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The Whitewater Gymnasts competed in Sectionals at Elkhorn High School on Friday, February 28th. The Sectional competition consisted of nine teams which included Whitefish Bay, Elkhorn, West Bend East, Jefferson, Valders/Roncalli, Waterford, Port Washington, and Shorewood.
Whitewater placed 8th scoring a 113.125 which was their highest team score of the season. The gymnasts had a very successful meet achieving many personal bests.
Halee Peters placed 15th on Beam scoring an 8.075, 18th on Vault scoring an 8.25, a 7.85 on Floor, 7.05 on Bars, and scored a personal best in the All-Around score with a 31.225.
Jenna Caldwell competed Bars placing her 23rd with a score of 7.2. Anna Ejnik placed 20th on Beam scoring a 7.875 and a 7.55 on Floor.
Caleigh Yang scored two personal bests, scoring a 26.05 in the All-Around and on the Balance Beam scoring a 7.4. Maddy Donnelly scored a 7.7 on Vault, Brenda Aguilar scored a 7.3 on Vault, and Ashly Xochipa scored a 5.6 on the Balance Beam.
The Whippets have completed their successful season, and the Wisconsin State Gymnastics meet will be held on March 6th and 7th at the Wisconsin Rapids.
Article and Photo Submitted by Coach Kelly O’Hara
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women’s basketball team will host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Division III Championship this Friday and Saturday at Kachel Gymnasium in Whitewater.
The Warhawks (23-3 overall) will face Redlands (Calif.) in the first round Friday at 7 p.m. The Bulldogs earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by winning the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament championship.
Trine (Ind.) and Benedictine (Ill.) complete the four-team pod and will square off in the first round Friday at 5 p.m. The Thunder earned a Pool C, or at-large, berth to the NCAA Tournament after reaching the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament championship game. The Eagles also claimed an at-large bid after finishing as runner-up in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament.
UW-Whitewater earned an at-large bid to the national tournament, its fifth consecutive appearance and 12th in the last 13 years. The team claimed the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season championship with a 13-1 league record and reached the semifinals of the WIAC Tournament last week.
The Warhawks were first in the NCAA Central Region rankings last week.
See below for the complete weekend schedule.
Friday, March 6
Game 1: Trine (home) vs. Benedictine, 5 p.m.
Game 2: UW-Whitewater (home) vs. Redlands, 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 3
Game 3: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 7 p.m.
*host will be the home team; if host does not advance, winner of Game 1 will be home team
The Whippet girls fell to Martin Luther 61-55 Saturday night, February 29, in the regional final.
Seven Whippets scored, with three in double-digits. Kacie Carollo led the team with 19, followed by Abby Grosinske with 15, and Cassidy Laue with 11.
Cora Linos and Grosinske led the team in rebounds, pulling down six each.
Catherine Skindingsrude, Grosinske, and Brianna Zimdars each contributed three assists.
The team combined for 12 steals, with six by Carollo.
Saturday, February 29, 2020
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men’s and women’s track and field teams each moved up one place on the second and final day of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Championships (Presented by Culver’s) at UW-Oshkosh.
The Warhawk men placed fourth overall with 74.33 points, while the women finished fifth with 49 points.
Junior David Fassbender captured the conference championship in the 3,000-meter run, posting a school-record time of 8:15.57, the No. 2 time in NCAA Division III and the No. 22 mark on the all-time Division III performance list.
Junior Dwayne Ford and junior Brian Kuehl garnered All-WIAC accolades with third-place finishes in their respective events. Ford improved his career best time in the 60-meter dash to a 6.90 and is now among the top 15 in the nation, while Kuehl registered a personal-record 1:53.65 in the 800-meter run to move into the top 10 in Division III.
UW-Whitewater placed two each in the 60 dash, 800 run, 60-meter hurdles and high jump. Junior Tyreik Thomas joined Ford on the 60 podium with a 7.06, and senior Clinten Woerishofer placed eighth in the 800 with a collegiate-best 1:56.58. Sophomore Landon Keefover tallied an 8.25 in the 60-hurdles to finish fourth, and senior Alex Duff placed sixth with his 8.36. In the high jump, junior Quinn Halversen and freshman Josh Krystosek placed fourth and fifth, respectively, with matching heights of 6-05.00 (1.96 meters).
Junior Daustin Martin improved his personal record distance in the weight throw, finishing with a 58-09.50 (17.92 meters) to place fourth and move into the top 15 in the nation.
