Freedom's Lydia Merrick one of the top performers on the Post-Crescent high school track and field honor roll

Freedom multi-event standout Lydia Merrick is one of several top performers in the second edition of the Post-Crescent's high school track and field honor roll.

Merrick, the defending WIAA Division 2 state champion in the high jump, leads area performers in the event and is also the top 300-meter hurdler.

Hortonville's Ben Smith has the nation's top distance in the shot put at 75 feet, 1 inch and is also the area's top thrower in the discus.

Here is the honor roll with top performers from the top 50 overall rankings from milesplit.com. Each event is listed with the state's top effort. Times/distances are through Tuesday's events.

GIRLS

100 (Danika Apple, Notre Dame, :11.87): 1, Emma Sippel, Kaukauna, :12.45; 2, Celia Gentile, Neenah, :12.6.

200 (Lydia Lazarescu, Holmen, :24.75): None in top 50.

400 (Taylor Thimmesch, Hartland Arrowhead, :56.62): 1, Macy Reybrock, New London, :58.63; 2, Gracie Martzahl, Freedom, :59.59; 3, Isabelle Maass, Kaukauna, :59.86.

800 (Charlize Trinity-McKenzie, Cedarburg, 2:10.23): 1, Lilie Fouts, Xavier, 2:17.4; 2, Sophie Yetter, Winneconne, 2:18.75; 3, Rachel Dietrich, Neenah, 2:19.18; 4, Madison Krueger, Kimberly, 2:21.24; 5, Lauren Wegand, Little Chute, 2:22.2; 6, Claire Helmila, Freedom, 2:22.51.

1,600 (Autumn Michalski, 4:54.98): 1, Lilie Fouts, Xavier, 5:04.41; 2, Mazie Olkowski, Neenah, 5:09.16; 3, Rachel Dietrich, Neenah, 5:10.17; 4, Sophie Yetter, Winneconne, 5:11.94; 5, Sydney Fauske, Kaukauna, 5:12.02; 6, Reese Fauske, Kaukauna, 5:14.47.

3,200 (Ciara Hartman, Bloomer, 10:39.28): 1, Lilie Fouts, Xavier, 10:50.87; 2, Mazie Olkowski, Neenah, 11:06.03; 3, Sydney Fauske, Kaukauna, 11:17.14; 4, Reese Fauske, Kaukauna, 11:27.62; 5, Sophia Scherwinski, Appleton North, 11:29.42; 6, Sophie Yetter, Winneconne, 11:29.56; 7, Ashley Wilson, Little Chute, 11:38.58.

100 hurdles (Elletta Uddin, Osceola, :14.76): 1, Amber Gerrits, Kaukauna, :15.0; 2, Hailey Hafner, Xavier, :15.48; 3, Ashley Hietpas, Freedom, :15.75; 4, Isabel Parrish, Appleton North, :15.89; 5, Sophia Wunderlich, Fox Valley Lutheran, :15.93; 6, Samantha Koehler, Chilton, :16.0.

300 hurdles (Maci Heise, Wausau West, :44.43): 1, Lydia Merrick, Freedom, :46.18.

Shot put (Lily Rogers, Baraboo, 43-6): 1, Emma Nilson, Fox Valley Lutheran, 39-10; 2, Ayden Smith, Hortonville, 39-5.75; 3, Lydia Delene, Neenah, 38-11; 4, Nolie Anderson, St. Mary Catholic, 37-8.5; 5, Tori McGowan, Hortonville, 37-6.75; 6, Madison Schaper, Freedom, 37-1; 7, Mikayla Koenig, Appleton East, 36-11.5.

Discus (Anna Giannopoulos, Valley Christian, 165-6): 1, Emma Nilson, Fox Valley Lutheran, 128-0; 2, Olivia Santos, Manawa, 127-0; 3 (tie), Nolie Anderson, St. Mary Catholic; Kristin Behnke, Kimberly, 126-0; 5, Tori McGowan, Hortonville, 123-9; 6, Katie Jenson, Kaukauna, 123-7; 7, Ayden Smith, Hortonville, 121-7; 8, Emma Fritsch, Little Chute, 121-1; 9, Erietta Davis, Chilton, 119-1.

