|
Panther Track Places Four On Academic All-League Teams
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (April 19, 2006) - Senior Katie Slamka and sophomore Angie Huebner of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women's track and field team were selected to the Academic Indoor Track and Field All-Horizon League Team when the league office announced its winter all-academic teams Tuesday. This is the third-straight award for Slamka, while Huebner is being honored for the first time. Slamka was named to the league's all-academic team last year for both the indoor and outdoor seasons. Slamka capped her indoor season, competing in three events at the Horizon League Championships. In addition to taking third in the 60m hurdles, she also took fourth in the high jump and eighth in the 400m. Earlier in the year, she ran the ninth-best 400m time in school history in her first 400m event of the season and also won the 55m hurdles at the Division I Invitational. Slamka is majoring in kinesiology and has a 3.924 grade point average. Huebner was a league champion in the 5000m during her sophomore season, adding a third-place finish in the 3000m at the league meet. She also ran the third-best 500m in school history at the Iowa State Cyclone Classic. An architecture major, Huebner boasts a 3.628 GPA.
|
|