Wilder_Kaitlyn2023

Kaitlyn Wilder

  • Award
    Field Performer of the Week (Women)
  • Week Of
    2/12/2024
  • Sport
    Indoor Track & Field
  • School
    University of Dubuque
  • Year
    Graduate Student
  • Position
    Throws
  • Hometown
    Dunkerton, Iowa
  • High School
    Dunkerton
Women’s Indoor Track & Field – Field Performer of the Week
Kaitlyn Wilder, University of Dubuque
Grad., Dunkerton, Iowa/Dunkerton
  • Wilder competed at the Wisconsin-Platteville Invitational with the Spartans over the weekend.
  • Dubuque finished second out of five teams with 137.50 team points.
  • Winning by 2.37 meters, Wilder had a mark of 17.71 in weight throw.
  • This mark currently ranks ninth in Division III.
  • Finishing first out of 25 competitors, the graduate student threw a mark of 13.87 in the shot put.
  • Her shot put mark is currently seventh in the country.
  • Wilder and the Spartans are in action one more time before the indoor conference championships as they get set to host the Sol Butler Classic on Friday.
  • The Dunkerton, Iowa native is picking up her fifth career Indoor Field Performer of the Week honor (2/22/21, 2/7/22, 1/23/23, 1/22/24, 2/11/24). Additionally, Wilder has earned Outdoor Field Performer of the Week accolades three times in her career (4/4/22, 4/11/22, 4/19/22).