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MILWAUKEE TRACK & FIELD Table of Contents • Quick Facts
General InformationCity/Zip Milwaukee, Wis. 53201Founded
1885Enrollment 28,046Nickname PanthersColors Black and GoldArena
Klotsche CenterAffi liation NCAA Division IConference Horizon
LeagueChancellor Dr. Carlos SantiagoDirector of Athletics Bud
HaidetAssoc. Athletic Director Chuck LangSenior Women’s
Administrator TBAAthletics Phone (414) 229-5151
Media RelationsAsst. SID/TF/XC Contact Kevin Conway Offi ce
Phone 414-229-2413 Email [email protected] Kevin O’Connor Offi ce
Phone 414-229-5674 Email [email protected] SID Chris Zills Offi
ce Phone 414-229-4593 Email [email protected] ce Fax
414-229-6759Website www.uwmpanthers.com
Track and Field Coaching Staff Head Coach Pete Corfeld Alma
Mater/Year UWM, 1986 Year at School 18th E-Mail [email protected] Phone
(414) 229-5149Assistant Coach Jason Francis Alma Mater/Year Indiana
State, 2001 Year at School Third E-Mail [email protected] Phone (414)
229-2567Assistant Coach Stefan Rüdiger Alma Mater U. of Potsdam
(Germany) Year at School Fourth E-Mail [email protected] Phone (414)
229-1130
Team Information2006 Men’s League Finishes Outdoor (1st/6 tms),
Indoor (1st/6 tms)2006 Women’s League Finishes Outdoor (1st/7 tms),
Indoor (2nd/7 tms)2006 Cross Country Women (3rd/9 tms), Men (4th/8
tms)League Champions Returning/Lost Women: 5/3 indoors, 2/3
outdoors Men: 4/2 indoors, 6/2 outdoors
Quick Facts
Table of Contents/Quick Facts 1Coaching Staff 2-5 Head Coach
Pete Corfeld 2-3 Assistant Coaches 4-5UWM Sports Information 52007
Preview 6-9 Men’s Track & Field Preview 6-7 Women’s Track &
Field Preview 8-9Returning Athlete Profi les 10-23 Panther Men
Profi les 10 Panther Women Profi les 17Newcomer Profi les 24-27
Men’s Newcomers 24-25 Women’s Newcomers 26-272006 Season in Review
28-35 Season in Review 28-29 Top Times 30-31 Indoor Championships
32 Outdoor Championships 33 2006 Cross Country Season
34-35History/Records 36-52 Women’s Indoor Records 36-37 Men’s
Indoor Records 38-39 Women’s Outdoor Records 40-41 Men’s Outdoor
Records 42-43 Women’s League Champions 44-45 Men’s League Champions
46-47 Cross Country History 48-49 Panther All-Americans 50-51
Pre-Div. I League Champions 52This is UWM 53-68 UWM Administration
53 UW-Milwaukee 54-55 City of Milwaukee 56-57 Athletics
Administration 58-59 UWM Athletics 60-61 UWM Staff Directory 62
Sports Medicine 63 The Student-Athlete 64-65 The Klotsche Center 66
The Pavilion 67 The Horizon League 68
Table of Contents
Head coach Pete Corfeld (center) and his assistants, Stefan
Rüdiger (left) and Jason Francis (right), pose with his 2006
Horizon League Outdoor Men’s Track & Field Coach of the Year
Award.
The 2007 Milwaukee Cross Country/Track & Field Media Guide
was written and edited by Kevin Conway with editorial assistance
from Kevin O’Connor, Chris Zills, Pete Corfeld and Jason Francis.
Cover design by Kevin Conway. Photographs by Bill Meyer, Trevor
Thompson, Mike Gurnell, Jeff Blatnik, R. Brent Smith, Milwaukee
Visitor’s Bureau and UWM Photographic Services.
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PANTHER COACHESHe
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Pete
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In his 18th season as the head men’s and women’s cross coun-try
and track & fi eld coach, Pete Corfeld continues to make his
mark as one of the most successful coaches the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee has ever seen.
“Pete has done a tremendous job of building his program so that
it is at the top of the Horizon League year in and year out,” UWM
AD Bud Haidet said. “He’s our longest-tenured coach and we are
fortunate to keep him and see his program continue to succeed.”
He added the 25th, 26th and 27th league titles to the Panther
trophy case last year as the men swept the indoor and outdoor
cham-pionships for the second-straight season. The women won their
indoor meet for the fi rst time since 2003 after second-place fi
nishes the two years prior. Corfeld was also honored with three
coach of the year awards, giving him 26 such honors since coming to
UWM.
The Panthers have established themselves as the premier track
and fi eld program in the Horizon League under Corfeld. The
Milwaukee men have won eight indoor titles in the last nine years,
including fi ve straight from 1997-2001. Outdoors, the Panthers
claimed league titles from 1998-2002 before winning each of the
last three.
Not to be outdone, the women annually fi nish among the league
leaders come championship time. Thay have won titles
both indoors and outdoors in 2001 and 2003. They also laid claim
to an indoor championship in 2000 and again last season after
winning outdoors in 1998 and 2002.
UWM’s men have also posted a pair of second-place fi nish-es to
accompany 16 indoor and outdoor titles. With the ex-ception of the
2003 seasons, Milwaukee has not fi nished below second since
1995.
The Panther women, meanwhile, have fi nished fi rst or second in
all eight seasons of the Horizon League’s indoor meet and have fi
nished below second at either meet just once (third at 2002
outdoor) since 1996.
In sweeping the 2005 men’s championships, the Panthers set
league records at both meets for points and margin of victory.
Indoors, UWM fi nished with 197 points, 109 better than second
place (88). It then did itself one better at the outdoor meet,
scor-ing 231 points, 120 points over the runner up (111).
Meanwhile, the women posted second-place fi nishes at both
meets. The Panther women have fi nished fi rst or second in all
eight seasons of the Horizon League’s indoor meet and have fi
nished below second at either meet just once (third at 2002
outdoor) since 1996.
In 2001, UWM became the fi rst school in league history to win
all four league crowns.
Corfeld works primarily with the middle distance and distance
groups in addition to the cross country squads. UWM has had one of
the nation’s top 4x800m relays. In 2005, the quartet was ranked
10th in the nation with its school-record time of 7:26.17.
Individually, Angie Huebner was named the 2005 Horizon League
Track Newcomer of the Year at the outdoor league meet and won the
2006 league indoor 5000m title. Jeremy Majors has qualifi ed for
the NCAA Regionals in the 800m in each of the last two years.
Corfeld’s cross country program has produced 44 all-league
performers since the Panthers entered a conference for the 1992
season. He has also coached two individual champions and two
Newcomer of the Year honorees.
In the fall, the Milwaukee women had three runners earn all-
Head Coach 18th YearPete CorfeldUW-Milwaukee, ‘86 • Cross
Country, Distance, Middle Distance
NCAA Qualifi ers Under CorfeldUWM has had a rich history of
producing NCAA Qualifi ers during the tenure of coach Pete Corfeld.
The Panthers have had six NCAA Qualifi ers and one U.S. Olympic
Trials qualifi er under Corfeld’s instruction.
• Tim Kenney 1995 Indoor 800m - earned a provisional qualifying
mark ... 50th-fastest in the
U.S. (1:49.87)• Chad Zehms 1995 Cross Country - 89th of 176 at
the NCAA championships• Angie Molter 1996 Outdoor 10,000m - 15th at
the NCAA Championships 35:12• Cory Peterson 1996/97/98 Indoor 800m
- 1996: 32nd-fastest in the U.S. (1:48.06) ... 10th at NCAA
Championships ... All-American ... qualifi ed for Olympic
Trials. 1997: 34th-fastest in the U.S. ... sixth at NCAA
Cham-pionships ... All-American. 1998: 48th-fastest in the U.S. ...
third at U.S. Track & Field Indoor Championships ... 12th at
NCAA Championships.
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league honors for the fi rst time in school history.
Despite not winning a cross country championship since leaving
the Mid-Continent Conference, UWM has continually performed in the
upper half of the league standings. After winning a women’s crown
in 1992 and both the men’s and women’s championships in 1993,
Milwaukee has boasted a pair of men’s league individual champions
while rarely fi nish-ing below fourth.
Corfeld, the longest tenured coach currently at UWM, has built
well-respected track and fi eld and cross country teams that
consistently compete with other schools across the league, region
and country.
Under his direction, four different student-athletes have
quali-fi ed for the NCAA Championships, with Tim Kenney, Cory
Pe-terson and Angie Molter all competing at the NCAA Track and
Field Championships, while Chad Zehms was a qualifi er in the NCAA
Cross Country Championships in 1995. Peterson would later make two
more appearances in the NCAA Championships, along with qualifying
for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 800m run in 1996 and placing
third in the 800m at the USATF Indoor Championships. Molter was the
fi rst UWM female to compete in the NCAA Championships, running the
10,000m in 1996.
Also, last year Josh Nygren earned the Horizon League’s
pres-tigious Coleman Medal of Honor. He is the program’s third
re-cipient of the honor after Paul McGinley in 2000 and Jonathon
Manke in 2002.
Corfeld’s coaching career began in 1983, when he was the head
track and fi eld coach at Milwaukee Area Technical College. At
MATC, he was named Region XIII and conference coach of the year
three times. Corfeld graduated from UWM in 1986 with a bachelor’s
degree in science. He was named assistant coach for sprints,
hurdles and relays at the University of Northern Colo-rado, where
he also worked on a master’s degree. In 1989, after completing his
degree, he was named the head cross country and track and fi eld
coach at UWM. Since taking over the Panther track program, Corfeld
has helped to elevate UWM to a regional and national program.
Corfeld and his wife, Linda, reside in Whitefi sh Bay, Wis.
