OSHKOSH, Wis.- The UW-Oshkosh Athletics Hall of Fame increases its membership to 270 when eight men and women are inducted Sunday, October 4 at the Culver Family Welcome Center (625 Pearl Avenue) on the UW-Oshkosh campus.
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The 52nd induction class features former UW-Oshkosh student-athletes Jack Borski, Pete Delzer, Michelle Dziak, Shane Lohr, Stan Mathes, Cole Myhra, Matt Thull and Ben Zill.
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The event, which is open to the public, features a social at 9:15 a.m., brunch at 10 a.m. and program at 10:45 a.m. Michael Patton, the public address voice of the Titans, will emcee the event.
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Tickets for the event are $30 each (aged five and older) and can only be purchased from the ticket portal located on the UW-Oshkosh athletics website. Tickets will be on sale through September 21. Tickets are required to attend and will not be available for purchase at the event.
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Jack Borski was an All-American on the field and in the classroom as a member of the highly successful UW-Oshkosh men's soccer teams from 2007-10.
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Borski became the first defender in program history to garner All-America honors when he was tabbed to the United Soccer Coaches Third Team and D3soccer.com First Team in 2010 after helping the squad reach the NCAA Division III semifinal round for the fourth time. Borski remains the only Titan defender to be named a United Soccer Coaches All-American.
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Borski's on-field accolades also include three straight Division III all-region awards and a pair of All-WIAC First Team awards in 2009 and 2010. He was tabbed to the 2010 United Soccer Coaches All-North Region First Team after being named to the All-North Central Region Second Team in 2008 and All-North Region in Third Team in 2009.
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A four-year letterwinner, Borski and the Titans compiled a 61-13-8 record from 2007-10, including marks of 20-1-3 in 2010 on the way to sharing the WIAC regular season title and advancing to the NCAA Final Four, 13-4-2 in 2009, 11-5-2 in 2008, and 17-3-1 and a trip to the third round of the national tournament in 2007.
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Borski, who started 72 of his 73 games played, totaled 13 career points on 11 assists and one match-winning goal. He registered a career-high five assists during 2007 and notched his lone goal 11 minutes into a 4-0 victory at Clarke College (Iowa) in 2009.
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A key cog in the Oshkosh defense, Borski helped the Titans yield just 13 goals in both 2007 and 2010, and 16 in both 2008 and 2009 while collecting 49 shutouts over his four seasons.
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Borski was among 14 Titans picked for the 20-player WIAC All-Time Men's Soccer Team that was released as part of the league's centennial celebration in 2012.
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Oshkosh's 2010 NCAA tournament run featured four wins, including three straight via shutout over North Park University (Ill.), Loras College (Iowa) and Calvin University (Mich.), at J. J. Keller Field at Titan Stadium ahead of a 4-1 setback against eventual national champion Messiah University (Pa.) during the national semifinals in San Antonio, Texas.
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In 2007 the Titans also earned a pair of home shutout wins against Wartburg College (Iowa) and Whitworth University (Wash.) before suffering a 2-1 third-round loss to eventual national runner-up Trinity University (Texas) in St. Louis, Mo.
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For his efforts in the classroom, Borski was selected to the 2010 United Soccer Coaches College Scholar All-America First Team, the 2010 Academic All-America College Division Second Team by the College Sports Communicators and the 2009 CSC Academic All-America College Division Third Team.
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Borski's academic accolades include 2009 and 2010 College Scholar All-North/Central Region First Team honors by the United Soccer Coaches, and 2009 and 2010 Academic All-District Five College Division First Team recognition by the CSC.
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Borski, who boasted a 3.790 grade point average as a geology major and German minor, also was named the 2010 WIAC Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete of the Year for men's soccer and received the 2011 UW-Oshkosh John Taylor Scholar-Athlete Award. The Madison West High School alumnus earned a place on the UW-Oshkosh Dean's List on four occasions and the university Honor Roll twice.