Other top-eight placers included Ford, who finished eighth in the 200-meter dash in a personal-best 22.42 seconds, and junior Lucas Skaaland, who tallied a 45-03.00 (13.80 meters) in the triple jump to place sixth.
The men’s 4×400-meter relay team of Duff, Keefover, freshman Will Kaashagen and sophomore Noah Selensky placed fifth in 3:22.65.
For the women, sophomore Kailey Reynolds tied the school record in the 60-meter dash with a career-best 7.73 seconds, good for second place and all-conference honors in the event and a national top 15 time.
Sophomore Sydney Rossow placed among the top five in a pair of events, finishing fourth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.02 and fifth in the 200-meter dash in a personal-record 26.01. Junior Jessie Braun earned a fifth-place finish in the 3,000-meter run with a career-record 10:36.21.
Other top eight individuals included senior Ally Bachara, who recorded a season-best 50-09.50 (15.48 meters) to place eighth in the weight throw, and sophomore Abigail Missiaen, who finished eighth in the pentathlon with a personal-record score of 2910.
The women’s 4×400-meter relay team of senior Alissa Korslin, Rossow, freshman Paige Fassbender and freshman Sarah NIehueser completed the race in 4:04.37, good for fifth place.
UW-Whitewater will head to two last chance meets on Friday – the UW-Platteville Last Chance Meet on Friday, March 6, and the Pointer Final Qualifier on Saturday, March 7.
See below for all UW-Whitewater top-eight placers and top finishers in each event from the weekend.
Men
60-Meter Dash: Dwayne Ford – 6.90, 3rd; Tyreik Thomas – 7.06, 8th (7.00 in prelim)
200-Meter Dash: Dwayne Ford – 22.42, 8th
400-Meter Dash: Tyler Theel – 51.40, 19th
800-Meter Run: Brian Kuehl – 1:53.65, 3rd; Clinten Woerishofer – 1:56.58, 8th
1-Mile Run: Justin Krause – 4:18.86, 7th
3,000-Meter Run: David Fassbender – 8:15.57, 1st
5,000-Meter Run: Kyle Neuroth – 15:10.30, 6th
60-Meter Hurdles: Landon Keefover – 8.25, 4th; Alex Duff – 8.36, 6th
4×400-Meter Relay: Duff/Keefover/Kaashagen/Selensky – 3:22.65, 5th
Distance Medley Relay: Woerishofer/Kaashagen/Lohse/Fassbender – 10:18.46, 1st
High Jump: Quinn Halversen – 6-05.00 (1.96 meters), 4th; Josh Krystosek – 6-05.00 (1.96 meters), 5th
Pole Vault: Zach Jasinski – 15-03.50 (4.66 meters), 4th; Jack Scully – 14-09.50 (4.51 meters), T-8th
Long Jump: Griffin Gawenda – 21-10.75 (6.67 meters), 9th
Triple Jump: Lucas Skaaland – 45-03.50 (13.80 meters), 6th
Shot Put: Daustin Martin – 49-06.50 (15.10 meters), 11th
Weight Throw: Daustin Martin – 58-09.50 (17.92 meters), 4th
Women
60-Meter Dash: Kailey Reynolds – 7.73, 2nd
200-Meter Dash: Sydney Rossow – 26.01, 5th
400-Meter Dash: Sarah Niehueser – 1:01.05, 8th
800-Meter Run: Sarah Niehueser – 2:22.19, 11th
3,000-Meter Run: Jessie Braun – 10:36.21, 5th
5,000-Meter Run: Alyssa Dobbs – 19:51.42, 18th
60-Meter Hurdles: Sydney Rossow – 9.02, 4th
4×400-Meter Relay: Korslin/Rossow/Fassbender/Niehueser – 4:04.37, 5th
Distance Medley Relay: Prestifilippo/Jacobs/Fassbender/Braun – 12:33.25, 4th
High Jump: Miranda Reynolds – 5-02.25 (1.58 meters), 4th
Pole Vault: Madi McDonald – 11-03.00 (3.43 meters), 8th
Long Jump: Shelby Nickels – 18-06.00 (5.64 meters), 1st
Triple Jump: Nikolina Mijatovic – 33-10.25 (10.32 meters), 12th
Shot Put: Ally Bachara – 38-04.75 (11.70 meters), 17th
Weight Throw: Ally Bachara – 50-09.50 (15.48 meters), 8th
Pentathlon: Abigail Missiaen – 2910, 8th
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