Bio

Running for UW-Oshkosh in both women’s cross country from 1989-91 and in women’s track & field from 1989-92, Melissa Langlois gave the Titans national attention with her high level of proficiency in athletics and in the classroom.

In cross country, the Manitowoc Lincoln High School graduate was a two-time NCAA Division III All-American and a three-time All-WIAC first team selection. Langlois helped the Titans to three WIAC titles and the NCAA Division III championship in 1991.

Langlois helped UW-Oshkosh to WIAC titles in 1989, 1990 and 1991 by placing among the top 10 individual finishers each season. She finished 10th in 1989, fifth in 1990 and second in 1991.

Nationally, Langlois received a pair of NCAA Division III All-America cross country mentions. In 1990, she helped UW-Oshkosh to a second consecutive second-place finish at the NCAA Division III Championship by ranking 10th in the individual competition with a time of 18:10. In 1991, Langlois assisted UW-Oshkosh to the NCAA Division III title by finishing third with a time of 17:35.

On the track, Langlois primarily ran the 5,000- and 10,000-meter runs. She collected three NCAA Division III All-America ribbons while running to three WIAC titles. Langlois also was a member of UW-Oshkosh track & field teams that captured NCAA Division III outdoor crowns in 1990 and 1991, WIAC indoor titles from 1989-92 and WIAC outdoor championships from 1989-91.

Indoors, Langlois enjoyed her best season in 1992. She won the 5,000-meter run at the WIAC Championship that year while placing third with a time of 17:24.80 in the same event at the NCAA Division III Championship.

Outdoors, Langlois won a WIAC event and gained All-America mention in both of the 1991 and 1992 seasons. In 1991, she won the 5,000-meter run at the WIAC Championship while racing to a sixth-place time of 17:48.57 in the event at the NCAA Division III Championship. In 1992, Langlois won the 10,000-meter run at the WIAC Championship while placing fourth with time of 36:58.74 at the NCAA Division III Championship.

In addition to being a part of two national championship track and field teams, Langlois also was a member of UW-Oshkosh squads that finished second at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship in 1990, 1991 and 1992 and second at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship in 1989 and 1992.

Langlois was also exceptional in the classroom, graduating summa cum laude from UW-Oshkosh in 1992. A very strong mix of athletic and academic accomplishments earned Langlois CoSIDA Academic All-America first team honors, the UW-Oshkosh Chancellor’s Award For Excellence, a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and the UW-Oshkosh John Taylor Senior Scholar-Athlete Award in 1992. In 1991, the WIAC named Langlois as its Women’s Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Since graduating from UW-Oshkosh, Langlois has used her nursing degree to land positions at hospitals in Connecticut, Kentucky and Massachusetts. Today, she lives in Oshkosh with her husband, Ron, and three daughters.