Preseason Practice At Arrowhead

Monday, March 14, 2011 at the North Campus of Hartland Arrowhead High School
Arrowhead High School

Division: 1
Enrollment: 2251
Coach: Steve Kostka
Conference: Classic Eight
Conference Schools: Arrowhead, Catholic Memorial, Kettle Moraine, Mukwonago, Pius XI, Waukesha North, Waukesha South, and Waukesha West.

Arrowhead finished second in D1 in the 2010 WIAA State Meet. Arrowhead scored 57 points to finish behind D1 Champion Milwaukee Bradley Technical. Both teams return many of the key performers from 2010. The Arrowhead 4x8 relay team [left] finished second behind Gold Medal winner Onalaska.

Team members were [left, clockwise from top left]:

  • Andie Zeman [12]
  • Gabby Levac [graduated, now runs at Duke University]
  • Tayler McCormack [10]
  • Taylor McDowell [11]

The three returning runners [L-R: McCormack, McDowell, and Zeman] are pictured below running their legs of the 4x8 at La Crosse. Levac won the D1 1600m and 3200m races at La Crosse in 2010.

Above left: One of the new kids on the block is ninth grader Jackie Dubnicka. Dubnicka helped the Warhawks to a third place D1 finish in the 2010 State Cross Country Meet by finishing fourth in the D1 individual competition. Above center: Jenna Jubeck a junior finished 7th in the D1 LJ at the 2010 State Meet while teammate Cami Gilson [right] also a junior vaulted 11' 00 to win the Silver Medal in the D1 pole vault at La Crosse.

Above left: Senior Andie Zeman finished 6th in the D1 800m race at the 2010 State Meet. above right: Senior's Amanda Shober and anchor Heather Bong were on the Arrowhead 4x1 [4th place] and 4x2 [3rd place] relay teams at La Crosse

Above L-R: Liz Duchow and Heather Bong - 4x1 and 4x2 relay members are shown at the 2009 Myrhum Invitational hosted by Arrowhead. Now the teammates are in their final season of track and field at Arrowhead. Right: Liz Duchow at the 2010 Catholic Memorial Crusader Invite. Duchow's sister Katie is on the UW-Madison Track and Field team while another sister Sara ran for UW-La Crosse. Sara was a member of the La Crosse Championship WIAC 4x4 relay teams in 2007 and 2008.



Even though March has given hints of a spring thaw the track at Arrowhead was still covered with snow. That was not a problem for the distance runners. However with 175 girls out for track head Coach Steve Kostka's [right] team used the hallways, the field house, and the large commons area to prepare for the season.

The baskeball gym was being used by the Arrowhead girls who are in the Sectional Basketball tournament. Some of the track team is pictured below warming up. The throwers were at the South Campus school gym while the distance runners had left for their outside run.

Coach Kostka said he was thankful for the excellent senior leadership at Arrowhead. That leadership is a key ingrediant to success when having a team of over 170 athletes.


Distance runners [above] before leaving the building for their outside workout. Head Girls Cross Country coach Curt Kaczor [last row, far left] is the distance coach and is helped by Andrew Brauer [last row, far right]. Brauer is an engineer from Milwaukee who assists with the distance runners. Arrowhead finished 3rd in D1 at the 2010 XC Meet.

Jenna Jubeck [above left] working on triple jump form. The jumps coach at Arrowhead is Diane Gundrum [Dean Elem. T-shirt].

With almost 200 boys out for track it was a juggling act for coaches to work their drills into the routine in the Arrowhead Field House. Pole vault coach Chris Adrian [above, orange shirt] worked with a large group of vaulters. Cami Gilson [below] is a State Meet veteran who returns for her junior year at Arrowhead

With 175 girls out for track Coach Kostka works hard to make sure each athlete will participate in a competition early in the season. With early season varsity and JV meets at Watertown, Waukesha North and UW-Whitewater that objective will be met. The girls above are checking which of the three meets they will participate in.

James Ziech [above] has coached at Arrowhead for 12 years. He leads the warmups and is the hurdles coach.

Coach Michele Olshanski [below left] demonstrates a start position as sprinters worked on starts in one of the hallways adjacent to the commons area.

The basketball players above will join the track team after the basketball season ends. Arrowhead plays Kettle Moraine in the first game of the Kettle Moraine Sectional.

Far left: Andie Zeman. Zeman is a middle distance runner for the Warhawks.

Above left: The Bong sisters Heather [left] and Caroline [right]. Above right: The Zeman sisters, Abby [left] and Andie. Both Caroline and Abby are ninth graders.

Hartland Arrowhead Girls Track and Field Records