15th Annual All-Star Spotlight Meet 
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Top header photo of Corinne Franz by Lisa Franz.
The Iowa State Meet was held May 16-18th at Drake University in Des Moines. Illinois held their State Meet at Eastern Illinois University May 16-18.
Iowa runs the 4x100m Shuttle Hurdle and 1600m Medley relays as a regular part of dual and tournament meet competition. Those events were new for the Team Wisconsin athletes.
The 4x100m shuttle hurdle athletes finnished in third behind two teams from Iowa.
In the 1600m Medley and 4x 8 relays Team Wisconsin set Meet Records. Team Wisconsin's Rachel Atchison [East Troy] was named Female Athlete of the Meet as she won the 800m run and led off in the record setrting 4x8 relay event.
Shuttle hurdle relay athletes:
Grace Curran [left, Blair-Taylor],
Haley Rafferty [right, Neenah],
Kathryn DeJung [below left, Gillett], and
Tess Nelson [below right, Northwestern]
Team Iowa had held the 1600m Sprint Medley Relay [200, 200, 400, 1600] record which they set in 2007 [4:07.01]. Team Wisconsin's quartet broke that record by posting a 4:06.59. Sprint Medley relay members above left L-R: Maddie Leske [Oshkosh West], Aisha Coleman [Janesville Craig], Frankie Morris [East Troy], and anchor Stephanie Nielson [Racine Case].
Above right: Maddie Leske hands off to Aisha Coleman. Below left: Aisha Coleman hands off to Frankie Morris. Berlow right: Anchor Stephanie Nielsen.
Team Wisconsin discus throwers above L-R: Corinne Franz [Madison Memorial], Haley Houser [Stoughton], Mallory Nickerson [Pulaski], and Taylor Steffan [Hudson].
Above right: Haley Houser.
Left: Coriine Franz [4th place].
Right: Mallory Nickerson.
Far Right: Taylor Steffen.
Below Team Wisconsin shot put members L-R: Corine Franz [Madison Memorial], Taylor Steffen [Hudson], Haley Houser [Stoughton], Mallory Nickerson [Pulaski], Kamry Gipson [Sun Prairie], and Michelle Brandt [Wausau West]. Gipson took third in the SP event.
Above 100m dash athletes L-R: Maddie Leske [Oshkosh West] and Elizabeth Pospyhalla [Edgar]. Pospyhalla was 3rd and Leske 5th in the 100m dash.
In the 200m dash Sara Grange [Grafton] took first in 25.27. Grange is shown below with Maddie Hilsabeck [left, Team Iowa 3rd] and Alisha Jones [right, Team Iowa, 2nd in 25.29].
Above: start of the 800m run. Team Wisconsin runners L-R: Nicole Schmidt [Menomonie, 5th], Bridget Murphy [Seymour, 4th], and 800m run winner Rachel Atchison [East Troy, 2:15.38]. The 800m runners are shown below in lap1 and the finish of the race.
Above: High hurdle athletes L-R: Grace Curran [Blair-Taylor] and Kathryn DeJung [Gillett]
Below heat 2 of the 100m high hurdle event L-R: Haley Rafferty [Neenah, 3rd] and Tess Nelson [Northwestern, 5th]
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Wisconsin Girls Spotlight Team
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| Rachel Atchison | East Troy | Distance |
| Michelle Brandt | Wausau West | Throws |
| Emily Brinker | Baraboo | High Jump |
| Taylor Corkum | Wisconsin Lutheran | Pole Vault |
| Micaela Creighton | South Milwaukee | Jumps |
| Aisha Coleman | Janesville Craig | Jumps |
| Grace Curran | Blair-Taylor | Hurdles |
| Kathryn DeJung | Gillett | Hurdles |
| Corinne Franz | Madison Memorial | Throws |
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Kamry Gipson
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Sun Prairie | Throws |
| Sara Grange | Grafton | High Jump |
| Aerial Holt | Menomonee Falls | Jumps |
| Haley Houser | Stoughton | Throws |
| Nicole Larson | West Allis Central | Pole Vault |
| Maddie Leske | Oshkosh West | Sprints |
| Franchesca Morris | East Troy | Sprints |
| Bridget Murphy | Seymour | Distance |
| Tess Nelson | Northwestern | Hurdles |
| Mallory Nickerson | Pulaski | Throws |
| Stephanie Nielsen | Racine Case | Distance |
| Alison Parker | Neenah | Distance |
| Ashley Pohlman | Janesville Craig | Sprints |
| Elizabeth Pospyhalla | Edgar | Sprints |
| Haley Rafferty | Neenah | Hurdles |
| Haley Reinke | Kimberly | Jumps |
| Nicole Schmidt | Menomonie | Distance |
| Paige Skorseth | River Falls | Distance |
| Taylor Steffen | Hudson | Throws |
| Alyssa Weiler | Oshkosh West | High Jump |
Team Wisconsin set another record by breaking the 2010 record set by Team Wisconsin in the 4x8 [9:16.33]. The 2013 Team Wisconsin 4x8 posted a 9:14.80 to write their names into the record book. Relay members above L-R: Rachel Atchison [East Troy], Bridget Murphy [Seymour], Nicole Schmidt [Menomonie], and anchor Alison Parker [Neenah]. Murphy's sister Alaina was a member of the 2010 Team Wisconsin 4x8.
