2014 UW-Platteville Cross Country News

NEW ORLEANS, La. – The NCAA Division III Cross Country Academic Awards were announced by the USTFCCCA on Feb. 11 with regards to the fall 2014 season.
Meet Ashlynne Wampfler a member of the UW-Platteville track and field and cross country teams. She is a senior from Stockton, Ill. majoring in chemistry.
Meet Sam Poser a member of the UW-Platteville track and field and cross country teams from Brookfield, Wis. He is a senior majoring in electrical engineering.

UW-Platteville's Ian LaMere and Joel Walden earned All-American honors at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships on Saturday at the Kings Island Golf Center.

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville's Ian LaMere and Joel Walden were named individual automatic qualifiers for the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships on Sunday.

The UW-Platteville men's finished in sixth out of 38 teams at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional on Saturday, while the women's squad placed 16th out of 41 teams.
Meet Matt Smaga a member of the UW-Platteville men's cross Country team from Palantine, Illinois. He is a senior majoring in history and social science.

UW-Platteville's Danielle Kunkel has been named the recipient of the 2014 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Judy Kruckman Women's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete Award.

UW-Platteville Ian LaMere, Joel Walden and Kiera Depies earned all-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) honors on Saturday at the WIAC Championships, hosted by UW-La Crosse at the Ettrick Golf Course.

The UW-Platteville men's and women's cross country teams will compete at 2014 WIAC Cross Country Championships Saturday, Nov. 1 at Ettrick Golf Course in Ettrick, Wisconsin. The men's 8-kilometer race will begin at noon, while the women's 6-kilometer race will get underway at 1 p.m.

The UW-Platteville men's and women's cross country teams used the Oshkosh Open on Friday afternoon as final preparation for next week's conference meet.

UW-Platteville's Danielle Kunkel was named women's cross country Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Runner of the Week for the second time this year, announced by the league office on Tuesday.

UW-Platteville men's and women's cross country teams competed against several nationally ranked teams at the Drews/Neubauer Invitional, hosted by UW-La Crosse on Saturday.
Meet Allison Wells a member of the UW-Platteville women's cross country team from Moline, Illinois. She is a junior majoring in biology

The UW-Platteville cross country teams hosted the Pioneer Gender Equity Inivational on Saturday, where the women’s races two minutes and 40 seconds after the men so both genders finished at the same time.

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville men’s cross country team has climbed up to fifth in the fourth week of the NCAA Division III National Coaches Poll.