Indianapolis, Ind. – The University of Wisconsin-Parkside’s Jill Winkler (Neenah, Wis.) is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week. The senior runner guided the Rangers to a first-place team finish at the UW-Parkside Invite on Oct. 14.
Winkler finished the 5K race in a career-best time of 18:27 to place third overall. Her time was a 24-second improvement over her previous best-time set in September.
The Rangers had the top four individual runners in the meet with Winkler’s teammates Naomi Fulton, Valerie Kelly and Jessica Lamp grabbing first-place, second-place and fourth-place, respectively.
UW-Parkside topped regional-rival Northern Michigan 25 to 46 in the final standings of the 12-team meet.
The Rangers will return to action on Oct. 21 at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships. They are five-time defending champions at the GLVC meet and have won the past two championships.