UWEC CC / Track – Indoor Update

The past two weeks have been exciting for the UW-Eau Claire men’s and women’s middle distance / distance runners. Two weeks ago the Blugolds were in Platteville competing at the UW-Platteville Invitational, and Thomas Breitbach (jr.-Muskego) had a breakout race in the 5K winning in a PR and national qualifying time of 14:35. Thomas passed through the 3K mark with the lead pack in 8:50 and then separated from the field running 2:54 and 2:51 for his final 2 K’s. Thomas won by 13 seconds. Michael Borglin (so.-Whitewater) also had a strong day in the 5K finishing 9th overall in a PR time of 15:18. In the men’s 800 Jake Zander (sr.-Chippewa Falls McDone1l) ran an indoor PR of 1:57.17 to finish 6th, and Aaron Easker (so.-Wittenberg-Birnamwood) broke 2 minutes in his indoor 800 debut with a time of 1:58.58.

On the women’s side Ashlyn Mauer (so.-Sheboygan Falls) ran a 37 second PR in the 5K finishing 2nd overall in 18:17. Ashlyn, who ran by herself the majority of the race, did a great job of running near even splits (1K splits: 3:39, 3:40, 3:37, 3:41 & 3:39 for her final 1K). Madison Sawyer (so.-Champlin Park) won the 3K in a PR time of 10:47. In the mile Maria Peloquin (sr.-Prescott) finished 3rd in 5:14 and Jami Riley (fr.-Fairmont, MN) finished 6th in a PR time of 5:22. Shaina Weatherhead (fr.-Robbinsdale Cooper, MN) won the 2nd section of the 800 in a PR time of 2:25.

Here’s a link to the complete Platteville Results:
http://www.uwecblugolds.com/stats/mitr/201011/itr_uwp_021211.htm

This past Saturday the men and women competed at the Eastbay Invitational in Stevens Point. The men’s distance medley relay team of Jake Zander, Patrick Mackin (jr.-GB Notre Dame), Alex Adkinson (so.-Whitewater) and Aaron Easker had a great race finishing 3rd overall in a school record and national qualifying time of 10:02.06. The splits for the relay were: Jake Zander, 1200 – 3:03.8; Patrick Mackin, 400 – 49.0; Alex Adkinson, 800 – 1:57.7 and Aaron Easker, 1600 – 4:11.3. In the 800 freshman Joe Martschinke (Waukesha West) and Bryan Krause (Webster) had indoor PR’s of 1:59. In the 5K Jeremy Kieser (so.-Verona) finished 2nd with a PR time of 15:19 and freshman Eric Knutson (Brookfield Central) ran 15:48, which is his first time under 16 minutes. Matt Scott (fr.-Kiel) finished 5th overall in season’s best of 8:57 in the 3K.

Although many of the middle distance / distance women took the weekend off in preparation for conference there were some very strong performances from the younger runners on the team. In the mile Nicole Blahnik (so.-Antigo), Erica Tiffany (so.-Mounds View) and Shaina Weatherhead all PR’d with times of 5:24, 5:25 and 5:28. In the 3K Victoria Janasz (fr.-Elk River, MN) had a great day finishing 4th overall in a PR time of 10:55.

Here’s a link to the complete Eastbay Results:
http://www.uwecblugolds.com/stats/mitr/201011/itr_eastbay_021911.htm

The WIAC Indoor Conference Meet is this Saturday, February 26th at UW-Stout. Running events start at 1 pm. Here’s a link to meet information:
http://www.wiacsports.com/sports/2011/1/6/MITRACK_0106114848.aspx?path=witrack

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