Three north central Wisconsin athletes win gold on day 1 of State Track and Field

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WSAW) -La Crosse is bustling once more with the primary regular State Observe and Area meet in three years.

Nothing is extra magical in Wisconsin than the purple oval, however Friday, north central Wisconsin excelled within the discipline occasions. Three Lakes Kallie Volk had a heck of a time. First, she scored second within the lengthy bounce with a bounce of 18 ¼ toes.

However on the identical time, Volk was successful the excessive bounce with a bounce of 5 toes, 5 inches.

Volk celebrated in amazement as she locations second and first in two occasions, with PRs at the very same time.

“In case you requested me yesterday if I used to be going to be a state champ, I’d say no but it surely’s price a shot,” Volk defined. “So I imply, I’m very pleased with myself for the way far I’ve come and PRing in these jumps is surreal”

On the pole vault, Athens Caden Decker set a PR at 14 toes 9 inches-5 inches from the D3 state file. Additionally proper behind decker was his teammate Ryan Peel in second place.

“We simply wished to deal with it like every other meet,” mentioned Decker. “Do what we do, we may bounce 13 toes and we simply tried doing it as clear as potential with no misses and that’s what we did, first and second.”

Then the sophomore sensation, Mackenzie Wissbroecker of Antigo took residence gold. Her first bounce of 18 toes, simply over 11 inches will get her the D2 lengthy bounce title.

“I’m simply tremendous excited,” mentioned Wissbroecker. “I do know I got here in main, however I didn’t count on to take first in any respect. I knew it might be a battle all through. However simply once I hit that first mark and introduced it, simply pure pleasure went by means of.”

Three winners come on Friday from the world, however much more will come Saturday as finals …throughout all divisions happen.

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