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Wis. & Games: A long history
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In 2003, 20 athletes represented the state of Wisconsin in the ESPN Great Outdoor Games, bringing home 12 medals:

Three gold

  • Tina Bosworth, Lake Geneva - women's log roll
  • Abigael Hoeschler, La Crosse - women's boom run
  • Tanya Fischer, Hudson - mixed doubles boom run

    Six silver

  • Brett Dorak, Sobieski - shotgun
  • J.R. Salzman, Hayward - men's log roll
  • J.R. Salzman, Hayward - men's boom run
  • J.R. Salzman, Hayward - mixed doubles boom run
  • Taylor Duffy, Hayward - women's boom run
  • Mandy Erdmann, La Crosse - mixed doubles boom run

    Three bronze

  • Mandy Erdmann, La Crosse - women's log roll
  • Fred Scheer, Hayward - men's boom run
  • Abigael Hoeschler, La Crosse - mixed doubles boom run)

    Wisconsin and Minnesota tied for the most gold medals at the 2003 Games (3 each).

    Wisconsin brought home the most total medals of any state or province.

  • 12 - Wisconsin
  • 8 - Minnesota
  • 4 - Illinois; Texas; North Island, New Zealand; Aukland, New Zealand

    Wisconsin fielded the largest competitive delegation of any state or province.

  • 20 - Wisconsin
  • 14 - Minnesota
  • 12 - California

    Lake Geneva's Tina Bosworth is the only Great Outdoor Games competitor to win four consecutive gold medals in one event (log rolling).

    Wisconsin is home to the "first family" of log rolling

  • The Scheer/Hoeschler clan includes seven-time world champion Judy Scheer Hoeschler and her three daughters, Katie, Elizabeth and Abigael Hoeschler (2003 women's boom run gold medalist, mixed doubles bronze, youngest medalist ever at the Games [16 in '03]).
  • Judy's siblings, Fred Scheer ('03 men's boom run bronze), Rob Scheer (timber sport organizer) and Tina Scheer, as well as Fred's children, Cassidy and Carly Scheer.

    Great Outdoor Games medalist Shana Martin was graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Madison with a degree in Kinesiology and competed on the UWM track and field team.

  • 2002-Silver Medal - Women's Boom Run
  • 2001-Silver Medal-Women's Boom Run

    Wisconsin boasts the two youngest medalists of the 2003 Games and the youngest person ever to win a Games medal.

  • La Crosse's Abigael Hoeschler was 16 when she won the women's boom running gold medal in Reno-Tahoe and the bronze for mixed doubles boom run. She became the youngest person ever to win a gold medal at the Games. She became the youngest athlete to win a medal at the Games in 2002, when she teamed with her uncle, Fred Scheer, for the Mixed Doubles Boom Run bronze.
  • Sobieski's Brett Dorak was not far behind, at 18 winning the silver medal in the Games' shotgun competition.