PANTHER COACHES Head Coach Pete Corfeld
Margin ofYear Championship Point Total 2nd Place Victory2006
Men’s Indoor 164 132 32 Men’s Outdoor 254 182 72 Women’s Indoor 172
151 212005 Men’s Indoor 197 88 109 Men’s Outdoor 231 111 1202004
Men’s Indoor 143 135 8 Men’s Outdoor 187 124 632003 Women’s Indoor
165 97 68 Women’s Outdoor 252 81 1712002 Men’s Outdoor 179 162 17
Women’s Outdoor 188 150 382001 Men’s Indoor 109 104 5 Men’s Outdoor
173 163 10 Women’s Indoor 119 111 8 Women’s Outdoor 204 179 252000
Men’s Indoor 107 107 Tie Men’s Outdoor 150 119 31 Women’s Indoor
131 107 241999 Men’s Indoor 154.5 112 42.5 Men’s Outdoor 145.5 112
33.51998 Men’s Indoor 92 36 56 Men’s Outdoor 107.5 47.5 60 Women’s
Outdoor 69 68 11997 Men’s Indoor 74 47.5 26.51993 Men’s X-C* 42 43
1 Women’s X-C* 48 75 271992 Women’s X-C* 41 54 13
[ * Mid-Continent Conference ]
Horizon League2006 Men’s Outdoor2006 Men’s Indoor
2006 Women’s Indoor2005 Men’s Outdoor2005 Men’s Indoor
2004 Men’s Outdoor2004 Men’s Indoor
2003 Women’s Outdoor2003 Women’s Indoor2002 Men’s Outdoor
2002 Women’s Outdoor2001 Men’s Outdoor
2001 Women’s Outdoor2001 Men’s Indoor
2001 Women’s Indoor2000 Men’s Outdoor
2000 Women’s Indoor1999 Men’s Outdoor1999 Men’s Indoor
1998 Men’s Outdoor1998 Women’s Outdoor
1998 Men’s Indoor1997 Men’s Indoor
Mid-Continent Conference1993 Men’s XC
1993 Women’s XC1992 Women’s XC
26-Time League Coach of the YearLeague Coach of the Year
Awards
27-Time League ChampionsLeague Championships
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Jason Francis enters his third season as an assistant track and
fi eld coach at UWM. Francis works with the sprints, hurdles, high
jump, pole vault and multi-events.
“We are pleased to have Jason in our program,” Corfeld said. “He
is a track guy, so he really knows his stuff. With his multi-event
background, he has knowledge in all areas of track and fi eld,
especially the pole vault.”
Last season, Milwaukee won 19 league men’s and women’s indoor
and outdoor league titles over his events. Joy VanLaanen also
cleared an NCAA Provisional height in the pole vault and reset the
school record in the event by almost 10 inches. Jenni Saarinen
broke both of the Panthers’ multi-event records and was league fi
eld newcomer of the year both indoors and outdoors.
In his fi rst season with UWM, the team broke fi ve league
re-cords and seven school marks during the 2005 season.
A 2001 graduate of Indiana State University, Francis spent the
2003-04 season as a vol-unteer assistant pole vault coach at Lewis
University in Romeoville, Ill.
In his only season with the Flyers, Francis produced both the
indoor and outdoor Divi-sion II National Champion and two more
All-Americans in the event at both meets. He
joined the Lewis staff upon completion of his masters degree in
exercise science from Indiana State in 2003. In 2002-03 Francis
volunteered with the Sycamore track team, coaching fi ve ath-letes
to top-six fi nishes at the league meet in the pole vault.
Francis’ affi liation with Indiana State began as a
student-athlete, as he competed in the pole vault and decathlon.
Four times he was named to the all-conference team, including in
2001, when he won the outdoor conference championship in the
decathlon. A Downers Grove, Ill., native, Francis began at DuPage
Junior College after a standout prep career at Downers Grove North
High School.
Francis is USATF Level II certifi ed in jumping events, sprints,
hurdles, relays and combined events.
Stefan Rüdiger is in his fourth season as an assistant coach for
the UWM track and fi eld team. Rüdiger works with the Panther
throwers, as well as the triple and long jumpers.
“Stefan has brought an extensive knowledge of track and fi eld
to our program,” Corfeld said. “His under-standing of the sport
continues to enhance our throws and jumps. He has also enhanced the
level of expec-tations for UWM athletes.”
In three years with the Milwaukee program, Rüdiger has coached
19 in-dividual league champions and three regional qualifi ers over
the jumping and throwing events. Last season, Milwaukee claimed
titles in seven jumping and throwing events, including the outdoor
men’s long and triple jumps, where UWM occupied fi ve of the six
scoring places at the league meet.
Jenni Saarinen also broke the school outdoor long jump record
and was one of three freshmen to crack the school’s top-10 in the
outdoor triple jump.
Throwers Nick Gretz (shot put/discus) and Nick Wichert (ham-mer)
each competed at the 2005 NCAA Mideast Regional, fol-lowing Nick
Davis, who competed in the high jump in 2004. In addition, he has
coached two league performers of the meet and seven newcomers of
the year.
Rüdiger came to the United States from Germany, where he was a
three-year member of the German National Team in the javelin.
The fourth-year collegiate coach has also coached four years of
high school competi-tion in his home country and most recently was
in training to be a part of the German bobsled team to compete in
the Olympics.
As a student at the University of Potsdam, Rüdiger worked with
javelin world-record holder Uwe Hohn and Frank Moller, a competitor
on the 4x400m Olym-pic relay at the 1988 Seoul games.
Rüdiger was a part of Germany’s four-man team that placed second
in the German Junior Championships in 2002 and 2003 for the
bobsled. He was also a part of the four-man team that placed second
at the World Junior Championships in 2003.
He received his masters degree in economics from UWM in 2004 and
is currently working towards his Ph.D.
PANTHER COACHESAs
sista
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s Assistant 3rd YearJason Francis
Indiana, ‘01 • Sprints, Hurdles, Pole Vault, Multi-Events
Assistant 4th YearStefan RüdigerPotsdam (Germany) • Jumps,
Throws
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PANTHER COACHES Assistant Coaches •Sports Information
Jeremiah Snyder joins the UWM coaching staff as a volunteer
assistant after a standout career that wrapped up last season.
A native of Germantown, Wis., Snyder lettered all four years for
the Panthers. He competed primarily in the pole vault and won two
league champion-ships in the event, including the 2006 indoor
crown. Snyder also earned all-league second team honors twice, fi
nishing as runner up both indoors and outdoors in 2005.
Snyder holds the distinction of being one of just two Milwau-kee
athletes to clear 15-7 in the pole vault both indoors and outdoors.
That height has him tied for second in school history outdoors and
third indoors.
Snyder will likely complete his undergraduate degree from UWM in
art education in May.
1st YearJeremiah SnyderVolunteer Assistant • UW-Milwaukee
Nate Weiland joined the Panther coaching staff this season as a
volunteer assistant after four years as a member of Milwaukee’s
distance and cross country corps.
In his career, Weiland established himself as a consistent
performer, earning all-league second team hon-ors in cross country
during his fi nal two seasons. As a senior, he took 38th at the
NCAA Great Lakes Regional, the third-best regional fi nish in team
history, second only to UWM Hall of Famer Chad Zehms.
On the track, the Waunakee, Wis., native is among the school’s
all-time leaders in the indoor 3000m and 5000m and the out-
door 10,000m. His 10k time of 30:57.60 is fourth in school
history.
Weiland ran a time of 2:32:17 at the Dallas White Rock Marathon
in December. He will attempt to qualify for November’s Olympic
Trials at Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, Minn., in June.
An exercise and fi tness major, Weiland is expected to gradu-ate
in May.
1st YearNate WeilandVolunteer Assistant • UW-Milwaukee
Assistant SID/Track, XC Contact: .........................Kevin
ConwaySports Information Director: ............................
Kevin O’ConnorAsst. Sports Information
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Milwaukee Sports InformationCheck Out The Panthers On The
Internet
Fans and media members are invited to visit the
newly-rede-signed uwmpanthers.com—the offi cially-sanctioned
website of the UWM Athletic Department—to keep up with all of the
latest information on the Milwaukee track & fi eld and cross
country programs. The site features weekly releases, meet recaps,
results and up-to-date statistics.
The site also features profi les on every UWM athlete, as well
as special feature stories on the team, updated throughout the
season.
Plus the website - hosted by the Offi cial College Sports
Network - has updated information on all 15 varsity sports at
UWM.
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The University of Wisconsin-Milwau-kee men’s track and fi eld
team has es-tablished itself as the top team in the league with its
recent stretch of league titles and its history of success on the
league level.
Milwaukee’s men have swept the Hori-zon League’s indoor and
outdoor cham-pionships in each of the last three sea-sons. Prior to
that, the group won every league crown from 1998-2001.
In all, the Panthers have taken fi rst at 16 of the last 20
league meets, a trend that head coach Pete Corfeld expects to
con-tinue.
UWM lost just a handful of athletes to graduation, including
Josh Nygren and Nate Weiland in the distance, Gabe Wag-oner and
Elliot Enright, half of the team’s dominant 800m corps, and two of
the top pole vaulters in the league in Dan Schultz and Jeremiah
Snyder.
As daunting a task as that sounds, Cor-feld’s cupboard remains
stocked with proven talent. Returning are sprinter Trentin Edwards,
throwers Nick Wichert and Nick Gretz, Justin Bohler and Adam
Schleis in the hurdles and an assortment of fi eld events, jumper
Darren Cole and Jeremy Majors, a two-time regional qual-ifi er in
the 800m, just to name a few.
SprintsEdwards paces the sprints category and enters his senior
season as the two-time defending league champion outdoors in both
the 100m and 200m. He also has an indoor 200m title under his belt
and was named the league track newcomer of the year indoors and
outdoors as a sophomore and the outstanding track performer
outdoors last season.
Junior Lynn Koepke and newcomers Isaiah Adams and Patrick Casey
will add depth around Edwards in the sprint events. Adams attended
UWM last sea-son but did not compete. As a junior at nearby
Greendale High School, he was second in the 100m, 200m and 400m
at the state meet. Casey is a sophomore transfer from
UW-Whitewater, which fi nished third at the Division III Outdoor
National Championships last season.
Middle Distance/DistanceSenior Jeremy Majors headlines the
Pan-thers’ middle distance group which has put a runner atop the
800m at the last three league indoor meets and the last two meets
outdoors. Majors has won the last two outdoor championships in the
event and qualifi ed for the NCAA Re-gionals in the event each of
those years.
Senior Justin Gorman also returns with an indoor 800m title on
his resume and plenty of experience and success in the middle
distance events.
In the longer events, junior Nick Hawley is coming off a
breakout cross country campaign in the fall and could lead the
corps this season. He was an all-league second team honoree when he
took 10th at the league cross country meet and was the top Panther
runner at four of the fi ve meets of the season.
Two more cross country runners that could be factors for UWM
this season are freshmen Malachi Cate and Ryan Mleziva. Cate took
fi rst at his fi rst colle-giate race in the fall and was among the
team’s top three runners the rest of the season. Mleziva was the
team’s fourth runner for much of the cross country season, as he
scored at all four meets he competed.
