Posted on 09/01/2024 6:03:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Kara Welsh was a national champion and two-time All-American for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater gymnastics team.
Welsh, 21, of Plainfield, Ill., was shot and killed late Friday night inside an apartment on W. Whitewater St. A 23-year-old man was arrested Saturday in connection with the case.
In remembering Welsh Sunday, UW-Whitewater Athletics called her "a true Warhawk."
"To put into words the impact Kara had on the Warhawk community is impossible," said Coach Jen Regan. "A powerful athlete, dedicated teammate, and the light in everyone’s dark days, Kara truly lifted each and every one of us up in her time as a Warhawk gymnast. There are no words to describe the void we all feel in our hearts, but Kara’s legacy will live on through Warhawk gymnastics forever."
According to the school, Welsh holds four of the top eight scores recorded by a Warhawk gymnast in program history on the apparatus.
Welsh earned a second-place finish in the WIAC Championship after tying for second on the vault. In her first National Collegiate Gymnastics Association Championship appearance, Welsh tied for third on the vault to earn All-America honors.
In 2023, Welsh won the vault title at the WIAC Championship meet and qualified for nationals as an individual. She went on to win the national title in the event with a score of 9.825.
In 2024, Welsh battled back from an illness to compete in the WIAC Championship meet – her first competition of the season. She stuck her vault, and tied the program record in the event, 9.875, and claimed the vault title for the second consecutive season. She went on to help the Warhawks to a runner-up finish in the NCGA Championship.
The school announced Sunday that flags on the UW-Whitewater campus will fly at half-staff on Tuesday, September 3 in Welsh’s memory.
A GoFundMe page has been established with contributions supporting the Welsh family.
"Kara was a true Warhawk – an amazing person, student and athlete," said Athletic Director Ryan Callahan. "We are all lucky to have spent time with her over the past three years. She was selfless and made everyone around her better. Our hearts go out to her mom, Nancy, and the rest of her family and friends."
She has that n word lover look
Domestic violence or just wrong place wrong time?
Someone mentioned that the town has been flooded with illegals. So it very well could have been "newcomers" illegal alien who killed her. I'm now leaning to some Mestizo from South America, like so many of the other young White girls murdered this year, and Laken Reilly.
I am not seeing anyone born in 2000 or 2001 who fits the curcumstances.
No. This is Walworth County, Wisconsin and they have one. But not sure how you would search it without a name and there were lots of prisoners.
Just checked.
Perp still not ID’d.
Three times a year for the past eleven years, I have traveled from my home 500 miles north of Chicago to Mundelein, Illinois in the north suburbs. To avoid more freeway driving, I drive on US 12 through all the small southeastern Wisconsin towns to get there. I have noticed a substantial change in the demographics in Fort Atkinson and, particularly, Whitewater. These areas have traditionally been conservative Republican strongholds. The same has happened in St. Cloud, Minnesota. There can be no question that democrats and their accomplices are trying to alter the electorate in these areas.
I can see not listing him until formally charged, but once charged, why is the information not publicly available?
In my former home county, you could search by date, time, charge, or name/age. It was fairly easy to find the info.
odds are good the perp is an illegal.
they’re trying to keep the illegals from being mentioned in crime stats these days
Only if he’s white, heterosexual and has XY chromosomes.
Just putting in year of birth will get you to a list of inmates that meet that criterion. From there you can click individual files and find their charges. The aho in question won’t be in there until formslly charges, I gather.
It’s a holiday weekend. They aren’t charging him till Tuesday or Wednesday depending on how busy the weekend was.
Me too...LOL
Yes.
My brother had a couple of friends that could frequently be counted on to be cooling their heels in jail. Years ago, some psycho shot up a bunch of bull elk and left them to rot on some land my brother had leased for hunting. He called up a buddy and asked him to thump the guy when he got to jail.
Know your route through southern WI/northern IL very well. Son works in Watertown, live 10 minutes from 12 and have relative 20 minutes away in Mundelein. Yes, Biden is doing his damndest to absolutely ruin and despoil the idyllic Heartland via treasonous repopulating with the world’s human flotsam and jetsam.
No photo of the perp. Anybody want to place a bet?
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