2005 WIAC Men's Indoor Track & Field
Athletes of the Week

Week of Feb. 21 - 27
Track
Ryan Kleimenhagen, Senior (Oak Creek), of UW-Platteville
Kleimenhagen placed fourth in the 1,500-meter run at the USA Indoor Track and Field national championships on February 26 in Boston. He shattered the school record by five seconds, finishing in 3:46.55 to place fourth out of 11 competitors in the event.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Adam Koger, Sophomore, Eau Claire (Memorial)
UW-La Crosse, Nate Hoffman, Junior, Annandale, Minn.
UW-Oshkosh, Nick Boehlke, Junior, Three Lakes
UW-Stevens Point, Mark LaLonde, Senior, Park Falls
UW-Stout, Mark Kempen, Junior, Kaukauna (Freedom)

Field
Mitch Ellis, Sophomore (Three Lakes), of UW-Stevens Point
Ellis eclipsed the provisional qualifying mark for the NCAA Division III Championship in the high jump. He won the event at the Pointer Qualifier by clearing 2.04 meters (6-8 1/4).

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Eric Johnson, Sophomore, Schofield (D.C. Everest)
UW-La Crosse, Bobby Riley, Freshman, Eland (Wittenberg-Birnamwood)
UW-Oshkosh, Brandon Houle, Sophomore, Oshkosh (North)
UW-Platteville, Nick Fix, Junior, Oconomowoc

Week of Feb. 14 - 20
Track
Nate Olson, Junior (Stevens Point/SPASH), of UW-La Crosse
Olson won the 400-meter dash at the St. Olaf (Minn.) Tostrud Classic with a NCAA Division III automatic qualifying time of 48.23. His time ranks second in the nation this year. Olson was also a member of the winning 4 x 400-meter relay team (3:17.60) that set a provisional qualifying mark.

Also nominated:
UW-Oshkosh, John LeRoy, Senior, Oshkosh (North)
UW-Platteville, Russ Goessl, Sophomore, Curtiss (Owen-Withee)
UW-River Falls, Garrett Duncanson, Sophomore, Mantorville, Minn. (Kasson-Mantorville)
UW-Stout, Derek Gonzenbach, Sophomore, Millbank, S.D.
UW-Superior, 4 x 400 Meter Relay, Jake Turman, Lee Sims, Matt Kramer, Nathaniel Hargrove

Field
Brandon Houle, Sophomore (Oshkosh/North), of UW-Oshkosh
Houle won the shot put and the 35-pound weight throw as UW-Oshkosh captured its own 10-team invitational held February 19. He won the shot put with a toss of 56-5 1/4 and the 35-pound weight throw with a school-record hurl of 60-4 1/2. It was the second straight week that he set a school record in the 35-pound weight throw. Houle's performance in the shot put surpassed the automatic qualifying standard for next month's NCAA Division III Championship. UW-Oshkosh captured its own invitational with 242.50 points, while UW-Stevens Point finished second with 154.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, Kevin Becker, Junior, Rochester, Minn. (Mayo)
UW-Platteville, Jim Uppena, Junior, Cassville
UW-Stevens Point, Blaine Vander Wielen, Freshman, Neenah
UW-Stout, Andy Smith, Junior, Rice Lake

Week of Feb. 7 - 13
Track
Tyler Sigl, Freshman (Seymour), of UW-Platteville
Sigl broke UW-Platteville's school record in the 5,000-meter run while competing in a meet at Iowa State. He smashed Ryan Kleimenhagen's Pioneer record by 10 seconds. Sigl was 24th among 75 finishers in a time of 14:40.13, lowering his provisional qualifying mark. It is the seventh-best mark in NCAA Division III this season.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Nick Aliota, Sophomore, Brookfield (Central)
UW-La Crosse, Dan Haumschild, Senior, Waukesha (West)
UW-Oshkosh, Willy Kaul, Freshman, Menomonee Falls (Milwaukee Lutheran)
UW-Stevens Point, Nicholas Ver Duin, Freshman, Howards Grove

Field
Kevin Becker, Junior (Rochester, Minn./Mayo), of UW-La Crosse
Becker won the weight throw at the Warhawk Classic with a NCAA Division III provisional qualifying mark of 62-6. He helped lead the Eagles to the team title at the six-team event.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, John Schuna, Senior, Hudson
UW-Oshkosh, Brandon Houle, Sophomore, Oshkosh (North)
UW-Platteville, Tim Jankowski, Junior, West Bend (West)
UW-Stevens Point, Sverre Sundgaard, Sophomore, Cottage Grove, Minn. (Park)

