This document contains UW-Stout national champions, as well as All-Americans for both the men and the women, starting with 1980. If you have any additions or corrections to this national championship and All- America list, please contact sports information director Layne Pitt or head coach Kyle Steiner

UW-Stout National Champions Name Year Season Event Place Wachter, Jeff 1994 NAIA Indoor Two-mile National Champion Wachter, Jeff 1984 Outdoor 1500m National Champion Vargas, Rich 1994 Indoor 55m National Champion Anders, Terry 1996, 1997 Indoor/Outdoor 100, 200, 400m 6x National Champion Lehman, Jason 1998 Outdoor National Champion Luer, Jenney 2002 Outdoor Discus National Champion Verdegan, Laura 2004 Indoor National Champion Larson, Sean 2010 Outdoor Discus National Champion Nelson, Tim 2012 Indoor 5000m National Champion Nelson, Tim 2012 Outdoor 5000m/10,000m 2x National Champion Anderson, Zach 2014 Indoor National Champion Schoen, Ethen 2016 Indoor Heptathlon National Champion Schoen, Ethen 2016 Outdoor Heptathlon National Champion Elsner, Sam 2018 Indoor Shot Put National Champion Elsner, Sam 2018 Outdoor Discus National Champion Noah Zastrow 2021 Outdoor National Champion Kevin Ruechel 2021 Outdoor Shot Put National Champion

UW-Stout Women All-Americans Name Year Season Event Place Time/Distance Neal, Vicki 1984 Outdoor 6th 5-7.00 Niederberger, Kathy 1985 Outdoor 1500m 6th 4:41.74 Geere, Shiela 1986 Indoor 3000m 4th 10:03.85 Geere, Shiela 1986 Outdoor 5000m 8th 17:25.49 Meyer, Sue 1986 Indoor 1500m 3rd 4:36.70 Meyer, Sue 1986 Outdoor 10K 5th 36:06.21 Meyer, Sue 1986 Outdoor 5000m 5th 17:19.00 Quandt, Debbie 1988 Outdoor High Jump 6th 5-4.25 Sandford, Sherri 1989 Indoor High Jump 3rd 5-5.25 Goines, Carita 1993 Outdoor 400m 2nd :55.96 Goines, Carita 1994 Outdoor 400m 2nd :55.20 Goines, Carita 1994 Outdoor 200m 5th :24.94 Olinger, Amber 1997 Indoor High Jump 2nd 5-4.50 Jacobson, Katie 1998 Indoor 1500m 3rd 4:40.29 Jacobson, Katie 1999 Indoor 1500m 3rd 4:35.77 Jacobson, Katie 1999 Outdoor 1500m 4th 4:32.68 Pivec, Sara 2000 Indoor Shot Put 4th 43-2.25 Verdegan, Laura 2001 Outdoor Triple Jump 3rd 40-3.25 Luer, Jenney 2002 Indoor Shot Put 3rd 45-10.39 Verdegan, Laura 2002 Indoor Triple Jump 3rd 38-4.63 Luer, Jenney 2002 Outdoor Discus 1st 160-0.87 Luer, Jenney 2002 Outdoor Shot Put 7th 45-2.91 Verdegan, Laura 2002 Outdoor Triple Jump 5th 39-6.41 Verdegan, Laura 2003 Indoor Triple Jump 4th 39-6.02 Verdegan, Laura 2003 Indoor 7th 18-0.54 Schachtner, Marci 2004 Indoor 3rd 57-5.37 Verdegan, Laura 2004 Indoor Triple Jump 1st 39-6.80 Verdegan, Laura 2004 Indoor Long Jump 4th 18-0.93 Schachtner, Ann 2004 Outdoor Shot Put 8th 44-7.43 