| March 13, 2004
WHITEWATER, WIS. . . . Twenty-seven
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference student-athletes earned
All-American honors at the NCAA National Indoor Track and Field
Championships on Friday and Saturday at Kachel Fieldhouse on the
campus of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
University of Dubuque’s Basil Steele defended
his National Championship in the 55-meter hurdles, with a Division
III season-best and venue record time of 7.44 in the finals. Steele’s
performance led the Spartans to an eighth-place tie in the team
standings on the men’s side with 16.0 points. Wartburg College,
behind five All-Americans tied for 15th with 12.0 points. Loras
College (t-20th with 10.0 points), Central College (t-24th, 8.0
points) and Cornell College (t-28th, 7.0 points) also placed on
the men’s side.
On the women’s side, Wartburg finished in a tie
for 29th-place with 6.0 points. Central and Coe College tied for
44th (3.0 points) followed by Loras and Luther College which tied
for 52nd (2.0 points).
In addition to Steele’s National title, other Iowa
Conference performers earning All-American honors (top-8 finishers)
include:
WOMEN
Wartburg’s 4x400 relay (Holly Dorenkamp, Sarah Tompkins,
Bridget Burns & Ashley Williams) – 5th (3:54.08); second
straight All-American honor in 4x400 relay
Coe’s distance medley relay (Jenna Boerboom, Stephanie Stamm,
Carman White & Meredith Dobson) – 6th (12:06.09)
Central’s Raegan Schultz – 6th in 55-meter hurdles
(8.41)
Loras’ Rachel Hutchins – 7th in 55-meter hurdles
(8.44); second straight All-American honor in 55-hurdles
Luther’s Katie Pettigrew – 7th in triple jump (37-9.5)
Wartburg’s Molly Ubben – 7th in 800-meter run (2:17.57)
MEN
Central’s Cale VanGenderen – 2nd in high jump (6-11.75)
Cornell’s Andy Stoecken – 3rd in high jump (6-9.75)
Dubuque’s DeAndre Bovan – 3rd in triple jump (48-2.75);
second straight All-American honor in triple jump
Wartburg’s Josh Moen – 3rd in 5000-meter run (14:34.18);
second straight All-American honor in 5000-meter
Wartburg’s 4x400 relay (Steve Bubb, Brent Showalter, Andy
Six & Alex Six) – 3rd (3:17.91); second straight All-American
honor in 4x400 relay
Loras’ distance medley relay (Matt Jones, Dave Kelly, Marcus
Murphy & Dan Winder) – 5th (10:07.18)
Loras’ Dan Winder – 6th in 5000-meter run (14:39.64);
two-time 2004 All-American (also DMR)
Loras’ Travis Sullivan – 6th in shot put (53-9.25)
Cornell’s Ean Caskey – 8th in 800-meter run (1:57.58)
OTHER WOMEN’S QUALIFIERS
Wartburg’s distance medley relay (Beth Neal, Stephanie
Arey, Molly Ubben & Liz Ericson) – 9th (12:16.04)
Cornell’s Lynn Schneider – 9th in shot put (43-8)
Wartburg’s Bridget Burns – 9th in preliminaries
of 400-meter dash (58.54)
Loras’ Abby Vanderah – t-10th in preliminaries
of triple jump (36-11)
Central’s Raegan Schultz – 11th in preliminaries
of long jump (16-9.75)
Loras’ Megan Medinger – 12th in preliminaries of
shot put (42-10.75) and 13th in preliminaries of weight throw (46-2.5)
Coe’s Meredith Dobson – 14th in preliminaries of
800-meter run (2:27.31)
OTHER MEN’S QUALIFIERS
Wartburg’s distance medley relay (Scott Cross, Josh Hauser,
Keith Solverson & Noah Wendland) – 9th (10:10.92)
Central’s 4x400 relay (DJ Cobler, Justin Koeppe, Matt McCombs
& Kevin Pitz) – 9th in preliminaries (3:19.96)
Coe’s Milton Lanier – 10th in preliminaries of
55-meter dash (6.56)
Complete National Championship results, notes and
recaps can be found on the Championship website here.
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