Congratulations to this group of seniors on making their commitments to throw in college next year. It is a special group of athletes many of whom have been training with Madison Throws Club since they were in their freshman year of high school. Countless hours of training, determination, dedication, have led to this...CONGRATULATIONS!
Coach Frontier
EMILY STENDEL, Jefferson High School
Emily will be attending University of Minnesota competing in the BIG TEN. Emily had a break out junior season where she PR.d in the shot put at 42'10" and the discus at 147'11". Her discus PR came in the biggest meet of the year and was good enough to win the WIAA D2 Girls Discus Title. Emily will join several other MTC throwers who became GOPHERS, following the footsteps of Kailee Kamps, KeKe Burks, Kaitlyn Long, Kiley Sabin, Tess Keysers, and Erin Dunning.
NATALIE MOHRING, D.C. Everest High School
Natalie
took her tremendous potential she showed her sophomore year and turned
it into huge improvement her junior year, moving her discus best from
119'8" in 2016 to 140'8" in 2017. She finished runner-up at the WIAA D1
State Championships. Natalie will look to improve even more this year
and beyond when when she joins the University of North Dakota throwing program under the guidance of Drew Jones.
EVAN BLANTON, Elkhorn High School
Evan
finished his junior year on a high not, qualifying for the WIAA State
meet in the Shot Put and had a P.R. of 51' 3.25". Look for Evan to
become a dual threat in the discus as well his senior season. Evan will
continue to throw after graduating for DIII - University of Stevens Point.
ALYSSA RIVEST, Watertown High SchoolAlyssa
had a breakout season as a junior, moving her shot put P.R. to 39'5"
and her discus P.R. out to 136'1". She finished on the podium in the
WIAA D1 girls discus in a stacked field of MTC throwers who swept the
top 6 places. Alyssa will continue to throw in 2019 at the University of Northern Michigan.
EMMA RICHARDS, Ozaukee High School
Emma
qualified for State in both shot put and discus in both her sophomore
and junior year. Emma won the WIAA D3 State Discus Title and was the
silver medalist in shot put in 2016. Her shot put best is at 41'7.5
while her discus P.R. of 144'9" is in the Top 50 in WI prep history.
Emma will compete collegiality at Grand Valley State University.
Lauren Lietzke, Appleton West High School
Lauren
qualified for State in both the shot put and discus. Finishing her
junior season with a discus P.R. of 123'6" at the WIAA D1 Girls meet to
finish 8th. Her shot put P.R. is 39'4.5" and she is poised to join the
40' club her senior year. After graduation, Lauren plans to attend the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. MTCnews: 2017 MTC Seniors pick their Colleges
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