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Since graduating from UW-Oshkosh in 2012, Borski has earned a pair of master's degrees from universities in the Rocky Mountains. He earned a degree in sedimentology/geology from Montana State University in 2014 and another in geographic information science and cartography from the University of Denver in 2021.
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Pete Delzer was a four-time NCAA Division III individual champion and 12-time All-American as thrower on the UW-Oshkosh men's track & field teams from 2010-13.
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Delzer, a four-time WIAC individual champion, played a vital role in the program earning six total top-four trophies at Division III championships, including a national runner-up showing during the 2013 indoor season and a third-place finish at the 2013 outdoor national meet.
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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 and currently lists among the program's top five in the 35-pound weight throw, and both the indoor and outdoor shot put.
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Delzer clinched his first NCAA individual title in 2011, winning the 35-pound weight throw with a mark of 64-3 3/4. He went on to claim the 2012 hammer throw championship with a cast of 210-2 and the 2013 35-pound weight throw with a distance of 67-9 1/2. Delzer's hammer throw performance remains the best in school history, while his winning 35-pound weight throw distance in 2013, which ranks second in program annals, sat atop the program leaderboard for 13 years.
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During his freshman season in 2010, Delzer secured the first of his 12 All-America awards by placing fifth in the outdoor shot put (54-2 3/4).
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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 (52-7 1/4) and eighth in the discus (159-10).
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As a junior in 2012, Delzer won the Division III hammer throw with a school-record cast of 210-2. The WIAC individual champion in the 35-pound weight throw (67-2 1/4) and the hammer throw (196-6), Delzer produced a pair of indoor All-American efforts by placing second in the 35-pound weight throw (65-4 3/4) and third in the shot put (58-1 3/4). His shot put heave still ranks fifth in program history. Delzer then capped his season with a sixth-place All-America showing in the outdoor shot put (56-1 3/4).
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Delzer added four more All-America accolades during his 2013 senior campaign as he won the national 35-pound weight throw title with a mark of 67-9 1/2 that stood as the UW-Oshkosh record for the next 13 years. Delzer was the Division III runner-up in the hammer throw (201-8), while placing third in the outdoor shot put (58-2 1/2) and fourth in the indoor shot put (56-9 1/4). His indoor shot put mark remains fourth best in school history. Delzer also successfully defended his WIAC crowns in both the 35-pound weight throw (66-2 1/4) and hammer throw (182-3).
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Delzer went on to become a USA Track & Field 2016 indoor national qualifier in the 35-pound weight throw. He shattered the Kolf Sports Center weight throw record with a 68-5 1/4 distance as an unattached athlete in 2016.
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Delzer, a kinesiology major, earned his bachelor's degree from UW-Oshkosh in 2014. The Oconto Falls High School graduate then received his master's degree in adult, community and professional education from Carroll University in 2020.
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Michelle Dziak, a six-time All-American and seven-time WIAC individual champion as a jumper from 1986-90, was a key figure in UW-Oshkosh's ascension to national prominence in women's track & field.
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Dziak was a member of the track & field program's first Division III championship squad and its first WIAC title team. Dziak was an All-American as the Titans clinched the Division III outdoor championship for the first time in 1990 and the WIAC Indoor Field Performer of the Meet as UW-Oshkosh claimed its first league title in 1988.
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Since Dziak's pioneering teams, UW-Oshkosh women's track & field has combined to win another 23 conference crowns and 17 national team championships. She was named the WIAC Indoor Championship Field Performer of the Meet in both 1988 and 1989.
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As a freshman is 1986, Dziak scored UW-Oshkosh's first ever points at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship when she finished fourth in the triple jump (36-4 3/4) to secure the first of her six All-America awards.
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Dziak again scored UW-Oshkosh's lone points at the 1987 national indoor meet after placing fourth in the triple jump (36-2 1/4). Dziak also won the first of her three consecutive WIAC indoor triple jump titles with a mark of 37-5 3/4.
