Nelson-Daniels Classic: Track D1

Saturday, March 19, 2011 at Kachel Field House on the campus of UW-Whitewater. Results

Homestead senior Marissa Savitch broke her old record [8.38, 2010] by blazing to a 8.30 clocking in the finals of the 55m HH event. Savitch wasted no time in taking command after the second hurdle as she rewrote the high hurdle record. Hartland Arrowhead won the meet by outpointng Niles West [IL] and Cary-Grove [IL] in the 23 team meet.

Finals of the 55m dash: Above- Won by Niles West [IL] dash athlete Kellion Gordon [red jersey, 4th from left]

Above L-R: Danielle Barbian [Hamilton, 4th], Heather Bong [Arrowhead, 2nd], and Hanna Rohde [Waukesha West]

Above L-R: Third place 55m dash athlete Liz Duchow with her father Mark, Waterford's Robin May and Union Grove's Cassy Goodrich.

The Beattie sisters from Woodstock [IL] finished 1 and 3 in the 1600m race. Kayla Beattie broke Serena Ramsey's [Waukesha West-Go to NY Times story on Serena [Ramsey] Bura] record of 5:08.79 set in 2001 by posting a 4:54.18 while her sister Maura was timed in 5:18.65 for third place. Above L-R: Kayla Beattie, Homestead's Lauren Holtz, and Arrowhead ninth grader Jackie Dubnicka. Dubnicka was second in 5:17.96. Brookfield East's Laura Werking [below left] was 5th and Madison West's Elena Barham [Below right #8] was 4th. Kayla Beattie set another record in the 3200m run with a time of 10:26.07. This broke Elise Beattie's [Kayla's sister and Woodstock, IL 2010 graduate] record of 11:02.39 set at the 2010 Nelson-Daniels Classic. Track fans at the meet were most appreciative of the outstanding efforts by Beattie.



Arrowhead won the 4x8 relay. Above L-R: Tayler McCormack, Teagan Seneczko, Jackie Dubnicka, and Taylor McDowell.

The Arrowhead team is pictured below running their legs of the 4x8.

Hamilton won the 4x2 relay. Teammembers [left, L-R] were:
  • Ashley Holicek
  • Casey Allen
  • Jessica Rupnow
  • Brooke Patterson

Exchanges are pictured below.

In the 400m race dash athlete Kellion Gordon of Niles West [IL] won in 1:00.66. Claire Gordee [Above with red jersey] from Wauwatosa East was fourth in 1:02.31. Madison La Follette dash athlete Leigha Hodge is pictured above right and below left.

Track and field athlete Mikayla Robertson from Menomonee Falls is pictured below right in her heat of the 400m dash. She finished 2nd in 1:00.91. Watertown's Taylor Naatz [Below center] was third in the 400m [1:01.68]. Jenny Gilbreath [above left] from Waterford in section 6 of 7 of the 400m competition.

In Illinois indoor track starts at the end of January and the State Illinois outdoor meet is held May 19-21.