Who was Central Wisconsin’s most elite track and field athlete this season? You can be the judge here.
Athletes around the area capped off their productive seasons with medals and record-breaking performances at the 2025 WIAA state meet. But only one can be recognized at the top.
Here is a list of the area’s most elite track and field athletes this season; choose your best athlete before the poll closes at noon, Tuesday, July 1.
Maci Heise, Wausau West
Heise won gold (42.79) in the 300m hurdles and a fourth place (12.18) medal in the 100m dash at the 2025 WIAA state track and field championships.
Ethan Knecht, Marshfield
Knect placed sixth (169-0) in the discus throw and finished in fifth place (55-7 1/2) in the shot put event at the WIAA state meet.
Xavier Edwards, D.C. Everest
Edwards won a silver medal (47-2) in Division 1’s triple jump event at the 2025 state track championships.
Cheyenne Cornell, Stevens Point
Cornell earned a sixth-place finish (11-6) in the pole vault event at the state track and field championships.
Ethan Olds, Stevens Point
Olds placed fifth (4:08.15) in the 1,600 and fifth in the 3,200 (9:09.85) at the state track and field championships..
Molly Johnson, Adams-Friendship
Johnson earned a fifth-place medal (57.30) in Division 2’s 400-meter dash at the 2025 WIAA state meet.
Rivalee Stokes, Medford
Stokes earned a sixth place (129-10) finish in the discus throw at the 2025 WIAA state championship .
Daelyn Rieck, Colby
Rieck won gold (133-4) in Division 3’s discus throw and earned a silver medal (41-2 3/4) in the shot put event.
Kyle Schreiner, Athens
Schreiner won gold (14-3.) in the pole vault event at the 2025 state meet.
Sy’Rih Hartwig, Athens
Hartwig earned a bronze medal (40-11 1/4) in the shot put event and a sixth-place medal (125-4) in the discus throw.
Chris Marcell, Marathon
Marcell broke numerous records throughout the season culminating in winning gold (211-4) in the shotput and discus events at the 2025 state meet.
Ben Beck, Iola-Scandinavia
Beck won gold (9:28.02) in the 3,200 and also earned a fourth-place medal 4:18.89 in the 1,600 dash at the 2025 state track and field championships.
Korz Loken, Iola-Scandinavia
Loken earned a bronze medal (162-5) in the discus throw at the state meet.
Garrett Bracewell, Marathon
Bracewell earned a silver medal (14.73) in the 110-meter hurdles and was a part of the relay team consisting of Fred Tylinski, Annis, and Krautkramer which placed sixth in the 4×200 relay at the 2025 state track championships.
Luke Eiden, Pacelli
Eiden earned a bronze medal (4:18.52) in the 1,600 dash at the 2025 WIAA state meet.
Trevor Trowbridge, Auburndale
Trowbridge placed sixth (39.89) in the 300 hurdles event at the 2025 state track and field championships.
Christian Fuentes, Abbotsford
Fuentes earned a silver medal (21-7 1/4) in the long jump event at the 2025 state meet.
Malaina Telschow, Athens
Telschow claimed a silver medal (11-6) in the pole vault event at the 2025 state meet.
Breckin Miller, Spencer
Miller earned a bronze medal (13-6) in the pole vault event at the state meet..
Carter Cihlar, Abbotsford’s
Cihlar earned a fifth-place medal (13-0) in the pole vault event at the 2025 WIAA state meet.
Evie Bates, Newman Catholic
Bates earned a silver medal (5-4) in the high jump event at the state meet.
Alex Wierzba, Rosholt
Wierzba earned a silver medal (48.65) in the 400-meter dash and also a silver medal in the 200-meter dash (21.96).
Nolyn Lindner, Newman Catholic
Lindner earned a bronze medal (48.89) in the 400-meter dash.
Reese Grimm, Pittsville
Grimm earned a fourth place (58.34) finish in the 400-meter dash and a fifth place (2:17.54) finish in the 800-meter dash.
Tucker Streit, Edgar
Streit won two bronze medals at the WIAA state track and field championships, first in the 110 hurdles (14.80) and also in the 300 hurdles (39.09).
Bella Thomas, Assumption
Thomas dominated the state meet, earning two two gold medals, in the 100-meter dash (12.18), which was her second-consecutive, and also captured her third consecutive state championship in the 200-meter dash (24.45).
Lucy Dolan, Assumption
Dolan earned two medals at the WIAA state meet, a fourth-place medal (4.57.20) in the 1,600 race and a fifth-place medal in the 3,200 (10.48.30).
Addysen Wolf, Loyal
Wolf earned two medals at the 2025 WIAA state meet, a fifth-place medal (12.47) in the 100 dash and a sixth-place medal in the 200m dash (25.60).
Jett Schoenherr, Stratford
Schoenherr earned a bronze medal (11.17) in the 100 dashes at the WIAA state meet. He was also part of the team that consisted of Carter Foster, Zander Zawislan, and Coltan Breit, which earned a fifth-place medal in the 4×100 meter relay (43.48).
Connor Kreft, Stratford
Kreft earned a fourth-place medal (43-9 1/2) in the triple jump event at the 2025 state track and field championships.
This article originally appeared on Wausau Daily Herald: VOTE: Who is Central Wisconsin’s track and field Athlete of the Year?
Reporting by Alfred Smith III, Wausau Daily Herald / Wausau Daily Herald
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