UW-La Crosse Men
Capture Fourth Straight Midwest Regional Title

UW-La Crosse owned five of the top 23 runners and finished first in the team standings at the NCAA Division III Men's Cross Country Midwest Regional held Saturday (Nov. 10) at the Lake Breeze Golf Club in Winneconne, Wis.

UW-La Crosse, ranked third in the nation by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, scored 70 points to capture its fourth straight Midwest Regional title. Ninth-ranked UW-Stevens Point finished second among the 35 teams with 76 points.

Leading UW-La Crosse to its victory was Paul Zdroik, who finished third in the 8,000-meter race with a time of 24:17. The Eagles also had Paul Moran finish 11th in 24:43, Dallas Vincent 14th in 24:46, Connor Lonning 19th in 24:54 and Dan Thour 23rd in 24:58.

UW-La Crosse and UW-Stevens Point both qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship that will be held Nov. 17 in Northfield, Minn.

Hoping to receive one of the 16 at-large invitations to the 32-team NCAA Division III Championship from the Midwest Regional are seventh-ranked North Central College (Ill.), 17th-ranked Augustana College (Ill.) and 10th-ranked UW-Platteville. North Central College placed third at the Midwest Regional with 118 points, while Augustana College was fourth with 152 and UW-Platteville fifth with 178.

The complete list of team and individual qualifiers for the NCAA Division III Championship will be announced by the NCAA on Sunday (Nov. 11).

Rounding out the top 10 teams at the Midwest Regional were sixth-place Wheaton College (Ill.) with 178 points, seventh-place Washington University (Mo.) with 227, eighth-place Carthage College with 276, ninth-place UW-Whitewater with 280 and 10th-place UW-Oshkosh with 309. UW-Oshkosh was the Midwest Regional team champion in both 2002 and 2003.

Tyler Sigl of UW-Platteville ran to a time of 24:01 to win the individual title for the third straight year. Brandon Mull of Wheaton College finished second in 24:11, Brian Butzler of UW-Whitewater fourth in 24:20 and Cory Towle of UW-Stevens Point fifth in 24:22.

Also finishing in the top 10 were sixth-place Jeff Pentek of St. Norbert College in 24:29, seventh-place Ryan McCarl of the University of Chicago (Ill.) in 24:32, eighth-place Micah Lorenzen of Concordia University Wisconsin in 24:37, ninth-place Dom Meyer of UW-Stevens Point in 24:38 and 10th-place Michael Spain of North Central College in 24:41.

A total of 258 runners finished the race.

Washington University Women
Take Third Straight Midwest Regional Title

Washington University (Mo.) ran away from the pack and coasted to the team title at the NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Midwest Regional held Saturday (Nov. 10) at the Lake Breeze Golf Club in Winneconne, Wis.

The Bears, who entered the meet as the third-ranked team in the nation by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, scored 41 points to earn its third straight Midwest Regional title. Ninth-ranked UW-Eau Claire finished second among the 37 squads with 87 points.

Washington University had four of the top 10 individual finishers, including Tyler Mulkin who completed the 6,000-meter race with a third-place time of 21:27. The Bears also had Kate Pentak finish fifth in 21:36, Tricia Frisella ninth in 21:53 and Lisa Sudmeier 10th in 21:54.

Washington University and UW-Eau Claire both qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship that will be held Nov. 17 in Northfield, Minn.

Other teams hoping to receive one of the 16 at-large selections to the NCAA Division III Championship from the Midwest Regional are 10th-ranked UW-Platteville, 18th-ranked UW-La Crosse, 25th-ranked UW-Oshkosh and 35th-ranked UW-Stevens Point. UW-Platteville finished third at the Midwest Regional with 99 points, UW-La Crosse fourth with 113, UW-Oshkosh fifth with 221 and UW-Stevens Point sixth with 223. UW-Stevens Point captured Midwest Regional titles in both 2003 and 2004.

The complete list of team and individual qualifiers for the NCAA Division III Championship will be announced by the NCAA on Sunday (Nov. 11).

Rounding out the list of top 10 teams were seventh-place Wheaton College (Ill.) with 232 points, eighth-place North Central College (Ill.) with 269, ninth-place UW-River Falls with 302 and 10th-place UW-Whitewater with 325.

Winning the individual title was Becca Jordahl of UW-River Falls. Jordahl ran to a time of 21:05, 13 seconds faster than the second-place time of 21:18 recorded by UW-Oshkosh's Ayla Mitchell.

The top 10 also featured UW-Eau Claire's Beth Lutz finishing fourth in 21:27, UW-Platteville's Jessica Scott sixth in 21:37, UW-Eau Claire's Mary Palmer seventh in 21:44 and Carroll College's Erin Kelley eighth in 21:46.

A total of 266 runners finished the race.

UW-Oshkosh To Host
NCAA Division III Cross Country Midwest Regional

The terrain of Winneconne’s Lake Breeze Golf Course will be the site for the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Cross Country Midwest Regional that will be held Saturday, Nov. 10.

Runners from nearly 50 men's and women's schools will participate in the event. The women’s 6,000-meter race begins at 11 a.m., while the men’s 8,000-meter race starts at noon.

Admission to the meet is $5 per automobile. Spectators are encouraged to arrive early for the meet.