Brookfield/Elm Grove Monthly

Freeman Brookfield & Elm Grove • Page 7A JULY 2014 memory care | communities silveradocare.com/elm For more information, please contact the community near you. Tunes on Tuesday Join us for warm evenings and cool entertainment as we celebrate summer! Enjoy light refreshments and tour our communities to see what sets Silverado memory care apart. July 29, 2014 Silverado Brookfield (262) 641-9020 Lic. #14706 September 23, 2014 Silverado Brookfield Lic. #14706 August 26, 2014 Silverado Oak Village (262) 532-0800 Lic. #14660 Concert hours: 6:00pm – 8:00pm 2 3 8 7 7 2 0 0 8 By Pat Neumuth Freeman Staff LA CROSSE – Glen Harold was a state meet record hold- er for about 10 minutes last year. The Brookfield East High School senior broke the WIAA Division 1 state meet pole vault record a year ago, and he held it until Green Bay Preble's Jake Wallen- fang broke it to take the state title. This year, Harold came home with the record and a title in hand. Harold cleared 16 feet, 1 inch on his first attempt to break the record in front of Wallenfang, who was in attendance as a vol- unteer working the vault bar. "I came in expecting to do it. It's a good day," Harold said about the record. "I was planning, when I cleared it, to go shake (Wallenfang's) hand. I said, 'I'm sorry, I had to do it.' He did the same thing to me last year." Harold makes vaulting look easy. He uncharacteris- tically missed his first attempts at 14-6 and 15-0. After that, he made every first jump. Hudson junior John Uchytil wasn't able to clear 15-6, and it was Harold's runway in front of a packed indoor crowd. The pole vaulters were moved to the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse's Mitchell Hall as the meet was delayed 5 1/2 hours due to storms that came through in the morning. So there were a lot more spectators, and they were closer to the pole vault pit than normal. Despite per- fect conditions inside, East pole vault coach Matt Harris said vaulting inside is a little bit of a disadvantage. "There was a tailwind out there, and even with some of his penetration issues, maybe with a little tailwind he gets more penetration behind him," Harris said. "Regard- less, 16-1 is 16-1. Whether it's inside, outside or under- ground, it doesn't matter." Harold had a sectional height of 16-0, and he said one inch higher wasn't a big deal for him. "Sixteen-one is not much different than 16," Harold said. "It was familiar to me. It didn't seem like a differ- ent height. I just jumped my jump and made it over." Harold tried to get over 16- 5 after breaking the record, but he failed on his three attempts. That height has been his goal all year, because it would have quali- fied him for the national meet in Eugene, Ore. He tried 16-5 at the sectional and was probably closer there on his third attempt than any attempts at state. His final attempt was his eighth of the day, and Har- ris said that's usually when a vaulter starts to hit the wall. "He could have pushed it up a little more, but he's not like that," Harris said of Harold moving the bar up an inch or two at a time to pad the record. "Nationals is an important goal of his." Added Harold, "I had already won the meet, so there was no reason to go with the shorter heights." Plus, the pole he using at the end is a 15-6 pole that weighs 180 pounds. Harold doesn't practice with it because it is so heavy. He said the adrenaline of meets gets him up with the heavy pole. The crowd built up a slow clap on his 16-1 vault and his three missed vaults at 16-5. Harold said if he ever used the pole in practice he'd fall backward and probably hurt himself. Wallenfang can get back at Harold for beating his record next spring. Wallen- fang redshirted at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin, while Harold will vault for the University of Minnesota. As for the new record, Harris thinks Uchytil will have a good chance at it next year. But if he can't do it, Harris thinks the mark should stand for a while. Harold doesn't care how long he holds the record. "I'd be happy if it got broke next year," Harold said. "I just love it when guys jump high." Email: pneumuth@conleynet.com By Pat Neumuth Freeman Staff MADISON – Eddie Wajda wrapped up his amazing high school golf career last month. The Brookfield Central High School senior has won several tournaments through- out his four years and was the Wisconsin Golf Coaches Association Player of the Year as a junior. But he ended his high school career without a state title. Wajda shot an even par 72 in both rounds of the WIAA Division 1 state golf tournament at University Ridge Golf Course to finish fourth. "It's obviously not where I wanted to finish, but it's OK and I'm fine with how it went," Wajda said. "I stuck with my game plan, and I prepared how I wanted to. I kept my attitude where I wanted to. On the course I hit all my spots, so big pic- ture there's nothing to be disappointed with, I guess." Oak Creek's Kaylor Steger won the tournament with a two-under par 142. Onalas- ka's Bennett Hutson and Racine Case's Ricky Kuiper tied for second at 143. Wajda was in contention for a title the whole tourna- ment. Through 18 holes, Wajda was four shots back of Steger. The second round played a lot tougher than the first as many area golfers shot high- er scores on the second day. "I think, overall, it was a little bit windier and the pins were a little bit harder, but