UW-Oshkosh owns the top seed in three throwing events when it sends 12 women to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Championship on Thursday-Saturday (May 24-26) in Claremont, Calif.

Breanna Strupp (Jr. • Slinger) accounts for three of the Titans’ 16 entries at the meet. She is ranked first in both the discus (164-3) and shot put (49-0 1/4). Strupp won the discus crown last year at 160-5. UW-Oshkosh’s other top seed is Alexia Child (Sr. • Lake Geneva), who leads the nation with her 193-6 hammer throw. Child took fourth in the hammer throw during 2011.

Christy Cazzola (Jr. • Kaukauna) will be trying to defend her title in the 1,500-meter run, where she is seeded 10th at 4:32.79. Cazzola is also ranked second in the 800-meter run with a 2:07.44.

Joining Strupp in the shot put are Child and Heather Conroy (Fr. • Wisconsin Dells). Child qualified seventh at 45-9 3/4, while Conroy is 21st with her 43-4 1/4.

UW-Oshkosh will have four competitors in the hammer throw. Besides Child, Samantha Loew (Jr. • Burnett) is seeded second at 184-4, Strupp is ninth at 175-2 and Kayla Oberstadt (Sr. • New London) ranks 17th at 169-7. Loew achieved a sixth-place finish last season.

Danielle Carrigan (Sr. • Waukesha) will be the fifth seed (12-8 3/4) in the pole vault after finishing fifth at last year’s championship. Lisha Hanson (Sr. • Clintonville) also takes flight in the pole vault with her 18th-ranked height of 12-1 1/2.

On the track, Hanson will run in two events. She is the #17 seed in the 400-meter race at 56.43. Hanson teams with Samantha Blue (Fr. • Kimberly), Cassandra Hemmen (Fr. • Appleton) and Brittni Wirtz (Fr. • Sobieski) in the 400-meter relay for their eighth-seeded time of 47.24.

Wirtz will sprint in the 100-meter dash, where she lists sixth at 11.95. The final entry is 16th-ranked McKenzie Kelly (Jr. • New Richmond) and her 1,500-meter time of 4:36.15.

This year’s event is hosted by Claremont Mudd-Scripps Colleges at Burns Stadium. The top eight finishers in each event will score points and gain All-America status.

UW-Oshkosh recently won national championships in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2011. The Titans placed second at this event in 2005, 2009 and 2010.

Samantha Loew (Jr. • Burnett) improved to second in the national hammer throw rankings during UW-Oshkosh’s final qualifier meets on Thursday (May 17) in La Crosse and Friday (May 18) in Oshkosh.

At the Oshkosh meet, Loew marked a 184-4 hammer throw that only trails teammate Alexia Child (Sr. • Lake Geneva) in the NCAA Division III. Child won the event with her toss of 191-11, while also placing second in the shot put at 45-9 3/4, a distance that ranks seventh nationally.

Already leading the country in the shot put, Breanna Strupp (Jr. • Slinger) upped her qualifying distance to 49-0 1/4. Strupp also threw the discus 147-10 for first place. The Titans’ final winner at home was Samantha Blue (Fr. • Kimberly), who cleared 18-7 in the long jump.

Brittni Wirtz (Fr. • Sobieski) shined at the La Crosse meet. She won the 100-meter dash in 11.95 for the fifth-best time in the nation. Wirtz just missed the school record of 11.92.

Also in La Crosse, Kayla Oberstadt (Sr. • New London) came took second place with her hammer throw of 169-7. Danielle Carrigan (Sr. • Waukesha) then flew over 12-5 1/2 for third place in the pole vault.

Alexia Child (Sr. • Lake Geneva) and Breanna Strupp (Jr. • Slinger) launched the top throws in the nation as UW-Oshkosh competed in a pair of track & field meets on Friday (May 11). Titans took part in the Dr. Keeler Open (Naperville, Ill.) and the UW-La Crosse Open.

Child posted a 193-6 for the best hammer throw in the NCAA Division III this year. With the shot put, Strupp fired a 46-11 3/4 for the victory. Strupp also won the La Crosse discus competition with her 160-2.

