2026 Wisconsin HS Track & Field

Wisconsin Valley Conference Meet

https://live.performancetiming.com/meets/73965

A configuration of Hopp - Story - Jazdzewski - Erickson - Kvatek ought to get them 7:49-7:53 range at state. Theyre balanced but have yet to fill the anchor role with something big (1:51-1:53).

Sections results will be on this website

Long before Gabe Jennings pursued the sub-4-minute mile barrier nearly three decades ago in a HS Only 1600m run before a jam packed Veterans Memorial Stadium in La Crosse, Wisconsin, he displayed rhythmic talent as a percussionist capable of sitting in with local bands and performing the iconic drum solo from The Surfaris’ 1963 surf rock classic “Wipe Out.”

The second heat, led by Pongonis, has the talent to run 4:12 or faster whereas the first heat offers an array of 800m and 1600m talent with the realistic talent and possibility to challenge the four minute barrier if the pace is moving.

Get your rally caps on for this one!

Boys 1600 Meter Run Division 1

Ln Name Yr School Seed

SECTION 1 of 2 Finals

1 Levi Bratt 12 Waukesha West 4:20.23

2 Aiden Frey 11 Verona Area 4:20.23

3 Will Pongonis 11 EC Memorial 4:20.52

4 Ben Weston 12 Arrowhead 4:20.67

5 Cade Wanie 10 West Bend West 4:20.68

6 Will Lisowski-Semb 11 Madison Memorial 4:20.72

7 Troy Bartelt 12 Oconomowoc 4:24.85

8 Chase Meier 10 Kenosha Tremper 4:25.81

9 Luke Strasser 12 South Milwaukee 4:25.81

10 Ian Willemsen 12 Sheboygan North 4:25.95

11 Noah Zhang 12 De Pere 4:27.03

12 Kegan Phalin 11 Appleton West 4:30.18

SECTION 2 of 2 Finals

1 Grady Lenn 12 De Pere 4:13.02

2 Landon Franke 12 Racine Horlick 4:13.68

3 Jemekhi Tally 12 Homestead 4:14.46

4 Lucas Tanner 12 DeForest 4:15.04

5 Cooper Erickson 12 Stevens Point 4:15.07

6 Elijah Judd 12 Stoughton 4:15.18

7 Ryan Keller 11 Hudson 4:15.68

8 Logan Zeise 10 Milw King 4:15.77

9 Brendan Reardon 12 Marquette 4:17.39

10 Sam Collier 12 Waterford 4:18.38

11 Payton Huinker 11 Westosha Central 4:19.26

12 Reed Grotenhuis 12 Slinger 4:20

Grady Lenn, Reed Grotenhuis and Lucas Tanner all return with sub-4:10 from last year

Last year's results:

Boys 1600 Meter Run Division 1

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Meet Record: M 4:04.97 1997 Gabe Jennings, Madison East

Name Year School Finals H# Points

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1 Grady Lenn 11 De Pere 4:01.79M 2 10

2 Amanuel Putz 12 Onalaska 4:02.25M 2 8

3 Reed Grotenhuis 11 Slinger 4:05.20 2 6

4 Lucas Tanner 11 DeForest 4:06.61 2 5

5 Ethan Olds 12 Stevens Point 4:08.15 2 4

6 Ryan Severson 12 Cedarburg 4:08.97 2 3

7 Remy Strichartz 12 Indian Trail 4:14.06 2 2

8 Cooper Erickson 11 Stevens Point 4:16.37 2 1

9 Andrew Peters 12 Sun Prairie West 4:16.83 1

10 Mason Bieri 12 Madison East 4:18.62 1

11 Levi Bratt 11 Waukesha West 4:18.79 2

12 Elijah Judd 11 Stoughton 4:20.42 1

13 Landon Franke 11 Racine Horlick 4:20.84 1

14 Vaughn Ybarra 11 Hamilton 4:21.17 2

15 Ryan Keller 10 Hudson 4:21.28 2

16 Eli North 10 Marquette Univ. 4:21.61 2

17 Noah Albarran 11 Milw. Riverside 4:21.86 1

18 Alex Anewenter 12 Port Washington 4:22.38 1

19 Brendan Reardon 11 Marquette Univ. 4:22.48 1

20 Noah Zhang 11 De Pere 4:23.20 1

21 Yahye Mohamed 12 Green Bay Preble 4:23.23 1

22 Pat McRoberts 12 Sun Prairie East 4:27.11 1

23 Gage Kuhlenbeck 12 Hamilton 4:31.67 1

24 Jacob Baumann 11 Oak Creek 4:34.67 1

Looking at the 1600 M heats above...

Heat 2:

This has the firepower to run 4:12 or faster with Will Pongonis (4:14/9:05), Levi Bratt (1:54/4:18), Ben Weston (1:56/4:17/9:05) and Trpy Bartlett (1:55/4:20) leading the way. Aidan Frey (1:57/4:20) is a deserving senior and sophomore Cade Wanie (4:20) is running well lately.

Heat 1:

You can expect big things from returning state champion Grady Lenn (1:53/4:01/8:39), Lucas Tanner (1:51/4:05/8:51), Landon Franke (1:51/4:13) and defending 800m atate champion Jay Tally (1:51/4:14) up front. Can Reed Grotenhuis (4:05/9:04) perform at last year's fitness level? Can Cooper Erickson, Logan Zeise, Elijah Judd and / or Ryan Keller take a grand leap from the 4:15 club and run under 4:10?

Even if the top group went through 800 in 2:03-04, the dazzling 800 meter specialists will make the close of this race super interesting. If the pace is hot, the sub-4 drum chants should be alive and well in the stands.