LA CROSSE, Wis. – The 2026 WIAA State Track & Field Championships produced eight team champions in four divisions for boys and girls and 118 event champions at Veterans Memorial Stadium on June 5-6.
Elletta Uddin of Osceola completed one of the most dominant careers in State Meet history by winning the Division 2 girls 100- and 300-meter hurdles for the fourth straight year. The senior did it in record-setting fashion, lowering State Meet marks in both events with times of 13.44 and 42.33, respectively. She also repeated as long jump champion with a mark of 19-1, giving her three State titles in the meet.
Gianni Quintero of Marquette matched that sustained excellence in the wheelchair boys division, capturing the 400- and 800-meter races for the fourth consecutive season. The Marquette standout also repeated as champion in the 1,600 and established meet records in all three events, clocking 56.92 in the 400, 1:54.75 in the 800 and 3:52.27 in the 1,600.
In the girls’ Division 1 action, distance standout Lauren McCalla of Menomonie set a State Meet record in winning the 1,600 run with a time of 4:38.54, and she won the 800 run with a time of 2:08.68 Stevens Point's foursome of Lorena Hill, Riley Mueller, Emersyn Wavrunek and Jada Seubert established a new meet record in the 1,600 relay at 3:50.41. Arrowhead's Elise Schroeder continued her reign in the pole vault, winning her third consecutive State championship while clearing a record-setting 13-6.
Oshkosh West's Sydnee Nelson captured her third straight championship in the 100 hurdles in 13.94.
Brookfield Central's Kyenret Rinkam successfully defended her title in the 100 dash with a winning time of 11.62, and she added the championship in the 200 dash in a time of 23.82. Other multiple champions in the meet were Eicher, who claimed titles in the long jump and triple jump with leaps of 19-9 and 39-9 3/4, respectively; and Emma Severson of Neenah, who won the shot put and discus with throws of 47-11 ½ and 156-6, respectively.
In the Division 1 girls’ team standings, Arrowhead continued its reign over the division by winning its third straight championship. The Warhawks scored 76 points, and Neenah finished a distant second with 42 points.
In girls’ Division 2, in addition to Uddin's standout performances. Hayward's Harper Sheehan broke the meet record in the 400 dash, winning in 54.56. New Berlin West's quartet of Caroline Gerovac, Aubrey Lane, Harmony Billups and Ashley Babcock set a meet record of 1:40.25 in the 800 relay while successfully defending its State title. Bloomer's Briella Hartman, Sophie Strand, Aliya Hartman and Ciara Hartman repeated as champions in the 3,200 relay while breaking the meet record in 9:02.77. Pius XI Catholic's 400 relay team established a record in preliminaries with a time of 47.60 before winning the event in the finals. Ciara Hartman of Bloomer earned a pair to distance titles, winning the 1,600 run in 4:55.09 and the 3,200 in 10:36.70.
Bloomer was crowned girls’ team champion in Division 2. The Golden Bears compiled 56 points, and Kettle Moraine Lutheran placed second in the team standings with 37 points.
Among the girls’ Division 3 highlights included Dominican's Sydney Knautz sprinting to a meet-record victory in the 100 dash in 11.94 seconds, while Mishicot's Juliana Doerner set a new standard in the 200 with a time of 24.04. Bangor's Jaycee Michek added another record in the 300 hurdles, winning in 43.58. Kickapoo/La Farge enjoyed a historic weekend in the relays. Katie Randow, Chloe Walter, Ryleigh Cade and Ayvah Young established meet records in both the 400 and 800 relays. Their 800 relay victory in 1:41.92 also secured a repeat state championship. Cochrane-Fountain City's team of Macy Hunger, Kinley Arneson, Addy Duellman and Paxtyn Duellman set a meet record in the 3,200 relay with a time of 9:21.29.
Emmerson Drobac of Deerfield won a pair of distance events by winning the 1,600 run in 4:58.21 and claiming the 3,200 title in 10:33.73. Lyla Gago of Ladysmith swept the jumping events for Ladysmith. She won the long jump with a leap of 18-11¾ inches and added the triple jump title with a mark of 38-0¼.
Ladysmith won the Division 3 girls team championship with 33.5 points, edging Assumption with 33 points. The half-point separation between the teams ties for the slimmest margin of victory in girls’ State Meet history.
