The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women's track team set new records in their strong showing at the UW-Platteville Invite held by the Pioneers on Friday, April 11th and Saturday, April 12th.

The meet kicked off on Friday night with the 5000m & the hammer toss. 

Ari De La Cerda (Milwaukee, Wis./Pewaukee) and Katie Erb (Winnebago, Ill./) highlighted the 5000m, both setting new personal bests. De La Cerda broke a 26-year-old school record by nearly 20-seconds, timing in at 17:05.25. Erb also broke into the top-five in the Warhawk record book with a 17:49.25. Ella Hansen (Pewaukee, Wis./UW-Parkside) & Abbey Wedwick (Westby, Wis./) both hit the sub-19 mark in the Friday night race.

In the hammer toss, Kenni Czarnecki (Muskego, Wis./Muskego) reached the finals after a 50.74m toss on her first attempt. Czarnecki placed fifth overall in the event. 

The invite continued into Saturday with multiple first-place finishes and more Warhawk records falling. 

The Women's 4x100 relay of Danielle Pouska (Algonquin, Ill./Jacobs), Dakota Mitchell (Sun Prairie, Wis./West), Kelly Huerta (McHenry, Ill./), and Cici Stennett (Barrington, Ill./), broke their own school record set a week ago at the Rex Foster Invite. The squad placed first overall with a 46.03 finish, nearly half a second faster than their time last week. 

Angela Dale (Milwaukee, Wis./Nicolet) qualified for the finals in the 100m dash, finishing fourth overall with a 12.47. Renee Forystek (Waukesha, Wis./North) also had a top-10 finish in the 1500m, taking 6th overall with a time of 5:03.98. Hannah Bilodeau (Machesney Park, IL/Harlem) placed fourth in the 400m, timing in at 58.21.

Bilodeau joined four other Warhawks that finished in the top 15 of the 200m dash. Dakota Mitchell (Sun Prairie, Wis./West) led the contingency with a third-place finish with a time of 24.88, the 6th best in program history. Kelly Huerta (McHenry, Ill./) timed in at 25.14 for 6th place, with Cici Stennett (Barrington, Ill./) (25.59) & Danielle Pouska (Algonquin, Ill./Jacobs) (25.67) rounding out the Warhawk top finishers in the event.

In the Saturday field events, K. Czarnecki earned another top-5 finish in the shot put with a 13.09m toss on her first throw to reach the finals. K. Czarnecki also placed 6th (41.55m) in the discus, but Ryleigh Czarnecki (Muskego, Wis./Muskego) was the top Warhawk in the event with a 44.21m toss to finish fourth overall.

In the jumps, Lexie Weier (Mineral Point, WI/) reached the finals in the women's triple jump. Weier leaped 10.74m in the prelims, but improved her distance with a 10.84m jump on her final attempt to finish 8th overall.

In the high jump, the Warhawks had four in the top-10. Brynn Fuertsenberg, Abby Burr (Lancaster, Wis./), Danielle Pouska (Algonquin, Ill./Jacobs), and Zoe Roder (Waukesha, Wis./South) all surpassed the 1.55m bar to reach the top-10 spots.

The Warhawks are back on the track next weekend in Rock Island, Illinois for the Meet of Champions hosted by Augustana.