High jump (Allyson Armstrong, DeForest, 5-7): 1, Lydia Merrick, Freedom, 5-6; 2 (tie), Jena Bunks, Xavier; Mallorie Werner, Hortonville; Anna Maass, Menasha; Isabella Stephani, Menasha, 5-2.

Long jump (Mackenzie Wissbroecker, Antigo, 19-3): 1, Celia Gentile, Neenah, 18-1.5; 2, Addie Wenzel, Brillion, 17-7; 3, Maisey Bojarski, Appleton North, 17-3.

Triple jump (Anisa Barnett, Homestead, 39-7.25): 1, Addylin Vieth, Kimberly, 37-6; 2, Kara Verstegen, Little Chute, 35-3.25; 3, Sydney Woelfel, Kimberly, 35-1.5; 4, Molly Martens, Waupaca, 35-0.75.

Pole vault (Casidi Pehler, Arcadia, 12-6): 1, Campbell Roberts, Kimberly, 12-4; 2, Nora Waddell, Appleton North, 11-6; 3, Ava Sitek, Kimberly, 11-0; 4, Cailey Peterson, Wrightstown, 10-9; 5, Caroline Basehoar, Xavier, 10-3; 6 (tie), Samaya Alcala, Little Chute; Ava Sitek, Kimberly; Asha Lyboualong, Kaukauna, 10-0.

400 relay (Hartland Arrowhead, :48.23): 1, Kimberly, :49.99; 2, Appleton North, :50.28; 3, Neenah, :50.35; 4, Fox Valley Lutheran, :50.89; 5, Kaukauna, :50.91; 6, Chilton, :50.93.

800 relay (Hartland Arrowhead, 1:43.44): 1, Kimberly, 1:46.21; 2, Kaukauna, 1:46.7; 3, Fox Valley Lutheran, 1:46.76; 4, Neenah, 1:47.59.

1,600 relay (Verona, 3:59.93): 1, Freedom, 4:02.69; 2, St. Mary Catholic, 4:03.41; 3, Neenah, 4:08.5; 4, New London, 4:11.36.

3,200 relay (Slinger, 9:32.01): 1, Hortonville, 9:40.79; 2, Xavier, 9:42.64; 3, Kimberly, 9:46.23; 4, Appleton North, 9:49.63; 5, Neenah, 9:54.72; 6, Freedom, 9:55.22; 7, Little Chute, 9:56.64; 8, Kaukauna, 9:59.27; 9, St. Mary Catholic, 10:01.12; 10, Fox Valley Lutheran, 10:03.78.

BOYS

100 (Joshua Onwunili, Campbellsport, :10.14): 1, Alejandro Pagan Vega, Kimberly :10.79; 2, Grant Dean, Neenah, :10.83; 3, Carson Van Dinter, Kaukauna, :10.87.

200 (Addison Uddin, Osceola, :21.55): 1, Grant Dean, Neenah, :22.18; 2, Alejandro Pagan Vega, Kimberly, :22.24; 3, Carson Van Dinter, Kaukauna, :22.41; 4, David Schumacher, Fox Valley Lutheran, :22.44; 5, Cody McLeod, Winneconne, :22.54.

400 (Cayden Brandenburg, Janesville Parker, :47.69): 1, Grant Dean, Neenah, :49.61; 2, Cody McLeod, Winneconne, :50.04; 3, Owen Wise, Neenah, :50.52.

800 (Parker Dewey, Eau Claire Memorial, 1:52.68): 1, Andrew Milhans, Kaukauna, 1:57.93; 2, Alex Thayer, Neenah, 1:58.44.

1,600 (Manny Putz, Onalaska, 4:13.17): 1, Logan Salzmann, Kimberly, 4:27.28; 2, Andrew Milhans, Kaukauna, 4:28.69.

