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Badgers' Mick Byrne named Big Ten men’s cross country Coach of the Year again

Byrne led the Badgers to their 50th Big Ten team title this past weekend in Columbus, Ohio. He now has nine Big Ten titles with the Badgers and is ranked third in conference history behind former UW coaches Martin Smith (12) and Jerry Schumacher (11).

Sharp finished 15th overall and fourth for the Badgers at the Big Ten championships with a time of 24 minutes, 23.7 seconds in the 8K race. He was the first freshman to finish the race, 21 places ahead of the next freshman.