2021-22 Men's Track & Field Roster

Carol Chen

Davis Wenthe

  • Class Sophomore
  • Position Hurdles
  • Hometown Galesville, Wis.
  • High School Gale-Ettrick-Trempleau

Biography

Honors: 2022 NCAA Indoor All-American as a member of the distance medley relay ... 2021 NCAA West Preliminary Round qualifier in the 400-meter hurdles
 
Personal Bests
Indoor Outdoor
 60 meters  7.30  1/16/21  400 meters  48.18  3/24/22
 300 meters  34.48   12/11/22  400-meter hurdles  51.49  3/23/22
 400 meters  47.76  1/28/22
 600 meters  1:19.71  1/29/22
 60-meter high hurdles  8.21  1/15/22

TFRRS Profile

2022 Outdoor Track: Ran a personal best of 51.49 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Texas Relays (March 26) to place 11th ... finished second in the 400-meter hurdles (52.26) and seventh in the 400 meters (48.18) at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational (March 24-26) ... placed 11th in the 400-meter hurdles (53.43) and member of the sixth-place 4x400-meter relay (3:13.59) at the Jim Click Shootout (April 8-9) ... won the 400-meter hurdles (52.65) and was a member of the second-place 4x100-meter relay (41.50) and second-place 4x400-meter relay (3:15.93) at the Oregon Relays (April 22-23)

2022 Indoor Track: Earned All-America honors at the NCAA Indoor Championships (Mar. 11) as a member of the third-place distance medley relay in 9:25.78 ... member of the eighth-place distance medley relay in 9:50.19 at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 25) ... placed 10th in the 400 meters with a personal best time of 47.76 and placed third in the 600 meters with a personal best time of 1:19.71 at the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet (Jan.28) ... came in sixth in the 60-meter hurdles with a personal best time of 8.21 at the Midwest Invitational (Jan.15) ... finished second in the 300 meters with a personal best time of 34.48 at the Jimmy Grant Invitational (Dec.11)

2021 Outdoor: Placed 40th in the 400-meter hurdles with 52.51 at the NCAA West Preliminary Round (May 26-29) ... finished ninth in the 400-meter hurdles in 52.80 and was a member of the 11th-place 4x400-meter relay in 3:12.54 at the Big Ten Championships (May 14-16) ... placed second in the 400-meter hurdles in 52.56 at the M City Classic (April 3- May 1) ... finished 11th in the 400-meter hurdles in 55.12 and placed fifth in the 4x100-meter relay with 41.84 at the Fighting Illini Big Ten Relays ( April 23) ... ran a personal best in the 400 meters (48.70) to finish 15th, took ninth in the 400-meter hurdles (53.21), and eighth in the 4x400-meter relay (3:15.45) at the Husker Big 10 Invite (April 16-17) ... ran a personal best of 51.59 in the 400-meter hurdles in 51.59 to finish second at the Big Ten Invite #2 (April 9-10)

2021 Indoor: Member of the sixth-place 4x400-meter relay at the Big Ten Championships in 3:12.41 (Feb. 25-27) ... also finished 17th in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.28 ... ran a personal best of 8.25 in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.25 to place 13th at the Hawkeye B1G Invitational (Feb. 12-13) ... also finished third in the 600 meters in 1:20.51 at the Hawkeye ... ran a personal best of 1:20.45 in the 600 meters at the Hoosier Hills Invitational (Feb. 6) to place second. ... also took sixth in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.42 ... placed third in the 4x400-meter relay (3:14.66), seventh in the 600 meters (1:20.56) and ninth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.40) at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (Jan. 22-23) ... member of the winning 4x400-meter relay (3:18.44), placed fourth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.34) and seventh in the 60 meters (7.30) at the Badger Icebreaker (Jan. 16)

High School: 2020 Wisconsin Track & Field Gatorade Athlete of the Year ... 2019 state champion in the 300-meter hurdles ... 10-time individual conference champion ... coach was Ryan Mendez ... also competed in football and basketball ... class valedictorian

Personal: Parents are Matt and Jill Wenthe ... has one brother, Quinn ... born Nov. 7 ... intends on majoring in business

Why Wisconsin?

"I have grown up wanting to be a Badger. Since I was little I have watched and followed Badger sports, and it has been a dream of mine to be a part of that."

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Hurdles
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Hurdles