Williams shines at second day of WIAC Championships

Written by Colten Bartholomew, UW-Platteville Sports Information Intern

OSHKOSH, Wis. – Freshman Amber Williams continued her dominant freshman season by breaking her own school record and claiming a WIAC championship on Saturday.

UW-La Crosse swept the team championships, while the men's team finished in fifth and the women's team placed in seventh.

Women's Results

Amber Williams was able to claim first place in the triple jump with a 40-feet-2.25-inch leap, which broke her own school record that she set earlier this year. Williams' jump is the best in the nation for NCAA Division III athletes thus far, essentially guaranteeing her a spot in the outdoor track and field national championships.

Not only did Williams take first in the triple jump, she placed second in the high jump with a 5-feet-6-inch clearance.

Alyssa Iserman (5-05) and Caitlin Thomson (5-03) finished third and fifth in the high jump, respectively.

Williams was also part of the 4x100-meter relay team's sixth place finish, leading off the team of Williams, Krysta Parson, Jessica Jentz and Kelsey Reed.

The 4x400-meter relay team of Reed, Lynea Axelson, Williams and Megan Rouer took seventh with a time of 4:07.99.

Men's Results

The 4x100-meter relay team of Brandon Navin, Caleb Mertens, Mitchell Dowell and Patrick Kessenich finished third with a time of 41.97 seconds.

Kessenich also finished fourth in the 110-meter hurdles (14.68), while T.J. Valley (14.84) and Austin Lloyd (14.85) placed sixth and seventh, respectively.

Kyle Whaley played fourth in the shot put with a toss of 51-11.75.

The 4x400-meter relay squad of Tim Laursen, Greg Stribling, Kessenich and Jason Henkins earned fifth placed (3:23.25).

In the high jump, Ace McCarty took fifth place with a jump of 1.95-meters (6-04.75).

Mertens also placed sixth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.74 seconds.