Just got this from Ante with the South Milwaukee School District … congratulations to the Rockets!
The SM Girls’ Track Team had a heck of a run this season once again. They captured the Woodland Conference Relay Championship for the 4th year in a row and took 2nd at both the Woodland Indoor and Woodland Outdoor Championships as well. Congratulations to Coach Stan Druckrey, Coach Emily Watson, Coach Bill Stommel, Coach Julianna Bauhs (Wucherer), Coach Darren Hojnacki, and Coach Jason Szymanski!
A big congratulations goes out to the entire team, but in this email, I would like to highlight the student-athletes that qualified for the WIAA State Track & Field Meet, and one of the best performers we have ever had at SM.
Long Jump – Micaela Creighton (Sr.) set a new school record with a jump of 18′ 7 3/4″ which was good enough for SECOND PLACE IN STATE! Micaela hit that record jump in her 6th and final jump, missing the championship by only one inch!! She was clearly on Saturday with all of her jumps hovering around 18′ including a jump of 18′ 3 1/2″ as well. This caps off a marvelous career in which she took 4th, 2nd, 15th and 2nd at State, despite battling some serious injuries her previous 3 years at State. Best of luck next year at Auburn University Micaela!
4×100 Relay – Chidimma Ozodi (So.), Lisa Thush (Sr.), Sierra Kurt (Sr.), & Micaela Creighton (Sr.) set a new school record with a time of 50.22 which was good for 12th place!
4×400 Relay – Capri Fowler (So.), Sierra Kurt (Sr.), Bristine Fowler (So.) & Lisa Thush (So.) finished in a time of 4:15.11.
Pole Vault – Taylor Zaeske (Sr.) competed in the pole vault and failed to make the opening height of 10’0″ which is her personal best height, but for someone who has only done this for a short time, what a fantastic year!
The Boys Track team also sent 2 student-athletes to the WIAA State Track & Field Meet with plenty of promise for the future.
Pole Vault – Alex Hoover (Jr.) competed in the pole vault and cleared 13’6″ and took 11th in State (by the way, 8 of the 10 boys who finished ahead of him are all seniors…).
110m Hurdles – Andrew O’Neill (Jr.) competed in the 110m hurdles and finished in 23rd place (15 of the 22 ahead of him graduate this year).
Congratulations Coach Mark Hoffman, Coach John Riggins, Coach Paul Hiegel, Coach Paul Maier, Coach Bill Stommel, Coach CJ Calteux, and Coach Laura Hamel.
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