Bio

Gathering a total of nine NCAA Division III All-America awards and 10 WIAC event championships, Susan Burke did more than just participate in women's track & field at UW-Oshkosh, she excelled at it.

Burke was a member of the UW-Oshkosh track & field program from 1988-91, competing both indoors and outdoors. During that time, she helped the Titans to NCAA Division III outdoor championships in 1990 and 1991 and WIAC indoor and outdoor titles in 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991.

A graduate of Little Chute High School, Burke mainly competed in the high jump, 55-meter hurdles and pentathlon indoors and the high jump, heptathlon, 100-meter hurdles and javelin outdoors. She is a two-time All-American in the high jump indoors and a three-time All-American in both the high jump and heptathlon outdoors. Burke also gained All-America honors in the 55-meter hurdles indoors once.

Burke's performance at the WIAC indoor and outdoor championships was also impressive. Indoors, she won the pentathlon three times and the 55-meter hurdles once. Outdoors, she was victorious in the heptathlon four times and the high jump twice. Burke is currently one of only six people in the history of the WIAC to win an indoor or outdoor event four consecutive seasons, including one of only two outdoors.

In 1988, her first season with the Titans, Burke helped UW-Oshkosh to the WIAC indoor title by winning the pentathlon with 2,953 points. She also assisted the Titans to the league's outdoor championship that season by winning the heptathlon with 4,272 points.

The following year, Burke helped UW-Oshkosh to a pair of WIAC championships by finishing second in the pentathlon with 2,910 points indoors, and first in the heptathlon with 4,299 points and second in the javelin with a throw of 106-11 1/2 outdoors. Burke was named Field Athlete of the Meet after her effort at the WIAC Outdoor Championship. She concluded the year by finishing third in the high jump with a leap of 5-5 and third in the heptathlon with 4,551 points to gain All-America honors at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship.

UW-Oshkosh swept both WIAC titles in 1990, with Burke winning the pentathlon with 3,223 points indoors and winning the heptathlon with 4,466 points and the high jump with a height of 5-6 outdoors. She was named Field Athlete of the Meet at both WIAC championships. Burke helped UW-Oshkosh to a first-place finish at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship that year by placing second in the heptathlon with 4,783 points and sixth in the high jump with a leap of 5-5 to gain All-America honors. She also received All-America honors at the national indoor meet that season by finishing fifth in the high jump with a leap of 5-5 1/4.

Burke was named Field Athlete of the Meet at both of the WIAC championships in 1991. Leading the Titans to the indoor crown, Burke won the pentathlon with 3,128 points and the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.63 seconds while placing second in the high jump with a leap of 5-3 3/4. Outdoors, she helped the Titans to the conference title by winning the heptathlon with 4,318 points and the high jump with a leap of 5-7 1/4 while placing second in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15 seconds. 

Burke helped UW-Oshkosh to the NCAA Division III outdoor title that year by finishing second in the high jump with a leap of 5-7 3/4 and third in the heptathlon with 4,691 points to gain All-America honors. She also placed second in the high jump with a leap of 5-6 1/2 and fourth in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.56 seconds to achieve All-America status at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship held that year.

Burke, a 1991 UW-Oshkosh graduate, lives in Neenah with her husband, Ken, and their two children. She is currently employed by the Appleton Police Department.