Winter sports across Central Wisconsin came to a dramatic close over the past week, opening up spring sports with some marquee track performances across the region.
Find out which area performances stood out as the strongest outings from the first full week of the track and field season.
Here is a look at the top high school performances around the Central Wisconsin area from March 16-23.
BOYS TRACK AND FIELD:
Jensen Rice, Iola-Scandinavia: Rice snagged first place in the men’s 60-meter race at the Berlin Indoor Invite on March 19 then another first place in the 60-meter hurdles at the boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Aiden Bowen, Iola-Scandinavia: Bowen finished in second place in the men’s 60-meter race at the Berlin Indoor Invite on March 19. Second place in the 200-meter race. Third place in long jump
Evan Linjer, Iola-Scandinavia: Linjer took first place in the 800-meter race at the Berlin Indoor Invite on March 19.
Jack Beck, Iola-Scandinavia: Beck finished in second place in the 1,600-meter race at the Berlin Indoor Invite on March 19.
Ben Beck, Iola-Scandinavia: Beck notched second place in the 3,200-meter race at the Berlin Indoor Invite on March 19.
Henry Vater, Iola-Scandinavia: Vater finished place in the 3,200-meter race at the boys SPASH Invite on March 21.
Adam McKaig, D.C. Everest: McKaig finished in second place in the 60-meter race at the UW-Osh Kosh boys and girls D1 invite on March 19 then took first place in the 60-meter race at the Boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Xavier Edwards, D.C. Everest: Edwards took first place finishes in the long jump and triple jump events and fifth place in the 60-meter race at the UW-Osh Kosh boys and girls D1 invite on March 19.
Will VanSlyke, D.C. Everest: VanSlyke took first place in the 800-meter race at the UW-Osh Kosh boys and girls D1 invite on March 19 then another first place finish in the 3,200 meter race at the boys SPASH Invite on March 21.
William Schwartz, D.C. Everest: Schwartz took fifth place in the shot put event at the UW-Osh Kosh boys and girls D1 invite on March 19.
Ethan Whitmore, D.C. Everest: Whitmore finished in fifth place in the pole vault event at the UW-Osh Kosh boys and girls D1 invite on March 19
Silas Weber, D.C. Everest: Weber notched a second place finish in the triple jump event at the UW-Osh Kosh boys and girls D1 invite on March 19
Jarrett Wilcox, Nekoosa: Wilcox notched a third place finish in the pole vault event at the Mauston Golden Eagle Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Cael Clark, Adams-Friendship: Clark took fifth place in the 400-meter race at the Mauston Golden Eagle Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Finn Krcmar, Nekoosa: Krcmar finished in second place in the 55-meter hurdles Mauston Golden Eagle Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Alex Krause, Nekoosa:Krause finished in fifth place in the pole vault event at the Mauston Golden Eagle Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Jackson Hoeper, Spencer: Hoeper won first place in the 55-meter race at the Cashton Invitational on Saturday March 21.
Caius Higgins, Edgar: Higgins took second place in the 55 meter race at Cashton Invitational on Saturday March 21.
Graham Streit, Edgar: Streit notched fourth place finish in the 200-meter race at the Cashton Invitational on Saturday March 21.
Tucker Streit, Edgar: Streit took first place in the 55m hurdles event at the Cashton Invitational on Saturday March 21.
Breckin Miller, Spencer: Miller took first place in the pole vault event at the Cashton Invitational on Saturday March 21.
Chris, Dunow, D.C. Everest: Dunow snagged third place in the 60-meter hurdles event at the boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Landon Lukasko, Edgar: Lukasko finished in second place in the triple jump event at Cashton Invitational on Saturday March 21.
Dom Contreras, Edgar: Contreras took fourth place in the triple jump event at Cashton Invitational on Saturday March 21.
Fred Tylinski, Marathon: Tylinski finished in fourth place in the 60-meter race at the Boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Parker Schmitt, Wausau East: Schmitt took first place in the 400-meter race at the Boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Luke Eiden, Pacelli: Eiden finished in second place in the 1,600 meter race at the Boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Donald Voetberg, SPASH: Voetberg finished third in the 1,600 meter race at Boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Zander Zawislan, Stratford: Zawislan placed second in the 400-meter race at the Boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Alex Wierzba, Rosholt: Wierzba finished third in the 400-meter race at the Boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Dash Kvatek, SPASH: Kvatek notched fourth place in the 400-meter race at the Boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Rutger Busse, D.C. Everest: Busse snagged fourth place in the 800-meter race at the Boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Elijah Vandre, SPASH: Vandre finished fifth in the 800-meter race at the Boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Garrett Strong, SPASH: Strong finished in second place in the 3,200-meter race at the boys SPASH Invite on March 21.
Alex Dziak, SPASH: Dziak notched a third-place finish in the 3,200-meter race at the boys SPASH Invite on March 21.
Matthias Stoffel, SPASH: Stoffel finished in fourth place in the 3,200-meter race at the boys SPASH Invite on March 21.
