STATE MEET IN PICS: Onalaska with two individual T&F titles, Luther and Bangor each win one after Day 1

Onalaska was hot after Day 1 of the Wisconsin high school state track & field meet at UW-La Crosse, but it was Bangor senior Sam Crenshaw that took center stage.

The Hilltoppers finished with two Division 1 event titles, while Luther took home a Division 3 win. 

Crenshaw defended his pole vault title, setting a Division 3 record at 16 feet, 6 inches.

But he was sort of pitted against Big Foot’s Kaden Rambatt, who was vaulting on the adjacent pit in Division 2. The two kept raising the bar — pun intended. Rambatt finished with an all-divisions meet record (17-2). That height is the fifth-best in the nation.

Meanwhile, Onalaska junior Manny Putz won the 3,200 in 9 minutes, 8.75 seconds and also ran with teammates Kasey Barth, Drew Symons and Blake Burnstad to take the 3,200 relay (7:47.49).

For the Knights, junior Lauren Wuckus won the long jump (17-7.25).

Here’s the rest of the finals who placed from the Coulee Region:

DIVISION 1
ONALASKA
— Freshman Kendall Carlson places fourth in the high jump (5-4), while sophomore teammate Isabella Malecek took fifth at the same height but with one more fault.
— Sophomore Makena McGarry took fifth in the long jump (19-0.25).

CENTRAL
— Senior Alex Wagner tied for sixth in the pole vault (15-0).

HOLMEN
— Sophomore Brenna Schmidt took sixth in the shot put (40-8.5).

DIVISION 2
WEST SALEM 
— The 3,200-relay team of  Philip Gabrielsen, Brennan Garbers, Drew Anderson, Brennon Anderson finished sixth overall (8:06.73).

LOGAN
— Senior Wyatt Peterson took fourth in the 800 wheelchair (3:32.03). He also placed fourth in the wheelchair shot put (18-6).

AQUINAS
— Junior Declan Gregg finished seventh in the 3,200 (9:39.44) followed immediately by senior teammate Jordan Skemp, who took eighth (9:41.46).

ARCADIA
— Junior Trey Lyga took eighth in the discus (162-1).

PRAIRIE DU CHIEN
— Junior Blake Thiry took fourth in the triple jump (45-10.25)

WESTBY 
— Junior Erin Gluch took second in the high jump (5-5) — one inch from tying state champion Adaline Sheplee, who got 5-6 on her second try.

DIVISION 3
LUTHER
— Junior Jack Schmeling took fourth in the triple jump (43-4.5).

COCHRANE-FOUNTAIN CITY
— Sophomore Addy Duellman took seventh in the 1,600 (5:07.4).

ALMA-PEPIN
— Senior Cole Arens took third in the 3,200 (9:33.18).

DE SOTO
— Junior C.J. Milliren took sixth in the discus (155-4)