The $5.7 million facility will offer a synthetic surface to allow for the playing of several sports during one season - a nine-lane, state-of-the-art synthetic competition track; several practice fields for soccer and football; new track and field areas; and improved and expanded ticket and concessions facilities.

The new sports complex at the site of Titan Stadium combines the resources of UW-Oshkosh, Oshkosh Area School District and Unified Catholic Schools to create a premier facility for the entire community.

The community facility can be used for up to 190 events each year. It is expected to help generate up to $25 million annually in tourism.

“This facility will attract athletes to the area and help retain the athletes already in Oshkosh,” said UW-Oshkosh student Sarah Schettle.

An Oshkosh West High School graduate and a member of the UW-Oshkosh women's track and field team, Schettle praised plans to update locker room facilities and include locker rooms for women athletes. Titan Stadium does not have locker rooms for women.

“This will be a facility we can all be proud of,” said Tom Keefe, UW-Oshkosh Foundation president.

More information about the Oshkosh Sports Complex can be obtained at http://www.titans.uwosh.edu/OshkoshSportsComplex.pdf.

Audio from "Tom Keefe Opening, Brion Rittenberry, Richard Wells, Ron Heilmann, Stan Spanbauer, Joe Leschke, Sarah Schettle, Carol Roessler, Tom Keefe Closing".

John LeRoy (Jr. • Oshkosh) finished first in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and eighth in the 5,000-meter run as the UW-Oshkosh men's track and field team placed sixth at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship held Thursday through Saturday (May 27-29) in Decatur, Ill.

LeRoy accounted for 11 of the Titans' 21 team points by running to times of 9:00.18 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and 15:00.56 in the 5,000-meter run. Scott Sargrad of Haverford College (Pa.) finished second to LeRoy in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:03.05, while Josh Moen of Wartburg College (Iowa) won the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:40.11.

UW-La Crosse scored 101 points to seize its fourth consecutive NCAA Division III outdoor title and ninth overall. The Eagles were followed by second-place Nebraska Wesleyan University with 39 points, third-place UW-Whitewater and Willamette University (Ore.) with 30 points and fifth-place Lincoln University (Pa.) with 24. UW-La Crosse's margin of victory was the largest in the 31-year history of the meet.

UW-Oshkosh, which placed in the top six at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship for the fourth time in six years, also received four team points from Eric Walton (Fr. - Mequon), three from Chris Jensen (Sr. • Lake Geneva), two from Steve Nowak (So. • Casco) and one from Steve Pratt (Jr. • Waukesha).

Walton finished fifth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.91, Jensen sixth in the discus with a toss of 168-0, Nowak seventh in the decathlon with 6,488 points and Pratt eighth in the hammer throw with a heave of 174-11.

Also representing UW-Oshkosh at this year's NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship, but unable to qualify for the finals were Tom Roszak (Jr. • Greenfield) in the high jump and Jon Zwieger (Sr. • Oshkosh) in the decathlon.

Steve Nowak (So. • Casco) and Tom Roszak (Jr. • Greenfield) claimed individual titles as UW-Oshkosh finished fourth in the team standings at the 86th Annual WIAC Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship held Friday and Saturday (May 7-8) in Eau Claire.

UW-La Crosse scored 262.5 points to win its 14th straight title and 28th in the last 30 years. The Eagles finished first in seven individual and two relay events during the league's two-day meet.

UW-Whitewater finished second in the team rankings with 174.5 points, while UW-Stevens Point placed third with 130, UW-Oshkosh fourth with 98, UW-Platteville fifth with 63.5, UW-Eau Claire sixth with 55.5, UW-Stout seventh with 44, UW-River Falls eighth with 18.5 and UW-Superior ninth with 11.5.

Nowak finished first for the Titans in the decathlon by scoring 6,570 points, while Roszak won the high jump with a leap of 6-8 3/4. It was the first WIAC outdoor title for both UW-Oshkosh competitors.

UW-Oshkosh also won the 3,200-meter relay as Nate Boehlke (Fr. • Three Lakes), Kirk DeWindt (So. • Green Bay), Sean Meehan (Jr. • Franklin) and John LeRoy (Jr. • Oshkosh) posted a time of 7:46.58.

Placing second for UW-Oshkosh were Chris Jensen (Sr. • Lake Geneva) in the discus (161-4) and Eric Walton (Fr. • Mequon) in the 100-meter dash (10.81).

Third-place finishes went to the Titans' Walton in the 200-meter dash (22.07) and Jon Zweiger (Sr. • Oshkosh) in the decathlon (6,104).

