Hoesley breaks school record, Thompson finishes near perfect
Jim Hoesley set an Arcadia High School record Friday at the WIAA state track and field preliminaries.
Saturday, he broke that record, and won a state title in doing so, taking the 300-meter hurdles in 38.5 seconds.
The junior had a busy day in the Division 2 finals at UW-La Crosse. Along with the state title, he also finished third in the 200 (22.19) and fourth in the 100 (11.29).
Just getting to the meet is something his dad, Bruce, is proud of. Maybe even a little jealous.
The La Crosse Tribune’s John Casper tells that story here.
Thompson wins high jump
It pays to be perfect. West Salem senior Brett Thompson was nearly that in winning a title in the high jump.
Thompson and Fox Valley Lutheran junior Ben Gucinski both cleared 6-foot-6. But Thompson did it on his first try, while Gucinski missed, and that was the difference in winning it all
Thompson, who took sixth last year, only missed one leap through 6-6 on Saturday. He had everything going, but a lot of the field remained to and through 6-4 – 11 in fact. After 6-4, the field was down to four.
WIAA state track and field meet
at UW-La Crosse
(local finishers)
DIVISION 2
BOYS
100: 4. Jim Hoesley (Arcadia Jr.), 11.29, 8. Brent Heilman (West Salem So.) 11.56.
200: 3. Jim Hoesley (Arcadia Jr.), 22.19.
400: 9. Collin Meyer (Aquinas Sr.) 50.22, DQ. Mitchell Lehmann (West Salem).
110 hurdles: 7. Isiah Brown (Aquinas Jr.) 15.64.
300 hurdles: 1. Jim Hoesley (Arcadia Jr.) 38.5.
400 relay: 7. West Salem (J Christiansen, J Schwartz, B Williams, B Heilman), 43.74.
800 relay: 8. West Salem (T Schauf, M Harris, B Williams, B Heilman), 1:31.78.
High jump: 1. Brett Thompson (West Salem Sr.) 6-6.
DIVISION 3
100: 9. Alex Grulkowski (Independence/Gilmanton), 11.88.
1,600: 6. Jacob Bryhn (M-M Sr.) 4:24.49.
110 hurdles: 3. Joey Greshik (Cochrane-Fountain City Sr.), 15.66, 6. Ace Whitwam (I/G Sr.) 16.04, 10. Brent Knudson (Melrose-Mindoro Sr.) 16.66.
300 hurdles: 8. Brent Knudson (M-M Sr.), 41.81.
800 relay: 6. Luther (A Schwartz, M Wetzel, D Walsh, C Kennedy), 1:33.33.
Long jump: 6. Alex Grulkowski (I/G Jr.) 20-2.25.