Christian Patzka TFRRS Page
Honors (through 2022 season): Two-time All-American in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (2021, 2022) … two-time Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year (2021 indoor, 2021 outdoor) … WIAC champion (first team All-WIAC) in the indoor 5,000-meter run (2022) and 3,000-meter steeplechase (2022) … second team All-WIAC (runner-up) in the 3,000-meter run (2021), 5,000-meter run (2021 outdoor) and 3,000-meter steeplechase (2021) ... honorable mention All-WIAC in the 5,000-meter run (outdoor 2022) … four-time USTFCCCA All-Region (2021 indoor, 2021 outdoor, 2022 indoor, 2022 outdoor) … established the school record in the outdoor 5,000-meter run (14:15.21 in 2022) … holds the No. 2 all time performance in program history in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (8:50.87 in 2022), the No. 2 all time performance in the indoor 5,000-meter run (14:17.00 in 2022), the No. 3 all time performance in the 1,500-meter run (3:49.93 in 2022), the No. 4 all time performance in the 3,000-meter run (8:19.53 in 2022) and the No. 7 all time performance in the 1-mile run (4:14.27 in 2021) ... winner of the team’s Most Valuable Athlete award (2022)
2022: Indoor – season-best 4:20.25 in the 1-mile run. at the Big Dawg Invitational on Feb. 5 … season-best 8:19.53 in the 3,000-meter run at the Midwest Elite Invitational on Feb. 12 … placed first in the 5,000-meter run and fourth in the 3,000-mter run at the WIAC Indoor Championships on Feb. 25-26 … finished fourth in the 5,000-meter run with a season-best 14:17.00 at the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 11-12 in Winston-Salem, N.C. …
Outdoor – season-best 3:49.93 in the 1,500-meter run at the UW-La Crosse Final Qualifier on May 19 … season-best 14:15.21 in the 5,000-meter run at the UW-Platteville Invitational on April 15 … placed first in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and third in the 5,000-meter run at the WIAC Outdoor Championships on May 6-7 … finished second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a season-best 8:50.87 and 12th in the 5,000-meter run at the NCAA Outdoor Championships on May 26-28 in Geneva, Ohio
2021: Indoor – season-best 4:14.27 in the 1-mile run against UW-Platteville on Feb. 6 … season-best 8:26.64 in the 3,000-meter run against UW-Oshkosh on Feb. 13 …
Outdoor – finished seventh in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA Outdoor Championships on May 27-29 in Greensboro, N.C. … finished second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and second in the 5,000-meter run with a season-best 14:55.22 at the WIAC Outdoor Championships on May 7-8 … season-best 9:10.01 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Augustana Midwest Twilight Final Qualifier on May 20
Personal: Major is history ... parents are Lisa and Michael Patzka ... competed in cross country and track and field at Wisconsin Heights High School, where he was a WIAA Division III state champion in cross country and a WIAA Scholar-Athlete ... career ambition is journalism ... chose to attend UW-Whitewater as a home away from home due to his comfort with campus and the university's rich athletic and academic history
