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WHITEWATER – Marshfield, Columbus Catholic and Stratford had numerous athletes compete at the Wisconsin State Indoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Marshfield junior Emma Ridgway tied a school indoor record in the high jump with a leap of 5 feet, 4 inches, to take first among 54 participants in the girls event. She also placed 33rd in the 60-meter dash preliminaries with a time of 8.29, the best for the Tigers since 2017.
Marshfield’s 1,600-meter relay team of Ella Allar, Ashley Grancrovitz, McKenzie Holm and Gracie Ridgway placed 18th in 4:23.26, and Gracie Ridgway added a 23rd-place finish in the high jump (4-10).
Ethan Knecht had the Marshfield boys top finish, taking 16th in the shot put with a throw of 47-5¾.
Koehler Kilty placed 14th in the shot put with a toss of 48-1/4, Payton Glenn took 16th in the long jump (20-1) and Brandon Knetter was 18th in the triple jump (40-5½), earning top-20 finishes for the Stratford boys.
Brianna Sherden had the Stratford’s girls lone top-20 finish, taking 17th in the long jump with a jump of 16-2¾.
Columbus Catholic’s lone participant at the meet was Aubrey Waldhauser, who tied for 41st in the girls high jump (4-8) and placed 56th in the triple jump (30-8).
Marshfield will compete at the Wisconsin Valley Conference Indoor Meet at UW-Stevens Point on Tuesday. Stratford will also be back in action Tuesday as it hosts a six-team home meet at Tiger Stadium.
Wisconsin State Indoor Track & Field Championships
April 6, at UW-Whitewater
Marshfield, Columbus Catholic and Stratford Results
Girls
High jump: 1. Emma Ridgway (MAR) 5-4; 23. Gracie Ridgway (MAR) 4-10; 41. Aubrey Waldhauer (CC) 4-8.
Triple jump: 39. Emily Rundle (ST) 31-8; 46. Ashley Grancrovitz (MAR) 31-4.25; 48. Ella Allar (MAR) 31-3; 56. Waldhauser (CC) 30-8; 57. Ayana Bousum (MAR) 30-6.
Long jump: 17. Brianna Sherden (ST) 16-2.75.
60: 31. Rundle (ST) 8.28; 33. E. Ridgway (MAR) 8.29; 69. Olivia Page (MAR) 8.48; 89. Devyn LeMoine (MAR) 8.60; 108. Alyssa Foemmel (MAR) 8.70.
60 hurdles: 38. Grancorvitz (MAR) 10.57.
800: 27. McKenzie Holm (MAR) 2:31.67; 46. Kayla Casperson (ST) 2:34.95.
1,600: 33. Casperson (ST) 5:40.43.
800 relay: 29. Marshfield (G. Ridgway, E. Ridgway, Page, LeMoine) 1:54.64.
1,600 relay: 18. Marshfield (Allar, Grancorvitz, Holm, G. Ridgway) 4:23.26.
Boys
Shot put: 14. Koehler Kilty (ST) 48-0.25; 16. Ethan Knecht (MAR) 47-5.75.
High jump: 31. Dirk Vanderwyst (MAR) 5-8; 40. Xander Curtice (ST) 5-8.
Long jump: 16. Peyton Glenn (ST) 20-1; 94. Jackson Anderson (MAR) 17-8.5.
Triple jump: 18. Brandon Knetter (ST) 40-5.5; 45. Connor Kreft (ST) 38-5.5; 58. John Buck (ST) 37-8.
60: 12. Jett Schoenherr (ST) 7.11; 94. Anderson (MAR) 7.46; 141. Kaleb Neuenfeldt (MAR) 7.65.
800: 43. Garrett Zuelke (ST) 2:08.60; 49. Cree DeFoe (ST) 2:09.53.
1,600: 52. DeFoe (ST) 4:41.83.