Wisconsin's trio of Dorcas Akinniyi, Jessica Flax and Deanna Latham will certainly live up to the title of "multi-event athlete" as NCAA postseason competition gets underway.
For the 21st time in his career, Ed Nuttycombe has been named Big Ten Coach of the Year.The Wisconsin head coach was announced as a unanimous selection for the award on Tuesday, as the conference handed out its year-end awards for the outdoor season.
An inquisitive Mohammed Ahmed couldn't help but search for some telltale signs leading up to the Big Ten outdoor track and field meet; a probe "for answers" that consumed "the whole week'' he said.
Nuttycombe walked out of the Dan McClimon Memorial Track on Sunday carrying the trophy that will soon occupy the blank spot on his wall, the reward for an outstanding team effort that saw the Wisconsin men battle to their first Big Ten outdoor championship since 2007.
The Wisconsin women followed a familiar script on the final day of the 2012 Big Ten Outdoor Championships at the McClimon Complex, but they also had the opportunity to do so in a familiar setting.
Keepers of the Wisconsin men's track and field history book were in need of a pencil and eraser on Saturday, after a number of Badgers scratched out old names and wrote themselves in.
Saturday's competition began with an image familiar to the Badgers, but probably not to the packed fans at the Dan McClimon Memorial Track/Soccer Complex.
Podium finishes by Elliot Krause and Ryan Collins propelled the No. 17 Wisconsin men's track and field team to an early lead in the team race at the 2012 Big Ten Outdoor Championships late Friday at the McClimon Complex.
Junior Caitlin Comfort was the first member of the Wisconsin women's track and field team to take the podium at this year's Big Ten championships, but she hopes she won't be the last.
