Four Titans Win Events At Jeff Miller Meet

The loss of several athletes who were competing at two other meets didn't hurt the UW-Oshkosh men's track and field team as the Titans still captured four first-place listings at the Jeff Miller Drake Alternative Meet on Saturday (April 30) in Whitewater.

Winning events for UW-Oshkosh were Nick Baatz (So. • Brownsville) in the shot put with a distance of 53-7 1/2, Tony Baker (Sr. • Oshkosh) in the hammer throw with a mark of 189-9 and Donald Klitz (So. • Markesan) in the triple jump with a measurement of 44-11.

The Titans won the 1,600-meter relay as Ryan Gregory (Fr. • Mahtomedi, Minn.), Matt Lawrence (Fr. • Plainfield, Ill.), Frank O'Neal (So. • Viroqua) and Kris Wilke (Jr. • Waterloo) posted a time of 3:24.89.

Finding second-place finishes for the Titans were Baker in the shot put with a heave of 53-0 3/4, Alan German (Jr. • West Bend) in the javelin with a fling of 179-1 and Nick Newcomer (Jr. • Winnebago, Ill.) in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 35:48.77.

Taking third place for UW-Oshkosh were Baker in the discus with a fling of 168-4, Klitz in the javelin with a launch of 163-8, Jerrod Berget (Jr. • New Richmond) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:13.13, Kenny Halloran (Fr. • Mt. Prospect, Ill.) in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:04.33, Lawrence in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:58.59 and Wilke in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 56.89.

The Titans mustered fourth-place performances from Baatz in the discus with a toss of 167-10, Ben Ludtke (Jr. • Lyons) in the hammer throw with a launch of 178-0, Jake Dickmann (So. • Kewaskum) in the pole vault with a height of 15-3, German in the long jump with a distance of 22-5 3/4 and Ryan Fosler (Jr. • DeForest) in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.02.

UW-Oshkosh piled up fifth-place results from Blaise Dueling (So. • Greenfield) in the long jump with a mark of 22-3 1/2, Fosler in the javelin with a toss of 158-7, German in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.14 and O’Neal in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 58.06.

Sixth-place performances for the Titans went to Lewis Prior (Jr. • Coleman) in the shot put with a launch of 48-0, Pete Delzer (So. • Oconto Falls) in the discus with a sling of 159-8, Klitz in the high jump with a leap of 6-3 1/4, Derek Vanden Langenberg (Fr. • De Pere) in the triple jump with a leap of 42-11 1/2 and Mark Allen (So. • Port Washington) in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 16:06.94.

UW-Oshkosh collected seventh-place results from Delzer in the shot put with a fling of 47-7, Baatz in the hammer throw with a mark of 159-7, Cesar Raygoza (So. • Sheboygan) in the pole vault with a height of 14-9, Peter Gray (Fr. • Baileys Harbor) in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.42, Matt Champan (Fr. • Waukesha) in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:02.88 and Derek Johnsrud (Fr. • Fall River) in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 16:12.64.

The Titans' John Block (Fr. • Madison) finished eighth in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:15.72.