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Pointer Women Second, Men Fifth at WIAC Meet
UW-Stevens Point�s Teresa Stanley placed second overall and Jenna
Mitchler was third, but UW-La Crosse placed five of the top 12 runners
to edge the two-time Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
women�s cross country champions at Saturday�s conference meet in
Superior.
Meanwhile, the Pointer men�s team placed fifth
of nine teams, marking only the second time since 1980 that the Pointers
have not finished among the top four squads.
Stanley led the women�s team with a time of
21:57 to finish 17 seconds behind UW-La Crosse�s Julia Rudd on the
six-kilometer course. Mitchler finished in 22:01 and Ashleigh Potuznik
was 13th overall in 23:18. Hannah Dieringer was 18th overall in 23:40
and finished one second ahead of 19th place Tami Scott. The Pointers
totaled 55 points to finish 17 points behind the Eagles after winning
the title the past two years. UW-Oshkosh was third with 105 points.
Travis Nechuta was 12th overall to lead the
men�s team. Nechuta was the highest-finishing freshman at the meet and
among three Pointer freshmen in the team�s top five finishers, posting a
time of 25:52. Another freshman, Dominick Meyer, was 14th for the
Pointers in 25:58 and Josh Kujawa was 23rd in 26:21. Joe Rodriguez was
38th in 26:52 and freshman Cory Towle was one second behind to place
39th.
UW-Stevens Point totaled 112
team points. UW-La Crosse had 25 points and easily won the meet by 53
points over second place UW-Oshkosh.
Both teams will compete in the NCAA Division
III Midwest Regional in Peoria, Ill. on Nov. 12. |
