Titans Place Third At Warhawk Invitational

With its top runners having the meet off, UW-Oshkosh still managed a third-place finish at the Warhawk Men's Cross County held Saturday (Sept. 18) in Whitewater.

UW-Platteville won the eight-team meet with 30 points, while UW-Whitewater placed second with 35, UW-Oshkosh third with 91, Lawrence University fourth with 99 and Beloit College fifth with 156. UW-Platteville entered the meet ranked seventh in the NCAA Division III by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, UW-Whitewater 15th and UW-Oshkosh 27th.

UW-Oshkosh's top runner in the meet was Zach Adams (So. • Lake Geneva), who competed the 8,000-meter race with a time of 27:28.

In addition to Adams, the Titans also received team scoring from John Block (Fr. • Madison), Jerrod Berget (So. • New Richmond), Max Kramer (Fr. • Oshkosh) and Mike Foust (Fr. • Oshkosh). Block finished 17th with a time of 27:30, while Berget placed 22nd in 27:46, Kramer 23rd in 27:47 and Foust 29th in 28:07.

Patrick Klein of UW-Platteville won the individual title with a time of 26:29. Mathias Werve of UW-Whitewater finished second with a time of 26:35, while Ben Knapp of UW-Whitewater placed third in 26:51, Anthony Swimm of UW-Platteville fourth in 26:53 and Curran Carlile of Lawrence University fifth in 26:54. A total of 99 runners finished the race.

The Titans were represented by several other runners as Dylan Penhallurick (So. • Sheboygan) placed 33rd with a time of 28:20, Travis Beutler (Fr. • New Glarus) 35th in 28:41, Matt Lawrence (Fr. • Plainfield, Ill.) 37th in 28:49, Aaron Heiliger (Fr. • Madison) 42nd in 28:58, Matt Champan (Fr. • Waukesha) 48th in 29:27 and Casey Karpin (Fr. • Saukville) 64th in 30:25.

UW-Oshkosh competes at the prestigious Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday (Sept. 25) in Minneapolis, Minn.