UW-Oshkosh to Host
USA Masters Track & Field Championships
 Spectators can witness a wide range of athletes and events when the 2009 USA Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships come to Oshkosh on Thursday through Sunday (July 9-12) in J.J. Keller Field at Titan Stadium.
UW-Oshkosh will serve as the host of the meet, which includes athletes from ages 30-95. Track events vary from 100 meters to 10,000 meters, while field events involve a complete slate of jumps and throws.
All events will take place at the Oshkosh Sports Complex (450 Josslyn Street, Oshkosh, WI, 54902), which recently was the home of the NCAA Division III Outdoor Men’s and Women’s Track & Field Championships in 2007 and 2008.
Nearly 1,000 athletes are expected compete in this year’s event, which is celebrating its 41st anniversary. Competitors will provide an extraordinary demonstration of speed, power, skill and endurance, showing that age is no barrier to lifetime fitness and competition. The public and media are invited to enjoy this year’s festivities.
Championships begin with the men’s 5,000-meter race for ages 65-99 on Thursday at 7:30 a.m. The first field event will be the hammer throw, for women ages 50-59 and 60-84, which kicks off at 9 a.m. Action begins at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The Oshkosh Sports Complex is home to J.J. Keller Field, a football/soccer field featuring synthetic turf. The field is one of the Midwest’s finest, along with Camp Randall Field and Lambeau Field. A second round of enhancements features a new plaza entrance, updated and expanded locker rooms for approximately 300 student-athletes, coaching offices and classrooms, and improved restroom facilities.
The Oshkosh Sports Complex is a unique collaboration between the Oshkosh Area School District, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, the Unified Catholic Schools and the UW-Oshkosh Foundation. Based on economic impact models and other projections, it is anticipated that the complex will generate at least $25 million annually for the local economy.
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Mitchell Earns CoSIDA Academic All-America Honor
 A pair of national track and field titles, an All-America performance in cross country and outstanding success in the classroom helped UW-Oshkosh’s Ayla Mitchell (Jr. • New Richmond) receive third-team status on the 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Women’s College Division Track and Field and Cross Country Team.
The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) selected 45 student-athletes to its College Division squad, with 15 placed on each of the three teams. The College Division team features NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA student-athletes.
This past season, Mitchell ran her way to NCAA Division III track and field titles in both the indoor one-mile run and the outdoor 5,000-meter run. She also placed second in the nation in the outdoor 1,500-meter run.
Mitchell picked up another All-America prize with her third-place NCAA Division III finish in cross country. The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named her the 2008 NCAA Division III Midwest Region Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Year.
In WIAC competition, Mitchell captured four track and field titles while finishing second in cross country. She was the league’s indoor track and field champion in the one-mile run and 3,000-meter run indoor and conference’s outdoor track and field champion in the 1,500-meter run and 5,000-meter run.
Mitchell is the owner of two UW-Oshkosh track and field records, the indoor one-mile run with a time of 4:44.0 and the outdoor 5,000-meter run with a performance of 17:02.36.
Mitchell touts a 3.91 cumulative grade point average as an elementary education major. Last month, the four-time University Dean’s List member was named the female winner of the UW-Oshkosh John Taylor Scholar-Athlete Award.
Other Wisconsin student-athletes selected to the Women’s College Division Academic All-America® Track and Field and Cross Country Team were Liz Kooistra of UW-Eau Claire and Caitlin Schetter of UW-La Crosse. Kooistra was named to the first team and Schetter to the second.
Since CoSIDA's Academic All-America® program began in 1952, 40 UW-Oshkosh student-athletes have combined to receive 51 awards.
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Titans Finish Fourth In NCAA Power Rankings
 UW-Oshkosh tallied 200.62 points to finish fourth in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s 2009 NCAA Division III women’s outdoor track and field power rankings.
UW-Eau Claire finished first in the outdoor power rankings with 201.43 points, while UW-La Crosse placed second with 201.29, Wartburg College (Iowa) third with 201.21 and Washington University (Mo.) fifth with 197.81.
