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

Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Women's Outdoor Track & Field
Athletes of the Week

Week of April 20 - 26
Track
UW-Platteville - 4x400-Meter Relay Team - Liz Baker, Junior, Richland Center; Alison Glendenning, Senior, Germantown, Ill. (Forreston); Ann Tank, Freshman, Dodgeville; Jessica Scott, Senior, Kiel
The Pioneer quartet placed first in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:54.31 at the Loras College (Iowa) Open on April 25. Their performance provisionally qualified them for the NCAA Division III Championship and is the second-best time in the country this year.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Mary Palmer, Senior, Anoka, Minn.
UW-La Crosse, Caitlin Schetter, Senior, Kiel
UW-Oshkosh, Ayla Mitchell, Senior, New Richmond
UW-Stevens Point, Sprint Medley Relay Team - Liz Caine, Senior, Plover (SPASH); Laura Simonis, Senior, Rosholt; Kathleen Folbrecht, Junior, Jefferson; Claire Roberts, Sophomore, Oakfield (Horace Mann)
UW-Stout, Sam Jahnke, Freshman, Merrill
UW-Superior, 4x800-Meter Relay Team - Jenna Halverson, Junior, Barnum, Minn.; Katee Rosburg, Senior, Superior; Nancy Hudack, Senior, Ashland; Cassey Hoffmann, Junior, Waukesha
UW-Whitewater, Brittany Ciszek, Junior, Warren, N.J.

Field
Holly Ozanich, Sophomore (Green Bay/East), of UW-Oshkosh
Ozanich threw to a pair of first-place performances at the Loras College (Iowa) Open on April 25. She won the shot put with a toss of 43-9 to surpass the field of 38 competitors. In the hammer throw, Ozanich took first place among the event’s 38 participants with a cast of 164-9. Ozanich surpassed the provisional qualifying standard for the NCAA Division III Championship in both events.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Amy Morse, Senior, Kaukauna
UW-La Crosse, Ashton May, Junior, Adams, Minn. (Southland)
UW-Stevens Point, Beth Utecht, Sophomore, Fredonia
UW-Stout, Ashlea Peter, Junior, Wausau (Northland Lutheran)
UW-Superior, Alicia Bourget, Senior, Boyd (Stanley-Boyd)
UW-Whitewater, Dana Thompson, Junior, Belleville

Week of April 13 - 19
Track
Liz Kooistra, Senior (Lakeville, Minn.), of UW-Eau Claire
Kooistra won the 400-meter dash at the prestigious Kansas Relays in a school-record time of 55.12 seconds. She broke her own school standard of 55.68 seconds which she set in placing fourth at last year’s NCAA Division III Championship. There were a total of 32 participants in the 400 at the Kansas Relays, including 17 NCAA Division I participants. Kooistra also automatically qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship with her performance and established the top time in the country this year.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, Jamie Scott, Senior, Rosholt
UW-Oshkosh, Ayla Mitchell, Senior, New Richmond
UW-Platteville, Jessica Scott, Senior, Kiel
UW-Stevens Point, Elizabeth Caine, Senior, Plover (SPASH)
UW-Stout, Karla Kultgen, Senior, Random Lake
UW-Whitewater, Brooke Bell, Sophomore, Milwaukee (Alexander Hamilton)

Field
Caitlin Schetter, Senior (Kiel), of UW-La Crosse
Participating at the prestigious Kansas Relays, Schetter automatically qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship in the long jump with a leap of 19-1 1/2. Her performance is tied for the best in the country this season. Schetter also provisionally qualified for the national meet in the triple jump with a distance of 37-3 1/4.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Brittany Frederick, Freshman, Green Bay (Preble)
UW-Oshkosh, Danielle Carrigan, Freshman, Waukesha (West)
UW-River Falls, Maranda Dohrn, Freshman, Lake City, Minn.
UW-Stevens Point, Katie Meyer, Freshman, Lake Mills
UW-Stout, Pam Sellberg, Senior, Brooklyn Park, Minn. (Park Center)
UW-Whitewater, Sara Poppe, Sophomore, Germantown (Kettle Moraine Lutheran)

Week of April 6 - 12
Track
Hannah Humbach, Junior (Madison/Abundant Life), of UW-Eau Claire
Humbach won the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:47.46 at the Nike/Impact Sports UW-Platteville Invitational on April 10. Her time provisionally qualified her for the NCAA Division III Championship.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, Stephanie Perleberg, Junior, New Berlin (Divine Savior)
UW-Oshkosh, Andrea Fabiano, Sophomore, Roscoe, Ill. (Honanegah)
UW-Platteville, Ann Tank, Freshman, Dodgeville
UW-Stevens Point, Kelly Haen, Sophomore, Kaukauna
UW-Stout, Karla Kultgen, Senior, Random Lake
UW-Whitewater, Brooke Bell, Sophomore, Milwaukee (Hamilton)

Field
Brittany Frederick, Freshman (Green Bay/Preble), of UW-Eau Claire
Frederick provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship in two events at the Nike/Impact Sports UW-Platteville Invitational on April 10. She won the shot put with a qualifying heave of 42-10 1/4 and earned a first-place finish in the discus with a qualifying toss of 140-9. Frederick also competed in the hammer throw and had a fling of 122-1.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, Katie Fondow, Senior, Green Bay (West)
UW-Oshkosh, Katie Kohn, Senior, Mayville
UW-River Falls, Christine Peters, Senior, Red Wing, Minn.
UW-Stevens Point, Bethany Utecht, Sophomore, Fredonia (Northern Ozaukee)
UW-Stout, Sam Mayer, Junior, Bloomer
UW-Whitewater, Megan Blake, Sophomore, Waukesha (South)

Week of March 30 - April 5
Track
Ayla Mitchell, Senior (New Richmond), of UW-Oshkosh
Mitchell broke the longest-standing outdoor record at UW-Oshkosh with her first-place performance in the 5,000-meter run at the UW-Oshkosh Invitational on April 4. She completed the race in 17:02.36, which was more than 16 seconds faster than the old standard of 17:18.87 that was set by Cheryl Niederberger in 1989. Mitchell also provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship with her performance.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Liz Amici, Sophomore, Whitewater
UW-La Crosse, Caitlin Schetter, Senior, Kiel
UW-Platteville, Jessica Scott, Senior, Kiel
UW-Stevens Point, Allison Wolter, Junior, Kaukauna
UW-Stout, Alexa Ahler, Freshman, Waukesha (West)
UW-Superior, Katee Rosburg, Senior, Superior
UW-Whitewater, Danielle Anton, Junior, Marshall

Field
Ellie Sitek, Junior (Marinette), of UW-Oshkosh
Sitek was a double-event winner at the UW-Oshkosh Invitational on April 4 as she helped the Titans achieve a second-place finish at the 12-team event. Sitek captured the discus with a heave of 150-0 and the hammer throw with a toss of 170-3 to provisionally qualify for the NCAA Division III Championship in both events.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Julia Baranek, Freshman, Port Washington
UW-La Crosse, Christy Bohl, Junior, Chippewa Falls (McDonell)
UW-Platteville, Cassie Schneider, Sophomore, Boscobel
UW-River Falls, Colleen Kopel, Junior, Stillwater, Minn.
UW-Stevens Point, Bethany Utecht, Sophomore, Fredonia
UW-Stout, Pam Sellberg, Senior, Brooklyn Park, Minn. (Park Center)
UW-Superior, Alicia Bourget, Senior, Boyd
UW-Whitewater, Dana Thompson, Junior, Belleville

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