October
28, 2006
IOWA
CITY , IOWA . . . Behind six women and five men finishing
in the top-10, Luther College swept the women and men’s
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) cross country
Championships at Ashton Cross Country Course in Iowa City on
Saturday. Loras College junior Ben Grant and
Luther sophomore Janet Dobyns took home individual
titles win 24:18 and 23:05, respectively, and earned Conference
Most Valuable Runner honors.
The
Luther men edged eight-time defending Champion Wartburg College
by two points (34-36) to earn its 28th overall men’s title,
first since 1995. Central College finished third with 97 points
followed by Loras with 101 points.
The Norse
women (22 points) won convincingly over runner-up Wartburg (68
points) to earn their IIAC-record 10th title, third in the last
four years. Loras College finished third with 95 points followed
by host Cornell College with 110 points.
Individually,
Grant, who finished third last year and fourth two years ago,
won the 8,000-meter men’s race by five seconds over Wartburg
sophomore Brian Chenoweth (24:23) and by 17
seconds over Wartburg senior Patrick Johnson (24:35).
Luther senior Adam Bohach became the 14th Iowa
Conference men’s runner to earn All-Conference honors
(top-15 finish) four times. He finished fourth in 24:36 adding
to his runner-up finish last year, fourth-place finish in 2003
and eighth-place finish in 2002. Luther sophomore David
McKay finished fifth (24:39).
Dobyns,
who finished fourth last year, won the 6,000-meter women’s
race by six seconds over Wartburg senior Jill Wagaman
(23:11). Wagaman became the 17th Iowa Conference women’s
runner to earn All-Conference honors four times adding to her
fifth-place finish in 2005, seventh-place finish in 2004 and
14th-place in 2003. A trio of Luther sophomores round out the
top-five – Elise Bennett (3rd, 23:17),
Rachel Wobeter (4th, 23:30) and Devin
Parker (5th, 23:40).
Coaches
of the Year: Luther coaches, Steve and
Yarrow Pasche, were named Iowa Conference men’s
and women’s cross country Coaches of the Year after guiding
the Norse to the Conference titles.
2006
IIAC cross country Championship results - men/women.
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