The Whippet Swimmers took on Beloit Memorial for their last dual meet of the season on Thursday, January 25th! They swam fast on the night, registering 19 of 25 best times and many sitting right on their season bests. 

These times include: 

The 200 Medley Relay (Wyatt Esch, David Enns, Miles Nickelsburg, and Onyx Thompson) with a time of 2:15.26. 

200 Freestyle:

David Enns competed in this event for the first time this season and went a time of 2:45.96.

Myles Morse dropped 5 seconds going a time of 2:08.26

200 IM: 

Cruz Aranda dropped 7 seconds by going a time of 2:15.62. He is now 7th on the Whippet Top 10 List!

Miles Nickelsburg also dropped 7 seconds by going a time of 2:37.01

50 Freestyle:

Langdon Coburn went a time of 25.56

Wyatt Esch went a time of 27.40 

Isaac Straight went a time of 41.62

100 Butterfly:

Jack Hefty dropped over 3 seconds by going a time of 1:04.19

100 Freestyle:

Cruz Aranda went a 55.20

Angel Kilar went a 1:18.13

500 Freestyle: 

Myles Morse went a time of 5:43.06 

Wyatt Esch dropped 15 seconds by going a time of 6:42.08

Shout out to the 200 Freestyle Relay (Jack Hefty, Cruz Aranda, Myles Morse, and Langdon Coburn) who placed first overall! 

100 Backstroke:

Miles Nickelsburg dropped 4 seconds by going a time of 1:10.33

Angel Kilar dropped 5 seconds by going a time of 1:42.59

400 Freestyle Relay: 

Cruz Aranda, Langdon Coburn, Myles Morse, and Jack Hefty went a time of 3:52.49

The Whippets are ready for Championship season as we host Conference on Saturday, February 3. We hope to see the pool packed with Whippet fans! 

Article and Photo Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
sreynolds@wwusd.org

By Angela Kelm
Asst. Athletic Director for Sports Informatin

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men’s track and field team finished second of eleven teams in the annual Leonard “Squig” Converse Invitational in Whitewater Friday. Shelvin Garrett II led the Warhawks with a program record in the triple jump – a mark that is also the best in Division III so far this season. 

The meet is split into two days of competition with the men competing Friday and the women on Saturday.  UW-La Crosse won the men’s meet with a total of 180 followed by UWW with 119. UW-Stevens Point captured third with a score of 76.5 followed by MSOE (69), Carthage (56), St. Norbert (30.5), Wisconsin Lutheran (20), Elmhurst (15, Augustana (6), Concordia Wisconsin (6) and North Central (5). 

Garrett II registered a career-best to win the triple jump Friday. His mark of 15.41 meters (50-6.75) broke the over 10-year-old program record by over two inches and is the best mark in Division III so far this season. Garrett II added a second-place finish in the long jump. He tallied another career-best with a mark of 7.15 meters (23-5.50).

Myles Anderson claimed gold in the fastest event of the evening – the 60-meter dash. He edged the competition with a career-best 6.85 while teammate Issac Stanger finished seventh with a clocking of 7.11. Kobe Chandler added first place points to the team total with a time of 50.16 to lead a three-Warhawk contingent in the top eight in the event. 

Gunner Schlender posted a five-second career-best to win the 3,000 with a time of 8:13.59. Christian Patzka was less than a tenth of a second back for silver. 

Marlon Cystrunk and Tamir Thomas finished back-to-back in the 60-meter hurdles with times of 8.39 and 8.43 respectively. Chandler and Anderson followed suit in the 200 with matching times of 22.54. Chandler got the nod for third place by just .002. 

In the final event of the day, UWW’s Drew Davey, Colin Lewandowski, Rhett Reuter and Justin Krause combined for a time of 3:32.88 – good for fourth in the 4×400 meter relay. 

After the first four events of the men’s heptathlon, Jack McGinn holds second with 2442 points. Ben Bunton is fourth with a total of 2420. The heptathlon will conclude with the 60-meter hurdles, pole vault and 1000-meter Saturday.

Additional Top 8 Finishers: Ben Bojar (6th – 200); Chris Kalies (7th – 200, 5th – 400); Andy VanZile (8th – 200); Brad Heller (6th – 400); Reuter (4th – 800); Krause (5th – 800); Dan Anderson (8th – 3000); Josh Krystosek (4th – high jump); Jared Sudbrink (6th – high jump); Spencer Steffen (7th – high jump); Brady Schaller (6th – pole vault)

On Saturday morning, January 20, the varsity wrestlers traveled to Monroe to participate in the Monroe Invitational. This year the event featured 15 teams as some teams joined after having their tournament canceled from last weekend’s snow storm. The added teams were some very strong teams, one featuring three returning state champions and another that is going to be in a battle for a regional title in a strong regional in southwest Wisconsin. This was an outstanding test for the Whippet Wrestlers to help analyze where they are as we are three weeks from the tournament series.

The tournament was a tale of contrasting rounds for the team. They started out extremely strong losing only one match, followed by round two where the team only won two of its matches as they ran into some extremely tough opponents in the quarter finals. After a tough round, the coaching staff was concerned on how the team would respond, but they did great, winning all but two of the matches again. One of those wins put Sebastian Cuellar (165) into the finals after a big pin in the semi-finals. Unfortunately, based on the format of the brackets, the only way a wrestler can place in the top 4 is by making the semi-finals. Besides Cuellar, those that won in the 3rd round all put themselves into the 5th place match. 

The final round was another tough round for the Whippets. Cuellar lost a tough match to a young man from Belleville who is having a very strong year, putting Cuellar as runner up at 165 pounds. Junior (Vicente) Soto at heavyweight wrestled extremely well all day finishing with the bronze medal. On the 5th place mat, the Whippets saw Jasen Porras (113), Jarvis Porcaro (120), and Traysen Thomason (144) all secure victories and reach the podium. Cuellar, Soto, Porras, Porcaro, and Thomason all finished the day an impressive 4-1. Finishing the day 3-2 and in 6th place were Connor Friend (132), Odair Porras (150), JJ Gonzalez (157), Jesus Barajas (175), and Payton Lyon (190). 

The team race was very close with the top two teams; Janesville Parker edged Belleville by one point!  Whitewater finished in 6th place with 143 points. The two teams immediately ahead of Whitewater had 144 points. Looking back on the day, had the Whippets picked up just one more win they would have finished in 4th place. Of course, as a coach it hurts to be so close to the top four as a team. However, based on the quality of competition of the tournament, the coaching staff is happy with the performance of the team. 

The Whippets are next in action on Thursday, January 25th, when they travel to compete against a strong Oregon team.

Article Submitted by John Schimming
Whitewater High School Head Wrestling Coach
jschimming@wwusd.org
File Photo Courtesy of Bob Mischka

Whitewater (2-12) fell to Evansville (2-12) in boys’ basketball at Whitewater High School on Thursday night, January 25, by a score of 65-50.

Evansville was led in scoring by Mason Brown with 16 points off the bench. Whitewater was led by sophomore Casey Lyon with 16 points. Evansville’s freshman Karter Tway had 12 points in the second half. 

Next up for the Whippets is Milwaukee Reagan. Whitewater plays at JustAgame Fieldhouse in Wisconsin Dells on Saturday. JV1 and JV2 tip at 2:30 p.m., and Varsity is scheduled to start at 4:10 p.m.

Article Submitted by Mike McCabe
Whitewater High School Head Boys’ Basketball Coach
mccmi01@wwusd.org
Photo Courtesy of Bob Mischka