Juniors Quin Andrews and Ty Bauschelt both earned podium spots as individuals and with the Cats’ 4×200 meter relay team, and senior Taurus Eastgate took fourth in the triple jump, to highlight the Wildcats’ weekend at the WIAA Division 1 Track and Field Championships in La Crosse.
Andrews was passed by Eau Claire Memorial rival Parker Dewey on the home stretch of Saturday’s 800 meter run to finish second with a time of 1 minute, 52.41 seconds to earn his second straight state runner-up medal in the event, while Bauschelt cleared a career-best 6-feet, 6-inches Saturday to place third in the high jump. His previous best was 6-4.
Bauschelt and Andrews also ran the final two legs of the Cats’ 4×400 relay team behind junior Jack Silloway and senior Robbie Anderson that combined for a fifth place time of 3:19.55. The foursome ran 3:21 in Friday’s preliminaries to qualify for the finals.
Eastgate earned a fourth place medal in the triple jump Friday with a distance of 46-02.5 before placing 16th in Saturday’s long jump with a leap of 20-10.
Blake Schneider cleared 13-feet in the pole vault Friday to finish 17th, while the Cats’ 4×200 relay team of Silloway, Jacob Lane, Charlie Burke and Bauschelt placed 17th in Friday’s prelims with a time of 1:30.28.
The Wildcat boys finished in a three-way tie for sixth place with Janesville Parker and Kimberly in the final team standings.
The Wildcat girls competed in two relays at state, with Isabelle Russell, Jayla Johnson, Tirfe L’Allier and Brooke Dusek finishing 14th in the 4×200 with a time of 1:45.5, and 22nd in the 4×100 in 50.33 seconds.
Elly Smith finished 17th in Friday’s 100 hurdle prelims in 16.99 seconds, and Olive Halverson placed 22nd in Saturday’s 3200 meter run in 11:44.47, while Abigail Treichel missed all three of her attempts at the opening height of 4-10 in Friday’s high jump.