The 4x8 runners are shown below setting the record L-R: Rachel Atchison, Bridget Murphy, Nicole Schmindt, and anchor Alison Parker.
River Fall's runner Paige Skorseth is shown above in the 3200m [left] and 1600m [right] races. The 3200m race was the first running event in the meet while the 1600m run was at the end of the meet. Skoseth took first in the 3200m run and 2nd in the 1600m race.
Left: Former Janesville Craig teammates are shown in the 4x2 as Ashley Pohlman hands off to Aisha Coleman.
Right: Team Wisconsin anchor Sara Grange [Grafton] in the 4x2.
Team Wisconsin finished 2nd to Team Iowa in the 4x2 [1:45.07 to 1:45.74].
Team Wisconsin vaulters took 1-2 in the PV event. Nicole Larson [West Allis Central] is shown above left and center. She cleared 11' 09 to win the PV event.
Wisconsin Lutheran vaulter Taylor Corkum [above right] was second with a height of 11' 06]
Left: Nicole Larson.
Right: Taylor Corkum.
Above Team Wisconsin horizontal jumps athletes L-R: Haley Reinke [Kimberly, 2nd in TJ, 36' 04.50], Aerial Holt [Menomonee Falls, 3rd in the TJ], Ashley Pohlman [Janesville Craig, 5th in the TJ], and LJ winner Aerial Holt [Menomonee Falls, 17' 11].
Below long jump athletes L-R: Micaela Creighton [South Milwaukee, 2nd], Aisha Coleman [Janesville Craig,, 5th], Haley Reinke [Kimberly], and Ashley Pohlman [Janesville Craig].
Left: Sara Grange [Grafton] in the HJ.
Above center and right:: Emily Brinker [Baraboo] in the HJ. Brinker is shown clearing 5' 02.
Above: Team Wisconsin high jump athlete Alyssa Weiller [Oshkosh West]. Weiller cleared 5' 04 to take 3rd.
Team Illinois high jump athlete Tyshai Freeman [above left] of Lake Park [Roselle] won the HJ event with a height of 5' 07. She is shown clearing 5' 04.
Above center. Above right: Team Iowa athlete Chaley Rath is shown clearing 5' 04. Rath who is a three time Iowa State Champion placed 2nd with a jump of 5' 06.
The Senior Spotlight Meet was the brainchild of John Nalley [above center] from Palentine High School in Illinois, who wanted to give prep track and field seniors from around the Midwest an opportunity to compete on the same stage. Nalley and Iowa's Dick Washburn [above left] who is from Muscatine brought the concept to fruition, and Illinois and Iowa competed in the inaugural Spotlight Meet in 1999.
Nalley's father G. Carlin Nalley [above right] is a long time track official in Illinois who helped officiate the 2013 Spotlight Meet. G. Carlin was named the Illinois High School Association Track Official of the Year in 2008.
Iowa has the 400m LH event instead of the 300m LH race. In college athletes will run the 400m LH event. Above left: Haley Rafferty in the 400m LH event. Above right: Tess Nelson in the 400m LH. Nelson finished 4th. Iowa took 1-3 in the 400m LH race.
Team Iowa's Courtney Sowle [above center] from Camanche High School who won the Iowa D2 400m LH 2013 championship was the winner in the 400m LH event at the Spotlight Meet. Iowa has D1, D2, D3, and D4 divisions with D4 being the largest division.
