Athletes competed in the annual Myrhum Invitational hosted by Arrowhead High School. An incredible weather front that moved into the area caused a long delay after the boys 1600m event. 1600m runners above L-R: Hannah Hallick [5th, Madison Country Day School, 12], Lily Kriegel [3rd, Whitefish Bay, 12], Mazie Olkowski [6th, Neenah, 11], Lilie Fouts #5 [4th, Xavier, 12], Nora Gremban #2 [2nd, Northland Pines, 12], and winner Autumn Michalski #1, [4:54.98, Chequamegon, 12]. Fouts won the 3200m in 10:50.97 while Gremban finished 2nd in the 3200m race in 10:53.71.

Jump athletes above L-R: High jump champion junior Lydia Merrick from Freedom cleared 5' 06. Junior Anisa Barnett from Homestead is shown in the LJ. She placed 2nd in the LJ [18' 01] and won the TJ [39' 00.50]. Long jump champion senior Lily Taczala from Franklin posted a 18' 05.25 to win that event and placed 2nd in the TJ [38' 04]. Arrowhead's Payton Eicher a sophomore placed 3rd in the LJ. Neenah ninth grader Celia Gentile was 4th in the LJ while Fall Creek junior Alena Sanfelippo was 5th.

Pole vault athletes above L-R: Arrowhead sophomore Elise Schroeder [on approach and takeoff] just missed an Arrowhead record at 12' 07 but won the PV event with a height of 12' 0. Senior Ryann Wesley from Whitefish Bay was 2nd [11' 06]. Oak Creek's Erica Miner a junior was 3rd [11' 06], and Fall Creek junior Alena Sanfelippo was 4th [11'06].

Heat 6 of 6 of the 100m HH with high hurdle athletes from Lane 1 to lane 7: Audrey Seefeld [9th, Sun Prairie,12], Smantha Burge [4th Mukwonago, 12], Keegan Lodes [3rd, Kettle Moraine, 11], Champion Eva Brandenburg [14.95, Homestead, 12], Rachel Kleinhans [2nd, Arrowhead, 12], Nealee Chiroff [12th, New Berlin Eisenhower, 12], and Lydia Merrick [5th, Freedom, 11]. Brandenburg also won the 300m LH event in 45.38 with Kleinhans 2nd [45.51], and Merrick 3rd [46.18].

Heat 4 of the 200m dash finals at Rice Lake shows [L-R]: Adelyn Ellefson [8th, Osceola, 12], [ Olivia Sedlacek [4th, Chippewa Falls, 11], winner Luciana Aizpurua [Amery, 11] who posted a 25.16, Eliana Sheplee [3rd, Rice Lake, 12], Elletta Uddin [2nd, Osceola, 10], and Raya Shaw [5th, Eau Claire Memorial, 10]. Not shown above were dash athletes Gracie Berglund [6th, Eau Claire Memorial, 11] and Janessa Karau [7th, Baldwin-Woodville, 12]. [Heat 4 large file].

Sedlacek won the 400m dash in 1:00.13 with Ellefson in 2nd with a time of 1.00.99. Aizpurua anchored the winning Amery 4x2 [1:49.91] and helped the Amery 4x1 to a second place finish. Berglund won the 100m dash in 13.04 with Sheplee in 2nd at 13.07. Uddin won the 100m HH in 15.27 and placed 3rd in the HJ [5' 02]. Shaw was 4th in the 100m.

At the 2023 WIAA State Meet D2 records were set by Aizpurua in the 100m dash, Sheplee in the 400m dash, and Uddin in the 300m LH.

UW-Whitewater hosted the Wisconsin State Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday, April 6, 2024. Above left:Top 4 in the 400m dash. Above right: Top 3 in the 1600m run. [2024 Girls Indoor Results].

400m Dash L-R: Kalena Riemer [ Brodhead/Juda, 12], 1st in 1:00.32, Delaney Nyenhuis [Oregon, 12] 4th in 1:01.17, Ladysmith sophomore Marika Gago [2nd, 1:00.51], and third place runner Nicole Repka [1:00.65] a junior from Verona Area.

1600m runners L-R: Sophia Bablitch [ Rosholt, 12] 2nd in 5:02.18, winner Autumn Michalski [Chequamegon. 12] who posted a 5:00.68, and third place runner Eva Kuehn [5:04.07] a senior from Wisconsin Lutheran. Far right: Autumn Michalski in the 1600m. Bablitch was first in the 800m run [2:16.18] while Michalski was 2nd in the 800 with a time of 2:17.54.

