While most of the UW Oshkosh men’s and women’s track and field teams traveled to Whitewater for the Midwest Elite Invitational, three Titans traveled to Mankato, Minnesota, Feb. 14 for the Maverick Premier, hosted by Minnesota State, and set two school records.
UWO’s Davian Willems and Londyn Little both walked away with new school records. Willems ran 6.68 in the 60-meter dash, not only setting a school record, but also becoming No. 3 all-time in Division III history. Little set the school record in the 200-meter dash, running a 21.47. This moves Little to No. 2 in the nation at D-III this season.
At the Midwest Elite Invitational in Whitewater, the men’s team came away with another win, scoring 122 points. On Friday, the weight throw was won by Gavin Fritsch with a throw of 19.11 meters. On Saturday, Caleb Wright claimed gold in the long jump with 7.10 meters. Christian Thompson won Oshkosh’s third field event with 2.01 meters in the high jump.
On the track, Matthew Eiden claimed the first medal of the day for the Titans in the 400-meter dash where he took second in 50.21 seconds. Aden Sears and Daniel Wilson both medaled in the 60-meter hurdles. Sears finished in second with 8.06 seconds and Wilson took third in 8.25 seconds. Eddie Jones grabbed third place in the 60-meter dash, running 6.89 seconds. In the 200-meter dash, Dylan Gramley and Tray Janssen finished in second and third. Gramley ran 22.31 seconds and Janssen ran 22.39 seconds.
The UWO women’s team finished in sixth place at the Midwest Elite Invitational with 42 points while Washington University in St. Louis (Missouri) won the meet with 175.5 points.
Oshkosh’s Brenna Masloroff gave the Titans their first medal on Friday night, taking second in the weight throw with 18.27 meters. Masloroff came back on Saturday in the shot put, taking third with 13.24 meters. Continuing the Saturday action, Megan Hunt finished second in the long jump with 5.89 meters. Hunt grabbed another medal, this time on the track, finishing third in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.14 seconds. Ella Galaszewski earned her first medal of the season, running a new personal best of 11:36.89 in the 3,000-meter run for third place.
UWO will compete in the UWO Titan Challenge Feb. 22, which is the final home meet of the indoor season.
