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Christy Cazzola also won three races at last year's outdoor meet.
Christy Cazzola also won three races at last year's outdoor meet.

Cazzola Wins Three Titles At NCAA Outdoor Championship

Results

Christy Cazzola ended her spectacular career with three more individual titles, as UW-Oshkosh placed second at the NCAA Division III Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championship on May 22-24 in Delaware, Ohio.

Wartburg College (Iowa) scored 65 points to win the team crown, while the Titans totaled 63 for second. UW-Whitewater listed third with 44.5 and UW-La Crosse took fourth with 38.

Cazzola won her three races in a span of three hours. She captured the 800-meter run with a time of 2:05.23, the 1,500-meter event in 4:32.51 and the 5,000-meter competition in 16:29.96.

Cazzola became the first woman to win the 1,500-meter run four consecutive years. Her 800 time broke the national meet record, while her 5K mark set a school record. Cazzola finishes with 17 national championships – eight indoor track, eight outdoor track and one cross country.

Video Interviews with Christy Cazzola: 800/1,500 and 5,000.

Jecel Klotz also won an individual title, prevailing in the shot put with a distance of 50-8. Klotz previously captured the event during 2011.

Video Interview with Jecel Klotz

In the 800-meter run, Kylee Verhasselt clocked a 2:07.05 for second place. Breanna Strupp then scored six points with her third-place discus mark of 152-5.

UW-Oshkosh boasted two other All-Americans. Melanie Brickner earned fourth in the hammer throw at 182-11, while Kasey Ederer ranked fifth in the high jump at 5-8.

The Titans finished second for the fifth time in six years. UW-Oshkosh owns nine outdoor national titles, including 2011.

By Jon Feyen