Wisconsin-Oshkosh scored by land and by air to win its first Division III Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships team title Saturday at Marietta.

William Kaul won the 10,000-meter run and Tony Baker captured the discus throw to lead the Titans to a six-point victory over defending champion McMurry. Kaul and Baker also scored in the 5,000-meter run and hammer throw, respectively, to contribute 29 of the team’s 46 points.

The Titans also picked up a second-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles by Ben Zill to finally claim the team trophy after four top-five finishes since 1990, including that year’s runner-up placement.

“We had a tremendous three-day championship,” Wisconsin-Oshkosh coach John Zupanc told the Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Republican after competition ended. “Everything came together for us.”

The Titans dueled throughout the meet with McMurry until Kaul clinched the trophy on the final day with his fourth-place finish in the 5,000-meter run.

Kaul also started the Titans off right by winning the 10,000-meter run and forging a tie in team scoring with McMurry at the end of the championships’ first day. He broke away from the lead pack with about two laps left to claim all-American honors for the fourth time in the event.

“Everything else started picking up, and I just went – I went hard,” he said after the race. “I had committed to it and there’s no looking back. I went, looked back, made sure I had everybody, and then I put my head and went after it again.”

Baker’s discus win left the Titans with a four-point lead over rival Wisconsin-Whitewater at the end of Day 2 – and a 10-point cushion over McMurry. But the Titans likely still were looking back at that point, knowing that McMurry senior Hanneus Ollison had qualified for finals in the 200- and 400-meter dashes.

Ollison responded by successfully defending his title in the 400-meter run, then immediately returned to the track and finished second at 200 meters.

“I can’t say enough about the fierce competitor Hann is for doubling up in the 400 and 200 and performing great in both of them,” said McMurry coach Barbara Crousen. “He ran a great 400 to win the national championship and then he really stepped up for us big time to finish second in the 200.  He had to fight towards the finish line to get that second-place finish and he did it for us.”

Those 18 points gave McMurry a short-lived three-point lead over the Titans, but Kaul’s five points in the 5,000 meters ended the duel.

Kaul was outstanding in the distance runs, but he shared the spotlight there with Hamilton’s Peter Kosgei, who won his third straight 3,000-meter steeplechase before beating Kaul and all other comers in the 5,000 meters – despite running the last six laps with just one shoe.

Kosgei, who also won the mile run at the Division III men’s indoor championships in March and last fall’s cross country crown, now has collected nine championships in indoor and outdoor track and cross country entering his senior year.

Last year’s 800-meter titlist, Emmanuel Bota of Whitworth, also was a repeat champion, successfully defending his 2008 crown.

There were no meet records at Marietta – unless you count twin brothers from Linfield finishing first and second in the decathlon. Josh Lovell outpointed Jeremy Lovell for the title.

“We’ve battled in every meet we’ve been at,” Josh Lovell said. “It’s back and forth between us. It’s awesome to have someone there to push me and for me to push him.”

Team results

1. Wis.-Oshkosh, 46; 2. McMurry, 40; 3. St. Thomas (Minn.), 39; 4. Salisbury, 28; 5. Wis.-La Crosse, 26; 6. (tie) Whitworth and Trinity (Tex.), 23; 8. Buena Vista, 21; 9. (tie) Wis.-Whitewater and Hamilton, 20; 11. (tie) Springfield and Neb. Wesleyan, 19; 13. Linfield, 18; 14. (tie) Williams, Manchester and Cortland St., 16; 17. Methodist, 15; 18. (tie) Wis.-Stout, Wis.-Eau Claire and Moravian, 14; 21. (tie) Wartburg, Mount Union and Bethel (Minn.), 13; 24. Lynchburg, 12; 25. (tie) Wis.-Stevens Point, Thiel, Concordia (Wis.) and Chris. Newport, 11; 29. (tie) Rowan, North Central (Ill.), MIT, Keene St., Hamline, Greenville and Centre, 10; 36. (tie) Gust. Adolphus, Frostburg St., Central (Iowa) and Calvin, 9; 40. (tie) Messiah, Lehman, Juniata and Carnegie Mellon, 8; 44. (tie) Washington-St. Louis, St. John's (Minn.), Ohio Northern, Coast Guard and Augustana (Ill.), 7; 49. (tie) Tufts, St. Olaf, Hope, Claremont-M-S and Carleton, 6; 54. TCNJ, 5; 55. (tie) Mississippi Col., Haverford, George Fox, Dickinson, Capital and Allegheny, 4; 61. Marietta, 3 1/2; 62. (tie) Wheaton (Ill.), St. Norbert, Oneonta St., Monmouth (Ill.), Connecticut Col., Brockport St. and Baldwin-Wallace, 3; 69. (tie) WPI, Willamette, Southern Me., New York U., Montclair St., Gwynedd-Mercy and Aurora, 2; 76. (tie) Wis.-River Falls, Wesley, Rose-Hulman, Case Reserve and Bates, 1; 81. Wilmington (Ohio), 1/2.

