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Cyna Madigan earned All-WIAC Second Team with a 12th-place, 22:39 finish
Cyna Madigan earned All-WIAC Second Team with a 12th-place, 22:39 finish

Madigan Paces Titans At WIAC Championship

Results

PRESCOTT, Wis.- The UW-Oshkosh women's cross country team finished in fifth place at the 2023 WIAC Championships on Saturday (Oct. 28) at Prescott High School, hosted by UW-River Falls.

UW-Oshkosh, 16-time WIAC champions, totaled 120 points for its fifth-place finish. The Titans had a third-place finish in the 2022 and 2021 championships.

Cyna Madigan (Jr. • Rosendale) led all Titan competitors by running the 6,000-meter course in 22:39 for a 12th-place finish, which earned her the All-WIAC Second Team honor of her career (She also earned second team in 2021).

Josie Makurat (So. • Fairfax, Va.) earned All-WIAC Honorable Mention with a 19th-place, 23:01 finish.

Libby Geisness (Jr. • Waukesha) placed 25th in 23:18, Gracie Buchinger (Fr. • Kimberly) in 23:36 for a 36th place finish, and Meygan Benzing (Sr. • Juneau) placed 43rd in 23:59 to contribute to the team points.

Carolyn Shula of UW-Eau Claire took home the individual title for running the course in 21:25. Maddie Hannah (21:50) and Katelyn Chadwick (21:53), both of UW-La Crosse, followed in second and third. UW-Stout's Mckayla Felton, UW-Stevens Point's Rachel Krouse, UW-La Crosse's Madelynn McIntyre and UW-La Crosse's Maddy Vantassel followed to fill out the All-WIAC First Team.

UW-La Crosse won the team competition to gain its third straight WIAC Championship title with 29 points. UW-Eau Claire followed in second with 46 points and UW-Whitewater in third with 115 points.

Other Titans  running were: Jamie Catania (So. • Fond du Lac) in 50th at 24:21, following behind in 51st, Zoe Watson (Fr. • Kiel) in 24:23, MacKenzie Dix (So. • Green Bay) placed 58th in 24:48, Gwen Feitl (So. • Wheaton, Ill.) in 24:56 for 61st, Emma Maly (Fr. • Clinton) placed 70th in 25:32, Allison Van Der Wegen (Fr. • Kaukauna) finished in 25:43 for 74th, and Paige Hagner (Jr. • Mukwonago) placing 81st in 26:07.

Dix was also named to the All-Sportsmanship team award at the event.

Titans will return to action on Saturday, Nov. 11 participating in the NCAA Division III North Regional, which will be hosted by UW-Eau Claire at Whitetail Gold Course in Colfax, Wis. The women's race is set to start at noon following the men's race at noon starting at 11 a.m.

Written by Emily Buffington, UW-Oshkosh Sports Information