WIAA Track & Field State Championships 2013

The 118th Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Boys Track and Field Championships and the 43rd Girls Track and Field Championships will be h... (via www.wiaawi.org)

Results from the WIAA Track and Field Championships in La Crosse. Results appear with most recent events listed first, except for notable accomplishments. (via www.postcrescent.com)

LA CROSSE — Bonnie Draxler didn’t take in her usual haul of gold at the WIAA state track and field meet Saturday. Instead of leaving the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse’s Memorial Field with two state championship medals around her neck for a third straight season, the Wrightstown junior was wearing three.Instead of leaving the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse’s Memorial Field with two state championship medals around her neck for a third straight season, the Wrightstown junior was wearing three.    (via www.greenbaypressgazette.com)  

LA CROSSE — Elizabeth Pospyhalla crossed the finish for the final time as a high school track runner, and three teammates walked toward her with arms around each others’ shoulders. Then they embraced. An era had ended. (via www.wausaudailyherald.com)  

LA CROSSE — When most track and field athletes finish competing, they put on their warmups, be it athletic shorts, sweatpants and sweatshirts, and so on. When Ozaukee senior Josh Werner finished his time on the Division 3 high jump at the WIAA State Track and Field Championships Saturday, he donned faded blue jeans with a leather belt, and his camouflage cap. (via www.sheboyganpress.com)  

LA CROSSE — De Pere High School freshman Kylie Swiekatowski led a slew of qualifiers from the city schools in the WIAA Division 1 track and field state meet last week. Swiekatowski soared to third place in the girls pole vault at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse’s Veterans Memorial Stadium. She was the top finisher among six girls who had a final clearance of 11 feet, 6 inches. Ashwaubenon senior Alex Flucke, the two-time defending state champion in the event, also cleared 11-6 and finished fifth. (via www.greenbaypressgazette.com)

Algoma’s Kennedy Blahnik cemented her status as a Wisconsin preps track and field legend with three-peat state titles and new state championship records in the Division 3 discus and shot put events. (via www.greenbaypressgazette.com)