May 29, 2004

DECATUR, ILL. . . . Four Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) athletes won National Championships and 38 All-American honors were earned at the NCAA National outdoor track and field Championships on May 27-29, hosted by Millikin University.

Wartburg seniors Dia Dohlman and Missy Buttry won their second career National titles in the javelin and 5000-meter run, respectively. Dohlman, who also finished first in the even in 2001, earned All-American honors in the event for the fourth time with a winning throw of 152-5. Buttry defended her 5000-meter title, finishing in 15:57.86, 1:04.31 ahead of the second place finisher. Central senior Raegan Schultz earned All-American honors in the heptathlon for the third straight year with an NCAA Division III Championship record 4,943 points. Schultz, the national runner-up in 2003 and finished third in 2002, finished 108 points ahead of the second-place finisher – her twin sister Lindsay.

On the men’s side, Wartburg sophomore Josh Moen won the National Championship in the 5000-meter run in a time of 14:40.11, finishing 1.19 seconds ahead of Conference-foe Marcus Murphy of Loras. It is the second straight year Moen and Murphy finished right after the other in the National Championships. Last year, Moen finished third in the 5000-meter run and Murphy finished fourth.

Team Performances: In the women’s team race, Wartburg’s fourth-place finish is the highest in school history and its fourth straight top-10 national finish. The Knights scored 35 points. Loras finished 12th with 25 points, Central finished 14th with 20 points and Luther tied for 70th with one point.

On the men’s side, Wartburg was the highest of six IIAC finishers with a tie for 14th-place finish (15 points). Loras tied for 27th with 10 points, Luther tied for 36th place with eight points, Dubuque tied for 46th with six points, Central tied for 51st with five points and Cornell tied for 65th with two points.

OTHER IOWA CONFERENCE ALL-AMERICANS (top-8 finishers)

MEN
Central’s Cale VanGenderen – 6th in high jump (6-9) {2003 All-American with 2nd-place finish}
Central’s Tanner Whipple – 7th in 400-meter hurdles (54.50)
Cornell’s Andy Stoecken – 7th in high jump (6-7)
Dubuque’s Gregg Wiersema – 6th in 100-meter dash (10.97)
Dubuque's DeAndre Bovan - 6th in triple jump (48-7.25) {2002 All-american with 6th-place finish}
Loras’ Marcus Murphy – 2nd in 5000-meter run (14:41.30) {2003 All-American with 4th-place finish}
Loras’ Geoff Kaiser – 7th in long jump (23-1.25)
Luther’s Tyler Sherden – 4th in 400-meter dash (47.80)
Luther’s 4x400 relay (Erik Bies, Tim Holcomb, Tyler Sherden, John Williams) – 6th (3:15.50)
Wartburg’s 4x400 relay (Steve Bubb, Brent Showalter, Alex Six, Andy Six) – 4th (3:13.05)

WOMEN
Central’s Lindsay Schultz – 2nd in heptathlon (4835 points) {3rd All-American honor in event)
Central’s Alicia Whisner – 7th in javelin (140-9)
Loras’ Pam Orris – 3rd in 100-meter dash (12.29) and 7th in 200-meter dash (25.21)
Loras’ 4x100 relay (Angie Behrend, Allison Evans, Pam Orris, Abby Vanderah) – 3rd (47.53)
Loras’ Abby Vanderah – 3rd in triple jump (40-6.75) and 5th in long jump (18-7.25)
Loras’ Angie Behrend – 8th in javelin (137-0) {2003 All-American with 7th-place finish}
Luther’s Katie Pettigrew – 8th in triple jump (38-9) {2002 All-American with 8th-place finish}
Wartburg’s Missy Buttry – 2nd in 1500-meter run (4:21.62) {3rd All-American honor in event}
Wartburg’s Steph Arey – 5th in 400-meter hurdles (62.52)
Wartburg’s 4x400 relay (Steph Arey, Bridget Burns, Holly Dorenkamp, Ashley Williams) – 6th (3:48.45)

OTHER IOWA CONFERENCE QUALIFIERS PERFORMANCES

MEN
Central’s Clint Larson – 10th in high jump (6-7)
Central’s Mark Sanger – 6th in flight of hammer throw (170-7)
Central’s 4x100 relay (DJ Cobler, Matt Jens, Matt McCombs, Jonathan Wallerich) – 6th in heat (41.74)
Central’s 4x400 relay (Justin Koeppe, Matt McCombs, Kevin Pitz, Tanner Whipple) – 6th in heat (3:14.80)
Central’s Brad Rose – 7th in heat of 110-meter hurdles (18.55)
Coe’s Milton Lanier – 5th in heat of 100-meter dash (10.86)
Cornell’s Ean Caskey – 8th in heat of 800-meter run (1:55.82)
Loras’ John Reilly – 7th in flight of shot put (50-8.25) and 8th in flight of discus (140-8)
Loras’ Travis Sullivan – 8th in flight of shot put (50-3.25)
Loras’ Marcus Murphy – did not finish 10,000-meter run
Wartburg’s Steve Bubb – 5th in heat of 400-meter dash (48.43)
Wartburg’s Brent Showalter – 8th in heat of 200-meter dash (22.42)
Wartburg’s Josh Moen – 9th in 10,000-meter run (31:29.70)

WOMEN
Central’s Dana Wilkerson – 17th in heptathlon (4217 points)
Central’s Raegan Schultz – 4th in heat of 100-meter hurdles (15.12) and 7th in flight of javelin (124-7)
Central's Kim Wilson - 6th in flight of triple jump (37-4.25)
Central’s Lindsay Schultz – 7th in flight of javelin (127-11)
Loras’ Rachel Hutchins – 4th in heat of 100-meter hurdles (14.80)
Loras’ Megan Medinger – 4th in flight of shot put (44-4.25) and 7th in flight of hammer throw (146-3)
Loras’ 4x400 relay (Angie Behrend, Nicole Doeden, Jenny Noonan, Abby Vanderah) – 5th in heat (3:54.09)
Loras’ Dana Klemm – 9th in flight of shot put (40-7.5)
Wartburg’s Molly Uben – 3rd in heat of 800-meter run (2:14.24)
Wartburg’s Bridget Burns – 4th in heat of 400-meter dash (46.86)
Wartburg’s Holly Dorenkamp – 4th in heat of 400-meter hurdles (63.17)

Complete NCAA Championship results can be found on the Championship web site here.

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