WIAC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week

Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Men's Outdoor Track & Field
Athletes of the Week

Week of April 20 - 26
Track
UW-Stevens Point - 4x800-Meter Relay Team - Adam Lang, Junior, Sheboygan (Lutheran); David Litsheim, Freshman, Appleton (East); Greg Haak, Senior, Belleville; Adam Steinke, Senior, Hewitt (Marshfield)
The quartet broke a 25-year old school record in winning the 4x800-meter relay at the Drake Relays. Their time of 7:31.00 was 0.38 seconds faster than the second-place finisher and is the best performance in the country this season.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Brent Kann, Junior, Rice Lake
UW-La Crosse, Paul Zdroik, Senior, Stevens Point (SPASH)
UW-Oshkosh, Ben Zill, Junior, New Franken (Green Bay Preble)
UW-Platteville, Lynn Oyawiri, Freshman, Platteville
UW-River Falls, 4x800-Meter Relay Team - Indy Liljevall, Freshman, Lake City, Minn. (Lincoln); Nick Zeien, Sophomore, Hastings, Minn.; Scott Degner, Senior, Osceola; Alex Zeien, Freshman, Hastings, Minn.
UW-Stout, Kendall Wade, Junior, Milwaukee (Bay View)

Field
Daniel Drewek, Sophomore (Athens), of UW-Stout
Drewek won the pole vault at the Drake Alternative on April 25 in St. Peter, Minn., with a NCAA Division III provisional mark of 16-0 3/4. He also added a second-place finish in the long jump with a leap of 21-0 1/2..

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Grant Haugan, Junior, Green Bay (Ashwaubenon)
UW-La Crosse, Bobby Riley, Senior, Wittenberg (Wittenberg-Birnamwood)
UW-Oshkosh, James Simms, Junior, Fredonia (Ozaukee)
UW-Platteville, Jon Balcair, Junior, Medford
UW-Stevens Point, Mark Cufaude, Junior, Evansville

Week of April 13 - 19
Track
Willy Kaul, Senior (Menomonee Falls), of UW-Oshkosh
Kaul set a school record in the 10,000-meter run as UW-Oshkosh captured the team title at the Wheaton College (Ill.) Twilight Invitational on April 18. He ran to a first-place time of 29:38.85 to surpass the field of 14 competitors. His performance broke a three-year-old record and eclipsed the automatic qualifying standard for the NCAA Division III Championship. Kaul’s time is the best in the NCAA Division III this season. UW-Oshkosh won the seven-team meet with 243 points.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Chris Kupfer, Senior, Germantown
UW-La Crosse, Brad Peterson, Senior, Hartland (Arrowhead)
UW-Platteville, 4x800-Meter Relay Team - Damon Trainor, Freshman, Freeport, Ill.; Josh Melby, Senior, Montfort (Iowa Grant); Patrick Klein, Sophomore, Monroe; Tony Kilburg, Senior, Bellevue, Iowa (Marquette)
UW-River Falls, Josh Dietze, Senior, Oconto Falls
UW-Stevens Point, Adam Lang, Junior, Sheboygan (Lutheran)
UW-Stout, 4x100-Meter Relay Team - Daniel Drewek, Sophomore, Athens; Sam Flood, Sophomore, Eden; Dan Strong, Senior, Lantana, Fla. (Santaluces); Kendall Wade, Junior, Milwaukee (Bay View)

Field
Bobby Riley, Senior (Wittenberg/Wittenberg-Birnamwood), of UW-La Crosse
Riley won the shot put (58-4 3/4) and discus throw (177-0) at the Phil Esten Challenge on April 17. He automatically qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship in both events and posted the top performance in the country in both disciplines. UW-La Crosse earned the team title in the seven-team meet with 256.50 points.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Dan Powers, Junior, New Richmond
UW-Oshkosh, Andrew Stephany, Sophomore, Kimberly
UW-Platteville, Corey Digman, Senior, Platteville
UW-Stevens Point, Mike Dellemann, Senior, Oregon
UW-Stout, Daniel Drewek, Sophomore, Athens

Week of April 6 - 12
Track
Dallas Vincent, Junior (Oakfield/Mayville), of UW-La Crosse
Vincent won the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:38.03 at the Nike/Impact Sports UW-Platteville Invitational on April 10. He provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship with his performance.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Chris Wirtz, Junior, Weston (D.C. Everest)
UW-Oshkosh, Ben Zill, Junior, New Franken (Green Bay Preble)
UW-Platteville, Andy Melby, Freshman, Phillips
UW-Stevens Point, Ernest Edmond, Sophomore, Southfield, Mich. (Lathrup)
UW-Stout, Nate Carey, Junior, Champlin, Minn. (Park)

Field
Sam Johnson, Senior (Deer Park/Amery), of UW-Eau Claire
Competing at the Nike/Impact Sports UW-Platteville Invitational on April 10, Johnson provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship in the hammer throw. His fling of 179-9 won the event by more than three feet over the second-place finisher.

Also nominated:
UW-La Crosse, Andy Novak, Freshman, Waukesha (Mukwonago)
UW-Oshkosh, Tony Baker, Sophomore, Oshkosh (North)
UW-Platteville, Dan Meyer, Senior, Eau Claire (North)
UW-River Falls, Clai Catto, Freshman, Menomonie
UW-Stevens Point, Mike Schlichting, Senior, Greenville (Hortonville)
UW-Stout, Andrew Berlin, Senior, Shell Lake

Week of March 30 - April 5
Track
Corey Towle, Senior (Waukesha/South), of UW-Stevens Point
Towle finished first in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:44.56 at the North Central College (Ill.) First Chance Meet on April 4. His performance provisionally qualified him for the NCAA Division III Championship.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Chris Wirtz, Junior, Weston (D.C. Everest)
UW-Oshkosh, Dean Jensen, Freshman, De Pere
UW-Platteville, Lynn Oyawiri, Freshman, Platteville
UW-River Falls, Dan Rodewald, Junior, River Falls
UW-Stout - 4x100-Meter Relay Team - Dan Strong, Senior, Lantana, Fla. (Santaluces); Kendall Wade, Junior, Milwaukee (Bay View); Sam Flood, Sophomore, Eden; Carlos Concepcion, Freshman, Milwaukee (Custer)

Field
Bobby Riley, Senior (Wittenberg/Wittenberg-Birnamwood), of UW-La Crosse
Riley won the discus throw (173-7) and shot put (55-2 3/4) at the Wartburg College Select Meet on April 3-4. He automatically qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship in the discus, while provisionally qualifying in the shot put.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Logan Koerten, Sophomore, Plover (SPASH)
UW-Oshkosh, Tony Baker, Sophomore, Oshkosh (North)
UW-Platteville, Corey Digman, Senior, Platteville
UW-Stevens Point, Mark Cufaude, Junior, Evansville
UW-Stout, Daniel Drewek, Sophomore, Athens

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