The final Titan to prevail in La Crosse was Danielle Carrigan (Sr. • Waukesha), who pole-vaulted 11-1 3/4.

Meanwhile at the Keeler Open, Lisha Hanson (Sr. • Clintonville) won the 400-meter dash in 56.62. Hanson also ran with Samantha Blue (Fr. • Kimberly), Cassandra Hemmen (Fr. • Appleton) and Brittni Wirtz (Fr. • Sobieski) to earn first place in the 400-meter relay at 48.01. Wirtz added a second-place result in the 100-meter dash with her 12.09.

UW-Oshkosh recorded other great performances in the La Crosse throwing events. Grabbing second place, Child hurled the shot put 45-6 1/2 and Samantha Loew (Jr. • Burnett) notched a hammer throw of 180-8. Strupp followed in third with her 164-10 hammer throw. Using the discus, Kayla Oberstadt (Sr. • New London) booked a 133-11 for third place.

Claire Pohlman (So. • Sun Prairie) achieved a strong field finish in La Crosse, taking third with her triple jump of 36-5 3/4.

UW-Oshkosh will host its final meet on Friday (May 18) as individuals try to qualify for the NCAA Division III Championship.

Victories in a pair of throwing events earned UW-Oshkosh's Breanna Strupp (Jr. • Slinger) the Field Performer of the Meet Award at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship held May 4-5 in Whitewater. The award was determined by a vote of the league's nine head coaches.

Strupp won competitions in the discus and shot put while finishing fifth in the hammer throw. She successfully defended her conference title in the discus with a distance of 160-0. Strupp marked measurements of 45-11 3/4 in the shot put and 167-1 in the hammer throw.

The WIAC also named UW-La Crosse's Claire Elliott as its Track Performer of the Meet and Pat Healy as its Coach of the Year. Healy received the outdoor coaching award for the seventh time in his career.

UW-La Crosse scored 185 points to capture the WIAC outdoor title for the fifth time in six years. With the help of seven first-place finishes, UW-Oshkosh ranked second in the nine-team meet with 176 points.

The UW-Oshkosh Athletics Hall of Fame increased its roster to 166 members on Sunday (May 6) with the inductions of Tiffany (Speckman) Ebensperger, Jamie Ford and Braugeor Zeitler. The induction ceremony was held in UW-Oshkosh's Reeve Memorial Union.

The UW-Oshkosh Hall of Fame was established in 1974 to give tribute and deserved recognition to former athletes, coaches and friends of the university. It is also intended to enhance school tradition by honoring those people who have shown exceptional ability while on the UW-Oshkosh campus and since graduation.

In the 34-year history of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Cross Country Championship, only one woman has run to three individual titles. That person is Tiffany (Speckman) Ebensperger, who also led UW-Oshkosh to six national championships and 10 conference titles in cross country and track and field from 1994-98.

Ebensperger's senior year, the 1997-98 campaign, was an outstanding one. In the fall, she captured her third WIAC cross country title with a time of 18:01. Ebensperger was named the league's Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and UW-Oshkosh earned its fourth straight WIAC championship. The Titans placed fourth at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Championship as Ebensperger won the individual crown with a time of 18:29. Laura Horejs (1991) is the only other person in UW-Oshkosh history with a national cross country title.

When the indoor track and field season came around in 1998, Ebensperger led UW-Oshkosh to the WIAC championship with individual titles in the 3,000- and 5,000-meter runs. She also won both of those events at the WIAC outdoor meet. At the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championship, Ebensperger was victorious in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 17:16. She nearly gained two more national titles when she finished second in both the 3,000- and 5,000-meter runs at the outdoor competition.

Ebensperger received the 1998 Honda NCAA Division III Woman Athlete of the Year Award, becoming the first winner from the WIAC. She was also a three-time selection to the Successful Farming All-American Team. Ebensperger's national awards contributed $6,000 to UW-Oshkosh's general academic scholarship fund.

In cross country, Ebensperger was part of four WIAC championship teams. In three of those years (1994, 1996, 1997), she won the individual conference title and earned NCAA Division III All-America status. UW-Oshkosh also took the team crown at the 1996 national championship.

