Weber Named WIAC Cross Country Athlete Of The Week
The WIAC selected UW-Oshkosh's Lucas Weber as its Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week for the period of Sept. 3-9.
Weber ranked 17th among 145 runners as UW-Oshkosh opened its season by placing eighth at the UW-Parkside Vic Godfrey Open held Sept. 8 in Somers.
Weber, who finished 30th at the meet a year ago, completed this year's 8,000-meter race with a time of 26:21.
UW-Oshkosh placed eighth in the team standings by one point as NCAA Division II UW-Parkside edged the Titans for seventh place, 193-194.
NCAA Division I Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) won the 12-team meet with 28 points. The next four teams in the listings were also Division I members as Marquette University finished second with 86 points, Kansas State University third with 101, Loyola University (Ill.) fourth with 102 and UW-Milwaukee fifth with 109.
Unattached runner Robert Murphy seized his way to the meet's individual title with a time of 25:40.