Local athletes heading to 2015 WIAA State Track & Field Championships

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LA CROSSE – The 2015 WIAA Track & Field Championships will be held Friday and Saturday at Memorial Stadium on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Competition will begin with Division 2 and Division 3 events at 9:30 a.m. Friday. Division 1 events will begin at 1 p.m. The meet will conclude Saturday with events in all three divisions beginning at 9:30 a.m.

The state meet is the 120th annual event for the boys, and 45th for the girls.

Locally, 14 athletes from Marshfield, Columbus Catholic, Spencer, Stratford and Auburndale will compete in 20 individual events, and five relays teams will also take part in the meet.

Here is a list of the local state meet qualifiers:

Division 1
Boys
Marshfield

Calden Wojt, 400 meters.
Girls
Marshfield

Ashley Holubets, 300 hurdles.
Martha Kupfer, long Jump and triple jump.
Amy Martorano, discus.
Stephanie Rhodes, high jump.

Division 2
Boys
Stratford

Jacob Zuelke, 800.

Division 3
Boys
Auburndale

Lee Jepsen, 200.
Columbus Catholic
Christian Payant, 300 hurdles.
David Nielsen, Payant, Leo Pittsely, Farid Torbey, 800 relay.
Ben Behling, Peyton Nystrom, Payant, Leonard Steinert, 3,200 relay.
Spencer
Noah Zastrow, pole vault.
Girls
Auburndale

Kali Karl, 800.
Sylviann Momont, long Jump and triple jump.
Ashley Breu, Rachel Gronemeyer, Karl, Momont, 1,600 relay.
Columbus Catholic
Alexandra Hutchison, 100 and 200.
Phoebe Atkinson, Hutchison, Rachel Roehl, Hannah Stratman, 400 relay.
Spencer
Johanna Ellefson, pole vault.
Nadia King, 400 and 1,600.
Rachel Zastrow, 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles, and pole vault.
Liz Endreas, King, Paige Lawrence, Zastrow, 1,600 relay.