2011 W/TFA Indoor Championships: 55m & Dash Events

Saturday, April 9, 2011 at the Katchel Center at UW-Whitewater. W/TFA | Results

If You Blinked ~ You Missed It!

Milwaukee Trechnical senior Dezerea Bryant has shown no sign of letting up in her quest to push the boundaries of the dash event. The W/TFA 55m dash record of 6.8 was jointly held by Ester Jones [Milwaukee Bay View, 1987] and Dana Collins [Milwaukee Marshall, 1991-92]. Bryant closed on the record with times of 6.81 in the preliminaries and semi-finals.

However in the finals Bryant brought the crowd to their feet as she wrote her name into the record books with a time of 6.76. This is the fastest 55m time in the USA this year. Right L-R:Teammates Tahje Whittley, Angelina Howard and Bryant after the record setting dash. The Trojan trio swept places 1-3 in a talented field of dash athletes.

Above L-R: Dezerea Bryant, Tahje Whittley [2nd, 7.14], and Eileen Gehring [Madison Edgewood, 4th, 7.36]

Above: Angelina Howard [Milwaukee Bradley Technical, 3rd, 7.30].

Right L-R: Alesha Malueg [Kimberly, 7th] and Amanda Obot [Omro, 5th].

Left: Senior Dezerea Bryant now has lasting memories of her last W/TFA Meet. Ambria Averia [Wisconsin Lutheran, 6th] is shown in a preliminary heat with Bryant. Above: As Bryant exited the meet a new athlete arrived on the scene who turned heads with her track and field performances. Wrightstown ninth grader Bonnie Draxler placed 8th in the 55m dash.

Above L-R: Corian Jenkins [Dezerea's brother], Ray Hale [Mustang Track Club head coach], Dezerea, Steve Jenkins [Dezerea's father], and Dezerea's brother Trashawn.

Tahje Whittley, a senior at Bradley Technical, and her mother Tonja and her brother Pierce Grey.



The 400m dash was added to the W/TFA this year as an exhibition event. The race turned out to be a highlight race as Lake Mills senior Briana Dunkleberger edged out Watertown sophomore Taylor Naatz by .01 seconds. Dunkleberger recorded a 58.67 with Naatz at 58.68.

Above L-R: Dunkleberger and Naatz coming out of the final turn. 400m runners Ally Spiroff [Whitefish Bay], Kayla Janto [West Bend West], and Lindsey Hughes [Kettle Moraine Lutheran]. Below L-R: Naatz, Beth Driekosen [Sheboygan North, 3rd, 1:00.68], and Hannah Sonsalla [Stoughton, 6th].



Junior Elexis Fuller-Stewart [left] from Milwaukee Bradley Technical won the 55m HH [8.30].

Above: Second place winner in the HH Green Bay Preble senior Kim Drewiske. Below: Finals of the 55m HH event. Video by a Beaver Dam athlete.

L-R: Haley Rafferty [Neenah, 5th], Maddy Hoeft [Onalaska], and Fuller-Stewart in a preliminary heat..

Above L-R: Christa Winslow [Wisconsin Lutheran], Grace Heglund-Lohman [La Crosse Logan], Candace Wayne [West Bend West], Amber Sanderson [La Crosse Logan], and Taylor Olson [La Crosse Aquinas].

Above L-R: Kim Drewiske [Green Bay Preble], Jaclyn Ditter [Monroe], and Karlee Schneiss [Kettle Moraine Lutheran]

Below: Alli Divine [Madison East, 3rd, 8.88]

L-R: Amber Sanderson, Christa Winslow, Kim Drewiske, Elexis Fuller-Stewart, Alli Divine, and Taylor Olson