Meet and School Records Week 5

Week 5 Meet and School Records for April 13 - April 18

Somerset photographs by volunteer athletics photographer Niaomi Belisle

Milwaukee Bradley Tech traveled to Chicago on Saturday, April 18 to compete in the Windy City Relays. The Tech 4x2 not only won that event but set a meet record when the team posted a 1:41.13 clocking. Team members were [above L-R]: Jasmyn Hudgins, Symona Gregory, Dezerea Bryant, and Tahje Whittley [top right]. Dezerea Bryant is shown handing off to Symona Gregory [top left] at the Lake Michigan Invite held at Carthage College in March.

The Somerset 4x1 and 4x2 relay teams sprinted to the head of the class in the week 5 D2-D3 HR listings. In addition the Spartans moved to the top 5 positions in the overall HR lists. At the Osceola Invite held Tuesday, April 14, the Somerset 4x1 relay team posted a 50.3 [HHT] while the 4x2 recorded a 1:47.5 [HHT]. Both times were school records. Members of the 4x1 team above were L-R: Lauren Westerdahl (11), Natasha Kandakova (11), Alicia Potting (11), and Gina Hanzlik (12). Note:Three days after the Osceola Invite the Spartan 4x1 and 4x2 teams broke their newly set records by posting a 50.48 and 1:47.59 at the Hudson True Team Meet on Friday, April 17.


The Somerset 4x2 relay team is pictured below L-R: Lauren Westerdahl (11), Christina Flandrick (12), Natasha Kandakova (11), and Alicia Potting (11).


Above left: Alicia Potting [L] takes the 4x1 handoff from Tasha Kandakova.

Above right: In a 4x2 exchange Lauren Westerdahl takes the baton from Christina Flandrick.
Mississippi Valley Conference - Coulee Conference Invite At Holmen


The HR thanks Chris McDonnell from Holmen for providing meet records for the MVC-Coulee meet.
MVC schools La Crosse Aquinas, Central and Logan, Holmen, Onalaska, Sparta, and Tomah along with Coulee schools Arcadia, Black River Falls, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau, Onalaska Luther, Viroqua, West Salem, and Westby competed at Holmen. Numerous records were broken. The record breaking performance is followed by the old record in brackets.
  • 100m dash: Maya Vazquez a junior from Arcadia - 12.51 [Maya Vazquez - Arcadia 2008, 12.88]
  • 200m dash: Maya Vazquez a junior from Arcadia - 26.22 [Joanna Schultz - Holmen 2005, 26.31]
  • 400m dash: Lauren Unser a senior from West Salem - 58.45 [Lauren Unser - West Salem 2008, 1:00.40]
  • 800m dash: Courtney Oldenburg a senior from West Salem - 2:21.46 [Courtney Oldenburg - West Salem 2008, 2:21.65]
  • 3200m run: Miranda Sanchez a ninth grader from La Crosse Central - 12:08.54 [Courtney Oldenburg - West Salem 2006, 12:15.21]
  • 100m HH: Whitney Croell a junior from Holmen - 16.54 [Amber Schoonover - Tomah 2005, 16.91]
  • 300m LH: Cheyanne Reglin a senior from Arcadia - 47.49 [Jane Clark - Holmen 2006, 48.98]
  • 4x2 relay: La Crosse Central - 1:49.81 [La Crosse Central 2006, 1:50.01]
  • 4x4 relay: Arcadia 4:09.43 [ Holmen 2006, 4:09.97]
  • High jump: Jessie Welch a ninth grader from West Salem - 5' 02 [Nikki Novak - Onalaska 2006, 5' 02]
  • Pole Vault: Taryn McKeeth a senior from Arcadia [Taryn McKeeth - Arcadia 2008, 8' 06]
  • Triple jump: Emily Haines a junior from Tomah - 36' 00.50 [Erika Suchla -Arcadia 2008, 35' 01.50]



Lauren Unser [L], Whitney Croell [above], and Courtney Oldenburg [R]. All three athletes competed at La Crosse in 2008.


On Tuesday, April 14, Elizabeth Axell a Wrightstown sophomore tied the school high jump record with a jump of 5' 03 in the Wrightstown Triangular Meet with Valders and St. Marys Central.

Ladysmith senior Nicole Flackey [L] continued to improve her throwing numbers. She set a school record in the discus at Ladysmith's Mike Breed Invitational on Friday, April 17. Her throw of 119' 11 set a new Ladysmith school record.