you really had to stick to a solid plan," Kettle Moraine senior Dylan Patscot said. "You didn't get rewarded for riskier shots. If you didn't hit good shots, you couldn't recover like (Monday)." Wajda stuck to his game plan, but his putter didn't follow. He said he hit several putts on the line but a couple of feet short. Wajda said the second round had been his Achilles heel. Wajda thought he left three or four putts just on the back nine that would have helped push him toward a championship. "He had a birdie putt that he missed on the low side from about 7 feet that he said he pushed a little bit," Brookfield Central coach Brian Scrobel said. "He makes that one, he wouldn't have had to eagle (18) but birdie any of the last four holes." The Lancers finished 14th out of 16 teams. "I think we are a much better team than how we played these last couple of days," Scrobel said. "State and pressure makes you do a lot of funny things to golfers, and it did to us. It was an awesome season and successful considering that we have four new starters in the lineup. If you look at the season as a whole, it was a tremendous success." Email: pneumuth@conleynet.com Senior shoots even par East's Harold sets state pole vault mark Senior clears 16-1 WIAA DIVISION 1 STATE BOYS GOLF TOURNAMENT WIAA STATE TRACK AND FIELD MEET Central's Wajda fourth By Pat Neumuth Freeman Staff LA CROSSE – Alisha Harp- er wanted to prove to herself that she was better than last year. The Brookfield East High School senior did not make the podium at last year's WIAA Division 1 state track and field meet in her three events. But Harper put an exclama- tion point on her senior sea- son while competing in the long jump, triple jump, 300- meter hurdles and 4x200 relay. She stood on the podium in all four events at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Her long jump of 18 feet, 8 inches won Harper a state title. Harper had two second- place finishes that started the first day of competition in the triple jump and in the second day's 4x200 relay. In her final event of the weekend, Harper took third in the 300 hurdles. "My goal was to make a comeback and leave a name for myself," Harper said. "Last year I didn't place in any of my events, so I wanted to come back from that – and I'm happy from my results." Harper was the only girl to place in four events. Harper got the long jump title with little effort. Her win- ning jump was her second jump of preliminaries. She did jump once in finals, but passed on her final two attempts. Harper was 3 1/2 inches short of the state-meet record. The Spartans had the top 4x200 seed going into finals, but when Harper got the baton from sophomore Allie Bullen they were second behind La Crosse Logan. But as her junior relay teammate Khadiya Hollings- worth said, Harper is the best athlete on the team. Harper looked like she was going to catch Logan junior anchor Chloe Malin from behind, but East's time of 1:41.97 was 0.36 seconds behind. Sophomore Sierra Fischer is the fourth member of the relay. "This whole trip we have been connected and kept each other calm because this is nerve-racking," Harper said. "We kept positive for each other. It was really close and really tough. I'm still happy with my team. I'm still happy with myself. I mean, we broke the school record again for the third time, I think, this year. To run in the 1:41s, I'm proud of everybody." Harper – along with the relay – scored 32 points for the Brookfield East girls, which scored a total of 40 for second in the team stand- ings. Kenosha Tremper won the team title with 48 points. Harper's 32 points were more than the 26 scored by third-place Whitefish Bay. "Our track team as a whole is a tight-knit group," Harper said. "We are all one big family." Email: pneumuth@conleynet.com East senior wins long jump Harper medals four times Copeland medals in hurdles LA CROSSE – Brookfield East senior Zech Copeland ran a personal best of 14.25 in the finals of the 110-meter hurdles, but he ran against state record breaker Dau- rice Fountain of Madison Memorial. The senior won in 14.05 at the WIAA Division 1 state track and field meet. "I am a little disappointed because I wanted to get the 'W,' but a huge, huge PR for me," Copeland said. "I was 0.01 of a sec- ond off the school record, but it obviously feels amazing to take second." Hollingsworth second in high jump Copeland wasn't the only East athlete to finish second, as junior Khadiya Hollingsworth did so in the high jump by clearing 5 feet, 5 inches. Sun Prairie junior Tierney Lindner cleared 5-6 on her first attempt to win. Hollingsworth was the last year's state champ. Flatley third in 1,600 After missing the podium in the 3,200 on the first day of the meet, Brookfield Central senior Elizabeth Flatley ran the 1,600 third in 4:52.77, running a personal-best time. Academy's Send medals twice Brookfield Academy senior Ryan Send got on the podium twice in Division 2, tak- ing third in the 100 and sixth in the 200. — Pat Neumuth, Freeman Staff Harold Pat Neumuth/Freeman Staff Brookfield East senior Alisha Harper receives the baton during a preliminary race of the 4x200-meter relay at the Division 1 WIAA state meet. Mary Langenfeld/Special to The Freeman Eddie Wajda of Brookfield Central reacts after his putt bounced in and out of the hole on the 14th green at University Ridge Golf Course.

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