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Caitlin Mertins (Racine, Wis./Park), Sophomore
Mertins was a big contributor in wins over No. 2 Sam Houston State and No. 3 Nebraska in best-of-seven Baker bracket competition on Sunday and helped the No. 18 Warhawks place third at the 18-team Columbia 300 Saints Invitational in Chesterfield, Mo. In 54 frames, she tallied a strike percentage of 53.7 percent, a fill percentage of 90.7 percent and a 9-spare percentage of 92.3 percent. Mertins averaged a 202.67 in three traditional games during Friday's competition.
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Austin Gates (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett), Freshman, Guard
Gates tallied a season-high eight points on 3-of-5 shooting from the floor and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line and added seven rebounds, one assist, one block and one steal Saturday against defending national champion UW-Oshkosh. He made his free throws during a critical stretch midway through the second half to bring UW-Whitewater within one point. |
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Aleah Grundahl (DeForest, Wis./DeForest), Freshman, Forward
Grundahl scored in double figures in consecutive games last week, averaging 11.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game while shooting 52.6 percent from the floor as the No. 6 Warhawks split a pair of WIAC games. She started the week Wednesday with an 11-point, three-rebound performance, hitting 5-of-7 from the floor in 20 minutes of action during UW-Whitewater's 67-52 triumph over UW-Platteville. On Saturday at UW-Oshkosh, she led the team in scoring (12 points) and rebounding (9 rebounds) and added three assists and two blocks in 34 minutes. |
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Zach Noll (Peoria, Ill./Dunlap), Junior
Noll won the 200-yard butterfly, placed second in the 500-yard freestyle and was a part of two top-four finishing relays Saturday against UW-Eau Claire. He recorded a time of 2:00.59 to claim the 200 fly by more than one second, and posted a mark of 4:58.58 in the 500 free, his best unrested time so far this season, to finish as runner-up in a field of 11 competitors. Noll was part of the team's third-place finishing 400-yard medley relay (3:42.26), swimming the 100 fly leg in 55.11 seconds, and the fourth-place finishing 200-yard freestyle relay (1:32.90). |
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Olivia Theobald (Peoria, Ill./Dunlap), Junior
Theobald claimed first place in a pair of distance freestyle events and was part of the Warhawks' winning 200-yard freestyle relay Saturday against UW-Eau Claire at the Williams Center. She won the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:57.67, more than 17 seconds faster than the runner-up and her first sub-11 minute performance of the season, and added a first-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:21.25, more than six seconds faster than the runner-up. Theobald swam the third leg of the 200 free relay, helping the group finish the race in 1:41.46. She added a fifth-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle in 57.16 seconds. |
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Sydney Olson (Cudahy, Wis./Cudahy), Junior
Olson placed second in both the 1-meter dive and the 3-meter dive Saturday against UW-Eau Claire at the Williams Center. Her score of 180.07 on the 1-meter board was her second-best score of the year for six dives, and her final tally of 195.52 on the 3-meter board was her best of the season for six dives. Olson trailed the winner on the 3-meter board by just over 30 points. |
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Blaise Wilson (Thornton, Colo./Legacy), Junior
Wilson won the all-around competition for the third consecutive meet and claimed first place on the uneven bars and balance beam Saturday to help the Warhawks to a 180.900-173.900 victory at UW-Eau Claire. She recorded a season-best 37.200 for her all-around score, and tied her personal record on beam with a 9.400, more than one-tenth higher than the runner-up. Wilson won bars by a tenth with her 9.275, and added scores of 9.325 on floor exercise, good for a tie for second overall, and 9.200 on vault, good for fourth overall. |
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Emily North (Oklahoma City, Okla./Moore), Sophomore
North entered into a pair of events on Saturday despite an illness that held her out the previous week, placing second on uneven bars and tied for fifth on vault to help UW-Whitewater to a 180.900-173.900 triumph at UW-Eau Claire. She tallied a score of 9.175 on bars, and her routine included an upgrade added with only three days of practice. North added a 9.175 on vault and was one of six Warhawks to finish among the top seven. |
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Daustin Martin (Jefferson, Wis./Jefferson), Junior
Martin swept the throwing events Saturday at the season-opening Karl Schlender Invitational, winning both the shot put and weight throw. Martin's 57-05.75 (17.52 meters) in the weight throw currently ranks third in the WIAC and 11th in NCAA Division III. His distance of 47-11.25 (14.62 meters) currently ranks 15th in the WIAC and is among the nation's top 50. |
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Sydney Rossow (West Bend, Wis./Kettle Moraine Lutheran), Sophomore
Rossow won both the 60-meter hurdles and the 200-meter dash Saturday at the season-opening Karl Schlender Invitational at Kachel Fieldhouse. Her time of 9.24 in the final of the 60-meter hurdles topped the field by more than seven-tenths of a second and currently ranks sixth in the WIAC and 31st in the nation. Rossow's 26.67 in the 200 topped a field of 21 runners and ranks 12th in the WIAC. |
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Miranda Reynolds (Whitewater, Wis./Whitewater), Freshman
Making her UW-Whitewater debut, Reynolds won the high jump Saturday at the season-opening Karl Schlender Invitational at Kachel Fieldhouse. Her height of 5-03.25 (1.61 meters) ranks second in the WIAC and tied for 27th in NCAA Division III. |
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Jaritt Shinhoster (Hoffman Estates, Ill./Barrington), Sophomore, 174 Pounds
Shinhoster, ranked No. 1 in the nation by both D3wrestle.com and Intermat, recorded two more pins last week to help the No. 13 Warhawks to a pair of dual wins. On Tuesday, he defeated consensus top 10 ranked Evan Lawrence by fall at 1:29 to help UW-Whitewater to a 27-12 victory over UW-Eau Claire. Two days later at UW-Stevens Point, he pinned Taran Holland in 1:06 to help the Warhawks to a 33-16 triumph. For the year, Shinhoster is 18-1 with 11 pins. |
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