Caleb Cornelius and Eli Tranel registered fourth-place measurements as the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh totaled eight All-America performances at the 48th NCAA Division III Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships that concluded three consecutive days of competition Saturday at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.

Cornelius, a freshman, earned his first All-America award with a career-best height of 6-9 3/4. He entered the high jump competition seeded 13th.

Kyle Rollins of St. John Fisher College (New York) won the high jump title at this year’s championships with a leap of 7-1.

Tranel, a junior, measured a height of 16-4 3/4 to acquire his first outdoor All-America citation.

Luke Srsic of Massachusetts Institute of Technology won the pole vault title at this year’s championships with a measurement of 16-8 3/4.

UW Oshkosh had two All-Americans in the 100-meter dash as seniors Robert Ogbuli finished fifth and Aaron McCarroll-Richardson eighth with times of 10.60 and 10.66 seconds, respectively. It was the first outdoor All-America award in the event for both sprinters.

UW-La Crosse’s Sam Blaskowski won the 100-meter dash at this year’s championships with a time of 10.40 seconds.

McCarroll-Richardson and Ogbuli previously earned outdoor All-America recognition by helping UWO place fourth at the 2019 and second at the 2021 championships in the 400-meter relay.

UWO seniors Jackson Sheckler and Jonathan Wilburn picked up their third career outdoor All-America awards with their efforts in the shot put and triple jump, respectively.

Sheckler finished sixth in the shot put with a throw of 54-1 3/4 after placing third in the event at 2021 championships and sixth in 2019.

Joseph White of Carthage College won the shot put at this year’s championships with a distance of 58-6 3/4.

Wilburn ranked eighth in the triple jump with a skip of 48-5 1/2 after finishing second in the event at the 2019 championships and fourth in 2021. He entered this year’s competition as the 17th seed.

Illinois College’s Will Rose claimed the triple jump title at this year’s championships with a mark of 50-2 3/4.

UWO senior Steven Potter finished eighth in the 1,500-meter run at this year’s championships with a time of 3:49.03. It was the second outdoor All-America award for Potter, who placed fourth in the 800-meter run at 2021 championships.

UW-Eau Claire’s Sam Verkere ran to the 1,500-meter title at this year’s meet with a time of 3:45.96.

Freshman Londyn Little, sophomore Rashaad Henderson, junior Bo Koehn and senior Amitai Wheat helped UWO pick up its final All-America award at this year’s championships with their seventh-place time of 3:13.50 in the 1,600-meter relay. It was the Titans’ first All-America performance in the event since 2015.

University of Mount Union (Ohio) won the 1,600-meter relay at this year’s championships with a time of 3:09.44.

UWO additionally received ninth-place finishes at the 2022 Division III Championships from Potter in the 800-meter run, junior Jaylen Grant in the 100-meter dash, senior Nick Tegtmeier in the shot put and the 400-meter relay team of Ogbuli, Grant, McCarroll-Richardson and sophomore Joseph Kean.

Potter and Grant registered times of 1:51.93 and 10.74 seconds, respectively, while Tegtmeier posted a measurement of 53-2 1/4. UWO’s 400-meter relay group of Grant, Kean, McCarroll-Richardson and Ogbuli advanced to the final but didn’t finish the All-America race.

This year’s championships featured 22 entrants in each of the 19 individual events and 16 contestants in both two relays. The top-eight finishers in each event earned All-America honors.

UWO finished 10th in the team standings with 22 points. The 2009 Division III outdoor champion Titans have now scored five or more points at each of the past 28 NCAA outdoor meets.

UW-Eau Claire scored 73 points at this year’s championships to win its second Division III outdoor title. John Carroll University (Ohio) placed second to the Blugolds with 48 points while Massachusetts Institute of Technology finished third with 40, UW-La Crosse fourth with 32 and both Rowan University (New Jersey) and defending champion Wartburg College (Iowa) fifth with 30.

A total of 80 teams scored points at this year’s meet.

Demco runs to pair of All-America awards

Alexandria Demco ran to a pair of All-America performances for the second consecutive year to pace UWO at the 40th NCAA Division III Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships that concluded three consecutive days of competition Saturday at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.

Demco, UWO’s lone All-American at this year’s championships, finished fourth in the 1,500- and seventh in the 800-meter runs with times of 4:30.39 and 2:09.35, respectively. Demco’s time in the 800-meter run was a season best.

Esther Seeland of Messiah College (Pennsylvania) won both the 800- and 1,500-meter runs at with times of 2:04.68 and 4:27.71, respectively.

Demco placed fifth in the 1,500-meter run and sixth in the 800-meter race at last year’s championships.

UWO was also represented at this year’s championships by senior Ashton Keene and junior Katie Fruth.

Keene finished 12th in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 37:00.77 and 19th in the 5,000-meter race with an effort of 18:07.52.

Ari Marks of Wellesley College (Massachusetts) won both the 5,000- and 10,000-meter runs with times of 16:08.90 and 34:50.55, respectively.

Fruth placed 12th in the shot put with a measurement of 45-0 1/2.

UW-Platteville’s Brianna Leahy won the shot put competition with a throw of 51-1 1/4.

This year’s championships featured 22 entrants in each of the 19 individual events and 16 contestants in both two relays. The top-eight finishers in each event earned All-America honors.

UWO finished 41st in this year’s team standings with seven points, all by Demco.