Cate Named League Athlete Of The Week

Freshman won first collegiate race last week at Valpo

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Sept. 12, 2006) - Malachi Cate, a freshman on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's cross country team, was named the Horizon League Athlete of the Week this week, the league office announced today.

Running in his first collegiate race last weekend, Cate won the Valparaiso Crusader Open to help the Panthers to a second-place team finish. UWM finished behind only Notre Dame, while Cate ran a time of 19:24, edging Kevin McFadden of Notre Dame by three seconds for top honors.

Cate and the Panthers are back in action Friday (Sept. 15) at the Illini Challenge in Champaign, Ill. The first race kicks off at 5 p.m.