Boy's Track and Field - Pre-Season Honor Roll

Track and Field - What to expect on The Final Lap

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Introducing The Final Lap with Chad Gunnelson

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Less than two weeks away from the beginning of the 2010 track and field season we are already seeing outstanding times and marks from many athletes. Among the top pre-season boys list you will see many familiar faces and some newcomers to the honor roll spotlight:
 
In the sprints:
 
Berevon Wyatt a member of the 2009 State Champion 400M Relay team from Milwaukee Vincent fills the shoes of former teammate Centrell Minter the former state champion in the 100 and 200, posting the third best time in the 55M and the top time in the 200M dash with a blazing 22.97 indoors.
 
Last years bronze medalist in the 400 at the state meet Gabe Genovesi (12, Homestead) has posted the top time in the 400M so far this year finishing in 52.85 in the USATF WI Assosiation Championships.
 
Distance:
 
Last years state meet was dominated by seniors allowing room for many new faces this year. Among those new faces Sebastian Van Oudenallen a junior from Milwaukee King has posted the top times so far in the 800M and Mile runs with times of 2:08.3 and 4:40.3 respectively. 
  
Over the hurdles:
 
No surprise here, last year's state champion in the highs Matt Widule of Menomonee Falls leads the pack in the 55M high hurdles with a time of 7.82.
 
In the field events:
 
Danny Schiller of Homestead, last years 3rd place finisher in the high jump at the state meet leads the leapers with a jump of 6'4". Schiller's teammate Brad Pelisek, a state qualifier in the long jump last year has the best mark so far with a jump of 21'4.5". In pole vault Bryan Klister from Lena, a medal winner in last years D3 state championships has already cleared 14 feet. Lastly in the shot put Justin Barber of Homestead is only a foot away from his 2009 PR with a throw this year of 53'1.75". 
  
For more results and  the complete pre-season honor roll for 2010 click here. 
  
Also check out the comparison of pre-season honor rolls from 2008 until now. 
  
 

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Welcome Athletes, Coaches, and Fans,
 
I am very excited to be a part of the WSN team and want to thank Nick Kartos and the WSN staff for the opportunity to be involved.  I have great passion for track and field and look forward to contributing to our sport in a different way.
 
We will be expanding our track and field content to keep all of you around the state in the loop.
 
What you can look forward to:
 
Meet Recaps - we will be looking to bring you all the big performances from meets throughout the state on a weekly basis to tie in with the honor roll. Look for links to newspapers around the state and make this your one stop shop for track results.
 
Performer of the Week - we will be naming a performer of the week in the TRACK category including sprinters, hurdlers, and distance runners and the FIELD category including jumps, vault, and throws.
Contributing "Tip" Writers - Coaches, Athletic Trainers, Nutritionists, Performance Trainers and Athletes.
 
Official Honor Roll for boys track and field and lots of coverage on the girls side as well.
 
We will be looking to you for nominations for awards, entering meet results, tips on great special interest stories around the state this Spring and anything else you can contribute.
 
Good luck to all this upcoming track season!
 
Chad Gunnelson
The Final Lap
 

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First and foremost a big thank you to all the coaches that we got a chance to chat with at the WisTCA clinic this past weekend. 

We of course need your help to keep expanding our track site and making it the best not only in our state but nationwide.  We ask several things, first and foremost the sooner you can get us your schedules and rosters the sooner we can get them inputted on our site. 

This gives us the baseline of information that we need to hit the ground running in the beginning of the year with inputting results for the honor rolls.

Also, please contact us if you want an account to link to your results as well as add your top performances to our honor rolls database. 

Please click here to contact WSN.  

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Wisconsin Sports Network, the state's most popular high school sports website, announced today that Chad Gunnelson will be joining the staff as their new track and field expert and contributing writer.

Gunnelson has been involved in track and field in Wisconsin for the past 13 years. The last 5 of those years serving as the head coach at Madison East High School. The Purgolders track program saw immediate improvements under the direction of Gunnelson and a new staff. In his second year as head coach, East qualified 25 athletes for sectionals and 9 athletes for state placing two of those athletes on the podium.  This after East sent only 1 athlete to sectionals just 2 years earlier. During his tenure, East saw 4 school records fall, 2 on the boys and side and 2 on the girls. Gunnelson has coached 10 school record holders, 23 state qualifiers, and multiple conference and city champions.

Outside of track and field, Gunnelson is the owner of Athletic Republic, a science-based sports performance training facility in the Madison area that helps improve the confidence and ability of youth through professional athletes competing in a wide range of sports.

He also coaches football in Madison serving as the offensive coordinator and defensive backs coach for Madison Memorial High School.

"Our track site has grown by leaps and bounds over the past few seasons and adding a dedicated writer was one of our plans to expand our content this spring," said Nicholas Kartos, President and Founder of WSN. "In addition to results and honor rolls on our site we'll be able to take promotion and exposure of our great track student-athletes in the state to the next level."

Make sure you check back for weekly performance updates, athletes of the week, special interest stories, coverage of track and field throughout the state and much more.

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