2002 WIAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week

2002 WIAC Women's Outdoor
Track & Field
Athletes of the Week

Week of April 22 - 28
Track
Becky Lebak, Senior (Burlington), of UW-Stevens Point
Lebak placed 12th overall in the 5,000-meters at the prestigious Drake Relays. Her time of 17:27.65 was the second-best among NCAA Division III competitors and automatically qualified her for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Katie Miller, Sophomore, Green Bay (Preble)
UW-La Crosse, Jessica Dober, Senior, Elkhorn
UW-Oshkosh, Erin Vertz, Junior, De Pere
UW-Platteville, Julie Korish, Senior, Cashton
UW-Stout, Kate Werner, Freshman, Elk Mound
UW-Superior, Carrie Smith, Freshman, Superior (Senior)

Field
Niki Riemer, Senior (Hartland/Arrowhead), of UW-Oshkosh
Competing at the Loras College (Iowa) Open on April 27, Riemer surpassed the provisional standard for next month's NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship by leaping 12-0 in the pole vault. Her performance also bettered the height of the second-place finisher by nearly 1 1/2 feet.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Brooke Wozniak, Sophomore, Stanley (Stanley-Boyd)
UW-La Crosse, Heather Kleckner, Senior, Mequon (Homestead)
UW-Stevens Point, Amanda Nechuta, Freshman, Mosinee
UW-Stout, Laura Verdegan, Sophomore, Tony (Flambeau)

Week of April 15 - 21
Track
Breanna McMullen, Sophomore (Fall Creek), of UW-Eau Claire
McMullen won the 100-meter hurdles in the 18-team Manitou Classic with a school record time of 14.47 seconds, the third fastest time in Division III this season. She had shattered the 10-year-old school standard of 15.21 set by Diane Duval with a 14.76 clocking in the prelims, then bettered that record in the finals. There were 40 competitors in that event. She also won the 400-meter hurdles, an event in which she still ranks third in the country with a 1:03.05 performance, in a field of 36 runners with a time of 1:03.09. She also ran on the Blugolds' winning 4x100 relay team that ran a provisional qualifying time of 49.40.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, Angela Klatt, Sophomore, Eagan, Minn.
UW-Oshkosh, Jessica Marx, Senior, Mukwonago
UW-River Falls, Colleen Cantlon, Sophomore, Ettrick (Gale-Ettrick-Trempaleau)
UW-Stevens Point, Jody Butkowski, Senior, Sevens Point
UW-Stout, Marci Schachtner, Freshman, Deer Park (Clear Lake)

Field
Tabitha Fendrick, Senior (Marinette), of UW-Whitewater
Participating at the Carthage Invitational on April 20, Fendrick established a school record and automatically qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship in the discus with a winning toss of 156- 10 (46.88m). She also won the shot put with a provisional distance of 43-10 3/4 (13.38m) and finished third in the javelin. The Warhawks finished second in the meet with 168 points.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Jessie Beaulieu, Sophomore, Eau Claire (North)
UW-La Crosse, Tricia Clark, Junior, Green Bay (Preble)
UW-Oshkosh, Kay Mikolajczak, Sophomore, Franklin
UW-River Falls, Jen Leis, Sophomore, Alma Center (Lincoln)
UW-Stevens Point, Lindsey Fowler, Junior, Verona
UW-Stout, Amy Arndt, Senior, Lakefield, Minn.

