Complete Results
Heptathlon
River Falls, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse women's track & field team captured its ninth straight Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Championships (presented by Culver's) Saturday at David A. Smith Stadium at Ramer Field at UW-River Falls.
The Eagles finished with 276.0 team points while UW-Eau Claire was second with 164.5 and UW-Stevens Point third with 106.0. UW-Oshkosh placed fourth (101.0) followed by UW-River Falls (49.5), UW-Stout (48.0), UW-Platteville (45.0) and UW-Whitewater (26.0).
It is UWL's league record 35th outdoor title in school history.
The Eagles' 276.0 team points are the most since UW-Oshkosh finished with 313.0 in 1996.
UWL won five individual titles on Saturday, including
Emma Lawrence who captured the 100 (14.12) and 400 (1:01.76) meter hurdles. She is the fourth hurdler in league history to sweep both events at the same championships and first in UWL history.
Anita Clayvon of Carthage College, Wis. (1977, 1978),
Felica Sutton of UW-Milwaukee (1984) and
Breanna McMullen of UW-Eau Claire (2002) also won both titles in the same year. Lawrence is the first UWL athlete to win the 100-meter hurdles since
Clair Shepardson in 2018 and the first since
Mallory Hall in 2016 to take the 400-meter hurdles. Lawrence set a facility record (14.12) in winning Saturday's 100-meter hurdles.
The Eagles'
Savannah Rygiewicz won the 100-meter dash (12.18) on Saturday while
Emily Dawidowich captured the 200-meter dash (24.69) and
Lucy Fashingbauer took the 400-meter dash (56.90). Rygiewicz won her second straight title in the 100-meter dash after finishing first in 2019 (the 2020 championships were canceled due to the COVID-19 public health threat). She is the fourth sprinter in school history to win at least two consecutive 100-meter dash crowns, joining
Lisa Zentko (1986-87),
Angela Klatt (2002-04) and
Meg Heafy (2014-16).
Dawidowich is the second straight UWL sprinter to win the 200-meter dash after Rygiewicz placed first in 2019. Fashingbauer is the first Eagle to capture the 400-meter dash since
Bria Halama in 2016.
UWL's 4x400-meter relay of
Amber Johnson,
Emma Platzbecker, Fashingbauer and
Katie Banie took the league title on Saturday (3:54.50). It is UWL's first championship in the event since 2016.
Dawidowich was second (12.21) in the 100-meter dash on Saturday with
Kelly Aldrich seventh (12.37) and
Aly Reuvers eighth (12.40). Rygiewicz was third (24.91), Reuvers seventh (25.53) and Aldrich eighth (25.58) in the 200-meter dash.
Johnson was second (58.01),
Mara Schroeder third (58.21) and Platzbecker sixth (59.44) in the 400-meter dash while Banie finished second (2:14.19) and
Claire Koenecke sixth (2:16.45) in the 800-meter run.
Kimberly Carviou was eighth (4:49.30) in the 1,500-meter run for the Eagles while
Maddy Vantassel finished fourth (18:24.37) and
Jenna Lovejoy sixth (18:34.25) in the 5,000-meter run.
Hannah Zenkovich placed third (14.24) in the 100-meter hurdles with Shepardson fourth (14.51). Zenkovich was also second (1:02.51) in the 400-meter hurdles with
Melanie Kunze fifth (1:04.49) and
Brooke McDowell seventh (1:05.02).
In Saturday's field events, UWL's
Skye Digman placed second in the shot put (48-3 1/4) and third in the discus throw (150-5) while
Brianna Schyvinck was seventh (44-3 1/2) in the shot put.
Jessica Stelzner finished second (38-4 1/4),
Kylah Frederixon third (37-4) and Maddie Hansne fifth (37-2 1/4) in the triple jump while
Amanda Wiebke placed sixth (5-2 1/2) and
Olivia Owens tied for seventh (5-0 1/2) in the high jump.
Wiebke placed third (4,540 points) and
Skylar White fifth (4,178) in the heptathlon on Saturday. The event concluded with the long jump, javelin throw and 800-meter run. Friday's events included the 100-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put and 200-meter dash.
UWL returns to action Friday, May 14 hosting the Eagle Meet at 3 p.m. at Roger Harring Stadium at Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex.
