(Written: June 2012)
Terry Anders earned six NCAA Division III individual sprint titles, was a 13-time All-American, captured 15 individual WIAC titles and was part of nine WIAC relay championship teams while competing for UW-Stout. Anders earned WIAC Track Athlete of the Meet honors on four occasions (1995 outdoor, 1996 indoor, 1996 outdoor, 1997 indoor). He was the 1997 WIAC Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete Award winner in track & field and an Academic All-America Third Team selection.
In 1996, Anders was the Outdoor Athlete of the Meet after winning NCAA titles in the 100-, 200- and 400-meter sprints. He won a total of four NCAA 400-meter titles (1995, indoor and outdoor; 1996, indoor and outdoor). During his tenure, Anders dominated the WIAC 200- and 400-meter races, both indoors and outdoors, winning all six championships in 1995, 1996 and 1997. Anders also won the WIAC outdoor triple jump title in 1996.
In 2012, he was named to the WIAC All-Time Men’s Track & Field Team in conjunction with the WIAC Centennial Celebration.
Anders earned a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education and resides in Fall Creek, Wis.