Whiz Kids: Whitnall's Stair Climbers

Patch Whiz Kid of the Week: Nick Bell, Nathan Falk, Alex Meyers and Gabrielle Nasby

• Whiz Kids' Name/Grade: Nick Bell/ninth; Nathan Falk/sixth; Alex Meyers/seventh; Gabrielle Nasby/eighth
• Whiz Kids' Schools: Whitnall High School and Whitnall Middle School
• Whiz Kids' Accomplishment: These four students, along with Whitnall Middle School teacher and team captain , participated in the American Lung Association’s Fight For Air Stair Climb in downtown Milwaukee on March.
• Whiz Kids' Key to Awesomeness: The team raced up 47 floors and 1,034 steps . Bell finished in 8 minutes, 34 seconds, fourth in his age bracket and 60th out of 1,268 participants. Meyers finished in 10:44, Falk in 14:05, Seavert in 14:52 and Nasby in 15:50. Donovan Bemke and Cisco Perez, both seventh-graders at Whitnall Middle School, were not available for the stair climb, but still helped raise money as part of the team. Collectively, the team raised more than $700 to benefit the American Lung Association. As a result of meeting their goal of $700, the team gets to duct tape Seavert to the cafeteria wall Thursday during lunch. Each dollar raised was worth foot-long piece of tape.