McKenna Named Verizon Academic
All-America
 Eamon McKenna of the UW-Oshkosh
men's cross country and track and field teams has
been named to the 2002 Verizon College Division
Academic All-America Men's Track and Field/Cross
Country Team. McKenna, a first-time honoree, was
a second team selection.
The College
Division of the Verizon Academic All-America
Men's Track & Field/Cross Country Teams
includes schools belonging to the NCAA Division
II, NCAA Division III or the NAIA.
McKenna, a junior
from Ashippun, owns a 3.95 cumulative grade point
average as a major in both elementary education
and Spanish. McKenna has recorded nine varsity
letters during his three years at UW-Oshkosh,
three each in the sports of cross country, indoor
track and field and outdoor track and field.
McKenna was a member of UW-Oshkosh's 2001 indoor
track and field team that claimed the WIAC title.
This past year,
McKenna placed eighth in the 5,000 meter run at
the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field
Championship, 12th in the 10,000 meter run at the
NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field
Championship and 46th at the NCAA Division III
Cross Country Championship. He also placed second
in the 5,000 and 10,000 meter runs at the 2002
WIAC Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
This year marks
the 50th anniversary of the Verizon Academic
All-America program, which was founded by the
College Sports Information Directors of America
(CoSIDA) in 1952 to recognize collegiate
student-athletes for their outstanding
achievements in the classroom and on the playing
field. Over the past 50 years, the Verizon
Academic All-America program has grown into one
of the most recognized and prestigious collegiate
scholar-athlete awards in the country.
The Verizon
Academic All-America Teams are selected by a vote
of the 1,800-member CoSIDA. To be eligible, an
athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve
and maintain a cumulative grade point average of
at least 3.20 on a scale of 4.00.
Since the
inception of the Verizon Academic All-America
Program, 26 UW-Oshkosh student-athletes have
combined for 34 awards, including four-time
honoree Laura Nelson in women's track and
field/cross country. In WIAC listings, UW-Oshkosh
ranks second to the 35 Verizon Academic
All-America mentions totaled by UW-La Crosse.
Titans
Place 14th at NCAA Nationals
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Groose Wins 800 Meter Run At
Drake Relays
 Junior Matt Groose of the
UW-Oshkosh men's track and field team won
the Invitational 800 meter run on
Saturday (April 27) at the prestigious
Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa.
Groose, who won the 800
meter run at the NCAA Division III Indoor
Track and Field Championship in March
with a record time of 1:49.73, ran to a
first-place time of 1:50.14 on Saturday
to outdistance a field of 11 invited
participants.
Finishing second to Groose
with a time of 1:50.51 was defending
champion Derrick Peterson of The Adidas
Track Club. Peterson captured the 800
meter run title at the United States
Indoor Track and Field Championship in
March with a time of 1:46.60 and holds
the American collegiate indoor record of
1:45.88, set at the 1999 NCAA Division I
Track and Field Championship. Peterson
also won the Invitational 800 meter run
at the 1998 Drake Relays while competing
for the University of Missouri. In 2001,
Peterson won a silver medal in the 800
meter run at the World University Games
in Beijing, China.
Rounding out the finishes in
the Invitational 800 meter run were
third-place Ian Searcy of Central
Michigan University (1:50.95),
fourth-place James Karanu (1:51.18),
fifth-place Timothy of the University of
Missouri (1:52.07), sixth-place Joseph
Lee of Kansas State University (1:52.92),
seventh-place Eddie Nehus of the Indiana
Invaders Track Club (1:53.36),
eighth-place Eric Potter (1:53.66),
ninth-place Chevazz Brown of the
University of Georgia (1:54.22),
10th-place Matt Byington (1:54.61) and
11th-place Trinity Townsend of the New
Balance Track Club (1:56.02).
Groose, a Watertown native,
also bettered the winning 800 meter run
time in the University and College
Division at the Drake Relays. Ryan Huber
of Indiana University won that race with
a time of 1:51.68.
UW-Oshkosh also recorded a
14th-place finish in the distance medley
relay of the Men's College Division at
the Drake Relays. Representing the Titans
and posting a time of 10:15.87 were John
LeRoy, Tim Kluge, Pat Seger and Nick
Boehlke. Central Missouri State
University won the event with a time of
9:55.84.
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Titans
Finish Fifth At NCAA Indoor Championship
An impressive nine records
were broken during the 2002 NCAA Division
III Men's and Women's Indoor Track and
Field Championships held Friday and
Saturday (March 8-9) at the Ohio Northern
University Sports Center in Ada, Ohio.
The UW-La
Crosse men and the Wheaton College
(Mass.) women successfully defended their
team titles from a year ago.
In the
men's meet, UW-La Crosse scored 54 points
to win their second straight and ninth
title overall in the 18-year history of
the event. Lincoln University (Pa.) was
second with 48 points, Montclair State
University (N.J.) third with 29 points,
Wheaton College (Mass.) fourth with 27
points and UW-Oshkosh fith with 26.
Wheaton
College (Mass.) won its fourth straight
women's title by amassing 65.5 points,
just missing the Championships record of
66 points by Christopher Newport
University (Va.) in 1988.
UW-Oshkosh
was second with 37 points, UW-La Crosse
third with 30.5 points, Williams College
(Mass.) fourth with 29 points and
Carthage College fifth with 24 points.
