Vote for the top high school athlete from SE WI this decade - Jesse Thielke!

grahekf · January 16, 2020, 02:30:27 PM

Vote for the top high school athlete from southeastern Wisconsin this decade! - Jesse Thielke!

https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/west/sports/2019/12/10/arike-thielke-kevon-looney-katie-drabot-vote-best-athlete/4349639002/

downtown · January 16, 2020, 06:38:26 PM

Thielke is one of the best wrestlers in the history of the state if not the best. But Dezerea Bryant is the best high school athlete this state has probably ever produced. Her times are astounding.

wrestle03 · January 17, 2020, 09:37:01 AM

Downtown:
Sorry, no, Jesse Thielke is not the best WI wrestler ever. A statement like that is simply comical.

Ghetto · January 17, 2020, 09:51:45 AM

Time to start the best ever conversation.

grahekf · January 17, 2020, 10:14:27 AM

This wasn't meant to start an argument about the "best ever". It was posted simply as an opportunity to show support for one of our own. Vote if you can!

Handles II · January 17, 2020, 01:12:15 PM

185-1? 4 timer? Yeah, he gets the vote. Remember, these track people don't have anyone trying to stop them or slow them down.
Might be fast, but that doesn't equate to the best athlete.

Ledger · January 17, 2020, 01:34:57 PM

Arike Ogunbowale is the only athlete on this list to make it on Dancing with the Stars. Just sayin.

downtown · January 17, 2020, 02:31:10 PM

I should have said one of the best high school career in the state of Wisconsin. Definitely not the best ever total career wise. That would have to be either the Peterson brothers or Dennis Hall.

Some of you guys on here probably might not know who Dezerea Bryant is or what she accomplished in track. She hold 4 state meet records. You can only be in 3 running events at the state meet. So she set one her freshman year and 3 her senior year all in different events. It is also likely that she set those 3 state records her junior year as well and then broke them her senior year. Not sure about that though. She not only won 8 state titles but broke 4 state meet records in the process.

imnofish · January 20, 2020, 12:24:22 PM

Quote from: downtown on January 17, 2020, 02:31:10 PM
I should have said one of the best high school career in the state of Wisconsin. Definitely not the best ever total career wise. That would have to be either the Peterson brothers or Dennis Hall.

Some of you guys on here probably might not know who Dezerea Bryant is or what she accomplished in track. She hold 4 state meet records. You can only be in 3 running events at the state meet. So she set one her freshman year and 3 her senior year all in different events. It is also likely that she set those 3 state records her junior year as well and then broke them her senior year. Not sure about that though. She not only won 8 state titles but broke 4 state meet records in the process.

That's very impressive! What many non-track sports fans don't get is the amount of work that goes into getting top results. They mistakenly tend to think that kids just run fast because of natural talent. The great ones are typically as dedicated and hard-working as the top wrestlers, or the best in any other sport.

NoFooForU · January 20, 2020, 12:58:53 PM

Any accomplishments that occurred prior to 2010 should not be taken into account. those didn't occur in the most recent decade (2010-2019). just saying.

nutman · January 20, 2020, 02:01:39 PM

I'm guessing he wasn't considered as one of the decade's best in the last decade because he was still in high school when they were picking (Similar to O'Toole or others as of right now).

Based on being 185-1 in one of the hardest sports in high school and being a 3x state-champ in division 1, Being undefeated for Team Wisconsin in the National Junior Duals, and a world team member while in high school---.and only considering one corner of the state--- He should be considered one of the top athletes of the decade in SE Wisconsin. Unless 185-1 in the sport of wrestling is not an accomplishment. Seriously...Vote People.

bigoil · January 20, 2020, 08:16:51 PM

Quote from: nutman on January 20, 2020, 02:01:39 PM
I'm guessing he wasn't considered as one of the decade's best in the last decade because he was still in high school when they were picking (Similar to O'Toole or others as of right now).

Based on being 185-1 in one of the hardest sports in high school and being a 3x state-champ in division 1, Being undefeated for Team Wisconsin in the National Junior Duals, and a world team member while in high school---.and only considering one corner of the state--- He should be considered one of the top athletes of the decade in SE Wisconsin. Unless 185-1 in the sport of wrestling is not an accomplishment. Seriously...Vote People.

4 time unless Germantown slipped to D2 which I don't think happened. His one loss was not at state but at sectionals to Sueflohn.

Ghetto · January 20, 2020, 09:22:23 PM

Thielke was a 4X like Howavi said.

Lost to Jake Sueflohn at sectionals.