UW-Oshkosh track and field sent 21 competitors to the 2026 NCAA Division III Indoor Championships at the Crossplex in Birmingham, Alabama on March 13-14, with the men’s side placing third in the country, scoring a program record 64 points. 

Nine athletes would receive All-American honors across 11 events, with three individuals being named national champions.

In Friday’s lineup of events, Gavin Fritsch would jumpstart the scoring for the Titans, as the senior won the men’s weight throw with a distance of 20.78 meters. Junior Bryce Hale finished in sixth place with a distance of 18.82 meters. In men’s long jump, senior Joshua Rivers defended his national championship for the third straight year, jumping 7.48 meters in his final attempt to reclaim the top spot for UWO. The final national championship crown for the Titans goes to graduate student Collin Kao, who reset the indoor pole vault record with a height of 5.33 meters to win the event. 

On the track, senior Amelia Lehman qualified for finals in the women’s mile, while junior Lucas Nicholson qualified for the 800 meter finals. The women’s distance medley relay team of junior Maddy LaVoi, sophomores Emma Boegh and Adriana Garcia, and freshman Lehna Mitchell finished in 11th place with a time of 12:07.34. The men’s 4×400 meter relay, represented by Rivers, junior Matthew Eiden, and freshmen Sean Malay and Eli Kerner completed the event with a time of 3:17.76, placing them in 10th.

Junior Dylan Doss would collect a trio of All-American honors across both days. On Friday, Doss finished fourth in the long jump with a distance of 7.1 meters. Doss then started Saturday with a second place finish in the 60-meter dash, finishing with a time of 6.71 seconds, before breaking the indoor program record in the 200-meter dash, with a second place finish of 20.93 seconds.

Two heptathlon athletes would place in scoring positions for the Titans on day two of the meet. Senior Charlie Nolan finished in fourth place with 5,138 points, while junior Bryce Smith took seventh with a finish of 5,038 points. In finals competition on the track, Lehman placed runner-up in the women’s mile with a time of 4:43.8. She also started in the women’s 3,000 meter run, but did not finish the race. Nicholson ran 1:51.59 in the 800-meter finals, which gave him sixth place.

With the indoor season now complete, Oshkosh now looks towards the outdoor season. They kick off outdoor competition in St. Louis at the WashU Distance Carnival on March 26-27, at Francis Olympic Field.