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The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's track and field team captured its 19th National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Indoor Championship!

March 13, 2023

UWL has now captured 12 of the last 20 indoor national titles. The Eagles have a national-leading 34 national championships overall (19 indoor; 15 outdoor), both most in NCAA III history. UWL has finished in the top-five in 35 of a possible 36 indoor national championships.   

Head coach Josh Buchholtz has now led UWL to nine NCAA Division III titles, including five indoor (2009, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2023) and four outdoor (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017).
 
UWL's Sam Blaskowski and Ethan Gregg each earned individual NCAA Division III titles on Saturday. Blaskowski is the second sprinter in school history to win the 60-meter dash after a finals time of 6.71 on Saturday. He joins Alex Koenen (2016) to win the 60-meter dash title. Blaskowski earned his second NCAA III All-America accolade on Saturday with a second-place finish (21.16) in the 200-meter dash.
 

Gregg became the first runner in UWL history to capture the 3,000-meter run national title with a time of 8:01.23 on Saturday. His time of 8:01.23 breaks the national meet record of 8:10.40 set by North Central College's (Ill.) John Crain in 2014. Gregg also broke his own school record of 8:09.94 set earlier this season at Pat Healy Classic on January 21.
 
It is Gregg's second All-America award of this year's championships after placing third (13:53.93) in the 5,000-meter run on Friday.
 
UWL has now won 52 individual NCAA III Championships (including relays) in school history.  


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February 2023 Update

March 13, 2023

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse sophomore Sam Blaskowski of Oshkosh (West) placed fifth in the 60-meter dash at the USA Track & Field (USATF) Indoor Championships Saturday at the Albuquerque Convention Center.

Blaskowski set a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III and UWL record with a time of 6.67 in Saturday's semifinals and finals. He placed fifth out of the seven sprinters in the final.

He advanced to Saturday's semifinals after a preliminary round time of 6.69 on Friday, February 17.

 Blaskowski broke his own NCAA III record of 6.68 set at the UWL Mark Guthrie Legacy Invitational on February 4. He tied the record set by UW-Eau Claire's Thurgood Dennis in 2014.

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