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WIAC Indoor Track and Field Championships
� March 3, 2001
UW-Oshkosh, UW-La Crosse Capture Team
Titles
UW-Oshkosh won the men's competition and UW-La Crosse won its second
straight women's title at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
indoor track and field championships Saturday in Stevens Point.
The Titans' men's team won four titles on Saturday to finish with 184
points and win its fifth all-time title, including second in three years.
UW-La Crosse's women's team also had four champions Saturday and accumulated
203 points to outdistance second place UW-Oshkosh for its 12th
all-time title.
The meet featured four men's WIAC records set Saturday and two
women's records. UW-La Crosse set the men's record in the 4x200 relay with a
time of 1:28.02 and the Eagles set the women's 4x400 relay record in the
final event of the meet with a time of 3:57.32, edging UW-Oshkosh by .25
seconds as both teams eclipsed the previous records. UW-Whitewater's Jessica
Kohlman broke the women's 20-pound weight throw record with a toss of 57
feet, 4 3/4 inches.
UW-Stevens Point's Chris Horvat broke the 800 meter record previously
set in 1989 with a time of 1:53.32. UW-Oshkosh's Matt Groose was one of
three runners in the 1,500 meters to surpass the previous record by
finishing with a time of 3:52.27. UW-Whitewater's Jeremy Burks set the 3000
meters record with a time of 8:22.25 and earned men's track athlete of the
meet honors.
The men's field athlete of the meet was UW-La Crosse's Hans Schmidt,
who won the pole vault at 17 feet.
The most exciting race of the day was the men's 400 meters as
UW-Stevens Point's Craig Gunderson and UW-La Crosse's Adam McKahan finished
in a dead heat for first place with a time of 48.78 seconds.
UW-Oshkosh's Aaron Nett captured the newly-created heptathlon
event with 4,893 points, defeating teammate Jon Zweiger. Nett had won the
pentathlon the past three years.
The only other repeat winner on Saturday was UW-La Crosse's Derek
Walgrave, who defended his title in the 55 meter hurdles in 7.74 seconds.
UW-Oshkosh's Shannon King was the only men's athlete to win two events by
winning the triple jump in 48 feet, 10 1/4 inches after winning the high
jump on Friday.
Other men's winners included Dan Tutskey of UW-La Crosse in the 55
meters in 6.41 seconds, Andrew Rock of UW-La Crosse in the 200 meters in
21.84 seconds and UW-Platteville's David Hahn in the weight throw at 58
feet, 4 inches. UW-La Crosse's 4x400 relay also won in 3:21.69.
UW-Stevens Point's Becky Lebak was the only double winner in the
women's events and was named the women's track athlete of the meet. Lebak
won the 3000 meters in 10:21.86 after winning the 5000 meters on Friday.
UW-Eau Claire's Kathy Thompson was the top field events athlete by
winning the pentathlon with 3,203 points.
The only repeat women's winners from last season were UW-La Crosse's
Lisa Mickelson in the 400 meters at 58.11 seconds, UW-Oshkosh's Crystal
Bullion in the 55 hurdles in 8.50 seconds and UW-Oshkosh's Jill Kincaid in
the triple jump at 38 feet, 1 1/4 inches.
Other women's winners included UW-La Crosse's Jocelyn Loe in the 55
meters in 7.28 seconds, UW-La Crosse's Angela Klatt in the 200 meters in
25.26 seconds, UW-Oshkosh's Liz Woodworth in the 800 meters in 2:13.91 and
UW-Stevens Point's Leah Juno in the 1500 meters in 4:45.96.
UW-River Falls' Kady Kleven won the high jump in 5 feet, 5 3/4 inches
and UW-Oshkosh won the 4x200 meter relay in 1:44.60.
UW-Oshkosh's Bruce Coleman was named men's coach of the year and
UW-La Crosse's Pat Healy was the women's coach of the year.