The UW-Platteville outdoor track and field team traveled to UW-Oshkosh for the Wisconsin

Intercollegiate Athletic Conference meet last Friday and Saturday.
UW-P took first in four events and second in three events according to Pioneer Coach Jim Nickasch. Two UW-P outdoor track records were broken at the meet.

According to the UW-P Sports Information Web site, Senior Alison Glendenning broke her own school record in the 400-meter hurdles and finished in first place with a time of 1:03.42. This also qualified Glendenning for a NCAA Division III provisional mark.

Photograph by Anthony Bauer
The UW-Platteville team gets another shot at Nationals with the Last Chance meet May 7-9 at Naperville, Ill. Junior Mike Schmidt works on the high jump in practice.

Senior Andy Melby earned a provisional mark in the 400-meter men’s hurdle trials with a time of 54.10. In the finals, senior Mitch Spees won with a time of 54.96 and Melby came in second with 55.02.

In the 800-meter run, senior Jessica Scott won with a time of 2:12 and she took second in the 1,500 meter. Freshman Ann Tank took second in the 800 meter run and third in the 1,500 meter.
Scott and Tank joined juniors Kristy Curry and Sara Weisman on the women’s 4×800 relay and took second with a time of 9:33.73 according to the UW-P Sports Information Web site.

Senior Alex Switzky, senior Mitch Spees, junior Matt Bishoff, and freshman Lynn Oyawiri finished second in the men’s 4×100 relay and broke the UW-P record with a time of 41.82. This time also earned them a provisional mark.

Coach Nickasch said, the team members with first place finishes are First Team All Conference and those who earned second places are Second Team All Conference.” Ten of our athletes achieved all conference status.

Senior Corey Digman earned a provisional mark in the men’s hammer throw.

“We select athletes we think could improve or qualify for provisional marks to go to the Last Chance meets,” Nickasch said.

Athletes have to work around finals week and graduation to select which meets they will be able to compete at. Last Chance meets are being held May 7-9 at Naperville, Ill., May 9 in Madison, May 14-15 in Naperville, Ill., and May 15 in Rock Island, Ill.