Hurdles/Multi-EventsMilwaukee returns two of the league’s top
hurdlers in the aforementioned Schleis and Bohler. The pair were
neck and neck much of last season, posting season-best sprint
hurdle times that were second and third in school history and
separated by just hundredths of a second.
Schleis won the 110m hurdles outdoors as a freshman in 2006,
while Bohler was right behind him in second and won the 400m
hurdles. Both athletes fi gure
to pop up prominently in various fi eld events, as both added
league titles last season in non-hurdle events.
Freshman Tyler Bucholz will look to add depth as a rookie after
a storied prep ca-reer in Minnesota. At Robbinsdale Coo-per High
School he was ranked second in the state in three events and third
in another. He also won a state title with the 4x400m relay,
demonstrating that he could possibly join Bohler in the lon-ger
hurdle events.
Bohler and Bucholz will likely form the Panthers’ multi-event
group.
Bohler won the league heptathlon event at the indoor meet last
season, but elect-ed not to compete in the decathlon out-doors.
Instead, he scored in fi ve different events, including a 400m
hurdle title and second-place fi nishes in the 110m hurdles, high
jump and long jump.
This season, the league’s multi-events will be held a week
before the league championships, so it is possible that Bohler
could compete in the decathlon and an assortment of other
events.
Long Jump/Triple JumpThe Panthers’ strongest area last season
had to have been the horizontal jumps, where they took fi ve of the
six scoring places at the league’s outdoor champi-onships in both
events. Schleis and Cole lead the group, while sophomore Josh Zill
was steady last season.
Schleis found more success in the long jump, where he took
second indoors and placed fi rst outdoors. Meanwhile, Cole was the
opposite in the triple jump, taking second to departed senior
team-mate Sean Cludy outdoors and winning the event indoors.
Schleis and Cole each scored in both the long and triple jumps both
indoors and outdoors.
Zill also placed third, both indoors and outdoors, in the triple
jump and added a fi fth-place fi nish in the outdoor long jump.
Panthers Looking For Fourth-Straight League Sweep In
2007Returning talent, depth key in adding to 16 league titles since
1997
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2007 Men’s Track & Field Roster
Name Year Event(s) Hometown/High School/Transfer
PronunciationIsaiah Adams Fr. Sprints Milwaukee, Wis./Greendale
Seth Anglin Fr. Distance Kenosha, Wis./Tremper David Bendall Fr.
Hurdles/Jumps Oconomowoc, Wis./OconomowocJustin Bohler Jr.
Hurdles/Jumps/Decathlon Janesville, Wis./Parker BOWL-erTyler
Bucholz Fr. Sprints/Decathlon Crystal, Minn./Robbinsdale Cooper
buck-COLTSPatrick Casey So. Sprints/Hurdles West Bend,
Wis./West/UW-Whitewater Malachi Cate Fr. Distance Iola,
Wis./Iola-Scandinavia mal-ak-high KATEDarren Cole Jr. Jumps
Milwaukee, Wis./Wayland Academy Matt Dreifke Fr. Distance Kenosha,
Wis./Tremper DREF-keyTrentin Edwards Sr. Sprints Milwaukee,
Wis./Marshall/Winona State Larry Ehrhorn Jr. Throws Madison,
Wis./Memorial AIR-hornAndrew Fox Fr. Distance Waukesha, Wis./South
Justin Gorman Sr. Middle Distance Spring Green, Wis./River Valley
Nick Gretz Sr. Throws Two Rivers, Wis./Two Rivers Nick Hawley Jr.
Distance Appleton, Wis./HortonvilleSean Jaehnig So. Pole Vault
North Lake, Wis./Arrowhead YEN-nigLynn Koepke Jr. Sprints Cary,
Ill./Crystal Lake KEP-keyJeremy Majors Sr. Middle Distance
Janesborrow, Ga./MorrowRyan Mleziva Fr. Distance Luxemburg,
Wis./Luxemburg-Casco MULL-ez-evaQuinn Mongoven Fr. Jumps Twins
Lake, Wis./Wilmot Union MON-go-vinR.J. Pire Jr. Distance Middleton,
Wis./Middleton Eric Pitt So. Distance Kaukauna, Wis./Kaukauna Adam
Podd So. Pole Vault New Berlin, Wis./West Nick Porter So. Distance
Mukwonago, Wis./MukwonagoAdam Schleis So. Hurdles/Sprints/Jumps
Germantown, Wis./Germantown SCHLY-sJay Schweitzer Jr. Sprints
Middleton, Wis./MiddletonMike Sorenson Fr. Distance Madison,
Wis./LaFollette Shane Teigen Fr. Throws Two Rivers, Wis./Two Rivers
TEE-genLeonard Ward-Buckner Fr. Middle Distance Wauwatosa,
Wis./East Nick Wichert Sr. Throws Milwaukee, Wis./Pius XI WICK-ert
Josh Zill So. Jumps/Hurdles Green Bay, Wis./Preble
High Jump/Pole VaultThe pole vault area was hit the hardest by
graduation, as Schultz and Snyder were among the top three in
school his-tory in the event. The pair accounted for four league
titles in their UWM careers.
Sophomores Sean Jaehnig and Adam Podd do return with a year of
competi-tion under their belts. Jaehnig took third at the league
indoor meet last season and fourth outdoors.
Cole has been one of the team’s more consistent performers in
the high jump, winning an indoor league title last sea-son. This
season he will have help in the form of freshman Quinn Mongoven.
Mongoven was a four-time conference champion at Wilmot Union High
School
and earned all-state honors twice.
ThrowsCorfeld and his staff return one of the most seasoned
throwing groups the league has seen in recent years. Heading that
list are seniors Gretz and Wichert. Gretz is one of the most
decorated throwers in school history, winning four league
championships and taking sec-ond fi ve times in his career. He was
also the league fi eld performer of the meet both indoors and
outdoors and qualifi ed for regionals as a sophomore in 2005.
Wichert is the school record holder in the hammer throw and
joined Gretz at the regionals in his last active outdoor season.
The 2005 hammer throw cham-pion, he redshirted the 2006 outdoor
season and, combined with an indoor redshirt as a freshman, he
has one year of competition remaining.
Junior Larry Ehrhorn also returns, while freshman Shane Teigen
joins the group after a standout career at Gretz’s prep alma
mater—Two Rivers High School. Ehrhorn has consistently scored for
UWM throughout his fi rst two seasons and has been named all-league
once, earning second-team honors indoors in the shot put as a
freshman.
Teigen competed just one season in high school, but won
conference titles and competed at state in the discus and shot put.
He placed third in the discus at the state meet and broke Gretz’s
school record in the event.
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Since 1997, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women’s track
and fi eld pro-gram has fi nished below second place at a Horizon
League championship meet just once, winning eight league titles and
taking second 10 times.
Last season, the Panthers got a taste of a championship, winning
indoors, and en-ter 2007 looking to add to their already impressive
list of accomplishments.
Head coach Pete Corfeld has a load of talent, experience and
youth returning this season, while dealing with the loss of a few
key athletes.
Tenia Fisher, Katie Slamka and Stepha-nie Ray and their combined
13 career league titles have graduated. Fisher was a four-time
Horizon League Athlete of the Year, while Slamka routinely
com-peted in a variety of events and won a league heptathlon title.
Ray established herself as one of the top pole vaulters in the
league and school history.
But, senior Timeka Walker, junior Joy Van-Laanen and sophomores
Jenni Saarinen and Beth Zimmerman are among those returning with
their sights set on adding to the UWM trophy case. Each were all
high point-scorers at league meets last season and they all fi gure
prominently in the school’s top 10 lists in their events. The group
also accounted for seven league titles last season and another
three all-league second-team awards.
SprintsWalker enters her senior campaign as the school
record-holder in three of the program’s four main sprint
catego-ries, sitting fi rst in the indoor 60m and 200m and outdoor
200m but second in the outdoor 100m. She also won three league
titles last season, bringing her career total to fi ve.
Junior Shannon Buttchen returns with Walker in the sprint
events, while fresh-men Kelsey Conrad and Stef Ross will join the
fray as well. Conrad took second in the 200m and 400m at the
Minne-
sota state meet as a senior and added a third-place showing in
the 100m. Ross redshirted last season after winning a state 100m
championship for Bradley Tech High School in Milwaukee.
Middle Distance/DistanceThe Panther distance corps is looking
good after a standout cross country sea-son where a school-record
three runners earned all-league honors. Sophomore Holly Nearman led
the group with a seventh-place fi nish and fi rst team ac-colades.
After redshirting 2005, her fi rst track season was highlighted by
a third-place showing in the 10,000m at the league’s outdoor
meet.
Junior Angie Huebner, who took 12th, and senior Kourtney Nault,
who was 13th, earned second team honors in cross country. Huebner
returned from an injury to regain her form and fi nish as the
team’s second runner at the end of the season. She won the indoor
5000m last season and has scored in every dis-tance event over her
fi rst two seasons. Nault has emerged as a strong threat in the
distance events, taking fi fth in the indoor 5000m last season.
Junior Erin Magargee nearly joined the group in cross country
all-league hon-ors, taking 15th to miss the second team by one
place. Magargee has consistently gotten better, scoring at every
meet in the fall and fi nishing among UWM’s top 3 three times.
With the loss of Fisher and Griffi n Mc-Nulty to graduation, the
middle dis-tance was hit hard. But, Corfeld plans to develop new
talent in that area. Fresh-man Laura Ring, coming off her fi rst
cross country season, could compete in the shorter distance events
for Milwau-kee. Ring has 800m experience, holding the Wilmot Union
High School record and competing at the state meet in the
event.
HurdlesThe hurdles are the fi rst of four areas where Saarinen
is expected to be a fac-
tor. But, in the case of the hurdles, the incumbent is senior
Taryn Cozine, who enjoyed her best season in 2006. She ran the
seventh-best 100m hurdle time in school history and took third in
the 400m hurdles at the league outdoor meet. Saarinen competed in
the 100m hurdles at the outdoor meet and tied Cozine’s 100m hurdle
time.
Senior Andrea Ziebell also returns, while Rasheedah Helm joins
the group after an impressive prep career. She won state titles in
her last two years in the 100m hurdles, holds her school’s record
in the event and competed at the state meet in a handful of other
sprint and relay events.
Multi-EventsSaarinen set Milwaukee records in both its indoor
and outdoor multi-events. She scored 3459 points in winning a
league title in the pentathlon indoors, then scored 4993 points at
the Drake Relays in the heptathlon. At the outdoor meet, she did
not compete in the heptathlon, but rather scored in all fi ve
events she entered, including a school-record long jump of 19-9 ½
to win the long jump and a second-place fi nish in the javelin.
