Dan Benson Invitational

Friday April 30, 2010 At Wauwatosa West High School. Results

Dan Benson [above left] has been a fixture in Wauwatosa and Wauwatosa West athletics for over 50 years. This was the 30th annual Dan Benson Invitational named after the longtime track coach at Wauwatosa West. Dan assisted in football and track at Wauwatosa High School and went to Wauwatosa West when it opend in 1961. Benson still assists at track meets at West.

Brookfield Central, Homestead , Milwaukee Lutheran, Shorewood, Whitefish Bay, and host Wauwatosa West competed in muggy weather with high winds and overcast skies.

Brookfield Central's Chidera Obasih [above left and far right] won the 100m dash. Milwaukee Lutheran's Alex Schad [above middle] was second.

Below: Finals of the 100m HH.

Above: Homestead's Marissa Savitch the defending D1 HH Champion won the HH. Below left: Khala Secrest [Milwaukee Lutheran]. Below right: Brookfield Central's Katelyn Malcore.

Above L-R: Homestead won the 4x8. Teammembers were:
  • Carolyn Apfelbach
  • Emily Jeanpierre
  • Megan Starr
  • Keali Bjork

Milwaukee Lutheran's 4x2 winning relay team L-R: Carese Hampton, Chelsea Jordan, Tierra Brown, and Alex Schad.

Chelsea Jordan is pictured below handing off to Tierra Brown.
The Red Knights won the 800 relay. Runners were L-R: Alex Schad, Chelsea Jordan, Charese Hampton, and Raynna Thompson.

Above: 1600m runners sprint to the finish line. Right: Shorewood's Emily Bachhuber [far right, in lead after lap 1] was the 1600m run winner. Tosa West runner Mackenzie Hoffman is pictured 2nd from the right.

Courtney Kalous [above] won the last heat of the 400m dash. Brookfield Central's Katelyn Malcore [right] won the last heat of the low hurdles. Below left: Camille Schwartz from Whitefish Bay in heat 2 of the LH. Below right: Hannah Wishart [Tosa West] in heat 1 of the LH.

Above L-R: Heat 2 400m runners Alex Holtz [Homestead sophomore, 3rd], Keali Bjork [Homestead junior, 2nd], and heat 2 400m winner Courtney Kalous a ninth grader from Milwaukee Lutheran. Alex Holtz's sister Lauren Holtz, also a sophomore, won the 800m race [2:19.34-time submitted by Homestead coaches] right before lightning shortened the meet. The 200m dash, 3200m run and 4x400 relay events were not run.



Nawoo Kim [Left] and Camille Schwartz [Above] from Whitefish Bay.

Schwartz is pictured below clearing 10' 00.





Long jump athletes Chelsea Jordan [Above left, Milwaukee Lutheran], Marissa Savitch [Above center, Homestead], and Chidera Obasih [Above right, Brookfield Central].

Obasih is shown [Right] on a LJ takeoff. The jump pictured resulted in a distance of 17' 04.

High jump competitor Ashlee Ballinger [Top, Wauwatosa West]

Frankie Carroll [Above middle, Whitefish Bay]. Erin Lueder [Brookfield Central, not pictured] won the HJ.

Alle Brunner [Above right, Wauwatosa West] in the LJ.

Milwaukee Lutheran's Devin Stanford [Left] won both throwing events. On the Week 7 Honor Roll D2 lists Stanford is #1 in the discus [135' 01] and #2 in the SP [40' 07].