Hall of Fame
Pete Delzer was a three-time NCAA Division III champion and 12-time All-American as a thrower on UW-Oshkosh men’s track & field teams from 2010-13.
The Oconto Falls High School graduate played a vital role in UW-Oshkosh earning six top-four trophies at the NCAA Championship, including a second-place showing during the 2013 indoor season and third-place finishes at both the 2012 indoor and 2013 outdoor national meets.
Delzer, who was named the 2012 Division III Midwest Region Indoor Field Athlete of the Year, still holds the school record in the hammer throw with a distance of 210-2 and currently lists among the program’s top five performers in both the indoor and outdoor shot put. He presently owns the Kolf Sports Center 35-pound weight throw record with a 2016 measurement of 68-5 1/4.
Delzer clinched his first NCAA title in 2011, winning the indoor 35-pound weight throw. He went on to claim national titles in the outdoor hammer throw in 2012 and the 35-pound weight throw in 2013. Delzer was a four-time WIAC champion.
In 2010, Delzer secured the first of his 12 All-America awards by placing fifth nationally in the outdoor shot put.
Delzer produced a trio of All-America performances in 2011, including his 35-pound weight throw title. He also finished seventh nationally in the indoor shot put and eighth in the outdoor discus.
In 2012, Delzer won the Division III hammer throw title with his school-record cast. Delzer, who also produced a pair of indoor All-America efforts by finishing second in the 35-pound weight throw and third in the shot put, was the WIAC champion in both the 35-pound weight throw and hammer throw. Delzer capped his season with a sixth place All-America showing in the outdoor shot put.
Delzer added four more All-America accolades during the 2013 campaign as he won the 35-pound weight throw title with a distance that stood as the UW-Oshkosh record for the next 13 years. Delzer was the Division III runner-up in the hammer throw while placing third nationally in the outdoor and fourth in the indoor shot puts. Delzer also successfully defended his WIAC titles in both the 35-pound weight throw and hammer throw.
In 2016, Delzer was qualifier for the USA Track & Field Indoor Championship in the 35-pound weight throw.
Delzer majored in kinesiology and graduated from UW-Oshkosh in 2014. He then received his master’s degree in adult, community and professional education from Carroll University in 2020.
Following his award-winning career at UW-Oshkosh, Delzer joined the Titans’ track & field coaching staff in 2014.
Delzer is in his third year as an assistant track & field coach at St. Norbert College. He joined St. Norbert College after coaching at Carroll University from 2017-23, Concordia University Wisconsin in 2016 and UW-Milwaukee in 2015.
Delzer was named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s Division III Women’s Co-Assistant Coach of the Year in 2022. He was selected as the organization’s Division III Men’s Midwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year in 2021 and the Women’s North Region Assistant Coach of the Year in 2022.
Delzer and his wife, Miranda, who also graduated from UW-Oshkosh, lives in Green Bay with their children, Viktor and Zelda. Delzer also is employed as a sales pro for BSN Sports.