This season, the league’s multi-events will be held a week
before the league championships, so it is possible that Saa-rinen
could compete in the heptathlon and an assortment of other
events.
Sophomore Kory Olson also returns in the multi-events after
taking fi fth in the pentathlon at the league indoor meet last
season. She also competed in the triple jump, taking fi fth, and
the long jump. Outdoors, however, she suffered an injury during the
multi’s at the league meet and took seventh. At full health this
season, she could lend depth to the multi-events and more.
Long Jump/Triple JumpThe Panthers have cornered the market in
the league’s long jump competition, winning 17 of the last 21 long
jump championships. VanLaanen and Saa-
Panthers Have Championship Fever After 2006 Indoor
TitleMilwaukee has fi nished second-or-better 18 of last 19 league
meets, looking for titles 9 and 10
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Name Year Event(s) Hometown/High School/Transfer
PronunciationLiz Brothen So. Distance Kenosha, Wis./Tremper
BRA-thinEmily Budde Fr. Sprints/Jumps Beaver Dam, Wis./Beaver Dam
BOO-deeShannon Buttchen Jr. Sprints Mt. Horeb, Wis./Mt. Horeb
BUTCH-enKicha Cary So. Sprints/Jumps Fond du Lac, Wis./Fond du Lac
KEY-sha CARE-eeHannah Christ Fr. Distance Milwaukee, Wis./St. Joan
Antida’s CRY-stKelsey Conrad Fr. Sprints Robbinsdale, Minn./Cooper
Taryn Cozine Sr. Sprints/Hurdles Plain, Wis./River Valley
COE-zineKris Gasser Sr. Middle Distance Mukwonago, Wis./Mukwonago
Katie Graves So. Sprints/Jumps Albany, Wis./Albany Erin Havener Fr.
Pole Vault Ashwaubenon, Wis./Ashwaubenon Rasheedah Helm Fr.
Sprints/Hurdles Sheboygan, Wis./Howards Grove Angie Huebner Jr.
Distance Green Bay, Wis./Southwest HEEB-nerRachel Lee So. Sprints
Minneapolis, Minn./Washburn Danielle Magargee So. Distance Portage,
Wis./Portage mah-GAR-geeErin Magargee Jr. Distance Portage,
Wis./Portage mah-GAR-geeKourtney Nault Sr. Distance Port
Washington, Wis./Port Washington Holly Nearman So. Distance Monroe,
Wis./Monroe Kory Olson So. Heptathlon Appleton, Wis./North Reigna
Pierce Fr. Horizontal Jumps Racine, Wis./Horlick RAIN-naLaura Ring
Fr. Distance Twin Lakes, Wis./Wilmot Union Stef Ross Fr. Sprints
Milwaukee, Wis./Bradley Tech Jenni Saarinen So. Heptathlon
Lappeenranta, Finland/Kimpisen Iukio yenny say-RIN-nenAlicia
Schneider So. Jumps Waunakee, Wis./Waunakee Amy Sunby Sr.
Sprints/Hurdles Janesville, Wis./Craig Joy VanLaanen Jr.
Sprints/Jumps/Pole Vault Green Bay, Wis./Ashwaubenon
van-LAN-nenTimeka Walker Sr. Sprints Milwaukee, Wis./King Jes
Weyandt So. Pole Vault Iron River/Northwestern WHY-antErin Willis
Fr. Distance Sheboygan, Wis./North Jamie Woods Fr. Throws Glendale,
Wis./Nicolet Ashley Zander Fr. Throws Bonduel, Wis./Bonduel Andrea
Ziebell Sr. Hurdles Sussex, Wis./Hamilton ZYE-bullBeth Zimmerman
So. Jumps Waterford, Wis./Lakeside Lutheran
rinen split titles last season, with Van-Laanen taking top
honors indoors and Saarinen outdoors. VanLaanen is com-ing off an
injury that cost her the 2006 outdoor season and may redshirt this
indoor season, as well.
Zimmerman posted the second-best triple jumps, indoors and
outdoors, in school history last season and took sec-ond at both
league meets. She teamed with classmate Kicha Cary to give UWM a
solid one-two punch in the event. Cary also fi nish among the
school’s top 10 in each event and fi nished fourth at both league
meets.
Freshman Reigna Pierce was a three-time state qualifi er in the
triple jump at Racine Horlick High School and could continue UWM’s
recent success with un-derclass jumpers. As a senior at
Horlick,
she was second in the state.
High Jump/Pole VaultVanLaanen headlined the pole vault for
Milwaukee last season when she met the NCAA Provisional height of
12-11 1/2 and broke the school record by al-most 10 inches. She
went on to win the league pole vault crown before suffering an
injury at a last chance qualifi er.
Sophomore Jes Weyandt and freshman Erin Havener are a pair of
young pole vaulters who won state titles in the pole vault as
seniors in high school after sec-ond-place fi nishes as juniors.
Weyandt cleared a career-best 11-5 3/4 outdoors last season and
placed fourth at the league meet.
Saarinen placed third in the high jump at both league meets,
while also posting
the fi fth-best indoor and second-best outdoor heights in school
history. Her indoor jump actually came during the pentathlon, while
her outdoor leap was during the heptathlon at Drake.
ThrowsWith the addition of two throwers, the Panther women could
be their deepest in this area in a while. Freshmen Jamie Woods and
Ashley Zander join the pro-gram that has not competed a female
thrower outside of the javelin at a league meet since the 2003
outdoor meet.
Woods competed at state fi ve times over the shot put and discus
events, taking seventh in the shot put as a senior. Zan-der,
meanwhile, holds school records in both the shot and discus events
at Bon-duel High School in northeast Wiscon-sin.
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• 2006 League Indoor Heptathlon Champion• 2006 League Outdoor
400m Hurdles Champion
• All-Horizon League Second Team(2006 Indoor 60mH,
2006 Outdoor 110mH, High Jump,2005/06 Outdoor Long Jump)
2006 Indoor: Won the heptathlon at the league championships and
took second in the 60m hurdles ... won the 55m hur-dles at the
Division I Invite ... was second in the 60m hurdles at the UWM
Panther Tune Up ... added third-place showings in the long jump at
the Division I Invite and in the high jump at the Edmunds Cup.
Outdoor: Scored in fi ve events at the league championships,
winning the 400m hurdles ... also took second in the 110m hurdles,
high jump and long jump ... took third in the decathlon at the Big
Blue Multi-Event meet and scored 6428 points in the event at the
Drake Relays ... fi nished second in the 110m hurdles at the
Illinois Benedictine Invite. 2005 Indoor: Placed fourth in the 60m
hurdles and eighth in the high jump at the Horizon League
Championships ... won the 60m hurdles and took fourth in the high
jump at the UWM Panther Tune Up ... ran a season-best time of 8.47
in taking third in the 60m hur-dles at the Central Collegiate
Championships ... took second in the 55m hurdles at the Division I
Invitational. Outdoor: Earned all-league second team honors with a
second-place showing in the long jump at the league meet ... also
placed third in both the high jump and 110m hurdles and sixth in
both the 400m hurdles and javelin ... posted season-bests a week
earlier at the Wisconsin Twilight, running the 400m hurdles in
56.73
and throwing 138-8 in the javelin ... took fourth in the 110m
hurdles as well ... ran a season-best time in the event in taking
fi fth at the Purdue Invite.
PersonalMajoring in civil engi-neering ... born July 5, 1986 in
Rockford, Ill.
Hurdles/Jumps Jr.Justin BohlerJanesville, Wis./Parker • Civil
Engineering Major
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
60mH 8.39L-Jump 21-4 3/4Hept. 4659 pts
Outdoor110mH 14.61400mH 55.60H-Jump 6-2
L-Jump 21-8 3/4Javelin 138-8Dec. 6428 pts
• 2005 League Indoor Field Newcomer of the Year• 2005 League
Outdoor Field Newcomer of the Year
• 2006 League Indoor High Jump Champion• 2006 League Indoor
Triple Jump Champion
• 2005 League Outdoor Triple Jump Champion• All-Horizon League
Second Team
(2006 Outdoor Triple Jump)2006 Indoor: Won league championships
in the high jump and triple jump ... also took third in the long
jump ... placed fi rst in the long and triple jumps at the UWM
Panther Tune Up ... was then named league athlete of the week ...
added a win in the long jump at the Division I Invite ... also took
third in the triple jump at the Northern Iowa Classic. Outdoor:
Placed second in the triple jump, fourth in the long jump and fi
fth in the high jump at the league championship ... had wins in the
long jump at the Wisconsin Lutheran Invite and the triple jump at
the Illinois Benedictine Invite ... also won the triple jump at the
Wisconsin Lutheran Invite. 2005 Indoor: Placed fourth in the 60m
hurdles and eighth in the high jump at the league championships ...
won the 60m hurdles and took fourth in the high jump at the UWM
Panther Tune Up ... ran a season-best time of 8.47 in tak-ing third
in the 60m hurdles at the Central Collegiate Champi-onships ...
took second in the 55m hurdles after topping the prelim fi eld at
the Division I Invitational. Outdoor: Won the triple jump and took
fourth in the long jump at the league cham-pionships ... posted
season-best triple jump at the Wisconsin Twilight, leaping 47-11
3/4 for fi fth place.
PersonalMajoring in digital media ... has a DVD production
company he started with a friend ... born July 13, 1985 in Kansas
City, Mo.
Horiz. Jumps Jr.Darren ColeMilwaukee, Wis./Wayland Academy •
Digital Media Major
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
L-Jump 22-1 3/4T-Jump 48-5 3/4
OutdoorL-Jump 22-3
T-Jump 48-4 3/4
BOHLER COLE
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• 2006 League Outdoor Outstanding Track Performer• 2005 League
Indoor Track Newcomer of the Year• 2005 League Outdoor Track
Newcomer of the Year
• 2005 League Indoor 200m Champion• 2005/06 League Outdoor 100m
Champion• 2005/06 League Outdoor 200m Champion
• All-League Second Team(2005 Indoor 60m, 2005 Outdoor
4x100m)
2006 Indoor: Finished fourth in the 200m and eighth in the 60m
at the league meet ... placed third in the 200m in back-to-back
meets at the Edmunds Cup and Northern Iowa Classic ... also took
third in the 60m at the UWM Panther Tune Up. Outdoor: Repeated as
league champion in the 100m and 200m ... broke his own school
record in the 200m ... named the league’s outstanding track
performer ... featured in Sports Illustrated’s Faces in the Crowd
afterwards ... won the 200m at the Wisconsin Lutheran Invite ...
did so again at the Illinois Benedictine Invite, where he added a
second-place showing in the 100m. 2005 Indoor: Won the 200m and fi
nished second in the 60m at the Horizon League Champion-ships ...
