UW-Eau Claire

Thurgood Dennis

  • Award
    Track Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/17/2012
  • Sport
    Men's Outdoor Track and Field
  • School
    UW-Eau Claire
  • Year
    Freshman
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Allouez, Wis.
  • High School
    Green Bay Notre Dame

Competing in three events at the UW-Platteville Invitational, where the Blugolds took fourth place out of 11 teams, Dennis won one event, while taking second and third in two others. He took the top spot in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.67 seconds and was second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.70, three-hundredths of a second behind the first-place finisher. Dennis was also part of the 4x100-meter relay team that took third with a time of 42.15 seconds.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, Terrence Thigpen, Senior, Palatine, Ill.
UW-Oshkosh, Corey Wilch, Sophomore, Waukesha, Wis. (North)
UW-Platteville, T.J. Valley, Sophomore, Prairie du Chien, Wis.
UW-River Falls, Jared Brandenburg, Senior, Independence, Wis.
UW-Stevens Point, Babatunde Awosika, Sophomore, Milwaukee, Wis. (School of Arts)
UW-Stout, Joe Spanel, Sophomore, Cameron, Wis.
UW-Superior, Matt Reijo, Sophomore, Oulu, Wis. (South Shore)
UW-Whitewater, 4x400-Meter Relay Team - Matt Santas, Sophomore, Beloit, Wis. (Turner); Zak Fritz, Freshman, Racine, Wis. (Case); Jared Denu, Freshman, Waunakee, Wis.; Tim Prelletz, Senior, Crystal Lake, Ill. (Prairie Ridge)