Week of April 8 - 14
Track
Elizabeth Woodworth, Sophomore (Marinette), of UW-Oshkosh
Woodworth recorded the fastest outdoor 800-meter run time in the NCAA Division III this season by winning the event with a time of 2:10.86 at the Cardinal Classic held April 13 in Naperville, Ill. Woodworth, who won the race by nearly six seconds, also set a school record with her performance. Oshkosh finished second to Stevens Point at the Cardinal Classic by totaling 143.50 points.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Mary Dettwiler, Sophomore, Oregon
UW-La Crosse, Jessica Dober, Senior, Elkhorn
UW-River Falls, Jamie Leger, Senior, St. Francis, Minn.
UW-Stevens Point, Becky Lebak, Senior, Burlington
UW-Stout, Lacey Osuldsen, Senior, Ladysmith (Bruce)

Field
Tricia Clark, Junior (Green Bay/Preble), of UW-La Crosse
Clark won the long jump and triple jump at the Wartburg College Select Meet. She won the long jump with a distance of 17-5 1/2. Clark won the triple jump with a NCAA Division III provisional mark of 37-5.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Brooke Wozniak, Sophomore, Stanley (Stanley-Boyd)
UW-Oshkosh, Jill Kincaid, Senior, Palmyra (Palmyra-Eagle)
UW-River Falls, Haylee Hall, Sophomore, Shell Lake
UW-Stevens Point, Jody Butkowski, Senior, Stevens Point
UW-Stout, Laura Verdegan, Sophomore, Tony (Flambeau)
UW-Superior, Sarah Moravchik, Junior, Becker, Minn.

Week of April 1 - 7
Track
Kara Vosters, Sophomore (Little Chute), of UW-Stevens Point
Vosters placed second in her first-ever 10,000-meter race at the UW-La Crosse Invitational. Her time of 36:52.44 automatically qualified her for the NCAA Division III Championship.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Katie Miller, Sophomore, Green Bay (Preble)
UW-La Crosse, Jocelyn Loe, Junior, Oshkosh (West)
UW-Oshkosh, Elizabeth Woodworth, Sophomore, Marinette
UW-Platteville, Julie Korish, Senior, Cashton
UW-Stout, Linnea Kersten, Freshman, Downing (Boyceville)

Field
Becky Fedak, Senior (Hartland/Arrowhead), of UW-Platteville
Fedak set a school record and provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship with a height of 10-6 in the pole vault at the Washington University Invitational in St. Louis.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Anna Nelson, Junior, Weston (D.C. Everest)
UW-La Crosse, Kristin Raether, Junior, Marathon
UW-Oshkosh, Jill Kincaid, Senior, Palmyra (Palmyra-Eagle)
UW-Stevens Point, Amanda Nechuta, Freshman, Mosinee
UW-Stout, Jenney Luer, Senior, Colfax

Week of March 25 - 31
Track
Breanna McMullen, Sophomore (Fall Creek), of UW-Eau Claire
McMullen won the 400-meter hurdles in the nine-team Disney's Track & Field Showcase 2002 with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 1:03.05, which compares to the second-place time of 1:04.83. She also placed sixth in the 100-meter high hurdles with a 15.45 clocking. McMullen also was a member of the 4x100-meter relay team that placed second.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, Angela Klatt, Sophomore, Eagan, Minn.
UW-Oshkosh, Jessica Marx, Senior, Mukwonago
UW-Stevens Point, Teresa Stanley, Freshman, Whitewater

Field
Jenney Luer, Senior (Colfax), of UW-Stout
Luer walked away with two first-place finishes, two meet records two NCAA qualifying marks and a school record as she competed in a meet at Augustana (Ill.) March 29. She was the lone Blue Devil to participate in the otherwise dual meet between Augustana and UW-La Crosse, but definitely made her mark, winning the shot put in an NCAA Division III provisional qualifying distance and the discus in an automatic qualifying distance. Luer tossed the shot put 43-3 and threw the discus a school record 152-2. The shot put record is only four inches short of the school record of 43-7. She bettered her own school record (151-11) in the discus.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Laura Tamm, Sophomore, Brillion
UW-La Crosse, Ellen Findlay, Senior, Whitewater
UW-Oshkosh, Jill Kincaid, Senior, Palmyra (Palmyra-Eagle)
UW-Stevens Point, Megan Lundahl, Senior, Sturgeon Bay
UW-Superior, Sarah Moravchik, Junior, Becker, Minn.

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