60m time of 7.01 is second-fastest in school history ... ran the
school’s second-fastest time in the 200m at the Alex Wilson Invite,
fi nishing seventh in 21.94 ... was second in both the 60m and 200m
at the UWM Panther Tune Up ... also took second in the 200m at the
Division I Invitational. Outdoor: Won both the 100m and 200m league
titles at the league meet, set-ting a school record of 21.66 in the
200m ... also topped the prelim fi eld of the 100m ... ran with the
school-record 4x100m relay at the Big Blue Invite ... season-best
100m time came at the Pacesetter Invitational, where he fi nished
fi fth and tied the fourth-best time in school history of 10.84 ...
won the 200m and took second in the 100m at the Purdue Invite ...
at his fi rst
outdoor meet, took third in both the 100m and 200m at the Spring
Clas-sic.
Winona StateAttended Winona State University for the 2003-04
school year to play football ... redshirted the season.
PersonalMajoring in marketing ... born Feb. 16, 1983.
Sprints Sr.Trentin EdwardsMilwaukee, Wis./Marshall/Winona State
• Marketing Major
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
100m 7.01200m 21.94
Outdoor100m 10.69200m 21.54
• All-League Second Team (2005 Outdoor Shot Put)2006 Indoor:
Took fi fth in the shot put and eighth in the weight throw at the
league meet ... was second in the shot put and third in the weight
throw at the Divi-sion I Invite ... also had a second-place showing
at the Northern Iowa Classic and was third in the weight throw at
the UWM Panther Tune Up. Outdoor: Was third in the shot put at the
league meet ... also took 10th in the discus and ham-mer throw ...
took second in the shot put and the discus at the Wisconsin
Luther-an Invite ... also took second in the shot put at the
Illinois Benedictine Invite. 2005 Indoor: Placed sixth in the shot
put at the league championships. Outdoor: At the league meet, was
second in the shot put ... at the Purdue Invitational, was third in
the shot put and had a season-best dis-cus throw of 122-6.
PersonalMajoring in education ... born May 25, 1986.
Throws Jr.Larry EhrhornMadison, Wis./Memorial • Education
Major
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
Shot 50-3 1/2Weight
52-2 1/2
OutdoorShot 49-11
Hammer 141-5Discus 131-9 1/4
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Cross Country2006: Emerged as the team’s second run-ner late in
the season ... fi nished 19th at the league meet ... took 94th at
the NCAA Regional ... posted season-best time of 26:27 at the
Falcon Invite, taking 21st. 2005: Ran a season-best time of 26:21
in taking 29th at the league meet ... was the team’s third fi
nisher with an 84th-place showing at the NCAA Regional ... took
32nd at the Bradley Opener. 2004: Took fourth at the UIC Home
Opener to lead the Panthers ... ran three more times on the year,
posting a season-best time of 27:11 at the Central Collegiate
Championships. 2003: Took 27th at the UIC Home Opener, while
competing at two other meets.
Track• 2006 League Indoor 4x400m Relay Champion
• 2006 League Outdoor 4x400m Relay Champion• 2005 League Indoor
800m Champion
• All-League Second Team (2004/05 Indoor Distance Medley, 2004
Indoor 800m)2006 Indoor: Won a league title with the 4x400m relay
and took third in the 800m at the league meet ... also placed
eighth in the 1500m ... took fi rst in the 800m at the Division I
Invitational and in the mile at the Northern Iowa Classic ... also
had a sec-ond-place fi nish in the 800m at the UWM Panther Tune Up
... set a school record with the distance medley relay at the Alex
Wilson Invite. Outdoor: Ran with league champion 4x400m re-lay and
took third in the 1500m at the league championships ... won the
1500m and the 4x400m relay at the Illinois Benedic-tine Invite ...
also posted 4x400m win at Wisconsin Lutheran In-vite ... 4x800m
relay fi nished sixth at Sea Ray Relays and eighth at Drake Relays.
2005 Indoor: Won a league title in the 800m at the league meet ...
fi nished fi rst in two more events on the year: in the mile run at
the Northern Iowa Classic and the 1000m at the UWM Panther Tune Up.
Outdoor: Finishing eighth in the 800m at the Horizon League
Championships ... added a pair of second-place fi nishes in the
1500m at the Spring Classic and in the 800m at the Purdue Invite.
2004 Indoor: Finished second in the 800m at the league meet ... won
the 800m at the Car-thage Invite ... earned league athlete of the
week honors fol-lowing that ... took second in the 1000m at the
Northern Iowa Classic. Outdoor: Despite running a season-best time
of 1:52.25 in the fi nals, took fourth in the 800m at the league
meet ... won the 800m at the Big Blue Invite ... was second in the
1500m at the Purdue Invite ... qualifi ed for the USATF Junior
Nationals in the 800m, but did not run.
PersonalMajoring in accounting ... born March 29, 1985.
Mid. Dist./XC Sr.Justin GormanSpring Green, Wis./River Valley •
Accounting Major
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
800m 1:50.851000m 2:27.41
Mile 4:14.51
Outdoor800m 1:52.25
1500m 3:56.50
• 2005/06 League Indoor Shot Put Champion• 2005 League Outdoor
Shot Put Champion
• 2005 League Outdoor Discus Champion• 2005 League Indoor Weight
Throw Champion• 2005 League Indoor Field Performer of the Meet•
2005 League Outdoor Field Performer of the Meet
• All-League Second Team(2005/06 Outdoor Shot Put, 2006 Outdoor
Discus, 2005 Outdoor Javelin, 2004 Indoor Weight Throw)2006 Indoor:
Repeated as league shot put champion and took fi fth in the weight
throw at the league meet ... won the shot put at the Northern Iowa
Classic and UWM Panther Tune Up ... added a third-place showing in
the weight throw at UNI and second at the Tune Up. Outdoor: Placed
second in the shot put and dis-cus at the league championships ...
also was sixth in the javelin and ninth in the hammer throw ... won
both the discus and shot put at the Wisconsin Lutheran Tune Up and
took second in the ham-mer ... took fi rst in the shot put and
sec-ond in the discus. 2005 Indoor: Took fi rst place in both the
shot put and weight throw at the league meet ... set a school
record in the weight throw of 55-11 1/4 ... fi nished in the top 10
in every event, including in the top fi ve all but twice. Outdoor:
Won the shot put and discus at the league meet, taking second in
the javelin and third in the hammer throw ... qualifi ed for the
NCAA Regional in both the shot put and discus ... took fi rst in
the shot put and PR’d in taking fi fth in the discus at the
Wis-consin Twilight ... topped the fi eld in both the shot put and
discus at the Purdue Invite ... added 10 more top-10 fi nishes on
the season. 2004 Indoor: Placed second in the weight throw and
fourth in the shot put at the league championships ... at the UWM
Tune Up was second in the weight throw and third in the shot put
... had a season-best toss of 51-1 1/2 in taking sec-ond in the
shot put at the Pepsi Challenge ... won the shot put at the
University of Chicago Invitational. Outdoor: At the league
championships, was second in the shot put and fourth in the discus
... also took 11th in the javelin ... set season-bests in both the
discus (157-6) and shot put (49-5 1/2) at the Big Blue
In-vitational, taking third in both events ... placed second in the
shot put and fourth in the discus at the WIU Tune Up.
PersonalMajoring in ac-counting ... born Sept. 3, 1984.
Throws Sr.Nick GretzTwo Rivers, Wis./Two Rivers • Accounting
Major
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
Shot 55-8 1/2Weight
55-11 1/4
OutdoorShot 54-10 3/4Discus 165-2
Hammer 161-6Javelin
163-7 1/2
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Cross Country• All-League Second Team (2006)
2006: Top Panther at four of UWM’s fi ve meets, second runner at
the other ... placed 10th at the league champion-ship, earning
all-league second team honors ... fi nished 82nd at the NCAA
Re-gional ... was eighth at the Falcon Invite in a season-best
26:01 ... named league scholar-athlete of the week afterwards.
2005: Finished 22nd at the league cham-pionship ... ran a
career-best time of 25:36 at the NCAA Pre-National Invite ... fi
nished 25th at the Bradley Opener. 2004: Scored for the Panthers at
his fi rst three collegiate meets ... fi nished 12th at the UIC
Home Opener ... season-best time of 26:37 came at the Roy Griak
In-vite, where he was a season-best third on the team.
Track2006 Indoor: Did not compete indoors. Outdoor: Took seventh
in the 5000m at the league meet ... won the 1500m at the Wis-consin
Lutheran Invite ... had a third-place fi nish in the event at the
Illinois Benedictine Invite. 2005 Indoor: Finished seventh in the
mile at the Northern Iowa Classic ... ran a season-best time of
4:28.87 in the event at the UWM Panther Tune Up ... also competed
in the 3000m, posting a time of 9:00.40 at the Iowa State Cyclone
Classic. Outdoor: Did not compete outdoors.
PersonalMajoring in kinesiology ... born Jan. 1, 1986.
Distance/XC So.Nick HawleyAppleton, Wis./Hortonville •
Kinesiology Major
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
Mile 4:28.873000m 9:00.40
Outdoor1500m 4:02.205000m 15:07.64
2006 Indoor: Was third in the pole vault at the league
championships ... third-straight third-place showing after tak-ing
third at the Northern Iowa Classic and UWM Panther Tune Up ... tied
for fi rst in the pole vault at the Division I Invite. Outdoor:
Placed fourth in the pole vault at the league meet ... was sixth in
the event at the Illinois Benedictine In-vite and seventh at the
Wisconsin Twi-light.
PersonalBorn July 9, 1987 ... undecided on in-tended major.
Pole Vault So.Sean JaehnigNorth Lake, Wis./Arrowhead •
Undeclared Major
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
Pole Vault14-11
OutdoorPole Vault14-7 1/4
2006 Indoor: Ran time of 22.84 in the 200m at the ISU Cyclone
Classic ... took fi fth in the event at the Division I In-vite ...
had two more top-10 fi nishes in the 200m and one more in the 60m
on the season. Outdoor: Placed fourth in the 200m at the Wisconsin
Lutheran Invite. 2005 Indoor: Finished 10th in the 200m and 12th in
the prelims at the Horizon League Championships ... ran a
season-best time of 22.84 in the 200m in taking fourth at the UWM
Panther Tune Up ... also had a season best time in the 60m.
