March Moosletter 2017

In this Issue

Meet Recaps

 

Racing Against the Dream—the Career of a Former Olympian 

Written by Guest Writer Sam Marz 

 

Cow Trivia: How much do Cows know about cows?

 

Financial Report by Izak Oltman

 

February Cows of the Month

 

 

Meet Recaps 

UW Parkside

To kick off the month of February the Cows traveled to UW Parkside for the UW Parkside Classic Meet. There was a strong showing on both sides as we had 6 lady cows and 10 male cows representing WTC. The lady cows were led by Kate Abbott who took 7th in the 400 meter dash in a time of 1:09.23 followed by Jordyn Riemer who placed 8th. Kayla Bauhs and Zoe Panos also scored for the cows taking 8th in the 600 meter run in a time of 1:49.83, and 7th in the mile with a time of 5:34 respectively. Lastly, but certainly not least Karli Fink took 7th in the high jump with a jump of 1.3 meters.


On the men’s side Evan Routhier led the cows by placing 3rd in the 600 meter run with a time of 1:27, and winning the men’s mile in a speedy time of 4:22.48. Following him in the mile were Evan G. Kohl (4:27.66) and Izak Oltman (4:40.36) coming in 4th and 9th respectively. In the 800 we also had Nolan Ferlic (2:01.30) and Nathan Orf (2:01.55) scoring by coming in 3rd and 4th. Luke Kubasta braved the 25 laps and came in 4th for the 5000 meter run with a time of 15:52.63. Leading the male sprinters was Raymond Cisneros placing 16th in the 200 meter dash.

Link to full results

Valentine's Day 5K

On the beautiful morning of February 11th the cows traveled to the UW Madison Natatorium for Running Club’s annual Valentine’s Day 5k. Luke Kubasta led the cows with a time of 16:40.5 which was good for 6th place, and he was followed by Izak Oltman, Jake Reiners, and Luke Burlingame who came in 7th, 9th, and 10th. Leading the team competition we had “The Meat Wagon” consisting of Kevin Boyle and Sara Kaiser who came in 2nd, and behind them was “A Couple of Cows” consisting of Ryan Diedrich and Cierra Haupert who came in 10th. 

Link to full results

Team Results

Stevens Point

The next meet on the Cow’s schedule was the Big Dawg Invitational held at UW Steven’s Point. The cows brought 7 lady cows as well as 24 male cows to take on the field. Madi Pape lead the cows with her 2nd place finish in both the 800 meter run and the mile with times of 2:19.87 and 5:28. Following her in 4th place was Hanna Docter  in the 800 with a time of 2:20.04, and in the mile Zoe Panos with a time of 5:31. Hanna also had a strong showing in the 200 by coming in 10th place with a time of 27.78.

On the men’s side we had a strong showing on both the sprinter and field teams. Leading off in the 60 meter dash the cows were well represented with Peter Van Beek, Max Ritzow, and Will Jordan coming in 7th, 8th and 9th. In the 60 meter high hurdles Hunter Cummings paced the cows coming in 4th with a time of 8.84. Hunter also snagged 4th place in the men’s triple jump with a jump of 12.5 meters. Later the 200 meter dash Peter came in 2nd followed by Max in 6th place with times of 23.20 and 23.55. In the 400 meter dash Tyler Steffensen (53.59) and Jared Neumann (54.66) came in 6th and 7th also scoring for the cows. Leading the men’s distance squad was Andrew Schilling who placed 2nd in the mile with a rapid time of 4:22. Michael Fink lead the WTC throwers by throwing the shot put 13.23 meters which was good for 7th place.

Link to full results

Club Relays

On February 25th a whole herd of cows stampeded down to the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign for the highly anticipated Club Relays. The cows brought 16 girls and 44 guys to face off against 14 other club teams. Overall the men’s team took 2nd place, nearly missing out on 1st by just 3 points, and the women came in third. The women started and ended their day with first place finishes in the 4x800 and 4x400. The 4x800 meter relay team consisting of Madi Pape, Zoe Panos, Sara Kaiser, and Hanna Docter ran a time of 9:45.44 which was good for the new Club Relays record. The 4x400 team of Madi Pape, Sara Kaiser, Hanna Docter, and Angie Konicek ran a time of 4:10.77 which was 12 seconds ahead of 2nd place. In addition to this the lady cows also took home the win in the triple jump with a team of Natalie Tufvesson and Katelyn Thomas jumping 10.14 and 9.85 meters each.


