2024 OnFocus Season Preview: Marathon Boys and Girls Track and Field

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2024 OnFocus Season Preview: Marathon Boys and Girls Track and Field

Head Coach (boys and girls) – Curt Miller.

Assistant Coaches – EJ Otto, Ted Knoeck, Gary Raether, Jeff Schneider, Preston Wirkus, Nicole Myszka, Jon Kleinschmidt, Bryce Seubert, Rhianna Seubert, Doug Miller
 * We’ve got a big and decorated staff!!!  2 coaches in the WISTCA Hall of Fame, 3 coaches that have won state titles as a head coach, and many other coaches that have had a lot of success coaching other sports.

Key returners:

Boys:
State Qualifiers from 2023: Levi Krautkramer-JR (6th 4×4), Chris Marcell-SO (Discus),
Individual Conference Placewinners from 2023: Jacob Smith-SR (2nd PV, 7th 3200), Logan Witberler-JR (4th 110HH, 7th 300H), Logan Rohland-JR (6th HJ), River Stanecki-JR (7th PV), Chris Marcell-SO (4th Disc), Mitchell Zemke-SO (7th Shot)
Other Letterwinners from 2023: Brandon Gitzlaff (Dist), Andy Glennon (Mid Dist), Wilson Marks (Sprint), Nathan Hoenisch (Sprint), Javier Pintor (Sprint)
Girls:
State Qualifiers from 2023: Alisha Blenker-SR (6th 4×1)
 
Individual Conference Placewinners 2023: Ava Krueger-SR (6th 400, 4th Disc, 6th Shot), Shilo Blake-JR (5th 1600, 8th 3200), Alisha Blenker (4th 100H, 2nd PV), Jayden Henrichs (8th 100H, 8th 300H), Madelyn Volkman (6th PV), Ashley Gertschen (5th Disc, 7th Shot)
 
Other Returning Letterwinners from 2023: Madison Heise (Throws), Lena Putnam (Sprints), Addison Baeseman (PV), Caly Fieri (Distance), Addie Molepske (Mid Dist), Alyssa Sessions (Sprints), Izzy Vardon (HJ), Leah Dodson (Jumps), Lindsay Putnam (Sprints), Mya Yach (Distance)

Key newcomers:

Boys: Brady Annis, Garrett Bracewell, Matthew Kindlarski, Logan Peters, Andrew Smetak, Fred Tylinski
Girls: Giulia Gandolfi, Meadow Lambert, Katie LeBlanc, Celia Ferreira, Emma Love, Kayla Cihlar, Aubrey Fieri, Addison Knoeck, Maycie Myszka, Greenly Treankler

Conference outlook:

Great Question! Stratford and Edgar probably would be two of the early season favorites for the boys, with a number of other teams having some great potential.  The girls might be even more balanced, with Newman probably as the pre-season favorite but a number of teams with potential to contend at the end of the year.

Keys to your success this season:

 Boys – we are going to be VERY young, with some really intriguing newcomers that are going to have a great opportunity to learn from our large and experienced coaching staff. We also have a number of our returners ready to make a big jump from last year to this year, and if those things happen we could be pretty competitive.

Girls – we have a huge team (52 girls out) with 23 of them new to the program this year.  That, along with 17 returning letterwinners, makes for a team with solid potential.  We have a nice core of seniors that will hopefully provide the leadership needed to refine this large group of girls into a competitive team as the season progresses.

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David Keech
Author: David Keech

David Keech is a retired teacher and works as a sportswriter, sports official and as an educational consultant. He has reported on amateur sports since 2011, known as 'KeechDaVoice.' David can be reached at [email protected]

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