UWM Double-Dual Invitational begins at 4:30 p.m. January 20, 1999
MILWAUKEE - The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's and women's indoor track and field teams open their seasons at home on Friday, Jan. 22, with the UWM Double-Dual Invitational. The meet will be held in the Klotsche Center beginning at 4:30 p.m.
Who's Who
The Panthers will play host on Friday night to Western Illinois, Detroit, Marquette, Chicago State, Bradley, Illinois-Chicago and DePaul, as well as many individual participants.
The Panthers will be led in the 55 MH and the long jump by junior Paul McGinley (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.), a 1997 MCC Champion; in the 800M by junior Matt Finger (Menomonee Falls, Wis.), UWM's indoor record holder in the mile at 4:10.94; and in the shot put by sophomore Jon Manke (Oneida, Wis.), who set a new UWM outdoor record in the discus as a freshman.
On the women's side, the Panthers are led in the 400M by senior Emily Burrow (Reedsburg, Wis.), an MCC champion; in the 3,000M by senior Emily Hauer (Whitefish Bay, Wis.), also an MCC Champion; and in the triple jump and long jump by junior-transfer Kenya Moore (Shorewood, Wis.), who earned NCAA Division III All-America honors at UW-Oshkosh.
The invitational will also boast some of the nation's top athletes, including former UWM runner Cory Peterson, who will compete in the mile and is an Olympic trials qualifier; Steve Travis, who will also compete in the mile and is a member of the Milwaukee Track Club; former DePaul runner Dave Dopek, who will compete in the 200M and is a U.S. Indoor 200M Champion; Kris Ihle, who will run in the 3,000M and was a member of the 1998 U.S. Cross Country Team which competed in the World Championship; Lynn Fitzsimmons, who will compete in the 800M and the mile and who has qualified for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials; Jenny Crain, who will also compete in the 800M and the mile and is the Klotsche Center record holder in the 5,000M with a time of 16:10; and Mary Ellen Hill, a runner from Bradley University who earned All-America honors in both cross country and the 5,000M, who will run the 3,000M.
The Event Schedule
The meet schedule will be in the order as follows, with each session beginning at the times below:
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