{"id":568156,"date":"2026-02-05T13:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/568156\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T13:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:22:11","slug":"uw-la-crosse-mens-cross-country-national-title-to-be-celebrated-with-campus-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/568156\/","title":{"rendered":"UW-La Crosse men&#8217;s cross country national title to be celebrated with campus parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UW-La Crosse men\u2019s cross country team will lead a celebratory parade through campus at noon Friday, following its second consecutive NCAA Division III national title.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles secured their fifth championship in program history back in November in South Carolina with three runners \u2014 Grant Matthai, Aidan Matthai, Jayden Zywicki \u2014 finishing in the Top 9.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural parade also honors other UW-L fall programs that reached the national postseason, including women\u2019s cross country (12th place), football (third round) and women\u2019s soccer (second round).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-116923\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The procession begins at Hetzel Fieldhouse, traveling west on Pine Street and south on East Avenue before winding past the Hoeschler Clock Tower and ending back at the fieldhouse. <\/p>\n<p>The Screaming Eagles Marching Band, ROTC Color Guard and UW-L Police will join the teams.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can catch candy along the route, and free hot chocolate will be available at the Student Union from 12:15 to 12:30 p.m. while supplies last.<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UW-La Crosse men\u2019s cross country team will lead a celebratory parade through campus at noon Friday, following&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":568157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2576,2961,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-568156","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-event","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116018239823592393","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}