UW-Oshkosh, which listed fourth in this year’s indoor power rankings, is a six-time champion of the outdoor power rankings. The Titans captured titles in 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. UW-Oshkosh placed fifth in 2001, sixth in 2003, seventh in 2000 and ninth in 2002.
The power rankings simulate dual meet competition between the nation's top collegiate track and field squads. A team's score is the sum of all points earned by that team in each event. Teams are allowed to select up to two athletes per event, and an athlete can only be used in a maximum of three events (not including relays). Only one relay team per event can be selected. Points are based on the team’s best marks in each event.
UW-Oshkosh finished second at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship held May 21-23 in Marietta, Ohio. The Titans also placed third at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championship held March 13-14 in Terre Haute, Ind.
UW-Oshkosh won the men’s category of the outdoor power rankings.
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UW-Oshkosh Places Fourth In Program Of The Year Competition
A pair of top three national track and field finishes helped UW-Oshkosh place fourth in the chase for the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's NCAA Division III Deb Vercauteren Women’s Program of the Year Award.
UW-Oshkosh finished fourth in the national competition with 23 points. The Titans placed second at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship held May 21-23, third at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championship held March 13-14 and 18th at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championship held Nov. 22.
Wartburg College (Iowa) scored six points to become the first winner of the Deb Vercauteren Women's Program of the Year Award. UW-La Crosse placed second with 13 points, UW-Eau Claire third with 16 and Calvin College (Mich.) fifth with 26.
The Deb Vercauteren Program of the Year Award is named after UW-Oshkosh's legendary coach. The award honors the institution that achieved the most success while competing at NCAA Division III national meets in the sports of cross country, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field.
In order to be eligible for the award, teams must qualify for each of the three NCAA Division III national meets. Scoring is based on each team’s finish, with one point going to first place. The lowest combined score for all three championships determine the award winner.
UW-Oshkosh was the winner of the Al Carius Men's Program of the Year Award.
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Titans Finish Second At NCAA Outdoor Championship
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Ellie Sitek (Jr. • Marinette) won two events and Ayla Mitchell (Sr. • New Richmond) one to lead UW-Oshkosh to a second-place finish at the NCAA Division III Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship held Thursday through Saturday (May 21-23) in Marietta, Ohio.
Wartburg College (Iowa) scored 52 points, including 10 in the meet's final event to overtake UW-Oshkosh and UW-La Crosse and capture the team title. The Knights tallied their winning points on a first-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay, an event that neither UW-Oshkosh or UW-La Crosse competed in. The result of the relay left UW-Oshkosh in second place with 50 points and UW-La Crosse in third with 48.
Rounding out the list of top 10 teams were fourth-place UW-Eau Claire with 34.5 points, fifth-place Washington University (Mo.) with 28, sixth-place Gustavus Adolphus College (Minn.) with 27, seventh-place Illinois Wesleyan University with 24, eighth-place Hardin-Simmons University (Texas) with 22, ninth-place Frostburg State University (Md.) with 21.5 and 10th-place St. Norbert College, The College of New Jersey and Massachusetts Institute of Technology with 20. A total of 79 teams scored points at this year's championship.
Sitek recorded both of her victories in the field events, winning the discus with a toss of 157-3 and the hammer throw with a cast of 175-10. Brittany Frederick of UW-Eau Claire finished second in the discus with a distance of 153-4, while Sue Trzebiatowski (Jr. • Rosholt) of UW-Oshkosh placed second in the hammer throw with a mark of 173-5. Sitek was seeded second in the discus and sixth in the hammer throw.
Sitek achieved another All-America mention with her fifth-place throw of 43-11 1/4 in the shot put. Monique Riddick of Montclair State University (N.J.) won the event with a distance of 51-9.
Last year, Sitek earned a pair of All-America awards after placing sixth in the discus and seventh in the hammer throw.