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The Titans and Dziak took a significant step forward in 1988, when UW-Oshkosh won both the WIAC indoor and outdoor team championships for the first time as Dziak swept the indoor long jump (17-7) and triple jump (37-1 3/4) crowns before defending her outdoor triple jump (37-1 3/4) title. Behind Dziak's national runner-up performance in the triple jump (37-6), the Titans finished sixth at the Division III Indoor Championship. Dziak then produced a pair of All-America efforts at the national outdoor meet, placing fifth in the long jump (18-2 1/2) and sixth in the triple jump (37-8), to help the program finish third in the country and mark its first-ever national top-four trophy.
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In 1989, Dziak was the WIAC indoor champion in both the long jump (17-9 3/4) and triple jump (37-6 3/4) to help the Titans to their second of six consecutive team titles. Dziak's top triple jump effort in 1989 at 39-3 1/4 remains the fourth best mark in program history. UW-Oshkosh claimed the second of four straight WIAC outdoor crowns before finishing second in the team standings at the national outdoor meet.
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Dziak's final season in 1990 resulted in the program's first team national title with 75 points at the Division III Outdoor Championship as Dziak was an All-American with a fifth place showing in the triple jump (37-4). Dziak claimed the final of her seven individual conference championship with a 37-5 1/4 mark in the triple jump. The Titans, who were the runners-up at the 1990 national indoor meet, also continued their league dominance, sweeping their third straight indoor and outdoor WIAC titles.
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Dziak was one of 25 Titans named to the 54-member WIAC All-Time Women's Track & Field Team that was released in 2012 as part of the conference's centennial celebration.
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Shane Lohr was an All-American as a student and an athlete while playing midfield during the most successful four-year stretch in UW-Oshkosh men's soccer history from 2000-03.
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Lohr was a two-time United Soccer Coaches All-Central Region selection and a 2003 USC Third Team All-American. One of seven All-Americans in program history, Lohr helped Oshkosh produce a 70-10-2 record and NCAA Division III Championship appearances during each of his four seasons.
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Lohr and the Titans reached the Final Four of the national tournament in 2000 and 2003, while appearing the second round in both 2001 and 2002.
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Lohr, who was among 14 Titans voted to the 20-member WIAC All-Time Men's Soccer Team as part of the league's centennial celebration in 2012, recorded 46 career points on eight goals and 30 assists in 81 matches played.
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In the classroom, Lohr became the second of seven overall players from the program to garner USC NCAA Division III Scholar All-America accolades in 2003, when he was named to the second team.
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During his freshman campaign in 2000, Lohr tallied eight points on six assists and one goal as the Titans went 20-2, advanced to the national semifinal round for the second time in program history, notched 13 shutouts and finished the year ranked ninth in the USC poll. Oshkosh's NCAA postseason run in 2000 featured a 3-1 home upset win over second-ranked Trinity University (Texas) during the third round and a 4-1 triumph at 17th-ranked Christopher Newport University (Va.) in the national quarterfinal round before ultimately falling, 2-0, at Rowan University during the semifinal round in Glassboro, N.J. Lohr recorded a pair of assists in the Titans' win at Christoper Newport.
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In 2001, Lohr had 16 points on two goals and 12 assists to help Oshkosh go 16-3 on the year. Lohr then contributed six points on a goal and four assists during 2002, when the Titans went 13-4-2. Oshkosh, which registered eight shutouts in both 2001 and 2002, earned opening-round byes in the Division III Championship during Lohr's sophomore and junior seasons but suffered home setbacks in the second round both years. Lohr was named to the USC All-Central Region Fourth Team in 2002.
