UW-Platteville Men and Women Each Finish Sixth at the Dan Huston Invitational

October 8, 2011

33 seconds separated the top five runners for the UW-Platteville men’s cross country en route to a sixth-place finish on Saturday at the Dan Huston Invitational hosted by Wartburg University in Waverly, Iowa.

In the 8k race, senior Anthony Swimm was the first Pioneer to cross the line in 19th in 26:58. Just three seconds behind him were junior teammates Matt Borneman and Derek Fahrenkrug, who were 21st (27:01) and 22nd (27:01), respectively.

The 33 seconds separating the Pioneers was the best among the 12-team field but it was Loras, who won the 12-team race. The Duhawks were led by the sixth-place finish of senior Dan McDermott, who finished in 26:22. Ryan Edwardson of Simpson was the individual champion in a time of 25:25, 50 seconds ahead of his closest competitor.

To round out the top five for the Pioneers, freshman Sam Poser was 32nd (27:23) and senior Scott Clark was 39th (27:31). Other finishers for UW-Platteville were freshman Dan LaCroix was 41st and freshman Matt Kockak was 42nd in 27:35 and 27:43.


Senior Ann Tank led the University of Wisconsin-Platteville women’s cross country team to a sixth-place finish on Saturday at the Dan Huston Invitational hosted by Wartburg University in Waverly, Iowa.

Tank finished the 6k course in a time of 23:17 en route to a third-place finish. Sophomore Danielle Kunkel and senior Stephanie Dorton were 20th (24:25) and 23rd (24:39), respectively.

Emily Eimers of host Wartburg won the individual race by three seconds in a time of 22:53 to lead the Knights to a team title performance. Wartburg also had the fourth-place and the 10th place runners, including Sammi Brunett and Haddie Vawter, respectively.

Pioneer freshman Jocelyn Orner was 41st in 25:40, followed by junior Carin Lowe in 49th in 26:10, next freshman Lisa Kaiser was 52nd in 26:17 and sophomore Olivia Bukowski was 54th in 26:32.


The Pioneers will run the next two weekends at the Winneconne Golf Course in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, beginning with the Brooks Invitational on Saturday, October 15th.