2012 Cross Country Athletes of the Week
October 15, 2012-October 21, 2012
Christian Leitner, Freshman, Red Wing, Minn.
Leitner was the top collegiate finisher at the UW-Eau Claire Lake Wissota Invitational on Friday, finishing second overall with an 8K time of 26:27.
Also Selected Conference Player of the Week
October 8, 2012-October 14, 2012
Adam Moline, Sophomore, Maple Grove, Minn./Wayzata
Moline ran a strong race at the Brooks Invitational hosted by UW-Oshkosh on Saturday, finishing 25th of 506 competitors with an 8K time of 25:40. Moline was the number four runner for the Blugolds, helping the team to a third place finish out of 38 teams in a field that included nine nationally ranked teams, four of which were ranked in the top ten.
September 24, 2012-September 30, 2012
Aaron Easker, Senior, Eland, Wis./Wittenberg-Birnamwood
Easker placed seventh overall with an 8,000-meter time of 26:05.9 to help the Blugolds to a third-place finish at the University of Minnesota's Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday. A total of 272 runners and 27 teams competed in the event.
September 17, 2012-September 23, 2012
Jeremy Kieser, Senior, Verona, Wis.
Kieser finished first out of 308 runners and helped lead the UW-Eau Claire men's cross country team to a first place finish out of 17 teams at the 2012 Blugold Invitational on Friday at Whitetail Golf Course in Colfax. Kieser finished the 8,000-meter course with a time of 24:56, a lifetime personal record, and finished more than 22 seconds in front of the second place finisher.
Also Selected Conference Player of the Week