Individually
on the women's side, Wheaton College's
(Mass.) Shimera Daniels set two NCAA
Division III records, winning the triple
jump with a distance of 12.62 meters and
the long jump with a jump of 5.96 meters.
Her
teammate, Amber James, set a record in
the 400 meter ash with a time of 55.46
seconds and combined with Niara Woods,
Tessa Donoghue and April Butler on
Wheaton College's 4 x 400 relay team that
won in 3:48.78.
Nebraska
Wesleyan University's Kelly Bowen won the
pole vault by clearing an NCAA rDivision
III record 3.77 meters.
In the
men's competition, Jeremy Scott of
Allegheny College (Pa.), Andrew Rock of
UW-La Crosse and Matt Groose of
UW-Oshkosh all set NCAA Division III
records in individual events and the
Haverford College (Pa.) medley relay team
also set an NCAA Division III
Championships mark.
Scott won
the pole vault by clearing 5.50 meters,
Rock won the 400-meter dash in 47.47
seconds and Groose won the 800-meter run
in 1:49.73. Haverford College's relay
team finished in 9:58.53.
In
addition to Groose's first-place finish
in the 800 meter run, the UW-Oshkosh
men's team also received a third-place
finish from David Cisewski in the 5,000
meter run (14:41.82), eighth-place finish
from Kirk DeWindt in the 1,500 meter run
and an eighth-place finish from Eamon
McKenna in the 5,000 meter run
(14:54.25). The Titans' distance medley
relay team of Cisewski, Groose, John
LeRoy and Steve Wagner finished second
with a time of 9:59.52.
UW-Oshkosh's
women's team received a first-place
finish from Carrie Danielewicz in the
high jump (5-7 1/4), first-place finish
from Elizabeth Woodworth in the 800 meter
run (2:12.41), sixth-place finish from
Jessica Marx in the 800 meter run
(2:15.73), seventh-place finish from Jill
Kincaid in the triple jump (37-10 1/2)
and a seventh-place finish from Niki
Riemer in the pole vault (11-4 1/2). The
Titans' distance medley relay team of
Susan Hardtke, Marx, Jackie Munoz and
Woodworth also finished first with a time
of 11:46.19.
A total of
16 Ohio Northern University Sports Center
records were broken during the event.
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Titans
Finish Third At WIAC Indoor Championship
 The University of Wisconsin-La
Crosse men's indoor track & field team won
its 27th Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (WIAC) championship in school history
Saturday in Kachel Fieldhouse. The Eagles, who
have now won 11 of the last 13 team titles,
finished with 163.50 points. UW-Whitewater was
second (103.00) followed by UW-Oshkosh (101.00),
UW-Stevens Point (101.00), UW-Eau Claire (92.00),
UW-Platteville (75.50) and UW-Stout (60.00).
La Crosse had five
individual champions and one relay champion
during the two-day event. Dan Tutskey captured
the 55-meter dash for the second consecutive
season with a conference record time of 6.34,
while Andrew Rock won the 200-meter dash in
21.45. Rock, who also won the event last season,
established a new conference record in the
200-meter dash with his effort.
In field events,
Andrew Basler won the long jump for the second
time in his career with a leap of 24-4 1/2. Jim
Nelson claimed the shot put title with a throw of
55-1, while Mike Turgeon captured the 35-pound
weight throw title with a distance of 60-9 1/4.
The La Crosse
4x200-meter relay team captured the conference
crown for the third consecutive season with a
time of 1:28.02.
Whitewater's Pat
Frascone claimed the 5,000-meter run title with a
time of 14:36.19 becoming the first Warhawk in
school history to win a WIAC title in the event.
Adam Lendowski won the heptathlon title with
4,909 points. His point total established a new
conference record.
Oshkosh had three
individuals and one relay team claim conference
crowns. Matt Groose won the 800-meter run with a
conference record time of 1:50.03, while David
Cisewski won the 3,000-meter run in 8:28.12.
Kevin Deering won the high jump with a mark of
6-8, while the distance medley relay team won
with a time of 9:56.38. This marks the third
consecutive season Oshkosh has won the distance
medley relay crown.
Stout's Dave
Hanson won the 400-meter dash and 55-meter high
hurdles titles. He claimed the 400-meter crown in
49.51 and the 55-meter hurdle title in 7.71. Jeff
Rotering won the pole vault with a height of 16-3
1/4. Stout's 4x400-meter relay team claimed the
WIAC title with a time of 3:22.95.
Eau Claire's Jeff
Bergstrom won the triple jump with a leap of 47-3
1/2 and Platteville's Ryan Kleimenhagen won the
1,500-meter run with a time of 3:54.02.
Oshkosh's Matt
Groose and Stout's Dave Hanson were named Track
Co-Performers of the Meet, while Whitewater's
Adam Lendowski was named Field Performer of the
Meet.
La Crosse head
coach Mark Guthrie and Whitewater head coach
Darren Schneider were named the WIAC Co-Coaches
of the Year. Guthrie has now been named the
conference coach of the year seven times in his
career (combined indoor and outdoor), while
Scheider garnered the honor for the first time in
his career.
Many of the
competitors in the WIAC championship will travel
to Ohio Northern University next Friday and
Saturday, March 8-9 for the NCAA III Indoor
Championship.
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