UW-Oshkosh captured NCAA Division III indoor track and field titles in 1995 and 1996. Ebensperger helped the Titans to WIAC indoor crowns in 1995, 1996 and 1998, while also winning the 3,000-meter run in 1995.

Outdoors, Ebensperger achieved a three-peat (1996-98) in the 3,000-meter run at the WIAC Track and Field Championship. The Titans then won the WIAC title and the NCAA championship from 1995-97.

Ebensperger, a four-time Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America, was named to both the WIAC Women's Cross Country and Track and Field All-Centennial Teams in 2012. She was inducted into the Wisconsin Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2005.

The Juda High School graduate still races competitively and has completed 13 marathons. At the 2012 Boston Marathon, she finished in 3:24:29 to lead all women from Wisconsin.

Ebensperger graduated from UW-Oshkosh in 1998 and is currently a science teacher at Albany High School. She lives in Juda with her devoted husband, Eric.

Christy Cazzola (Jr. • Kaukauna) and Breanna Strupp (Jr. • Slinger) both won two events as defending champion UW-Oshkosh finished second at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship held Friday and Saturday (May 4-5) in Whitewater.

UW-La Crosse tallied 185 points to capture the team title for the fifth time in six years. The Eagles, who finished third a year ago, had the winner in four events.

With the help of seven first-place finishes and three second-place efforts, UW-Oshkosh ranked second in the nine-team meet with 176 points. The Titans have finished among the top two squads at the meet 25 times in the past 27 years.

UW-Eau Claire placed third in the team standings with 129.5 points, while UW-River Falls finished fourth with 92, UW-Whitewater fifth with 86.5, UW-Stout sixth with 65, UW-Stevens Point seventh with 58, UW-Platteville eighth with 55 and UW-Superior ninth with 11.

Cazzola successfully defended her titles in the 800- and 1,500-meter runs with times of 2:08.48 and 4:33.65, respectively. She also joined Katelyn Brooks (Fr. • Winneconne), Mariah McMullen (So. • Byron, Ill.) and Lauren Reigel (So. • Greenville) to finish third in the 3,200-meter relay and Stephanie Knutson (Fr. • Appleton), McKenzie Kelly (Jr. • New Richmond) and Rachel Westover (Fr. • South Milwaukee) to place fourth in the 1,600-meter relay. The 3,200-meter group posted a time of 9:24.36, while the 1,600-meter quartet marked a time of 3:56.77.

Strupp won competitions in the discus and shot put while finishing fifth in the hammer throw. She successfully defended her title in the discus with a distance of 160-0. Strupp marked measurements of 45-11 3/4 in the shot put and 167-1 in the hammer throw.

Alexia Child (Sr. • Lake Geneva) took first place in the hammer throw with a WIAC-record distance of 192-8. She also finished second in the shot put with a toss of 44-0 3/4.

UW-Oshkosh's Danielle Carrigan (Sr. • Waukesha) repeated as champion in the pole vault with a winning height of 12-1 1/4. She won the event in 2010.

The Titans' Brittni Wirtz (Fr. • Sobieski) sprinted to victory in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.08 seconds. She also ran on UW-Oshkosh's 400-meter relay team of Samantha Blue (Fr. • Kimberly), Lisha Hanson (Sr. • Clintonville) and Cassandra Hemmen (Fr. • Appleton) that set a school record with their second-place time of 47.24 seconds.

UW-Oshkosh will be represented by athletes at both the Dr. Keeler Invitational in Naperville, Ill., and the Eagle Open in La Crosse on Friday (May 11).

UW-Oshkosh attempts to claim a second consecutive title at this weekend's Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship in Whitewater. Competition in the 41st version of the event begins Friday (May 4) and concludes on Saturday (May 5) at UW-Whitewater's Rex Foster Track.

Last year, UW-Oshkosh secured the 11th league trophy in program listings with 185 points. UW-Eau Claire finished second with 143 points, UW-La Crosse third with 133, UW-Whitewater fourth with 102, UW-Stevens Point fifth with 96, UW-River Falls sixth with 83, UW-Stout seventh with 63, UW-Platteville eighth with 48 and UW-Superior ninth with five.