Schachtner, Marci 2004 Outdoor 5th 173-5.89 Schachtner, Marci 2004 Outdoor Discus 8th 138-5.42 Verdegan, Laura 2004 Outdoor Triple Jump 4th 40-5.04 Schachtner, Marci 2005 Indoor Weight Throw 5th 54-10.66 Verdegan, Laura 2005 Indoor High Jump 3rd 5-7.72 Verdegan, Laura 2005 Indoor Triple Jump 4th 39"8.77 Verdegan, Laura 2005 Outdoor Heptathlon 4th 4811 pts Verdegan, Laura 2005 Outdoor Long Jump 8th 18-3.29 Peter, Ashlea 2008 Indoor Triple Jump 5th 37-4.00 Sellberg, Pam 2008 Outdoor Pole Vault 2nd 12-6.250 Guthrie, Anne 2011 Indoor Pentathlon 6th 3262 pts Smith, Jessika 2012 Indoor Pentathlon 5th 3339 pts Smith, Jessika 2012 Outdoor Heptathlon 8th 4691 pts Smith, Jessika 2013 Indoor Pentathlon 2nd 3441 pts Smith, Jessika 2014 Indoor Pentathlon 2nd 3776 pts Ward, Meagan 2014 Indoor Pentathlon 4th 3623 pts Smith, Jessika 2014 Outdoor Heptathlon 2nd 5170 pts Ward, Meagan 2014 Outdoor Heptathlon 6th 4837 pts Smith, Jessika 2014 Outdoor Long Jump 5th 18-9 Smith, Jessika 2014 Outdoor 4x400-relay 5th 3:46.57 Hamilton, Jada 2014 Outdoor 4x400-relay 5th 3:46.57 Titterud, Laurisa 2014 Outdoor 4x400-relay 5th 3:46.57 Ward, Meagan 2014 Outdoor 4x400-relay 5th 3:46.57 Hamilton, Jada 2015 Indoor 4x400-relay 8th 3:53.29 Titterud, Alex 2015 Indoor 4x400-relay 8th 3:53.29 Brion, Molly 2015 Indoor 4x400-relay 8th 3:53.29 Titterud, Laurisa 2015 Indoor 4x400-relay 8th 3:53.29 Ward, Meagan 2015 Indoor Pentathlon 6th 3410 pts Ward, Meagan 2015 Outdoor Heptathlon 8th 4768 pts Meier, Lydia 2016 Indoor Weight Throw 2nd 61-9 Brandt, Michelle 2016 Indoor Shot Put 7th 44-5.25 Pladies, Stephanie 2016 Indoor High Jump 6th 5-5 Titterud, Laurisa 2016 Indoor 800 5th 2:13.88 Meier, Lydia 2016 Outdoor Hammer Throw 6th 178-06 Sapiro, Emma 2016 Outdoor Heptathlon 7th 4552 pts Meier, Lydia 2017 Indoor Weight Throw 2nd 63-8.75 Brandt, Michelle 2017 Indoor Shot Put 7th 46-0.75 Lieffort, Heidi 2017 Outdoor Discus 8th 143-8.00 Pabst, Kayla 2018 Indoor Weight Throw 2nd 58-10 Lieffort, Heidi 2018 Outdoor Discus 6th 150-8 Meier, Lydia 2018 Outdoor Hammer Throw 3rd 193-6 Pabst, Kayla 2018 Outdoor Hammer Throw 8th 175-1 Pladies, Stephanie 2019 Indoor High Jump 8th 5-4.25 Beecher, Heather 2019 Indoor Pole Vault 8th 12-3.50 Beecher, Heather 2020 Indoor Pole Vault - 12-10 Huber, Mackenzie 2020 Indoor Shot Put - 45-7.75 Huber, Mackenzie 2021 Outdoor Shot Put 7th 45-3 Zastrow, Hannah 2021 Outdoor 100-hurdles 5th 14.28

The 2020 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor, and 2021 Indoor, Track and Field Championships were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All-America awards were presented by the USTFCCCA