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The 2003 season remains perhaps the most successful in program archives as the Titans compiled a 21-1 record, advanced to the Final Four and capped the year ranked third in the USC poll. Lohr, who was selected to the USC All-America Third Team and All-Central Region First Team, accounted for 16 points on four goals and eight assists for an Oshkosh side that opened the year with 21 consecutive wins – still the ninth longest winning streak in Division III history – and finished fourth nationally in both shutout percentage (0.73) and goals against average (0.36). The Titans ceded just eight goals all year and notched 16 shutouts.
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After steamrolling through the regular season with 18 straight wins by a combined 50-5 score, Lohr and the Titans recorded three consecutive home shutouts in the 2003 NCAA tournament to book their trip to the Final Four in Madison, N.J., where Oshkosh battled top-ranked and eventual unbeaten national champion Trinity through two overtimes in the semifinals until falling, 3-2, in three extra sessions.
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Lohr, a New Berlin West High School alumnus, earned a bachelor's degree from UW-Oshkosh in 2005 as a geology major.
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Stan Mathes was a record-setting runner as a member of the UW-Oshkosh cross country and track & field programs from 1965-67 before going on to establish even more records at senior events.
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Mathes was the 1966 and 1967 WIAC individual champion in the 880-yard run and ran a leg on the Titans' mile relay squad to help lead UW-Oshkosh to a share of the 1966 team conference title and the outright league crown in 1967. The 1966 team championship was UW-Oshkosh's second overall and first since 1927.
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Mathes' time of 1:55.9 in the 1967 WIAC Championship 880-yard run was the conference record for multiple years, while Mathes and UW-Oshkosh held the league record in the mile relay at 3:21.9 set after the 1966 meet. He participated in the 880-yard run at the 1967 NAIA Championship.
Mathes was also a member of UW-Oshkosh cross country teams that clinched back-to-back WIAC titles in 1966 and 1967, marking the first team championships for the program.
Mathes was a three-year letterwinner in cross country from 1965-67 and earned three track & field letters from 1965-67.
The Hilbert High School alumnus received both his bachelor's (1969) and master's (1973) degrees from UW-Oshkosh.
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Mathes has continued his racing prowess on the senior circuit, setting numerous records and winning events since the 1980s. He placed first in his age group at 176 road races of various distances between 1980-2024.
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Mathes is the current National Senior Games record holder in the 60-to-64-year-old 800-meter run with his time of 2:17 in 2007. At the 2006 National Masters Track & Field Championship, he won the 60-to-64-year-old 800-meter run in 2:15 to rank first in the world. Mathes has also won 800- or 1,500-meter national age-group races in 1991, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
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Cole Myhra was a two-time All-American running back during a trailblazing era of UW-Oshkosh football from 2010-13.
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Myhra helped the program to its first-ever NCAA Division III Championship appearance in 2012, when the Titans clinched their first WIAC title in 46 years en route to advancing to the national semifinal round. Oshkosh compiled a 32-12 overall record during his four seasons, including marks of 13-1 in 2012 and 8-2 in 2013.
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Myhra was a D3football.com Second Team All-American in 2012 and 2013, concluding his career with 3,215 rushing yards, 37 rushing touchdowns, 83 receptions for 745 yards and four scores, and 246 points scored. His rushing yards and rushing touchdowns currently rank third in school history while his point total lists fourth.
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Myhra was a D3football.com All-West Region and All-WIAC First Team selection in 2012 and 2013 after garnering second team league honors in 2011. Over his final two seasons, Myhra averaged 141.1 scrimmage yards per game, including 112.1 rushing, and scored 39 total touchdowns as the Titans went a combined 21-3.
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After earning letters and gaining 751 all-purpose yards and scoring a pair of rushing touchdowns across 18 games as a freshman and sophomore in 2010 and 2011, Myhra became one of the nation's top ballcarriers during his final two years.
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In 2012, Myhra led the WIAC in scoring with 8.14 points per game and all-purpose yards per contest at 143.36. He concluded the program's groundbreaking campaign with 1,589 rushing yards on 6.5 yards per carry to go along with 16 rushing touchdowns, 44 catches, 418 receiving yards and three more scores through the air. Myhra topped 100 rushing yards nine times and scored at least one touchdown during 10 of the team's 14 games.
