The WIAC has named UW-Oshkosh's Andrew McGuire (Sr. • Wisconsin Rapids) as its Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week for events held Sept. 29-Oct. 5.

McGuire was the fifth-place runner as UW-Oshkosh finished 11th in the Gold Division of the Notre Dame Invitational held Oct. 3 in South Bend, Ind.

McGuire completed the five-mile course in a time of 25:04 to pace UW-Oshkosh. Dave Weston of The University of Windsor (Ontario, Canada) won the race with a time of 24:50, while Zack Jones of NCAA Division II Oakland University (Mich.) finished second in 24:54. A total of 193 runners finished the race.

North Central College (Ill.), ranked seventh in the NCAA Division III by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, captured the team title with 93 points. Grand Valley State University (Mich.), ranked 10th in the NCAA Division II, finished second among the 23 teams with 104 points. UW-Oshkosh, ranked eighth in the NCAA Division III, scored 308 points.

McGuire also received the WIAC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week Award for events held Sept. 15-21.

Competing without eight of its team members who ran at the renowned Notre Dame Invitational earlier in the day, UW-Oshkosh still managed to place 10th at the Blugold Men's Cross Country Open held Friday (Oct. 3) in Colfax.

The University of St. Thomas (Minn.) scored 75 points to win the 19-team meet. St. Olaf College (Minn.) finished second with 78 points, while host UW-Eau Claire placed third with 85, St. John's University (Minn.) fourth with 132 and NCAA Division II UW-Parkside fifth with 179. UW-Oshkosh, ranked eighth in the NCAA Division III by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, placed 10th in the team standings with 237 points.

UW-Oshkosh's top runners in the 8,000-meter race were Mike Jarchow (Fr. • Oshkosh) and Dusty Dorshorst (Jr. • Poynette). Jarchow finished 37th with a time of 26:28 and Dorshorst 38th in 26:30.

The Titans also received scoring from Justin Darrow's (Jr. • Sobieski) 57th-place time of 26:45, Sean Kutz's (Fr. • Grantsburg) 71st-place time of 26:53 and William Koepp's (So. • Lake Nebagamon) 72nd-place time of 26:54.

Dobuol Ruon of St. Olaf College captured the individual title with a time of 24:51. Cory Hayden and Paul Zdroik both ran unattached and finished second and third with times of 24:59 and 25:06, respectively.

Other UW-Oshkosh results had Jared Morris (Fr. • Wausau) finish 76th in 26:55, Bobby Gibson (So. • Kewaskum) 78th in 26:57, Adam Zamzow (Sr. • Green Bay) 86th in 27:04, Trenton Tedrick (Fr. • Winnebago, Ill.) 123rd in 27:37, Brian Peterson (Fr. • Toluca, Ill.) 141st in 27:55, Nick Newcomer (Fr. • Winnebago, Ill.) 187th in 28:35, Grant O'Connell (So. • Appleton) 204th in 28:48, Jeff Baudry (Jr. • Oakfield) 212th in 28:57, Jerrod Berget (Fr. • New Richmond) 245th in 29:04 and Phil Devine (Fr. • Winnebago, Ill.) 221st in 29:14. A total of 295 runners completed the race.

UW-Oshkosh finished 11th out of 23 teams at the prestigious Notre Dame Men's Cross Country Invitational held Friday (Oct. 3) in South Bend, Ind.

North Central College (Ill.), ranked seventh in the NCAA Division III by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, won the Gold Division title of the 53rd annual event with 93 points. Grand Valley State University (Mich.), ranked 10th in the NCAA Division II, finished second among the 23 teams with 104 points.

A pair of nationally-ranked NCAA Division III teams followed Grand Valley State University as fourth-ranked UW-Stevens Point finished third with 125 points and second-ranked Calvin College (Mich.) fourth with 149. The University of Windsor (Ontario, Canada) placed fifth with 159 points.

UW-Oshkosh, ranked eighth in the NCAA Division III, finished 11th with 308 points. The Titans placed 15th in last year's meet with 440 points.

Andrew McGuire (Sr. • Wisconsin Rapids) completed the five-mile course in a fifth-place time of 25:04 to pace UW-Oshkosh. Dave Weston of The University of Windsor won the race with a time of 24:50, while Zack Jones of NCAA Division II Oakland University (Mich.) finished second in 24:54. Sammy Kiprotich of NCAA Division III Carnegie Mellon University (Pa.) placed third with a time of 24:59 and Jed Christiansen of Calvin College fourth in 25:00.

