pioneer invite

WTC brought a big herd of cows to the Pioneer Invitational hosted by Carroll University where the women placed 7th and the men 8th. On the men’s side, the day started with 4 cows showing off their ability to jump, swim, and run a race all at the same time in the men’s steeplechase. Matt Kuik lead the cows running a 10:04 for 3rd place, followed by Luke Kubasta, Kevin Boyle, and Ryan Diedrich. Nick Feyen lead the cows in the 1500, running a time of 4:26, followed by Alex Gee (4:28), Brett Jones (4:30), and Zach Banner (4:49). In the men’s 800 we had a whole bunch of cows running, lead by Nathan Orf who ran a 1:58 for 3rd place, followed by Matt Kuik (2:01) in 5th, Bryan Jackler, Alex Gee, Luke Kubasta, Nick Schnoor, Tim Mollman, Brett Jones, Nick Feyen, and Zach Banner. For the sprinter cows, Karl Tremmel and Sam Hermanstorfer rocked the 400, running 53.75 and 55.30 respectively. In the 200, Karl lead the cows once again running a 23.23, followed by Brandon Clarke (24.13), and Alex McKenna (26.96). Alex also was the cows solo hurdler for the day. He completed the 110 hurdles in 20.37. For the 100 dash, Will Jordan led the cows with a quick time of 11.68, followed by Brandon Clarke (12.01), Jake Long (12.57), and Josh Stephani (13.30). For field events, we had Michael Fink, Hunter Cumings, and Sam Hermanstorfer all jumping long; and for throws both TJ Kleckner and Michael Fink threw shot and disk.

For the lady cows, Kate Abbott started off the day with the 100 meter dash running a 14.37 for 10th place. In the 200 meter dash, Estrella Tesch lead the cows running a 28.42 for 10th place, followed by Kate Abbott and Lexi Hilton. In the 400 meter dash, Madi Pape and Hanna Docter paced the cows, running 59.00 and 60.54 for 2nd and 3rd place. They were joined by Zoe Panos (68.66) and Lexi Hilton (73.54). Shortly after, Hanna went on to win the 800 in a speedy time of 2:20, and not too far behind were Zoe Panos (2:29), Kayla Bauhs (2:33), Kate Abbott (2:37), and Sarah Arndt (2:39). For the 1500, Madi ran a 4:43 for 2nd place and Kayla Bauhs also ran a 5:20. Megan Buechel and Hannah Sorensen both braved the 12.5 laps of the 5000 meter run and ran 19:09 and 20:54, respectively. For field events we had Estrella Tesch (15-03.5) and Sarah Arndt (14-01.75) long jumping and Nancy Vo doing the high jump (4-07).

nirca nationals

In case you have not yet heard, the Cows did exceptionally well at Nationals this year, bringing home 1st place for the guys and 3rd place for the females. There were many many many great performances throughout the two day event as every cow was on their top game. The cows had a strong showing in all events, helping to pull off some NIRCA domination. A total of 59 cows traveled to Bloomington to compete for the weekend, and many took home some nice hardware.

We had a total of 3 female record breaking performances as Madi Pape won both the 800 and 1500 meter runs in a blazing fast 2:16.47 and 4:45.42. Madi was also the anchor leg in the 4x400 meter relay team of Hanna Docter, Angie Konicek, and Sara Kaiser that ran 4:04.46 for 1st place and a new NIRCA record. In addition to these first place finishes the female 4x800 meter relay team of Madi Pape, Sara Kaiser, Zoe Panos, and Hanna Docter took first with a time of 9:44.14. Other top 10 finishes included: Laura Canapa took 10th in the 100 meter dash (13.9), Angie Konicek took 9th in the 200 meter dash (29.11), Hanna Docter took 3rd in the 400 (1.00.59), the 4x100 meter relay team of Jordyn Riemer, Laura Canapa, Jessica Robinson, and Nia Cayenne took 7th. In the half marathon, Rachel Anderson took 9th with a time of 1:29:18. For field events, Estrella Tesch took 5th in the high jump and the long jump with jumps of 1.42, and 4.76 meters, along side her in the long jump was Natalie Tufvesson placing 7th with a jump of 4.64 meters.