Individual champions

100-meter dash: Stephen Headley, Springfield, 10.51.

200-meter dash: Eric Woodruff, Moravian, 21.06.

400-meter dash: Hanneus Ollison, McMurry, 46.65.

800-meter run: Emmanuel Bofa, Whitworth, 1:48.77.

1,500-meter run: Ty Griffin, Mount Union, 3:53.41.

3,000-meter steeplechase: Peter Kosgei, Hamilton, 8:56.67.

5,000-meter run: Peter Kosgei, Hamilton, 14:39.03.

10,000-meter run: William Kaul, Wis.-Oshkosh, 30:54.56.

110-meter high hurdles: Edgar Townsend, Greenville, 14.24.

400-meter intermediate hurdles: Cory Beebe, Salisbury, 51.28.

400-meter relay: St. Thomas (Minn.) (James Ewer, Sam Moen, Joe DeFrance, Patrick Jager), 40.76.

1,600-meter relay: St. Thomas (Minn.) (Matt Griswold, James Ewer, Joe DeFrance, Patrick Jager), 3:10.60.

High jump: John Kimmel, Manchester, 2.12 (6-11 1/2).

Pole vault: Jake Zanetti, Cortland St., 5.06 (16-7 1/4).

Long jump: Eric Bertelsen, Buena Vista, 7.38 (24-2 1/2).

Triple jump: Chrys Jones, Centre, 15.32 (50-3 1/4).

Shot put: Brandon Fugett, Salisbury, 17.94 (58-10 1/4).

Discus throw: Tony Baker, Wis.-Oshkosh, 50.51 (165-8).

Hammer throw: Bryan Kolacz, Keene St., 61.48 (201-8).

Javelin throw: Brock Solveson, Concordia (Wis.), 63.52 (208-5).

Decathlon: Josh Lovell, Linfield, 7,080 points.

Individual results

100-meter dash: 1. Stephen Headley, Springfield, 10.51; 2. Delannie Spriggs, Salisbury, 10.70; 3. Tazz Petty, Methodist, 10.76; 4. Eric Bertelsen, Buena Vista, 10.81; 5. Eric Woodruff, Moravian, 10.87; 6. Jayshon Irvin, Marietta, 10.88; 7. Michael Hill, Methodist, 12.09; 8. Dak Kongela, George Fox, 12.58.

200-meter dash: 1. Eric Woodruff, Moravian, 21.06; 2. Hanneus Ollison, McMurry, 21.26; 3. Stephen Headley, Springfield, 21.31; 4. Leroy Harper Jr., Chris. Newport, 21.40; 5. Matt Glasnapp, Neb. Wesleyan, 21.52; 6. Joe Reed, Oneonta St., 21.84; 7. Greg Bailey, Methodist, 21.86; 8. Michael Hill, Methodist, 24.44.

400-meter dash: 1. Hanneus Ollison, McMurry, 46.65; 2. Alex Eaton, Thiel, 47.56; 3. Korey Bucher, Manchester, 47.68; 4. Taylor Fitzgerald, Williams, 47.97; 5. Patrick Jager, St. Thomas (Minn.), 47.98; 6. Dann Schneider, St. Norbert, 48.60; 7. Dan Dunkleberger, Gwynedd-Mercy, 48.92; 8. Derek Carson, Neb. Wesleyan, 49.47.

800-meter run: 1. Emmanuel Bofa, Whitworth, 1:48.77; 2. Patrick Roach, Messiah, 1:49.51; 3. Brian Sames, St. Thomas (Minn.), 1:51.69; 4. Adam Lang, Wis.-Stevens Point, 1:51.77; 5. Jimmy O'Brien, Ohio Northern, 1:51.83; 6. Brian Leiter, Frostburg St., 1:51.85; 7. Wes Fischer, Wis.-Eau Claire, 1:52.03; 8. Nick Zeien, Wis.-River Falls, 1:52.33.

1,500-meter run: 1. Ty Griffin, Mount Union, 3:53.41; 2. Macklin Chaffee, Williams, 3:53.50; 3. Brian Leiter, Frostburg St., 3:53.68; 4. Brandon Gleason, Hamline, 3:53.86; 5. Kyle Brandon, St. Thomas (Minn.), 3:54.44; 6. Jimmy O'Brien, Ohio Northern, 3:54.56; 7. Jeramie Parker, Allegheny, 3:54.64; 8. Tyler Hinrichs, Bethel (Minn.), 3:55.29.

