UW-Oshkosh swept both awards as the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) announced its Women's Track and Field Athlete of the Week honorees for meets held Jan. 23-29.

Christy Cazzola (Jr. • Kaukauna) was named the Track Athlete of the Week, while Breanna Strupp (Jr. • Slinger) was chosen as the Field Athlete of the Week. Both athletes were recognized for their efforts at the UW-Oshkosh Open held Jan. 27.

Cazzola took first place among five contestants in the mile run with a time of 4:52.77. Her performance ranks as the fastest in the NCAA Division III this season. Michelle Matter of Ripon College finished second with a time of 5:2416.

Cazzola also ran on UW-Oshkosh’s first-place 1,600-meter relay team. The group of Cazzola, Lisha Hanson (Sr. • Clintonville), McKenzie Kelly (Jr. • New Richmond) and Rachel Westover (Fr. • South Milwaukee) posted a winning time of 4:06.17.

Strupp took first place among four contestants in the shot put with a distance of 47-8. Her mark, which leads the NCAA Division III this season by nearly 18 inches, established a personal best. UW-Oshkosh’s Abby Martin (So. • Chilton) placed second in the event with a toss of 44-8.

Strupp also placed second in the 20-pound weight throw with a measurement of 54-6 3/4. UW-Oshkosh’s Samantha Loew (Jr. • Burnett) won the event with a cast of 54-6 3/4.

The Titans won the UW-Oshkosh with 89.5 points. Ripon College placed second with 36 points and Lawrence University third with 24.5.

Christy Cazzola (Jr. • Kaukauna), Lisha Hanson (Sr. • Clintonville) and McKenzie Kelly (Jr. • New Richmond) each won an event and ran on a victorious 1,600-meter relay team as UW-Oshkosh overwhelmed Lawrence University and Ripon College in a women's track and field meet held Friday (Jan. 27) in Kolf Sports Center.

The Titan took first place in 13 events and won the UW-Oshkosh Open with 89.5 points. Ripon College finished second with 36 points and Lawrence University third with 24.5.

Cazzola, Hanson and Kelly teamed with Rachel Westover (Fr. • South Milwaukee) to post a time of 4:06.17 in the 1,600-meter relay. Individually, Cazzola won the mile run in 4:52.77, Hanson the 400-meter run in 1:00.31 and Kelly the 800-meter run in 2:21.50.

UW-Oshkosh swept the top three places in the 60-meter dash, shot put and 20-pound weight throw. Brittni Wirtz (Fr. • Sobieski) finished first in the 60-meter dash with a time of 8.03, while Cassanda Hemmen (Fr. • Appleton) placed second in 8.25 and Kristin Heckel (Fr. • Waukesha) third in 8.44. In the shot put, Breanna Strupp (So. • Slinger) took first with a distance of 47-8, while Abby Martin (So. • Chilton) ranked second at 44-8 and Melanie Brickner (Fr. • Marathon) third at 41-1. Samantha Loew (Jr. • Burnett) won the 20-pound weight throw with a mark of 57-9, while Strupp finished second at 54-6 3/4 and Brickner third at 49-5.

The Titans' remaining first-place efforts belonged to Samantha Blue (Fr. • Kimberly) with a time of 26.88 in the 200-meter dash, Megan Gildernick (Fr. • Wauconda, Ill.) in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.98, Danielle Carrigan (Sr. • Waukesha) in the pole vault with a height o 11-6 1/4, Brooke Buehler (Fr. • Sheboygan Falls) in the long jump with a leap of 16-9 3/4, Claire Pohlman (So. • Sun Prairie) in the triple jump with a skip of 34-7 3/4 and Sadie Sawall (Sr. • Menasha) in the pentathlon with 2,855 points.

Other second-place finishes went to UW-Oshkosh's Blue in the long jump with a leap of 15-9, Heckel in the 200-meter dash with a time of 28.03, Becklyn Hunter (Fr. • Winnebago, Ill.) in the 400-meter run with a time of 1:00.35, Kristin Stockheimer (Jr. • West Salem) in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:22.58, Carlyn Brown (Sr. • Belleville) in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 11:38.66 and Emelie Troedson (Fr. • New Berlin) in the high jump with a height of 4-11 1/2.

Rounding out the Titans' third-place performances were Westover in the 400-meter run with a time of 1:03.04, Jennifer Piskor (Sr. • Eagan, Minn.) in the mile run with a time of 5:36.00 and Kylee Verhasselt (Fr. • Freedom) in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:25.61.

