2012 WIAA Track And Field Championships: HURDLES
100m HH
Left: Tessa Thurs.
Above L-R: Taylor Sherry, Amber Dahl,and Ariana Shank.
Above 100m HH medalists L-R: Molly Loughrin [10, Manawa, 5th], Amber Dahl [12, Cashton, 3rd], repeat champion Tessa Thurs [12, Edgar, 15.29], Taylor Sherry [12, Kickapoo-LaFarge, 2nd], Ariana Shank [12, Sheboygan Area Lutheran, 4th], and Stephanie Peterson [11, Wild Rose, 6th].
Above 100m HH medalists L-R: Taylor Olson [12, Aquinas, 5th], Amelia Campbell [12, Sturgeon Bay, 3rd], champion Kaitlyn Hastings [11, Catholic Memorial 14.70], Erin Perkins [10, Marinette, 2nd], Megan Linse [11, Jefferson, 4th], and Tristyn Forget [11, Mount Horeb, 6th].
Left and above: Elexis Fuller-Stewart in the 100m HH finals.
Finals of the 300m LH
For the second year in a row senior Tessa Thurs from Edgar won both hurdle races. Above left: Thurs and Silver Medalist Karina Elford [10, Markesan, 2nd] come out of the turn. Above right: Tessa Thurs [12, Edgar, 45.78].
Above: 300m LH athletes L-R: Karina Elford [10, Markesan, 2nd], Morgan Yeska [12, Wild Rose, 3rd], and Dallas Oates [12, Pittsville, 4th].
Above finals of the 100m HH L-R: Erin Perkins, Amelia Campbell, Kaitlyn Hastings, and Megan Linse.
100m D2 HH Champion Kaitlyn Hastings
300m LH
Left: Repeat 300m LH champion Tess Nelson [11, Northwestern, 45.66]. Above 300m LH athletes L-R: Kathryn Croney [11, Oconto, 2nd], Chelsey Arendt [12, Sparta, 3rd], and Sarah Gamillo [11, Colby, 6th].
300m LH
Above L-R: Emma Severson [9, Columbus, 4th], winner Tess Nelson, Amelia Campbell [12, Sturgeon Bay], and Kathryn Croney [12, Oconto, 2nd].
Above 100m HH medalists L-R: Cathy Brunette [11. Grafton, 5th], Valerie Thames [11, Milwaukee Riverside, 3rd], champion Elexis Fuller-Stewart [12, Milwaukee Bradley Technical, 14.02], Danielle Riggins [10, Kenosha Tremper, 2nd], Amber Sanderson [12, La Crosse Logan, 4th], and Danielle Kohlway [9, Holmen, 6th]. Fuller-Stewart won for the second year in a row. In 2011 she set the State Record of 13.89 in the HH event.
Above 100m HH finals L-R: Thames, Sanderson, Fuller-Stewart, Riggins, and Brunette
300m LH L-R: Valerie Thames [11, Milwaukee Riverside, 3rd], Jenny Hagen [12, Milwaukee Pius XI, 4th], Amber Sanderson p[12, La Crosse Logan, 2nd], winner for the third year in a row Michelle Garner [12, Greenfield, 43.69], and Jean Wedwick [12, Sauk Prairie, 5th].
Justin Bohler the hurdles coach at Greenfield aged 10 years in the short time it took to run the 300m LH race. Michelle Garner [left and above (partially hidden)] who won the 300m LH event in 2010 and 2011 with dramatic finishes decided to stage an instant replay.
With only two hurdles to go she again was behind. But true to the Greenfield team nickname of 'Hustling Hawks' she again staged a heart stopping finish by barely edging La Crosse Logan hurdler Amber Sanderson [above right] by 6/100'ths of a second [43.69 to 43.75].
In the photo above the hurdlers are approaching the second to the last hurdle and Garner has her work cut out for her.