2005 Highlights |
Track Completed At Oshkosh Sports Complex
A newly completed track at the Oshkosh
Sports Complex has brought the $5.7-million project one step closer to completion.
The complex and its track, football field, baseball and soccer facilities will
be a sports attraction for the entire Fox Valley, said Darryl Sims, UW-Oshkosh
athletics advancement officer.
“We expect the complex to be used about 190 times a year, with an estimated
annual economic impact of $25 million,” Sims said.
The Olympic-quality track is one of the finest
in the NCAA Division III. The running surface is identical to that of the 1992
Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain.
The red track features nine lanes. A two-layer construction allows for easy maintenance
and traction and provides outstanding resilience and shock absorption.
Competition on the new track will begin this spring,
with its first major event being the 2006 WIAC Championship. High school athletes
from Appleton, Fond du Lac, Kaukauna, Kimberly, Menasha, Neenah and Oshkosh will
use the track for the Fox Valley Association Championship in 2006 as well.
UW-Oshkosh has also placed a bid to host the NCAA Division III Championship in
2007 and 2008.
Through a unique partnership of UW-Oshkosh, Oshkosh Area School District and Unified
Catholic Schools of Oshkosh, the Oshkosh Sports Complex will become the home for
many of the city’s middle school, high school and collegiate athletes.
“Eventually, premier statewide events will come to the Oshkosh Sports Complex,”
Sims said. “The facility will also attract more regional and national sporting
and cultural events, an added bonus for Oshkosh and the Fox Valley.”
A formal grand opening for the Oshkosh Sports Complex
will be held Oct. 22 during UW-Oshkosh's 2005 Homecoming Weekend.
The Oshkosh Sports Complex is funded entirely
through private donations. The project is entering its third phase, which includes
updating locker rooms, team meeting rooms, coaches’ rooms and restroom facilities.
Sims said these amenities are essential if the facility is going to accommodate
the increasing number of athletes and fans it will attract.
Those interested in supporting the Oshkosh Sports Complex should contact the UW-Oshkosh
Foundation, (920) 424-2178.
Titans Finish Eighth At
NCAA Outdoor Championship
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Kevin Deering (Sr. • Mukwonago) captured
the first national decathlon title in school history as UW-Oshkosh placed eighth
at the NCAA Division III Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship held
Thursday through Saturday (May 26-28) in Waverly, Iowa.
Deering, who finished second in the decathlon at the 2003 NCAA Championship, scored
a school-record 7,104 points to easily win this year’s competition. Ben
Dillow of George Fox University (Ore.) scored 6,932 points to rank second to Deering,
who was named at the meet as the United States Track Coaches Association’s
NCAA Division III Midwest Region Athlete of the Year.
Lincoln University (Pa.) scored all 70 of its points on the final day of the meet
to claim its seventh NCAA outdoor crown. Four-time defending champion UW-La Crosse
finished second with 67.5 points, while Nebraska Wesleyan University placed third
with 56, Willamette University (Ore.) fourth with 43 and North Central College
(Ill.) fifth with 31.5.
Calvin College (Mich.) and Wartburg College (Iowa) scored 30 points each to tie
for sixth place, while UW-Oshkosh, Stockton State College (N.J.) and Williams
College (Mass.) counted 24 points each to tie for eighth. UW-Oshkosh’s standing
followed a sixth-place finish in 2004 and a third-place finish in 2003.
Brandon Houle (So. • Oshkosh) added a pair of All-America performances for
the Titans by placing third in the shot put with a toss of 58-2 1/2 and sixth
in the hammer throw with a hurl of 182-1.
Also gaining All-America accolades for UW-Oshkosh were Steve Pratt (Sr. •
Waukesha) and Tom Roszak (Sr. • Greenfield). Pratt placed fifth in the hammer
throw with a fling of 185-5, while Roszak finished eighth in the high jump with
a leap of 6-8. Pratt also listed eighth in the hammer throw at the 2004 NCAA Championship
with a cast of 174-11.
Other UW-Oshkosh competitors at the 2005 NCAA Championship were Houle in the discus,
Nick Boehlke (Jr. • Three Lakes) in the 10,000-meter run, Jacob Gabrilska
(So. • Wild Rose) in the hammer throw, Zach Johnson (So. • Clintonville)
in the pole vault and John LeRoy (Sr. • Oshkosh) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
Titans Place Third At
WIAC Outdoor Championship
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Kevin Deering (Sr. • Mukwonago) won three
events and Nick Boehlke (Jr. • Three Lakes) two as UW-Oshkosh finished third
at the WIAC Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship held Friday and Saturday
(May 6-7) in La Crosse.
