After sterling performances at the UW Elite Invitational, two UW-Platteville runners earned Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference track athlete of the week awards.
Marcia Taddy, a sophomore from Two Rivers, won the 800-meter run in a school-record time of 2:16.07, beating seven NCAA Division I athletes. She bested the Badgers' Amanda Ganser, who finished second in 2:17.93. Taddy provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship with her performance.
Ryan Kleimenhagen, a senior from Oak Creek, broke the UW-Platteville school record and automatically qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship in the mile with a time of 4:05.85. Running against all NCAA Division I performers at the UW Elite Invitational on January 22, Kleimenhagen finished second out of 20 runners, being edged by Badger All-American Chris Solinsky by seven-tenths of a second.
Kleimenhagen's time is almost nine seconds better than any other Division III runner this year and beat the automatic qualifying mark by more than four seconds.