July 21, 2006

CEDAR RAPIDS , IOWA . . . Twenty-seven Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) track and field student-athletes and five IIAC track teams were named to the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team on Thursday.

To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team, student-athletes needed to balance a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 with an NCAA qualifying standard in their event. The Iowa Conference student-athletes named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team were:

Women
Alex Costigan, Central College
Chelsey Keller, Central College
Alicia Whisner, Central College
Jessica Axen, Cornell College
Molly Banse, Loras College
Whitney Calvert, Loras College
Abby Erion, Loras College
Ellen Thys, Loras College
Caroline Capper, Simpson College
Kelsey Hagerty, Simpson College
Steph Arey, Wartburg College
Rachel Brinks, Wartburg College
Bridget Burns, Wartburg College
Kelsea Cannon, Wartburg College
Amy Koester, Wartburg College
Heidi Porter, Wartburg College
Kelsey Steffens, Wartburg College
Jill Wagaman, Wartburg College

Men
Ben Bollard, Central College
Bryan George, Central College
Jason Dayton, Loras College
Geoff Kaiser, Loras College
Andy Stoecken, Loras College
Tim McKenna, Wartburg College
Kyle Peters, Wartburg College
Brian Schmitt, Wartburg College
Scott Tjeerdsma, Wartburg College

The women’s track and field teams at Central, Cornell, Loras, Simpson and Wartburg were among the 50 Division III women’s teams with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher.

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