Blugolds Finish Strong at NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships

May 26, 2012

CLAREMONT, Calif. (Blugolds.com) ? The UW-Eau Claire men's and women's outdoor track & field teams finished strong after three days of competition at the 2012 NCAA Division III Championships.

The Blugold men came in sixth place with 30 points, tying for their second-best finish at nationals in school history (also sixth in 1992, highest finish was fourth in 1990). The Blugold women tied for 10^th with 18 points, their best finish since 2009 when they took fourth.

Wartburg won the women's national title with 129 points while UW-Oshkosh was second with 52. McMurry won the men's title with 66 points while four of the top six spots were held by Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) schools. UW-La Crosse was second, UW-Stout was third and UW-Oshkosh was fourth.

On the final day of competition, the Blugolds combined to win seven All-American honors after finishing eighth or better. Over the course of three days, the Blugolds secured a total of 10 All-American honors.

Thurgood Dennis (Fr.-Allouez, Wis./Green Bay Notre Dame) led the Blugolds today, finishing as runner-up in the 200-meter dash while taking third in the 100-meter dash. He finished with a time of 20.90 seconds in the 200-meter dash, the 10^th fastest time ever at the NCAA Division III Championship, and came in with a time of 10.47 seconds in the 100-meter dash. Both broke school records, which Dennis already held.

The women's 4x100-meter relay team of Megan Mulligan (Fr.-Lake Geneva, Wis./Badger), Talisa Emberts (Sr.-Sussex, Wis./Sussex-Hamilton), Lindsey Laufenberg (Fr.-Waunakee, Wis.) and Jordanne Greenup (Sr.-Fridley, Minn.) broke its own school record with a time of 47.11 seconds on the way to taking fifth place.

The men's 4x400-meter relay team of Cody Prince (Fr.-Appleton, Wis./North), Marty Richardson (Sr.-Appleton, Wis./Kimberly), Jacob Dennis-Oehling (So.-Whitewater, Wis.) and Dennis took fifth with a time of 3:11.78.

In the women's triple jump, Julia Baranek (Sr.-Port Washington, Wis.) was sixth with a mark of 12.06 meters (39-7), narrowly missing her own school record of 12.07 meters (39-7.25).

The women's 4x400-meter relay team of Steph Rouse (Fr.-Minnetonka, Minn./Hopkins), Emberts, Michelle Baranek (Sr.-Port Washington, Wis.) and Greenup finished in sixth place with a time of 3:48.19.

Greenup also finished as an All-American in the 200-meter dash as she took seventh with a time of 24.67 seconds.

In the men's shot put, Joe Lilek (Sr.-Tomahawk, Wis.) finished in 11^th place with a distance of 16.63 meters (54-6.75).

Ashlyn Mauer (Jr.-Sheboygan Falls, Wis.) was 12^th in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:58.91.

Aaron Easker (Jr.-Eland, Wis./Wittenberg-Birnamwood) was 12^th in the men's 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:43.59.

In the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase, Jeremy Kieser (Jr.-Verona, Wis.) finished in 14^th place with a time of 9:34.80.

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