LA CROSSE — Several athletes from Central Wisconsin left La Crosse as state champions, and several more snatched podium finishes after a dominant two days at the WIAA state track and field championships at Veteran’s Memorial Stadium on Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6.
From state champions to repeat champions, here is a look at every local track athlete who either won a state medal or notched a top-6 podium finish, separated each day and each of the three divisions.
Stevens Point’s Zachariah Zillman took home the silver medal in the long jump event and Salyssa Kellerman took sixth-place in the triple jump event. SPASH’s team of Tessa Bruckhart, Lorena Hill, Emersyn Wavrunek and Taylor Cejka notched a podium finish, taking fourth place in the 4 x 800 meter relay race.
SPASH’s relay team of Seubert, Hill, Mueller and Wavrunek captured a gold medal in the 4 x 400 relay race.
Wausau West’s Maci Heise took the silver medal in the 300-meter hurdles event. Warriors teammate Cullin Quance took home the bronze medal in the long jump event.
Marshfield’s team of Adeline Lonsdale, Hailey Klumb, Leann Ledtke and Natalie Scharenbroch took fifth place in the 4 x 800 meter race.
Wausau East’s Mckaea Taylor took fourth place in the pole vault event and teammate Elsa Oestreich was right behind, placing fifth.
Marshfield’s Derek Ongna took the silver medal in the boys high jump event.
Colby’s Daelyn Rieck won a gold medal in the discus throw.
Marathon’s Garrett Bracewell brought home a gold medal in the boys 300-meter hurdles and a silver medal in the 110 meter hurdles. Teammates Fred Tylinski, Luke Hoenish, Brady Annis and Bracewell also snagged a gold medal in the 4 x 200 race. Marathon’s Emma Schult took third place in the discus throw.
Marathon’s Chris Marcell broke the shot put meet record, snagging his second consecutive gold medal in the shot put event. While Berta Bota Palma added to Marathon’s dominance, snagging a sixth-place finish in the triple jump event.
Pacelli’s Luke Eiden notched two podium finishes, taking home a bronze medal in the 1600-meter dash and a sixth place in the 3200-meter race
Assumption’s Michael Dolan brought home a gold medal in the boys 3200-meter race and a silver medal in the 1,600-meter race. Teammate Bella Thomas took home a gold medal in the 400-meter race and a silver medal in the girls 100-meter race and a fourth place finish in the 200-meter dash. Teammate Reed Hartjes notched a sixth-place finish in the boys 1600-meter dash.
The Royals relay team of Cullen Thomas, Aiden Daliege, Calen Ott and Trey France finished in fifth place in the 4 x 400 relay race.
Rosholt’s Alex Wierzba took home the gold medal in the boys 100-meter dash and a silver medal in the 200-meter dash, while the Hornets team of Isabelle Trzebiatowski, Evelyn Bablitch, Kaitlyn Dombrowski and Liliana Losinski notched a podium finish, taking fourth place in the 4 x 800 meter race. Teammate Evelyn Bablitch notched a sixth-place finish in the 3,200-meter race.
Stratford’s Zander Zawislan snagged the gold medal in the boys 200-meter and 400-meter dash races while teammate Brianna Sherden notched a sixth-place finish in the 100-meter and 200-meter dash races. Teammate Connor Kreft took home a bronze medal in the triple jump event.
Nekoosa’s team of Austin Czappa, Darion Boswell, Finlei Krcmar and Jarrett Wilcox took the silver medal in the 4 x 100 relay race.
Athens Ava Ford finished fifth in the pole vault event.
Spencer’s Breckin Miller finished fifth in the 110-meter hurdles.
Trevor Trowbridge of Auburndale notched a podium finish, taking sixth place in the 110-meter hurdles. Teammates Logan Nagel finished in fourth place in the shot put event while Gracie Hasenohrl took sixth place in the pole vault event. The Eagles relay team of Marti Anderson, Alivia Wolf, Rose Hasenohrl and Iris Galetto placed fifth in the 4x 400 relay race.
