Honors: 2022 NCAA West Preliminary Round qualifier in the 1500 meters ... 2021 and 2022 Academic All-Big Ten in cross country
| Personal Bests |
| Indoor |
Outdoor |
Cross Country |
| 800 meters |
2:10.74 |
2/19/22 |
800 meters |
2:12.83 |
3/31/23 |
5K |
17:35.7 |
10/2/21 |
| Mile |
4:43.62 |
2/10/23 |
1500 meters |
4:19.94 |
4/13/23 |
6K |
21:08.8 |
10/14/22 |
| 3000 meters |
9:48.52 |
1/27/23 |
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TFRRS Profile
2023 Outdoor Track: Finished seventh in the 4x1500-meter relay that ran a time of 17:27.25 at the Penn Relays (Apr.27-29)... recorded a personal best in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:19.94 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (Apr.13-15) ... finished fourth in the 800 meters at 2:12.83 and fifth in the 1500 meters at 4:24.05 at the Stanford Invite (Mar.31-Apr.1)... finished 11th in the 1500 meters in 4:26.10 at the Big Ten Championships (May 12-14)... finished 47th in 1500 meters with a time of 4:28.61 at the NCAA West Prelims (May 24)
2023 Indoor Track: Placed seventh in the DMR with a time of 11:25.80 and 15th in the Mile at 4:54.97 at the Big Ten Championships (Feb.24-25)...placed ninth in the DMR at 11:20.74 at the Alex Wilson Invite (Feb.18)...ran a personal best in the mile finishing second with a time of 4:43.62 at the Badgers Windy City Invite ( Feb.10-11)...recorded a personal best in the 3000 meters at 9:48.52 and finished third in the DMR with a time of 11:35.60 at the 2023 Indiana Relays (Jan.27-28)...placed seventh in the mile at 4:51.94 and sixth in the 4x400 at 3:59.03 at the Larry Wieczorek Invite (Jan.20-21)
2022 Cross Country: Finished 217th overall in the 6K with a time of 21:32.7 at the NCAA Championships (Nov.19)...ran a personal best in the 6K with a time of 21:08.9 at the Nuttycombe Invitational (Oct.14)...placed fourth in the 6K running a time of 21:30.8 at the Loyola Lakefront Invite (Sep.30)
2022 Outdoor Track: Finished third in the 1,500 meters in 4:28.36 at the Jim Click Shootout (April 8-9) ... placed sixth with a personal best of 4:21.94 in the 1500 meters and placed 13th in the 800 meters in 2:16.25 at the Oregon Relays (April 22-23) ... member of the seventh-place 4x1500-meter relay in 17:34.43 and 10th-place distance medley relay in 11:14.12 at the Penn Relays (April 28-30) ... finished ninth in the 1500 meters in 4:26.79 at the Big Ten Championships (May 13-15)... placed 27th in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:22.59 at the NCAA West Prelims (May 25-28)
2022 Indoor Track: Finished fourth in 4:51.55 at the Midwest Invitational (Jan. 15)...placed fourth in the 4x400-meter relay in 3:57.48 and 10th in the mile in 4:50.55 at the Indiana Relays (Jan.28-29) ... finished third with a personal best of 4:48.09 in the mile at the Windy City Invitational (Feb.11-12) ... ran a personal best of 2:10.74 in the 800 meters at the Alex Wilson Invitational (Feb.19) ... member of the seventh-place distance medley relay in 11:22.27 at the Big Ten Championships (Feb.25-26)
2021 Cross Country: Competed in the B race at the Nuttycombe Invitational (Oct. 15), finishing 20th overall and fourth among the Badgers in 21:46.9 ... placed 43rd overall and ninth on the team at the Live in Lou Classic (Oct. 2) in 17:35.7 for 5k ... placed seventh overall and seventh among UW runners at the Bradley Intercollegiate (Sept.17), covering the three-mile course in 16:39.3 ... finished 11th overall and eighth on the team at the Badger Classic (Sept. 10) in 19:28.7 for 5.2k
2021 Outdoor Track: Redshirt season due to injury
2021 Indoor Track: Redshirt season due to injury
2021 Cross Country: Redshirt season due to injury
High school: Two-time state champion at 1600 meters ... member of two state championships cross country teams ... four-time state qualifier in cross country, finishing seventh as a senior, second as a junior, first as a sophomore and fifth as a freshman ... also won a state title in the 4x800-meter relay as a sophomore ... member of the state championship track team as a sophomore ... also finished as the state runner-up in the 3200 meters and 1600 meters ... coach was Mark McCabe ... member of the National Honor Society
Personal, Parents are Molly and Craig Watcke ... mother was an eight-time All-American in track and cross country at Michigan ... father was an All-American in track and cross country at Kansas ... has one brother, Dan ... grandfather was Dan McClimon, the men's cross country coach from 1971-82 and men's track coach at Wisconsin from 1978-83 ... born June 3 ... major is undeclared
Why Wisconsin?
" I chose Wisconsin because of the outstanding academic reputation, positive atmosphere, and proven coaches."