Outdoor: Placed eighth in the 100m and 12th in the prelims of the
200m at the league meet ... posted sixth-place fi n-ishes in both
events at the Central Col-legiate Championships, running a
sea-son-best time in the 100m (11.04) ... season-best 200m time
came at the Spring Classic (22.73) ... ran with the school-record
4x100m relay at the Big Blue Invite.
PersonalMajoring in mechanical engineering ... born April 24,
1986.
Sprints Jr.Lynn KoepkeCary, Ill./Cary • Mechanical Engineering
Major
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
60m 7.37200m 22.46
Outdoor100m 11.04200m 22.48
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Cross Country2006: Ran in two meets on the year ... scored for
UWM as the fi fth runner, tak-ing 20th at the Crusader Open. 2005:
Did not run in the cross country season. 2004: Competed at one race
on the season in the Central Collegiate Championships.
Track• 2005/06 League Outdoor 4x400m Relay Champion
• 2005/06 League Outdoor 800m Champion2006 Indoor: Finished
fourth at the league meet in the 800m ... opened the season with a
win in the 400m at the Division I Invite ... season-best 400m time,
and fourth-best in school history, at the Alex Wilson Invite ...
was third in the 800m at the Northern Iowa Classic. Out-door:
Repeated as league champion in the 800m and with the 4x400m relay
at the league meet ... broke the school 800m record and qualifi ed
for regionals at the Billy Hayes Invite ... was then named league
athlete of the week ... won the 400m with the third-best time in
school history at the Illinois Bene-dictine Invite ... two weeks
prior, was second in the event at the Wisconsin Lutheran Invite.
2005 Indoor: Finished fourth in both the 400m and 800m at the
Horizon League Champi-onship ... also ran with the fi rst-place
4x400m relay ... in the 400m, tied his season-best time (49.95) ...
won the 800m at the UWM Panther Tune Up ... ran his best 800m time
of the season at the Iowa State Cyclone Classic (1:52.28) ... ran
with the school-record 4x400m relay at the Northern Iowa Classic.
Outdoor: Won the 800m at the league meet while also running with
the fi rst-place 4x400m relay, which set a league record ... was a
part of the 4x800m relay that set school records all three times it
ran and lowered the mark by over seven seconds ... qualifi ed for
the NCAA Regional with a PR time of 1:49.41 in taking third at the
Billy Hayes Invite ... was then named league athlete of the week
the following week for his efforts ... won the 400m at the Central
Collegiate Championships ... season-best 400m time came at the Sea
Ray Relays (48.86). 2004 Indoor: Competed once in the 200m, 400m,
600m and 800m events on the season ... won the 800m at the UWM
Panther Tune Up ... took second at the University of Chicago Invite
in the 200m ... 400m ranks 10th in school history. Outdoor: Topped
the pre-liminary fi eld in the 400m at the league championships
with a season-best time of 48.95, but suffered a leg injury during
the fi nals ... opened his outdoor career with a win in the 800m at
the Purdue Invitational ... took second in the 400m at the Big Blue
Invitateional and third at the WIU Tune Up ... ran with the
school-record 4x400m and 4x800m relays at the Drake Relays.
PersonalMajoring in communication ... born June 5, 1985.
Mid. Dist./XC Sr.Jeremy MajorsJonesboro, Ga./Morrow •
Communication Major
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
400m 48.86800m 1:52.28
Outdoor400m 48.49
800m 1:48.97
Cross Country2006: Did not compete. 2005: Finished 40th at the
Horizon League Champion-ship ... scored at the fi rst two meets of
the season, taking 18th at the UIC Home Opener and 38th at the
Bradley Open. 2004: Was the second freshman fi nisher at the league
meet, taking 27th ... scored as the fi fth UWM runner at the NCAA
Pre-National meet in a season-best 26:34 ... took 11th in his fi
rst collegiate race at the UIC Home Opener.
Track2006 Indoor: Did not compete during the indoor season.
Outdoor: Finished 15th in the 5000m at the league meet ... posted a
third-place fi nish in the 1500m at the Wisconsin Lutheran Invite
... two weeks later, took fourth in the 5000m at the Illi-nois
Benedictine Invite. 2005 Indoor: Took sixth in the mile run at the
league meet ... added another sixth-place showing in the event at
the Northern Iowa Classic ... top mile time was 4:24.82 at the UWM
Panther Tune Up. Outdoor: Season-best fi nish came in the 5000m,
where he took seventh at the Central Collegiate Championships ...
best time in the event was 15:31.69 at the Spring Classic.
PersonalFull name is Richard John Pire ... majoring in
kinesiology ... born July 17, 1986 in Minot, N.D.
Distance/XC Jr.R.J. PireMiddleton, Wis./Middleton • Kinesiology
Major
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
Mile 4:28.873000m 8:57.215000m 15:34.81
Outdoor1500m 4:11.805000m 15:31.69
10k 33:08.46
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Cross Country2006: Scored at three of UWM’s fi ve meets,
including a 33rd-place show-ing at the league meet ... placed 152nd
at the NCAA Regional ... best time was 27:10 at the Falcon
Invite.
Track2006 Indoor: Joined the team prior to the outdoor season.
Outdoor: Took eighth in the 3000m steeplechase and 14th in the
1500m at the league championships ... placed third in the
steeplechase at the Wisconsin Lutheran Invite ... was fourth in the
1500m at the Illinois Benedictine Invite.
PersonalBorn Jan. 23, 1986 ... majoring in architecture.
Distance/XC So.Eric PittKaukauna, Wis./Kaukauna • Architecture
Major
PERSONAL BESTSOutdoor
1500m 4:09.063k Stp 10:13.14
2006 Indoor: Tied for fi rst in the pole vault at the Division I
Invite. Outdoor: Had a top-10 fi nish with an eighth-place showing
in the pole vault at the Illinois Benedic-tine Invite ... also
competed twice in the long jump, posting a 10th-place fi nish at
the same meet.
PersonalBorn April 2, 1987 ... undecided on in-tended major.
Pole Vault So.Adam PoddNew Berlin, Wis./West • Undeclared
Major
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
Pole Vault12-11 1/2
OutdoorPole Vault14-1 1/4
Cross Country2006: Ran a season-best time of 27:48 at the league
championship ... competed at three other meets, taking 28th at the
Illini Challenge. 2005: Second Panther fi nisher at the UIC Home
Opener, taking 11th ... ran a season-best time of 27:10 at the
Bradley Open ... took 43rd at the Horizon League Championship.
Track2006: Redshirted the 2006 season and maintained freshman
eligibility.
PersonalBorn April 10, 1987 ... majoring in business.
Distance/XC So.Nick PorterMukwonago, Wis./Mukwonago • Business
Major
• 2006 League Indoor Field Newcomer of the Year• 2006 League
Outdoor Track Newcomer of the Year
• 2006 League Outdoor 110m Hurdles Champion• 2006 League Outdoor
Long Jump Champion
• All-League Second Team (2006 Indoor Long Jump)2006 Indoor:
Earned league fi eld newcom-er of the year at the league meet,
taking second in the long jump and fi fth in the triple jump ...
won the 60m hurdles with the second-best time in school history at
the UWM Panther Tune Up ... also took second in the long jump at
the event ... placed second in both the 60m hurdles and long jump
at the Division I Invite. Outdoor: Named league track newcomer of
the year after winning both the long jump and 110m hurdles at the
league meet ... also took fi fth in the long jump ... hurdle time
of 14.60 is second in school history ... won the long jump and 110m
hurdles at the Wisconsin Lutheran Invite ... won the hurdles two
weeks later at the Illinois Benedictine Invite and took second in
the long jump ... also had a long jump win at the Simpson College
Open and a second-place showing at the Mike Poehlein Invite.
PersonalBorn Oct. 25, 1986 ... majoring in history.
Hurdles/Sprints/Jumps So.Adam SchleisGermantown, Wis./Germantown
• History Major
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
60mH 8.36L-Jump 22-4 1/2
Outdoor110mH 14.60
L-Jump 23-0 3/4
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• 2005 League Indoor 400m Champion• 2005 League Indoor 4x400m
Relay Champion
• 2005 League Outdoor 4x400m Relay Cham-pion
• All-League Second Team(2005 Outdoor 400m, 2005 Outdoor 4x100m
Relay)2006 Indoor: Did not compete during the indoor season.
Outdoor: Took third in the 400m and seventh in the 200m at the
league championships ... fi nished second in the 400m at the
Wisconsin Lutheran Invite ... was sixth in both the 200m and 400m
at the Illinois Benedic-tine Invite. 2005 Indoor: Topped the fi eld
in the 400m at the league meet ... ran with the fi rst-place 4x400m
relay, setting the school record in the event earlier in the year
... also scored in the 200m, taking sixth ... won the 400m at his
fi rst collegiate meet, the Division I Invite ... posted
three-straight second-place fi nishes in the 400m, culminating with
a time of 48.93 at the UWM Panther Tune Up ... that time is third
in school history. Outdoor: Finished second in the 400m at the
league meet, also taking fi fth in the 200m ... ran with the
league-champion 4x400m relay which set a league record ... won the
400m at the Pacesetter Invite with a time of 48.22, narrowly
missing a school record by 0.07 seconds ... took fi rst in the 200m
a week earlier at the Big Blue Invite ... time of 22.06 is seventh
in school history ... also ran with the school-record 4x100m
relay.
PersonalMajoring in digital arts and culture ... born Oct. 13,
1985.
Sprints Jr.Jay SchweitzerMiddleton, Wis./Middleton • Digital
Arts and Culture Major
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
200m 22.94400m 48.60
Outdoor200m 22.06400m 48.22
• 2005 League Outdoor Hammer Throw Champion2006 Indoor: Placed
fourth in the weight throw and sixth in the shot put at the league
championships ... won the weight and took second in the shot at the
UWM Panther Tune Up ... added a second-place showing in the weight
at the Division I Invite. Outdoor: Redshirted the outdoor season.
