Neillsville Athletes To Face Great Competition At State
Thursday, May 30th, 2013 -- 11:13 AM
The three Neillsville track & field athletes who are heading to the State Track & Field Meet in LaCrosse will be facing some great competition on Saturday.In the Division 2 boys shot put event, Matt Grottke qualified for State with a throw of 51-10.00. That puts him about in the middle of the pack. T. J. Watt, a senior from Pewaukee and former Badger J.J. Watt?s younger brother, qualified with a throw of 60-02.00. The Division 2 boys shot put competition will start at 10:30 am Saturday morning.
On the girls side, Wendy Barth qualified in the discus throw in Division 2 with a throw of 115-01 which puts her right in the middle of the field. Jasmine Noel, a junior from Sturgeon Bay is the top qualifier with a throw of 136-09. The girls discus throw in Division 2 will begin at 9:30 am Saturday morning
Senior, Caitlynne Naughton will be competing in the girls pole vault in Division 2 and she qualified with her personal best and school record vault of 9-06.00. Bonnie Draxler of Wrightstown qualified with a vault of 13-00.00. The second best qualifier is Mikayla Laue of Richland Center with a vault of 10-09.00. The Division 2 girls pole vault competition will begin at 10:30 am Saturday morning.
The quickest way to get results of the 2013 State Track and Field results is to access the WIAA website at www.wiaawi.org and access either the boys or girls track and field home page to choose the appropriate results link and for live updates as the meet unfolds
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