Multiple All-American Honors Earned at NCAA Indoor Nationals

The UW-Platteville Track and Field teams competed at the NCAA Indoor Championships Friday and Saturday.

Amber Williams earned the Pioneer's first All-American honors with a third place finish in the long jump. Williams came in with the fourth best mark of the season and improved on her standing with a school record 5.91 (19-4.75) jump. This was her fourth All-American honor in the indoor event. She also competed in the 60m hurdles but did not advance with a time of 9.01.

Dwyer was next to earn All-American honors and did so in the pole vault. Dwyer cleared 4.90m (16-0.75) on his second attempt to tie for seventh place.

Megan Marotz national debut in the pentathlon resulted in her first school record and All-American honors. Marotz headed into the 800m, the pentathlon's final event, in 11^th place. She won the event in 2:22.30 to move into sixth place and finish with a total of 3351 points, breaking the school record by 3 points.

Williams began Saturday's competition with second place finish in the triple jump. She jumped a season best mark of 12.35 (40-2.5) while the champion, Alexa Wandy, broke the championship record with a 12.64m (41-5.75) jump.

Jacob Hirsbrunner finished the Heptathlon winning the final event of the two-day discipline. Hirsbrunner crossed the finish in 2:36.98 to move into ninth place overall with 4832 points.

Rachel Beuthin made her first national appearance competing in the shot put with a 17^th place finish. Her best throw came in the second round at 12.84m (42-1.5).

Kyle Whaley broke through on his third throw of the shot put to move into the top-8 and earn his first All-American honor. Whaley threw his best mark of 16.35m (53-7.75) in the fourth round to finish eighth overall. Whaley came into the meet with the No. 14 seed.

Competition ended with the men's 4x400m relay earning All-American status. The foursome of Alec Burcham, Tonie Johnson, Greg Stribling, and Wyatt Thompsons qualified for Saturday's final running 3:19.70 during Friday's Prelim. They improved on that time to finish sixth overall in a season best time of 3:18.64.

The women's team finished 10^th overall with 17 points, the highest placing WIAC team. Washington University won the team title with 44 points.

The men's team ended with 5.5 points finishing in 41^st place. Host North Central College and UW-La Crosse tied for the team title with 34 points. UW-Whitewater finished third with 30 points and UW-Stevens Point fourth with 27 points.