This year's championship features 20 student-athletes who have combined to earn 20 individual and nine relay titles. It will also showcase UW-Oshkosh, the second-ranked team in the NCAA Division III by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

UW-Oshkosh's Christy Cazzola (Jr. • Kaukauna) secured Track Performer of the Meet accolades a season ago after winning the 800- and 1,500-meter runs. The Titans' Breanna Strupp (Jr. • Slinger) is the defending champion in the discus, while Danielle Carrigan (Sr. • Waukesha) won the pole vault in 2010.

UW-Stout's Jessika Smith captured the Field Performer of the Meet honors in 2011 after recording first-place finishes in the long jump and heptathlon. The Blue Devils' Sabrina Scoville emerged victorious in the pole vault.

Defending champions from UW-Eau Claire include Talisa Emberts in the 400-meter dash, Kim Miresse in the 100-meter high hurdles, Julia Baranek in the triple jump, Erin Schoenfelder in the 400-meter hurdles and Ashlyn Mauer in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Emberts was also a member of the Blugolds' triumphant 1,600-meter relay team in 2009, while Brittany Frederick won the discus in 2010.

UW-Whitewater's Shelby Demos has won consecutive championships in the high jump and could become the third individual in league listings to win three titles in the event. The Warhawks' JoLyn Owen won the heptathlon in 2010.

UW-River Falls Becky Ponick has won a pair of titles in the javelin, emerging victorious in 2008 and 2011. She could become just the second person in WIAC archives to earn three first-place finishes in the event. The Falcons' Alyssa Rasmussen was a member of the first-place 1,600-meter relay squad in 2010.

UW-Platteville's Ann Tank was victorious in the 800-meter run and was a part of the first-place 3,200-meter relay squad in 2010. She was a member of the last year's winning 1,600-meter relay team. The Pioneers' Deidre Dillman and Stephanie Wyss were also participants on that relay group.

UW-Stevens Point's Kelly Haen contributed to the winning 3,200-meter relay team a season ago and captured the 10,000-meter run in 2010, while UW-La Crosse's Caitlin Wippermann was a piece of the winning 400-meter relay team last year.

UW-Oshkosh's Christy Cazzola (Jr. • Kaukauna) has been selected as a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Women's Track and Field Athlete of the Week award winner for the second time this season.

Cazzola received the league's top track citation for meet's held April 23-29. Melanie Pilon of UW-Whitewater was selected as the conference's Field Athlete of the Week.

Cazzola turned in another outstanding performance by winning the unseeded University/College Division 800-meter run competition at the Drake Relays held April 26-28 in Des Moines, Iowa.

Cazzola posted a season-best time of 2:07.44 to defeat 10 other runners. Rachel Whitley of Western Michigan University finished second with a time of 2:08.18, while Ashlynn Simon of North Dakota State University placed third in 2:08.23, Emma Ladwig of the University of South Dakota fourth in 2:09.09 and Ariel Kirby of the University of Illinois-Chicago fifth in 2:09.16.

UW-Oshkosh's Christy Cazzola (Jr. • Kaukauna) turned in another outstanding performance by winning the unseeded University/College Division 800-meter run competition at the Drake Relays held this past weekend (April 26-28) in Des Moines, Iowa.

Cazzola posted a season-best time of 2:07.44 to defeat 10 other runners. Rachel Whitley of Western Michigan University finished second with a time of 2:08.18, while Ashlynn Simon of North Dakota State University placed third in 2:08.23, Emma Ladwig of the University of South Dakota fourth in 2:09.09 and Ariel Kirby of the University of Illinois-Chicago fifth in 2:09.16.

UW-Oshkosh was also represented in the women's track and field meet by its 400-meter relay team. The quartet of Samantha Blue (Fr. • Kimberly), Lisha Hanson (Sr. • Clintonville), Cassandra Hemmen (Fr. • Appleton) and Brittni Wirtz (Fr. • Sobieski) recorded a 13th-place time of 48.33 seconds. Lincoln University (Mo.) won the event of 30 competitors with a time of 45.08, while New Mexico Highlands University placed second in 45.63, Wayland Baptist University (Texas) third in 45.70 and Wartburg College (Iowa) fourth in 46.67.