UW-Oshkosh's third event title went to Mitchell in the 5,000-meter run. The fourth-seeded Mitchell won the race with a time of 17:14.52, while Megan O'Grady of Carroll University finished second in 17:19.83.
Mitchell also ran to All-America status in the 1,500-meter run for the second straight year. Mitchell, who finished fourth in the event a year ago, placed second at this year's championship with a time of 4:28.20. Marie Borner of Bethel University (Minn.) won this year's race with a time of 4:27.41.
UW-Oshkosh's Holly Ozanich (So. • Green Bay) finished ninth in the hammer throw with a toss of 162-5 to just miss earning All-America accolades. She also represented the Titans in the shot put.
Other UW-Oshkosh performers at the meet were Danielle Carrigan (Fr. • Waukesha) and Lisha Hanson (Fr. • Clintonville) in the pole vault, Andrea Fabiano (So. • Roscoe, Ill.) in the 400-meter hurdles, Jennifer Stein (Sr. • Sussex) in the heptathlon and Melissa Thies (Jr. • Slinger) in the hammer throw.
UW-Oshkosh has placed in the top three at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship 16 times. The Titans won national titles in 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2006 and 2007. UW-Oshkosh finished second at the meet in 1989, 1992, 1994, 2005 and 2009 and third in 1988, 1993 and 1998. |
Titans To Perform At NCAA Outdoor Championship
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UW-Oshkosh attempts to capture its fourth national title in the last six years and ninth overall when it competes at this weekend's NCAA Division III Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship. Marietta College (Ohio) hosts the event Thursday (May 21) through Saturday (May 23) at Dom Drumm Stadium.
Teams from around the country will travel to Marietta for a chance to take home the team title and 19 individual championships, two relay championships, as well as eight All-America awards in each of the 21 events.
UW-Oshkosh sends nine athletes to this weekend's meet, including four contestants in the hammer throw for the second consecutive year.
Individually Ellie Sitek (Jr. • Marinette) is competing in three events and Ayla Mitchell (Sr. • New Richmond) and Holly Ozanich (So. • Green Bay) in two events to highlight the Titans entrants.
Sitek enters the championship seeded second in the discus with a fling of 160-4, sixth in the hammer throw with a launch of 174-2 and eighth in the shot put with a cast of 45-3 ½.
Last season Sitek picked up two All-American awards when she placed sixth in the discus with a toss of 152-7 and seventh in the hammer throw with a mark of 169-11. Sitek also qualified in the hammer throw in 2007, but failed to advance to the finals.
Mitchell earned the top seed in the 1,500-meter run for the second straight year with a time of 4:20.78. Last season she picked up her first outdoor track and field All-America prize by placing fourth in the 1,500-meter run in a time of 4:29.10 Mitchell is also the fourth seed in the 5,000-meter run in a time of 17:02.36.
Ozanich makes her first appearance in the championship as the seventh-seed in the hammer throw with a fling of 173-10 and as the 12th-seed in the shot put with a toss of 44-2.
Joining Ozanich as first-time entries into the championship are Danielle Carrigan (Fr. • Waukesha) in the pole vault, Andrea Fabiano (So • Roscoe, Ill.) in the 400-meter hurdles, Lisha Hanson (Fr. • Clintonville) in the pole vault, Jenny Stein (Sr. • Sussex) in the heptathlon and Melissa Thies (Jr. • Slinger) in the hammer throw.
Carrigan is seeded eighth with a mark of 12-6, Fabiano 16th in a time of 1:03.17, Hanson 17th with a height of 12-0, Stein 16th with 4,375 points and Theis 17th with a fling of 163-10.
The remaining participant in the championship is Susie Trzebiatowski (Jr. • Rosholt) in the hammer throw. Seeded fourth this year with a cast of 177-7, Trzebiatowski also qualified in the hammer throw last season but failed to qualify for the finals.
In last year’s extravaganza, the Titans claimed four All-America performances on their way to a seventh-place finish with 24 points.
