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- City:
- Milwaukee
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- State:
- Wisconsin
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Milwaukee, Wis.
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- High School:
- Milwaukee Hamilton
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- Event:
- Long Jump, Triple Jump
Bio
2014 (Indoor): All-American in the long jump (finished eighth at Nationals) … All-American in the triple jump (finished seventh at Nationals) … Set Williams Fieldhouse facility record in the long jump … Competed in the WIAC Indoor Championships in the long jump (finished second), triple jump (finished third, set school record), 4x400-meter relay (team finished seventh) and the 400-meter dash (finished 18th).
Career Stats: TFRRS Profile
Personal: Daughter of Aberdean Morton ... majoring in forensic investigation.
News mentions
Ian LaMere and Amber Williams competed for the Pioneers for the final time. On the third and final day of the NCAA Championships, LaMere and Williams put on the Pioneer uniform one last time.
Day two of the NCAA Championships began with the second day of the men’s decathlon.
Ian LaMere and Amber Williams received Midwest Regional Athlete of the Year awards. Williams eaned the field honors while LaMere got the track honors.
On a rainy day one of the NCAA Championships, Ian LaMere began the day by becoming the first runner in Division III history to ever win the 10,000m race three years in a row. To end the day, Amber Williams won her first long jump national title.
Five women and three men qualified to the 2017 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
The Pioneers sent a small group to the UW-La Crosse Final Qualifier for a last chance to qualify to the NCAA Championships next weekend. Even though Kyle Whaley was set to qualify to to nationals he used the weekend to improve his national ranking.
Amber Williams and Ian LaMere both broke meet records on day one of the WIAC Championships.
The UW-Platteville Track and Field teams took benefit of the home field advantage to step up and win five events on day two of the WIAC Championships. The Pioneer women alone took home titles in five events over the course of the weekend, the second highest total for any women’s team at the Championships.
For the final week of the regular season, the track and field teams split their squad between the Drake Relays and the UW-whitewater Drake Alternative meet. Rain and unseasonably cold weather hampered the performances in both meets as a few athletes were able to persevere past the rough conditions.
Two school records went down over the weekend while the Pioneers competed at Augustana. Senior Heptathlete Megan Marotz finished day 1 of the Heptathlon with a school record in the 200m while teammate Rachel Beuthin broke the shot put record. Ian LaMere traveled to UW-LaCrosse to compete in the 10,000m and came away with the fastest time of the year.
The UW-Platteville track and field teams competed at the Ashton May Invitational hosted by UW-La Crosse on Saturday. The Pioneers came away with two event winners as Amber Williams took the long jump and Kyle Whaley bested the field in the shot put.
The UW-Platteville Track and Field teams competed at the NCAA Indoor Championships Friday and Saturday.
The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named eight Pioneers All-Region. To be named All-Region athletes needed to be ranked in the top-5 in an individual event or top-3 in a relay.
The UW-Platteville Track and Field teams will send 10 athletes to compete at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Amber Williams continued to dominate the WIAC Championships. After winning the long jump on Friday, she returned on Saturday to win the triple jump and 60m hurdles. Williams won her third triple jump title with a WIAC Championship record of 12.33m (40-5.5). She came back soon after to win the 60m hurdles in a school record 8.96. Williams currently holds indoor school records in five different events.
Amber Williams became the first woman in WIAC Championship history to win the long jump three years in a row. Once again Williams waited for her final attempt to jump her best mark. Knowing that she had already won the competition with a previous jump of 5.71m (18-9) she leapt to 5.85m (19-2.5) on her final attempt. Williams now moves to the third spot in the national rankings.
Three women broke school records at Friday night’s Spartan Invitational hosted by University of Dubuque.
It’s been 23 years since a Division III runner has run a 5,000m race as fast as Ian LaMere did on Friday. LaMere competed in the second heat of invitational 5,000m race at the Iowa State Classic. He followed the pacer for the first 3,000m meters and took control of the race. LaMere lead the remainder of the race until the final meters to finish second with a time of 13:54.88, less than two seconds from the all-time best time of 13:53.17 set by Dan Mayer of North Central in 1994. The performance earned LaMere National Athlete of the Week recognition by the USTFCCCA (United States Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association).
The UW-Platteville track and field team traveled to Waverly, Iowa to compete in the Wartburg Indoor Select Meet Friday and Saturday. The Pioneer men competed amongst six other teams including University of St. Thomas, Wartburg College, Central College, Simpson College, University of Dubuque, and UW-River Falls. The Pioneer women competed against those teams as well as UW-La Crosse, Winona State University, and Cornell College.
The Pioneer track and field teams hosted the UW-Platteville Select on Saturday, welcoming 11 teams to Williams Fieldhouse.
The Pioneer track and field teams hit the road to Stevens Point Saturday morning for their first away meet of the 2017 Indoor season. The No. 11 nationally ranked Pioneer men and No. 12 ranked Pioneer women competed against UW-Stevens Point and UW-Eau Claire. The Pointer men are currently ranked ninth while the Eau Claire men hold the No. 6 spot in the rankings. The Eau Claire women go into the season with the No. 2 ranking in the nation.
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