Also contributing to UW-Oshkosh's team score were Josh Hoff (Jr. • Boyceville), Nate Stymiest (Fr. • Oconto Falls), Willy Kaul (Sr. • Menomonee Falls) and Jake Keehan (So. • Green Bay). Hoff finished 33rd with a time of 25:44, while Stymiest placed 58th in 26:13, Kaul 112th in 26:56 and Keehan 120th in 27:01.

Other UW-Oshkosh competitors at the meet were Andrew Vos (So. • Fort Atkinson), Ben Wizner (Jr. • Onalaska) and Derrick Fameree (Sr. • Algoma). Vos finished 133rd with a time of 27:15, while Wizner placed 136th in 27:18 and Fameree 172nd in 28:27. A total of 193 runners finished the race.

The WIAC has named UW-Oshkosh's Andrew McGuire (Sr. • Wisconsin Rapids) as its Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week for events held Sept. 15-21.

McGuire took second in the individual competition to lead UW-Oshkosh to a second-place finish at the Calvin College Invitational held Sept. 20 in Grand Rapids, Mich.

McGuire completed the 8,000-meter course in a time of 25:25. Jed Christiansen of Calvin College finished first in the race of 187 competitors with a time of 25:10.

Calvin College, ranked second in the NCAA Division III by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, won the 11-team meet with 24 points.

12th-ranked UW-Oshkosh finished second in the team standings with 90 points, while ninth-ranked Ohio Northern University placed third with 7, 16th-ranked Case Western Reserve University (Ohio) fourth with 98 and eighth-ranked NAIA Aquinas College (Mich.) fifth with 99.

Andrew McGuire (Sr. • Wisconsin Rapids) took second place in the individual competition to lead the UW-Oshkosh men's cross country team to a second-place finish at the Calvin College Invitational held Saturday (Sept. 20) in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Host Calvin College won the 11-team meet with 24 points. The Knights, ranked second in the NCAA Division III by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, coasted to the team title by placing all five of their scorers in the top eight individual finishes.

12th-ranked UW-Oshkosh finished second in the team standings with 90 points, while ninth-ranked Ohio Northern University placed third with 97, 16th-ranked Case Western Reserve University (Ohio) fourth with 98 and eighth-ranked NAIA Aquinas College (Mich.) fifth with 99.

Jed Christiansen of Calvin College won the 8,000-meter race with a time of 25:10, while McGuire finished second in 25:26. Calvin College took two of the next three positions as Nate De Haan finished third in 25:28 and Erik Van Kampen fifth in 25:38. Makorobondo Salukombo of Denison University (Ohio) placed fourth with a time of 25:35.

In addition to McGuire, other top 40 runners for UW-Oshkosh were Willy Kaul (Sr. • Menomonee Falls), Josh Hoff (Jr. • Boyceville), Nate Stymiest (Fr. • Oconto Falls), Jake Keehan (So. • Green Bay) and Andrew Vos (So. • Fort Atkinson). Kaul finished 11th with a time of 25:58, while Hoff placed 20th in 26:10, Stymiest 23rd in 26:18, Keehan 36th in 26:41 and Vos 40th in 26:49.

The Titans also had Derrick Fameree (Sr. • Algoma) finish 44th in 26:55, Ben Wizner (Jr. • Onalaska) 45th in 26:56, William Koepp (So. • Lake Nebagamon) 51st in 27:07, Justin Darrow (Jr. • Sobieski) 54th in 27:12, Dusty Dorshorst (Jr. • Poynette) 56th in 27:13, Bobby Gibson (So. • Kewaskum) 60th in 27:15, Mike Jarchow (Fr. • Oshkosh) 69th in 27:26 and Adam Zamzow (Sr. • Green Bay) 72nd in 27:31.