2005 Indoor: Was fourth in both the shot put and weight throw at
the league meet ... threw a per-sonal-best 50-7 1/4 in the weight
throw ... took third in the shot put, throwing a season-best 49-0
1/4. Outdoor: Won the hammer throw, took third in the discus and fi
fth in the shot put at the league meet ... qualifi ed for the NCAA
Regional in the hammer ... set the school hammer
Throws Sr.Nick WichertMilwaukee, Wis./Pius XI • Secondary
Education Major
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
Shot 49-0 1/4Weight 54-4 3/4
OutdoorHammer 184-0
Discus 142-4
record to take third at the Purdue Invite ... reset the record
with a throw of 184-0 at the Kansas Relays ... the throw was 12-3
over his school standard entering the year ... won the hammer at
the Wisconsin Twilight, adding a personal-best throw in the discus
(142-4). 2004 Indoor: Competed exclusively in the weight throw,
taking fourth in the event at the Horizon League meet ... took fi
fth at the UWM Panther Tune Up. Outdoor: Placed third in the hammer
throw at the league meet, adding a sixth-place showing in the
discus and eighth-place fi nish in the javelin ... set the UWM
standard in the hammer throw to take fourth place at the Lee
Calhoun Invitational ... then earned league athlete of the week
honors. 2003 Indoor: Did not compete. Out-door: Finished fourth at
the league championships in the jav-elin with a season-best throw
of 156-3 ... was also seventh in the discus and hammer throw and
eighth in the shot put.
PersonalMajoring in secondary education, minoring in psychology
... born March 28, 1984.
2006 Indoor: Took third in the triple jump and eighth in the
long jump at the league championships ... was fi fth in both the
triple jump and 60m hurdles at the UWM Panther Tune Up ... had a
third-place showing in the 55m hurdles at the Division I Invite ...
placed fi fth in the triple jump at the Northern Iowa Classic.
Outdoor: Was third in the triple jump, fourth in the 110m hurdles
and fi fth in the long jump at the league meet ... placed second in
the triple jump and 110m hurdles and took fi fth in the long jump
at the Wisconsin Lutheran Invite ... two weeks later, fi nished
third in the triple jump and fourth in the hurdles ... also took
fourth in the triple jump at the Wisconsin Twilight.
Hurdles/Jumps So.Josh ZillGreen Bay, Wis./Preble • Civil
Engineering Major
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
60mH 8.83L-Jump 20-11 1/4
T-Jump 46-0
Outdoor110mH 15.54L-Jump 21-10T-Jump 46-3 1/2
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Cross Country2006: Scored at every meet ... placed 23rd at the
league meet ... season-best fi nish was 15th at the Illini
Challenge ... best time was 19:42 at the Falcon Invita-tional.
2005: Posted a time of 21:08 at the league championships ...
season-best time came at the Bradley Open, where she fi nished 72nd
in 20:41 ... best fi nish was 17th at the UIC Home Opener.
Track2006 Indoor: Did not compete during the indoor season.
Outdoor: Took 15th in the 5000m at the league meet ... ran a
career-best time of 19:33.64 in doing so ... placed second in the
5000 at the Wisconsin Lutheran Invitational, her highest fi nish of
the season ... also placed eighth in the event at the Illinois
Bene-dictine Invitational.
PersonalMajoring in biology ... born June 9, 1987.
Distance/XC So.Liz BrothenKenosha, Wis./Tremper • Biology
Major
PERSONAL BESTSOutdoor
5k 19:33.64
• 2006 Indoor 4x400m Relay Champion• All-League Second Team
(2006 Outdoor 4x400m)2006 Indoor: Placed sixth in the 400m at the
Horizon League Championships, running a season-best time of 58.76
... fi nished second in the event at the Di-vision I Invitational
... posted another sixth-place showing in the event at the Northern
Iowa Classic. Outdoor: Was fi fth in the 400m at the league meet
... posted wins in the 400m at back-to-back meets, fi rst at the
Wisconsin Lutheran Invite and then again at the Illinois
Benedictine Invite ... also took fi fth at the Mike Poe-hlein
Invite. 2005 Indoor: Finished fi fth in the 400m at the Horizon
League Championships ... took fourth in the event at the UWM
Panther Tune Up ... season-best 400m time of 58.52 came at the Iowa
State Cyclone Classic ... placed second in the 400m at her fi rst
collegiate meet, the Division I Invite. Outdoor: At the league
meet, took fourth with best time of the season (57.54) in the 400m
... added fourth-place fi nish-es in the event at the Pacesetter
Invite and Central Collegiate Championships.
PersonalMajoring in political science ... born Jan. 12,
1986.
Sprints Jr.Shannon ButtchenMt. Horeb, Wis./Mt. Horeb • Political
Science Major
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
400m 58.52
Outdoor400m 57.54
2006 Indoor: Scored in both the long and triple jumps, taking
fourth in the triple jump with a season-best leap of 36-5 3/4 ...
distance is sixth-best in school his-tory ... also placed sixth in
the long jump ... took fourth in the triple jump at each meet she
competed ... added a season-best fourth-place showing in the long
jump at the Division I Invitational ... best jump (17-6 1/4) came
at the UWM Panther Tune Up. Outdoor: Took fourth in the triple jump
at the league champi-onships, jumping 37-6 1/2 ... that jump is
tied for fi fth in school history ... also placed ninth in the long
jump ... won both the long jump and triple jump at the Illinois
Benedictine Invitational ... added a fi fth-place in the triple and
sixth-place in the long jump showings at the Madison Twilight.
PersonalMajoring in broadcast journalism ... born Sept. 25, 1986
in Vicksburg, Miss.
Sprints/Jumps So.Kicha CaryFond du Lac, Wis./Fond du Lac •
Broadcast Journalism Major
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
L-Jump 17-6 1/4T-Jump 36-5 3/4
OutdoorL-Jump 17-4 1/2T- Jump 37-6 1/2
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Biochemistry Major
• 2006 Indoor 4x400m Relay Champion• All-League Second Team
(2005 Outdoor 400mH, 2006 Outdoor 4x400m)2006 Indoor: Took
seventh in the 100m hurdles at the league meet ... season-best fi
nish was third in the 55m hurdles at the Division I Invite ... also
had a fi fth-place fi nish in the 60m hurdles at the UNI Classic.
Outdoor: Placed third in the 400m hurdles and fourth in the 100m
hurdles at the league championships ... 100m hurdles time of 14.86
is seventh in school history ... had four other top-three fi nishes
in the 400m hurdles on the season, including second-place showings
at the Southern Illinois Invite, Wisconsin Lutheran Classic and
Illinois Benedictine Invite ... ran with the school-record shut-tle
hurdle relay at the Drake Relays. 2005 Indoor: At the Horizon
League meet, posted an eighth-place fi nish in the prelims of the
60m hurdles, but missed the fi nals with an injury ... also placed
12th in the long jump ... posted third-place fi nishes in both the
long jump and 60m hurdles at the UWM Panther Tune Up. Outdoor: Took
second in the 400m hurdles at the league meet ... also took second
in the 400m hurdles at the Central Collegiate Championships and
Wisconsin Twilight. 2004 Indoor: Placed fi fth in the 55m hurdles
at the Horizon League Championships ... took third in the 55m
hurdles at both the U. of Chicago Invite and UWM Panther Tune Up
... season-best time in the event came at the Iowa State Classic
(8.62). Outdoor: Placed fourth in the 400m hurdles at the league
championships ... also posted a ninth-place fi nish in the 100m
hurdles.
PersonalMajoring in biochemistry ... born Oct. 30, 1984.
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
55mH 8.6260mH 9.35
Outdoor100mH 14.86
400mH 1:03.13
Cross Country2006: Did not compete in cross coun-try. 2005:
Season-best time came at the league meet, where she fi nished in
20:08. 2004: Posted a season-best time of 20:56 while running at
the league championship ... scored for UWM as the fi fth runner at
the UIC Home Opener. 2003: Competed at three races on the year ...
placed 40th at the league meet ... posted her top time of 20:27 at
the Cen-tral Collegiate Championships.
Track2006 Indoor: Took seventh in the 800m at the league meet
... top fi nish on the year was fi fth in the 800m at the UWM
Pan-ther Tune Up. Outdoor: Competed in the 3000m steeplechase at
the league meet, taking sixth... placed fi fth in the steeple-chase
at the Wisconsin Twilight ... had a second-place fi nish in the
800m at the Wisconsin Lutheran Classic. 2005 Indoor:Did not compete
indoors. Outdoor: Placed 11th in the prelims of the 800m at the
league championships ... best fi nish was eighth place in the 800m
at Central Collegiate Championships ... posted a PR of 2:22.39 in
the 800m at the Wisconsin Twilight. 2004 Indoor: Posted a
season-best time and fi nish in tak-ing seventh in the 800m with a
time of 2:26.00 at the league meet ... fi nished eighth in the 800m
at the UWM Panther Tune Up. Outdoor: Ran a season-best time of
2:24.44 in the 800m during the prelims at the league championships
... also took eighth at the WIU Tune Up in the 800m.
Personal Is a business major ... born Feb. 26, 1985.
Mid. Dist./XC Sr.Kris GasserMukwonago, Wis./Mukwonago • Business
Major
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
800m 2:22.39
Outdoor800m 2:24.44
3k Stp 12:25.04
2005-06Redshirted in 2005 and did not compete in 2006.
Albany High SchoolHelped her team to a state cross coun-try
championship as a freshman ... as a sophomore, won individual and
team conference and sectional championships ... two-time state,
three-time sectional and four-time conference champion in the 800m
... 10-time state fi nalist over career ... state runner-up as a
senior in triple jump, 4x800 relay and 800m.
PersonalUndecided on major ... born May 22, 1986.
Horiz. Jumps So.Katie GravesAlbany, Wis./Albany • Undeclared
Major
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CROSS COUNTRY• All-League First Team (2005)
• All-League Second Team (2006)2006: Took 12th at the league
meet, net-ting all-league second team honors ... took 61st at
regionals, the ninth-best re-gional fi nish in school history ...
best time of the season was 18:54 in taking 21st at the Falcon
Invite. 2005: Earned all-league fi rst team honors by taking
seventh with a season-best time of 18:07 at the league meet ... led
the team at every meet she competed ... placed 64th at the NCAA
Regional ... named league runner of the week after taking 12th at
the Bradley Invite. 2004: Won the UIC Home Opener in her fi rst
collegiate race ... named the Horizon League Runner of the Week ...
was UWM’s third runner, taking 22nd, at the Central Collegiate
Championships with a season-best time of 19:17.
