Wisconsin Lutheran College Women's Cross Country

August is in his third season as a graduate assistant coach for the Wisconsin Lutheran College men's and women's cross country and men's and women's track & field programs.  August was a four-year letterwinner in both cross country and track & field at Carthage College, and was a Second Team All-CCIW performer in cross country as a senior. August competed as a distance runner for the track & field team. August graduated from Carthage in 2014 with a degree in athletic training.  A native of Mokena, Ill., August was a four-year letterwinner in cross country, track & field, and basketball at Lincoln-Way East High School. August was a two-time Southwest Suburban Conference champion in the two-mile run and earned all-conference and all-region honors in cross country as a junior. August was born July 26, 1992. He is enrolled in the college's Master of Arts in Education program at Wisconsin Lutheran.

Travis, who joined the Warriors in August 1993 as the cross country club coach before the program gained intercollegiate status in 1994, has coached nine individual cross country conference champions between the men's and women's teams since 2001. The men's team finished third at the NACC Championships for the third straight year in 2015, tying its best finish at the conference championships since 2006. Jacob Jodat and Chase Robles were named to the All-NACC Team following their top-10 performances. The women's team placed seventh at the 2015 NACC Championships. Cassie Balts collected All-NACC honors after placing 13th overall at the championships. The 2012 women's team was one of the best in WLC history. Sophomores Marya Haegler and Julie Favorite placed first and second overall at the NACC Championships. In total, four WLC runners finished inside the top 11 as the team finished second in the field, its highest finish at the conference championships since 2005. Haegler earned NACC Runner of the Year honors, giving a WLC runner that distinction for three straight years. The Warriors women also had their best-ever finish at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional, placing 21st out of 40 teams. Haegler earned all-region honors by finishing 33rd overall. In 2011, Travis coached Katie Schommer to a second consecutive win at the NACC Championships as she became the first women's runner in conference history to repeat as champion at the event. The 2010 season marked the first time that a Warriors women's cross country student-athlete qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships. Schommer, who was named NACC Runner of the Year, placed 47th out of 279 at the event. In 2008, Zach Shiels became the first student-athlete in program history to qualify for the NCAA Division III Championships, placing 24th overall in a field of 280 runners at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional. Both teams finished second at the 2005 Lake Michigan Conference Championships, the best finish ever for the men after having finished third each of the previous seven seasons. The women posted no lower than a second-place finish in the LMC for six straight seasons (2000-2005). Travis, who coached the women's team to LMC titles in 2002 and 2004, was named LMC Coach of the Year each of those years. Individually, Travis has coached six conference champions; Chase Robles (2014), Marya Haegler (2012), Katie Schommer (2011, 2010), Zach Shiels (2008), Tim Koepsell (2002, 2003, 2005), who was the first male student-athlete in LMC cross country history to win three titles, and Rebecca Porinsky (2001). The Warriors have combined for nine individual titles in the past 15 seasons. Travis also serves as an assistant coach for the men's and women's track & field programs at WLC. Travis was the head coach for the first 21 years of the intercollegiate track & field program at WLC from 1994-2014. In 2009, Travis mentored Dominique Johnson, who became the first Warriors student-athlete to qualify for both the NCAA Division III Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships. A 1993 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Travis earned his degree in physical education with an emphasis in corporate fitness. He started his collegiate athletic career as a wide receiver for two seasons with the Warhawks football team before turning his focus to the track as a middle distance runner where he was a three-time All-American. In 1992, Travis won the 800-meter title during the NCAA Division III Track & Field Championships held at Colby College (Maine) with a time of 1:50.68. Travis was inducted into the UW-Whitewater Athletic Hall of Fame October 25, 2008. After college, he competed for five years as a track club member at UW-Milwaukee. Travis was invited to race at the Kansas Relays three times (best showing a third-place finish in the 800 meters in 1996) and the Drake Relays once (a seventh-place finish in 1998). He also raced in the 800-meter qualifying open three times at the Mt. Sac Relays in California. In 1998, Travis placed seventh at the 1998 U.S. Indoor Championships with an 800-meter time of 1:49.44. That same year he posted his best 800-meter time of 1:48.81 while racing outdoors at Georgia Tech. A member of the USTFCCCA Awards Sub Committee and the Wisconsin Cross Country Coaches Association, Travis was born August 4, 1969, in Mobridge, S.D. He resides in Waukesha with his wife, Gwen.