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Oshkosh romped through the 2012 regular season with 10 straight wins, including a 34-13 home victory over 13th-ranked UW-Platteville and a 28-13 triumph at fifth-ranked UW-Whitewater, snapping the Warhawks' 26-game conference winning streak. Myhra scored a rushing touchdown against both ranked WIAC rivals as Oshkosh went on to go unblemished (7-0) in league play for the first time since 1972.
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Oshkosh opened its 2012 NCAA semifinal postseason run with a pair of home routs by a combined 87-24 score over College of St. Scholastica (Minn.) and 21st-ranked Bethel University (Minn.). The Titans then pulled a 31-24 overtime upset at Linfield University (Ore.), ending the Wildcats' 26-game home winning streak, to reach the semifinal round for the first time. Myhra averaged 189 scrimmage yards and scored eight total touchdowns during Oshkosh's first three Division III Championship victories, including a 208-yard, four-touchdown performance against St. Scholastica, and 218 total yards with three scores versus Bethel.
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The Titans' historic 2012 season ended with a 28-14 setback at third-ranked University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn.
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In 2013, Myhra recorded 1,101 rushing yards and 19 scores on the ground while adding 33 receptions for 285 yards and one touchdown. He scored multiple touchdowns eight times in Oshkosh's 10 games while averaging 4.8 yards per carry and 138.6 all-purpose yards per contest. Myhra scored a season-high four rushing touchdowns during a 41-13 rout at UW-River Falls before capping his standout career with 36 rushes for 194 yards and two scores in a heartbreaking 17-16 home loss as time expired to 10th-ranked UW-Platteville that prevented another NCAA appearance for the Titans.
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Myhra, a supply chain and operations management major, received a bachelor's degree from UW-Oshkosh in 2014.
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Matt Thull was one of the most decorated distance runners in UW-Oshkosh history, earning nine total All-America awards and 10 WIAC individual titles as a member of the Titans track & field and cross country programs from 1993-97.
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Thull was a six-time All-American in the 5,000-meter run and a two-time All-American in the 10,000-meter run as a member of the track & field team. He added a 1996 All-America honor in cross country.
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Thull dominated the conference in the indoor 3,000- and 5,000-meter runs, winning both races for three consecutive years from 1995-97. He also won back-to-back outdoor WIAC titles in both the 5,000- and 10,000-meter runs in 1996 and 1997.
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 An 11-time UW-Oshkosh letterwinner across indoor (four) and outdoor (four) track & field seasons along with cross country (three), Thull was among 14 Titans named to the 54-member WIAC All-Time Men's Track & Field Team as part of the conference's centennial celebration in 2012. He was also tabbed the 1997 WIAC Outdoor Championship Co-Performer of the Meet after sweeping distance victories in the 5,000- and 10,000-meter runs for the second year in a row.
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Thull began his All-America award haul as a sophomore in 1995, when he finished sixth in the 3,000-meter run (14:52.00) at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship after winning the event at conference with a time of 14:42.78. He also claimed the WIAC indoor 3,000-meter race in 8:27.73. Thull's success carried over into the outdoor season, placing sixth at the national meet for All-America status in the 5,000-meter run (14:45.70).
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In 1996, Thull was an All-American four times, beginning with a 25th-place time of 25:04 at the Division III Cross Country Championship after finishing as the WIAC runner-up in 25:30 and third (24:28) at the Midwest Regional. Thull's efforts helped UW-Oshkosh secure the Midwest Regional cross country team championship a year after the squad claimed the WIAC title.