In 2007, UW-Oshkosh captured its record eighth NCAA Division III outdoor title by amassing 57 points.
Besides that crown, UW-Oshkosh also won NCAA Division III titles in 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004 and 2006. The Titans also finished second at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship in 1989, 1992, 1994 and 2005 and third in 1988, 1993 and 1998. |
Titans Finish Second At WIAC Championship
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UW-Oshkosh took home the top spot in all four throwing events and won seven total to secure second place at the WIAC Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship held Friday and Saturday (May 1-2) at J.J. Keller Field at Titan Stadium.
UW-Oshkosh’s Ellie Sitek (Jr. • Marinette) won the discus with a cast of 148-5, Holly Ozanich (So. • Green Bay) the shot put with a launch of 44-0 ¾, Sue Trzebiatowski (Jr. • Rosholt) the hammer throw with a fling of 175-11 and Katie Kohn (Sr. • Mayville) the javelin with a toss of 128-1 to account for all four victories in the field events. Of the 32 places that scored points in those four events, UW-Oshkosh captured 17 of those places.
Sitek was named the Field Performer of the Meet as she also took second in both the hammer throw with a fling 172-9 and the shot put with a toss of 43-0 1/2.
UW-Oshkosh's Ayla Mitchell (Sr. • New Richmond) held of a late charge by UW-Platteville's Jessica Scott to win the 1,500-meter run in a time of 4:40.03. Mitchell picked up her second individual title by winning the 5,000-meter run in a time of 18:09.46.
Rounding out the Titans first-place performances were Heather Bassett (So. • Minocqua), Jordan Clark-Mand (Jr. • Waupun), Brittany Haas (So. • St. Charles, Ill.) and Mitchell in the 3,200-meter relay in a new facility record time of 9:23.53. With the win in the 3,200-meter relay, Mitchell became the only women’s athlete to win three events at the championship.
UW-La Crosse won just five of 22 events, but still managed to total a first-place score of 211 points. UW-Oshkosh finished second with 181 points, UW-Eau Claire third with 146, UW-Stevens Point fourth with 94, UW-River Falls fifth with 78, UW-Platteville sixth with 58, UW-Whitewater seventh with 50, UW-Stout eighth with 33 and UW-Superior ninth with six.
UW-Oshkosh enjoyed second-place performances by Andrea Fabiano (So. • Roscoe, Ill.) in the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 14.93 and the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 1:03.96.
Capturing third-place for the Titans included Jenny Stein (Sr. • Sussex) in the heptathlon with 3,995 points, Katie Wondra (Sr. • Campbellsport) in the 10,000-meter run in a time of 39:00.61 and Ozanich in the hammer throw with a fling of 166-4.
UW-Oshkosh’s lone fourth-place result went to Melissa Thies (Jr. • Slinger) in the hammer throw with a toss of 158-4.
Taking fifth-place for the Titans were Amy Mlezvia (Jr. • New Franken) in the 400-meter dash in a time of 59.18 and Lisha Hanson (Fr. • Clintonville) in the pole vault with a mark of 11-2 ½.
Sixth-place results for UW-Oshkosh went to Camille Davis (So. • Green Bay in the 100-meter dash in a time of 12.45 and the long jump with a mark of 16-10 ¾, Katie Wondra (Sr. • Campbellsport) in the 5,000-meter run in a time of 18:32.11, Danielle Carrigan (Fr. • Waukesha) in the pole vault with a height of 10-8 ¾, Oberstadt in the hammer throw with a launch of 153-9 and Trzebiatowski in both the shot put and discus with marks of 41-10 and 132-3, respectively.
The Titans saw seventh-place results from Cassie Peterson (So. • Marinette) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 11:32.38 and Julie Falk (Sr. • Mukwonago) in the hammer throw with a cast of 153-8, Oberstadt in the javelin with a toss of 105-10 and Thies in the discus with a launch of 129-7.