Defending champion UW-Oshkosh will compete at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship next Friday and Saturday (May 4-5) in Whitewater.

UW-Oshkosh had four different women capture an event at the Jeff Miller Drake Alternative Track & Field Meet on Saturday (April 28) in Whitewater. No team scores were kept.

Breanna Strupp (Jr. • Slinger) accounted for two of the victories with her discus of 145-4 and shot put of 45-4 1/2. In the hammer throw, Alexia Child (Sr. • Lake Geneva) contributed a triumphant tally of 184-2.

Field wins came from Danielle Carrigan (Sr. • Waukesha) and Claire Pohlman (So. • Sun Prairie). Carrigan flew over 12-2 on the pole vault, while Pohlman triple-jumped 35-4 1/2.

Titans occupied second, third and fourth place in the long jump. Kristin Heckel (Fr. • Waukesha) marked a 16-1 3/4, while Amanda Shober (Fr. • Sussex) followed at 15-11 and Pohlman at 15-10 1/4. Shober later achieved second place in the triple jump with her 34-8 1/2.

Chelsea Benitz (Sr. • Osceola) settled for second (13.49) in the 100-meter dash, finishing .03 seconds behind the winner. UW-Oshkosh also received second-place scores of 42-11 3/4 from Child in the shot put and 174-6 from Samantha Loew (Jr. • Burnett) in the hammer throw.

Third-place standings went to Katelyn Brooks (Fr. • Winneconne) in the 1,500-meter run at 4:55.26, Heather Conroy (Fr. • Wisconsin Dells) in the javelin at 97-0 and Jennifer Piskor (Sr. • Eagan, Minn.) in the 5,000-meter run at 18:46.87.

Kayla Oberstadt (Sr. • New London) compiled a trio of fourth-place finishes. She gained measurements of 158-2 in the hammer throw, 132-0 in the discus and 96-7 in the javelin.

UW-Oshkosh competes in the WIAC Championship on May 4-5 in Whitewater.

UW-Oshkosh will be represented in two men’s and two women’s running events at the 103rd Annual Drake Relays this weekend in Des Moines, Iowa.

Nearly 7,000 athletes from all over the United States are expected to participate in the prestigious track and field meet. The University and College divisions feature 1,450 male participants and 1,289 female contestants.

UW-Oshkosh's first competitor in this year's Drake Relays is Christy Cazzola (Jr. • Kaukauna). She will participate in the final of the unseeded University/College Division 800-meter run at 4 p.m. on Thursday (April 26).

UW-Oshkosh has preliminary races in the College Division 400- and 1,600-meter relays Friday (April 27) morning.

Women running for the Titans at 8:58 a.m. in the 400-meter relay are Samantha Blue (Fr. • Kimberly), Lisha Hanson (Sr. • Clintonville), Cassandra Hemmen (Fr. • Appleton) and Brittni Wirtz (Fr. • Sobieski). The men's 400-meter relay begins at 9:17 a.m. It includes UW-Oshkosh runners Quentin Badger (So. • Madison), John Dewitt (Jr. • Oshkosh), Ryan Sprenger (So. • Larsen) and Collin Worm (Fr. • Menasha). The final is scheduled for Saturday (April 28), 4:32 p.m. for the women and 4:37 p.m. for the men.

UW-Oshkosh men running in the 1,600-meter relay are Brian Beaudo (Fr. • Fort Atkinson), John Cejka (Jr. • Wausau), Corey Wilch (So. • Waukesha) and Reid Zanoya (Fr. • Monticello). The preliminary race is set for 3:10 p.m. on Friday and the final for 5:25 p.m. on Saturday.

Breanna Strupp (Jr. • Slinger) posted three impressive throws as UW-Oshkosh listed second at the Phil Esten Women’s Track and Field Challenge on Friday (April 20) in La Crosse.