Men’s All-Americans Name Year Season Event Place Time/Distance Gissing, Ken 1980 Indoor 2-mile walk 6th 14:51 Iselin, Chris 1980 Indoor High Jump 3rd 6-10 Gissing, Ken 1981 Indoor 2-mile walk 5th 14:19.10 Overgard, Mark 1981 Outdoor Shot Put 4th 53-3.50 Wachter, Jeff 1981 Indoor Mile 4th 4:15.89 Wachter, Jeff 1982 Indoor 880 6th 1:56.20 Peterson, Web 1983 Indoor Mile 3rd Moon, Rob 1983 Outdoor Pole Vault 5th 15-5.75 Wachter, Jeff 1984 Outdoor 1500m 1st 3:44.50 Wachter, Jeff 1984 Indoor Two-mile 1st 8:54.30 Moon, Rob 1985 Indoor Pole Vault 6th 14-4.00 Bretl, Eric 1985 Indoor 4x400 Relay Parker, Ray 1985 Indoor 4x400 Relay Taylor, Lloyd 1985 Indoor 4x400 Relay Zuerlein, Todd 1985 Indoor 4x400 Relay Doucette, Dan 1987 Outdoor 400 Hurdles 2nd :53.19 Doucette, Dan 1989 Outdoor 400 Hurdles 2nd :52.94 Moss, Ray 1989 Outdoor 200m 3rd :22.40 Laboy, Lee 1990 Outdoor HJ 8th 6-8.25 Zastrow, Gary 1990 Outdoor Decathalon 7th Steinhafel, Art 1991 Indoor Pole Vault 5th 15-3.00 Wilson, Mike 1991 Indoor 55m 6th :06.53 Baltutis, Larry 1991 Outdoor 4x100 Relay 7th :42.64 Kohl, Jason 1991 Outdoor 4x100 Relay 7th :42.64 Mickelson, Chad 1991 Outdoor 4x100 Relay 7th :42.64 Wilson, Mike 1991 Outdoor 4x100 Relay 7th :42.64 Baltutis, Larry 1992 Indoor 55m 4th :06.48 Laboy, Lee 1992 Indoor HJ 4th 6-10.25 Vargus, Rich 1992 Indoor 55m 6th :06.53 Kundinger, Mike 1993 Indoor HJ 3rd 6-11.00 Vargus, Rich 1993 Outdoor 4x100 Relay 7th :42.09 Kundinger, Mike 1993 Outdoor HJ 2nd 6-11.50 Mueller, Rob 1993 Outdoor 4x100 Relay 7th :42.09 Stender, Dave 1993 Outdoor 4x100 Relay 7th :42.09 Vargus, Rich 1993 Outdoor 100m 7th :10.87 Zeineman, Eric 1993 Outdoor 4x100 Relay 7th :42.09 Vargus, Rich 1994 Indoor 55m 1st :06.40 Blake, Keith 1994 Outdoor Discus 6th 153-8.00 Hartert, Leigh 1994 Outdoor Decathalon 6th 6573 pts Anders, Terry 1995 Indoor 400m 1st :49.01 Anders, Terry 1995 Indoor 4x400 Relay 6th 3:22.23 Hallingstad, Mike 1995 Indoor 4x400 Relay 6th 3:22.23 Valois, Chris 1995 Indoor 4x400 Relay 6th 3:22.23 Witcraft, Jesse 1995 Indoor 4x400 Relay 6th 3:22.23 Anders, Terry 1995 Outdoor 400m 1st :47.93 Anders, Terry 1995 Outdoor 200m 3rd :21.72 Johnson, Tim 1995 Outdoor Pole Vault 6th 15-4.50 Anders, Terry 1996 Indoor 400m 1st :48.33 Anders, Terry 1996 Indoor 4x400 Relay 3rd 3:18.27 Boldt, John 1996 Indoor 4x400 Relay 3rd 3:18.27 Hallingstad, Mike 1996 Indoor 4x400 Relay 3rd 3:18.27 Witcraft, Jesse 1996 Indoor 4x400 Relay 3rd 3:18.27 Fruit, Aaron 1996 Indoor Pole Vault 5th 16-0.00 Anders, Terry 1996 Outdoor 200m 1st :21.38 Anders, Terry 1996 Outdoor 400m 1st :46.81 Anders, Terry 1996 Outdoor 100m 1st :10.53 Anders, Terry 1996 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 5th 3:15.64 Anders, Terry 1996 Outdoor 4x100 Relay 6th :41.70 