Chris Marcell, Marathon: Marcell took first place in the shot put event at the Boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21
Logan Cisewski, SPASH: Cisewski notched third place in the shot put event at the Boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Derek Ongna, Marshfield: Ongna took first place in the high jump event at the Boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Ryan Peterson, SPASH: Peterson snatched second place in the high jump event at the Boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Eli Schaer, Athens: Schaer finished in third place in the high jump event at the Boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Tyler Gingery, Marshfield: Gingery took first place in the pole vault event at the Boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Alec Miller, Marathon: Miller took second place in the pole vault event at the Boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Kaeden Schill, Stratford: Schill finished in third place in the pole vault event at the Boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21.
William Akins, Auburndale: Akins notched fourth place in the pole vault event at the Boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Wyatt Witte, SPASH: Witte snagged fifth place in the pole vault event at the Boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Triton Gross, Marshfield: Gross finished in first place in the long jump event at the Boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Zachariah Zillman, SPASH: Zillman tied for fourth place in the long jump event at the Boys SPASH Invite on Saturday, March 21.
GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD:
Revyn Schrank, Iola-scandinavia: Schrank took first place in the 1,600-meter race at the Berlin Indoor Invite on March 19.
Izzabel Kohel, Iola-Scandinavia: Kohel snatched second place in 60-meter hurdles at the Berlin Indoor Invite on March 19.
Sophie Plansky, D.C. Everest: Plansky finished in third place in the 60-meter race at the UWSP Girls meet on Friday, March 20.
Riley Mueller, SPASH: Mueller notched fifth place in the 60-meter race and also a second-place finish in the long jump event at the UWSP Girls meet on Friday, March 20.
Lorena Hill, SPASH: Hill took first place in the 400-meter race at the UW-SP Girl’s Meet on Friday, March 20.
Reagan Abel, Pacelli: Abel notched third place in the 400-meter race at the UW-SP Girl’s Meet on Friday, March 20.
Lily Adler, Marshfield: Adler finished in fifth place in the 400-meter race at the UW-SP Girl’s Meet on Friday, March 20.
Natalie Scharenbroch, Marshfield: Scharenbroch notched third place in the 800-meter race at the UW-SP Girl’s Meet on Friday, March 20.
Taylor Cejka, SPASH: Cejka finished in fourth place in the 800-meter race at the UW-SP Girl’s Meet on Friday, March 20.
Adeline Lonsdale, Marshfield: Lonsdale notched a fifth place finish in the 800-meter race at the UW-SP Girl’s Meet on Friday, March 20.
Kathryn Merritt, D.C. Everest: Merritt finished in third place in the 1,600-meter race at the UW-SP Girl’s Meet on Friday, March 20.
Evelyn Bablitch, Rosholt: Bablitch finished in fourth place in the 1,600-meter race at the UW-SP Girl’s Meet on Friday, March 20.
Ashlynn Zieske, D.C. Everest: Zieske notched a fifth place finish in the 1,600-meter race at the UW-SP Girl’s Meet on Friday, March 20.
Tessa Bruckhart, SPASH: Bruckhart took first place in the 3,200-meter race at the UW-SP Girl’s Meet on Friday, March 20.
Morgan Pagel, D.C. Everest: Pagel finished in fourth place in the 3,200-meter race at the UW-SP Girl’s Meet on Friday, March 20.
Sy’Rih Hartwig, Athens: Hartwig notched a third place finish in the shot put event at the UW-SP Girl’s Meet on Friday, March 20.
Ava Whitmore, D.C. Everest: Whitmore finished in fourth place in the shot put event at the UW-SP Girl’s Meet on Friday, March 20.
Elise Christianson, Amherst: Christianson finished first in the high jump event at the UW-SP Girl’s Meet on Friday, March 20.
Ava Straw, Amherst: Straw took fifth place in the high jump event at the UW-SP Girl’s Meet on Friday, March 20.
Cheyenne Cornell, SPASH: Cornell finished in second place in the pole vault event at the UW-SP Girl’s Meet on Friday, March 20.
McKea Taylor, Wausau East: Taylor took third place in the pole vault event at the UW-SP Girl’s Meet on Friday, March 20.
Leeann Luedtke, Marshfield: Luedtke snatched second place in the triple jump event at the UW-SP Girl’s Meet on Friday, March 20.
Berta Bota Palma, Marathon: Bota Palma notched fourth place in the triple jump event at the UW-SP Girl’s Meet on Friday, March 20.
Violet Hoff, D.C. Everest: Hoff finished fifth in the triple jump event at the UW-SP Girl’s Meet on Friday, March 20.
Molly Johnson, Adams-Friendship: Johnson took first place in the 400-meter race at Mauston Golden Eagle Invite on Saturday, March 21.
Shiloh Karlen, Edgar: Karlen snatched first place in the triple jump event and third place in the 55-meter race at the Cashton Invitational on Saturday March 21.
Rachel Burke, Edgar: Burke finished in third place in the long jump event and fifth place in the 55-meter race at the Cashton Invitational on Saturday March 21.
Jacie Schilling, Edgar: Schilling notched a third place finish in the triple jump event at Cashton Invitational on Saturday March 21.
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This article originally appeared on Wausau Daily Herald: Check out Central Wisconsin’s top track performances from March 16-23
Reporting by Alfred Smith III, Wausau Daily Herald / Wausau Daily Herald
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