Greetings from Veterans Memorial Stadium on the campus of UW-La Crosse. Intrepid part-timer Travis Mester and I are at the WIAA state track meet, and we will be providing updates throughout the day, so come back often.
Up-to-the minute results can be found online at www.wiaawi.org.
- John Casper Jr.
Okoroji qualifies for 100 finals: It wasn't much of a surprise, but Memorial senior sprinter Chim Okoroji qualified for the Division 1 girls 100 finals by running a 12.63 in the prelims. Jasmyn Hudgins of Milwaukee Tech turned in the top qualifiying time with a 12.10. Okoroji's time was the sixth-best.
Luer takes fourth in the shot put: His best throw came in the warm-ups and he scratched in the finals, but Menomonie senior Grant Luer isn't leaving La Crosse empty-handed. He took fourth in the boys Division 1 shot put with a toss of 56-8½. Jared Hassin of Kettle Moraine won the title with 59-8¾. "I feel pretty good," Luer said. "I'm just looking forward to the discus tomorrow." Luer is the top seed in the discus.
Cumming recovers to win the 3,200: Hudson's Katie Cumming was a repeat champion in the girls Division 1 3,200, but it came at a price. Cumming was knocked to the ground, forcing a restart. She received brief medical attention, some bandages, and shook off the incident to win her second state title in the event.
Warner wins the D3 high jump: Tessa Warner of Eau Claire Regis claimed the area's first state championship by winning the girls Division 3 high jump with a leap of 5-5. She narrowly missed her two attempts at 5-6, which would have tied a personal best she said at an indoor meet in April.
Hetke takes second in the 1,600: He was a bit surprised, but Paul Hetke of Chetek is the boys D2 runner-up in the 1,600 nonetheless. Hetke ran a 4:19.11, almost 12 seconds faster than his sectional time, to win the silver medal. His time set a school record.
Other highlights so far: John Gillespie of Altoona took fourth in the boys D2 triple jump, Holly Mertens of Stanley-Boyd took third in the girls D2 high jump, Rickey Hagen of Colfax took fourth in the boys D3 discus, Nicole Flakey of Ladysmith took third in the girls D2 shot put, Jodi Bender and Chelsey Simon of Whitehall took second and fifth in the girls D3 long jump.
We're in a delay: Blame this one on Travis. Less than 10 minutes after he made a positive comment about the weather, ominous skies started to develop to the west, forcing WIAA officials to delay the meet and clear the stadium at 6:15 p.m. We're midway through the 400 relay preliminaries and will have about five track events and a handful of field events to complete once the meet resumes. Nobody is entirely sure, but some are saying it is the first delay since 2002.
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