NEW ORLEANS (Blugolds.com) – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) has announced the All-Region honorees for the 2017 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field season.
Men's All-Region | Women's All-Region | National Championship Qualifier List
The top-5 individuals in each event from each region – as well the region's top-3 relay teams – earned All-Region distinction. The regions used for this award – Atlantic, Central, Great Lakes, Mideast, Midwest, New England, South/Southeast and West – match those used during cross country and the indoor track & field season.
Ten Blugold men collected 12 honors while 11 women tallied 18 honors:
Brandon Christnovich (So. – Holmen, WI) – 4x400 relay Matt Cooper (Sr. – Ashwaubenon, WI) – 1500m Hunter Henk (Fr. – Beldenville, WI/River Falls) – 4 x400 relay David Kornack (Jr. – Edgar, WI) – shot put and discus Darin Lau (Jr. – Eau Claire, WI/Immanuel) – 5K and 10K Kyler Lueck (Fr. – Germantown, WI/Wisconsin Lutheran) – 1500m KJ Munn (Fr. – Bayport, MN/St. Croix Prep Academy) – 4x400 relay Jimmy Paske (Sr. – Minnetonka, MN/Hopkins) – 400m Nick Petersson (Sr. – Brookfield, WI/Brookfield Central) – 10K Aaron Zmolek (Fr. – Holmen, WI) – 4 x400 relayAshleigh Buergi (Jr. – Green Bay, WI/Bay Port) – 400m hurdles and 4x400 relay Callie Fischer (Jr. – Oneida, WI/Ashwaubenon) – 10K Claire Fischer (So. – Appleton, WI/North) – 4x100 relay Steph Frempong-Longdon (Sr. – Minnetrista, MN/Waconia) – triple jump Sarah Glidden's (Sr. – Greenville, WI/Hortonville) – 4x400 relay Erica Oawster (So. – Lino Lakes, MN/Centennial) – discus Jessie Reineck (Sr. - Greenville,WI/Fox Valley Lutheran) – 200m, 400m, 4x100 relay and 4x400 relay Jess Rupnow (Sr. – Sussex, WI/Sussex-Hamilton) – 400m, 4x100 relay and 4x400 relay Samantha Slattery (So. – Waunakee, WI) – 5K and 10 K JoHannah Theisen (Jr. – Eau Claire, WI/Regis) – shot put Kelsey Worachek (Jr. – Appleton, WI/Xavier) – 4x100m relay
Next up for the Blugolds is the 2017 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships which will be held May 25-27, in Geneva, Ohio.
Eau Claire will send 22 student-athletes to the national meet:
Kelsey Worachek – 100m (seeded 20th) Jessie Reineck – 200m (seeded 8th), 400m (seeded 9th) Jess Rupnow – 400 m (seeded 14th) Samantha Slattery – 10K (seeded 11th) Callie Fischer - 10KAshleigh Buergi – 400m hurdles (seeded 13th) Steph Frempong-Longdon – triple jump (seeded 13th) JoHannah Theisen – shot put (seeded 17th) Erica Oawster – discus (seeded 9th) 4x100 relay (Worchek, Claire Fischer, Jess Rupnow, Reineck - seeded 1st) 4x400 m relay (Reineck, Buergi, Sarah Glidden, Rupnow - seeded 3rd)
Jimmy Paske – 400m (seeded 18th) Kyler Lueck 1500 m (seeded 14th) Matt Cooper 1500 (seeded 19th) Darin Lau 5K (seeded 5th), 10K (seeded 2nd) Nick Petersson 5K (seeded 15th) John Vodacek 10K (seeded 18th) David Kornack – shot put (seeded 15th), discus (seeded 18th) Dylan Cooper – decathlon (seeded 14th) 4x400 relay (Aaron Zmolek, Brandon Christnovich, Hunter Henk, KJ Munn - seeded 7th)
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