The UW-Whitewater men's cross country team finished fourth of nine teams at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship on the campus of UW-Whitewater. The Warhawks' top finisher was
Dan Machmueller (Milwaukee/West Allis Hale) who finished sixth overall and ran the eight kilometer course in 25:56. In 2008 the Warhawks finished fifth at the championship and Machmueller finished ninth.
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UW-W had ten runners finish the race. Warhawk finishers were Machmueller,
Mathias Werve (Kenosha/Tremper) (26:17),
Aron Kehoe (Monroe/Monroe) (26:18),
Jarrod Schwichtenberg (Milwaukee/West Allis Hale) (26:29),
Joe Dixon (Milwaukee/Rufus King) (26:41),
Jon Fink (Muskego/Wisconsin Lutheran) (26:50),
Jordan Truttschel (Kiel/Kiel) (27:23),
Brakken Kraker (West Allis/Central) (27:55),
Tyler Stein (Muskego/Muskego) (28:02), and
Ben Knapp (Stoughton/Stoughton) (28:09).
The winner of the race was Zach Wilhelmy from UW-La Crosse. Wilhelmy finished in 25:29 and beat his nearest competitor by six seconds. Rounding out the top five were: Jason Garvens of UW-Platteville (25:35), Joel Heroux of UW-Stevens Point (25:47), Paul Moran of UW-La Crosse (25:51) and Connor Lonning of UW-La Crosse (25:54). Lonning is the only top five finisher to repeat in the top five, as he finished fourth at the 2008 championship.
UW-La Crosse won the title with a score of 26. The Eagles have won five out of the last six conference titles. The rest of the team scores were: UW-Platteville (64), UW-Stevens Point (64), UW-Whitewater (97), UW-Eau Claire (135), UW-River Falls (192), UW-Oshkosh (196), UW-Stout (208), and UW-Superior (241).
The top seven runners received All-WIAC first team recognition, while runners placing eighth through 14th earned All-WIAC second team accolades. Individuals finishing 15th through 20th claimed honorable mention recognition.
The WIAC championship concludes regular season competition for the men's team.
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