Aron Kehoe (Monroe/Monroe) came out of the difficult midwest regional as a national qualifier. Kehoe was one of seven individuals not on nationally qualifing teams to qualify. This is Kehoe's first national qualification in cross country. He has had previous qualifications in track and field in the 800 meter run where he finished sixth in 2009 to claim All-American honors.
The 2009 National Cross Country Championships will be hosted by Baldwin Wallace College (OH) on Saturday, November 21st at the Highland Heights Golf Course. The women's race will take place at 11:00 with the men's to follow at noon Eastern time. A link to the championship website can be found below.
NCAA National XC
UW-Whitewater's History at the National Meet
Last year Mathias Werve (Kenosha/Tremper) qualified as an individual finishing in 151st place. UW-Whitewater has had a national qualifier every year since 2003. They have had 55 qualifiers in the past 20 years. (6 teams and 13 individuals) UW-W has produced 15 All-American performances by 11 All-Americans. The last team appearance came in 2003 where UW-W finished 17th. The best team finish for UW-Whitewater came in 1999 where they finishied fifth. The best individual finish at nationals came from Jeremy Burks in 2000 where he finished 7th.
Midwest Regional Summary
The qualifing individuals were:
Chris Zook ................ Augustana College (8th place)
Nate Stymeist .......... UW-Oshkosh (11th place)
Jason Lindelof ......... UW-Superior (13th place)
Brian Wurtz ................ Wheaton College (18th place)
Aron Kehoe (Monroe/Monroe) ............... UW-Whitewater (22nd place)
Nick Schafer ............. UW- Stevens Point (23rd place)
Josh Williams........... Edgewood College (24th place)
The regional produced 5 Nationally Qualifing teams:
North Central College
UW-La Crosse
Washington University
UW-Platteville
UW-Eau Claire
Race Summary
Power houses North Central and UW-La Crosse did not dissapoint as they finished 1st and 2nd respectively. However, UW-La Crosse had a very dissapointing team race, finishing no where close to North Central in the team scores. Third place team Washington University was the surprise team of the meet entering ranked 9th regionally and being unranked nationally. They were almost able to upset perennial power UW-La Crosse. UW-Platteville had a solid team showing to back up their 8th place national ranking to finish fourth in the field. The battle for fifth was as close as it has been in recent memory as four teams competed for the fifth and final possible berth. A mere 12 points seperated the next four teams as UW-Eau Claire edged out UW-Stevens Point (6th), Augustana College (7th), and UW-Whitewater (8th). UW-River Falls and the University of Chicago rounded out the top ten.
Top Ten Team Scores National Ranking
North Central College ... 21......................1
UW-La Crosse ...............105 .................... 2
Washington University...118 .................... NR
UW-Platteville .................124 .................... 8
UW-Eau Claire ...............169 .................... 25
UW-Stevens Point ......... 173 ................... 5
Augustana College ....... 175 ................... 11
UW-Whitewater .............. 181 ................... 20
UW-River Falls ............... 300 ................... NR
University of Chicago .... 330 ................... NR
Full Race Results
Other Warhawks at the Midwest Regional
Dan Machmueller (Milwaukee/West Allis Hale) missed the national meet by one place finishing in 25th place as the eighth individual. Machmueller was edged out by Josh Williams of Edgewood College 25.05.3 to 25:07.7. Mathias Werve (Kenosha/Tremper) finished in 33rd place as the 13th individual. Other warhawks that contributed to the team score were Jarrod Schwictenberg 45th place in a season best time of 25:33, Joe Dixon (Milwaukee/Rufus King) 56th place in a season best time of 25:44, Jon Fink (Muskego/Wisconsin Lutheran) 59th place, and Jordan Truttschel (Kiel/Kiel) 97th place in a season best time of 26:30.
For more information: Head Coach Jeff Miller
