2012 WIAA Track And Field Championships: THROWS
Friday, June 1 and Saturday, June 2, 2012: Veterans Memorial Stadium @ UW-La Crosse. Results
Photographs by Dean Blahnik, Dave Figi, Joe Frontier, Bob Mischka, and Janelle Nickerson
At her first State Meet in 2011 Kennedy Blahnik [left] set a SP record with a throw of 47' 00.25. This year she again broke the record with her second throw in trials with a distance of 47' 11. To see the video of the record throw go to D3 SP RECORD.
The Blahnik family had a big weekend at the State Meet. Kennedy's brother Zach [above] set a new D3 discus record with a throw of 175' 06. That distance broke the old record of 175' 03 set by Jermiah Rolfs of Wild Rose in 1999. Zach and Kennedy's coach is their father Dean [above].
Photographs by D. Blahnik
Above shot put medalists L-R: Rachel Stone [12, EC Regis, 6th], Karissa LeCaptain [12, Algoma, 4th], Kailee Kamps [12, Belmont, 2nd], champion Kennedy Blahnik [10, Algoma, 47' 11.00], Katy Rutz [12, Amherst, 3rd], and JoHannah Theisen [10, EC Regis, 5th].
Below L-R: Karissa LeCaptain and Kenndy Blahnik. Photo by D Blahnik.
Above D2 discus medalists L-R: LeAnna Bender [12, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau, 5th], Jasmine Noel [10, Sturgeon Bay, 3rd], champion Abbey Ristow [12, Ellsworth, 129' 04], Heather Clankie [12, Brodhead-Juda, 2nd], Katie Frederickson [12, Freedom, 4th], and Kelly Tetzlaff [12, Lakeside Lutheran, 6th].
Fond du Lac senior Shavana Talbert [above] won the D1 SP event with a throw of 44' 00.00.
Photo by Joe Frontier
Kenndy Blahnik [left and above] successfully defended the D3 Discus Championsip that she won in 2011. Her winning throw was 146' 03. Photo on left by D Blahnik
Second place in the D3 discus went to senior Kailee Kamps [below] from Belmont who had a best throw of 132' 11.
Above discus medalists L-R: Cassidy Detert [5th], Katy Rutz [3rd], champion Kennedy Blahnik, Kailee Kamps [2nd], Natalie Parker [4th], and Leah Nass [6th]. Photo by D Blahnik.
Left: Natalie Parker [12, St. Mary's Springs, 4th].
Right: Katy Rutz [12, Amherst, 3rd]
Below: Kailee Kamps with her father David who is the throws coach at Belmont.
Photo below by Joe Frontier
Left: Cassidy Detert [9, Marion, 5th].
Right: Leah Nass [12, Manitowoc Lutheran, 6th.
Photo by Joe Frontier
Medalists in the D2 SP were: Alyssa Lueck [12, Big Foot, 2nd], Emma Koeppel [12, Lake Mills, 3rd], Kali Belonga [11, Altoona, 4th], Annalese Lamke [9, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau, 5th], and LeAnna Bender [12, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau, 6th].
Abbey Ristow [right] a senior from Ellsworth made an amazing comeback this school year from a torn ACL injury she received in a January basketball game. That injury caused her to miss the remainder of the basketball season and it was projected she would miss her senior year of track and field.
However somehow she returned for the later half of the track and field season and ended up as the D2 Discus Champion. Her winning throw was 129' 04.
Abbey is shown with Ellsworth throws coach Kim Huggett.
Photo by Joe Frontier
Above L-R: Jamie Clark [12, Shawano Community, 2nd] and Kayla Brown [12, La Crosse Logan, 3rd].
Below L-R: Paige Day [11, DC Everest, 6th] and Taylor Steffen [11, Hudson 7th]
Photos above and below by Joe Frontier
Above shot put medalists L-R: Kiley Sabin [10, Slinger, 5th], Kayla Brown [12, La Crosse Logan, 3rd], champion Shavana Talbert [12, Fond du Lac, 44' 00.00], Jamie Clark [12, Shawano Community, 2nd], Emily Riese [12, Fond du Lac, 4th], and Paige Day [11, DC Everest, 6th].
Junior Corinne Franz from Madison Memorial won the D1 Discus Championship with a distance of 137' 04.
Photo by Joe Frontier
Left: Mallory Nickerson a junior from Pulaski prepares for a throw in the D1 discus competition.
Above: Nickerson and other throw athletes check in with head discus official William Semmens from Janesville.
Semmens who is the former Boys Head Track Coach at Janesville Craig and his wife Kathy have been longtime volunteers in the throwing events at the State Meet.
Photos by J Nickerson
Corinne Franz and Molly Griep
Photo by Joe Frontier
Right: Corinne Franz with her parents Lisa and Jerry.
Photo by Joe Frontier
Joe Frontier and Corinne Franz
Frontier is the throws coach at Madison Memorial and also promotes the throwing event with his Madison Throws Club.
Many of the throwers at State have been a part of the MTC program.
Above D1 discus medalists L-R: Katie Cihlar [10, Wausau West, 6th], Emily Riese [12, Fond du Lac, 4th], Jamie Clark [12, Shawano Community, 2nd], champion Corinne Franz [11, Madison Memorial, 137' 04], Paige Day [11, DC Everest, 3rd], and KeKe Burks [12, Madison La Follette, 5th].
Photograph above by Lisa Franz
D3 competition discus photos by D Figi
Above D2 SP medalists L-R: LeAnna Bender [12, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau, 6th], Kali Belonga [11, Altoona, 4th], Alyssa Lueck [12, Big Foot, 2nd], champion Molly Griep [12, Whitewater, 42' 07.25], Emma Koeppel [12, Lake Mills, 3rd], and Annalese Lamke [9, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau, 5th].
Photo by Bob Mischka
Above: Emma Koeppel [12, Lake Mills, 3rd]
Photographs above by Josh Smith