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Falcon Women's Track Athletes of the Week

April 30, 2001

Track
The Falcon 4x100 relay team of Kyrstin Bodenburg (Jr., Elk Mound, Wis.) Amy Horazdovsky (Jr., White Bear Lake, Minn.), Jamie Leger (Jr., St. Francis, Wis.), and Nicole Pronchinske (Jr., Blair, Wis. Arcadia HS) shattered the school record and ran a 49.5 at the Macalester Invitational. "Since they're all juniors, it will be nice to have them around for another year," said Coach Kristi Wagner.

Field
Cassie Arts (So., Woodbury, Minn.)
jumped 9-7 and placed fifth in the pole vault at the Macalester Invitational on Saturday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 23, 2001

Track
Jamie Leger (Jr., St. Francis, Wis.) placed third in the 100-meter dash in 12.91 and 10th in the 200-meter dash in 26.82.

Field
Kady Kleven (Jr., River Falls, Wis.)
won the high jump with a leap of 5-4 at the Manitou Classic held Saturday.

 

April 16, 2001

Track
Candy Kroells (So., Cumberland, Wis.)
had a personal best time of 19:17.88 in the 5,000-meter race at Eau Claire on Saturday. She won the race and the time was her personal best by 20 seconds.

Field
Nicole Pronchinske (Jr ., Blair, Wis. Arcadia HS)
had a great meet for the Falcons at Eau Claire. She won the long jump with a leap of 19-1 1/4 which is the fourth-best jump in the NCAA Div. III to date this year. The jump set a school record, a Simpson Field record and automatically qualified Pronchinske for the NCAA Meet. "It was just a bomb of a jump," Coach Kristi Wagner said. She placed second in the triple jump with a leap of 36-11 1/2 and second in the 200-meters in 26.8. She also won the 100-meters in 13.22 and was a member of the Falcon 4x100-meter relay team that placed first in 50.47.

 

 

April 9, 2001

Track
Lisa Traxler (5-6, Jr, Menomonie, Wis.) placed first in the 5,000 meter run at the UWRF co-ed on Saturday.

Field
Nicole Pronscinske (5-10, Jr, Blair, Wis.) competed at the UWRF co-ed, and placed first in three events. She won the long jump and the triple jump competitions. She also took first in the 100 meter dash, and she placed fourth in the 200 meter dash.

 

 

Feb. 26, 2001

Track
Krystin Bodenburg (5-5, Jr, Elk Mound, Wis.)
competed at the UW-Stout Pentangular and won the 400 in 58.89. "This was a huge win for Kyrstin. She beat La Crosse's Lisa Michealson who is a two-time WIAC champion and record holder and she finished third at the NCAA Meet last year," Coach Kristi Wagner said.

 

 

 

 

Feb. 19, 2001

Track
Kyrstin Bodenburg (Jr., Elk Mound, Wis.) placed first in three events at the Falcon Open held Friday at the Knowles Building. She won the 300 in a school record time of 42.64. She also won the 200 in 27.08 and was a member of the Falcon 4x200 relay team that placed first in 1:51.95.

Field
Kady Kleven (Jr., River Falls, Wis.) automatic qualified for the NCAA Div. III National Meet in the high jump at the Falcon Open held Friday. She jumped 5-7 which also set a school record and a Knowles Building record. She placed first.

 

 

 

Feb. 5, 2001

Field
Kady Kleven (5-11, Jr, River Falls, Wis.) won the high jump competition at the Eastbay Invitational held Saturday in Stevens Point. She jumped 5-5 3/4. "Kady had some great jumps and narrowly missed qualifying for the NCAA meet," Coach Kristi Wagner said.

 

 

 

 

Jan. 29, 2001

Track
Katie Checkalski (5-8, Sr, Weyerhaeuser, Wis.) won the 400-meters in 1:05.09 in the Coca Cola Classic held Saturday. She was a member of the Falcon 4x400 relay team that won in 4:17.1. She also placed fourth in the long jump (4.72-meters) and fifth in the high jump (1.37-meters).

Field
Nicole Pronschinske (5-10, Jr, Blair, Wis., Arcadia HS) placed first in the triple jump with a leap of 11.05-meters in the Coca Cola Classic held Saturday. She was a member of the 4x200 relay team which placed first in 1:52.95. She also placed second in the long jump (5.34-meters), second in the 55 meters (7.88) and second in the 200 (28.68).

 

 

Jan. 22, 2001

Track
Courtney Eggum (So., Cannon Falls, Minn.)
won the 200 intermediate hurdles and placed fourth in the 55-meter hurdles at the Early Bird Open hosted by the Falcons Friday at the Knowles Center. Eggum won the 200-meter race in 31.49 and the 55-meter event in 9.6.

Field
Sarah Thull (So., Weyerhaueser, Wis.) won the shot put at the Early Bird Open, the team's first meet of the season, Friday at the Knowles Building. Thull won the event with a toss of 11.78-meters.