2013 WIAA TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Shot Put And Discus Throwing Events
Algoma junior Kennedy Blahnik broke the D3 SP record she set in 2012 [47' 11.00] by throwing the shot 49' 01.50.
Below: The Blahnik family after the discus event. Kenndy's father Dean is the throws coach at Algoma. Kennedy's brother Zach [below left] holds the boys D3 discus record [175' 06 set in 2012].
SP throw photos provided by D. Blahnik
Above L-R: Kendra Antony [Melrose-Mindoro, 7th], Keegan Kamps [Berlmont, 6th], and Melinda Svedja [Lena-St. Thomas Academy, 5th]
Kendra Antony throw photos provided by Deb Schaefer.
Above: Kennedy Blahnik
Photo provided by D. Blahnik
Top 9 Girls: Shot Put Division 2
1 Annalese Lamke SO Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau 41-03.00
2 Heather Buckler JR Clinton 40-02.50
3 Katie Taylor FR Hayward 40-01.00
4 Andrionna Ellis JR Milw Luthern 38-08.25
5 Lindsay Rutz JR Amherst 38-06.00
6 Brittney Keach JR Lake Mills 38-02.25 3
7 Elizabeth Abhold SR Weyauwega-Fremo 37-08.50
8 Jenna WroblewskiSR Lakeland 37-06.00
9 Samantha Reilly JR Sheboygan Falls 37-04.50.
Above and right: Junior Heather Buckler from Clinton won the Silver Medal in the D2 SP event with a best throw of 40' 02.50.
Heather Buckler photos
provided by Stacy Beals
Above D2 discus medalists L-R: Lindsay Rutz [Amherst, 6th], Katlyn Gernmann [Southern Door, 4th], Jasmine Noel [Sturgeon Bay, 2nd], Champion Genevieve Gates [Sheboygan Falls, 126' 08], Annalese Lemke [Gale-Etrick-Trempealeau, 3rd], and Miranda Loduha [Kettle Moraine Lutheran, 5th].
Top 9 Girls: Shot Put Division 1
1 Kiley Sabin JR Slinger 43-04.75
2 Katie Cihlar SO Wausau West 41-01.50
3 Kamry Gipson SR Sun Prairie 40-02.75
4 Michelle Brandt JR Wausau West 40-00.00
5 Taylor Steffen SR Hudson 39-05.25
6 Haley Houser SR Stoughton 39-05.00
7 Jade Mader JR Appleton East 38-06.25
8 Kris Lindow FR Ashwaubenon 38-05.50
9 Kaitlyn Long JR Monona Grove 37-08.00
Right: Wausau West sophomore Katie Cihlar was 2nd in the D1 SP with a best throw of 41' 01.50.
Below: Cihlar's teammate Michele Brandt a junior was 4th in the D1 SP with a best throw of 40' 00.
Record setting throw video
Above left and right: Senior thrower Kendra Anytony from Melrose-Mindoro won the Silver Medal in the D3 SP with a best throw of 40' 06.25
Kendra Antony throw photos provided by Deb Schaefer
Above D3 discus medalists L-R: Keegan Kamps [Belmont, 6th], Brooke Seubert [Marathon, 4th], JoHannah Theisen [Regis, 2nd], Champion Kennedy Blahnik [154' 03], Cassidy Detert [Marion, 3rd], and Melinda Svedja [Lena-St. Thomas Academy, 5th].
Throwers who placed 3-9 were Kelly Switz [Royall, 3rd], JoHannah Theisen [Regis, 4tyh], Kirsten Henry [Fennimore, 5th], Cassidy Detert [Marion, 6th], Jenna Berkevich [Horicon, 7th], Mollie Wedige [Cuba City, 8th], and Katie Alderson [Flambeau, 9th].
Kennedy Blahnik had set the D3 discus record with a throw of 150' 07 at the 2011 State Meet. This year she bettered that with a launch of 154' 03 to set a new D3 discus record. Blahnik is shown on left and above left during trials.
Above right: JoHannah Theisen Eau Claire Regis was 2nd.
Below left: Brooke Seubert [Marathon, 4th].
Below right: Cassidy Detert during trials. She finished in 3rd.
Above D1 discus medalists L-R: Ashley Hartwig [Janesville Parker, 6th], Mallory Nickerson [Pulaski, 4th], Kiley Sabin [Slinger, 2nd], Champion Corinne Franz [Madison Memorial [143' 10], Sam Noennig [Hartford, 3rd], and Katie Cihlar [Wausau West, 5th].
Corinne Franz succesfully defended the D1 discus Championship that she won in 2012.
Photos of Katie Cihlar and Michele Brandt
Provided by Hayley Cramer
Left: Heidi Lieffort [Colfax, 8th].
Right: Kim Buchholz [Royall, 9th].
Henry finished 5th in the D3 SP with a best throw of 37' 02.
Henry photographs by John Linden