2013 Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
April 22, 2013-April 28, 2013
Track: Ashlyn Mauer, Senior, Sheboygan Falls, Wis.
Competing at the 47th Annual Hillsdale College Gina Relays this weekend, Mauer took fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:37.98, with only one person from NCAA Division III beating her. Mauer's time is currently the top time in the WIAC by almost 40 seconds while she ranks fourth in Division III.
April 15, 2013-April 21, 2013
Track: Kelsey Weigel, Junior, Marshfield, Wis.
Weigel won the heptathlon with a total of 4,443 points at the Phil Esten Challenge on Sunday. She won four of the seven heptathlon events - the javelin, shot put, long jump and 200-meter dash - and is currently ranked eighth in the country and first in the WIAC.
April 8, 2013-April 14, 2013
Track: Erin Schoenfelder, Senior, Antioch, Ill./Antioch Community
Schoenfelder won two events, the 100 and 400-meter hurdles, to help the Blugolds to a third place finish at the UW-Platteville Invitational on Saturday. She finished the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.81 seconds, the best time in the conference and 15th fastest time in the nation. She also won the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:04.03, the second fastest time in the WIAC and 14th best in the nation so far this year. Schoenfelder and her teammates also took third in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:57.57.
Also Selected Conference Player of the Week
April 1, 2013-April 7, 2013
Track: Erin Schoenfelder, Senior, Antioch, Ill./Antioch Community
Competing in two events Saturday at UW-La Crosse's Ashton May Invitational, Schoenfelder won one event while taking second in another to help the Blugolds to a second place finish. She took first in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.82 seconds and finished second in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:03.45.
Field: Caitlin Brendum, Senior, River Falls, Wis.
Competing in three events Saturday at UW-La Crosse's Ashton May Invitational, Brendum won one event to help the Blugolds to a second place finish. She took first in the hammer throw with a toss of 51.22 meters (168), more than 19 feet better than the second place finisher. It was the seventh best throw in the nation so far this year. Brendum was also fourth in the shot put and eighth in the discus.