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Issued: January 16, 2007

BECKER, McAULY NAMED WIAC ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

MADISON – UW-Eau Claire women’s track and field pole vaulter Chelsea Becker (Sr.-Rice Lake) and wrestler Justin McAuly (Sr.-Clintonville) have been named the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Athletes of the Week, it was announced today by conference sports information director Matt Stanek.

Becker reached an NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the pole vault at the Badger Track Classic at UW-Madison. She placed second in the event after clearing 11-8.

McAuly won four of five matches during the week, including an exciting win by pin to help UW-Eau Claire defeat UW-Platteville, 22-18, on Jan. 10, after trailing 18-3 in a WIAC dual meet. McAuly found himself on his back in the second period against Ryan Rozek, but managed a reversal after the two-point near fall and went on to pin Rozek in 4:35. At the Dan Gable Open hosted by UW-Oshkosh on Jan. 13, McAuly finished third at 285 pounds. He won his first match pinning Hafeez Quereshi of Central Michigan at 5:11. McAuly lost in the semifinals to eventual champion and top-seeded Jordan Hein of the University of Wisconsin 2-1. In the wrestleback bracket, McAuly defeated teammate John Berlin by pin at 1:45 to advance to the third place match where he defeated Quereshi for the second time by a 9-2 margin.

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