Nick Baatz (Jr. • Brownsville) and Ben Ludtke (Sr. • Lyons) set school records as UW-Oshkosh dominated Lawrence University and Ripon College in a men's track and field meet held Friday (Jan. 27) in Kolf Sports Center.

The Titans finished first in 12 events and won the UW-Oshkosh Open with 90 points. Ripon College placed second with 35 points and Lawrence University third with 18.

Baatz took first place in the shot put with a distance of 58-10. His throw surpassed the previous school record of 58-8 set by Dave McLaren in 1994.

Ludtke was the winner in the 35-pound weight throw with a measurement of 66-5. His toss, the second best in NCAA Division III history, eclipsed the previous school mark of 64-11 1/2 set by Brandon Houle in 2007.

Alan German (Sr. • West Bend) was the lone UW-Oshkosh performer to win two events. He won the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.51 and the long jump with a leap of 21-8.

On the track, UW-Oshkosh had Collin Worm (Fr. • Menasha) win the 60-meter dash at 7.03, Ryan Sprenger (So. • Larsen) the 200-meter dash at 22.81, Reid Zanoya (Fr. • Monticello) the 400-meter run at 49.48, Matt Lawrence (So. • Plainfield, Ill.) the 800-meter run at 1:55.96 and Jordan Carpenter (Fr. • Ashwaubenon) the mile run at 4:32.21.

In the jumps, UW-Oshkosh collected winning efforts from Donald Klitz (Jr. • Markesan) and Jason Ulman (Jr. • Appleton). Klitz skipped 46-4 in the triple jump while Ulman leaped 6-2 in the high jump.

UW-Oshkosh received second-place finishes on the track from Quentin Badger (So. • Madison) in the 60-meter dash (7.04), Ryan Fosler (Sr. • DeForest) in the 200-meter dash (23.78) and 60-meter hurdles (8.55), John Cejka (Jr. • Wausau) in the 400-meter run (49.83), Brett DeNure (Jr. • Monroe) in the 800-meter run (1:55.99) and Derek Johnsrud (So. • Fall River) in the mile run (4:36.96).

Other second-place listings belonged to the Titans' John McCann (So. • Elroy) in the high jump (6-0), Tom O'Connor (Sr. • Clintonville) in the pole vault (13-6 1/4), Lee Robinson (Fr. • Racine) in the long jump (21-2 1/2), Jake Dickmann (Jr. • Kewaskum) in the heptathlon (4,107) and Pete Delzer (Jr. • Oconto Falls) in both the shot put (53-3 1/2) and the 35-pound weight throw (64-9 3/4).

Finishing third for UW-Oshkosh were Lewis Prior (Jr. • Coleman) in both the shot put (51-9) and 35-pound weight throw (60-6 1/2), Klitz in the long jump (20-7 1/4), Sprenger in the 60-meter dash (7.14), Brian Beaudo (Fr. • Fort Atkinson) in the 400-meter dash (50.50), Adam Krumberger (So. • Poynette) in the high jump (6-0), Brian Peterson (Sr. • Toluca, Ill.) in the 800-meter run (1:57.19) and Adam Ruiz (Fr. • New Berlin) in the pole vault (13-0 1/4).

UW-Oshkosh journeys to the UW-Whitewater Warhawk Classic on Friday (Feb. 3).

Nick Baatz (Jr. • Brownsville) took first place in the shot put and third in the weight throw as the UW-Oshkosh men's track and field team finished second at the North Central College Cardinal Opener on Friday (Jan. 20) in Naperville, Ill.

Host North Central College easily captured the team title with 332 points, while UW-Oshkosh tallied 125, Benedictine University (Ill.) scored 51 for third and Emory University (Ga.) 40 for fourth.

UW-Oshkosh participated in just one track event, and Nate Stymiest (Sr. • Oconto Falls) won that 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:45.43. The majority of Titan points came from the throwing events, where Baatz launched the shot put 57-0 1/4 and the weight throw 58-1 1/4.

