the high jump event. All athletes were hampered by the cold and constant rains on Saturday.