UW-La Crosse scored 162.83 points to top the standings, while the Titans tallied 133.33 in the 11-team meet. UW-Eau Claire came in third at 119, followed by NCAA Division II Winona State University (Minn.) with 92 and Wartburg College (Iowa) with 90.5.

Strupp won the discus event with her fling of 159-2. She then placed second in the shot put with a mark of 45-10 1/2, the second-best distance in the nation this year. In the hammer throw, Strupp came in third with a 170-5.

UW-Oshkosh owned the top-three hammer throws, with Alexia Child (Sr. • Lake Geneva) taking first at 182-1 and Samantha Loew (Jr. • Burnett) second at 176-11. Other victories came from Brittni Wirtz (Fr. • Sobieski) in the 100-meter dash with a 12.17 and Danielle Carrigan (Sr. • Waukesha) with her pole vault of 11-10.

Lisha Hanson (Sr. • Clintonville) showed her versatility with a pair of top-three results. After earning second in the pole vault at 10-10 1/4, Hanson clocked a 58.02 for third in the 400-meter dash.

The rest of the Titans’ notable performances came on the track. Allie DeBaker (Jr. • Green Bay) ran the 10,000-meter in 38:14.46 for second place. McKenzie Kelly (Jr. • New Richmond) then scored 2:18.96 in the 800-meter run and Jennifer Piskor (Sr. • Eagan, Minn.) an 11:39.98 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase for third-place rankings.

After the 200-meter dash, Wirtz stood fourth with a time of 25.58. The other fourth-place results came from Morgan Engelhart (So. • Oregon) in the steeplechase at 11:56.64 and Tori Johnson (Jr. • Valders) in the 10,000-meter run at 38:39.01.

UW-Oshkosh heads to Iowa for the Drake Relays next weekend (April 26-28).

UW-Oshkosh's Christy Cazzola (Jr. • Kaukauna) has been named by the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) as one of its two Women's Track and Field Athlete of the Week award winners for meets held April 9-15.

Cazzola, the league's top track performer, won both the 800- and 5,000-meter runs as UW-Oshkosh finished second in the team standings at the UW-Platteville Invitational held April 14.

Cazzola took first place in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:11.12. Deidre Dillman of UW-Platteville finished second among the event’s 44 contestants with a time of 2:12.93.

In the 5,000-meter run, Cazzola posted a winning time of 16:32.26. Her effort, which broke a school record by nearly 30 seconds, ranks as the best in the NCAA Division III this season. Laura Sigmund of Wartburg College (Iowa) placed second among the event’s 29 participants with a time of 16:41.07.

Wartburg College won the 11-team meet with 156 points, while UW-Oshkosh finished second with 145 and UW-La Crosse third with 119.5.

Becky Ponick of UW-River Falls was selected as the conference's Field Athlete of the Week.

Former UW-Oshkosh national champion Tiffany (Speckman) Ebensperger was the top finisher among Wisconsin women at the 116th Boston Marathon held Monday (April 16) in Boston, Mass.

Ebensperger finished with a time of 3 hours, 24 minutes and 29 seconds in the 26.2-mile challenge. That performance placed her 228th in the overall women’s standings. The race featured 80-degree temperatures and a total of 22,426 participants.

Ebensperger competed for the UW-Oshkosh women's cross country and track and field teams from 1994-98. The Juda High School graduate took first place at the 1997 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championship, while winning the 5,000-meter run at the 1998 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championship.

In addition to Ebensperger, UW-Oshkosh cross country and track and field alumnae Rachel (Milligan) Paape and Stephanie (Speckman) Ross also completed the Boston Marathon. Paape took 354th place with a time of 3:28.27, while Ross finished 7,006th in 4:59.05.

Three men with UW-Oshkosh ties were in the field as well. Former cross country and track and field athletes Eamon McKenna placed 339th with a time of 2:55.17 and Ted Shue 3,419th in 3:37.34. Former UW-Oshkosh head men's cross country and track and field coach John Zupanc finished 9,941st in 4:46.28.

Wesley Koirr of Kenya crossed the finish line first with a time of 2:12.40. The women's title went to Sharon Cherop of Kenya after she finished in 2:31.50.