UW-La Crosse scored 278 points to win its 15th straight WIAC outdoor title and
34th overall. UW-Whitewater finished second to the Eagles with 175 points, while
UW-Oshkosh placed third with 162.5, UW-Stevens Point fourth with 96, UW-Platteville
fifth with 58.5, UW-Stout sixth with 36, UW-Eau Claire seventh with 25, UW-River
Falls eighth with 18 and UW-Superior ninth with nine. UW-Oshkosh ranked fourth
with 98 points a year ago.
UW-La Crosse recorded victories in nine of the 22 events, while UW-Oshkosh tallied
six and UW-Whitewater five. UW-Oshkosh also counted five second-place finishes,
three third-place performances and four fourth-place efforts.
Deering was voted Field Performer of the Meet after claiming titles in the decathlon,
high jump and javelin. Deering won the decathlon with 6,999 points, the high jump
with a leap of 6-8 3/4 and the javelin with a toss of 184-5. His score in the
decathlon established WIAC and UW-Oshkosh records. Deering, who was named Field
Performer of the Meet in 2003, also finished fourth in the long jump at this year’s
championship with a leap of 23-4.
Boehlke captured his event titles in the 5,000 and 10,000-meter runs. He won the
5,000-meter run with a time of 14:45.27 and the 10,000-meter run with a performance
of 31:41.41.
UW-Oshkosh’s remaining first-place finish went to Brandon Houle (So. •
Oshkosh) in the hammer throw. Houle won the hammer throw with a heave of 188-10
while placing second in the discus and shot put events with tosses of 159-3 and
55-4 1/4, respectively.
In addition to Houle’s efforts in the discus and shot put, the Titans also
received second-place performances from Zach Johnson (So. • Clintonville)
in the decathlon with 6,160 points and Steve Pratt (Sr. • Waukesha) in the
hammer throw with a heave of 182-11.
UW-Oshkosh also had its 3,200-meter relay team of Nate Boehlke (So. • Three
Lakes), Sean Meehan (Sr. • New Berlin), Kyle Peterson (Fr. • Neenah)
and Alan Smith (Fr. • Rhinelander) finish second with a time of 7:48.97.
Furnishing third-place finishes for the Titans were Johnson in the pole vault
with a spring of 15-5, Mike Herrenbruck (Fr. • Grafton) in the javelin with
a fling of 175-10 and Tom Roszak (Sr. • Greenfield) in the high jump with
a leap of 6-6 3/4.
In addition to Deering’s vault in the long jump, UW-Oshkosh also received
fourth-place efforts from Jacob Gabrilska (So. • Wild Rose) in the hammer
throw with a toss of 172-1 and Patrick O’Brien (Fr. • Appleton) in
the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a run of 9:31.46. Earning fifth-place finishes
for the Titans were Jazzmon Hughes (Jr. • Milwaukee) in the triple jump
with a mark of 45-9 3/4 and Brian Kelley (Fr. • Winnebago, Ill.) in the
10,000-meter run with a time of 32:45.10.
Placing sixth for UW-Oshkosh were Josh Meyer (Sr. • Woodruff) in the 200-meter
dash with a time of 22.31 and Jordan Wypiszynski (So. • Ashwaubenon) in
the high jump with a leap of 6-2 3/4.
UW-Oshkosh also had its 400-meter relay team finish fourth with a time of 42.25
and its 1,600-meter relay team place fifth with a time of 3:18.76.
Nate Olson of UW-La Crosse was named Track Performer of the Meet, while Deering
and Matt Legel of UW-Stevens
Point shared the WIAC’s Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete Award. Mark Guthrie
of UW-La Crosse was selected as the
league’s Coach of the Year.
Titans To Compete At WIAC Outdoor Championship
UW-La Crosse is heavily favored to capture its
15th consecutive team title at this weekend’s WIAC Men’s Outdoor Track
and Field Championship in La Crosse. Competition will be held Friday (May 6) from
noon to 7:30 p.m. and Saturday (May 7) from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at UW-La Crosse’s
Veterans Memorial Stadium.
UW-Oshkosh, which is expected to battle UW-Stevens Point and UW Whitewater for
second place in the team standings, returns Tom Roszak (Sr. • Greenfield)
as the defending high jump champion. The Titans also return Kevin Deering (Sr.
• Mukwonago), who was named the outstanding field performer of the 2003
championship after winning the decathlon and high jump competitions.
