Muskego Track and Field off to a Fast Start

The boys and girls high school Track and Field season started last weekend when they participated in the Milwaukee Lutheran Viking Invitational held at UW-Parkside.  There were definitely some promising performances as the boys placed fifth and the girls placed eighth out of 17 teams. 

The following athletes scored points for the Muskego boys' team:

1st Place--Xavier Jansen-55 meter dash-time of 6.45 seconds   10 points

Xavier currently has the fastest time in the state and is ranked #43 in the nation out over 41,000 athletes who have ran the 55 meter dash this year.

1st Place--Mitch Kwapick, Andrew Salo, Max Tesch, and Zach Matusinec-4x800-time of 8:30.43    10 points

2nd Place--Matt Simono-55 meter intermediate hurdles-time of 8.43   8 points

2nd Place--Xavier Jansen, Neal Slomczewski, Aaron Kopydlowski, Jacob Medved-4x200 relay   8 points

5th Place--Kwapick, Salo, Tesch, and Matusinec-4x400    4 points

7th Place--Nic Blommel-800 meter run         2 points

7th Place--Josh Beeson-55 meter intermediate hurdles      2 points 

A little side note about the girls Track and Field team.  Jerica Kotarak, who took fifth place last year at state, as a freshman in the triple jump and also was in the 4x200 relay, will miss the season due to a fracture suffered while doing gymnastics.  We wish her a speedy recovery and we will miss her awesome performances in the long jump, triple jump and relay events.

The following athletes scored points for the Muskego girls' team: 

1st Place--Leanna Barr, Elle Tadych, Jenna Lederman and           -4x800m relay-time of 10:41.05          10 points

2nd Place--Marissa Wendtland-55 meter low hurdles-time of 9.73    8 points

3rd Place--Georgi Llanas-3200 meter run-time of 12:44.95             6 points

3rd Place (tie)--Johna Radtke-high jump-height of 4-10               5.5 points

4th Place--Jenna Lederman-800 meter run-time of 2:33.66         5 points

5th Place--Kelly Spoerk, Brianna Frey, Anna Egan, Marissa Wendtland                   4x200 meter-time of 1:57.25                                                     4 points

7th Place--Morgan Marek, Barr, Shannon Staral, Hannah Krum-4x400  2 points

8th Place--Shannon Staral-200 meter dash-time of 28.49             1 point

Congratulations to all and good luck the rest of the season.

I am missing one name for the 1st place girls 4x800 team.  If anybody knows it or any other corrections please post them.