The UW-Platteville women's distance medley relay team ran in a time good enough to win any previous national championship Saturday, highlighting the UWP Open.
Emma Dreis, Bobbi Arand, Jessica Scott, and Marcia Taddy completed the relay in a startling 11:40.45.
"We were really excited," Dreis said. "We knew we were pretty fast, but then we saw the time and couldn't believe it."
Dreis ran the first 1,200 meters in 3:31.5, Arand the 400 in 1:01.4, Scott the 800 in 2:18.1 and Taddy the final 1,600 in 4:49.4.
"We just wanted to qualify (for the NCAA III nationals) with a 12 flat," Dreis said. "I knew I had to get out real fast to get us going, then everyone else ran fast, too."
The Pioneers took 15 first-place finishes in the meet.
It was a busy day for UW-Platteville sophmore Kim Piggott. Piggott finished third or better in three events including a second in the triple jump (10.53m), and third place finishes in both the 55 meter hurdles (9.30) and long jump (4.64m).
Fellow sophmore Allison Ross placed in multiple events as well including a first in the 400 meter run (1:01.18) and a third in the 200 meter dash (27.35).
The Pioneer men swept five events during the UWP Open. The sweeps came in the 400 meter run, 1 mile run, 5000 meter run, pole vault and long jump.
Freshman Derek Shuda has emerged of late for the pioneers scoring the title in the long jump (6.44M) for a second straight week. Tony Fonanini vaulted 4.52m to claim the pole vault title for the third time in four weeks.
Men's top 3 finishers at UWP Open
55 Meter Hurdles - (1st) Ben Zizis (7.74)
200 Meter Dash - (2nd) Mitch Spees (23.23), (3rd) Mike Mani (23.30)
400 Meter Run - (1st) Adam Schulte (51.08), (2nd) Andy Watters (51.33), (3rd) Mitch Spees (51.57)
800 Meter Run - (2nd) Tony Kilburg (2:00.73), (3rd) Robert Cook (2:01.89)
1 Mile Run - (1st) Kyle Stangel (4:26.80), (2nd) Nathan Petesch (4:30.97), (3rd) Joshua Melby (4:32.64)
3000 Meter Run - (1st) Aaron Whalen (8:55.82), (3rd) Kyle Lakey (9:18.95)
5000 Meter Run - (1st) Austin Scudder (15:51.33), (2nd) John Leuck (15:58.88), (3rd) Jason Garvens (16:14.06)
4x400 Meter Reley - (1st) Relay A (3:36.31)
High Jump - (2nd) Mike Schmidt (1.89m), (3rd) Cody Helgeson (1.84m)
Pole Vault - (1st) Tony Fontanini (4.52m), (2nd) Scott Howard (4.37m), (3rd) Brandon Maas (4.22m)
Long Jump - (1st) Derek Shuda (6.44m), (2nd) Erik Helland (6.06m), (3rd) Brian Adams (5.94m)
Shot Put - (2nd) Brian Steingraber (14.62m), (3rd) Corey Digman (14.48m)
Weight Throw - (1st) Corey Digman (16.50m), (2nd) Brian Steingraber (15.90m)
Women's top 3 finishers at UWP Open
55 Meter Dash - (3rd) Liz Baker (7.66)
55 Meter Hurdles - (3rd) Kim Piggott (9.30)
200 Meter Dash - (3rd) Allison Ross (27.35)
400 Meter Run - (1st) Allison Ross (1:01.18)
800 Meter Run - (1st) Maria Lutzke (2:25.97)
3000 Meter Run - (2nd) Eileen McGuine (10:55.81)
5000 Meter Run - (1st) Lacey Curtis (20:35.37), (2nd) Nicole Schoenbeck (20:50.87)
4x200 Meter Reley - (2nd) Relay A (1:55.64)
4x400 Meter Relay - (2nd) Relay A (4:27.16)
Distance Meley - (1st) Relay A (11:40.45)
High Jump - (2nd) Kristi Triggs (4-6")
Pole Vault - (1st) Ashleigh Waltz (2.98m)
Long Jump - (1st) Taylor Johnson (5.04m), (2nd) Ashleigh Waltz (4.83m), (3rd) Kim Piggott (4.64m)
Triple Jump - (2nd) Kim Piggott (10.53m), (3rd) Lindsay Kratcha (9.61m)
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