Nelson-Daniels Classic: Track D2, D3

Friday, March 20, 2009 at Kachel Field House on the campus of UW-Whitewater. Results

Above: Meet director Mark Maas of Whitewater HS. Left: 55m dash Eileen Gehring [7.57, prelims, 2nd] of Madison Edgewood HS and 55 dash winner Ariel Kinlow [7.57] of Brown Deer.


Above L-R: 55m dash athletes Ariel Kinlow [Brown Deer, 1st], Briana Dunkleberger [Lake Mills, 4th], Caroline Grassll [Waunakee, 5th], and Jasmine Haines [East Troy [6]. Twenty-three teams competed at the ninth annual Nelson-Daniels Classic Meet held at the Kachel Center on the campus of UW-Whitewater. Sauk Prairie outpointed Lake Mills 52-44 to win the meet while Lake Mills was a close third with 42 points.

Above L-R: 55m hurdle athletes Rebecca Gifford [Madison Edgewood, 2nd], Brenna O'Brien [Whitewater, 3rd], and Asia Cheeks [Brown Deer, 4th].

Tia Nowak from East Troy [left] posted a 1:01.84 in the 400m dash to place 2nd. Molly Ellis from Rockford Christian was 1st and set a meet record of 59.90. Above center: Danielle Cushley from Lodi. Above right: Nowak and Kelsey Harms of Whitewater. Eileen Gehring from Edgewood was 3rd and Cassie Wymer from Brodhead was 4th.


Sauk Prairie won the 4x8 relay with a time of 10:55.70 just edging out Monroe. Lodi and Monroe exchanged leads in the early and middle part of the race before anchor Nicole Ballweg put Sauk Prairie ahead for good. Below L-R: Jean Wedwick, Kyle Clifford, Melanie Ramsey, and Nicole Ballweg.





Waukesha Catholic Memorial won the 4x2 relay with a time of 1:53.46. The 4x2 is an exciting relay, especially early in the season. Dani Jozwowski [above right] was the leadoff runner for East Troy in the 4x2.

The winning 4x2 relay team from Waukesha Catholic Memorial is pictured below L-R]: Kaitlyn Hastings, Megan Nigbor, Mara Aparnieks, and Amelia Andacht.