2016 WIAA TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Run Events
Junior Camillle Davre [above left] from Whitefish Bay won the 1600m race for the third straight year. She won the Gold Medal by posting a 4:46.40 and holding off Middleton's Samantha Valentine [#2, 4:46.87, Silver Medal] and Eau Claire Memorial's Aubrey Roberts [#1, 4:47.66, Bronze Medal].
All photographs unless otherwise noted by Dave Figi ~ Wisconsin Track Online
D3 1600m Run
Above 1600m runners L-R: Alivia Fuhrman [#11, Luther, 11th], Mikaela Glodowski [Rosholt, 15th], Willa Dworschack [North Crawford, 16th], Falon Immormino [#6, Thorp, 7th], Angela Moore [#12, Lourdes Academy, 5th], Kassye Todd [#3, Elmwood/Plum City, 2nd], Aidan Campbell [#2, Madison Tri-Op, 3rd], Leighten Fischer [#12, Iola-Scandinavia, 9th], Champion Erika Kisting [#1, Iola-Scandinavia, 5:15.21], Tatem Baures [#7, Wauzeka-Steuben, 6th], and Rachel Lawton [#5, Flambeau, 4th].
D3 3200m Run
Above finish of the 3200m run L-R: Kassye Todd [Elmwood/Plum City, 3rd in 11:23.83], Rachel Lawton [#12, Flambeau, 2nd in 11:23.16], and Champion Erika Kisting [#1, Iola-Scandinavia, 11:23.13]. All three runners will return for the 2017 season.
Left: Alicia Monson D2 3200m Champion.
Right: Jacie Legois from Luxemburg-Casco who was 8th in the 3200m run.
Above 3200m D3 runners L-R: Tatem Baures [Wauzeka-Steuben, 6th], Falon Immormino [Thorp, 5th], and Megan Benzing [Dodgeland, 4th].
3200m Run
Eau Claire Memorial senior Aubrey Roberts [above and left] raced to a 10:13.68 performance in the 3200m run to break the record of 10:15.40 set by Sauk Prairie's Lori Walter in 1985.
Aubrey Roberts left no doubt as to her intentions as she raced out to an early lead and kept up a blistering pace on a very warm day. Roberts increased her lead with each lap. The above photo is after lap 1. After the race Roberts 'ran' back to Eau Claire to attend her graduation at Memorial High School before returning for the D1 1600m race which was held on Saturday morning.
In the photo above from the early part of the 3200m race Reagan Hoopes [#5, Waunakee, 20th], Rachel Werking [#6, Brookfield Central, 2nd], Zoe Goodmanson [#12, Pewaukee, 21st], Jenna Short [Cedarburg, 8th], Leah Neustedter [#7, Brookfield Central, 12th], Carisa Weyenberg [#9, Kimberly, 10th], Taylor Mair [Elkhorn Area, 22nd], Mikayla Fox [Oak Creek, 9th], Brook Lytle [Waukesha West, 7th], Hailey Migliano [#24, Franklin, 19th], Morgan Dommisse [West Bend East, 14th], Ashton Keene [#13, Pewaukee, 11th], and Zoe Smith [#22, Eau Claire Memorial,18th] can be identified.
Left: Brookfield East's Rachel Werking was 2nd in the 3200m run. Above 3200m runners L-R: Annika Linzmeier [Pulaski, 3rd], Payton Fors [Appleton North, 4th], and Annie Hughes [Arrowhead, 6th].
Below left: Sun Prairie's McKenzie Van Wie was 5th in the 3200m run.
The scoreboard below shows the top 9 finishers in the D1 3200m race
Left: 1600m runners Rachel Werking [#4, Brookfield East] who finished 6th in the 1600m run and Holmen's Mason Kalender [#5] who was 5th in the 1600m run.
Right: Leah Neustedter from Brookfield Central was 4th in the 1600m race.
Above left: Start of the 800m race showing Maddie Lee [#8, Oconomowoc, 15th], Mason Kalender [Holmen, 14th], Brehna Evans [#6, West De Pere, 5th], and two time defending champion and record holder junior Camille Davre from Whitefish Bay. Above right: Brehna Evans and Becca Langer [#4, Waukesha West, 4th].
