May 15, 2006

CEDAR RAPIDS , IOWA . . . The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) announced today that Wartburg College has swept the Conference’s three All-Sports trophies, marking the third time in four years the Knights’ captured all three trophies. Wartburg won its fourth straight Iowa Conference All-Sports Championship Trophy, its ninth straight Elmer Hertel Men’s Sports Championship Trophy and its second straight Marjorie Giles Women’s Sports Championship Trophy.

The IIAC All-Sports Championship Trophy is determined by each 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.

Central College and Luther College tied for second in the final Iowa Conference All-Sports Championship Trophy standings. Central finished second in the Elmer Hertel Men’s Sports Championship and fourth in the Marjorie Giles Women’s Sports Championship. Luther finished third in both. Simpson College, with a second-place Giles finish and a sixth-place Hertel finish, was fourth in the All-Sports Championship.

Wartburg won the Giles Women’s Sports Championship Trophy for the fourth time in five years with 56.5 points, winning five of nine Conference Championships and finishing second in two others. The Knights won women’s titles in golf (second straight), cross country, indoor track (fourth straight), outdoor track (seventh straight), and softball. They finished second in soccer and volleyball, seventh in tennis and tied for eight in basketball. Simpson (48.5 points), Luther (47 points) and Central (46.2 points) were closely bunched for second- third- and fourth-place.

Wartburg won or tied for the Conference title in eight of the 10 men’s sports and totaled 74.5 points in the Hertel Men’s Sports Championship standings. The Knights extended Championship streaks in cross country (eighth straight), soccer (second straight), wrestling (14 straight), indoor track (fourth straight), basketball (second straight) and baseball (10th straight). They also won their third outdoor track title in five years and second golf title in three years. Central College was second with 57.2 points behind two Conference titles followed by Luther (56.5 points) and Coe (51 points, three Conference titles).

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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