All-Area teams

I've never done a county or area team for track. For the county, we have a meet. I let that decide things. In the area, it's too sparse to screw with it.

I treat track, wrestling and all that the same way. If one-on-one can decide it, I'm not doing a team for it. But then again, we have county events for those sports.

 

Exactly. You don't even really pick it. They decide it, and if you want to have a team, that's the team.

 

This isn't mine, this is the Milwaukee Journal. This seems to be the consesus...

FIRST TEAM

100-meter dash:Centrell Minter, jr., Milwaukee Vincent. Won the Division 1 state meet with a season-best time of 10.68 seconds.

200:Centrell Minter, jr., Vincent. Won state at 21.90.

400:Justin Simmons, sr., Milwaukee South: Ran a 48.71 in the Division 1 state meet, taking second place after qualifying for the final in the No. 8 spot.

800:Erik Sowinski, sr., Waukesha West: Won a tight Division 1 state championship race in 1:54.29, the best time recorded in the state all year.

1,600: Jack Hackett, sr., Port Washington: Won Division 1 state in 4:16.74.

3,200: Joe Stilin, sr., Milwaukee King: Won Division 1 state at 9:09.69.

110 high hurdles: Erik Mersereau, sr., Port Washington: Ran a 14.58 at Division 1 state to take third, after qualifying seventh in 15.01.

300 intermediate hurdles: Zachary Sharkey-Ketner, sr., Milwaukee Marshall: Won a repeat Division 1 state title with a time of 37.85, the best time in the state all year by 1.15 seconds.

400 relay: Bradley Tech ran a state-best 41.84 (hand-timed, adjusted) during the regular season.

800 relay:Milwaukee Vincent’s team of Justin Rogers, Berevon Wyatt, Dominic Blockmon and Centrell Minter set a state record at 1:27.29 in the preliminaries at Division 1 state, then won the championship the next day in 1:27.41.

1,600 relay: Kettle Moraine’s all-junior crew of Vince Tumbleson, Mike Butterfield, Tom Wenzler and Kyle Winter gave the Lasers the state team championship by winning the final race of the meet over team (and event) runner-up D.C. Everest, in a state-best time of 3:20.54.

3,200 relay: Port Washington’s team of Colin Zauner, Mark Allen, Evan Ross and Jack Hackett won Division 1 state in 7:50.84.

Shot put: Jared Hassin, sr., Kettle Moraine: Broke the 60-foot mark (60-1¾) during the regular season and won Division 1 state (59-8¾).

Discus: Jared Hassin, sr., Kettle Moraine: Threw a state-best 183-4 in regionals, then took third at state (164-2).

Pole vault: Ben Crogan, sr., Waterford: Cleared 15 feet in a regular-season meet and took third at state (13-6).

High jump:Marcus Jenkins, sr., Bradley Tech: Cleared 6-8 at the Germantown Invitational during the regular season.

Long jump: Marcus Jenkins, sr., Bradley Tech: Uncorked the longest jump in state history (25-2¼) at the Hartford Invitational, then won a repeat title at Division 1 state (24-4).

Triple jump: Trey McKinney-Jones, sr., South Milwaukee: Won a repeat title at Division 1 state (47-11).

Athlete of the year: Minter.

Coach of the year: John Lui, Kettle Moraine.

SECOND TEAM

100: Marcus Jenkins, sr., Bradley Tech; 200: Justin Austin, jr., Brown Deer; 400: David Berry, sr., Racine Horlick; 800: Jajuan Tyler, jr., Racine St. Catherine’s; 1,600: Keegan Calmes, sr., Muskego; 3,200: Kevin McCollow, soph., Shorewood; 110 high hurdles: Jeff Meleski, sr., West Allis Central; 300 intermediate hurdles: Erik Mersereau, sr., Port Washington; 400 relay: Bradley Tech; 800 relay: Menomonee Falls; 1,600 relay: Arrowhead; 3,200 relay: Waukesha West; Shot put: Evan Moore, sr., Racine Park; Discus: Ben Boettcher, sr., Kewaskum; Pole vault: Tyler Lorenz, sr., Pewaukee; High jump: Ben Crogan, sr., Waterford; Long jump: Marcus Smith, sr., West Allis Central; Triple jump: Marcus Smith, sr., West Allis Central.


HONORABLE MENTION

100: Justin Austin, sr., Brown Deer; Nick Miller, sr., Racine Park; L.J. Hyland, sr., Waukesha South; Alex Lockwood, sr., Elkhorn; Ryan Nelson, jr., Milw. Lutheran; Ira Howard, soph., Wauwatosa West.

200: Marcus Jenkins, sr., Bradley Tech; Alex Lockwood, sr., Elkhorn; L.J. Hyland, sr., Waukesha South; Troy Williams, sr., Kenosha Bradford; Merrell Davis, sr., Milw. Lutheran. 400: Troy Williams, sr., Kenosha Bradford; Jake Spaciel, sr., Waterford; John Holton, sr., Greenfield; Erik Sowinski, sr., Waukesha West; L.J. Hyland, sr., Waukesha South; James Grays, sr., Racine Horlick; Jeremy Wade, sr., Racine Park.

800: Kyle Winter, sr., Kettle Moraine; Tim Hucke, jr., Arrowhead; Billy Schlottke, sr., Mukwonago; Kyle McFadden, sr., Whitefish Bay; Sam Mutschler, sr., Muskego; Jack Hackett, sr., Port Washington.

1,600: Joe Stilin, sr., Milw. King. 3,200: Spencer Agnew, jr., Fort Atkinson.

110 high hurdles: Troy Heuer, sr., Wisconsin Lutheran; Marcus Smith, sr., West Allis Central; Detione White, jr., Waukesha South; Matt Liberacki, sr., Milw. Lutheran. 300 intermediate hurdles: D.J. Tate, sr., Waukesha North; Cory Sandberg, sr., Racine Park. 400 relay: Milw. Lutheran; Brown Deer; Menomonee Falls; Waukesha West; Muskego; Racine Park; Beaver Dam; Milw. Marquette; Milw. Vincent. 800 relay: Muskego; Milw. Marquette; Milw. Lutheran; Wauwatosa West; Milw. Pius; Racine Park. 1,600 relay: Racine Horlick; Milw. Marquette; Waukesha West; Racine Park; Port Washington; Whitewater; Waukesha North. 3,200 relay: Muskego; Mukwonago; Kettle Moraine; West Allis Central; Milw. King.

Shot put: Mike Smigelski, sr., Homestead. Discus: Jordan Shull, sr., Menomonee Falls. Pole vault: Kai Ludwig, sr., Watertown; Tom Wiegand, sr., West Allis Hale; Dan Krause, sr., Wisconsin Lutheran; Chris Pendergast, jr., Arrowhead. High jump: Jeff Meleski, sr., West Allis Central; Danny Schiller, soph, Homestead; Collin Taylor, jr., Brookfield East; Nick Hughes, soph., Milw. King; Jon Griffin, jr., Racine Lutheran; Trevor Riehle-Ludtke, Waterford. Long jump: Trey McKinney-Jones, sr., South Milwaukee; Blaise Dueling, sr., Greenfield; Chris McKinney, sr., Milw. Marquette; Ben Erickson, sr., Greendale; Justin Austin, sr., Brown Deer; Jordan Kraemer, sr., Oak Creek. Triple jump: Chris Hicks, jr., Racine Park; George Rainy, sr., Milw. South; Dylan Keller, sr., Watertown.