Titans to host Early Bird Invitational

OSHKOSH, Wis.- After winning the Ripon Winter Open by a wide margin, and taking 10 of the 18 events, the UW-Oshkosh men's indoor track & field team is set to host the Early Bird Invitational on Dec. 10.

Teams from Concordia Univ. Chicago (Ill.), Viterbo Univ. (Wis.), Northern Michigan Univ., Carthage College (Wis.), Ripon College (Wis.), Carroll Univ. (Wis.), Edgewood College (Wis.), Texas Lutheran Univ. and Auburn Univ. (Ala.) competing at Kolf Sports Center. 

The 3,000-meter run will kick off the track events at 11:30 a.m., followed by the 60-meter hurdle and dash preliminaries, mile run, 400-meter dash, 60-meter hurdle and dash finals, 800-meter run, 200-meter dash, 5,000-meter run and 4x400-meter relay. The long jump and shot put all start at 11:30 a.m. for the field events. The pole vault follows the women's event, the triple jump starts 20 minutes after the end of the long jump and the weight throw follows women's shot put.

Davian Willems tied his own school record in the 60-meter dash in Ripon with a time of 6.72. His finish was good for sixth all-time in NCAA Division III and first in the division this season. Jaylen Grant, who shares the school record with Willems, finished the dash in 6.86 seconds (fourth in Division III). Rashaad Henderson took the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.07, fifth in Division III. Londyn Little won the 400-meter dash (49.62), good for second in Division III this season. He was followed by Ryan Potter who finished with a time of 49.07 (third in Division III). Steven Potter's 4:10.78 finish in the mile run was good for first in Ripon and Division III. Jake Krause's second place finish (4:12.56) ranks second. Andrew Rathkamp and Dwight Hosni currently rank fourth and fifth, respectively. Charlie Nolan is second in the high jump, with a mark of 2.04 meters. Wilburn and Nolan are third and fourth in the nation in the triple jump. In the heptathlon, Aden Sears is fifth with a score of 4,506 points.

The Track & Field teams will be doing collection drives for the Oshkosh Day by Day Warming Shelter and Father Carr's. The Warming Shelter, which is a homeless shelter, is looking for warm (thick, insulated) gloves or mittens, packs of hand/foot warmers, bike locks and sleeping bags. Father Carr's, who provides services for the less fortunate in the community is running a toy drive. Toys valued at $20-25 will be passed out to those families. Some suggestions from Father Carr's are LEGO sets, dolls, board games and remote control cars. The toys do not need to be wrapped, but should come in a bag or box.

Meet information can be found here, and heat sheets can be found here.