Thompson wins shot-put, competes in discus today

Mercer junior Sydney Thompson is a state champion. She won the WIAA Division 3 state shot put title Friday evening at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with a mark of 44 feet, 1 inch. Mercer junior Caitlin Hiller, right, takes a photo of Thompson and her aunt, Tammy (Thompson) Moynihan, who finished third in the discus at state in 1992, when she was an athlete at Mercer.