Ben Ludtke (Sr. • Lyons) earned first place in the weight throw with a mark of 64-0 1/2. He was just ahead of teammate Pete Delzer (Jr. • Oconto Falls), who placed second at 60-9 1/4. Donald Klitz (Jr. • Markesan) accounted for UW-Oshkosh’s final victory with his triple jump of 46-6 1/4.

Titans occupied four of the top five spots in the shot put. Following Baatz, Lewis Prior (Jr. • Coleman) took second with a distance of 53-11 3/4, Delzer third at 52-11 and Jeremy Brandt (So. • Wausau) fifth at 49-5. John McCann (So. • Elroy) later high-jumped 6-3 1/4 for a second-place result.

The 3,000-meter run also had four Titans in the top-five. John Dewitt (Jr. • Oshkosh) crossed the line third at 8:49.43, along with fourth-place Tyler Morey (Sr. • Combined Locks) at 8:50.85 and fifth-place Brian Peterson (Sr. • Toluca, Ill.) in a time of 8:54.64.

Jake Dickmann (Jr. • Kewaskum) cleared 14-1 1/4 to stand fourth on the pole vault, while Tom O'Connor (Sr. • Clintonville) finished fifth at 13-7 1/4. The remaining fifth-place scores came from Klitz’s high jump of 6-3 1/4 and Lewis Prior’s (Jr. • Coleman) weight throw of 56-4 1/2.

UW-Oshkosh will host Lawrence University and Ripon College on Friday (Jan. 27) in Kolf Sports Center.

UW-Oshkosh had the winner in 11-of-14 events to dominate its own men’s track and field open on Saturday (Jan. 14) in Kolf Sports Center. The Titans prevailed, 87-47, over the University of Chicago (Ill.) in the team scoring.

Alan German (Sr. • West Bend) counted two of those victories in the 60-meter hurdles and the long jump. German crossed the line first after 8.47 seconds in the hurdles, while reaching 22-1 3/4 in the long jump.

With the pole vault, Jake Dickmann (Jr. • Kewaskum) and Tom O'Connor (Sr. • Clintonville) tied for first place with a height of 14-0 1/4. The Titans continued their field brilliance, as Donald Klitz (Jr. • Markesan) took the high jump at 6-4 3/4, Nick Baatz won the shot put at 57-1 1/2 and Ben Ludtke (Sr. • Lyons) captured the weight throw at 61-1.

Reid Zanoya (Fr. • Monticello) listed first in the 400-meter dash with his time of 49.81 seconds. He later contributed to a winning 3:24.38 in the 1,600-meter relay with teammates Brian Beaudo (Fr. • Fort Atkinson), Ryan Gregory (Fr. • Mahtomedi, Minn.) and Corey Wilch (So. • Waukesha).

The Titans had three more top finishers in the races. Quentin Badger (So. • Madison) sprinted for 7.06 seconds in the 60-meter dash, and Ryan Sprenger (So. • Larsen) needed just 22.89 to win the 200-meter dash. Nate Stymiest (Sr. • Oconto Falls) handled the mile run with a victorious time of 4:21.33.

Placing second in both standings, Lewis Prior (Jr. • Coleman) scored 58-6 in the weight throw and 51-7 in the shot put. Baatz followed in third place with a weight throw of 58-5 1/2 and Nick Grosskopf (Fr. • Weston) earned third in the shot put at 48-9.

Kris Wilke (Sr. • Waterloo) and Collin Worm (Fr. • Menasha) each contributed a pair of top-three scores. Wilke clocked third-place times of 8.95 in the 60-meter hurdles and 51.76 in the 400-meter dash. Also in the sprints, Worm timed a 7.07 for second at 60 meters and a 23.08 for third at 200 meters.

The second-place runners continued when Beaudo clocked a 50.33 in the 400-meter dash and Ken Halloran (So. • Mt. Prospect, Ill.) totaled 8:47.71 in the 3,000-meter run. After Ryan Fosler (Sr. • DeForest) earned second in the 60-meter hurdles at 8.63, Dickmann high-jumped 6-4 3/4 and Blaise Dueling (Jr. • Greenfield) long-jumped 21-8 1/4 for second place.

UW-Oshkosh returns to action at the North Central College Cardinal Opener on Friday (Jan. 20) in Naperville, Ill.