3,000-meter steeplechase: 1. Peter Kosgei, Hamilton, 8:56.67; 2. Paul Zdroik, Wis.-La Crosse, 8:57.87; 3. Kyle O'Brien, Cortland St., 8:57.96; 4. Chris Wirtz, Wis.-Eau Claire, 9:03.95; 5. Andy Kubiak, Augustana (Ill.), 9:05.36; 6. Nate DeHaan, Calvin, 9:06.00; 7. Kent Pecora, Dickinson, 9:07.81; 8. Brian Murtagh, Connecticut Col., 9:08.41.

5,000-meter run: 1. Peter Kosgei, Hamilton, 14:39.03; 2. Brian Harvey, Carnegie Mellon, 14:40.02; 3. Brian Chenoweth, Wartburg, 14:42.62; 4. William Kaul, Wis.-Oshkosh, 14:46.38; 5. Ricky Flynn, Lynchburg, 14:49.46; 6. Kyle Brady, North Central (Ill.), 14:50.20; 7. Chris Marker, Allegheny, 14:51.28; 8. Jed Christiansen, Calvin, 14:51.73.

10,000-meter run: 1. William Kaul, Wis.-Oshkosh, 30:54.56; 2. Ricky Flynn, Lynchburg, 30:57.71; 3. Brian Chenoweth, Wartburg, 30:58.62; 4. Jed Christiansen, Calvin, 30:59.33; 5. Kyle Brady, North Central (Ill.), 31:03.91; 6. Mike Spain, North Central (Ill.), 31:05.73; 7. Jesse Schneider, New York U., 31:21.81; 8. Micah Lorenzen, Concordia (Wis.), 31:29.12.

110-meter high hurdles: 1. Edgar Townsend, Greenville, 14.24; 2. Todd Wildman, Trinity (Tex.), 14.29; 3. Shawn Olorundami, Buena Vista, 14.48; 4. Tyler Geyen, Gust. Adolphus, 14.53; 5. Taylor Ferda, Bethel (Minn.), 14.60; 6. Dorran Coley, Thiel, 14.60; 7. William Brown, Montclair St., 14.69; 8. Russell Harris, Wartburg, 14.81.

400-meter intermediate hurdles: 1. Cory Beebe, Salisbury, 51.28; 2. Ben Zill, Wis.-Oshkosh, 52.07; 3. Tom Ballinger, Carleton, 52.23; 4. Matt Griswold, St. Thomas (Minn.), 52.57; 5. Al Wonesh, TCNJ, 52.79; 6. Logan Hohl, Monmouth (Ill.), 53.66; 7. Tanner Coghill, Washington-St. Louis, 53.87; 8. Sutton Coleman, Rose-Hulman, 53.94.

400-meter relay: 1. St. Thomas (Minn.) (James Ewer, Sam Moen, Joe DeFrance, Patrick Jager), 40.76; 2. Neb. Wesleyan, 40.89; 3. Wis.-Stout, 41.18; 4. Wis.-Oshkosh, 41.19; 5. Methodist, 41.31; 6. Springfield, 41.36; 7. Wis.-Stevens Point, 41.94; Wis.-La Crosse (did not finish).

1,600-meter relay: 1. St. Thomas (Minn.) (Matt Griswold, James Ewer, Joe DeFrance, Patrick Jager), 3:10.60; 2. Bethel (Minn.), 3:11.18; 3. Neb. Wesleyan, 3:12.55; 4. Hamline, 3:12.66; 5. Gust. Adolphus, 3:12.72; 6. Williams, 3:13.24; 7. Wis.-Eau Claire, 3:14.25; 8. TCNJ, 3:14.81.

High jump: 1. John Kimmel, Manchester, 2.12 (6-11 1/2); 2. Zach Shew, McMurry, 2.09 (6-10 1/4); 3. John Donkersloot, Hope, 2.06 (6-9); 4. Ethan Miller, Central (Iowa), 2.06 (6-9); 5. David Stauder, Wis.-La Crosse, 2.06 (6-9); 6. Cody Stelzer, Whitworth, 2.06 (6-9); 7. Al Winsley, Mississippi Col., 2.06 (6-9); 8. (tie) Zach Gay, Marietta, and Braden McMonigle, Wilmington (Ohio), 2.03 (6-8).

