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Men's Cross Country

Titans Place Seventh At WIAC Championship

Results

The UW-Oshkosh men's cross country team finished seventh with 196 points at the WIAC Championship held Saturday (Oct. 31) in Whitewater.

UW-La Crosse, which owned five of the top nine individual performers, totaled 26 points to capture its 30th WIAC team title. UW-Platteville and defending champion UW-Stevens Point shared second place in the nine-team meet with 64 points.

UW-Whitewater finished fourth in the team standings with 97 points, while UW-Eau Claire placed fifth with 135, UW-River Falls sixth with 192, UW-Stout eighth with 208 and UW-Superior ninth with 241.

UW-La Crosse entered the meet ranked third in the NCAA Division III by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, UW-Stevens Point fifth, UW-Platteville 11th, UW-Oshkosh 18th, UW-Whitewater 25th and UW-Eau Claire 30th.

Freshman Zach Wilhelmy of UW-La Crosse won the individual title, completing the 8,000-meter course in a time of 25:28. The Eagles also had Paul Moran finish fourth in 25:50, Connor Lonning fifth in 25:53, Dallas Vincent seventh in 25:59 and Scott Hayden ninth in 26:02.

UW-Platteville had a pair of top eight runners as Jason Garvens finished second in 25:34 and Tony Kilburg eighth in 26:01. UW-Stevens Point had Joel Heroux finish third in 25:46 and Brandon Dworak 10th in 26:04, while UW-Whitewater had Dan Machmueller place sixth in 25:55.

UW-Oshkosh earned its team score on the individual finishes of Nate Stymiest (So. • Oconto Falls), John Dewitt (Fr. • Oshkosh), Josh Hoff (Sr. • Boyceville), Mike Jarchow (So. • Oshkosh) and Ben Wizner (Sr. • Onalaska). Stymiest placed 30th in 26:35, Dewitt 35th in 26:41, Hoff 44th in 26:50, Jarchow 55th in 27:18 and Wizner 60th in 27:28.

The Titans also had Mark Allen (Fr. • Port Washington) finish 69th in 27:46, Justin Darrow (Sr. • Sobieski) 71st in 27:52, William Koepp (Jr. • Lake Nebagamon) 77th in 28:05, Andrew Vos (Jr. • Fort Atkinson) 88th in 28:40, Jordan King (Fr. • Stevens Point) 89th in 28:43 and Jeff Baudry (Sr. • Oakfield) 95th in 29:08. A total of 99 runners crossed the finish line.

The WIAC named UW-River Falls' Chad Ernst as the winner of its Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete Award.

The league also selected Josh Wieland of UW-Eau Claire, Moran of UW-La Crosse, Hoff of UW-Oshkosh, Greg Alleman of UW-Platteville, Scott Degner of UW-River Falls, Brian Finnel of UW-Stevens Point, Joey Merrill of UW-Stout, Taylor Gombos of UW-Superior and Kyle O'Rourke of UW-Whitewater to its All-Sportsmanship Team.

UW-Oshkosh returns to action on Nov. 14 when it hosts the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional at the Lake Breeze Golf Club in Winneconne. The NCAA Division III Championship is scheduled for Nov. 21 in Highland Hills, Ohio.