Christy Cazzola (Jr. • Kaukauna) blew away UW-Oshkosh's 5,000-meter run record and also won the 800-meter race at the UW-Platteville Women's Track and Field Invitational held Saturday (April 14) in Platteville. UW-Oshkosh finished second in the 11-team meet with 145 points.

Wartburg College (Iowa) won the meet with 156 points, while UW-La Crosse came in third with 119.5. UW-Whitewater followed in the fourth position with 92 points and UW-Stevens Point in fifth at 71.5.

Cazzola’s 5,000-meter time of 16:32.26 was more than 30 seconds faster than the previous UW-Oshkosh mark. She added her second victory of the meet with a time of 2:11.12 in the 800-meter run.

UW-Oshkosh had three winners in the field, including two throwers. Alexia Child (Sr. • Lake Geneva) won the hammer throw at 191-7, while Breanna Strupp (Jr. • Slinger) took the shot put at 45-4 1/4. Danielle Carrigan (Sr. • Waukesha) tacked on a triumphant pole vault height of 11-10.

Titans followed their teammates in each field victory. In the hammer throw, Samantha Loew (Jr. • Burnett) earned second with a 177-8 and Strupp third with her 159-6. Abby Martin (So. • Chilton) contributed a second-place 43-2 1/2 in the shot put, as Child grabbed third at 42-10 1/4. Lisha Hanson (Sr. • Clintonville) then marked 11-4 1/4 in the pole vault for second place.

Brittni Wirtz (Fr. • Sobieski) obtained second place in the 100-meter dash with her time of 12.23. She joined Samantha Blue (Fr. • Kimberly), Lisha Hanson (Sr. • Clintonville) and Cassandra Hemmen (Fr. • Appleton) in the 400-meter relay, where they ranked second at 47.77. The Titans’ other runner-up finish was Claire Pohlman’s (So. • Sun Prairie) distance 36-8 1/4 of in the triple jump.

UW-Oshkosh heads to the Phil Esten Challenge in La Crosse on Friday (April 20).

Kristin Heckel (Fr. • Waukesha) won both the triple jump and 400-meter hurdles as UW-Oshkosh placed first in its Women’s Track & Field Open on Saturday (April 7) at the Oshkosh Sports Complex.

The Titans racked up 240.5 points to beat six other teams, including three NCAA Division II squads. Winona State University (Minn.) placed second with 183.5 points, as UW-Parkside came in third at 70.5, Ripon College fourth at 68.5 and Michigan Tech fifth at 52.

UW-Oshkosh owned the top-three performers in the triple jump, using Heckel’s distance of 37-1 3/4. Amanda Shober (Fr. • Sussex) then took second at 36-10 1/2 and Claire Pohlman (So. • Sun Prairie) third at 36-1 1/2.

Heckel and Kristin Stockheimer (Jr. • West Salem) were the only runners in the 400-meter hurdles, with Heckel posting a winning time of 1:09.03 and Stockheimer following at 1:15.34. In the 400-meter run competition, Lisha Hanson (Sr. • Clintonville) crossed the line first after 58.90.

Brittni Wirtz (Fr. • Sobieski) clocked the nation’s third-fastest time this year with her 12.12 in the 100-meter dash. The final Titan victories came from Christy Cazzola’s (Jr. • Kaukauna) mark of 4:32.79 in the 1,500-meter run, Breanna Strupp’s (Jr. • Slinger) discus throw of 164-3 and Danielle Carrigan’s (Sr. • Waukesha) pole vault of 11-11 3/4.

With her hammer throw of 190-7, Alexia Child (Sr. • Lake Geneva) earned second place and established the best distance in the NCAA Division III this season. Kayla Oberstadt (Sr. • New London) added a second-place result with her javelin flight of 105-0.

Both the 400-meter relay (48.42) and 1,600-meter relay (4:11.27) groups posted second-place times. The remaining individuals earning silver were Hanson in the pole vault at 11-5 3/4, Morgan Engelhart (So. • Oregon) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at 12:14.6 and Lauren Reigel (So. • Greenville) in the 800-meter run at 2:26.08.

