Division III USTFCCCA Indoor All-Americans Announced for 2014 Season

NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) has announced the list of Division III student-athletes who earned USTFCCCA All-America honors for the 2014 indoor season based on their performance at this past weekend’s NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships in Lincoln, Neb.

Those student-athletes who finished among the top eight in their individual or relay events earned USTFCCCA All-America honors. USTFCCCA membership by their program is required for the award.

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Both the UW-La Crosse men and women led the nation in All-America selections with 18 and 17, respectively, but only the now two-time defending national champion men left Lincoln with the team title.

The women’s title went to another now two-time defending champion in the UW-Oshkosh women, who earned 15 All-America nods, second only to UW-La Crosse.

UW-La Crosse’s men were led by a pair of multiple-time All-Americans in Alex Koenen and Ross Denman with two honors each. The Eagles were one of six team represented by two multiple-time All-Americans.

The duo was among 24 student-athletes who earned two or more All-America citations, along with 3000 and 5000 meter double champion John Crain of North Central (Ill.).

Two men earned three awards each in UW-Eau Claire’s 60 and 200 meter champion Thurgood Dennis and 800 meters champion McKena Ramos of UW-Oshkosh.

Leading the way for the women’s champion UW-Oshkosh was Christy Cazzola, who for the second consecutive season claimed two individual national titles (mile, 3000 meters) and a third in the distance medley relay.

She, along with dual national champion teammate Kylee Verhasselt (800, DMR), were among the seven women who earned three or more All-America awards this past weekend. UW-La Crosse’s Jamie Ludwigson led the way with four honors.

Both UW-Oshkosh and UW-La Crosse were represented by four multiple-time All-America honorees, while third-place Wartburg had three.

Another 19 women earned two All-America citations.

Behind the strength of those aforementioned Wisconsin schools, the WIAC topped all conferences on the total representation list in both the men’s and women’s competitions with 66 and 48, respectively. The NESCAC men and women were both second with 19 and 28, respectively.