TRACK• 2006 Horizon League Indoor 5000m Champion
• 2005 Horizon League Outdoor Track Newcomer of the Year2006
Indoor: Won the 5000m and took third in the 3000m at the league
meet ... ran the third-best 5000m time in school history at the ISU
Cyclone Classic ... posted the sixth-best 3000m time at the Edmunds
Cup. Outdoor: Placed fourth in the 10,000m at the league
championships ... added a fi fth -place fi nish in the 5000m ...
ran the fourth-best 10,000m time in school history in taking sixth
at the Drake Relays. 2005 Indoor: Placed fourth in the 5000m and fi
fth in the 3000m at the Horizon League Champion-ships ... 5000m
time of 17:50.93 was almost 19 seconds faster than previous best
time and sixth-best in school history ... took fourth in 5000m at
the Division I Invite. Outdoor: Finished third in the 10,000m and
sixth in the 5000m at the league meet ... added third-place fi
nishes in both events on the year, in the 5000m at the Spring
Classic and in the 10,000m at the Big Blue Invite.
PersonalMajoring in architecture ... born Oct. 6, 1985.
Distance/XC Jr.Angie HuebnerGreen Bay, Wis./South West •
Architecture Major
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
Mile 5:18.393k 10:21.995k 17:25.75
Outdoor1500m 4:49.15
5k 17:41.9110k 36:44.33
2006 Indoor: Did not compete during the indoor season. Outdoor:
Competed at three meets ... took seventh in the 100m at the
Wisconsin Lutheran Classic.
PersonalMajoring in architecture ... born June 11, 1987.
Sprints So.Rachel LeeMinneapolis, Minn./Washburn • Architecture
Major
PERSONAL BESTSOutdoor
100m 13.84200m 27.98
Cross Country2006: Was among UWM’s top seven at every meet ...
took 40th at the league meet ... ran a season-best time of 20:56 at
the Falcon Invite. 2005: Ran a season-best time at the Horizon
League Champion-ship, fi nishing in 21:23 ... scored for the
Panthers with a 13th-place fi nish at the UIC Home Opener. 2004:
Redshirted the cross country season.
Track2006 Indoor: Competed at two meets on the season, both in
the 3000m ... fi nished 10th in the event at the ISU Cyclone
Classic ... best time came at the Edmunds Cup, where she ran
12:35.81. Outdoor: Did not compete outdoors. 2005 Indoor: Ran at
one meet, taking 11th in the mile run at the Division I
Invitational. Outdoor: Redshirted the outdoor track season.
PersonalMajoring in kinesiology ... born Feb. 4, 1986 ... twin
sister, Erin, is also a member of the UWM track and cross country
teams.
Distance/XC Jr.Danielle MagargeePortage, Wis./Portage •
Kinesiology Major
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
Mile 5:56.633k 12:35.81
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just missed all-league honors with a 15th-place fi nish at the
league meet ... was the third Panther scorer at each of the fi rst
three meets of the season ... best time of the season was 19:00 at
the Falcon Invitational, where she took 23rd. 2005: Finished 26th
in a season-best time of 19:09 at the league meet ... scored twice
for UWM on the season,including at the Loyola Invite, where she was
the team’s third fi nisher. 2004: Redshirted.
Track2006 Indoor: Was fi fth in the 3000m at the league indoor
meet ... ran a career-best time of 10:22.66 ... took fi fth in the
event earlier in the year at the Northern Iowa Classic ... top fi
nish was fourth in the mile run at the UWM Panther Tune Up.
Outdoor: At the league meet, took fi fth in the 3000m steeplechase
and ninth in the 5000m ... had career-best times in both events ...
took second in the 1500m at the Wisconsin Lutheran Invite ... also
took third in the event at the Illinois Benedictine Invite. 2005
Indoor: Placed 13th in the 3000m at the Horizon League
Championships ... took second in the event two weeks prior at the
UWM Panther Tune Up ... also had a top-10 fi nish in her fi rst
collegiate meet, taking eighth in the mile at the Division I
Invite. Outdoor: Finished eighth in the 10,000m at the league meet
... was fi fth in only other 10,000 event, at the Big Blue
Invitational .
PersonalMajoring in psychology ... born Feb. 4, 1986 ... twin
sister, Danielle, is also a member of the UWM track and cross
country teams.
Cross Country• All-League Second Team (2006)
2006: Was among UWM’s top three run-ners the entire season ...
earned all-league honors with a 13th-place fi nish at the league
championship ... team’s second scorer at the fi rst four meets of
the season ... placed 90th at the NCAA Regional. 2005: Finished
16th in 18:36 at the league meet ... was the team’s third fi nisher
in the last four meets she com-peted in ... knocked over a minute
off her 6000m time and 50 seconds off her 5000m time over course of
the season ... placed 99th in 23:28 at the NCAA Re-gional. 2004: At
the league meet posted season-bests with a 29th-place fi nish in
20:17. 2003: Scored for UWM at the league championships, taking
23rd ... season-best fi nish was 12th at the UIC Home Opener ...
ran a top time of 18:42 in taking 42nd at the Lakefront Invite.
Track2006 Indoor: Took fi fth in the 5000m and 10th in the 3000m
at the league meet ... ran a PR of 18:00.45 in the 5000m at the ISU
Cyclone Classic. Outdoor: Was 10th in the 5000m at the league
championships ... took third in the 1500m at the Illinois
Bene-dictine Invite. 2005 Indoor: Opened the season with a
10th-place showing in the 3000m at the Division I Invite ... a week
later, took sixth in the 5000m at the Central Collegiate
Champion-ships ... also took sixth in the 3000m at the Northern
Iowa Clas-sic. Outdoor: Did not compete during the outdoor season.
2004 Indoor: Placed seventh in the 5000m and 14th in the 3000m at
the league meet ... took fourth in the 5000m at the University of
Chicago Invite ... posted a time of 18:07 in the 5000m at the ISU
Cyclone Classic. Outdoor: Finished seventh in the 10k at the league
meet ... placed sixth in both attempts at the 5000m, in-cluding a
personal-best time of 18:32.08 at the Lee Calhoun Invite.
PersonalMajoring in American Sign Language and special education
... born Dec. 20, 1984.
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
3000m 10:35.005000m 18:00.45
Outdoor5000m 18:32.89
10k 37:38.55
Distance/XC Jr.Erin MagargeePortage, Wis./Portage • Psychology
Major
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
Mile 5:17.363000m 10:22.66
Outdoor1500m 4:57.813k Stp 11:48.635000m 18:32.89
Distance/XC Sr.Kourtney NaultPort Wasington, Wis./Port Wasington
• ASL/Special Ed. Major
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PANTHER WOMEN Returning Athlete Profi les
2006 Indoor: Was ninth in the pentathlon at the league
championships ... had a fifth-place finish in the long jump at the
Division I Invitational. Outdoor: Took fourth in the heptathlon at
the league meet ... added a seventh-place showing in the high jump
... also competed in the heptathlon at the Big Blue Multi-Event
meet, taking ninth.
PersonalMajoring in biology ... born Sept. 6, 1987
Cross Country• All-League First Team (2006)
2006: Top UWM runner at all six meets ... took seventh at the
league meet for all-league honors ... posted the fourth-best
regional fi nish with a 43rd-place showing. 2005: Just missed
all-league second team honors with a 15th-place fi nish at the
league meet ... had a career-best time of 18:27 ... placed 95th at
the NCAA Regional ... was the second Panther fi nisher at the last
four meets she competed in. 2004: Was the second Panther fi nisher
at fi ve-of-six races on the year ... fi nished 16th at the league
championships ... took second at the UIC Home Opener in her fi rst
col-legiate race.
Track2006 Indoor: Took seventh in the 5000m and eighth in the
3000m at the league meet ... competed in both events one other time
on the season. Outdoor: Was third in the 10,000m at the league
championships ... added a sixth-place fi nish in the 5000m ... fi
nished sixth in the 10,000m at Sea Ray Relays. 2005: Redshirted
both the indoor and outdoor seasons.
PersonalMajoring in journalism ... born Dec. 16, 1985.
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
3000m 10:35.005000m 18:30.81
Outdoor5000m 18:11.54
10k 37:34.16
Distance/XC So.Holly NearmanMonroe, Wis./Monroe • Journalism
Major
• 2006 League Indoor Field Newcomer of the Year• 2006 League
Outdoor Field Newcomer of the Year
• 2006 League Indoor Pentathlon Champion• 2006 League Outdoor
Long Jump Champion
• All-League Second Team (2006 Outdoor Javelin)2006 Indoor: Won
the league pentathlon championship with a school-record score of
3459 points ... also placed third in the high jump and long jump
... already among the top-10 in school history in pentathlon, high
jump (t-5th), long jump (t-7th) and 60m hurdles (10th). Outdoor:
Set a school record in winning the league long jump title with a
leap of 19-9 1/2 ... was also second in the javelin with the
second-best throw in school history, third in the high jump and fi
fth in both the triple jump and 100m hurdles ... set a school
record in the heptathlon with 4993 points at the Drake Relays ...
won the heptathlon at the Big Blue Multi-Event meet ... was then
named the league’s athlete of the week ... additionally among the
top-10 in school history in the high jump (2nd), 100m hurdles
(t-7th) and triple jump (9th).
PersonalMajoring in elementary education ... born Dec. 23, 1985
... attended Cedarburg High School in Wisconsin as a foreign
exchange student in 2002-03.
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
60mH 9.45H-Jump 5-5 3/4
L-Jump 18-6Pent. 3459 pts
Outdoor100mH 14.86
L-Jump 19-9 1/2T-Jump 36-10
H-Jump 5-6 3/4Javelin 125-11Hept. 4,993 pts
Hurdles/Jumps/Hept. So.Jenni SaarinenLappeenranta,
Finland/Kimpisen Iukio • Elementary Ed. Major
2006 Indoor: Finished fi fth in the pentath-lon at the league
meet, scoring 3004 points ... also placed fi fth in the triple jump
and eighth in the long jump ... took second in both the 55m hurdles
and long jump at the Division I Invite. Outdoor: Placed fi fth in
the long jump ... also competed in the heptathlon, but suffered an
injury and placed seventh ... took fi fth in the heptathlon at the
Big Blue Multi-Event meet ... ran a PR in the 100m hurdles of 15.84
at the Illinois Benedictine Inivitational, taking fi fth.
PersonalUndecided on intended major ... born April 22, 1987.
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor
60mH 9.60L-Jump 17-5 1/4Pent. 3004 pts
Outdoor100mH 15.84L-Jump 17-8
Javelin 107-11Hept. 3953
Hurdles/Jumps/Hept. So.Kory OlsonAppleton, Wis./North •
Undeclared Major
PERSONAL BESTSIndoor