Women's Track and Field 5/19/2023 9:24:00 PM

Forty-Four Members of Track & Field Teams Qualify for NCAA Championships

Indianapolis, Ind. - Twenty-six members of the women's track & field team and 18 members of the Eagles' men's squad have qualified for the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Outdoor Championships, the NCAA announced Friday.

The women's squad has entries in 17 of 21 events while the men's team is in 14.

For each individual event contested, including the decathlon and heptathlon, the top-22 declared student-athletes were accepted into the competition. For each relay event contested, the top-16 declared relay teams, one per institution, were accepted into the competition.

The championships will be held Thursday, May 25 through Saturday, May 27 at the Polisseni Track & Field Complex at St. John Fisher University in Rochester, New York.

UWL's women's team, led by head coach Nickolas Davis, has placed second the last two years at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships. The Eagles have placed runner-up five times (1986, 1993, 1997, 2021, 2022). UWL has won three (1983, 1984, 2015) outdoor national titles. UWL has recorded 30 top-10 finishes, including 18 in the top-four, in 40 appearances at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships.

The Eagles captured the 2023 NCAA Division III Indoor title, their second (2015) in school history.

UWL's men's squad, led by head coach Josh Buchholtz, finished fourth at last year's outdoor championships. It marked the Eagles' 32nd top-10 finish at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships, including 28th in the top-four. UWL has won an NCAA III record 15 (1988, 1991-93, 1997, 2001-04, 2006-07, 2013, 2015-17) outdoor national titles.

The Eagles captured their 19th NCAA Division III Indoor Championship in March, their first since 2017. UWL has won 12 of the last 20 indoor national titles.

UW-La Crosse Women's Qualifiers
100-Meter Dash: Lauren Jarrett, Emily Dawidowich
200-Meter Dash: Lauren Jarrett, Emily Dawidowich
800-Meter Run: Maddie Hannan, Greta Koehler
5,000-Meter Run: Maddie Hannan
100-Meter Hurdles: Emma Lawrence, Brooke McDowell
400-Meter Hurdles: Emma Lawrence, Melanie Kunze, Brooke McDowell
3,000-Meter Steeplechase: Emma Malooly, Maddy Vantassel, Katelyn Chadwick
4x100-Meter Relay: Bella Seitz, Lauren Jarrett, Emma Lawrence, Emily Dawidowich
4x400-Meter Relay: Lilly Halvorson, Amber Johnson, Morgan Jennings, Emily Dawidowich
High Jump: Ainsley Hansen, Macie Todd
Pole Vault: Ashley O'Connell, Araceli De Leo Lopez
Triple Jump: Samantha Barrett, Miah Keller
Shot Put: Skye Digman
Discus Throw: Skye Digman
Hammer Throw: Skye Digman, Leah Surprenant, Holly Wardynski
Javelin Throw: Gabby Johnson
Heptathlon: Skylar White, Allison Anderson