The men also started the day off right with Evan Kohl, Nolan Ferlic, Evan Routhier, and Andrew Schilling taking home the win in the 4x800 meter relay in a time of 8:00.79. Routhier, Kohl, Schilling, and Andre Hessini also helped the cows claim the 4x1600 relay running 4:22.50, 4:25.01, 4:34.08, and 4:33.49 respectively. Ending the day the cows also secured the 4x400 meter relay victory with a team of Max Ritzow, Tim Mollman, Tyler Steffensen, and Peter Van Beek who ran 3:29.93. On the field event side the male triple jump team of Hunter Cummings and Peter Van Beek placed first jumping 12.67 and 12.32 meters. Coming in second place were the men’s 60 meter dash team and shot put team. Individually in the shot put Michael Fink set a new meet record of 13.81 meters. The men also had third place finishes in both the 60 meter high hurdle relay, and the 4x200 meter relay.  4x4 Triple jump (Hunter Cummings, Peter Van Beek)

It was overall a great weekend for the cows, and a great sneak peek to what the cows can accomplish at Nationals this year. Special thanks to Ryan Diedrich for taking splits and signing all of our events up for us, Nick Feyen for travel arrangements and booking the best Day’s Inn in Champaign, and to Luke Kubasta for all the wonderful pictures capturing the day.

Link to full results

Racing Against the Dream—the Career of a Former Olympian 

Written by Sam Marz

The Beijing sun beat down upon the runners as they waited for the gun to fire. Seven women from countries across the globe stood before a crowded stadium to run the first heat of the 800 meter dash in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Poised on the line, representing Australia in the Olympics for her first and last time, was Madeleine Pape.

“It was surreal,” Pape said. “It was hot, so hot...The noise was like nothing I’d ever really experienced before…Unfortunately, the 800 was kind of a short race. I wish I’d had more time out there.”

The gun would soon signal the start of Pape’s race, but she began chasing her Olympic dream years before making the trip to Beijing National Stadium.

Pape, now a fifth year Ph.D student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, quickly found her niche in running at a young age.

“I always knew that running was my strength,” Pape said. “Saw myself as a runner. I would like to compete against the boys and play around and stuff like that.”

In early 2008, Pape qualified for the Beijing Olympics during the Sydney Athletics Grand Prix with a personal best of 1:59.92, the only time she broke two minutes in the 800.

“I spent weeks just visualizing the race, and visualizing running a 1:59,” she said. “I even had a sign up on my bedroom wall with 1:59 in big bold numbers.”

The race came together like “magic.”

“Perfect conditions. Perfect pacing throughout the race,” she said.

Intense training and stress filled the months ahead of Beijing. Pape underperformed in her races in Europe, and she struggled with a running injury.

“It was really hard to be away from home and try to hold everything together, like get the treatment you need, get the food you need, be able to relax, not get too stressed,” Pape said.

The day before her heat, Pape’s parents visited her in the Olympic Village.

“As soon as I saw them, I burst into tears, and they were like, ‘What’s wrong? Oh my God!’” Pape said. “The tension wa
s so high, like so much was riding on it.”

The next morning, Pape joined her fellow 800 runners at the start. Then the gun went off.

 

“It happened so fast,” Pape said. “We started out really slow, and really picked up in the second lap, and it was just like a sprint, a sprint finish in the end.” 

Pape crossed the line with a time of 2:03.09. She placed sixth out of seven runners in her heat, failing to qualify for the semi-finals.

“Initially, I was extremely disappointed, and I really felt like I’d let my family down, and my coach down, and my team down,” she said.

She continued to race competitively after Beijing and expected to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics. An injury in 2010 stopped her from getting there.

“I had a coach who was training me very hard, doing a lot of track work, a lot of high-intensity work,” Pape said. “I ended up damaging my achilles — my achilles insertion.”

Pape underwent surgeries to fix the insertion, but the damage was done.

“Turns out that achilles insertions don’t take too kindly to that kind of intervention,” she said. “It never really healed from it.”

She stopped running for four years because of the injury, but reconnected with the sport through her research at UW-Madison and her involvement with clubs on campus.

