(Written: June 2012)
Leah (Juno) Salzmann was a member of UW-Stevens Point’s women’s cross country and track & field squads from 1997-2001.
Juno was a three-time NCAA Division III champion, winning the 2001 indoor and outdoor 800-meter run titles. She also won the outdoor 800-meter run in 2000 and was the 2001 UW-Stevens Point Female Athlete of the Year. The six-time All-American was the 2001 Midwest Region Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year. Juno won six WIAC titles while setting a conference record in the outdoor 800-meter run.
In cross country, the two-time All-American (16th place in 2000 and 24th in 1999) led the Pointers to a ninth-place team finish in 2000. Juno was the WIAC individual champion as a senior and finished fifth as a junior.
She was a two-time Verizon Academic All-American and was named the 2000 WIAC Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete Award winner in cross country.
In 2001, Juno was the recipient of the NCAA Top VIII Award, the most prestigious student-athlete honor bestowed annually by the NCAA. In 2012, she was named to the WIAC All-Time Women’s Track & Field Team in conjunction with the WIAC Centennial Celebration.
Juno earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. She resides in Kaukauna, Wis.