2013 WIAA TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS: 4x1, 4x2, 4x4, And 4x8 Relay Events
Above 4x1 medalist relay teams L-R: Marathon [6th], Hilbert [4th], St. Mary's Springs [2nd], Champions Onalsaka Luther [50.38], Catholic Central [3rd], and Wild Rose [5th]. The Luther Gold Medalists were [clockwise from top left]: Taylor Kasten, Christina Houlihan, Amber Bilitz, and Isabella Kick.
Above left: Shay Lierman on leg 2 of the 4x2. Above right L-R: 4x2 anchor's Christina Houlihan [Luther], Karina Marchan [Wild Rose], and Danielle Weber [Cuba City].
Above D3 4x4 team medalists L-R: Colby [6th], Shell Lake [4th], Darlington [2nd], Champion Edgar [4:01.66], Elmwood-Plum City [3rd], and Pardeeville [5th]. Gold Medalists [clockwise from top left]: Kira Dittman, Holly Denfield, Elizabeth Pospyhalla, and Jessi Krause.
Above: Leg 1 of the D3 4x4. Below Edgar's winning 4x4 L-R: Kira Dittman, Jessi Krause, Holly Denfield, and anchor Elizabeth Pospyhalla.
Above left: Rice-Strand, Bonk, Notre Dame's Melaina Rapisarda, and Kern race to the finish line. Brookfield Academy won in 49.25 followed by Osceola in 49.31.
Above right: The Gold Medalists from Brookfield Academys 4x1 clockwise from top left: Luisa Graf, Ugo Aguwa, Mackenzie Bong, and Mary Liz Kim. Brookfield Academy set a new D2 4x1 record with a time of 49.25. This broke the record of 49.28 set by Osceola in 2012.
Above the D2 4x2 relay medalists L-R: Brookfield Academy [6th], Fox Valley Lutheran [4th], Arcadia [2nd], Champion Lakeside Lutheran [1:45.15], Green Bay Notre Dame [3rd], and Sheboygan Falls [5th].
Gold Medal winners from Lakeside's 4x2 above clockwise from top left: Patience Letgo, Lydia Ulrich, Meghan Pingel, and Keri Bachler.
Above left: Staci Hasler [Sheboygan Falls] and Patience Letgo [Lakeside Lutheran] running leg 2 of the 4x2. Above right: 4x2 Anchors Meghan Pingel [Laskeside Lutheran] and Hillary Filla [Arcadia].
Above D2 4x4 Medalists L-R: Cambridge [6th], Columbus [4th], Green Bay Notre Dame [2nd], Champion East Troy [3:58.45], Brillion [3rd], and Lakeside Lutheran [5th].
Above: The final exchange of the 4x1 shows Hilbert's Taylor Schoen handing off to Maria Gruett, Wild Rose's Johanna Sheperd handing off to Karina Marchan, and the winning team Luther's leg 3 runner Amber Bilitz and anchor Christina Houlihan.
Above Medalists in the 4x2 relay L-R: Stratford [6th], Catholic Central [4th], Wild Rose [2nd], Champion Cuba City [1:46.45], Luther [3rd], and Columbus Catholic [5th].
The Gold Medalists from Cuba City [above, clockwise from top left]: Kaitlyn Kaiser, Danielle Weber, Amanda Kerkel, and Shay Lierman.
Above the 4x8 relay D3 medalists L-R: Assumption [6th], Spring Valley [4th], Lourdes Academy [2nd], Champion St. Mary's Springs [9.31.47], Colby [3rd], and Colfax [5th]. SMS runners above clockwise from top left: Melanie Schneider, Alannah Smith, Liz Bohn, and Abby Busse.
Springs had set the 4x8 record in 2012 [9:37.64] but this years quartet posted a 9:31.47 in establishing a new D3 4x8 record. Record setting runners above L-R: Abby Busse, Melanie Schneider, Alannah Schmitz, and anchor Liz Bohn.
Above: D2 leg 3 and anchor runners in the 4x1 L-R: Brown Deer's Victoria Millet and Kyla Blackmon, Mount Horeb's Tristyn Forget and Nadia Williams, Champion Brookfield Academy's Luisa Graf and Mackenzie Bonk, Osceola's Savannah Rivard and Aimee Rice-Strand, Xavier's Sabrina Wolter and Kelsey Worachek, and Catholic Memorial's Bailey Flnnigan and Emily Kern.
