2017 UW-Platteville Cross Country Headlines

Season
Lee Earns All-American Honors

Four Pioneers competed at the NCAA Cross Country National meet earlier today.

November 18, 2017

Four Pioneers Qualify to NCAA Nationals

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville's Zach Lee, Walker Ryne, Johanna Meister, and Katie Wardinski were named individual qualifiers for the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships on Sunday.All four Pioneers earned All-Region honors for their finishes at the NCAA Midwest Regional on Saturday.

November 14, 2017

Four Pioneers Earn All-Region at NCAA Midwest

Four Pioneers earned All-Region honors at the NCAA Midwest Regional meet. Zach Lee and Walker Rynes finished 4th and 6th place in the 8,000m race. Their places will assure them an individual qualifying spot to the NCAA National meet next weekend. Johanna Meister and Katie Wardinski finished 11th and 15th in the 6,000m race to earn All-Region honors. They are both likely individual qualifiers to next week’s NCAA National meet.

November 11, 2017

Men and Women Place Fourth at WIAC Championships

Four Pioneers earned All-Conference honors as both teams ended the day with fourth place finishes at the WIAC Championships. The men’s 8,000m and women’s 6,000m championship races were hosted by UW-Whitewater were 92 men and 88 women competed.

October 28, 2017

Herbrand wins Oshkosh Open

Kyle Herbrand won the UW-Oshkosh Open on Friday. He settled into fourth place early in the 8,000 meter race before picking up the pace during the middle miles. Herbrand worked his way up to the leader and overtook him in mile 4. He cruised to a 19-second lead and the win in 27:05. This was Herbrand’s first collegiate cross country win. The race featured 63 runners and five teams.

October 20, 2017

Williams Fieldhouse Expansion Project

Tremendous progress is being made on the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Williams Fieldhouse $15.3 million expansion project.

October 18, 2017

Pioneer Women Beat Multiple Ranked Teams at Pre-Nationals

The UW-Platteville cross country teams competed at the Principia Cowbell Classic which served as this year’s pre-nationals meet. The women exceeded expectations finishing 15th out of 36 teams with 406 points beating No. 15 nationally ranked Calvin by 12 points. The Pioneers also finished ahead of No. 32 ranked UW-Stevens Point. The pointers finished 18th with 520 points.

October 14, 2017

Ian LaMere makes professional debut with 7th place finish at USA 10 Mile Championships

Ian LaMere finished 7th overall at the USA 10 Mile Championships held in conjunction with the Twin Cities Marathon. This was his debut race as a part of the Hansons Brooks Distance Project.

October 01, 2017

UW-Platteville exceeds expectations at Blugold Invitational

The UW-Platteville men headed into the Blugold Invitational with a No. 9 regional ranking and nationally unranked. Ready to prove themselves, the Pioneer men had an agreeseive start to the race before settling in. They trailed No. 17 nationally ranked St. Olaf at the 5,000m mark. During the final two miles of the race the Pioneers would claw their way ahead of St. Olaf to finish fourth in the 13-team invitational. The Pioneers’ 124 points edged out St. Olaf’s 140 points. Finishing behind St. Olaf was No. 7 regionally ranked UW-Whitewater with 169 points. UW-LaCrosse won the meet with 33 points, host Eau Claire was second with 80 points and UW-Stout third with 91 points.

September 29, 2017

Teamwork Highlighted Season Opener at Tom Hoffman Invite

The UW-Platteville Cross Country teams opened the season at the Tom Hoffman Invitational hosted by UW-Whitewater. Many runners used the competition partly as a training race with many of the Pioneer runners running in pairs.

September 16, 2017