Other UW-Oshkosh results had Trenton Tedrick (Fr. • Winnebago, Ill.) place 80th in 27:43, Nick Newcomer (Fr. • Winnebago, Ill.) 110th in 28:25, Jeff Baudry (Jr. • Oakfield) 117th in 28:38, Sean Kutz (Fr. • Grantsburg) 133rd in 28:58, Grant O'Connell (So. • Appleton) 135th in 29:00, Brian Peterson (Fr. • Toluca, Ill.) 144th in 29:18, Phil Devine (Fr. • Winnebago, Ill.) 163rd in 30:13 and Jerrod Berget (Fr. • New Richmond) 166th in 30:37. A total of 187 runners finished the race.

UW-Oshkosh placed all five of its scorers in the top seven individual finishes and coasted to the team title at the Carroll University Men's Cross Country Invitational held Saturday (Sept. 6) in Waukesha. The meet kicked off the 2008 season for the Titans, ranked 13th in the NCAA Division III by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

UW-Oshkosh won the seven-team meet with 32 points, while the Milwaukee School of Engineering finished second with 77. Illinois Institute of Technology placed third with 78 points, Ripon College fourth with 81 and Carroll University fifth with 91.

UW-Oshkosh's scorers were separated by just 50 seconds as Nate Stymiest (Fr. • Oconto Falls) led the way over the 8,000-meter course with a third-place time of 27:02. The Titans also had Jake Keehan (So. • Green Bay) finish fifth in 27:12, Derrick Fameree (Sr. • Algoma) sixth in 27:18, Mike Jarchow (Fr. • Oshkosh) sixth in 27:24 and Jeff Baudry (Jr. • Oakfield) 11th in 27:51.

In addition to its scorers, UW-Oshkosh had William Koepp (So. • Lake Nebagamon) finish 12th in 27:57, Grant O'Connell (So. • Appleton) 13th in 28:02, Bobby Gibson (So. • Kewaskum) 15th in 28:08, Justin Darrow (Jr. • Sobieski) 19th in 28:16, Jared Morris (Fr. • Wausau) 21st in 28:25, Dusty Dorshorst (Jr. • Poynette) 23rd in 28:26 and Nick Newcomer (Fr. • Winnebago, Ill.) 24th in 28:30.

Other UW-Oshkosh results had Brian Peterson (Fr. • Toluca, Ill.) place 26th in 28:48, Adam Zamzow (Sr. • Green Bay) 29th in 29:02, Trenton Tedrick (Fr. • Winnebago, Ill.) 32nd in 29:23, Phil Devine (Fr. • Winnebago, Ill.) 60th in 31:51 and Jerrod Berget (Fr. • New Richmond) 61st in 31:51. A total of 88 runners completed the race.

The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced that UW-Oshkosh was ranked 13th in its preseason poll of NCAA Division III men’s cross country teams.

UW-Oshkosh earned 182 points in the top-35 poll after finishing 10th at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional and fifth at the WIAC Championship a year ago.

State University of New York-Cortland received all eight first-place votes to take the top billing in the poll with 280 points. Calvin College (Mich.) ranked second with 269 points, while UW-La Crosse listed third with 266, UW-Stevens Point fourth with 256 and Carnegie Mellon University (Pa.) fifth with 246. Defending NCAA Division III champion New York University ranked 26th with 78 points.

In addition to the mentions of UW-La Crosse, UW-Stevens Point and UW-Oshkosh, the WIAC had UW-Eau Claire rank 34th with 13 points.

UW-Oshkosh welcomes back six of its top seven runners and nine lettermen overall from last year’s team. Top returnees for the Titans are Josh Hoff (Jr. • Boyceville), William Koepp (So. • Lake Nebagamon), Andrew McGuire (Sr. • Wisconsin Rapids), Nick Sydow (Sr. • Marshfield), Andrew Vos (So. • Fort Atkinson) and Ben Wizner (Jr. • Onalaska). McGuire finished 22nd at last year's NCAA Division III Midwest Regional and seventh at the WIAC Championship.

All-American Willy Kaul (Sr. • Menomonee Falls) also returns to the Titans after missing the 2007 season with an injury. Kaul earned All-America honors with his fourth-place finish at the 2006 NCAA Division III Championship.

UW-Oshkosh begins its 2008 season by competing at the Carroll University Invitational on Sept. 6. The WIAC Championship is scheduled for Nov. 1 in Stevens Point, the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional for Nov. 15 in Rock Island, Ill., and the NCAA Division III Championship for Nov. 22 in Hanover, Ind.