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2025 Men's Outdoor Track & Field

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Dan Schwamberger, UW-Eau Claire Cross Country/Track & Field
Dan Schwamberger, UW-Eau Claire Cross Country/Track & Field
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Yakob Ekoue

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Hopkins, Minn.
  • High School Hopkins
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Biography

Awards & Honors

  • Career
    • Four-time national champion
    • Two-time Division III Field Athlete of the Year
    • 13-time All-American
      • Ranks in top 10 in Division III history for career All-America honors
    • 17-time All-Region honoree
    • Two-time Most Outstanding Field Performer of the NCAA Championships
    • Five-time WIAC champion
    • Three-time Field Performer of the Meet at the WIAC Championships
      • Only individual in conference history to win the award three times
    • Seven-time WIAC Athlete of the Week
    • Graduates as school record holder in discus (60.25 meters), hammer throw (63.08 meters) and weight throw (20.11 meters)
    • Graduates as WIAC record holder in discus
    • Personal best in discus ranked No. 3 in Division III history at the time of graduation
  • 2025
    • Division III Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year
    • National champion in discus
    • All-American in discus (first place)
    • All-American in hammer throw (third place)
    • All-American in outdoor shot put (third place)
    • Most Outstanding Field Performer of the outdoor NCAA Championships
    • North Region Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year
    • All-Region in discus
    • All-Region in hammer throw
    • All-Region in outdoor shot put
    • WIAC champion in discus
    • Second team All-WIAC in hammer throw
    • Second team All-WIAC in outdoor shot put
    • Field Performer of the Meet at the WIAC outdoor championships
    • UW-Eau Claire Co-Male Athlete of the Year
    • USTFCCCA Division III Men's Athlete of the Week
      • Week of April 21-27
    • Two-time WIAC Kwik Trip Athlete of the Week
      • Weeks of April 14-20 and April 21-27
  • 2024
    • National champion in discus
    • National champion in indoor shot put
    • All-American in discus (first place)
    • All-American in indoor shot put (first place)
    • All-American in 35-pound weight throw (fifth place)
    • Set new WIAC record in discus (60.16 meters) at the 2024 Drake Relays, the third-best throw in DIII history
    • Field Performer of the Meet at both WIAC indoor and outdoor championships
    • WIAC champion in discus
    • WIAC champion in indoor shot put
    • Second team All-WIAC in hammer throw and weight throw
    • Honorable mention All-WIAC in shot put
    • All-Region in indoor and outdoor shot put
    • All-Region in discus
    • All-Region in hammer throw
    • All-Region in weight throw
    • Three-time WIAC Kwik Trip Athlete of the Week
      • Weeks of January 8-21, April 8-14, April 22-28
  • 2023
    • USTFCCCA National Men's Field Athlete of the Year (outdoor)
    • National champion in outdoor shot put
    • All-American in outdoor shot put (first place)
    • All-American in indoor shot put (second place)
    • All-American in discus (second place)
    • All-American in hammer throw (third place)
    • All-Region in indoor and outdoor shot put
    • All-Region in weight throw
    • All-Region in discus
    • All-Region in hammer throw
    • Field Performer of the Meet at both the WIAC indoor and outdoor championships
    • WIAC champion in indoor and outdoor shot put
    • WIAC champion in discus
    • All-WIAC second team in weight throw
    • All-WIAC second team in hammer throw
    • Two-time WIAC Kwik Trip Athlete of the Week
      • Weeks of January 16-22, February 6-12
  • 2022
    • All-American in indoor shot put (fourth place)
    • All-American in discus (fifth place)
    • All-American in outdoor shot put (fifth place)
    • All-Region in indoor shot put
    • All-Region in outdoor shot put
    • All-Region in weight throw
    • All-WIAC second team in indoor shot put
    • All-WIAC honorable mention in outdoor shot put
    • All-WIAC honorable mention in discus
  • 2021
    • All-Region in indoor shot put


2025
Only competed in the outdoor season...Capped his career with another national championship in discus, bringing his career trophy haul to four...Earned All-America honors in all three throwing events at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships...Placed third at nationals in both hammer throw and shot put...WIAC champion in discus...Named Field Performer of the Meet at the WIAC Outdoor Championships, becoming the only individual in conference history to win the award three times...Named USTFCCCA Division III Men's Athlete of the Week for April 21-27 after logging the third-best discus throw in DIII history (60.25 meters) at the Drake Relays.

2024
Added two more national titles to his collection, bringing his career total to three by winning the discus and indoor shot put crowns...Earned All-America honors in discus, indoor shot put and weight throw...Recorded the longest toss by a WIAC athlete in discus with a heave of 60.16 meters at the Drake Relays...Named Field Performer of the Meet at the WIAC Indoor and Outdoor Championships...Earned four all-region honors and two WIAC titles.

2023
Captured the first national championship of his career by winning the shot put at outdoor nationals...Named the USTFCCCA National Men's Field Athlete of the Year for the outdoor season after winning the national title and claiming three outdoor All-America honors...Finished with a total of four All-America distinctions across indoor and outdoor...Picked up five all-region honors...Named Field Perfomer of the Meet at the WIAC Indoor and Outdoor Championships...Won three WIAC titles.

2022
Became an All-American for the first time in his career by earning All-America honors in indoor shot put, discus and outdoor shot put...Earned all-region honors in those same three events.

2021
Earned all-region honors in indoor shot put.

High School
Attended Hopkins...Track and field: Finished as the Class AA state runner-up in discus at the 2019 MSHSL state championships...Finished fourth in the state in discus in 2018...Football: Named honorable mention all-district in 2018.

Personal
Why did you choose UW-Eau Claire?
For the beautiful campus.

Historical Player Information

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