Fruit, Aaron 1996 Outdoor Pole Vault 3rd 16-0.75 Hallingstad, Mike 1996 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 5th 3:15.64 Hallingstad, Mike 1996 Outdoor 4x100 Relay 6th :41.70 Lehman, Jason 1996 Outdoor Discus 4th 162-9.00 Lehman, Jason 1996 Outdoor Shot Put 7th 51-5.50 Valois, Chris 1996 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 5th 3:15.64 Verstegen, Joe 1996 Outdoor 4x100 Relay 6th :41.70 Witcraft, Jesse 1996 Outdoor 4x100 Relay 6th :41.70 Witcraft, Jesse 1996 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 5th 3:15.64 Anders, Terry 1997 Indoor 4x400 Relay 2nd 3:18.31 Anders, Terry 1997 Indoor 400m 2nd :49.06 Boldt, John 1997 Indoor 4x400 Relay 2nd 3:18.31 Hallingstad, Mike 1997 Indoor 4x400 Relay 2nd 3:18.31 Lehman, Jason 1997 Indoor Shot Put 2nd 53-11.00 Witcraft, Jesse 1997 Indoor 4x400 Relay 2nd 3:18.31 Boldt, John 1997 Outdoor 4x100 Relay 6th :41.33 Gilles, Paul 1997 Outdoor Steeple 2nd 8:56.34 Hallingstad, Mike 1997 Outdoor 400m 5th :47.94 Hallingstad, Mike 1997 Outdoor 4x100 Relay 6th :41.33 Lehman, Jason 1997 Outdoor Discus 3rd 165-5.00 Witcraft, Jesse 1997 Outdoor 4x100 Relay 6th :41.33 Wyatt, Troy 1997 Outdoor 4x100 Relay 6th :41.33 Lehman, Jason 1998 Indoor Shot Put 2nd 54-6.75 Lehman, Jason 1998 Outdoor Shot Put 1st 55-3.39 Buchholtz, Jamie 1999 Indoor Pole Vault 2nd 15-11.00 Buchholtz, Jamie 1999 Outdoor Pole Vault 2nd 15-3.00 Hamill, Timothy 1999 Outdoor Steeple 5th 9:07.16 Buchholtz, Jamie 2000 Outdoor Pole Vault 4th 16-2.75 Buchholtz, Jamie 2001 Indoor Pole Vault 6th 15-11.00 Buchholtz, Jamie 2001 Outdoor Pole Vault 7th 15-7.00 Turgeon, Mike 2001 Outdoor Discus 3rd 170-8.00 Rotering, Jeff 2002 Indoor Pole Vault 3rd 15-10.94 Hanson, David 2002 Outdoor 400 Hurdles 3rd :52.45 Barthel, Scott 2004 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 8th 3:16.57 Gonzenbach, Derek 2004 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 8th 3:16.57 Hanson, David 2004 Outdoor 400 Hurdles 6th :53.19 Hanson, David 2004 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 8th 3:16.57 Kotsmith, Craig 2004 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 8th 3:16.57 Kawski, Ryan 2006 Outdoor Discus 6th 164-3.65 Kawski, Ryan 2007 Indoor Weight Throw 7th 57-8.91 Drewek, Daniel 2009 Indoor Pole Vault 7th 15-7.75 Drewek, Daniel 2009 Outdoor Pole Vault 2nd 16-7.25 Drewek, Daniel 2009 Outdoor 4x100 Relay 3rd :41.18 Flood, Sam 2009 Outdoor 4x100 Relay 3rd :41.18 Strong, Dan 2009 Outdoor 4x100 Relay 3rd :41.18 Wade, Kendall 2009 Outdoor 4x100 Relay 3rd :41.18 Larson, Sean 2010 Indoor Weight Throw 2nd 61-11.75 Larson, Sean 2010 Outdoor Discus 1st 174-10.00 Larson, Sean 2010 Outdoor Hammer