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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Stevens Point, Wis.
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- High School:
- Stevens Point
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- Event:
- Distance
Bio
2016: Competed in five meets including the WIAC Conference Meet with a season best time of 26:07.
2015: Did not compete.
2014: Competed in seven meets including the WIAC Conference Meet with a season best time of 27:33.
2013: Competed in six meets including the WIAC Conference Meet with a season best time of 27:09... Competed in Regional Championship.
Career Stats: TFRRS Profile
High School: Qualified to the Cross Country State Meet. Ran a personal best of 16:59 for 5,000m and 4:38 in the 1600m.
Major at UW-Platteville: Civil Engineering
What is your favorite thing about UW-Platteville? The great learning environment and the sense of a small community.
Why did you choose UW-Platteville? Great engineering and a cross country programs.
News mentions
Four Pioneers earned All-Region honors at the NCAA Midwest Regional meet. Zach Lee and Walker Rynes finished 4th and 6th place in the 8,000m race. Their places will assure them an individual qualifying spot to the NCAA National meet next weekend. Johanna Meister and Katie Wardinski finished 11th and 15th in the 6,000m race to earn All-Region honors. They are both likely individual qualifiers to next week’s NCAA National meet.
Four Pioneers earned All-Conference honors as both teams ended the day with fourth place finishes at the WIAC Championships. The men’s 8,000m and women’s 6,000m championship races were hosted by UW-Whitewater were 92 men and 88 women competed.
The UW-Platteville cross country teams competed at the Principia Cowbell Classic which served as this year’s pre-nationals meet. The women exceeded expectations finishing 15th out of 36 teams with 406 points beating No. 15 nationally ranked Calvin by 12 points. The Pioneers also finished ahead of No. 32 ranked UW-Stevens Point. The pointers finished 18th with 520 points.
The UW-Platteville men headed into the Blugold Invitational with a No. 9 regional ranking and nationally unranked. Ready to prove themselves, the Pioneer men had an agreeseive start to the race before settling in. They trailed No. 17 nationally ranked St. Olaf at the 5,000m mark. During the final two miles of the race the Pioneers would claw their way ahead of St. Olaf to finish fourth in the 13-team invitational. The Pioneers’ 124 points edged out St. Olaf’s 140 points. Finishing behind St. Olaf was No. 7 regionally ranked UW-Whitewater with 169 points. UW-LaCrosse won the meet with 33 points, host Eau Claire was second with 80 points and UW-Stout third with 91 points.
The UW-Platteville Cross Country teams opened the season at the Tom Hoffman Invitational hosted by UW-Whitewater. Many runners used the competition partly as a training race with many of the Pioneer runners running in pairs.
