It was a clean sweep for the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee track and field teams, as the women won their second-straight Horizon League tournament crown and the men captured their fourth at the Horizon League Indoor Championships last weekend in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Senior Jeremy Majors was named the Outstanding Running Performer of the meet for the mens team after winning the 400-meter and the 800-meter events and running with the first-place 4x400 relay. Majors led four Panther scorers in the 400m, crossing the line in 49.56.

Freshman Isaiah Adams took second in 50.06 and freshman Tyler Bucholz in third (50.17) rounded out the top three. Sophomore Pat Casey took sixth in 50.85. Majors finished the 800m in 1:56.86 and was joined by Casey, senior Trentin Edwards and junior Lynn Koepke in a running time of 3:22.24.

Edwards won an individual event of his own, crossing the line in the 200m in a time of 22.01.

Freshman Quinn Monogoven was named Field Newcomer of the Year and was victorious in the high jump with a final height of 6 feet 7 ½ inches.

He was joined in the event by junior Justin Bohler in sixth with a height of 6-1 ½.

Sophomore Adam Schleis, Saturdays long jump champion, won the 60m hurdles on Sunday and took second in the triple jump. His 60m hurdle time of 8.27 was just 0.01 seconds off the league record. Bohler was third in the hurdles in 8.52.

Schleis triple jump of 44-8 ¾ trailed only teammate Darren Coles leap of 47-3 ¾. Cole won the event for the second-straight season and gave UWM its ninth indoor triple jump champ in 11 years.

The Panthers also came out ahead in the throwing events, with senior Nick Gretz winning his third straight title in shot put with a throw of 54-8 ¼. Junior Larry Ehrhorn, who took second in the weight throw with a school record Saturday, took fourth at 50-11 and senior Nick Wichert threw 46-11 ¾ for sixth.

Milwaukee cruised to victory with 175 points, with Youngstown State the next closest in second with 96.

Head coach Pete Corfeld captured his unprecedented 28th Coach of the Year title at UWM.

For the women, the Panthers owned a 10-point lead after day one and expanded it to 18 to take first over the Penguins of Youngstown State, 170-144.

Senior Timeka Walker won two events on the day and repeated as league champion in both the 60m and 200m. She finished the 60m in 7.71 and crossed the line in 25.41 in the 200m.

Freshman Stef Ross also scored in the 60m, taking fourth in 7.93.

The Panthers won one more event championship on the second day, with the 4x400 relay in the most unlikely of ways. Senior Tayrn Cozine, sophomore Kicha Cary and freshmen Emily Budde and Laura Ring combined on a time of 4:02.13 for UWMs second straight title event.

Cary anchored the relay, coming from third place to seal the win for the Panthers in the closing moments. As she made a move around the final turn, runners from Youngstown State and Loyola stumbled and Cary snuck ahead, finishing the race in first.

Milwaukee added second-place showings in three more events, including the triple jump, where three Panthers scored. Sophomore Beth Zimmerman took second with a jump of 38-0, while Cary took fifth at 37-6 ½. Freshman Regina Pierce rounded out the scores in the event in sixth with a distance of 37-5.

Junior Amber Curtis finished second in the shot put, throwing 43-1 ¾, and freshman Jamie Woods took fourth in the event with a launch of 41-9 ¼. Ring also had a second place finish, completing the 800m in 2:19.17.

Corfeld was also named Horizon League Coach of the year on the womens side for the second season in a row.

For the majority of the Panthers runners, both men and women competed in the Alex Wilson Invitational this past weekend in hopes of qualifying for the NCAA Championships. Results will be in the next weeks issue.

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