Above leg 1 runners in the D2 4x4 L-R: Mary Hanson [Dodgeville-Mineral Point], Kari Schneiss [Kettle Moraine Lutheran], Rebecca Van Thiel [Brillion], Emma Severson [Columbus], Kristen Burkel [Green Bay Notre Dame], Keri Bachler [Lakeside Lutheran], and Carly Atchison [East Troy].
East Troy's record setting 4x8 runners above L-R: Katie Hodges, Frankie Morris, and anchor Rachel Atchison.
[Above right: Dodgeville-Mineral Point anchor Brittany Rhyner #1].
Above right: Leg 1 4x8 runners [L-R] Melissa Pelkey [Franklin] and Claire Knaus [Neenah].
Above right: Leg 2 4x8 runners [L-R] Morgan Meier [Beaver Dam] and Jennifer Parker [Neenah].
The Neenah 4x8 Champion Relay Team L-R: Claire Knaus, Jennifer Parker, Jessica Parker, and anchor Alison Parker.
Above East Troy 4x4 runners L-R: Carly Atchison [Reagan Johnson-Columbus and Amber Pipenburg-Brillion], Katie Hodges [Natalie Bubolz-Lakeside Lutheran and Carly Barton-Green Bay Notre Dame], Rachel Atchison, and anchor Frankie Morris [Malorri Walczyk-Green Bay Notre Dame].
Above D2 4x8 Top 4 Relay Teams L-R: Freedom [4th], Dodgeville-Mineral Point [2nd], Champion East Troy [9:19.00], and Green Bay Notre Dame [3rd].
Above right: Carly Atchison ran leg 1 of East Troy's record setting 4x8. Pewaukee had set the record of 9:21.67 in 2004. However the Trojans from East Troy established a new D2 record with a clocking of 9:19.00
Above right: Leg 1 of the D2 4x8 L-R: Kara Linzmeier [Chilton], Carly Atchison [East Troy], Shelby Terhell [ Osceola], Mairin Cahill [Dodgeville-Mineral Point], Ave Grosenheider [Madison Edgewood], Carly Barton [Green Bay Notre Dame], and Taylor Miller [Mauston].
La Crosse Logan qualified 10th in the 4x2 relay with a 1:46.81 in the prelims. As a result those who overlooked lane 10 missed the Champion D1 4x2 Relay Team.
The medalist teams in the 4x2 are shown above L-R:
Sun Prairie [6th], Verona Area [4th], Wisconsin Lutheran [2nd], the Champion La Crosse Logan team [1:43.22], Bay Port [3rd], and Wausau West [5th].
Right: Logan leg 2 4x2 runner Ashley Sprain
The La Crosse Logan Champion D1 4x2
Bottom row L-R:
Ninth graders Ashley Sprain and Kemmesha Thomas.
Top row L-R:
Sophomores Tore Washa and Chloe Malin.
Washa and Malin ran on Logan's 2012 Champion 4x2.
Above: The Milwaukee Riverside 4x4 broke the 4x4 record with a time of 3:53.07 at the 2012 State Meet. A year later the same runners returned and set a new record by posting 3:52.82.
Above 4x4 D1 medalist relay teams L-R: Chippewa Falls [6th], West Bend West [4th], Whitefish Bay [2nd], the Champion Milwaukee Riverside team, Verona Area [3rd], and Hartfird Union [5th].
Above Riverside record setting 4x4 runners L-R: Angel Malone, Helen Thames, and Valerie Thames. Below left: 4x4 anchor Crystal Malone.
Milwaukee King successfully defended the 4x1 championship they won in 2012. King's anchor [above] Alexis Redd-Triggs is shown along with Angel Malone [Milwaukee Riverside] and Azya McLin [Wauwatosa West].
Team members left from top left clockwise: Sydnee Matthew, Marissa Cosey, Alexis Redd-Triggs, and , Jaia Howard.
Ther Neenah Rockets returned to this years meet after winning the 4x8 at the State Meet in 2011 and 2012 [All time record of 9:00.42]. Neenah was successful in defending its championship winning the 4x8 in 9:23.63.
Medalist 4x8 relay teams above L-R: Franklin [6th], Middleton [4th], Waukesha West [2nd], the Champion Neenah Rockets, Eau Claire Memorial [3rd], and Arrowhead [5th].
Above final exchange of the D1 4x1 (leg 3 -anchor) L-R: Erica Hallman-Ambria Avery [Wisconsin Lutheran], Jennifer Fox-Chisom Obasih [Brookfield Central], Jai Howard-Alexis Redd-Triggs [Milwaukee King], Traci Wood-Angel Malone [Milwaukee Riverside], and Mercy Ndon-Azya McLin [Wauwatosa West].