Rounding out the scoring for UW-Oshkosh were eighth-place results from Clark-Mand in the 800-meter dash in a time of 2:20.34, Allison Gehl (So. • Sherwood) in the 1,500-meter dash in a time of 4:52.91, Jenny Piskor (So. • Eagan, Minn.) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 11:35.87, Stein in the javelin with a fling of 105-5 and Ozanich in the discus with a hurl of 125-9. |
UW-Oshkosh To Host WIAC Championships
 For the second time in four years and fourth overall, UW-Oshkosh will host the WIAC Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
The 91st edition of the men’s championship and 38th version of the women’s championship take place Friday and Saturday (May 1-2) at J.J. Keller Field at Titan Stadium. Competition begins at noon on Friday and continues through the last event at 7 p.m. Activity starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday and concludes with the final event at 4:35 p.m.
The UW-La Crosse men strive for their 19th consecutive title after winning last year's championship with 191.5 points. Following the Eagles in last year's standings were second-place UW-Stevens Point with 173.5 points, third-place UW-Oshkosh with 134.5, fourth-place UW-Whitewater with 129, fifth-place UW-Platteville with 87, sixth-place UW-Eau Claire with 67.5, seventh-place UW-River Falls with 53, eighth-place UW-Stout with 42 and ninth-place UW-Superior with 16.
The men's meet features the return of 11 individual event champions, including two-time winners Jessie Dengsavang and Alex Rooker of UW-La Crosse. Dengsavang is the two-time defending champion in the triple jump, while Rooker won both the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash titles at last year's championship.
Other defending champions back are Daniel Drewek of UW-Stout in the pole vault, Greg Haak of UW-Stevens Point in the 800-meter run, Keith Ingram of UW-Stevens Point in the long jump, Clark Lundquist of UW-La Crosse in the high jump, Andrew McGuire of UW-Oshkosh in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and Ben Zill of UW-Oshkosh in the 400-meter hurdles.
Champions from 2007 returning are UW-La Crosse's Paul Moran in the 10,000-meter run, Brad Peterson in the 400-meter hurdles and Bobby Riley in the shot put.
On the women's side, UW-La Crosse goes after its third straight title after winning last year's meet with 192 points. Trailing the Eagles in last year's standings were second-place UW-Eau Claire with 158.5 points, third-place UW-Oshkosh with 140.5, fourth-place UW-River Falls with 118, fifth-place UW-Stevens Point with 117, sixth-place UW-Stout with 51, seventh-place UW-Platteville with 50, eighth-place UW-Whitewater with 46 and ninth-place UW-Superior with 24.
The women's meet returns 13 individual event champions, including Elizabeth Caine of UW-Stevens Point and Ashlea Peter of UW-Stout who are seeking their third consecutive titles in the 100-meter dash and triple jump, respectively.
Additional defending champions returning are Brooke Bell of UW-Whitewater in the 200-meter dash, Hannah Humbach of UW-Eau Claire in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, Becca Jordahl of UW-River Falls in both the 5,000-meter run and 10,000-meter run, Liz Kooistra of UW-Eau Claire in the 400-meter dash, Sam Mayer of UW-Stout in the high jump, Becky Ponick of UW-River Falls in the javelin, Caitlin Schetter of UW-La Crosse in the long jump and Pam Sellberg of UW-Stout in the pole vault.
Champions from 2007 back are Katie Fondow of UW-La Crosse in the long jump, Jessica Reed of UW-River Falls in the 100-meter hurdles and Dana Thompson of UW-Whitewater in the discus.
Complete coverage of the WIAC Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships can be found at http://www.titans.uwosh.edu/2009WIACTFChampionships/index.html. |
Ozanich Named WIAC Field Athlete Of The Week
 UW-Oshkosh's Holly Ozanich (So. • Green Bay) has been selected as one of two WIAC Women's Track and Field Athlete of the Week award winners for meets held April 20-26.
Ozanich was honored for her performance in the field events, while UW-Platteville's 1,600-meter relay team of Liz Baker, Alison Glendenning, Jessica Scott and Ann Tank was recognized for its performance on the track.
