Kieser finished first out of 308 runners and helped lead UW-Eau Claire to a first-place finish out of 17 teams at the Blugold Invitational at Whitetail Golf Course in Colfax, Wis., on Sept. 21. He finished the 8,000-meter course with a time of 24:56, a lifetime personal record, and finished more than 22 seconds in front of the second-place finisher.
Also nominated:
UW-Platteville, Sam Poser, Sophomore, Brookfield, Wis. (Central)
UW-River Falls, Charles Collins, Senior, St. Paul, Minn. (St. Paul Academy)
UW-Stevens Point, Dan Sullivan, Junior, Elkhorn, Wis.
UW-Stout, David Ritter, Sophomore, River Falls, Wis.
UW-Whitewater, Casey Merrill, Freshman, Salem, Wis. (Westosha Central)