Throw 4th 194-6.00 Wade, Kendall 2010 Outdoor 200m 6th :21.81 Wade, Kendall 2010 Outdoor 100m 7th :10.81 Drewek, Daniel 2011 Indoor Pole Vault 3rd 17-1.50 Drewek, Daniel 2011 Outdoor Pole Vault 3rd 16-10 Nelson, Tim 2011 Outdoor 5000m 5th 14:44.78 Nelson, Tim 2011 Outdoor 10,000m 8th 30:41.62 Nelson, Tim 2012 Indoor 5000m 1st 14:11.80 Drewek, Daniel 2012 Indoor Pole Vault 2nd 16-7.50 Drewek, Daniel 2012 Indoor Heptathlon 2nd 5113 pts Anderson, Zach 2012 Indoor Heptathlon 6th 4784 pts Nelson, Tim 2012 Outdoor 5000m 1st 14:15.31 Nelson, Tim 2012 Outdoor 10,000m 1st 30:16.07 Anderson, Zach 2012 Outdoor 4th 5673 pts Zarnoth, Brandon 2012 Outdoor Decathlon 2nd 6784 pts Michael Lihrman 2012 Outdoor Hammer 4th 197-2 Zach Anderson 2013 Indoor Heptathlon 2nd 5167 pts Patrick Jenkins 2013 Indoor 5000m 8th 14:38.67 Zach Anderson 2014 Indoors Heptathlon 1st 5334 pts Patrick Jenkins 2014 Indoors 3000m 6th 8:18.17 Patrick Jenkins 2014 Indoors 5000m 5th 14:21.33 Nick Lubinski 2014 Indoors Triple Jump 8th 46-8.75 Zach Anderson 2014 Outdoors Decathlon 3rd 6941 pts Austin Zett 2014 Outdoors Discus 5th 171-10 Sam Elsner 2014 Outdoors Discus 8th 169-1 Patrick Jenkins 2014 Outdoors 5000m 6th 14:30.20 Patrick Jenkins 2014 Outdoors 10000m 6th 31:26.38 Patrick Jenkins 2015 Indoor 5000m 2nd 14:25.77 Austin Zett 2015 Outdoors Discus 2nd 185-2 Paul Van Grinsven 2015 Outdoors 2nd 8:57.67 Patrick Jenkins 2015 Outdoors 5000m 5th 14:22.59 Ethen Schoen 2016 Indoors Heptathlon 1st 5031 pts Eric Fogltanz 2016 Indoor 400m 7th 48.86 Ethen Schoen 2016 Outdoor Decathlon 1st 6809 pts Eric Fogltanz 2016 Outdoor 400 Hurdles 5th 52.24 Christian Lucchesi 2016 Outdoor Pole Vault 7th 16-04.75 Sam Elsner 2018 Indoor Shot Put 1st 57-11.75 Sam Elsner 2018 Indoor Weight Throw 2nd 65-0 Noah Zastrow 2018 Indoor Pole Vault 5th 16-0.75 Sam Elsner 2018 Outdoor Discus 1st 191-7 Sam Elsner 2018 Outdoor Shot Put 8th 53-2.25 Sam Elsner 2018 Outdoor Hammer Throw 8th 188-4 Noah Zastrow 2018 Outdoor Pole Vault 6th 16-0.75 Kevin Ruechel 2019 Indoor Shot Put 6th 55-8.50 Noah Zastrow 2019 Indoor Pole Vault 7th 15-11 Josh Freyholtz 2019 Indoor Pole Vault 8th 15-11 Noah Zastrow 2019 Outdoor Pole Vault 2nd 16-10.75 Noah Zastrow 2020 Indoor Pole Vault - 17-8.50 Kevin Ruechel 2020 Indoor Shot Put - 57-10.25 Brent Heilman 2020 Indoor 200m - 22.15 Noah Zastrow 2021 Outdoor Pole Vault 1st 16-8.75 Jacob Bugella 2021 Outdoor Hammer Throw 2nd 196-10 Kevin Ruechel 2021 Outdoor Shot Put 1st 59-9

The 2020 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor, and 2021 Indoor, Track and Field Championships were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All-America awards were presented by the USTFCCCA