A Ph.D candidate in Sociology at UW-Madison, Pape came to the United States intending to specialize in environmental sociology. After taking classes on feminist theory and gender verification in sport, she switched to sociology of gender.

“It was a moment where the earth moved, kind of thing,” she said.

Pape became an advocate for athletes with hyperandrogenism—elevated levels of testosterone—coming to the defense of Olympic athletes Caster Semenya and Dutee Chand.

“It’s turned out to be a really nice fit with my life,” she said. “It kind of brings together my new life now in sociology with my old life as an athlete, and gives me a unique perspective as well, in both of those fields.”

In 2014, Pape joined the Wisconsin Track Club as a runner and a mid-distance coach.

“We didn’t find her. She found us,” said Sandy Gregorich, the women's long-distance coach. “We really did have this empty spot in the middle with middle distance.”

Pape works with Gregorich and the athletes to give them workouts and advice.

“She always makes sure that everyone’s trying their best, but isn’t hurting, and is also very encouraging all the time,” said Stephanie Rink, a runner on the club team.

Pape competes in track and cross country meets with the club. While her professional career ended early, she now views her experience at the Olympics positively.

“I learned that I need to be able to relax, not be so uptight about getting everything perfect, and accept that no one’s coming to the line in the best shape of their life,” said Pape. “You also need to be able to just make space for yourself to appreciate it, and just enjoy it, and be in the moment and be happy when these kinds of amazing things happen in your life.”

Cow Trivia 

How well do you think your fellow cows know cows? Random cows were asked some cow trivia to see who really knows the most about our infamous mascot. The questions they were all asked were:

1.How much saliva do cows produce on a regular basis?

2.How fast can a cow run?

3.How many stomachs do cows have?

4.How far can cows smell (hint the unit is in miles)?

5.Can you name 3 breeds of cows?

Kevin

26 Liters

26 mph

8 Stomachs

16 miles

Cheddar       Chocolate   American

Bryan

6.4 Liters

16 mph

4 stomachs

69.69 miles

Jersey             New Jersey        Snookie 

Izak

5 Liters

20 mph

4 stomachs

1 mile

...

 

Stephanie

18 liters

28 mph

4 stomachs 

2.78 miles

Highland    Longhorn   Egyptian Fighting Cow

Hanna

7 liters

8 mph

7 stomachs

1.5 miles

   Dairy        Beefmaster  Swiss 

Cierra 

5 liters

3 mph

4 stomachs

2 miles 

   Angus       Shorthorn     Dairy

 

Answers:

1.Everyone underestimated the amount of saliva that cows produce every day as they produce 50 liters on average, but could produce over 100 depending on their feed type! The average WTC cow only produces about 1-2 liter in a day though.

2.Cows are also a lot faster than they look as they can run up to 20 miles per hour so good job Izak for guessing correctly!

3.Cows do indeed have 4 stomachs! Good job to Bryan, Izak, Cierra and Stephanie! Each of the cows stomach’s serve a different part in the digestive process. The largest one is known as the rumen and it can hold up to 50 gallons! That is a lot of post race Culvers!

4.Cows have a very good sense of smell and can smell up to 6 miles away! This allows them to be able to smell danger, or smell a sweet victory at NIRCA Nats coming their way…

5.The five most popular dairy breeds of cows in the US are the Holstein, Jersey, Brown Swiss, Ayrshire, and Guernsey cows. While the five most popular beef cows are Angus, Hereford, Gelbvieh, Limousin, and Simmental. All together there are over 800 breeds of cows worldwide.

 

A Financial Report

Brought to you by our club treasurer Mr. Izak Oltman

(click on the title above to access it. 10/10 would recommend)

Introducing the February Cows of the Month

Female: Zoe Panos

Zoe has been quite active in the month of February as she has competed at every meet this month! Highlighting Zoe’s month has been being a part of the record breaking 4x800 meter relay at club relays, and then her speedy 5:30.22 mile that placed her 6th overall. Great job Zoe!  

Male: Michael Fink

Michael Fink has been representing the WTC well by throwing shot put at both Steven’s Point and Club Relays. At Club Relays he was able to set a new meet record by throwing 13.81 meters. In case you have a hard time visualizing that, it is roughly the height of a brachiosaurus. Great job Michael keep up the great throwing!

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