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The Sugar River track and field team had 11 people compete in seven events for Division II at the state track and field meet at UW-La Crosse on Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6.

In the girls 100 high hurdles, sophomore Krista Diaz took sixth place with a time of 15.85; she earned first at sectionals at 15.54, first at regionals at 15.89, and third at conference with a time of 16.72.

Senior Ashley Clark tied for ninth place in the pole vault with a height of 10-00.00. At sectionals, she took fourth place at 9-06.00 while she placed fourth at regionals with 8-00.00, and she earned fifth place at conference with a height of 8-06.00.

Taking seventh place in the 3200 meter run was sophomore Noelle Maire with a time of 11:37.89. Maire took third place at sectionals at 11:25.65, second place at regionals with 11:30.02, and first place at conference with a time of 11:29.04.

Senior Colton Boley earned a sixth place finish in the 300 intermediate hurdles with a time of 40.98; he placed first at sectionals with 40.07, first at regionals at 42.08, and first at conference with a time of 41.17.

Junior Landon Zimmerman placed fourth at state in the discus with a distance of 161-03; earlier in the season, he took third at sectionals with a throw of 163, first at regionals at 167-02, and first at conference with a throw of 162-02.

In the shot put, senior Mike Fink finished in eighth place with a throw of 51-01.75. He took third in sectionals at 50-02.25, second at regionals with a distance of 47-10.50, and first at conference with a throw of 50-06.50.

The boys 4x100 meter relay team of senior Brandon Shemanski, senior Ryan Hayes, junior Nick Smith, and sophomore Cade Martin finished in 11th place with a time of 44.17, besting their previous times. At sectionals, they took fourth with a time of 44.44 while they took first at regionals at 44.93 and first at conference with a time of 45.27. Freshman Dalton Fahey was an alternate for this race.