Titans Total Eight All-America Track & Field Performances

Caleb Cornelius and Eli Tranel registered fourth-place measurements as UW-Oshkosh totaled eight All-America performances at the 48th National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Men's Outdoor Track & Field Championships that concluded three consecutive days of competition Saturday (May 28) at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.

Cornelius, a freshman, earned his first All-America award with a career-best height of 6-9 3/4 in the high jump. He entered the competition seeded 13th.

Kyle Rollins of St. John Fisher College (N.Y.) won the high jump title at this year's championships with a leap of 7-1.

Tranel, a junior, measured a height of 16-4 3/4 in the pole vault to acquire his first outdoor All-America citation.

Luke Srsic of Massachusetts Institute of Technology won the pole vault title at this year's championships with a measurement of 16-8 3/4.

UW-Oshkosh had two All-Americans in the 100-meter dash as seniors Robert Ogbuli finished fifth and Aaron McCarroll-Richardson eighth with times of 10.60 and 10.66 seconds, respectively. It was the first outdoor All-America award in the event for both sprinters.

UW-La Crosse's Sam Blaskowski won the 100-meter dash at this year's championships with a time of 10.40 seconds.

McCarroll-Richardson and Ogbuli previously earned outdoor All-America recognition by helping UW-Oshkosh place fourth at the 2019 and second at the 2021 championships in the 400-meter relay.

UW-Oshkosh seniors Jackson Sheckler and Jonathan Wilburn picked up their third career outdoor All-America awards with their efforts in the shot put and triple jump, respectively.

Sheckler finished sixth in the shot put with a throw of 54-1 3/4 after placing third in the event at 2021 championships and sixth in 2019.

Joseph White of Carthage College won the shot put at this year's championships with a distance of 58-6 3/4.

Wilburn ranked eighth in the triple jump with a skip of 48-5 1/2 after finishing second in the event at the 2019 championships and fourth in 2021. He entered this year's competition as the 17th seed.

Illinois College's Will Rose claimed the triple jump title at this year's championships with a mark of 50-2 3/4.

UW-Oshkosh senior Steven Potter finished eighth in the 1,500-meter run at this year's championships with a time of 3:49.03. It was the second outdoor All-America award for Potter, who placed fourth in the 800-meter run at 2021 championships.

UW-Eau Claire's Sam Verkere ran to the 1,500-meter title at this year's meet with a time of 3:45.96.

Freshman Londyn Little, sophomore Rashaad Henderson, junior Bo Koehn and senior Amitai Wheat helped UW-Oshkosh pick up its final All-America award at this year's championships with their seventh-place time of 3:13.50 in the 1,600-meter relay. It was the Titans' first All-America performance in the event since 2015.

University of Mount Union (Ohio) won the 1,600-meter relay at this year's championships with a time of 3:09.44.

UW-Oshkosh additionally received ninth-place finishes at the 2022 Division III Championships from Potter in the 800-meter run, junior Jaylen Grant in the 100-meter dash, senior Nick Tegtmeier in the shot put and the 400-meter relay team of Ogbuli, Grant, McCarroll-Richardson and sophomore Joseph Kean.

Potter and Grant registered times of 1:51.93 and 10.74 seconds, respectively, while Tegtmeier posted a measurement of 53-2 1/4. UW-Oshkosh's 400-meter relay group of Grant, Kean, McCarroll-Richardson and Ogbuli advanced to the final but didn't finish the All-America race.

This year's championships featured 22 entrants in each of the 19 individual events and 16 contestants in both two relays. The top-eight finishers in each event earned All-America honors. UW-Oshkosh totaled 12 All-Americans, including junior Ryan Potter who ran for Koehn in the preliminary of the 1,600-meter relay.

UW-Oshkosh finished 10th in the team standings with 22 points. The 2009 Division III outdoor champion Titans have now scored five or more points at each of the past 28 NCAA outdoor meets.

UW-Eau Claire scored 73 points at this year's championships to win its second Division III outdoor title. John Carroll University (Ohio) placed second to the Blugolds with 48 points while Massachusetts Institute of Technology finished third with 40, UW-La Crosse fourth with 32 and both Rowan University (N.J.) and defending champion Wartburg College (Iowa) fifth with 30.

A total of 80 teams scored points at this year's meet.

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