December 1, 2004
Release courtesy of Mark Adkins, Wartburg College sports information director

WAVERLY, IOWA . . . Wartburg College senior women’s cross country/track and field standout Missy Buttry of Shenandoah will defend her USA Track and Field national club cross country championship Saturday, Dec. 4, at Portland, Ore. Senior men’s standout Josh Moen of Fairbank will also compete in the event.

The club nationals event is set for the Portland Meadows. The women’s 6K begins at 1:45 p.m. Central Standard Time, while the men’s 10K is slated for 2:30 p.m. CST. Buttry claimed the 2003 women’s open title in a time of 19:59.9, edging former NCAA Division I runner-up Kate O’Neill (20:01.4).

Wartburg’s duo is fresh off repeat national championship performances on the Division III level.

Buttry set an NCAA record Saturday, Nov. 20, at Whitetail Golf Course in Colfax, Wis., by winning her third consecutive individual national championship, something no man or woman in any division had ever accomplished. The Shenandoah native is now one of four athletes to win three individual national titles in cross-country, joining the late Steve Prefontaine (University of Oregon), Henry Rono (Washington St. University) and Gerry Lindgren (Washington St. University). She was named USAToday.com’s U.S. Olympic Athlete of the Week Nov. 23.

Moen became the third NCAA Division III men’s cross-country athlete to win two consecutive titles Nov. 20. He was the first since 1988 and 1989 to accomplish the feat.

For more information on USA Track and Field’s 2004 national club cross country championships, click here.

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