2007 WIAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week

2007 WIAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field
Athletes of the Week

Week of April 23 - 29
Track
Amanda Donath, Sophomore (West Bend/Kewaskum), of UW-Oshkosh
Donath won the 400-meter dash with a school-record time of 55.24 at the Gina Relays on April 27-28. She finished first among 54 participants, with her time surpassing the automatic qualifying standard for the NCAA Division III Championship and ranking as the top time in the country this season.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, 4x100-meter relay team – Krista Kopetsky, Junior, Appleton (East) – Ashton May, Freshman, Adams, Minn. (Southland) – Sarah Duchow, Freshman, Arrowhead – Jena Durnin, Senior, Evansville, Ind.
UW-Platteville, Marcia Taddy, Junior, Two Rivers
UW-Stevens Point, Relay Teams – Andrea Irvine, Junior, Green Bay (Bay Port) – Liz Caine, Sophomore, Plover (SPASH) – Danielle Kinderman, Freshman, Appleton (Xavier) – Laura Simonis, Sophomore, Rosholt
UW-Stout, Stephanie Nichols, Senior, Chetek

Field
Krista Hasselquist, Junior (Osceola), of UW-River Falls
Hasselquist won the shot put with a school-record breaking distance of 46-1 1/4 at the Macalester (Minn.) Invitational on April 28. Her performance surpassed the provisional qualifying standard for the NCAA Division III Championship.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, Christy Birkholz, Senior, Sun Prairie
UW-Oshkosh, Lyndsey Thoma, Senior, Farmington, Minn.
UW-Platteville, Kim Piggott, Sophmore, Brodhead (Orfordville Parkview)
UW-Stevens Point, Beth Richter, Senior, Green Bay (Preble)
UW-Stout, Kelly Schachtner, Sophomore, Deer Park (Clear Lake)
UW-Whitewater, Dana Thompson, Freshman, Belleville

Week of April 16 - 22
Track
Marcia Taddy, Junior (Two Rivers), of UW-Platteville
Taddy placed fifth at the NCAA Division I Kansas Relays in the 800-meter run with a school record time of 2:09.18. Her time is the fastest in the NCAA Division III this year and automatically qualified her for the national championship. She already had the nation’s top 1,500-meter run time this season. Taddy’s performance in the 800-meter run was better than the winning mark at last year’s national championship.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Liz Faller, Senior, Marinette
UW-La Crosse, Kristen Painter, Senior, Blue Earth, Minn.
UW-Oshkosh, Jenny Graef, Senior, Lena
UW-River Falls, Jessica Reed, Sophomore, Hampton, Minn. (Hastings)
UW-Stevens Point, Liz Caine, Sophomore, Plover (SPASH)
UW-Stout, Taylor Mayo, Junior, Iron River, Mich.
UW-Whitewater, Jennifer Rogers, Junior, Fort Atkinson

Field
Katie Fondow, Sophomore (Green Bay/West), of UW-La Crosse
Fondow won the long jump at the Phil Esten Challenge on April 20 with a NCAA Division III automatic qualifying mark of 19-4 3/4. Her performance broke the school record of 19-3 by Jenni Miller in 1991 and tied the facility record. It is also the longest leap in the NCAA Division III this season.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Paula Crossfield, Senior, Madison (East)
UW-Oshkosh, Ellie Sitek, Freshman, Marinette
UW-Stevens Point, Tahlia Luedtke, Freshman, Andover, Minn. (Anoka)
UW-Stout, Christa Leesman, Freshman, Mesa, Ariz. (Tempe Prep Academy)
UW-Superior, Sheri Niemeyer, Junior, Inwood, Iowa
UW-Whitewater, Dana Thompson, Freshman, Belleville

Week of April 9 - 15
Track
Amanda Donath, Sophomore (West Bend/Kewaskum), of UW-Oshkosh
Donath won the 400-meter run with a school-record time of 55.45 at the UW-Platteville Invitational on April 15. Her performance surpassed the automatic qualifying standard for the NCAA Division III Championship. She also ran on UW-Oshkosh's 400-meter relay team that posted a time of 48.11.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Liz Kooistra, Sophomore, Lakeville, Minn.
UW-La Crosse, Katie Steingraeber, Junior, La Crosse (Aquinas)
UW-Platteville, Marcia Taddy, Junior, Two Rivers
UW-Stevens Point, Laura Simonis, Sophomore, Rosholt
UW-Stout, Rachel Richardson, Junior, Weyerhaeuser
UW-Superior, Katee Rosburg, Sophomore, Superior
UW-Whitewater, Jen Rogers, Junior, Fort Atkinson

Field
Sam Mayer, Freshman (Bloomer), of UW-Stout
Mayer finished second in the discus, but was the first collegian, at the Blugold Open on April 14. Her throw of 150-9 surpassed the provisional qualifying standard for the NCAA Division III Championship and currently ranks as the second-best throw in the country this season.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Jessica Owens, Sophomore, Elm Grove (Brookfield East)
UW-La Crosse, Ashton May, Freshman, Adams, Minn. (Southland)
UW-Oshkosh, Terri Schwamb, Senior, Little Chute
UW-Stevens Point, Stephanie Fosterling, Freshman, Hayward
UW-Superior, Sheri Niemeyer, Junior, Inwood, Iowa
UW-Whitewater, Dana Thompson, Freshman, Belleville

Week of March 26 - April 1
Track
Sarah Schettle, Senior (Oshkosh/West), of UW-Oshkosh
Schettle won both the 100 and 400-meter hurdles as UW-Oshkosh finished second at the North Central College (Ill.) First Chance Meet on March 31. She provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship in the 100-meter high hurdles with a time of 14.9. Schettle won the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:07.00.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, Jena Durnin, Senior, Evansville, Ind.
UW-Stevens Point, Laura Simonis, Sophomore, Rosholt
UW-Stout, Jasmine Patzner, Junior, Taylor (Blair-Taylor)

Field
Terri Schwamb, Senior (Little Chute), of UW-Oshkosh
Schwamb won both the hammer throw and the discus as UW-Oshkosh finished second at the North Central College (Ill.) First Chance Meet on March 31. She provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship in the hammer throw with a cast of 171-2. Schwamb won the discus with a toss of 133-3.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, Caitlin Schetter, Sophomore, Kiel
UW-Stevens Point, Beth Richter, Senior, Green Bay (Preble)
UW-Stout, Sam Meyer, Freshman, Bloomer

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