Week of Jan. 31 - Feb. 6
Track
Ryan Kleimenhagen, Senior (Oak Creek), of UW-Platteville
Kleimenhagen broke his own school record in the mile, while placing third in the Husker Invitational at the University of Nebraska on February 5. His time of 4:05.18 is easily the best in NCAA Division III this season.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Adam Condit, Senior, La Crosse (Central)
UW-La Crosse, Nate Olson, Junior, Stevens Point (SPASH)
UW-Oshkosh, John LeRoy, Senior, Oshkosh (North)
UW-Stevens Point, Adam Baumann, Junior, Marathon
UW-Stout, Jesse Wendt, Freshman, New Auburn (Chetek)

Field
Lewis Cassellius, Senior (Glenwood City), of UW-Stout
Cassellius won the pole vault at the Warren Bowlus Open on February 5 with a provisional qualifying height of 15-7, increasing his provisional qualifying height from last week by three inches.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Justin Wolfe, Senior, Brodhead
UW-La Crosse, Herc Hyland, Senior, Nekoosa
UW-Oshkosh, Jazzmon Hughes, Junior, Milwaukee (Marquette)
UW-Platteville, Tim Jankowski, Junior, West Bend (West)
UW-Stevens Point, Mitch Ellis, Sophomore, Three Lakes

Week of Jan. 24 - 30
Track
Marcus Walgrave, Sophomore (LuVerne, Minn.) of UW-La Crosse
Walgrave won the 55-meter dash (6.53) and 55-meter high hurdles (7.57) at the UW-Stout Open on January 29. His time in the 55-meter high hurdles is a NCAA Division III provisional qualifying time and the fastest in Division III this year. Walgrave's time is also the third fastest on UW-La Crosse's all-time list.

Also nominated:
UW-Oshkosh, John LeRoy, Senior, Oshkosh (North)
UW-Platteville, Andres Young, Senior, Miami, Fla. (Coral Gables)
UW-Stevens Point, Mark LaLonde, Senior, Park Falls
UW-Stout, Derek Gonzenbach, Sophomore, Milbanks, S.D.
UW-Superior, Matt Kramer, Freshman, Cloquet, Minn.

Field
John Schuna, Senior (Hudson), of UW-Eau Claire
Schuna grabbed first place in the shot put and second in the weight throw as the Blugolds took second place out of nine teams at the UW-Whitewater Invitational on January 29. He posted a throw of 17.58 meters (57-8 1/4) in the shot put to automatically qualify for the NCAA Division III Championships, while recording a throw of 16.89 meters (55-5) in the weight throw to place second and provisionally qualify for the championships.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, Kevin Becker, Junior, Rochester, Minn.
UW-Oshkosh, Brandon Houle, Junior, Oshkosh (North)
UW-Platteville, Jim Uppena, Junior, Cassville
UW-Stevens Point, Sverre Sundgaard, Sophomore, Cottage Grove, Minn. (Park)
UW-Stout, Lewis Cassellius, Senior, Glenwood City

Week of Jan. 17 - 23
Track
Ryan Kleimenhagen, Senior (Oak Creek), of UW-Platteville
Kleimenhagen broke the UW-Platteville school record and automatically qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship in the mile with a time of 4:05.85. Running against all NCAA Division I performers at the UW Elite Invitational on January 22, Kleimenhagen finished second out of 20 runners, being edged by Badger All-American Chris Solinsky by seven-tenths of a second. Kleimenhagen's time is almost nine seconds better than any other Division III runner this year and beat the automatic qualifying mark by more than four seconds.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Adam Condit, Senior, La Crosse (Central)
UW-La Crosse, 4x400-meter relay team, Tony Marcinek, Sophomore, Park Ridge, Ill. (Maine South); Nate Olson, Junior, Stevens Point (SPASH); Eric Svestka, Sophomore, Decorah, Iowa; Jeremy Deterville, Sophomore, Luxemburg (Luxemburg-Casco)
UW-River Falls, Jason Phillippi, Freshman, Maplewood, Minn. (Tartan)
UW-Superior, Matt Kramer, Freshman, Cloquet, Minn.

Field
Matt Novak, Sophomore (Schofield/D.C. Everest), of UW-La Crosse
Novak won the pole vault at the University of Minnesota Gold Country Classic on January 22. He earned an automatic qualifying standard for the NCAA Division III Championship with a mark of 16-6.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, John Schuna, Senior, Hudson
UW-Platteville, Jim Uppena, Junior, Cassville

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