Feet Farther Performance

Officially closing out the 2026 Field and Track Season for the Baraboo Thunder Throwers by sharing some statistical tidbits and fun facts from the season in relation to our throws program milestones/goals and accomplishments:

- Began the season with 25 throwers between both boys and girls teams - 11th time in the last 15 seasons that we have had 25 or more throwers collectively.

- Were able to create new flag markers for the discus event for our home meets thanks to a generous donation by Martha Palecek of Just Crafty LLC of Downtown Baraboo.

- Named the shot put/discus throws area at Beryl Newman Stadium behind BHS as the "F.O.R.C.S.S. Field Throws Complex"; Acronym honoring the most successful throws families and coaches from throughout Baraboo History - "Frish, Osgood, Rogers, Cormican, Stieve, Schaefer."

- Surpassed the 300 mark for individual event 1st Place Finishes since 2009 for a total of 313.

- Freshman Kimani Clarke had the most significant jump in distance for the discus throw in one meet in Thunder Thrower history going from 38' on his first throw to 83' on his last throw.

- Lily Rogers winning the Sectional Championship for girls shot and discus brought the total number of Sectional Championships for Baraboo Throwers up to 13 since 2009.

- Had two indoor state qualifiers in the shot put (WTFA) with Lily Rogers finishing on podium in 3rd Place and Aiden Dineen finishing in the 26th spot out of 60 throwers.

- Lily Rogers (Jr.) set the indoor shot put record for BHS at 46'10" breaking the record previously held by Josie Schaefer, Class of 2017.

- Junior Lily Rogers won every Varsity outdoor shot put and discus event for the girls team this season.

- Baraboo Throwers won the Regional Championship in all 4 events - Girls Shot/Disc, Boys Shot/Disc with Lily Rogers winning both the girls shot put and discus repeating her Regional Performance from her Freshmen season - Elijah O'Donahue (Jr.) won the boys Regional Discus Championship and Aiden Dineen (Sr.) won the boys Regional Shot Put Championship.

- The 4 Regional Championships brought the total number of Regional Titles for the throws up to 21 since 2009.

- John Rogers (Sr.) won the individual boys shot put title for Baraboo Relays at the 66th Annual Event with a throw of 45'5". The first male Baraboo Thrower to do so in the past 16 years.

- Had at least 3 throwers advance to the Sectional Meet again this season for the 12th season in a row.

- Lily Rogers taking silver at State in both the shot put and discus marked the highest finish at the state meet for any thrower and any Baraboo Track athlete since Josie Schaefer in 2017.

- Lily Rogers advancing to the State Meet marks the 11th time out of the past 12 seasons that we have sent at least one thrower to State.

- Finished this season with 15 top 6 State Meet Finishes since 2009.

- Sophomore Jacob Ringelstetter put together one of the finest season by a male thrower in 10th Grade since Connor Weckerly's 2015 season cresting several significant marks on a quest to securing a Varsity Letter. He also won the JV Conference Shot Put Meet with a PR of 42'8".

- The boys discus event took the top 5 scoring places in a Quad at Deforest for the first time in throws history.

- Had several throwers - Aiden Dineen, John Rogers, Jacob Ringelstetter, Ella Haskins, Elijah O'Donahue and Ellenna Gallo experience their first ever 1st Place Finishes in a Meet for either shot put or discus this season.

- We had an historic Baraboo Relays Meet with our Boys Shot Relay, Girls Shot Relay, and Girls Discus Relay finishing in 1st Place, while the boys discus relay finished in second place. This is the highest finishing performance for the 4 events since the 2016 season.

- Juniors Ellenna Gallo and Jaiden Walters both consistently threw over 30' in the shot put all season to give us 3 throwers over 30', which is a gold standard in the throws world on the girls side. This is was the 11th season out of the past 12 that we have been able to field 3 female throwers tossing over 30' in the shot.

- We had two Freshman ladies - Evelyn Mjelde in the discus and Abbigail Giebel in the shot - competing in the Regionals Championship for the first time since 2014 when Josie Schaefer and Kelsey Judge did so.

- Volunteer coach Tim Haskins, Ella's Dad, became the 4th co-throws coach since the 2009 season.

- Our boys Thunder Throwers had 5 guys over 40' in the shot put (John Rogers, Aiden Dineen, Javohn Funmaker, Julius Pillsbury and Jacob Ringelstetter) and several others in the high 30's.

- Our boys Thunder Throwers had 5 guys over the 120' mark in the discus - Julius Pillsbury, John Rogers, Elijah O'Donahue, Jacob Ringelstetter, and Aiden Dineen - for the first time in over 15 years.

- Freshmen Isaac Stansberry and Jackson Mumm PR'd at near or over 100' in the discus, which is a major standard for Freshmen at the high school level.

- Freshman Rylee Johnson finished in the top 5 at JV Conference with a PR throw of 80'.

- Aiden Dineen and John Rogers climbed several huge spots in the all time distance list for shot put in BHS history.

- Elijah O'Donahue, John Rogers, Aiden Dineen, and Jacob Ringelstetter established themselves on the all-distance list for discus in BHS history.

- Sophomore Ella Haskins and Junior Ellenna Gallo cemented themselves on the BHS All-Time distance list for girls discus and girls shot put respectfully.

- Freshman Evelyn Mjelde competed in the WISTCA Freshmen Showcase Meet at Arrowhead High School a week after State and finished in 9th Place. Evelyn crested the 100' mark this season - great for a Freshman and a distance that puts her on the all-time honor roll for girls discus after 1 season.

- Lily Rogers broke & set the venue record for shot put and/or discus in 6 high school stadiums throughout the season - Portage, Deforest, Sauk, Verona, Wisconsin Dells, and Waunakee.

- Lily Rogers finished the season being named as the Badger Large Conference Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year; she also was named a finalist for the Gatorade Athlete of the Year for the State of Wisconsin.

- Lily Rogers' 3 State Appearances this season (Indoor Shot & Outdoor Shot/Discus) brought her total number of Indoor/Outdoor State Meet qualifiers up to 8 for her career which ties Josie Schaefer & Theresa Kingery-Rake for most ever in BHS Thunder Throwers history.

- All Throwers exhibited many great moments of high character and sportsmanship throughout the season receiving many shout outs and gestures of appreciation from competitors, opposing coaches, officials and meet works throughout the season.

2026 Meet Throws Chart -
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pqo0RmupMYRpzA7KC0159Cg14f8CQJhPskfiVTVYXzA/edit?usp=sharing

Fresh off an incredible performance at State Track and Field last weekend, Junior, Lily Rogers was voted the Badger Large Conference Girls Field Athlete of the Year. Congratulations on this award and an amazing season!