Bonnie Draxler will leave Wisconsin later this summer to launch her collegiate track and field career in sunny San Diego. She will be competing at a much higher level, but big jumps are nothing new to Draxler. The recently graduated Wrightstown athlete is departing as perhaps the greatest Wisconsin high school girls’ pole vaulter of all-time and one of the finest all-around track and field athletes in WIAA history. Draxler wrapped up her prolific prep track career 33 days ago with yet another dominant performance at the WIAA state track and field meet in La Crosse. Draxler won Division 2 state titles in the 100- and 400-meter dashes along with the pole vault, setting a state record in the latter event with a leap of 13 feet, 3 inches. By doing so, Draxler became only the fourth girl in state history to win 10 state titles in a high school career and one of four girls to claim four state titles in two events: the 400 and pole vault. Draxler will attend San Diego State in the fall on a track and field scholarship and has been competing in national meets this summer. She set a personal-best in the pole vault Sunday at the USATF Junior Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore, with a second-place leap of 13-11 2.5. more
