2013 UW-Platteville Cross Country News
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.
Chesley Heiden was one of 308 women in Division III who earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic honors for the 2013 cross country season, while Matt Smaga and Joel Walden were one of 228 men to earn USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.
UW-Platteville's Joel Walden and Sam Poser competed in their first NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships Saturday, hosted by Hanover College.
UW-Platteville's Sam Poser and Joel Walden were named individual automatic qualifiers for the 2013 NCAA Division III Men's Cross Country Championship on Sunday.
The UW-Platteville men's and women's cross country team competed in the Division III Midwest Regional Cross Country Championships on Saturday at the Saukie Golf Course in Rock Island, Ill.
UW-Platteville's Danielle Kunkel finished in second-place and Sam Poser placed third at the WIAC Cross Country Championships on Saturday
The UW-Platteville men’s and women’s cross country teams will compete at 2013 WIAC Cross Country Championships Saturday, Nov. 2 at Kilkarney Golf Course in River Falls. The women's 6-kilometer race will begin at noon, while the men's 8-kilometer race will get underway at 1 p.m.
The UW-Platteville men's cross country team and a few members of the women's cross country team competed at the Oshkosh Open on Friday afternoon at the Lake Breeze Golf Course.
The UW-Platteville men's and women's cross country teams competed at the Jim Drews/Tori Neubauer Invitational at Maple Grove Country Club, hosted by UW-La Crosse on Saturday.
UW-Platteville men’s and women’s cross country teams won the inaugural Pioneer Gender Equity Invitational, on Saturday at Cole Acres Golf Course in Cuba City, Wis.
The UW-Platteville men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at the Blugold Invitational on Friday at Whitetail Golf Course.
The UW-Platteville cross country teams swept the weekly conference honors on Tuesday with Danielle Kunkel named Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week and Sam Poser garnered WIAC Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors.
The UW-Platteville men's and women's cross country teams ran very well at the Griak Invitational on Saturday, hosted by the University of Minnesota.
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville cross country teams competed at the Beloit Olde English Classic at Leeson Park on Saturday.
The Pioneer men’s team won six-team meet with a score of 32 points while the women’s team finished in third out of seven teams.
Danielle Kunkel set a new women’s meet record for the UW-Platteville Alumni Open, posting a time of 14:35, to break the former record by an astounding 37 seconds.