Andrew Rock of UW-La Crosse was named the "Track Performer Of The Meet', while Todd Gannon of UW-Whitewater was named the "Field Performer Of The Meet". UW-La Crosse head coach Mark Guthrie was voted the WIAC Coach of the Year, while UW-Whitewater's Jeremy Wendt was chosen as the winner of the WIAC's Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete Award.

LeRoy ran to the fifth-best 3,000-meter steeplechase time in the NCAA Division III this season when he finished 14th in the event with a time of 9:08.64. His performance also surpassed the provisional qualifying standard for next month's NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship. Josh McAdams of Brigham Young University won the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 8:51.13, while Jose Campos of the Anasazi Track Club finished second in 8:54.85. A total of 43 runners competed in the event.

Woodworth recorded the fastest 1,500-meter run time in NCAA Division III history when she finished fourth in the event with a time of 4:18.55. Woodworth's performance of 4:18.55 was just 1.05 seconds off the qualifying standard for the United States Olympic Trials. Arianna Lambie of Stanford University won the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:16.89. A total of 103 runners competed in the event.

John LeRoy (Jr. • Oshkosh) and Tom Roszak (Jr. • Greenfield) claimed individual titles as UW-Oshkosh finished fourth at the 36th Annual WIAC Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship held Friday and Saturday (March 5-6) in Menomonie.

UW-La Crosse scored 210.5 points to win its third straight WIAC indoor crown and 23rd in the last 26 years, while UW-Whitewater finished second with 180. UW-Stevens Point placed third in the nine-team meet with 88 points, while UW-Oshkosh finished fourth with 84, UW-Platteville fifth with 56.5, UW-Eau Claire sixth with 33, UW-Stout seventh with 28, UW-River Falls eighth with 19 and UW-Superior ninth with 2.

LeRoy won the 800 meter run with a time of 1:53.91 to mark the fourth time in six years that an UW-Oshkosh athlete finished first in the event. Ryan Kleimenhagen of UW-Platteville was second in the middle distance race with a time of 1:54.15.

Leaping to a height of 6-8 3/4, Roszak captured the high jump title on a tiebreaker over UW-Stevens Point's Mitch Ellis. Roszak's victory marked the sixth time in eight years that an UW-Oshkosh athlete won the event. Roszak finished third in the high jump competition at last year's championship.

Finishing second for UW-Oshkosh were David Cisewski (Sr. • Stevens Point) in the 3,000 meter run with a time of 8:26.40, Eamon McKenna (Sr. • Ashippun) in the 5,000 meter run with a time of 15:09.12 and Steve Nowak (So. • Casco ) in the heptathlon with 4,714 points. Steve Pratt (Jr. • Waukesha) added a third-place finish in the 35 pound weight throw with a toss of 56-1 and McKenna a fourth-place ranking in the 3,000 meter run with a time of 8:40.88.

The Titans also received a fifth-place finish from Curtis Gerrits (Jr. • Freedom) in the long jump with a leap of 21-10 1/4 and sixth-place finishes from Zach Johnson (Fr. • Clintonville) in the heptathlon with 4,265 points and Derek O'Connell (Jr. • Hartland) in the 5,000 meter run with a time of 15:26.60.

In the relays, UW-Oshkosh placed fourth in the distance medley (10:22.85), fifth in the 1,600 meter (3:22.08) and sixth in the 800 meter (1:37.56).

Other event winners at the 2004 WIAC Indoor Track and Field Championship were UW-La Crosse's Jeremy Deterville in the 400 meter dash, Herc Hyland in the triple jump (47-2 1/2), Jim Nelson in the shot put (55-5 1/2), Matt Pagel in the 55 meter dash (6.38), Andrew Rock in the 200 meter dash (21.52), Hans Schmidt in the pole vault (17-2 3/4) and Derek Toshner in the 55 meter hurdles (7.68), UW-Platteville's Kleimenhagen in the 1,500 meter run (3:54.04) and UW-Whitewater's Eric Jacobson in the heptathlon (4,777), Riley Kehoe in the 3,000 meter run (8:25.69), Derek Stanley in the long jump (23-4 1/2), Jeremy Wendt in the 35 pound weight throw (64-8) and Devin Wilson in the 5,000 meter run (15:00.28). Relay titles went to UW-La Crosse in the 800 meter (1:27.99) and 1,600-meter (3:20.94) and UW-Whitewater in the distance medley (10:07.15).

Wendt of UW-Whitewater was named Field Performer of the Meet, while Pagel and Mark Guthrie of UW-La Crosse were voted Track Performer of the Meet and WIAC Indoor Coach of the Year, respectively. Rock was also chosen the winner of the WIAC's Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete Award.