UW-Whitewater's Sara Poppe (Germantown/Kettle Moraine Lutheran) earned all-America honors with a seventh place finish in the triple jump Saturday at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Indoor Track and Field Championship hosted by DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.  See Warhawk Championship Central

Poppe, UW-Whitewater's record holder in the event indoors, jumped 37-6.5 to finish seventh Saturday.  Nikki Hay of Springfield College (MA) won the triple jump with a distance of 39-3.75, the best jump in Division III this season.  Poppe is just the second UW-W woman to earn all-America honors in the NCAA indoor meet, with Tamara Hofer the first with a fifth place finish in 1988.  Poppe's honor marks the fifth time overall, indoors or outdoors, that UW-Whitewater has had an all-American in the triple jump.

Poppe was the only Warhawk female athlete competing Saturday.  UW-W teammate Shelby Demos (Janesville/Parker) captured sixth place in the high jump Friday, earning all-America recognition.  Poppe was also a qualifier Friday, in the long jump, but she did not advance to the finals of that event.  Also Friday Jessa Luebke (Tomah/Tomah) did not advance to the finals of the weight throw and Brooke Bell (Milwaukee/Alexander Hamilton) did not advance in the 55 meters.

UW-W finished forty-fifth in the team standings.  Wartburg College won the national title, edging UW-Oshkosh.

For additional information:  Dave Wiederrecht, UW-W coach