Top left 60m dash L-R: Anbabelle Coudron [1st, Wisconsin Lutheran, 11, 7.72], Charley Brinks [2nd, Menomonee Falls, 12, 7.73], and Lilly Wepking [3rd, Verona Area, 11, 7.79].

Top right 60m High Hurdles L-R: Elletta Uddin [1st, Osceola, 10, 8.91], Eva Brandenburg [2nd, Homestead, 12, 8.94], and Samariyah Walker [3rd, Wisconsin Lutheran, 10, 9.11].

L-R: Campbell Roberts [1st, 12' 06, Kimberly, 12], Valeriia Gorshenina [2nd, 12' 0, Green Bay Southwest, 9], Casidi Pehler [3rd, 11' 6, Arcadia, 12], Julia Ackley [4th, 11' 6, McFarland, 11], Hallie Morz [5th, 11' 0, Pulaski, 12], Erica Miner [5th, 11' 0, Oak Creek, 11], Abby Austin [5th, 11' 0, Muskego, 12], Ryann Wesley [5th, 11' 0, Whitefish Bay, 12], and Sienna Hewitt [9th, 11' 0, Campbellsport, 11].

L-R: Megan Doherty [1st, 39' 9.5, Watertown, 11], Nora Skoraczewski [2nd, 39' 04, Drummond, 12. Note: Photo from the 2022 WIAA State Meet], Lily Rogers [3rd, 39' 02.50, Baraboo, 9], Keira Fax [4th, 38' 11.25, Wauwatosa West, 11], and Kaleese Burrell [5th, 38' 09.25, Madison Memorial, 11].

After a tough weather challenge to the start of the 2023 outdoor season athletes were treated to an ideal night of weather at the 2023 Warrior Varsity Invite held at Muskego High School on Friday, May 5. The above races were decided by 1/100ths of a second.

On the left in the 400m dash event at Muskego Brookfield Central's Clare Marchant is edged out by Waukesha West's Jamila Beard 1:00.30 to 1:00.33.

In the 100m high hurdles event at Muskego shown above right Waukesha West's Kaitlyn Ulalisa narrowly won with a time of 16.55 while New Berlin Eisenhower hurdler Nealee Chiroff posted a 16.57.

On Saturday, May 6, athletes from many high schools in Wisconsin competed in the annual Myrhum Invitational held at Arrowhead High School. Below left: In the 100m HH event two juniors posted a close finish with Bay Port's Jillian Anderson edging Homestead's Eva Brandenburg 15.10 to 15.14.

Below right: Later in the Myrhum Invitational University of North Carolina recruit Delea Martins from Shorewood posted a 56.00 to win the 400m dash event.

Athletes competed for the right to compete at the State Meet in regionals on Monday, May 22 and then the sectionals on Thursday, May 25. Athletes had ideal weather to compete in at the Watertown D1 Regional and the Sauk Prairie D1 Sectional.

At Watertown the top 4 runners in the 1600m advanced to sectional competition. Those runners are shown above L-R: Violet Schulteis [Slinger, 5:33.55], winner Charlize - Trinity McKenzie a ninth grader from Cedarburg [5:08.26], Piper Schuster [Slinger, 5:32.86], and senior Summer Schuster [Slinger, 5:22.93].

The Sauk Prairie Sectional photo above shows the top 4 sprinters in the 100m dash event. In D1 the top 3 in each event advance to La Crosse for the State Meet. From left to right: Marley McIntyre [Mount Horeb, 12.56], MariElla Viola [Sauk Prairie, 12.39], winner Lydia Lazarescu a ninth grader from Holmen [12.26], and Lilly Wepking [Verona, 12.56].

In the high jump photo from the 2023 Sauk Prairie D1 Sectional Waunakee senior Kyla Saleh is shown clearing 5' 7 to win the sectional title.

Fond du Lac senior Sydney Arndt is shown winning the Wisconsin Indoor 60m HH Championship in 8.79 at UW- Whitewater on April 9. She had the best 2022 55m time [8.20, Madison West Relays] in addition to a better 60m time of 8.78 at the Point Invite.

In the center 55m dash photo at the Northern Badger Meet at UW-Stout Luciana Aizpurua a ninth grader from Amery [7.16] and Brooklyn Sandvig a junior from the Cardinals of Chippewa Falls [7.00] posted the top two 55m times.

