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- NAME: Ellyse Walden
- SPORT: Girls track and field
- SCHOOL: Western
- GRADE: Senior
- ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Walden capped her high school career in style by winning the shot put title at the IHSAA State Finals. The Ball-State bound thrower had a winning mark of 47 feet, 8.5 inches, which dusted the competition. She had a winning margin of nearly 3 feet. Walden won a second medal by taking sixth place in the discus with a heave of 138-9. She closes her Panther career as a four-time medalist at state.
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Western’s Ellyse Walden is shown at the IHSAA Girls Track and Field State Finals on Friday, June 5, 2026. She is this year’s state champion in shot put. Photo Provided
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