Fall 06 (pdf) - University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

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Women’s outdoor track team
Wins seventh NcAA title
uW Oshkosh scored 52 points, including 28 by
Robyn Jarocki, to win the team title in May
at the NCAA Division III Women’s Outdoor
Track and Field Championship in Lisle, Ill.
The NCAA Division III outdoor title was the seventh
for UW Oshkosh. The team, which also captured
the top award at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship
held in March in Northfield, Minn., finished
the 2006 track and field season unbeaten after outscoring
every indoor and outdoor opponent.
Williams College (Mass.) finished second to UWO
at this year’s NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship.
Jarocki was named the meet’s Outstanding Field
Athlete for the third straight year, after finishing first in
two events and second in another.
In addition, UW Oshkosh also received multiple
All-America performances from Nadine Pieske and
Danielle Rankin.
UW Oshkosh’s latest NCAA Division III title was
the 24th in school history.
Jarocki also was named 2006 NCAA Division III
Women’s Outdoor Athlete of the Year.
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uWo Finishes 33rd in
directors’ cup standings
uW Oshkosh placed 33rd in the competition for
the 2005-2006 United States Sports Academy
Directors’ Cup, a prestigious all-sports award
presented annually to the best overall NCAA Division
III athletics program in the country.
Developed as a joint effort between USA Today and
the National Association of Collegiate Directors of
America, the directors’ cup is the only national allsports
competition that recognizes colleges with the best
overall athletics program.
UW Oshkosh scored 328 points for its 33rd-place
finish. The Titans counted 100 points in women’s indoor
and outdoor track and field, 85 in men’s indoor and
outdoor track and field, 57 in men’s cross-country, 50 in
women’s volleyball and 36 in women’s cross-country.
UW Oshkosh has recorded eight top-15 finishes in
the rankings.
Former titan Inducted into
track & Field Hall of Fame
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aura (Horejs) Lambert, ’92,
one of the most heralded
distance runners in both UW
Oshkosh and WIAC history, was
among six individuals inducted into
the United States Track and Field
and Cross Country Coaches Association’s
NCAA Division III Track and
Field Hall of Fame in May.
Lambert is the second UW Oshkosh athlete to be so
honored, with the other being 2004 inductee Melissa
Mueller.
Lambert competed in women’s indoor and outdoor
track and field at UW Oshkosh from 1989 to 1992.
During that time, she helped the Titans to NCAA Division
III outdoor titles in 1990 and 1991. She also played
a key role in helping UW Oshkosh capture four indoor
(1989-1992) and three outdoor (1989-1991) Wisconsin
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships.