| May 16, 2005
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . The Iowa
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) announced today that
for the second time in three years Wartburg College has swept the
Conference’s three All-Sports Trophies. The Knights won their third
straight Iowa Conference All-Sports Championship Trophy, their eighth
straight Elmer Hertel Men’s Sports Championship Trophy and their
fourth overall Marjorie Giles Women’s Sports Championship Trophy.
The IIAC All-Sports Championship Trophy is determined
by the school’s finish in the Giles and Hertel Trophy standings.
Schools earn points in the Giles and Hertel Trophy standings based
on its finish in each of the Conference’s nine women’s sports and
10 men’s sports, receiving nine points for a first-place finish,
eight points for a second-place finish, etc.
While Wartburg finished first in all three trophies,
Luther College finished second in the three standings. Central College
and Loras College tied for third in the All-Sports Trophy standings.
Central finished third in the Giles Trophy and fifth in the Hertel
Trophy. Loras finished fourth in both the Giles and Hertel Trophies.
Wartburg won the Hertel Men’s Sports Championship
Trophy with 70.05 points after winning seven of 10 Conference Championships.
The Knights won their seventh straight cross country title, second
straight football title (tied with Coe), 13th straight wrestling
title, third straight indoor track title (tied with Loras) and ninth
straight baseball title to go along with soccer and basketball titles.
Wartburg finished 19.05 points ahead of second-place Luther (51
points) and 20.85 points ahead of third-place Coe (59.2 points).
Wartburg has now won 11 Hertel Men’s Sports Championship Trophies,
second most of any Conference school (Central has 15).
The Giles Women’s Sports Championship Trophy is
the third in the last four years for the Knights. Wartburg totaled
58 points, edging Luther (51 points) by seven points and Central
(48.5 points) by 9.5 points. Wartburg captured its first-ever women’s
golf Championship, its third straight indoor track title and sixth
straight outdoor track title to go along with second-place finishes
softball, cross country and volleyball (tied with Cornell).
Final standings for the IIAC All-Sports, Marjorie
Giles Women’s Sports and Elmer Hertel Men’s Sports Championship
Trophies are here.
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