A second-place finish for the fourth consecutive year was the result as the UW-Oshkosh women's track and field team participated at the WIAC Outdoor Championship held Friday and Saturday (May 4-5) in Whitewater. UW-Oshkosh has now won or placed second at the event every year since 1986.

UW-La Crosse scored 229.5 points to win its fourth straight WIAC indoor crown, while UW-Oshkosh finished second with 161.5 points and UW-Stevens Point third with 138. Last March, UW-La Crosse defeated UW-Oshkosh for the WIAC indoor title by a 203-166.5 score.

UW-Oshkosh had a pair of athletes place in the top three in two events. Senior Emily Bruenig won the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:04.30 and finished second in the 400 meter dash with a time of 58.35, while senior Crystal Bullion won the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 15.12 and finished third in the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.58.

Registering second-place event finishes for the Titans were senior Sara Holewinski with a time of 38:06.83 in the 10,000 meter run and freshman Jackie Munoz with a time of 4:50.51 in the 1,500 meter run. UW-Oshkosh also finished second with times of 48.25 in the 400 meter, 3:58.17 in the 1,600 meter and 9:37.24 in the 3,200 meter relay events.

UW-Oshkosh's third-place performances were rounded out with efforts of 59.04 by sophomore Jessica Marx in the 400 meter dash, 4,041 points by senior Rebecca Moyer in the heptathlon, 10-0 1/2 by junior Nicole Riemer in the pole vault, 2:14.51 by freshman Liz Woodworth in the 800 meter run and 37-8 by senior Lisa Zimmermann in the triple jump.

The largest point total in an event for the Titans was 17 in the 400 meter dash. UW-Oshkosh also scored 13 points in the 10,000 meter run, 400 meter hurdles and heptathlon events.

Bullion was also named as the 2001 recipient of the WIAC's Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete Award.

All-America performances in five events helped the UW-Oshkosh women's track and field team finish fifth at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship held Friday and Saturday (March 9-10) in Kolf Sports Center. The Titans' ranking marked the 10th time in 12 years they had finished in the top five, including 1994 and 1997 when the meet was also held in Kolf Sports Center.

Wheaton College (Mass.) scored 63 points to claim its third consecutive NCAA Division III indoor title. The Lyons' point total was the second-highest in the 17-year history of the national indoor meet, bettered only by the 66 scored by Christopher Newport University (Va.) in 1988. Wheaton College tallied points in seven of the 14 events, including first-place finishes in the triple jump, 400 meter dash and the 1,600 meter relay.

UW-La Crosse finished second in the field of 80 schools with 35 points, while Williams College (Mass.) was third with 26, UW-Stevens Point fourth with 21 and Lincoln University (Pa.) and UW-Oshkosh fifth with 18. Wheaton College's 28-point margin of victory was the largest in the history of the meet, surpassing the 27-point spread between champion Christopher Newport University and second-place University of Massachusetts-Boston in 1988.

Junior Jill Kincaid paced UW-Oshkosh by receiving All-America accolades in both the triple jump and the 1,600 meter relay. Kincaid leaped to a second-place mark of 38-10 1/4 in the triple jump to gain All-America status in the event for the third consecutive year. She was a third-place finisher in the triple jump in 1999 and a fourth-place finisher last year. Kincaid also joined senior Emily Breunig, junior Jessica Marx and senior Lisa Zimmermann in posting a fourth-place time of 3:55.19 in the 1,600 meter relay.

Other UW-Oshkosh athletes receiving All-America recognition were freshman Liz Woodworth with a fourth-place time of 2:14.05 in the 800 meter run, junior Carrie Danielewicz with a sixth-place leap of 5-5 1/4 in the high jump and junior Niki Riemer with a sixth-place height of 11-4 1/2 in the pole vault. Riemer was a third-place finisher in the pole vault a year ago.

UW-Oshkosh was also represented at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship by senior Crystal Bullion, an entrant in the 55 meter hurdles. Marx also competed in the 800 meter run at the meet, while Zimmermann took part in the triple jump.

The UW-Oshkosh women's track and field team recorded top-three listings in 14 of 18 events en route to a second-place finish at the WIAC Indoor Championship held Friday and Saturday (March 2-3) in Stevens Point. UW-Oshkosh has now finished in the top two at the meet the past 15 years, including 10 league championships.

UW-La Crosse scored 203 points to successfully defend its title, while UW-Oshkosh finished second with 166.5 points. Host UW-Stevens Point finished third with 115 points, while UW-Eau Claire and UW-Whitewater were fourth with 59, UW-River Falls sixth with 45, UW-Platteville seventh with 29 and UW-Stout eighth with 24.5.

UW-Oshkosh totaled four event titles in the meet as senior Crystal Bullion won the 55 meter hurdles with a time of 8.50 seconds, junior Jill Kincaid the triple jump with a leap of 38-1 1/4, freshman Liz Woodworth the 800 meter run with a time of 2:13.91 and the quartet of Bullion, Kincaid, sophomore Erin Vertz and senior Lisa Zimmermann the 800 meter relay with a time of 1:44.60.

The Titans also benefited from five second-place event finishes as junior Jessica Marx recorded a time of 58.41 in the 400 meter dash, senior Sara Holewinski a time of 18:18.76 in the 5,000 meter run, senior Rebecca Moyer with 3,203 points in the pentathlon, the distance medley relay team with a time of 12:24.39 and the 1,600 meter relay team with a time of 3:57.67.

UW-Oshkosh's top-four performances were rounded out by freshman Miranda Bernhardt's toss of 47-10 1/2 in the 20 pound weight throw, Bullion's third-place time of 26.36 seconds in the 200 meter dash and fourth-place time of 7.47 seconds in the 55 meter dash, senior Emily Breunig's fourth-place time of 59.11 seconds in the 400 meter dash, junior Carrie Danielewicz's third-place total of 2,825 points in the pentathlon, Holewinski's third-place time of 10:40.84 in the 3,000 meter run, freshman Erika Horstmeyer's fourth-place total of 2,763 points in the pentathlon, junior Niki Riemer's third-place height of 10-4 1/4 in the pole vault, freshman Kristina Wolfe's third-place height of 5-1 3/4 in the high jump and Zimmermann's third-place leap of 17-11 in the long jump.