Ozanich threw to a pair of first-place performances at the Loras College Open held April 25 in Dubuque, Iowa.
Ozanich won the shot put with a toss of 43-9, while Mandy Streu of St. Ambrose University (Iowa) finished second with a mark of 42-9 3/4 and Ellie Sitek (Jr. • Marinette) of UW-Oshkosh third at 41-10 3/4. The event featured 38 competitors.
In the hammer throw, Ozanich took first place among the event’s 38 participants with a cast of 164-9. Sue Trzebiatowski (So., • Rosholt) of UW-Oshkosh finished second with a mark of 161-6 and Brittany Frederick of UW-Eau Claire third at 159-10.
Ozanich surpassed the provisional qualifying standard for next month’s NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship in Marietta, Ohio, in both events.
Ozanich also placed 10th in the discus with a distance of 124-8. Amy Morse won the event of 35 participants with a throw of 148-3. |
Titans Take First Place At Wheaton College Invitational
   The UW-Oshkosh women’s track and field team took the top-five places in the hammer throw and set a new school record in the pole vault to help launch them to the title of the Wheaton College (Ill.) Twilight Invitational on Saturday (April 18) in Wheaton, Ill.
UW-Oshkosh accumulated 155 points to edge second-place Illinois Wesleyan University, last year’s co-national champion by two points. Calvin College (Mich.) followed third with 134 points, Washington University (Mo.) fourth with 107 and North Central College (Ill.) fifth with 101.
Sue Trzebiatowski (Jr. • Rosholt) won the hammer throw with a toss of 171-5 to pace the Titans in the event. Ellie Sitek (Jr. • Marinette) took second-place with a toss of 171-5.
The top-five places followed with a third-place result for the Titans’ Holly Ozanich (So. • Green Bay) with a fling of 164-0, a fourth-place showing by Melissa Thies (Jr. • Slinger) with a launch of 156-1 and a fifth-place performance by Julie Falk (Sr. • Mukwonago) with a throw of 153-10. Kayla Oberstadt (Fr. • New London) rounded out the scoring in the hammer throw for UW-Oshkosh with a seventh-place heave of 146-2.
Danielle Carrigan (Fr. • Waukesha) set a new school record in the pole vault with a second-place showing of 12-6, a mark that is ¼ of an inch away from automatically qualifying her for the NCAA Division III outdoor championship. The previous mark of 12-2 ¾ was held by Kelly Rehn, which was set in 2006.
Besides Trzebiatowski, taking first-place for UW-Oshkosh was Shannon Madigan (Jr. • Green Bay) in the 10,000-meter run in a time of 41:24.85.
Capturing second-place for the Titans included Ozanich in the shot put with a heave of 43-5 ½, Sitek in the discus with a toss of 129-0 and the 400-meter relay team in a time of 49.49. Competing in the 400-meter relay for the Titans were Camille Davis (So. • Green Bay), Andrea Fabiano (So. • Roscoe, Ill.), Lisha Hanson (Fr. • Clintonville) and Amy Mleziva (Jr. • New Franken).
Third-place showings for UW-Oshkosh were Fabiano in the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 1:05.72, Sitek in the shot put with a fling of 43-1 ½, Trzebiatowski in the discus with a launch of 127-9 and Katie Kohn (Sr. • Mayville) in the javelin with a mark of 122-7.
Davis highlighted the Titans fourth-place results with a time of 12.74 in the 100-meter dash and with a time of 25.51 in the 200-meter dash. Fourth-place showings continued for UW-Oshkosh by Cassie Petersen (So. • Marinette) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 11:49.05, Trzebiatowski in the shot put with a fling of 41-10 ¾ and Theis in the discus with a skip of 125-11.
Fifth-place performances for the Titans included Mlezvia in the 400-meter dash in a time of 59.40, Fabiano in the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 15.28 and Samantha Helgeson (So. • Bristol) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 11:52.93.
