THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER

When she graduated Kathy Weitala owned, or was a part of as a member of a relay, the school record in 15 of 25 (60%) events.  Over twenty years later she set the mark so high that Weitala still holds the UW-Whitewater records in:  100 (54.73) and 200 freestyle (1:58.88); 100 (1:03.39), 200 (2:15.51) and 400 (4:52.10) individual medley; and 50 butterfly (28.59).  She is a member of four record setting relays, including:  400 (3:46.56) and 800 (8:20.67) freestyle, 300 butterfly (3:13.94), and 850 crescendo freestyle (9:04.25).

Weitala was among a group of Warhawk women that were the first to qualify for a national championship in swimming and diving, earning that distinction at the 1982 Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Division III championship at Allegheny College (PA).  She earned All-American honors in five events that year, her first year of collegiate competition.  She placed sixth in the 100 freestyle, ninth in the 100 individual medley, and eleventh in the 200 IM.  Her 200 freestyle relay finished seventh, and the 400 freestyle relay placed twelfth.  In addition, Weitala met AIAW III qualifying standards in the 200 freestyle and as part of the 800 freestyle relay.  She was part of another first in 1983 as a sophomore, part of the first group of Warhawk swimmers to qualify for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III championship (which UW-W had recently joined).  In '83 she qualified for the 100 butterfly, the 400 individual medley, the 50 and 100 freestyles, and as part of the 200 freestyle relay.  Weitala also won the 1982 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 200 individual medley title, and was named UW-Whitewater's Sportswoman of the Year for Swimming in 1983.  A 1981 graduate of Greendale (WI) High School, Weitala Bley is now a resident of Chesterfield, Missouri.