On the men’s side, the 4x800 meter relay team of Evan Kohl, Nathan Orf, Izak Oltman, and Andrew Schilling also placed first with a strong finishing leg, edging out Indiana with a time of 7:51.34, which also is a new NIRCA record. Colton Davis placed first in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 57.1. Michael Fink also won the shotput with a throw of 13.63 meters. Other top 10 performances include the following: Peter Van Beek took 4th in the 400 with a time of 50.31, Matt Kuik took 5th in the 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 9:59.23. Hunter Cummings took 2nd in the 110 meter hurdles (15.83), followed by Colton Davis who took 4th (16.21). Hunter also placed 6th in the 400 meter hurdles (57.75). The 4x100 meter relay of Peter Van Beek, Brandon Clarke, Will Jordan, and Max Ritzow took 6th (44.2). The 4x400 team of Tim Mollman, Max Ritzow, Peter Van Beek, and Karl Tremmel took 5th (3:26.65). In the half marathon, Tom Enright took 3rd with a 1:12:06. In the field events we had TJ Kleckner, Michael Fink, and Isaiah West take 3rd, 4th, and 5th in the discus with throws of 34.64, 33.77, 33.31 meters each. Andrew Hoffman took 5th in the high jump with a jump of 1.72 meters, followed by Colton Davis and Hunter Cummings both jumping 1.62 for 9th and 10th place. Colton also placed 8th in the long jump (6.08 meters). In the triple, Peter VanBeek took 3rd with a jump of 12.74 meters followed by Hunter Cummings in 7th (12.4). Lastly, Isaiah West took 4th in the shot put (12.11).

Huge shout out to Luke Kubasta and Sara Kaiser for taking so many awesome pictures over the course of the weekend!!

st. norbert's invite

A smaller herd of cows travelled to the St. Norbert Invite on April 22nd, but the small herd had a great day finishing 6th on the women’s side, and 9th on the men’s. On the women’s side in the 800, Zoe Panos ran 2:31, good for 8th place, followed by Estrella Tesch in 2:53. Estrella also had a big day competing in both the high and long jump where she placed 5th and 6th respectively. Madi Pape lead the cows in the 400, placing 3rd with a speedy time of 59.80 and she was followed by Estrella, 1:05 for 9th. Madi also had a remarkable 1st place finish in the 1500 with a time of 4:46, and she was followed in 2nd place by Zoe Panos in 5:02.

On the men’s side, the cows had a very strong showing in the 800 with Andrew Schilling, Nathan Orf, and Jake Reiners going 1-2-3 with times of 1:56.72, 1:58.06, and 1:59.95 respectively. Following them we also had Alex Gee (2:07), Nick Schnoor (2:11), and Logan Lackershire (2:22). In the 1500, Evan G. Kohl came in 2nd with a time of 4:03.33, followed by Jacob Hrubecky(4:30), Nick Schnoor (4:31), and Nick Feyen (4:36). To end the day, Brett Jones ran the 5000 in a time of 16:56, which was good for 10th place.

uw whitewater drake alternate

A little group of cows braved the wind and cold for the UW Whitewater Drake Alternate meet on Saturday April 29th. For the female cows Madi Pape lead the way by placing 1st in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:22.33. Zoe Panos also ran the 800 in a time of 2:37.17. Estrella Tesch had a good day jumping 15-00.00 for 7th place and running 1:05.24 in the 400 meter dash. Estrella and Zoe also both rant the 200 in times of 28.31 and 32.57 respectively.

On the men’s side we had Andrew Schilling leading the cows by getting 2nd in the 800 with a time of 1:59.77. He was followed by Nathan Orf in 6th with a time of 2:01.43. Edward Larson ran the 400 in a time of 56.55, and two cows ran the 1500, Matt Kuik and Zach Banner, who ran 4:14 and 5:00, respectively.

youth clinic

WTC is pairing up with Tri4Schools Exercise Achievement Program to host a kids running clinic. The clinic will be held on Saturday May 13th from 10:00 am till 12:00 at Vilas Park (right by the zoo) on the West Fields near the tennis courts. The purpose of the clinic is to teach kids about track and field by allowing them to try different stations. The stations will include sprints, field events, jumps, and distance. At the end of the day there will also be a relay race. If you have any questions please contact Matt Kuik as he would be happy to answer them. He also promises it will be a great time and "10/10". We are still in need of a lot of volunteers so if you are available please come on over to help out!! To sign up to help out click here.