Cole Zielinski — In the News
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2026
Records fall across every division at the 2026 WIAA State Track & Field Championships
33 meet records fell across La Crosse as Wisconsin's best crowned champions in all four divisions — from Cole Zielinski's three titles and Jonathan Simon's distance triple to Gianni Quintero's clean sweep of the wheelchair distance events. Here is the complete recap of the 2026 WIAA State Track & Field Championships.
Waukesha West's 4x200 sets a meet record — and gives Cole Zielinski a third title
Waukesha West ran 1:25.65 for a Division 1 boys' 4x200 meet record at the WIAA State Championships, an anchor leg making Cole Zielinski a three-event state champion on the weekend.
Waukesha West's Cole Zielinski completes a jumps double — with a 25-9¾ long jump
Cole Zielinski won the Division 1 long jump at 25-9¾, a huge personal best, to go with his triple-jump title — a sweep of both horizontal jumps at the WIAA State Championships.
Waukesha West's Cole Zielinski wins the state triple jump by two inches — a year after placing 10th
Cole Zielinski jumped 48-2 to win the Division 1 boys' triple jump at the WIAA State Championships, edging D.C. Everest's Xavier Edwards by 2¼ inches and climbing nine places from a year ago.