Koepp Paces Titans At UW-Oshkosh Open
William Koepp's (Sr. • Lake Nebagamon)
fourth-place finish led all UW-Oshkosh participants during a men's
cross country meet the Titans hosted on Friday (Oct. 22) at the
Lake Breeze Golf Course in Winneconne.
The non-scoring event also featured competitors from Carthage
College, UW-Platteville, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Whitewater and NCAA
Division II UW-Parkside.
Koepp completed the 8,000-meter course in a time of 26:28. He led
a string of three consecutive UW-Oshkosh finishers, with the others
being Erik Hofferber (Fr. • Neenah) who placed fifth in 26:29
and Zach Adams (So. • Lake Geneva) who ranked sixth in
26:37.
The meet's top three runners belonged to UW-Parkside, including
Ben Orvold who won the race with a time of 24:42. The Rangers also
had Rehan Mahmood finish second in 25:52 and Alec Holguin third in
26:08.
UW-Oshkosh had seven other runners finish in the top 25 as Derek
Johnsrud (Fr. • Fall River) placed eighth in 26:44, Kenny
Halloran (Fr. • Mount Prospect, Ill.) 11th in 26:55, Jerrod
Berget (So. • New Richmond) 13th in 27:00, John Block (Fr.
• Madison) 14th in 27:04, Nick Newcomer (Jr. • Winnebago,
Ill.) 15th in 27:07, Matt Lawrence (Fr. • Plainfield, Ill.)
21st in 27:23 and Mike Foust (Fr. • Oshkosh) 23rd in
27:28.
Other UW-Oshkosh participants in the meet were Dylan Penhallurick
(So. • Sheboygan), Max Kramer (Fr. • Oshkosh), Matt
Champan (Fr. • Waukesha), Casey Karpin (Fr. • Saukville)
and Aaron Heiliger (Fr. • Madison). Penhallurick finished 27th
among the meet's 50 runners with a time of 27:46, while Kramer
placed 30th in 28:20, Champan 33rd in 28:31, Karpin 44th in 29:40
and Heiliger 46th in 30:30.
UW-Oshkosh, which rested several of its top runners in Friday's
meet, competes at the WIAC Championship on Oct. 30 in
Colfax.