3,200 (Grady Lenn, De Pere, 9:00.3): 1, Logan Salzmann, Kimberly, 9:38.82; 2, Wyatt Armock, Neenah, 9:41.55.

110 hurdles (Daniel Wilson, Sun Prairie West, :14.6): 1, Ben Olvey, Xavier, :14.67.

300 hurdles (Blake Postler, D.C. Everest, :38.14): 1, Mark Lynch, Appleton North, :41.37; 2, Adrian Scaife, Appleton East, :41.47.

Shot put (Ben Smith, Hortonville, 75-1): 1, Ben Smith, Hortonville, 75-1; 2, Sam McGivern, Kimberly, 60-7.25; 3, Hunter Sprangers, Kimberly, 59-5; 4, Sawyer Hanlon, Kimberly, 55-3; 5, Samuel Glendenning, Kaukauna, 54-10; 6, Tyler Hopfensperger, Kimberly, 53-11.5; 7, Hudson Samolinski, Winneconne, 50-6.

Discus (Bryce Ruland, Waterford, 210-10): 1, Ben Smith, Hortonville, 208-11; 2, Hunger Sprangers, Kimberly, 179-10; 3, Sam McGivern, Kimberly, 167-8; 4, Grayson Michler, Kimberly, 163-6; 5, Brady Immel, Winneconne, 161-6; 6, Sawyer Hanlon, Kimberly, 161-5; 7, Logan Arft, Kaukauna, 153-5; 8, Sam Scheer, Neenah, 152-8; 9, Hudson Samolinski, Winneconne, 152-2; 10, Henry Willison, Xavier, 151-5.75.

High jump (Francis Britto, Milwaukee Marquette; Brady Hoffer, Kaukauna; Nate Williams, Greenfield, 6-7): 1, Brady Hoffer, Kaukauna, 6-7; 2, Carson Van Dinter, Kaukauna, 5-11; 3 (tie), Hoffer, Kaukauna; Collin Hanson, Appleton East; Adrion Rogers, Appleton North, 5-10; 6, (tie), Cooper Effa, Little Chute; Sam Wegener, Clintonville, 6-4; 8 (tie), Nathan Gorman, Manawa; Josiah Hibbler, Menasha; Shamir Senyange, Menasha, 6-3; 11 (tie), Cal VanRossum, Little Chute; Broc Billington, Weyauwega-Fremont; Aidan Court, Seymour, 6-2.

Long jump (Sam Wegener, Clintonville, 23-3.75): 1, Sam Wegener, Clintonville, 23-3.75; 2, Hunter Beebe, New London, 21-9; 3, Nathan Gorman, Manawa, 21-6.

Triple jump (Chauncey Jackson, Milwaukee Academy of Science, 47-8): 1, Broc Billington, Weyauwega-Fremont, 43-0; 2, Noah Heinke, Freedom, 42-8.75.

Pole vault (Kaden Rambatt, Big Foot, 16-1): 1, Owen Orioles, Kimberly, 15-2; 2 (tie), Alex Reichenberger, Kimberly; Eathan Lund, Hortonville, 14-6; 4, Bennett Verboomen, Kimberly, 14-0; 5, Jack Steinbarth, Freedom, 13-6; 6, Nathan Stafford, Fox Valley Lutheran, 13-3.

400 relay (Hartland Arrowhead, :42.13): 1, Winneconne, :43.78.

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800 relay (Hartland Arrowhead, 1:26.91): 1, Kaukauna, 1:31.05; 2, Kimberly, 1:31.25; 3, Winneconne, 1:31.34; 4, Freedom, 1:31.41.

1,600 relay (Chippewa Falls, 3:22.11): 1, Neenah, 3:26.32; 2, Winneconne, 3:28.16; 3, Freedom, 3:28.27; 4, Brillion, 3:31.02; 5, Waupaca, 3:32.74.

3,200 relay (Madison La Follette, 7:56.54): 1, Appleton North, 8:14.34; 2, Neenah, 8:28.68.

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