Subway Athletes of the Week

Women's Swimming/Diving

UW-W Subway Athletes of the Week (Nov. 30-Dec. 6)

For the week of November 30-December 6, 2020:

UW-W SUBWAY ATHLETES OF THE WEEK:
WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
Olivia Theobald 2019-20 head shot

Olivia Theobald (Peoria, Ill./Dunlap), Senior
Theobald has been a part of six Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship relays during her time with the UW-Whitewater women's swimming and diving program, including the 200-yard freestyle relay and 400-yard freestyle relay in 2020. She was also an All-WIAC honoree as the runner-up in the 800-yard freestyle relay in 2020 and both the 800 free relay and 200-yard freestyle as a freshman in 2018. Theobald has finished among the top eight in the conference 21 times in both individual and relay freestyle events. Last season, she was a two-time WIAC Kwik Trip Athlete of the Week. Theobald is a part of the program's 400-yard freestyle relay record performance (3:32.93) and holds all-time team top 10 marks in four freestyle events. She is a three-year member of the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll and is a double-major in communication sciences and disorders and Spanish.

        
MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
Griffin Gawenda 2020 head shot Griffin Gawenda (Grayslake, Ill./North), Senior
Gawenda qualified for the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Championships in both the 60-meter dash and the long jump for the Warhawk men's track and field team in 2020. He placed ninth in the long jump and 26th in the 60-meter dash at the conference meet. Gawenda posted career bests in both events during the 2020 campaign, including a time of 7.11 in the 60 and a distance of 22-06.50 (6.87 meters) in the long jump. As a sophomore in 2019, he reached the podium in the long jump at the WIAC Outdoor Championships, finishing fifth with a 22-01.50 (6.74 meters). Gawenda also competed in the 60-meter hurdles as a freshman during the 2018 indoor season. A two-year member of the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll, Gawenda is majoring in information technology.



  
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Players Mentioned

Griffin Gawenda

Griffin Gawenda

Sprints/Jumps
Sophomore
Olivia Theobald

Olivia Theobald

Distance
Junior

Players Mentioned

Griffin Gawenda

Griffin Gawenda

Sophomore
Sprints/Jumps
Olivia Theobald

Olivia Theobald

Junior
Distance