The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association state track and field championships kicked off on June 5 at Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex in La Crosse, with Milwaukee area athletes delivering record-breaking performances.
Preliminary events and finals for several distance and field events took place on Friday, with the remaining finals scheduled for June 6.
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Clayborn Sets New 110 Hurdles Record
Wisconsin Lutheran's Niyer Clayborn broke his own 110-meter hurdle preliminary record with a time of 13.80 seconds, surpassing his 2025 mark of 13.92.
He secured the top seed for the finals, where he will defend his state title.
Other qualifiers included South Milwaukee senior Shaundel Williams (14.61), Homestead senior Jeridon Clark (14.61), Wisconsin Lutheran sophomore Cedric Bolden (14.69), Slinger senior Jeffrey Ford (14.89), Menomonee Falls senior Cyrus Jones (15.05), and Sussex Hamilton junior Tristan Haigh (15.08).
In the 300-meter hurdles prelims, Clayborn again led with the top time of 37.87 seconds.
Haigh (38.54), Oak Creek junior Kenneth Mueller (38.83), Sussex Hamilton senior Cooper Knuf (39.09), Williams (39.76), and Mukwonago senior Devin Viola (39.77) also advanced.
Waukesha West Dominates Relay, Discus, Triple Jump
Waukesha West's 800-meter relay team of Nolan Schmidbauer, Ammonra Lomas, Josh Ziebell, and Cole Zielinski set a Division 1 record with a time of 1 minute 25.65 seconds, breaking Arrowhead's 2025 mark of 1:25.88.
Zielinski admitted he pushed hard despite coaches' warnings, saying the record was electric.
He also won gold in the triple jump with a leap of 48 feet, 2 inches.
