Badger State Games to extend opportunities to even more athletes. Otto Breitenbach became the executive director of the Wisconsin Amateur Sports Corporation in 1988, and he was credited with raising the profile and scope of the games during his nine-year tenure. By 1997, when Breitenbach retired, the Badger State Games was "considered by many to be the current standard bearer" among statewide multi-sport events, and the country's largest relative to state population. At the 2006 summer games, Bill Wambach of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, a long-time competitor, broke the national high-jump record for the 80- to 84-year-old division with a jump of 1.26 meters.
American badger weasel, otter, ferret, and wolverine. The American badger belongs to the Taxidiinae, one of three subfamilies of badgers – the other two being the Melinae (9 species, including the Eurasian badger) and the Mellivorinae (honey badger). The American badger's closest relative is the prehistoric "Chamitataxus". Recognized subspecies include: the nominate subspecies "T. t. taxus", found in central Canada and central US; "T. t. jacksoni", found in the southern Great Lakes region including southern Ontario; "T. t. jeffersoni", in British Columbia and the western US; and "T. t. berlandieri", in the southwestern US and northern Mexico. Ranges of subspecies overlap considerably,