November 26, 2010

UW-Oshkosh closed out the 2010 cross country season with a 16th-place finish at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championship in Waverly, Iowa. Sophomore Christy Cazzola ran an awesome race in finishing fourth overall to earn All-America honors in a time of 21:18 over the 6,000-meter course.

Overall, we had a great season. After a short break we'll start training for indoor track.

November 1, 2010

We were hoping for more at the WIAC Championship!

UW-Oshkosh finished third with 61 points. We were very strong up front going first and third. Christy Cazzola won the race with a 6,000-meter time of 22:16. Jenny Piskor had the best race of her career finishing third in 22:39. She moved from eighth place to third over the last 1,000 meters.

Next up for UW-Oshkosh is the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Championship on Nov. 13 at the Saukie Golf Course in Rock Island, Ill. This is the qualifying meet for the NCAA Division III Championship on Nov. 20 in Waverly, Iowa.

October 21, 2010

We ran a great team race at the UW-Oshkosh Brooks Invitational on Oct. 16!

Christy Cazzola finished third among 499 runners as UW-Oshkosh tied for second-place in the team standings. The University of Minnesota-Duluth won the 36-team meet with 89 points, while UW-Oshkosh and the University of Chicago finished in second with 116.

We were solid upfront and had the best fifth runner in the meet. Our goal was to place our top five runners in the top 40 and we were in the top 36.

UW-Oshkosh is currently ranked fifth in the NCAA Division III by the USTFCCCA.

Our next meet is at the WIAC Championship on Oct. 29 in Eau Claire.

October 6, 2010

On Oct. 2, the UW-Oshkosh women's cross country team competed at the prestigious Notre Dame Invitational in South Bend, Ind. We finished third with 115 points, behind NCAA Division I schools Oakland University (Mich.) and West Virginia University. This meet gave us the opportunity to compete against many Division 1 schools. I was very proud of our team. We embraced the competition and six of our runners had career bests. We were led by sophomore Christy Cazzola who finished fourth in a time of 17:54 over the 5,000-meter course.

Our next meet is our home meet the UW-Oshkosh Brooks Invitational on Oct. 16 at the Lake Breeze Golf Course in Winneconne. The Men race at 10:30 a.m. and the women at 11:15 a.m. Forty teams from a seven-state area will be participating.

September 28, 2010

It was a great day for UW-Oshkosh cross country!

We won the 32-team Roy Griak Invitational held Saturday (Sept. 25) at the Les Bolstad Golf Course in Falcon Heights, Minn. We scored 65 points on our way to the team title. Our top 5 runners placed in the top 23 places. Christy Cazzola was our top finisher with a third-place time of 22:19 over a muddy 6k course.

This Friday, we race at the University of Notre Dame. We look forward to the challenging competition against several Division I schools.

September 14, 2010

The 2010 cross country season is off to a successful start!

We captured the nine-team Midwest Open held Sept. 11 in Kenosha with 26 points. We placed five women in the top 10.

Times were very good considering the rain and mud. It was a fun day to race!

This Saturday (Sept. 18), we compete at the UW-Whitewater Invitational. We will be resting our top 10 runners. This will give other runners a chance to step up and be a scorer for the team.

Our 2010 roster consists of 27 women.