STEVENS POINT, Wis. – A pair of upperclassmen led the way for the UW-Stevens Point cross country teams at Saturday's WIAC Cross Country Championships (presented by Culver's) held at the Wisconsin River Golf Club.  Senior Dane Tyler (Janesville, WI/Parker) narrowed missed all-conference honors with a 22nd-place finish for the men while junior Emily Schlebecker (Mundelein, IL/Mundelein) paced the women finishing 28th.

Men's Results | Women's Results

Tyler missed an all-conference slot by just five seconds crossing with a time of 25:33 for the men, who finished fifth in the team standings.  Sophomore Alex Egbert (Sparta, WI/Aquinas) (29th individually), freshman Matt Stelmasek (Johnsburg, IL/Johnsburg) (31st), junior Alex Richardson (Hales Corners, WI/Whitnall) (35th) and freshman Shea Bastian (Batavia, IL/Batavia) (37th) rounded out the scoring for the Pointers.

Schlebecker finished with a time of 23:10 in the 6K women's race as the Pointers placed seventh as a team.  Freshman Bailey Wolf (Oconto Falls, WI/Oconto Falls) finished 35th individually with a time of 23:27 while junior Kathy Derks (Greenville, WI/Hortonville) ran a 23:48.

UW-La Crosse won the women's team title and UW-Eau Claire took the men's team title.  Individually, UW-Oshkosh's Cheyenne Moore and UW-Platteville's Ian Lamere were the fastest in the women's and men's races, respectively.