UW-Oshkosh received sixth-place marks from Brittany Haas (So. • St. Charles, Ill.) in the 1,500-meter run in a time of 4:52.62, Jenny Piskor (So. • Eagan, Minn.) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 11:57.06 and Hanson in the pole vault with a height of
11-0.
Seventh-place showings for the Titans included Hanson in the 100-meter dash in a time of 13.42 and Oberstadt in the javelin with a toss of 105-1 and eighth-place results followed for Chelsea Benitz (So. • Osceola) in the 100-meter dash in a time of 13.50, Heather Bassett (So. • Minocqua) in the 1,500-meter run in a time of 4:53.94 and Ashleigh Edgerson (Fr. • Pewaukee) in the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 16.20. |
Stein Wins Heptathlon At Augustana College Invitational
 Jennifer Stein (Sr. • Sussex) provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III outdoor national championship by accumulating 4,475 points in the heptathlon at the Augustana College (Ill.) Invitational on Saturday (April 18) in Rock Island, Ill.
Stein took first-place among the five competitors in the event, including capturing the 100-meter dash in a time of 15.40 and the shot put with a heave of 39-1 ¾. Stein was the lone UW-Oshkosh competitor at the meet. |
Mitchell Runs At Mt. Sac Relays
UW-Oshkosh's Ayla Mitchell (Sr. • New Richmond) finished sixth in the 1,500-meter run on Friday (April 17) at the prestigious Mt. Sac Relays in Walnut, Calif.
Mitchell ran to a time of 4:24.19, with her effort eclipsing the automatic qualifying standard for next month’s NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship in Marietta, Ohio. Mitchell’s time is the fastest in the NCAA Division III this season.
Laura Hermanson of North Dakota State University won the race of 14 runners with a time of 4:19.77. Lisa Egami of Washington State University placed second with a time of 4:22.61 and Kim Conley of the University of California-Davis third in 4:22.63.
Also placing ahead of Mitchell were Danielle Evans of the University of California-Riverside and Ashley Gibson of the University of New Mexico. Evans finished fourth with a time of 4:22.68 and Gibson fifth in 4:23.96. Dana Buchanan of the University of Oregon placed seventh with a time of 4:24.42. |
Titans Win Two Events At UW-Platteville Invitational
   The UW-Oshkosh women’s outdoor track and field team won two events to highlight their performance at the non-scoring UW-Platteville Invitational on Saturday (April 11) in Platteville.
Ellie Sitek (Jr. • Marinette) won the hammer throw with a heave of 170-7 and Katie Kohn (Sr. • Mayville) captured the javelin with a launch of 122-10 to account for the Titans’ two victories.
The hammer throw proved to be the most successful event for UW-Oshkosh as Susie Trzebiatowski (Jr. • Rosholt) took second-place with a toss of 165-5, Holly Ozanich (So. • Green Bay) grabbed third-place with a fling of 164-4, Julie Falk (Sr. • Mukwonago) fifth-place with a cast of 147-4, Melissa Thies (Jr. • Slinger) seventh-place with a heave of 142-10 and Kayla Oberstadt (Fr. • New London) eight-place with a launch of 142-8.
Taking second-place for the Titans included Andrea Fabiano (So. • Roscoe, Ill.) in the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 15.14 and Danielle Carrigan (Fr. • Waukesha) in the pole vault with a height of 12-0 ½.
UW-Oshkosh received third-place results from Heather Bassett (So. • Minocqua) in the 800-meter run in a time of 2:19.56, Sitek in the discus with a heave of 138-9 and Stein in the javelin with a toss of 108-3.
Fourth-place results for the Titans went to Trzebiatowski in the shot put with a fling of 40-11 ¾, Theis in the discus with a heave of 129-4 and the foursome of Jordan Clark-Mand (Jr. • Waupun), Amy Mleziva (Jr. • New Franken), Brittany Haas (So. • St. Charles, Ill.) and Kait Stockheimer (So. • West Salem) in the 1,600-meter relay in a time of 4:08.24.
