Men's Cross Country
Athletes of the Week

Week of Oct. 20 - 26
Adam Wolfe, Senior (Marshfield), of UW-Eau Claire
Wolfe took first place at the Lake Wissota Invitational, leading the field by more than 25 seconds.  He finished the 8,000-meter race with a time of 26:29 and led the Blugolds to a first-place finish.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, Josh Kaul, Freshman, Stillwater, Minn.
UW-Oshkosh, Adam Zamzow, Senior, Green Bay (Preble)
UW-River Falls, Mike Merritt, Freshman, Menomonie
UW-Stevens Point, Mark Mitchell, Junior, Franklin
UW-Stout, Austin Thorson, Sophomore, Appleton (North)
UW-Superior, Seth Neumann, Sophomore, Eagle River

Week of Oct. 13 - 19
Willy Kaul, Senior (Menomonee Falls/Milwaukee Lutheran), of UW-Oshkosh
Kaul outran 493 runners to capture the individual title at the UW-Oshkosh Brooks Invitational held Oct. 18 at the Lake Breeze Golf Course in Winneconne.  Kaul won the 8,000-meter race with a school-record time of 23:59.  His performance was 13 seconds faster than the second-place time of 24:12 posted by Jed Christiansen of Calvin College (Mich.).  North Central College (Ill.) won the team title with 68 points, while UW-Oshkosh placed fourth with 158.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Brent Kann, Junior, Chippewa Falls
UW-La Crosse, Paul Moran, Junior, New Berlin (West Allis Hale)
UW-Platteville, Nathan Petesch, Junior, Bellevue, Iowa (Marquette)
UW-River Falls, Chad Ernst, Junior, Richfield, Minn.
UW-Stevens Point, Dominick Meyer, Senior, Beloit (Memorial)
UW-Stout, Nate Carey, Junior, Champlin, Minn. (Champlin Park)
UW-Superior, Seth Neumann, Sophomore, Eagle River
UW-Whitewater, Dan Machmueller, Sophomore, Milwaukee (West Allis Hale)

Week of Oct. 6 - 12
Connor Lonning, Junior (La Crosse/Aquinas), of UW-La Crosse
Lonning helped lead UW-La Crosse to the team title at the Dan Huston Invitational Oct. 11 in Waverly, Iowa.  He finished fifth overall with a time of 25:36 on the 8,000-meter course.  A total of 11 teams and 214 individuals competed in the event.

Also nominated:
UW-Oshkosh, Jake Keehan, Sophomore, Green Bay (East)
UW-Platteville, Patrick Klein, Sophomore, Monroe
UW-Stevens Point, Adam Steinke, Junior, Hewitt
UW-Superior, Seth Neumann, Sophomore, Eagle River

Week of Sept. 29 - Oct. 5
Andrew McGuire, Senior (Wisconsin Rapids/Lincoln), of UW-Oshkosh
McGuire was the fifth-place runner in the Gold Division of the Notre Dame Invitational held Oct. 3 in South Bend, Ind.  McGuire completed the five-mile course in a time of 25:04 to pace the Titans.  Dave Weston of The University of Windsor (Ontario, Canada) won the race with a time of 24:50, while Zack Jones of NCAA Division II Oakland University (Mich.) finished second in 24:54. A total of 193 runners finished the race.  North Central College (Ill.), ranked seventh in the NCAA Division III by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, captured the team title with 93 points. Grand Valley State University (Mich.), ranked 10th in the NCAA Division II, finished second among the 23 teams with 104 points. UW-Oshkosh, ranked eighth in the NCAA Division III, scored 308 points.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Jules Miller, Senior, Green Bay (East)
UW-La Crosse, Michael Behringer, Freshman, Onalaska
UW-Platteville, Curtis Bendorf, Sophomore, Stitzer (Fennimore)
UW-River Falls, Scott Bowman, Sophomore, McFarland
UW-Stout, Nate Carey, Junior, Champlin, Minn. (Champlin Park)
UW-Whitewater, Dan Machmueller, Sophomore, West Allis

Week of Sept. 22 - 28
Paul Moran, Junior (New Berlin/West Allis Hale), of UW-La Crosse
Moran helped lead UW-La Crosse to its second straight Roy Griak Invitational title on September 27 at the University of Minnesota.  He finished third overall with a time of 25:48.0 on the 8,000-meter course. A total of 307 runners competed in the race.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Jules Miller, Senior, Green Bay (East)
UW-Platteville, Nathan Petesch, Sophomore, Bellevue, Iowa (Marquette)
UW-River Falls, Jason Phillippi, Senior, Maplewood, Minn. (Tartan)
UW-Stevens Point, John Pliska, Freshman, Junction City (SPASH)
UW-Stout, Mark Parker, Sophomore, Prairie du Sac (Sauk Prairie)

Week of Sept. 15 - 21
Andrew McGuire, Senior (Wisconsin Rapids/Lincoln), of UW-Oshkosh
McGuire took second in the individual competition to lead UW-Oshkosh to a second-place finish at the Calvin College (Mich.) Invitational held Sept. 20 in Grand Rapids, Mich.  He completed the 8,000-meter course in a time of 25:25.  Jed Christiansen of Calvin College won the race of 187 competitors with a time of 25:10.  Calvin College won the 11-team meet with 24 points. The Knights, ranked second in the NCAA Division III by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, coasted to the team title by placing all five of their scorers in the top eight individual finishes.  12th-ranked UW-Oshkosh finished second in the team standings with 90 points, while ninth-ranked Ohio Northern University placed third with 97, 16th-ranked Case Western Reserve University (Ohio) fourth with 98 and eighth-ranked NAIA Aquinas College (Mich.) fifth with 99.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, Paul Moran, Junior, New Berlin (West Allis Hale)
UW-Platteville, Josh Olson, Freshman, McFarland
UW-Stevens Point, Cory Towle, Senior, Waukesha

Week of Sept. 8 - 14
Chris Wirtz, Junior (Weston/D.C. Everest), of UW-Eau Claire
Wirtz won the Warhawk Invitational held Sept. 13 in Whitewater to lead the Blugolds to a first-place finish out of 10 teams.  He completed the 8,000-meter course in 27:42 to easily surpass the 160 competitors that finished the race.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, Chris Gilbert, Sophomore, Mount Vernon, Ohio
UW-Oshkosh, Nate Stymiest, Freshman, Oconto Falls
UW-Platteville, Nathan Petesch, Sophomore, Bellevue, Iowa (Marquette)
UW-River Falls, Chad Ernst, Junior, Richfield, Minn.
UW-Stout, Peter Johnston, Sophomore, Madison (Memorial)
UW-Superior, Seth Neumann, Sophomore, Eagle River

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