The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's and women's track and field program sent a select number of Warhawks to compete in a last chance qualifier hosted by Augustana College yesterday.
Paige Fassbender (Slinger, Wis./Slinger) and
Christian Patzka (Black Earth, Wis./Wisconsin Heights) improved national rankings in a pair of events to top 20 marks.
Fassbender was clocked in 2:11.33 in the 800, a mark that ranks 16th in Division III. Patzka posted the seventh-fastest DIII time in the 1500 this season crossing the line in 3:45.34.
Also competing for the Warhawks Thursday:
Ari De La Cerda (Milwaukee, Wis./Pewaukee) (3,000 steeplechase);
Margaret Helbig (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park and River Forest),
Zoe Jenks-Recker (Cottage Grove, Wis./Monona Grove) and
Chris Bitz (Brookfield, Wis./East) (pole vault);
Kenni Czarnecki (Muskego, Wis./Muskego) and
Sean Larsen (Waukesha, Wis./South) (hammer throw); Fassbender,
Hannah Bilodeau (Machesney Park, IL/Harlem),
Katie McNamara (Geneva, Ill./Geneva) and Sarah Nieheuser (women's 4x400);
Connor Murphy (Mazomanie, Wis./Wisconsin Heights) and
Nick McFadden (Waukesha, Wis./Pewaukee) (100);
Carsen Rindt (Appleton, Wis./Fox Valley Lutheran) and
Cam Hughes (St. Charles, IL/North) (200); McFadden,
Hunter Manuel (St. Charles, Ill./East) and
Max Leibham (Hartland, WI/Lake Country Lutheran) (400);
Justin Krause (Ixonia, Wis./Pewaukee) (800);
Gunner Schlender (Brillion, Wis./Brillion) (1500);
Tamir Thomas (Menomonee Falls, Wis./Menomonee Falls),
Marlon Cystrunk (DeForest, Wis./DeForest) and
Jack McGinn (Madison, Wis./McFarland) (110 hurdles); Thomas (400 hurdles);
Ty Jahnke (Watertown, Wis./Watertown) (high jump);
Tyler Jensen (Hilbert, Wis./Hilbert) (discus); Cystrunk, Hughes, Rindt,
Shelvin Garrett II (Beloit, Wis./Memorial) (4x100);
Kobe Chandler (Beloit, WI/Memorial), Cystrunk,
Luke Zanis (St. Charles, Ill./North) and
Will Kaashagen (Cambridge, Wis./Cambridge) (4x400).
Selections for the 2023 NCAA Division III Track and Field Outdoor Championships will be released today on NCAA.com. The outdoor championship meet will be held May 25-27 at Polisseni Track and Field Complex in Rochester, NY.
