| October 30, 2002
MOUNT VERNON, IOWA . . . The 2002
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) Cross Country Championship
will be Saturday, November 2, at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
The 8,000-meter men’s race starts at 11:00 am, followed by the 5,000-meter
women’s race at noon. Junior varsity races will follow the varsity
races at 12:45 pm (men) and 1:30 pm (women).
The course is located on the campus of Luther College.
It is flat with the exception of one hill. The course is primarily
a grass surface on Luther’s running trail along the Upper Iowa River,
intramural fields and around Lindeman Pond. Maps of the courses
can be viewed on Luther’s web
site.
2001 Women’s Recap: Wartburg College ended Luther’s
two-year run as the Conference Champion with a 34-40 victory at
the 2001 Championship at the University of Dubuque. Central (93
points) and Loras (112 points) finished third and fourth, respectively.
Three Wartburg runners – Missy Buttry (second,
18:31), Erin Van Zee (fourth, 18:40) and Amie
Brunko (fifth, 18:45) – finished in the top-five as all
of the Knights’ scorers finished in the top-12. Luther’s Johanna
Olson won her third consecutive Conference individual title,
finishing in 17:52, 28 seconds off the Conference record she set
in 2000.
Seven of the 15 All-Conference runners from 2001
return to their team’s line-ups this year. Wartburg returns Buttry
and Gretchen Graham (12th, 19:29), Luther returns
Natalie Retrum (third, 18:36) and Colleen
Schmitt (14th, 19:32), Loras returns Amy Scheuerell
(sixth, 18:48) and Coe returns Tiffany Foster (10th,
19:23). Central’s Teresa Wauters (ninth, 19:20)
is questionable for the Championship after missing the last month
due to injury.
2001 Men’s Recap: Wartburg won its fourth consecutive
title, edging Luther 26-55. Loras finished third with 61 points
followed by Simpson with 120 points. Three Wartburg runners – Joe
Hughes (second, 26:04), Brock Lehman (third,
26:26) and Tyson Keith (fourth, 26:29) finished
in the top-five as all of the Knights’ scorers finished in the top-10.
Loras’ Marcus Murphy won his second straight individual
title in a Conference 8,000-meter record time of 25:24.
Seven of the 15 All-Conference runners from 2001
return to their team’s line-ups this year. Hughes and Keith return
for Wartburg, Murphy and Dan Lahart (13th, 27:19)
return for Loras, Luther returns Charlie Burnham
(fifth, 26:36) and Scott Striegel (14th, 27:19),
and Central returns Seth Comfort (15th, 27:20).
Team-by-Team probable line-ups - men/women
Team-by-Team 2002 results/top finishers- men/women
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