UW-Platteville's Marcia Taddy earned the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference co-track athlete of the meet award, while Pioneer Coach Jim Nickasch earned the co-coach of the year following the WIAC indoor championships Friday and Saturday at UW-Superior.

Taddy won both the 800 and mile runs, breaking the conference championship record in the 800 in 2:10.35 and taking the mile in 4:53.01. Both of her times are the fastest in NCAA III this season.

Nickasch is in his seventh year at UW-Platteville. Under Nickasch, the men's team has finished third, fourth, fifth (twice), and sixth at the NCAA Division III national championships, while the much improved women's program has finished as high as fifth nationally along with having nine national champions and a national record-holding distance medley relay team. The men's team was voted the 2006-07 Academic Team of the Year at the NCAA III national outdoor championships.

The Pioneer men were fourth, and the women sixth at the recent WIAC indoor championships. UWP won four events, including Taddy's two titles, and had all-conference performances in nine events:

First Team All-WIAC

Scott Howard - pole vault

Tyler Sigl - mile

Marcia Taddy - 800, mile

Second Team All-WIAC

Corey Digman - weight throw

Jessica Scott - 800

Tyler Sigl - 5,000

4x200 Relay - Mitch Spees, Matt Bischoff, Adam Schulte, Cody Egan

Distance Medley Relay - Cam Klein, Tony Kilburg, Brandon Harms, Kyle Stangel

WIAC Indoor Track and Field Championship Award Winners:

Men

Track Performer of the Meet: Nicholas Ver Duin of UW-Stevens Point

Field Performer of the Meet: James Simms of UW-Oshkosh

Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete: Jon Schellin of UW-Whitewater

Co-Coaches of the Year: Don Fritsch of UW-La Crosse and Jim Nickasch of UW-Platteville

Women

Track Co-Performers of the Meet: Brooke Bell of UW-Whitewater and Marcia Taddy of UW-Platteville

Field Performer of the Meet: Caitlin Schetter of UW-La Crosse

Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete: Krista Hasselquist of UW-River Falls

Coach of the Year: Chip Schneider of UW-Eau Claire