Kolf Sports Center

The Kolf Sports Center is a 5,800 seat multi-purpose arena at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The sports center was named for Robert Kolf, who was the university's head track coach from 1931 to 1959. [http://www.uwosh.edu/archives/sports/mtrack.htm UW-Oshkosh Track Archives] ]

History

Kolf Sports center was considered to be a state of the art facility when it was built in 1971. Kolf contains a one eighth of a mile all-weather indoor track on the second floor. The track hosted the 1994 and 1997 NCAA Division III Indoor National Championship meets.

Uses

Indoor track facility

The indoor track is the site of annual Oshkosh High School Invitational, which is attended by a large number of Wisconsin high school track teams.

Basketball court

The basketball court is the home of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Titans men's basketball team. It also is the home of the women's basketball team as well.

Other sports

The university also uses the facility for wrestling and gymnastics. [http://www.mio.uwosh.edu/tour/academic/kolf.html Page on UW-Oshkosh website] ]

Physical education department

The university holds physical education classes at Kolf. The offices of the physical education department, the university's athletic director, athletic coaches, and the Military Science department are located at Kolf.

Commencement

Kolf is used for commencement ceremonies for the university, as well as for Fox Valley Technical College.

Concert venue

Kolf has been used for concerts since the late 1980s. Artists such as the The Cars, Goo Goo Dolls, Everclear, Jason Mraz, Michelle Branch, Bob Dylan, Lifehouse, Simple Plan, Sugar Ray and comedian Dave Chapelle have performed there.

Political Rallies

On February 15, 2008, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama made a campaign speech at Kolf.

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