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Thull's indoor track exploits in 1996 culminated in a sixth-place All-American performance in the 5,000-meter run (14:41.27). He won the WIAC indoor 3,000-meter run (8:33.50) and 5,000-meter run (14:59.80) for the second year in a row. During the 1996 outdoor season, Thull secured a pair of All-America citations with sixth-place showings in the 5,000- (14:43.73) and 10,000-meter (31:03.31) runs. He was a double winner at the WIAC Outdoor Championship, claiming both the 5,000- (14:56.23) and 10,000-meter (30:52.97) runs.
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Thull closed out his collegiate career with a trio of All-American efforts in 1997, placing fourth at the national indoor meet in the 5,000-meter run (14:43.80) before finishing as the Division III outdoor runner-up in both the 5,000- (14:39.79) and 10,000-meter (30.32.61) runs. Thull's senior campaign also included WIAC indoor titles in the 3,000-(8:28.74) and 5,000-meter (14:39.91) runs in addition to outdoor individual crowns in the 5,000-(14:55.61) and 10,000-meter (31:04.22) runs.
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Thull currently ranks third in UW-Oshkosh history in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:24.90 established in 1997. He also lists fourth on the program's all-time list in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:23.26, also in 1997.
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Ben Zill earned 10 All-America honors and won six WIAC individual championships for a UW-Oshkosh men's track & field program that won the 2009 NCAA Division III indoor and outdoor titles along with another three indoor team trophies from 2007-10.
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Zill was named the 2010 NCAA Division III Indoor Championship Track Performer of the Meet after leading the Titans to their only indoor title in program history. Zill received the award by winning the 400-meter dash and running legs on UW-Oshkosh's All-America distance medley and 1,600-meter relays.
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Zill helped the Titans clinch their only outdoor national team championship with a runner-up finish in the 400-meter hurdles.
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As a freshman in 2007, Zill ran a leg on the Titans' All-American indoor 1,600-meter relay squad that placed sixth with a time of 3:19.67 as UW-Oshkosh secured a team trophy by finishing third in the country.
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In 2008, Zill was a member of the distance medley relay team that produced a seventh-place All-American finish of 10:08.15 as the Titans again placed third at the national indoor meet. During the outdoor season, Zill clinched his first WIAC individual crown and initial individual All-America award by winning the conference 400-meter hurdles in 53.36 and finishing fourth at the national meet in the 400-meter hurdles at 51.94.
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Zill's junior season in 2009 featured the Titans sweeping the Division III indoor and outdoor championships. Zill and the Titans won the indoor distance medley relay with a time of 9:56.79, while Zill was fifth in the pentathlon at the national meet with 3,630 points after winning the WIAC pentathlon title with 3,495 points. He contributed to the outdoor national team title by producing a runner-up time of 52.07 in the 400-meter hurdles.
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Zill had one of the best seasons in UW-Oshkosh history in 2010 as he was selected Division III Indoor Championship Outstanding Track Performer of the Meet, Division III Midwest Region Track Athlete of the Year, and the WIAC Championship Outstanding Track Performer of the Meet both indoors and outdoors.
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Zill earned a total of four All-America accolades and four WIAC individual crowns in 2010. He won the 400-meter dash at indoor nationals with a time of 48.33 that currently ranks third in school history and stood atop the program leaderboard for nine years. He also ran on a pair of All-America indoor relays as the Titans placed third in the distance medley relay (10:04.73) and sixth in the 1,600-meter relay (3:18.50) to hang on for fourth place and secure a trophy as a team. Zill won a pair of 2010 WIAC individual titles, scoring a school-record 3,699 points to clinch the pentathlon and crossing the line first in the 400-meter dash at 48.70.
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During the 2010 outdoor season, Zill ran the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 51.46 – still the best in program history – to finish as the runner-up at the DIII Championship. He claimed WIAC individual outdoor championships in the 400-meter dash (48.36) and 400-meter hurdles (52.83).
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Zill was a nine-time letterwinner, including one with the UW-Oshkosh football team in 2010. He recorded two receptions for 24 yards as a wide receiver and blocked one kick on special teams.
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