Above L-R: Waterford's Haleigh Reindl finished 6th and Samantha Hanson from Waukesha West was 7th. Waukesha West had three athletes score in the same event [the 800mn run]-a first in the history of the girls State Meet.
Right: The race to the finish line was tight with Camille Davre [left, 2:11.13], Middleton's Samantha Valentine [2:12.15, 2nd place] and Waukesha West's Emma Langer who finished 3rd in 2:12.24. Davre won her third straight D1 Gold in the 800m.
Marcia Taddy set the D2 800m run record of 2:12.20 in 2002. Two runners broke that mark as senior Sydney Currie [#2 on the left] posted a 2:11.80 and Wisconsin Lutherans Audrey Janik [#1 on the left] was timed in 2:11.92.
Both runners are shown above left with third place finisher Aneesa Tucker [2:13.16] from Ashland. Above right 800m runners Hailey Van Ells [#6, Martin Luther, 6th], Calli Linse [#7, Jefferson, 5th], and Jillian Weston [Viroqua, 7th].
Above 800m runners L-R: Michelle Petkovsek [Waupaca, 8th], Kelsey Bakken [#5, Marshall, 9th], Gloria Esarco [Big Foot, 12th], Cora Purdue [#4, Brodhead/Juda, 4th], Hailey Van Ells [#6, Martin Luther, 6th], Jillian Weston [Viroqua, 7th], Sydney Currie [#2] and Audrey Janik.
D2 1600m Run
Left: Wisconsin Lutheran junior Audrey Janik won the D2 1600m race in 4:59.46. Above 1600m runners L-R: Jillian Weston [#3, Viroqua, 5th], Taylor Blueemel [Brodhead/Juda, 6th], winner Audrey Janik [#12, Wisconsin Lutheran], Amery's Alicia Monson [#9, 2nd], and Dana Feyen [ #1, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau, 3rd].
D2 3200m Run
Amery's Alicia Monson [#4] made an amazing recovery from an early season basketball injury and returned to La Crosse to successfully defend the 3200m championsip she won in 2015. Monson posted a 10:40.10 to win the Gold Medal.
3200om runners above L-R: Lindsey Grams [#12, Little Chute, 11th], Morgan Florsheim [#11, Shorewood, 6th], Elizabeth Reddeman [Poynette, 13th], Elena Schmidt [#6, Westby, 9th], Monson, Sarah Ziolkowski [Whitewater, 4th], Audrey Janik [#5, Wisconsin Lutheran, 3rd], and Dana Feyen a ninth grader from Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau who finished 2nd in 10:48.39
Above 3200m runners L-R: Dana Feyen, Sarah Ziolkowski, Noelle Masire [#3, Belleville/New Glarus, 7th], Morgan Florsheim, Kara Pyatskowit [#7, Clintonville, 5th], and Audrey Janik.
Above the top 3 D2 800m runners L-R: Audrey Janik [Wisconsin Lutheran, 2nd], new record holder Sydney Currie [Cambridge], and third place finisher Aneesa Tucker [Ashland].
D3 800m Run
Above 800m runners L-R: Emily Foley [#1, Oshkosh Lourdes, 3rd], Aidan Campbell [#4, Madison Tri-Op, 8th], Camryn Burtness [#5, Parkview, 6th], Dempsey Fogarty [#6, Colfax, 4th], Gold Medal winner Elizabeth Kyes [#2, Cadott, 2:15.76], Raelin Sorenson [#3, Unity, 5th], and Abby Engel [#8, Cochrane-Fountain City, 2nd].
Above sixth through first place 800m runners L-R: Camryn Burtness, Raelin Sorenson, Dempsey Fogarty, Emily Foley, Abbey Engel [#8], and Champion Elizabeth Kyes.
Above 1600m runners L-R: Anna Buchberger [#4, Marathon, 8th], Falon Immormino, Angela Moore, Rachel Lawton, and Tatem Buares.
Right: Gold Medal winner in the D2 1600m Erika Kisting from Iola-Scandinavia.
Above 3200m D3 runners L-R: Rachel Lawton, Anna Buchberger [#13, Marathon, 8th], Kassye Todd, and winner Erika Kisting.
Left: 1600m runners L-R: Kara Pyatskowit [#6, Clintonville, 4th], Taylor Bluemel, and senior Alicia Monson.
Right: 2016 D2 1600m Champion Audrey Janik from Wisconsin Lutheran.
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