Tomahawk’s Elise Gibeault claimed the bronze medal in the 400-meter dash.
Adams-Friendship’s Molly Johnson took fourth place in the 400-meter dash.
Edgar’s team of Mav Butt, Graham Streit, Landon Lukasko and Dawson Bornheimer took fourth place in the 4x 100 relay race. Then Edgar’s team of Lukasko, Tucker Streit, Streit and Isaiah Kraft notched a silver medal.
Xavier Edwards of D.C. Everest returned to state but this time walked away with a silver medal, taking second place in Division 1’s triple jump event. His teammate, Ethan Whitmore finished tied with Wisconsin Lutheran’s John Gehl for sixth place in the boys Division 1 pole vault event.
Stevens Point relay team of Dash Kvatek, John Jazdzewski, Ben Hopp, Cooper Erickson snatched fourth place in the Boys 4 x 800. On the girls side for SPASH, Lorena Hill, Alivia Koback, Riley Mueller and Jada Seubert placed fifth in the first round of the 4 x 200 race. While the team of Hill, Seubert and Wavrunek placed first in the first round of the 4 x 400 meter relay race.
Wausau East’s Parker Schmitt finished in third place in the first round of the boys 400-meter dash.
Crosstown-rival Wausau West’s Heise walked away with second place in the first round of the Division 1 girls 300m hurdles event.
Colby’s Rieck finished first in the first round of the Division 3 shot put event.
Marathons’ Marcell went back-to-back taking gold in the shot put event. Teammates Bracewell took first place in the first round of Division 3’s boys 110 meter hurdles. Teammates, Tylinski, Hoenish, Annis and Bracewell finished second place in the second round of the boys 4 xv200 Division 3 race.
Spencer’s Miller took a gold medal in the pole vault event and sixth place in the 110 meter hurdles
Athens’ Sy’Rih Hartwig brought home a gold medal in the shot put event.
Edgars 4 x 800 relay team of Dillon Sondeleski, Emitt VanOrnum, Dom Contreras and Kraft took home a silver medal in Division 3’s race with Marathon’s team of Etan Huesbsch, Logan Peters, John Kahon and Annis finishing in fourth place. Kraft finished earning a bronze medal in the 800-meter race.
Assumption’s Lucy Dolan took home a silver medal in Division 3’s 1600 meter race.
Thomas of Assumption finished first in the first round of the 400-meter race and third place in the first round of the girls Division 3 100-meter race. Teammate Lucy Dolan snagged a fourth-place finish in the 800-meter race.
Auburndale’s Trowbridge finished fourth in the first round of the boys 110-meter hurdles.
Abbotsford’s Carter Cihlar notched a podium finish, taking fourth place in the pole vault event.
Wierzba of Rosholt finished in second place in the boys 100-meter race.
Stratford’s team of Wynn Schoenherr, Brye Shaw, Samantha Frick and Sherden finished in fifth place in the first round of the girls 4 x 200 Division 3 race. Then the Tiger group of Carter Foster, Austin Niehaus, Mason Miller, Austin Foster took sixth place in the first round of the boys 4 x 100 Division 3. Teammate Zawislan took second place in the first round of the Division 3 boys 400-meter race. Sherden also finished sixth in the first round of the girls 100-meter dash.
Nekoosa’s Czappa, Boswell, Krcmar, and Wilcox took fourth place in the first round of the 4 x 100 race.
Adams-Friendship’s Molly Johnson took third place in the Division 3 girls 400-meter race
Tomahawk Gibeault took fourth place in the first round of the Division 3 girls 400-meter race.
Contact or send game stats/info to Sports Reporter Alfred Smith III at alfred.smith@usatoday.com. Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @AlfredS_III.
This article originally appeared on Wausau Daily Herald: Central Wisconsin track standouts dominate 2026 WIAA state meet
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