In the girls’ wheelchair events, Sun Prairie East's Megan Egstad completed a three-year sweep in both the 800 race and shot put. Egstad won the 800 in a meet-record 2:32.06 and captured the shot put with a record throw of 17-10, extending championship streaks in both events that began in 2024.
With the efforts of Egstad, Sun Prairie East captured its third straight Wheelchair Division team title with 52 points. Slinger finished runner-up with 31 points.
In the Division 1 boys’ championships, Homestead's Jemekhi Tally repeated as State champion in the 800 run while setting a meet record of 1:51.00. Tally also ran on Homestead's championship-winning 3,200 relay team with teammates Sean Deguire, Elias Ulmen and Athan Speck, which successfully defended its title.
De Pere's Grady Lenn completed another distance double, repeating as champion in both the 1,600 and 3,200 runs. Lenn's 8:49.15 in the 3,200 established a new State Championships record. Wisconsin Lutheran's Niyer Clayborn lowered the meet record in the 110 hurdles with a 13.80 clocking in preliminaries. Arrowhead's sprint relay team of Presley Bencz, Ryan Heiman, Anthony Vetta and Trey Resch set a meet record of 40.84 in the 400 relay. Resch also swept the 100 and 200 dashes in 10.59 and 20.98, respectively.
Waukesha West's Nolan Schmidbauer, Ammonra Lomas, Josh Ziebell and Cole Zielinski established a record in the 800 relay at 1:25.65 during preliminaries. Zielinski also successfully defended his long jump title while breaking the meet record with a leap of 25-9 3/4 inches, and he also won the triple jump with a mark of 48-2
Homestead was crowned the boys’ champion in Division 1 with 48 points. Arrowhead and Waukesha West tied for second place with 41 points.
In the boys Division 2 competition, Rice Lake's Carter Kucko set a meet record in the 3,200 run with a winning time of 9:01.75, and he also captured the crown in the 1600 run in 4:11.65. Brown Deer's 400 relay team established a new meet standard of 41.83 in preliminaries, while Xavier's Wyatt Rouamba broke the triple jump record with a leap of 47-11 1/2. Hayward's Lucas Hansen repeated as champion in the 300 hurdles, and Edgerton's Breck Anderson successfully defended his high jump championship. Hudson Samolinski earned a pair of titles in the throws. He won the shot put with a toss of 61-2¾ and the discus with a distance of 173-10.
Winneconne won the boys’ Division 2 team title with 71.5 points, well ahead Monroe, which finished runner-up with 34 points.
In Division 3, Stratford's Zander Zawislan broke the meet record in the 400 dash with a winning time of 47.40. He also won the 200 dash in 21.76. Coleman's Kolton Peters established a new record in the 110 hurdles at 14.25. Kickapoo/La Farge's quartet of Jeff Olsen, Arlon Walter, Theo Parr and Aidric Egge set a meet record in the 1,600 relay at 3:21.60. Marathon's Chris Marcell launched a record-setting throw of 63-7 in the shot put and won the discus with a toss of 201-6.
Ladysmith's Ashton Clark repeated as champion in both the high jump and long jump, continuing his dominance in the jumping events. Jonathan Simon of Abundant Life Christian swept the distance races, winning the 800-meter run in 1:54.30 before adding titles in the 1,600 meters in 4:20.02 and the 3,200 meters in 9:21.15. Garrett Bracewell of Marathon claimed crowns in the 300 hurdles in 37.93 seconds and contributed to Marathon's championship 800 relay team in 1:29.58.
In the Division 3 team competition, Marathon won its second title in a row, finishing with 55 points. Abundant Life Christian placed second with 40 points.
In the boys’ wheelchair event, Quintero's three record-setting victories highlighted the wheelchair boys competition. Waupaca's Jack Barbeau successfully defended his title in the 100 race, while Sun Prairie East's Jurgen Aguilera established a meet record in the shot put with a throw of 28-8 1/2.
Marquette continued its supremacy in the boys’ Wheelchair Division by winning its fourth consecutive team championship. The Hilltoppers scored the 36 points on the strength of Gianni Quintero’s efforts. Waupaca finished second with 30 points.