Wisconsin HS 2023 Track predictions

I’ll start:

Sectional 2 (northeast Wisconsin) had 4 of the top 12 kids at state (if I remember correctly).
800: idrk, it’s an 800

1600

1st: Schimke. Bros a beast.
2nd: Noah Jahnke. Gotta go with experience over youth here: Grady Lenn is a stud, but I think he’ll fare better in the 2 mile.
3rd: Grady Lenn

3200:

1st: Schimke. Man is good as mileing, but can also do distance. Plus, he carried me in fantasy xc, so I like him. So what if I’m biased.
2nd: Grady Lenn. He finished 6th (I believe) in the state as a freshman, and I think he’s more of a distance guy than a pure speed guy.
3rd: Logan Salzmann. Let’s be real; he finished 10th at state xc, he’ll do well in the 2 mile.

NOTABLE OMISSIONS (from both lists):

Matthew Schmoll: bro has gotten really good over the past year, and ran low 16s. Could do some damage.
Sam from Bayport: just transferred to Bayport, got cleared to run varsity for them, got mid-low 16s.
Kaukauna 2 guy for xc: if I remember correctly, he almost made state for xc. Was only 1 or 2 individual qualifier places out.
Pufalls/Heim: sub 17 xc runners, and can grind to some solid times for track.

4x800 predictions:

1. Kimberly- very solid team that won the xc sectional, and I think they run it back here.
2. Appleton North- would have probably made state if it weren’t for their stacked sectional with SPASH and Neenah. No extremely good runners, but a lot of extremely solid runners.
3. Bayport- they had at least 3 guys under 17 for xc. They will fare well.

NOTABLE OMISSIONS:

GB Preble- gotta include Preble. Although they had a down year for xc, you can never count them out.
De Pere- very young team, but had some fast runners during xc. Could do some damage.
Kaukauna- I hate to use the term “top heavy” here, but I feel like I have to. They could still run fast.

Sectional 5:

800s: Very difficult to predict

1600 and 3200

Top 2 are Jackson Albanese and Mateo Alvarado Venegas

Names in the mix for the other spot include: Nico Castellanos, Joe McNulty, Luke Wolf and Ben Stricker

4x8:

1st: Mukwonago

2nd: Madison LaFollette

3rd: Sun Prairie East

Solid 1600 and 3200 performances by SPASH. All those guys are returning next year

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What happened to Putz? He hasn’t raced once this season and Onalaska ran a few races

According to tracktalk.net, the continued best resource for all that is Wisconsin distance running, Putz is/was injured and is recovering.

Also, Bosley just ran 8:54 and someone on TT said he should be in sub-4:10 shape.

Heard Putz injured himself in a basketball game where he tried to dunk on a 6'8" dude. Hell of an athlete.

I heard Wisconsin dells HS is working on a top secret bumble-bee esque transformer robot to trample Madison wests best runners during 1200 repeats

SPASH is super deep this year. And they bring almost their whole varsity back next year.

Theory: Chris Solinsky was the Shawn Kemp of Stevens Point back in the day

Grady Lenn. That is all. Back to AP Gov Homework.

Any more predictions after sectionals????? LETS HEAR EM!!!!!!!

4x8 looking fast this year!

It sure is, im so excited to watch! who do u think will win????

Germantown would’ve won state in the 4x8 if they hadn’t gotten that dq!

Personally im incredibly upset that the Germantown 4x8 was DQ'd, even tho they freaking won!!!! LIKE WHATTTTTT

Manny Putz is the Messi of high school sports

Arrowhead lookin’ tough!

Oconomowoc brings all of their 4x800 guys back next year

Parker Dewey from Memorial ran a 4:15 1600 / 1:54 800.

definitely a guy to watch next year. Wouldn’t be surprised if he is top 10 for XC