UW-Oshkosh enjoyed fifth-place finishes from Haas in the 800-meter run in a time of 2:22.70, Mallory Burk (So. • Athens) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 12:13.11, Lisha Hanson (Fr. • Clintonville) in the pole vault with a mark of 11-0 ¾ and Sitek in the shot put with a toss of 40-11.
Sixth-place performances were achieved by UW-Oshkosh’s Clark-Mand in the 1,500-meter run in a time of 4:52.16, Stein in the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 16.01, Ozanich in the shot put with a heave of 40-2 ¼ and in the discus with a fling of 124-5.
The Titans had seventh-place results by Camille Davis (So. • Green Bay) in the 200-meter dash in a time of 26.19 and Trebiatowski in the discus with a cast of 123-0. |
Titans Finish Second In Outdoor Debut
 The UW-Oshkosh women’s track and field team opened its outdoor season with a second-place finish in its own invitational held Saturday (April 4) at J.J. Keller Field at Titan Stadium.
UW-Eau Claire won the nine-team meet with 183.5 points. UW-Oshkosh finished second with 163 points, Winona State University (Minn.) third with 138, Northern Michigan University fourth with 117.5 and Carroll University fifth with 50.
Ellie Sitek (Jr. • Marinette) was a double winner for UW-Oshkosh as she captured the discus with a heave of 150-0 and the hammer throw with a toss of 170-3. The Titans also enjoyed first-place performances from Ayla Mitchell (Sr.• New Richmond) in the 5,000-meter run with a school-record time of 17:02.36 and Katie Wondra (Sr. • Campbellsport) in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 38:21.00.
Second-place results for the Titans were grabbed by Andrea Fabiano (So. • Roscoe, Ill.) in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.94, Jenny Piskor (So. • Eagan, Minn.) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:57.60 and Sue Trzebiatowski (Jr. • Rosholt) in the hammer throw with a fling of 168-11.
Taking third place for UW-Oshkosh were Amy Mlezvia (Jr. • New Franken) in the 400-meter dash with a time of 59.81, Heather Bassett (So. • Minocqua) in the 800-meter run in a time of 2:21.75, Lisha Hanson (Fr. • Clintonville) in the pole vault with a mark of 12-0, Holly Ozanich (So. • Green Bay) in the hammer throw with a heave of 168-10 and Katie Kohn (Sr. • Mayville) in the javelin with a toss of 121-2.
The Titans' 400-meter relay team also finished in third place with a time of 50.11. Members of that team were Chelsea Benitz (So. • Osceola), Camille Davis (So. • Green Bay), Fabiano and Mleziva.
Snatching fourth-place finishes for the Titans were Camille Davis (So. • Green Bay) in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.71, Samantha Helgesen (So • Bristol) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 12:04.45 and Jenny Stein (Sr. • Sussex) in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.31 and in the javelin with a launch of 118-9.
Taking fifth place for UW-Oshkosh were Brittany Haas (So. • St. Charles, Ill.) in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:23.13, Jordan Clark-Mand (Jr. • Waupun) in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:55.50 and Trzebiatowski in the discus with a fling of 133-6.
Sixth-place finishers for the Titans were Cassie Petersen (So. • Marinette) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 12:04.53, Danielle Carrigan in the pole vault with a height of 10-6, Davis in the long jump with a mark of 16-3 ¾, Ozanich in the shot put with a heave of 41-11 ¼, Melissa Thies (Jr. • Slinger) in the discus with a toss of 130-1 and Julie Falk (Sr. • Mukwonago) in the hammer throw with a fling of 153-2.
UW-Oshkosh enjoyed seventh-place performances from Kait Stockheimer (So. • West Salem) in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:01.22 and Allison Gehl (So. • Sherwood) in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:57.78.
Eighth-place listings went to the Titans' Sitek in the shot put with a distance of 40-10 ½ and Ozanich in the discus with a heave of 126-8.
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