Pole vault: 1. Jake Zanetti, Cortland St., 5.06 (16-7 1/4); 2. Daniel Drewek, Wis.-Stout, 5.06 (16-7 1/4); 3. Thomas Dimitri, McMurry, 5.06 (16-7 1/4); 4. Greg Tao, MIT, 4.86 (15-11 1/4); 5. Doug Gibbons, Capital, 4.86 (15-11 1/4); 6. David Larson, Wheaton (Ill.), 4.86 (15-11 1/4); 7. Stephen Hendrix, Dickinson, 4.86 (15-11 1/4); 8. Brayden Wagner, St. John's (Minn.), 4.76 (15-7 1/4).

Long jump: 1. Eric Bertelsen, Buena Vista, 7.38 (24-2 1/2); 2. Gavan Bass, McMurry, 7.11 (23-4); 3. Carl Luxhoj, Coast Guard, 7.11 (23-4); 4. Kyle Hayes, Rowan, 7.08 (23-2 3/4); 5. Chaz Thomas, Haverford, 7.04 (23-1 1/4); 6. Todd Wildman, Trinity (Tex.), 6.98 (22-10 3/4); 7. Al Winsley, Mississippi Col., 6.91 (22-8); 8. Chris Donisi, Wesley, 6.91 (22-8).

Triple jump: 1. Chrys Jones, Centre, 15.32 (50-3 1/4); 2. Pete Charles, Lehman, 15.25 (50-0 1/2); 3. Isaac Bell, Chris. Newport, 15.23 (49-11 3/4); 4. Stephen Morton, MIT, 15.13 (49-7 3/4); 5. James Simms, Wis.-Oshkosh, 14.95 (49-0 3/4); 6. Eric Buss, St. John's (Minn.), 14.78 (48-6); 7. Alex Samma, Connecticut Col., 14.76 (48-5 1/4); 8. Carl Luxhoj, Coast Guard, 14.75 (48-4 3/4).

Shot put: 1. Brandon Fugett, Salisbury, 17.94 (58-10 1/4); 2. Bobby Riley, Wis.-La Crosse, 17.91 (58-9 1/4); 3. John Schantzen, St. Olaf, 17.54 (57-6 1/2); 4. Jeff Kintner, Whitworth, 17.30 (56-9 1/4); 5. Kyle Scofield, Wis.-Stevens Point, 16.77 (55-0 1/4); 6. Judd Lutz, Mount Union, 16.61 (54-6); 7. Tom Sroka, Aurora, 16.33 (53-7); 8. Greg Patrick, Baldwin-Wallace, 16.19 (53-1 1/2). 

Discus throw: 1. Tony Baker, Wis.-Oshkosh, 50.51 (165-8); 2. Shaun Davis, Wis.-Whitewater, 50.39 (165-4); 3. Justin Campbell, Trinity (Tex.), 50.18 (164-7); 4. Bobby Riley, Wis.-La Crosse, 50.10 (164-4); 5. Ben Stringer, Wis.-Whitewater, 49.83 (163-6); 6. Phil Christensen, Augustana (Ill.), 49.51 (162-5); 7. Kevin Phipps, Baldwin-Wallace, 49.06 (160-11); 8. Luke Crowley, Wis.-La Crosse, 48.89 (160-4).

Hammer throw: 1. Bryan Kolacz, Keene St., 61.48 (201-8); 2. Shaun Davis, Wis.-Whitewater, 56.61 (185-8); 3. Taylor Berliant, Claremont-M-S, 55.80 (183-1); 4. Sam Johnson, Wis.-Eau Claire, 55.17 (181-0); 5. Tony Baker, Wis.-Oshkosh, 53.68 (176-1); 6. Dom Gonzalez, Brockport St., 53.53 (175-7); 7. Jarrett Arredondo, WPI, 53.02 (173-11); 8. Rich McNeil, Bates, 52.72 (172-11).

Javelin throw: 1. Brock Solveson, Concordia (Wis.), 63.52 (208-5); 2. Kyle Mazur, Juniata, 62.14 (203-10); 3. Chris Baer, Trinity (Tex.), 61.27 (201-0); 4. Sean Biehn, Rowan, 60.98 (200-1); 5. Alexander Hymel, Whitworth, 60.96 (200-0); 6. Joel Krebs, George Fox, 59.94 (196-8); 7. Grant Piros, Willamette, 59.49 (195-2); 8. Joseph VanHoomissen, Whitworth, 59.01 (193-7).

Decathlon: 1. Josh Lovell, Linfield, 7,080 points; 2. Jeremy Lovell, Linfield, 6,857; 3. Jared Engelking, Tufts, 6,834; 4. Ben Harmon, Washington-St. Louis, 6,811; 5. Kurtis Brondyke, Central (Iowa), 6,809; 6. Brayden Wagner, St. John's (Minn.), 6,680; 7. James Spaulding, Southern Me., 6,650; 8. Obinna Nwanna, Case Reserve, 6,649.