La Crosse, Wis. - UW-La Crosse Intercollegiate Athletics continues featuring senior student-athletes from the spring who had their seasons canceled due to the COVID-19 public health threat.  Our seniors being recognized today are Matt Bourland of Neenah (H.S.), Collin Meyer of La Crosse (Aquinas), Samuel Sadowski of Muskego (H.S.), Peter Schommer of Kimberly (H.S.) and Jacob Teunas of Appleton (North) from the track & field team.  

Bourland placed sixth (season-best 8:38.63) in the 3,000-meter run and seventh (15:11.93) in the 5,000-meter run at the 2020 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Indoor Championships on February 28-29. He had a season-best time of 15:09.88 in the 5,000-meter run at the Wartburg College (Iowa) Qualifier on March 6-7.  Bourland ran in six cross country meets during the 2019 season, including placing 204th at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Championships on November 23. He earned NCAA Division III All-Midwest Region accolades after finishing 27th overall on November 16.  Bourland earned his third career All-WIAC honor in 2019, placing 15th overall November 2. He was 12th in 2017 and 16th in 2018 after finishing 51st in 2016. Bourland was 10th at the 2019 Carleton College (Minn.) Invitational September 21, 13th at the Jim Drews Invitational October 19 and 49th at the University of Louisville (Ky.) Silver Race on October 19. He was 117th at the 2018 NCAA III Championships and earned All-NCAA Midwest Regional awards after finishing 25th at the regional championships. 

He placed fourth (15:04.41) in the 5,000-meter run and ninth (8:40.96) in the 3,000-meter run at the 2019 WIAC Indoor Championships after finishing 11th (8:49.04) in the 3,000-meter run and 12th (15:30.69) in the 5,000-meter run in 2018. At the WIAC Outdoor Championships, Bourland placed second (32:12.03) in the 10,000-meter run in 2018 and 11th (31:48.34) in 2019. 

Meyer earned 2020 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-America honors in NCAA Division III as a member of UWL's 4x400-meter relay.  He was on the Eagles' fourth-place (3:22.41) 4x400-meter relay at this year's WIAC Championships. Meyer placed fourth (season-best 49.57) in the 400-meter dash at the league meet. He ran a season-best 23.17 in the 200-meter dash at the Ted Nelson Classic on February 8. 

He was a member of UWL's fourth-place (3:21.30) in the 4x400-meter relay at the 2019 WIAC Indoor Championships. Meyer placed sixth (48.74) in the 400-meter dash and ninth (22.07) in the 200-meter dash at the 2019 outdoor meet. He competed at the 2016 conference championships while at UW-Stevens Point as a member of the eighth-place (10:25.12) distance medley relay indoors and third-place (3:17.74) 4x400-meter relay outdoors. 

Meyer earned 2019 NCAA Division III Outdoor All-America honors as a member of the fifth-place (3:11.47) 4x400-meter relay.

Sadowski earned USTFCCCA All-America honors in the long jump after qualifying for the national championships with the seventh-best mark (23-9 1/2).  The mark of 23-9 1/2 came at the Midwest Elite Invitational on February 15. He finished second (23-6 1/4) in the long jump and 15th (43-5) in the triple jump at the WIAC Championships. Sadowski ran a season-best 7.17 in the 60-meter dash at the Midwest Elite Invitational.

He earned NCAA Division III All-America honors after finishing sixth (23-6 3/4) in the long jump at the 2019 indoor championships. Sadowski has six other top-14 finishes at the WIAC Indoor Championships, including second (23-5 1/2) in the long jump and sixth (45-5 1/4) in the triple jump in 2019. He was fifth in the long jump (22-11) and 12th in the triple jump (43-1) in 2018 and 10th in the triple jump (42-3 1/4) and 14th in hte long jump (21-5 1/4) in 2017. 

Sadowski won the long jump (23-11) at the 2019 WIAC Outdoor Championships after finishing 11th in the triple jump (44-3 1/4). He was fifth in the long jump (22-10 1/2) and eighth in the triple jump (44-0) in 2018 and 10th in the triple jump (43-8) and 15th in the long jump (21-11 1/2) in 2017. 

Schommer finished 11th (season-best 15:32.40) in the 5,000-meter run and 23rd (9:09.09) in the 3,000-meter run at the 2020 WIAC Indoor Championships.  He had a season-best 9:01.98 in the 3,000-meter run at the Ted Nelson Classic.  Schommer ran in six cross country meets in 2019, including a 75th-place finish at the NCAA III Championships. He earned NCAA III All-Midwest Regional accolades with a 22nd-place finish. Schommer was an All-WIAC First Team choice after placing sixth at the league championships. He was 28th at the 2018 WIAC Championships. Schommer finished sixth at the 2019 Carleton (Minn.) Invitational, 19th at the Jim Drews Invitational and 77th at the Louisville (Ky.) Silver Race. 

He placed 14th (15:35.54) in the 5,000-meter run at the 2019 WIAC Indoor Championships. At the outdoor league meet, Schommer was 13th (32:34.45) in the 10,000-meter run and 19th (35:03.02) in 2018.

