Hornets’ Brett Wagner qualifies for D3 State Meet
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Wauzeka-Steuben senior Brett Wagner runs between groups of spectators at Saturday’s WIAA D3 Setional Cross Country Meet at the Prairie du Chien Country Club. Wagner placed third to earn a trip to the WIAA D3 State Meet this Saturday at the Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
PdC senior Tannah Radloff nears the finish line of her final high school cross country race. Radloff placed 16th in a time of 21:30. For more photos from this meet, visit our website and Facebook page. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
Wauzeka-Steuben's Emma Udelhoven works to hold off a charge near the finish line by Prairie du Chien's Allison Mathies. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
The Hornets' Isabella Bunders rounds a corner during the girls race at the PdC Golf Course. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
PdC's Kate Gebhard (right) battles with Wauzeka-Steuben's Mallory McCullick (left) in the final stretch. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
PdC's Madelyn Coffield (left) and River Ridge's Lydia Mason (right) keep pace halfway through the girls race Saturday afternoon. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
Seneca senior Livian Starkey finishes her final high school cross country race strong by passing the runner from Brookwood right before the finish line. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
Prairie du Chien's Sam Kramer fights his way to the finish line to finish the boys race in ninth place. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
Joey Kramer races in front of a group of runners during the boys race. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
PdC freshman Carter Neis finished the race and his season in a time of 25:22.
The Royals' Pablo Altadill-Salmon runs down the final stretch towards the finish line. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
Seneca's Grant Sime is greeted by cheers from the crowd as he finds the energy to sprint the final stretch of the race. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
By Derick Kelly
The Prairie du Chien, Seneca and Wauzeka-Steuben Cross Country teams all ran this past Saturday at a D3 Sectional Meet hosted by Prairie du Chien High School at the PdC Country Club in Bridgeport.
Earning a trip to this weekend’s WIAA State Championship Meet at the Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids with a third place individual finish was Wauzeka-Steuben senior Brett Wagner in a time of 17:06.
Wagner is the first Hornet boy to qualify for the state meet since Jake Reichmann in 2019.
The Prairie du Chien boys team led all local teams by placing fourth out of 19 teams with 169 points. The Hawks missed qualifying as a team by 60 points as only the top two teams qualify for the state meet. The fourth place finish by the Prairie boys ties the 1991 team for the best team finish at a WIAA Sectional Meet in program history.
Leading the way for the Hawks individually was Sam Kramer in ninth place in a time of 17:36, just missing qualifying as an individual by 3 places. He was followed by teammates Spencer Foley in 11th (17:48), Treyton Reames in 41st (18:45), Landon Smith in 51st (19:10), Lane Henderson in 57th (19:31), Joey Kramer in 103rd (21:51) and Carter Neis in 118th (25:22).
Following the Prairie boys was Wauzeka-Steuben in tenth place with 269 points and Seneca in 15th place with 364 points. Besides Wagner, the Hornets got contributions from Nolan Reed-Mullikin in 34th (18:32), Cody Wagner in 68th (20:00), Josh Martin in 76th (20:15), Parker McCullick in 88th (20:47), Andrew Mezera in 93rd (21:01) and Stetson Zeeh in 123rd (31:30).
Seneca was guided by Gabriel Hamann in 36th (18:34), Jaren Grimsled in 48th (18:54), Thomas Caya in 62nd (19:37), Simon Fek in 104th (22:02), Pablo Altadill-Salmon in 114th (24:32) and Grant Sime in 122nd (29:50).
The highest placing local girls team was Wauzeka-Steuben in seventh place out of 13 teams with 205 points. They were led by Isabella Bunders in 26th (22:19), Emma Udelhoven in 40th (23:27), Ellah Jones in 45th (23:44), Alayna Martin in 46th (23:51), Mallory McCullick in 48th (23:57) and Leah Peralta in 55th (25:14).
The Hornet girls were followed by Prairie du Chien in ninth place with 215 points. Tannah Radloff was the highest finisher for the Hawks in 16th (21:30). She was followed by Allison Mathies in 41st (23:29), Karly Kramer in 43rd (23:42), Kate Gebhard in 47th (23:52), Madelyn Coffield in 68th (26:35), Autumn Ziegler in 74th (27:50) and Katelyn Mathies in 81st (29:20).
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