OSHKOSH, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville cross country teams concluded the regular season on Friday at the UW-Oshkosh Open. The men's team finished fourth from the XC Ranch in Oshkosh.
Men's Highlights
Leading the way for the Pioneers in the 8k race was freshman
Kelton Koepp, who finished 13th overall while running at 27:13.6.
The second scorer for UW-Platteville was freshman
Jonny Golke, whose time of 27:29.7 was good for 24th. Freshman
Bradyn Wendorff placed four spots later at 27:41.1.
Rounding out the top five scorers were freshmen
Will Johnson and
Kaden Reiss who crossed the line back-to-back for 32nd and 33rd. Johnson ran a 27:56.2, with Reiss close behind at 27:58.4.
Freshmen
Zane Mattson and
Dylan Gagnon also finished in consecutive spots to wrap up the Pioneers' top seven runners. Mattson took 39th in 28:24.6, while Gagnon was 40th with his time of 28:29.3.
Women's Highlights
The women's team had just two runners competing in the 6k race, with freshman
Elli Johnson placing 35th overall with her time of 28:51.7 to lead the duo. Freshman
Devlyn Halverson followed, finishing in a time of 32:17.2 for 37th overall.
Up Next
The Pioneers head to Whitewater next Saturday for the WIAC Championships. The women will run at noon, with the men up at 1 p.m. from the UW-Whitewater campus course.