Wartburg Knights track and field

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Wartburg Knights track and field
Wartburg Knights logo.svg
Head coachMarcus Newsom (26th season)
Conference ARC
Location Waverly, IA
Indoor trackHoover Fieldhouse
Outdoor track Walston-Hoover Stadium
NicknameKnights
ColorsOrange and Black [1]
   
NCAA Indoor National Championships
Women's: 2009, 2010, 2012
NCAA Outdoor National Championships
Men's: 2021
Women's: 2005, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014
Conference Indoor Championships
Men's: 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2021
Women's: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021
Conference Outdoor Championships
Men's: 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
Women's: 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021

Cross Country:
Men's: 1963, 1967, 1970, 1982, 1991, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Women's: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

The Wartburg Knights track and field program is the intercollegiate track and field team for Wartburg College located in the U.S. state of Iowa. The team competes at the NCAA Division III level and is a member of the American Rivers Conference. The team participates in indoor and outdoor track and field as well as cross country.

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Women's track and field

The Wartburg women's track and field team has won 8 NCAA team national titles, 3 indoor and 5 outdoor, with their most recent coming in the 2014 outdoor season. [2] The Knights won 3 straight NCAA outdoor titles from 2012-2014. [3] The 2012 track and field season was one of the best seasons ever by a DIII team. The Knights won the 2012 NCAA DIII Indoor title with a meet-record of 99 points and followed that up with a 2012 NCAA DIII Outdoor title with another meet-record of 129 points, with record margin of victory of 77 points ahead of second place. [4] During 2012 they had 22 indoor All-Americans and 26 outdoor All-Americans.

In the IIAC/ARC the Knights have 22 indoor conference championships with 19 of them coming in a row from 1998-2016. [5] In outdoor track and field they have won 23 conference titles, 17 of them consecutively from 2000-2016. [6]

Yearly record

Source [7]

SeasonCoachNCAAConference
IndoorOutdoorIndoorOutdoor
American Rivers Conference
1983Liz Wuertz- 22nd (21) -2nd (127.5)
1984Liz Wuertz- T-52nd (7) --
1985Liz Wuertz---2nd (134)
1986Liz Wuertz---3rd (99)
1987Liz Wuertz----
1988Liz Wuertz T-24th (3) T-29th (8) -3rd (93.5)
1989Steve Johnson---4th (95.5)
1990Steve Johnson---4th (95.5)
1991Steve Johnson 52nd (7) T-54th (1) -2nd (95.5)
1992Steve Johnson- T-17th (14) 1st (171)3rd (136)
1993Steve Johnson 49th (4) T-49th (4) 1st (175)1st (195)
1994Steve Johnson 38th (.5) T-29th (8) 1st (191.5)1st (170)
1995Steve Johnson- T-21st (12) -1st (174.5)
1996Steve Johnson T-40th (1) T-53rd (3) -3rd (119)
1997Steve Johnson T-16th (8) T-53rd (3) -3rd (92)
1998Steve Johnson T-23rd (6) 12th(15) 1st (148.5)2nd (141)
1999Marcus Newsom T-21st (6) 8th(24) 1st (161)2nd (178)
2000Marcus Newsom T-39th (1) T-11th(20) -1st
2001Marcus Newsom- 9th(21) -1st
2002Marcus Newsom 6th (21) 6th(32) -1st (229)
2003Marcus Newsom 6th (22) 9th(26) 1st (217)1st (222.5)
2004Marcus Newsom T-29th (6) 4th(35) 1st (219)1st (239)
2005Marcus Newsom 2nd (32) 1st(43) 1st (191.5)1st (224)
2006Marcus Newsom 16th (12) T-19th(14) 1st (241)1st (242)
2007Marcus Newsom T-14th (12) 7th(31) 1st (262)1st (267)
2008Marcus Newsom 2nd (27) 3rd(34) 1st (259)1st (279.5)
2009Marcus Newsom 1st (51) 1st(52) 1st (276)1st (243)
2010Marcus Newsom 1st (33) 4th(36) 1st (242)1st (241)
2011Marcus Newsom 2nd (44) 2nd(59) 1st (251)1st (279)
2012Marcus Newsom 1st (99) 1st(129) 1st (317)1st (353)
2013Marcus Newsom 4th (25) 1st(46) 1st (262)1st (286)
2014Marcus Newsom 3rd (46) 1st(65) 1st (282)1st (281.5)
2015Marcus Newsom T-14th (14) T-15th(15) 1st (220)1st (257.5)
2016Marcus Newsom T-35th (6) T-14th(15) 1st (216)1st (243)
2017Marcus Newsom T-21st (10) T-17th(14) 2nd (183.33)1st (212.5)
2018Marcus Newsom T-35th (6) T-9th(24) 1st (212.5)2nd (188)
2019Marcus Newsom T-35th (6) T-14th(24) 2nd (212.5)1st (188)
2020Marcus Newsom——1st (211)—
2021Marcus Newsom T-35th (6) T-14th(15) 1st (212.5)2nd (184)
2022Marcus Newsom T-35th (6) T-14th(15) 2nd (188)1st (231)
2023Marcus Newsom 9th (23) 6th(29) 2nd (207)2nd (218)
2024Marcus Newsom 8th (24) 2nd (178.5)
Total35ARC: 22ARC: 23

Note: The 2020 season was canceled after ARC Indoor Championships due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, the ARC Outdoor and NCAA Championships were not held.

Men's track and field

The Wartburg men's track and field team won the 2021 NCAA DIII Outdoor national title. [8] The Knights edged out Wisconsin Eau-Claire to win first title in men's track and field for both the college and head coach Marcus Newsom. [9]

In the IIAC/ARC the Knights have won 11 indoor and 11 outdoor conference titles. [10]

Cross country

The Wartburg women's cross country team has had a strong history of high finishes at the NCAA Women's Division III Cross Country Championship. They have finished in trophy position 6 times, with a 2nd place finish in 2012 and a 3rd place finish in 2022. [11] Wartburgs Missy Buttry won 3 straight cross country individual championships from 2002-2004. She became the first athlete ever, regardless of gender, to win 3 straight NCAA cross country individual titles and first woman ever to win 3 titles in cross country. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Brand Guidlines Wartburg College" (PDF). Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Wartburg women claim 3rd straight NCAA title". Courier. May 25, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Houston: DIII three-peat | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com.
  4. ↑ "Sweep of Track & Field Crowns Leads Wartburg to Second Program of the Year Honor ::: USTFCCCA".
  5. ↑ "Indoor Track & Field Conference Championship History". rollrivers.com.
  6. ↑ "Track & Field - Conference Championship History". rollrivers.com.
  7. ↑ https://rollrivers.com/sports/2016/4/8/Conf_TrackingTitles_Women.aspx?path=general
  8. ↑ "Wartburg College wins the 2021 DIII men's outdoor track & field championship | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com.
  9. ↑ Staff Report (May 29, 2021). "Wartburg men secure first NCAA Division III outdoor track and field national title". Courier.
  10. ↑ "Tracking Titles - Men's". rollrivers.com.
  11. ↑ https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/go-knights.net/documents/2020/11/12/TFXCRecords_.pdf
  12. ↑ "ON THIS DAY: Missy Buttry Makes NCAA DIII History ::: USTFCCCA".
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