UW-Oshkosh competes at the UW-Whitewater Warhawk Classic on Saturday (Feb. 4).

The UW-Oshkosh women's track and field team took first place in four events at the North Central College Cardinal Opener on Friday (Jan. 20) in Naperville, Ill.

In the team standings, North Central College won the meet with 210 points. Emory University (Ga.) took second with 124.5 points and the Titans third at 121. Carthage College totaled 83.5 points for fourth place and Benedictine University (Ill.) came in fifth at 11.

Breanna Strupp (So. • Slinger) took first in the shot put for the second straight week, tossing it 46-9. Samantha Loew (Jr. • Burnett) then continued her weight throw success with a winning distance of 57-3 1/2. UW-Oshkosh’s final field winner was Danielle Carrigan (Sr. • Waukesha), who cleared 11-5 3/4 on the pole vault.

The 5,000-meter run belonged to the Titans, with Christy Cazzola (Jr. • Kaukauna) prevailing in 17:28. Jennifer Piskor (Sr. • Eagan, Minn.) came in the second position at 18:58.28, while Morgan Engelhart (So. • Oregon) earned third at 19:12.68. Allie DeBaker (Jr. • Green Bay) took fourth at 19:14.54 and Tori Johnson (Jr. • Valders) rounded out the top-five with her 19:15.94.

Strupp added a second-place score in the weight throw with a flight of 53-0 1/4, as Abby Martin (So. • Chilton) listed third with 49-1 and Melanie Brickner (Fr. • Marathon) fourth at 48-4. The Titans’ other finishes of second came from Lisha Hanson (Sr. • Clintonville) in the pole vault, clearing 11-5 3/4, and Martin in the shot put with a toss 41-1 1/2.

Achieving a distance of 39-3 1/4, Brickner also listed fourth in the shot put. McKenzie Kelly (Jr. • New Richmond) then contributed a fourth-place time of 10:50.46 in the 3,000-meter run.

UW-Oshkosh returns home for a meet against Lawrence University and Ripon College on Friday (Jan. 27) in Kolf Sports Center.

UW-Oshkosh swept the top three places in the 60-meter dash, 200-meter dash, shot put and weight throw during the UW-Oshkosh Women’s Track & Field Open on Saturday (Jan. 14) in Kolf Sports Center. In team scoring, the Titans defeated the University of Chicago (Ill.) by an 88-48 tally.

Brittni Wirtz (Fr. • Sobieski) posted a time of 7.99 seconds to capture the 60-meter dash, and she was followed by Samantha Blue (Fr. • Kimberly) in 8.15 and Cassandra Hemmen (Fr. • Appleton) in 8.25. Lisha Hanson (Sr. • Clintonville) then won the 200-meter dash in 26.95, with Hemmen earning second at 27.17 and Wirtz placing third at 27.39.

The throwing events belonged to Breanna Strupp (So. • Slinger), who topped the shot put competitors with a toss of 46-0 1/2. Abby Martin (So. • Chilton) followed in second with her mark of 44-0, while Melanie Brickner (Fr. • Marathon) listed third at 38-0 1/4.

Samantha Loew (Jr. • Burnett) prevailed in the weight throw with a distance of 55-5 1/2. Strupp was right behind with her fling of 54-11 3/4, and Brickner came in the third position at 50-0 1/2.

Kristin Heckel (Fr. • Waukesha) boosted the Titans with a pair of victories. She clocked a time of 9.93 in the 60-meter hurdles and cleared 35-8 in the triple jump. Blue tacked on another triumph with her long jump of 16-8, and Danielle Carrigan (Sr. • Waukesha) reached 12-0 on the pole vault for first place.

The 1,600-meter relay team of Hanson, McKenzie Kelly (Jr. • New Richmond), Kylee Verhassett (Fr. • Freedom) and Rachel Westover (Fr. • South Milwaukee) counted a winning time of 4:10.71. Westover then earned the final victory by using 1:02.64 in the 400-meter dash.

Hanson supplied a second-place score with her pole vault of 11-0, while Annie Bley (Fr. • Egg Harbor) earned second in the 3,000-meter run at 11:27.15. The Titans’ second-place results also included Brooke Buehler (Fr. • Sheboygan Falls) with a long jump of 16-5, Becklyn Hunter (Fr. • Winnebago, Ill.) with a 400-meter dash time of 1:03.86, Lauren Reigel (So. • Greenville) with an 800-meter run of 2:27.62 and Amanda Shober (Fr. • Sussex) with a triple jump distance of 34-4 1/4.

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