Teunas also earned USTFCCCA All-America honors in the long jump after qualifying for the NCAA III Championships. He finished third (season-best 47-0 3/4) in the triple jump and sixth (22-9) in the long jump at WIAC Championships. Teunas had a season-best mark of 23-4 in the long jump at the Wartburg (Iowa) Qualifier. 

He has three other NCAA Division III All-America honors, including two indoors. Teunas placed fourth in the triple jump (48-4 3/4) in 2019 and eighth in the long jump (22-7) in 2018. He has one NCAA III Outdoor All-America honor, finishing fifth in the triple jump (49-8 1/4) in 2019. 

Teunas won the WIAC indoor title in the long jump (23-6 1/4) in 2019 while finishing second in the triple jump (48-1 3/4). He was second in the long jump (23-5 1/4) and fifth in the triple jump (45-6 1/4) at the 2018 WIAC Championships and finished fifth in the long jump (22-7 1/4) in 2017.  At the WIAC Outdoor Championships, Teunas captured the long jump (23-11 3/4) and finished second in the triple jump (47-7 1/4) in 2018. He was third in the long jump (23-2) and fifth in the triple jump (45-4 1/2) at the 2017 championships. Matt Bourland

Why did you choose UW-La Crosse?
  I chose UW-La Crosse for it's balance of education, location, and athletics.  
Major and minor?
   I graduated with a marketing major and professional technical writing minor.
Plans after graduation?
   After graduation, I'll be moving to Hood River, Oregon to work on an organic peach orchard while freelancing as a content writer.
Greatest memory of competing at UW-La Crosse?
   Greatest memory competing at UW-La Crosse was the indoor conference 3,000-meter run at Oshkosh just a couple months ago.  We put five UW-La Crosse runners in the top-eight and took our first lead of the meet from Oshkosh (continuing the track team's streak of indoor WIAC championships).
Favorite place on campus?
   Favorite place on campus is the men's cross country locker room after a meet.
Best part of being in athletics?
  Best part of being in athletics is growing alongside your teammates. 

Collin Meyer

Why did you choose UW-La Crosse?
    I grew up in La Crosse, being an Eagle was something I dreamed about since I could barely walk.  I remember going and watching Andrew Rock run here at UW-La Crosse and knowing that is what I wanted to do.  
Major and minor?
   Interpersonal communications major.
Plans after graduation?
   To pursue a job in communication leadership while fishing in a semi-professional bass league.
Greatest memory of competing at UW-La Crosse?
   My greatest memory of competing here at UW-La Crosse was day two of the 2020 WIAC Indoor Championships, our team rallied together and came back to win.  The night before we knew what we had to do, and there was a feeling that no one in that room was going to let us lose. 
Best part of being in athletics?
   Competing, I do not care what I am doing I want to win.  Being able to compete in track and field in college gave me something to work towards, it challenged and pushed me to become something better. Nothing can replace that feeling of satisfaction of winning, but winning again. 

Samuel Sadowski 

Why did you choose UW-La Crosse?
    Great campus, town, academics, and track team.  
Major and minor?
   Double major in sport management and economics with a business administration minor.
Plans after graduation?
   Travel and find a job in sports.
Greatest memory of competing at UW-La Crosse?
   The 2020 WIAC Indoor Championships, a come from behind team win to keep the streak alive (19 in a row). 
Favorite place on campus?
   Track at Veteran Memorial Stadium.  
Best part of being in athletics?
   Being able to improve your athletic ability and test it in competition. Also, being a part of a team with a family atmosphere. 

Peter Schommer 

Why did you choose UW-La Crosse?
    There really was no specific reason. I first got put on the wait list and knew I would come to La Crosse if I got accepted.  
Major and minor?
  Broad social studies education major (emphasis on history).
Plans after graduation?
   I still have one more year of college.  But afterwards hoping to be a teacher out East.
Greatest memory of competing at UW-La Crosse?
   Cross country conference my senior year, earned All-WIAC First-Team and the team really showed up. 
Favorite place on campus?
   Hutch volleyball court.  
Best part of being in athletics?
   The team and competition.

Jacob Teunas

Why did you choose UW-La Crosse?
   I chose UW-La Crosse for many reasons: I loved the driftless area when I toured, I admired the track programs success and wanted to be apart of it, and I really liked the campus and how close everything was.  
Major and minor?
   Exercise sport science major with a individualized option minor.
Plans after graduation?
   My plans after graduation are to work in the trades.
Greatest memory of competing at UW-La Crosse?
   My greatest memory of competing at UW-La Crosse was this past indoor track conference, the meet was looking like we were going to lose to Oshkosh after day one, but the team pulled together and came back on day two, winning the meet in the second to last event. 
Favorite place on campus?
   My favorite place on campus is the stadium.  
Best part of being in athletics?
   he best part of being in athletics was my teammates and meeting all of the really cool people I got to compete with and against.