Onalaska sophomore Malacek takes home state title in first trip

Her first trip to state ended with a state championship.

Onalaska High School sophomore Amalia Malacek won the 1,600-meter Friday at the Division 1 WIAA state track and field meet. She destroyed her personal best with a 4:55.77 to win the event.

Her sister, Lydia Malacek, took second place in the 800 (2:13.43) during Day 1 of the two-day meet held at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

In Division 2, a host of Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau athletes took home top finishes.

Senior Dana Feyen took second place in the 1,600 (5:02.76), while junior Davis Wenthe finished fourth in the high jump (6-foot-6).

Doug Feyen took sixth in the 3,200 (9:50.75), while the triple triple jump had a host of local athletes finished on the podium, led by Westby sophomore Grace Hebel in second (38-2).

Viroqua senior Xana Leum was third (37-11¾), G-E-T sophomore Rachel Amoth finished fifth 36-4¼; and Viroqua sophomore Katrina Koppa was next, in sixth (36-3).

Also finishing on the podium in the 1,600 was Viroqua’s Jillian Weston, in fifth (5:09.78).

In Division 3, Aquinas senior Ethan Gregg took second in the 3,200 (9:45.08), while Onalaska Luther senior David Vannucchi was right behind him in third (9:51.55).

In the shot put, Aquinas senior Bryce Lee finished in fourth (49-8).

On the girls side, Melrose-Mindoro junior Emily Herzberg took silver in the triple jump (38-4¼), while Blair-Taylor senior Kylah Fredrixon took eighth (36-01¾).

Multiple athletes qualified for today’s finals, which begin — for all divisions — at 10:30 a.m.

SATURDAY’S QUALIFIERS
DIVISION 1
BOYS
100 — 2. Tyler Harris (Logan sr.) 10.8q, 7. Jamar Davis (Central sr.) 10.92q, 8. Benjamin Labuzzetta (Holmen jr.) 10.95q.
200 — 4. Benjamin Labuzzetta (Holmen jr.) 21.74q.
800 relay — 2. Central (Gabe Bryant, Steven Cross, Tarek Schraith, Jamar Davis) 1:28.25q.
400 relay — 3. Central (Devin Bocook, Steven Cross, Tarek Schraith, Jamar Davis) 42.17q.
110 hurdles — 7. Landon Peterson (Onalaska so.) 14.95q, 8. Tyler Rodriguez (Holmen jr.) 14.95q.
300 hurdles — 1. Landon Peterson (Onalaska so.) 38.71q.

DIVISION 2
BOYS
400 — 5. Erik Jorgenson (Westby) 49.56.
800 relay — 7. G-E-T (Ben Stenberg, Garrett Eddy, Keagan Wall, Luke Vance) 1:31.29
1,600 relay — 3. Westby (Erik Jorgenson, Brett Jorgenson, Gabe Engh, Davontae Spears) 3:24.81; 5. G-E-T (Luke Vance, Jacob Jumbeck, Blake Johnson, Davis Wenthe) 3:25.61
110 hurdles — 2. Davis Wenthe (G-E-T) 15.05.
300 hurdles — 1. Davis Wenthe (G-E-T) 37.91; 10. Ben Teynor (Prairie du Chien) 41.29.

GIRLS
100 — 2. Grace Hebel (Westby) 12.65
400 — 8. Rachel Amoth (G-E-T) 59.94
100 hurdles — 3. Xana Leum (Viroqua) 15.47; 5. Katrina Kopp (Viroqua) 16.23; 10. Natalie Jeranek (West Salem) 16.68.

DIVISION 3
BOYS
100 — 1. Lukas Beck (Aquinas) 11.14; 3. Evan Weber (Aquinas) 11.34;
200 — 1. Lukas Beck (Aquinas) 22.23; 8. Austin Schaldach (Cashton) 23.03
400 relay — 1. Aquinas (Bryant Meyer, Ben Hundt, Evan Weber, Jackson Mashak) 43.58
800 relay — 1. Aquinas (Bryant Meyer, Jackson Mashak, Evan Weber, Lukas Beck) 1:29.04; 6. Melrose-Mindoro (Payton Corcoran, Blake Christianson, Raef Radcliffe, Patrick Corcoran) 1:33.49

GIRLS
100 — 7. Lexi Donarski (Aquinas) 12.88.
200 — 2. Lexi Donarski (Aquinas) 25.66.
400 relay — 10. Aquinas (Shelby Thicke, Andrew White, Grace Gyllander, Megan Scheidt) 51.33
800 relay — 1. Aquinas (Andrea White, Grace Gyllander, Courtney Becker, Lexi Donarski) 1:45.20
1,600 relay — 2. Aquinas (Andrea White, Karlie Meyer, Shelby Thicke, Megan Scheidt) 4:07.79; 8. Brookwood (McKenzie Woods, Lainey Teynor, Shelly Powell, Brooke Lehnherr) 4:13.08.
100 hurdles — 1. Adelynn Hyatt (Cashton) 15.54.
300 hurdles — 1. Adelynn Hyatt (Cashton) 46.64.