Sophomore sets just one goal at state: Winning Northstars' Bickerstaff is top 300-meter hurdler; Track Athletes to Watch Boys Jim Berger, senior, Mukwonago: Raised the state's top mark in the discus at the Southeast Conference meet and regionals. His season-best mark of 175 feet 5 inches ranks second in the state. Erick Collins, senior, Beloit: Defending champion in the 110-meter high hurdles, qualifying this year with a time of 14.5 seconds. Also a favorite in the 300 intermediate hurdles after finishing second last year. Josh Dickerson, senior, D.C. Everest: Won the 100 as a sophomore, finished third last year and has the second-fastest qualifying time in the race this year (10.8). Signed with the University of Wisconsin for football. Ian Douglas, junior, Beaver Dam: A double threat, possessing the second-best qualifying efforts in the shotput and discus. Ray Earnest, senior, Milwaukee Pulaski: A threat to win three events, owning the top seeding in the long jump and 100 meters and the second-fastest time in the 200. Finished fourth in the 200 as a junior. Cornelius Hill, junior, Milwaukee Bay View: Qualified in the 1,600 and 3,200. Finished second at the state cross country meet and took fourth in the 1,600 as a junior. Steve Holzbauer, junior, Germantown: His fourth-place finish in the 400 last year makes him the top returning qualifier in the event. Owns the top seeding in the 400 (50.0) and is the second-fastest qualifier in the 200 (21.9). Gabe Jennings, junior, Madison East: Favorite to repeat as the 1,600 and 3,200 champion. Also is the top qualifier in the 800. Bryan Kuehn, senior, Sevastopol: The defending champion in the high jump, long jump and triple jump. This year is seeded either first or second in those events. Todd Marine, senior, Oak Creek: Improved on the state-best triple jump at regionals and sectionals, qualifying for state at 47-23 4. Finished fourth in the event last year. Keith Rasmussen, senior, Menomonee Falls: Owns the state's top shotput this season at 62-91 2 and is the fourth-seeded qualifier. Finished third as a junior. Doug Rebhahn, senior, Arcadia: Won both hurdling events in Division 3 as a sophomore and junior. His best times this season are 14.9 seconds in the 110 highs and 39.5 in the 300 intermediates. Robert Thompson, senior, Whitefish Bay: Took third place in the triple jump as a junior. Posted his season best in the event at sectionals with a mark of 46-11, which ranks second-best in the state. Girls Flatria Horne, senior, Racine Park: Won both the 100 and 200 in Division 1 as a junior. Her qualifying times of 11.9 in the 100 and 24.7 in the 200 were the best in the Division 1 field this year. Angie Ziarek, senior, Muskego: Won the 1,600 crown in Division 1 last year with a time of 5:00.62. She qualified for both the 1,600 and 3,200 this year. Has committed to the University of Wisconsin. Brenda Meyer, senior, Watertown: Last year Meyer upset defending state champion Tanisha Boston to earn the discus crown with a toss of 138-9 and finished second in the shotput with an effort of 40-11 4. Aimee Daugs, senior, Watertown: Daugs placed among the top three in both the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs last year at the state meet, but will participate in just the 1,600 this year. Daugs won the Division 1 cross country crown last fall. Nadine Chojnacki, senior, Waukesha South: Has qualified for both the 400 and 800, and will look to improve upon the fifth-place finish she posted in the 800 last year. Lisa Kincaid, senior, Palmyra-Eagle: One of the best athletes competing, Kincaid is the two-time defending Division 2 champion in both the triple jump and the long jump. She also finished second in the 100 and third in the 200 last year. Has qualified for all but the 100 again this year. Rachael Anderson, senior, Mount Horeb: Defending Division 2 champion in the 300 hurdles, Anderson will attempt to defend her title this year. Division 2 state cross country champion as a sophomore, will also run on Mount Horeb's 3,200 relay, which took top honors at the meet last year. Lena Van Haren, junior, Mount Horeb: Defending Division 2 champion in the 800 also took home top Division 2 honors at the state cross country meet last fall. Qualified for 1,600 as well. Teams with Anderson on Mount Horeb's 3,200 relay. April Beard, senior, Winneconne: Defending Division 2 state champion in the 200 and 400. She missed a state record in the 400 by one one-hundredth of a second last year with an effort of 56.10. Nicole Wee, junior, North Crawford: Defending Division 3 state champion in the 100 and 200, she has qualified for both events again this year, as well as the 400.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | May 30, 1996| | Copyright

Eric Bickerstaff apparently doesn't subscribe to the theory of the sophomore jinx.

A standout member of the Waukesha North boys track team, Bickerstaff enters the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association track and field championships this weekend as the top-seeded competitor in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles and the anchor of the Northstars' top-seeded 1,600 relay team.

And even though this is Bickerstaff's first trip to the state meet, North coach Chuck Bova said he expected his star sophomore to compete as if it were his last.

"With every kid that goes up for our program, we ...

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