PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville track and field teams will send senior Brenna Noon and juniors McKade Jelinek, Caden Schneider, and Izzy Peterson to the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships on May 22-24 in Geneva, Ohio. The championships will be held at the SPIRE Institute's Outdoor Track and Field facility.
Noon is making her third outdoor championships appearance and seventh NCAA DIII championships overall in the shot put this spring. The senior posted a season-best throw of 14.00m at the UW-Platteville Invitational on April 11, a mark that enters the championships tied for 14th-best in DIII. Noon will compete in the shot put on day two (Friday) at 1 p.m.
Jelinek qualified in the discus for the third consecutive outdoor championships and earned All-American honors in 2024 with an eighth-place finish. His season-best throw of 53.42m at the Eagle Open on May 9 is the third best mark in NCAA DIII this outdoor season and is fourth-best in UW-Platteville program history. The men's discus is the first event at the championships, and starts Thursday at 9:30 a.m.
Schneider will run the 3000m steeplechase for the second straight outdoor championships after placing 10th overall in 2024. The junior ran the event twice during the season, including a school-record time of 8:53.33 to take fifth at the WIAC Outdoor Championships in early May. That time currently ranks 10th in NCAA DIII. Schneider will run in the 3000m steeplechase preliminaries on Thursday at 6:10 p.m., with qualifiers advancing to the finals on Friday at 3:40 p.m.
Peterson broke her own school record in the 200m at the Augustana Final Qualifier Meet this past week to secure her entry to outdoor championships. After earning All-American honors in the 200m at the indoor championships, the junior's school record time of 24.25 ranks as the 20th-best time in NCAA DIII this year. Peterson will initially run on Thursday at 5:55 p.m. in the 200m preliminaries, with the top finishers competing in the finals on Saturday at 2:50 p.m.