Other UW-Oshkosh athletes expected to compete for event titles are Brandon Houle
(So. • Oshkosh) in the hammer throw and shot put, Nick Boehlke (Jr. •
Three Lakes) in the 10,000-meter run, Jazzmon Hughes (Jr. • Milwaukee) in
the triple jump and Zach Johnson (So. • Clintonville) in the pole vault.
UW-La Crosse tallied 262.5 points to win last year's WIAC outdoor title, while
UW-Whitewater finished second with 174.5 points, UW-Stevens Point third with 130
and UW-Oshkosh fourth with 98.
UW-Oshkosh claimed WIAC outdoor titles in 1927, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971 and 1990.
Titans Finish Sixth At
NCAA Indoor Championship
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Brandon Houle (So. • Oshkosh) placed second in a pair of throwing events as UW-Oshkosh finished sixth at the NCAA Division III Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship held this past weekend (March 11-12) in Bloomington, Ill.
UW-Oshkosh counted 25 points, including 16 by Houle, to finish sixth among the 52 teams that scored. The Titans have finished in the top six at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship five times in the past seven years, including second-place rankings in 1999, 2001 and 2003. UW-Oshkosh finished 12th at the meet a year ago.
UW-La Crosse scored 53 points to capture its fifth straight NCAA Division III indoor title. Lincoln University (Pa.) finished second with 38 points, while UW-Platteville listed third with 33, Nebraska Wesleyan University fourth with 32 and North Central College (Ill.) fifth with 27.
Houle, a first-year transfer from NCAA Division I University of Wisconsin, finished second in the 35-pound weight throw and shot put competitions with flings of 62-3 3/4 and 58-6 1/2, respectively. Houle's toss in the 35-pound weight throw established a UW-Oshkosh indoor record. Uzoma Orji of Massachusetts Institute of Technology won the 35-pound weight throw with a meet-record hurl of 64-9 1/4. The shot put title went to Cody Brotherton of McMurry University (Texas) with a heave of 59-2 3/4.
Contributing four points to UW-Oshkosh's team score was Steve Pratt (Sr. • Waukesha). Pratt finished fifth in the 35-pound weight throw with a toss of 58-8.
UW-Oshkosh's scoring concluded with the five points compiled by its distance medley relay team. The Titans finished fourth in the event as Nick Boehlke (Jr. • Three Lakes), Willy Kaul (Fr. • Menomonee Falls), John LeRoy (Sr. • Oshkosh) and Kevin Lofy (So. • Lake Geneva) ran to a time of 10:08.57. Nebraska Wesleyan University won the distance medley relay with a time of 10:06.42, while North Central College finished second in 10:07.98.
UW-Oshkosh also had representation at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship from LeRoy in the 5,000-meter run, Jacob Gabrilska (So. • Wild Rose) in the 35-pound weight throw and Zach Johnson (So. • Clintonville) in the pole vault. Gabrilska finished ninth in the 35-pound weight throw with a toss of 57-5 1/2, while Johnson placed 10th in the pole vault with a leap of 15-9 3/4 and LeRoy 12th in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:44.39.
The top eight finishers in each event scored team points and were awarded All-America accolades.
Eight Titans To Compete At
NCAA Indoor Championship
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Brandon Houle (So. • Oshkosh) and John LeRoy
(Sr. • Oshkosh) will participate in two events each as UW-Oshkosh sends eight
athletes to this weekend's NCAA Division III Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship
in Bloomington, Ill. The two-day meet begins Friday (March 11) morning and concludes
Saturday (March 12) afternoon at Illinois Wesleyan University's Shirk Center.
Houle is entered at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship in the shot put
and 35-pound weight throw competitions. He is seeded third in the shot put with
a school-record toss of 56-10 1/4 and fifth in the 35-pound weight throw with
a hurl of 60-5 1/4.
Cody Brotherton of McMurry University (Texas) is seeded first in the shot put
with a mark of 57-9 1/2, while Kevin Becker of UW-La Crosse is the top seed in
the 35-pound weight throw with a distance of 67-7.
LeRoy represents UW-Oshkosh at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship in the
5,000-meter run and the distance medley relay. LeRoy is seeded third in the 5,000-meter
run with a time of 14:34.40. Josh Moen of Wartburg College (Iowa) is the top seed
in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:24.61.
