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A Wisconsin runner won a Big Ten track championship while shouting encouragement to her teammate

The announcer called Alicia Monson the “fastest coach at this meet.”

Monson, a junior on the University of Wisconsin women’s track and field team from Amery, won the Big Ten championship in the 5,000 meters in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Saturday, crossing the finish line in 16 minutes, 18.63 seconds.