Wisconsin-Oshkosh swept the top two places in six events as it easily defeated Lawrence 96-35 in its most recent meet held on Jan. 18 in Kolf Sports Center. The meet served as the indoor season opener for both teams.
The Titans controlled the short and middle distance running events by owning the first- and second-place finisher in the 60-meter dash, 200-meter dash, 400-meter run and mile run.
The Titans will compete at the Warhawk Classic this weekend.
North Central (Ill.) opened the indoor season with a victory in the five-team Cardinal Opener at Al B. Carius Track last Friday, finishing ahead of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Wisconsin-Oshkosh and Carthage. North Central is ranked in the top five nationally in both indoor championship relays, as Ryan Bartell, Dionte Hackler, Matt Muth and Travis Morrison sit third in the distance medley relay (10 minutes, 14.15 seconds) and Hackler, Derek Nelson, Marlen Hamilton and Mustapha Olaoye rank fifth in the 4-by-400-meter relay (3:21.68).
The Cardinals will compete at the Converse Invitational this weekend along with No. 4 Wisconsin-Whitewater and No. 10 Monmouth (Ill.).
Other Notes:
No. 4 Wisconsin is the only top-10 Division I team in competition this weekend and will be at the Bill Bergan Invitational. Charlie Foss and Ben Schreib are slated to compete in the heptathlon for the Badgers... No. 3 Ashland and No. 6 Findlay will be competing at the Division II Findlay Open
