Track

Whitewater High School Track Team Competes in Frigid Meet

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Comments from Coach Houwers:

The track and field teams competed for the first time outdoors this season on Tuesday night.  Even with the cold, there were some very good performances.

For the boys team, Will Leibbrand had a very nice long jump, going over 20′ for the first time this season.  Robby Liberto had a very nice 110 hurdle race, placing second.  Seth Heine ran a great first race in winning the 200m with a 24.53.  Aiden Coburn ran a solid 3200 finishing third, and Justin Mitchell had a personal best in winning the discus.

For the girls, the tandem of Abby Grosinske and Brianna Tillett went 1-2 in the shot put.  Both ladies are new to the event, throwing for just their second time.  And they both got donuts from Coach Rausch for going over 30′.  Brianna’s color must be silver because she also finished second in the long jump and triple jump.  Hailey Murphy edged out her competition by just .02 seconds to win the 300 hurdles tonight, and Jenna Lee ran a nice 400m, winning her heat.

The Whippets look to improve off the great start at the rescheduled Clinton Relays on Saturday.

WHS Competes at New Berlin West Track Invitational

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From Coach Houwers:

The Whippets track and field teams competed hard today at New Berlin West.  Both teams were somewhat limited with a number of students heading out on spring break, but they still competed hard and had a good showing.  Sashi Popke won the pole vault with a new best of 13 feet, making his first top ten list.  That ties him for the 6th best performance in WHS history.

Ali Ketterhagen did a great job in the high jump today, winning with a jump of 4′ 6″.  She hadn’t jumped in two years, so it was great to see her come back and have success.  It was particularly impressive given the fact she was in a knee brace.

Abby Grosinske threw the shot today for the first time.  She won with a throw of 27′ 11.5″.  She tied, but had a better second throw to win on the tie-breaker.

A number of freshmen and “new to track” athletes got their first experience today.  I was really happy how hard they competed.  Tyler Pavlik impressed.  He got to run his first 400 in a relay today.  He got out hard, found out what the 400 can feel like, and said he liked it.  Track coaches love to have kids that like the 400.  Thomas Uteynik, Ignacio Cuevas, and others got their first races, and impressed.  For the girls, Amanda Tovar, Lily Dunklau, Kathryn Donner and Bailee Korf all ran well in their first taste of a varsity meet.  I’m excited to see how the teams develop over the year.

Whippet Track Teams Compete at UW-Whitewater

The Whitewater girls track and field team got off to a solid start on Friday at the Nelson/Daniel Invite at UW-Whitewater.  Brianna Tillett had a strong start in the long jump with a jump of 15’10” which took 7th overall. Allisan Barrett led the distance runners with her performance in the 1600 which earned her 12th out of 32 runners.  The girls finished up the meet with a strong 4×400 meter relay consisting of junior Morgan Radaj, sophomores Hailey Murphy and Jenna Lee, and freshman Emme Bullis. The relay team took 10th with a time of 4:37.

Sashi Popke led the Whippet boys by placing 4th in both the pole vault and the long jump.

The Whitewater boys also got off to a very strong start.  Leading the team was junior Sashi Popke who placed 4th in both the pole vault and the long jump.  Senior Jacob Korf placed 6th in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:09. Sophomore Will Leibbrand had a great debut, placing 8th in the long jump in his first-ever track meet with a jump of 19 feet 9 inches.  Junior Joe Gmur, also a new athlete to join the team this year, took 5th in the boys high jump with a jump of 5 feet 6 inches. The boys finished off a strong meet with the 4×400 meter relay which consisted of senior Tyler Sheffield, sophomores Juan-Jose Cuellar and Jack Mayer, and freshman Trenton Zahn.  The 4×400 team took 4th place with a time of 3:44 and solidified a 10th overall team finish.