LeRoy and UW-Oshkosh teammates Nick Boehlke (Jr. • Three Lakes), Willy Kaul
(Fr. • Menomonee Falls) and Kevin Lofy (So. • Lake Geneva) are seeded
10th in the distance medley relay with a time of 10:03.14. New York University
is seeded first in the event with a time of 9:59.25.
UW-Oshkosh's Jacob Gabrilska (So. • Wild Rose) and Steve Pratt (Sr. •
Waukesha) join Houle as a participant in the 35-pound weight throw competition.
Pratt is seeded ninth in the event with a fling of 59-0 3/4 and Gabrilska 11th
with a toss of 58-8 3/4.
Also performing at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship is UW-Oshkosh's Zach
Johnson (So. • Clintonville). Johnson is the 10th seed in the pole vault
with a leap of 15-10. Chris Swanson of Otterbein College (Ohio) is seeded first
in the event with a vault of 17-6 1/2.
Competition in the 35-pound weight throw, 5,000-meter run and distance medley
relay will be held on Friday. The pole vault and shot put events are scheduled
for Saturday. The top eight finishers in each event will be awarded NCAA Division
III All-America recognition.
UW-La Crosse is the defending NCAA Division III indoor champion. The Eagles are
expected to compete with Lincoln University (Pa.), Nebraska Wesleyan University,
North Central College (Ill.), UW-Oshkosh and UW-Platteville for this year's championship.
UW-Oshkosh finished 12th at last year's meet.
Titans Place Third At
WIAC Indoor Championship
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Nick Boehlke (Jr. • Three Lakes), Brandon Houle (So. • Oshkosh) and Zach Johnson (So. • Clintonville) captured event titles as UW-Oshkosh finished third at the WIAC Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship held Friday and Saturday (March 4-5) in Platteville.
UW-La Crosse scored 200.5 points to take the team championship for the fourth consecutive year and the 30th time overall. UW-Whitewater finished second in the nine-team meet with 131 points, while UW-Oshkosh placed third with 98, UW-Platteville fourth with 78, UW-Stevens Point fifth with 75.5, UW-Eau Claire sixth with 59, UW-Stout seventh with 32, UW-River Falls eighth with 24 and UW-Superior ninth with four.
UW-Oshkosh's event winners were Boehlke in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:44.72, Houle in the shot put with a toss of 56-10 1/4 and Johnson in the heptathlon with 4,775 points. Houle's effort in the shot put surpassed the automatic qualifying standard for next week's (March 11-12) NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championship in Bloomington, Ill.
The Titans had a pair of second-place performances as Jazzmon Hughes (Jr. • Milwaukee) skipped to a distance of 45-7 in the triple jump and Brandon Lesky (Jr. • Cudahy) posted a time of 8:46.71 in the 3,000-meter run.
UW-Oshkosh's lone third-place finish came in the distance medley relay, where Boehlke, Kevin Lofy (So. • Lake Geneva), Sean Meehan (Sr. New Berlin) and Alan Smith (Fr. • Rhinelander) ran to a time of 10:24.31.
UW-Oshkosh recorded five fourth-place finishes, including efforts of 6.52 in the 55-meter dash and 22.07 in the 200-meter dash by A.J. Hollanquest (Fr. • Wausau). Other fourth-place finishes went to Houle in the 35-pound weight throw with a toss of 58-5 1/4, Johnson in the pole vault with a leap of 15-5 and John LeRoy (Sr. • Oshkosh) in the one mile run with a time of 4:14.87.
The Titans also had Steve Pratt (Sr. • Waukesha) place fifth in the 35-pound weight throw with a toss of 58-0 1/2, Willy Kaul (Fr. • Menomonee Falls) finish sixth in the one mile run with a time of 4:17.98 and Bill Klitz (Fr. • Markesan) rank sixth in the high jump with a leap of 6-2 3/4.
UW-Platteville's Ryan Kleimenhagen was named Track Athlete of the Meet, while UW-La Crosse's Kevin Becker was selected as the Field Athlete of the Meet. UW-La Crosse's Mark Guthrie was chosen as the WIAC's Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year. Kleimenhagen and UW-Eau Claire's John Schuna were the recipients of the WIAC's Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete Award.
Titans Finish Third
At UW-Stevens Point Invitational
 The UW-Oshkosh men's indoor
track and field team won four events as it finished third at the UW-Stevens Point
Invitational held Saturday (Feb. 26) in Stevens Point.
UW-La Crosse won the 11-team
meet with 176.5 points, while UW-Stevens Point finished second with 125.5, UW-Oshkosh
third with 108 and UW-Eau Claire fourth with 72. |