Senior Lola Kolawole from Whitefish Bay was third in the 55m final rankings with a time of 7.19 [Madison West Relays]. Kolawole is shown above winning the 60m dash at the Wisconsin Indoor Championships held at UW- Whitewater. She posted the top 60m time for 2022 with a mark of 7.83.

Above are a few of the highlights that Wisconsin Track Online covered during the 2022 season. After 29 years the 2022 season was the last chapter. After a false start in 2021 of not continuing the website [with no 'DQ' ] coverage continued with features and an Honor Roll listing. However during the 2022 season coverage was scaled back quite a bit with no Honor Roll listings. In the future Wisconsin Track Online will try to help publish Top 50 All-Time Athlete achievements until another platform can be found to host the history of girls track and field via the Top 50 lists.

Some of the highlights above L-R: After a tragic accident while in 7th grade Dodgeland's Ava Finger was able to compete as a ninth grader with Coach Kevin Klueger's team. Seeing Finger wait to compete on a rainy cold morning and then throwing the SP at the Deerfield/Cambridge D3 sectional was uplifting.

While photographing meets I have missed many highlights. However at the WIAA State Meet this season I was able to catch Oak Creek's Rachel Blaskowski's record setting D1 long jump record of 19' 09.75.

Watching athletes over their four year careers was special and seeing Benton-Scales Mound-Shullsburg distance runner Kayci Martensen win the 800m, 1600m, and 3200m two years in a row was memorable.

During the regular season Wisconsin Track Online caught Chippewa Fall's Brooklyn Sandvig early in the Northern Badger Classic Indoor Meet and at the Big Rivers Conference Meet. At the BRC Meet Sandvig set 4 conference records in the LJ, 100, 200, and 400 events. And in all four of those events she had Top 50 All-Time Athlete performances.

Seeing Stevens Point's Roisin Willis compete in the 2019 Wisconsin Valley Indoor Conference meet as a ninth grader was exciting. But not as exciting as watching her final race as a high school athlete when she posted a record 800m time of 2:00.03 at the 2022 State Meet that would have won the 2022 NCAA 800m event [winning time 2:01.09].

2022 was certainly the year of the vault with weekly highs posted that climbed the Top 50 All-Time list in that event. From across the track courtesy of a long range lens Wisconsin Track Online took a photo of Homestead's Peyton Berryman's record setting D1 vault of 12' 09.

And in D3 at this years meet Webster's Ava Washburn won the TJ, LJ, 100m HH, and placed a close second in the 300m LH to give Webster 38 points and the D3 team title. After twenty-nine years there are too many highlights to mention. All of the meets I attended gave me an appreciation of the outstanding teacher/coaches who lead the younger generation, dedicated athletes from first to last place, and the special qualities that students learn when being a track and field athlete. Dave Figi ~ June 12, 2022.

Elise Large - Ozaukee 5:07.85
Marissa Ellenbecker - Edgar 5:07.86

Mike Henning - Franklin
Dakota Schmaling - Janesville Parker

Maddie Thomson~Sun Prairie 10:13.42 [10:13.420]
Rachel Passow~Sussex Hamilton 10:13.42 [10:13.413]

Brooke Wellhausen~Walworth Big Foot 1:01.66
Rhianna Walzer~Lodi 1:01.04

Leah Joslyn~Burlington [#5] & Paul Natzke~Verona Area [#3]

Ty Wilberg~Chippewa Falls [#3] & Audry Kleiss-Garcia~Madison La Follette [#1]i

Jordan Hirsbrunner ~ Monroe [2nd in 100m HH 15.85 and 1st in 300m LH 45.42]
Alexis Jackson ~ Oregon [1st in the 100m HH 15.73 and 2nd in the 300m LH 45.42]

Anchor Madison Marko & Icy Perry~Kenosha Bradford [49.83]
Anchor Sie'anna Mitchell & Lexi Alt~Verona Area [49.75]

Mikaela Grant~Jefferson 15.08
Meghan Pingel~Lakeside Lutheran 15.24

Olin Hacker~Madison West 4:16.97 [5000m 2022 NCAA Champion]
Perrin Hagge~Middleton 4:16.98

Tierney Lindner~Sun Prairie
Broke Ann Ewings~ Janesville Craig 1979 Record 5' 08

Spencer Hrycay~Janesville Craig 4:19.61
Chandler Diffee~Madison La Follette 4:19.59

Katie Hill~Onalaska 2:14.28
Lizzie Wendt~Germantown 2:14.46

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