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The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's and women's cross country teams competed in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships in West Salem, Wisconsin Saturday. The Warhawk men finished second while the women were fifth.
 
UW-Whitewater's runner up finish for the men equals their finish from last season. Christian Patzka (Black Earth, Wis./Wisconsin Heights) was the individual runner-up shaving 45 seconds off his fourth-place time from a year ago. He posted a time of 24:08 Saturday. Gunner Schlender (Brillion, Wis./Brillion) was fourth, crossing the line in 24:37. Justin Krause (Ixonia, Wis./Pewaukee) registered a time of 25:16 for 11^th.
 
Dan Anderson (Eau Claire, Wis./McDonell) finished just outside the top 15 with a time of 25:36 followed by Nick Hardin's (Greenfield, Wis./Whitnall) clocking of 25:51 for 18^th. The top-20 runners earn All-WIAC honors. Hardin was UW-Whitewater's representative on the WIAC All-Sportsmanship Team.
 
Also representing the Warhawks in the men's field of 92 runners were Chris Allen (Downers Grove, Ill./North), Will MacCudden (Slinger, Wis./Slinger), Alex Metko (Brillion, Wis./Brillion), Christian Seagren (Dixon, Ill./Dixon), Tucker Johnson (Poynette, Wis./Poynette), Rhett Reuter (Darlington, Wis./Darlington) and Tommy Conklin (West Bend, Wis./East).
 
Two Warhawk women finished among the top 15 led by Ari De La Cerda (Milwaukee, Wis./Pewaukee) who finished 11^th. She cut over a minute off her time from last season for a clocking of 22:51. Paige Fassbender (Slinger, Wis./Slinger) finished 14^th just nine seconds behind her teammate.
 
Payton Scoggin (Kenosha, Wis./Indian Trails) posted a time of 23:21 to finish 18^th to round out Warhawks earning All-WIAC honors followed by Roxanne Temple (Ingleside, Ill./Grant Community) with a top 40 time of 24:24. Katie Erb (Winnebago, Ill./Winnebago) also posted a top 40 finish recording a time of 24:48. Temple was selected as UW-Whitewater's representative on the league's All-Sportsmanship Team following the meet.
 
Also representing the Warhawks in the field of 89 runners were Carleen Snow (Rio, Wis./DeForest), Annika Burchell (DeKalb, Ill./DeKalb), Jill Cavanaugh (Port Washington, Wis./Port Washington), Miranda McNally (Downers Grove, Ill./North), Jenna Cooper (Des Plains, Ill./Maine West), Sarah Niehueser (Fond du Lac, Wis./Winnebago Lutheran Academy), and Kristan Larson (Rio, Wis./Rio).