De Pere's Grady Lenn lowers his own 3,200 state-meet record
LA CROSSE — When Grady Lenn went looking for a record to chase in the 3,200 meters, the name in the book was his own.
Grady Lenn of De Pere ran 8:49.15 to win the Division 1 boys' 3,200 meters at the WIAA State Championships on Friday — and in doing so lowered the meet record he had set a year earlier. Lenn's previous standard, 8:52.79 from the 2025 state meet, lasted exactly one year before he took nearly four seconds off it.
Lenn saved the distance for the big stage; 8:49.15 was his only 3,200 of the outdoor season, run when it mattered most. The range underneath it is real — a 1,600 best of 4:01.79 and an 800 in the 1:53 range — the kind of leg speed that lets a distance runner close hard over the final lap.
Two state meets, two 3,200 meet records, both his. De Pere's Grady Lenn keeps moving his own bar.
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