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Matt Wagenhauser (So., Greenlawn, N.Y.), Mallory Eckert (Jr., Edmeston, N.Y.), Brittany DalCais (So., Hewitt, N.J.) and Katie Bott (Jr., Camillus, 
N.Y.), all members of the men's and women's outdoor track and field teams, have been named the Oswego State Athletes of the Week for the week ending May 5.
Wagenhauser won the 400-meter dash title with a NCAA-qualifying time of 48.16 seconds at the State University of New York Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday in Cortland. The sophomore's time, which bettered his own school record by nearly nine-tenths of a second, is currently the 14th-fastest time in Division III. He is the first Laker to win the 400 meters since Rob Kurcoba took first in 2000. Wagenhauser also ran the first leg of the third-place 4x400 relay team that posted an ECAC-qualifying, school-record time of 3:21.06.
Eckert triumphed in the javelin throw at the SUNYAC Championships with a distance of 113 feet, 9 inches (34.67m) on her second attempt. She is the first Laker javelin champion since Heidi Armstrong earned the title in 2007 and 2008.
DalCais won her first outdoor pole vault title at the SUNYAC Championships after clearing an ECAC-qualifying height of 11 feet, 7 3/4 inches (3.55m) on her final attempt to join her 2011 SUNYAC Indoor Pole Vault title. She is the first Laker women's or men's outdoor pole vault champion. The sophomore was also part of the 4x400 relay team which garnered fifth place with a time of 4:03.60.
Bott shattered the school record in the 800 meters with an ECAC-qualifying time of 2:13.58 to place second at the SUNYAC Championships. She bested the previous mark of 2:18.36 set by Susan McWilliams in 2004. Her time currently ranks 15th in Division III. The junior was part of the same 4x400 relay team as DalCais.
