THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER

Diana Janto, a graduate of Wrightstown High School in Wrightstown, Wisconsin, was a member of the Warhawk cross country team from 1988 to 1991.  Janto was a member of a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III qualifying team in 1988, 1990, and 1991.  In 1991, Janto earned All-America honors by placing eleventh in the NCAA III meet, still the best finish ever by a Warhawk woman, with a time of 17:59.  That time is still the second fastest by a Warhawk woman on a 5,000 meter cross country course.  In 1991, she received the Marty Van Steenderen Sportswoman of the Year in cross country.  In addition to cross country, Janto was a member of the Warhawk track team from 1989 to 1992.  She was named UW-W’s Most Valuable Performer for both the indoor and outdoor seasons in 1991 and 1992.  Janto was a member of the 1991 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champion 4x800 meter relay team outdoors, and she was a member of the WIAC champion indoor distance medley relay in both 1991 and 1992.  She holds the UW-Whitewater record in the indoor 1000 meters with a time of 3:00.06, which she ran in 1991, and in the outdoor 3000 meters with a time of 10:06.01, which she ran in 1992.  Janto was the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champion in the indoor 800 meters in 1982, when she also placed eighth outdoors in both the 1500 meters and 3000 meters in the National Athletic Association Division III championship, making her the first UW-Whitewater female athlete to earn All-American honors in two individual events in the same national meet.  Overall, Janto earned four WIAC titles while competing in track and field.  In 1992, she was the recipient of the Marty Van Steenderen Sportswoman of the Year in Track and also that year received National Collegiate Athletic Association Woman of the Year honors.  A 1992 UW-Whitewater graduate, Janto is a special needs aide in the West Bend, Wisconsin school district.