2013-14 UW-Platteville Track & Field News
Former track and field coach Jim Nickasch, and former student-athletes Kristin Haase, Brian Hagen, Craig Kohn, and Keri (Wells) Meverden (1995-99) named to the 2014 Athletic Hall of Fame Class.
Four members of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville men's track and field team; Patrick Kessenich, Ian LaMere, Austin Lloyd, and Joel Walden, and two members of the women's team; Alyssa Iserman and Emily Kjos were named to the 2014 United States Track and Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division III All-Academic Track & Field team.
For the 14th consecutive year, the UW-Platteville student-athletes had a higher grade point average than the student body as a whole. The Pioneer student-athletes compiled a 2.955 grade-point average for the 2013-14 academic year, above the general student body overall grade-point average of 2.89.
UW-Platteville’s T.J. Valley posted a career-best 110-meter hurdles time to earn All-American honors on the last day of the NCAA Division III Championships on Saturday.
Senior T.J. Valley posted the seventh fastest 110-meter hurdles time to qualify for Saturday's final.
Freshman Amber Williams earned All-American honors in the long jump on Thursday on the first day of the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships.
Five members of the UW-Platteville track and field teams will participate in the NCAA Division III Championships, hosted by Ohio Wesleyan from Thursday through Saturday at Selby Stadium.
UW-Platteville track and field had a few athletes compete the Augie Twilight Qualifier, the UW-Oshkosh Last Chance, and North Central’s Gregory Invitational on Friday.
T.J. Valley posted a time of 14.52 in the 110-meter hurdle preliminaries for the seventh fastest time in the country.
A select few University of Wisconsin-Platteville track and field athletes competed at the UW-La Crosse Open on Friday.
Amber Williams became the first Pioneer to be named WIAC Field Performer of the Meet fro her stellar performance at last week's conference championships.
Freshman Amber Williams continued her dominant freshman season by breaking her own school record and claiming a WIAC championship on Saturday.
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville track and field teams crowned WIAC champions in the javelin throw for both genders as Emily Kjos and Dan Poh won the event for the Pioneers.
A total of 62 athletes Pioneer track and field athletes will travel to UW-Oshkosh Friday and Saturday for the 2014 WIAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Amber Williams was named Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Women's Field Athlete of the Week for her record-breaking performance, announced by the league office on Tuesday.
The UW-Platteville had athletes spread across the Midwest Saturday, competing in Des Moines and Dubuque, Iowa, and Hillsdale, Mich.