UW-Oshkosh makes a trip to the UW-Platteville Invitational on Saturday (April 14).

The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) has announced UW-Oshkosh's Breanna Strupp (Jr. • Slinger) as one of its two Women's Track and Field Athlete of the Week award winners for meets held March 26 - April 1.

Strupp took first place in both the discus and shot put and third in the hammer throw at the UW-Oshkosh Open held March 31 at the Oshkosh Sports Complex.

Strupp won the discus with a distance of 152-7. Her effort, which established the best mark in the NCAA Division III this season, defeated 12 other participants. UW-Oshkosh teammate Abby Martin (So. • Chilton) finished second in the event with a mark of 122-7.

In the shot put, Strupp posted a winning measurement of 44-7 1/2. Her performance, the second best in the country this season, defeated 11 other contestants.  UW-Oshkosh’s Alexia Child (Sr. • Lake Geneva) placed second with a mark of 44-5 1/4.

Strupp placed third in the hammer throw with a cast of 166-9. Child won the event with a distance of 182-6 while UW-Oshkosh’s Samantha Loew (Jr. • Burnett) finished second with a mark of 176-3.

UW-Oshkosh captured the team title with 237 points. NCAA Division II Northern Michigan University ranked second with 235 points, Lawrence University third with 53 and UW-Stevens Point fourth with 16.

Alexa Ahler of UW-Stout was selected as the conference's top track performer for the week.

UW-Oshkosh swept the top-three places in four events to capture its Women’s Outdoor Track and Field First-Chance Open on Saturday (March 31) at the Oshkosh Sports Complex.

The Titans compiled 237 points to slip past NCAA Division II Northern Michigan University and its total of 235. Lawrence University came in third place with 53 points, followed by UW-Stevens Point with 16.

Breanna Strupp (Jr. • Slinger) earned two of the seven victories. She blew away the discus field with a distance of 152-7, as Abby Martin (So. • Chilton) took second at 122-7 and Melanie Brickner (Fr. • Marathon) third at 119-11.

In the shot put, Strupp’s throw of 44-7 1/2 beat out Alexia Child’s (Sr. • Lake Geneva) mark of 44-5 1/4 and Martin’s 41-8 1/2. UW-Oshkosh then dominated the hammer throw, with Child winning at 182-6. Samantha Loew (Jr. • Burnett) was right behind with a 176-3 and Strupp with a 166-9, while Kayla Oberstadt (Sr. • New London) listed fourth at 149-6.

Kristin Heckel (Fr. • Waukesha) led the Titans’ 1-2-3 showing in the triple jump. Heckel flew 35-1 for the win, as Amanda Shober (Fr. • Sussex) grabbed second with her 35-0 1/4 and Claire Pohlman (So. • Sun Prairie) third at 34-11.

UW-Oshkosh’s other individual champions were Brooke Buehler (Fr. • Sheboygan Falls) in the long jump at 16-5 1/4 and Allie DeBaker (Jr. • Green Bay) in the 3,000-meter run at 10:53.12. The 1,600-meter relay squad of Stephanie Jahn (So. • Deerfield), Stephanie Knutson (Fr. • Appleton), Kristin Stockheimer (Jr. • West Salem) and Rachel Westover (Fr. • South Milwaukee) also won with its time of 4:14.75.

On the track, Brittni Wirtz (Fr. • Sobieski) ran a 12.40 in the 100-meter and Westover a 1:03.16 in the 400-meter for second place. Samantha Blue (Fr. • Kimberly) also took second with her long jump of 15-11, as did Danielle Carrigan (Sr. • Waukesha) with a pole vault height of 12-0 and Emelie Troedson (Fr. • New Berlin) with a high jump of 5-2 1/4.

Lisha Hanson (Sr. • Clintonville) got the third-place results started with her 25.80 in the 200-meter dash. Jahn also listed third in the 400-meter run at 1:03.36, along with Stockheimer in the 400-meter hurdles at 1:12.83 and Tori Johnson (Jr. • Valders) in the 1,500-meter run at 5:04.71.

UW-Oshkosh hosts another open meet this Saturday (April 7) at the Oshkosh Sports Complex.