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.
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. The Knights won 3 straight NCAA outdoor titles from 2012 to 2014. 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. 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 to 2016. In outdoor track and field they have won 23 conference titles, 17 of them consecutively from 2000 to 2016.
Yearly record Sourcehttps://rollrivers.com/sports/2016/4/8/Conf_TrackingTitles_Women.aspx?path=general Season Coach NCAA Conference Indoor Outdoor Indoor Outdoor American Rivers Conference1983Liz Wuertz-22nd (21)-2nd (127.5)1984Liz Wuertz-T-52nd (7)--1985Liz Wuertz---2nd (134)1986Liz Wuertz---3rd (99)1987Liz Wuertz----1988Liz WuertzT-24th (3)T-29th (8)-3rd (93.5)1989Steve Johnson---4th (95.5)1990Steve Johnson---4th (95.5)1991Steve Johnson52nd (7)T-54th (1)-2nd (95.5)1992Steve Johnson-T-17th (14)1st (171)3rd (136)1993Steve Johnson49th (4)T-49th (4)1st (175)1st (195)1994Steve Johnson38th (.5)T-29th (8)1st (191.5)1st (170)1995Steve Johnson-T-21st (12)-1st (174.5)1996Steve JohnsonT-40th (1)T-53rd (3)-3rd (119)1997Steve JohnsonT-16th (8)T-53rd (3)-3rd (92)1998Steve JohnsonT-23rd (6)12th(15)1st (148.5)2nd (141)1999Marcus NewsomT-21st (6)8th(24)1st (161)2nd (178)2000Marcus NewsomT-39th (1)T-11th(20)-1st 2001Marcus Newsom-9th(21)-1st 2002Marcus Newsom6th (21)6th(32)-1st (229)2003Marcus Newsom6th (22)9th(26)1st (217)1st (222.5)2004Marcus NewsomT-29th (6)4th(35)1st (219)1st (239)2005Marcus Newsom2nd (32)1st(43)1st (191.5)1st (224)2006Marcus Newsom16th (12)T-19th(14)1st (241)1st (242)2007Marcus NewsomT-14th (12)7th(31)1st (262)1st (267)2008Marcus Newsom2nd (27)3rd(34)1st (259)1st (279.5)2009Marcus Newsom1st (51)1st(52)1st (276)1st (243)2010Marcus Newsom1st (33)4th(36)1st (242)1st (241)2011Marcus Newsom2nd (44)2nd(59)1st (251)1st (279)2012Marcus Newsom1st (99)1st(129)1st (317)1st (353)2013Marcus Newsom4th (25)1st(46)1st (262)1st (286)2014Marcus Newsom3rd (46)1st(65)1st (282)1st (281.5)2015Marcus NewsomT-14th (14)T-15th(15)1st (220)1st (257.5)2016Marcus NewsomT-35th (6)T-14th(15)1st (216)1st (243)2017Marcus NewsomT-21st (10)T-17th(14)2nd (183.33)1st (212.5)2018Marcus NewsomT-35th (6)T-9th(24)1st (212.5)2nd (188)2019Marcus NewsomT-35th (6)T-14th(24)2nd (212.5)1st (188)2020Marcus Newsom — — 1st (211) —2021Marcus NewsomT-35th (6)T-14th(15)1st (212.5)2nd (184)2022Marcus NewsomT-35th (6)T-14th(15)2nd (188)1st (231)2023Marcus Newsom9th (23)6th(29)2nd (207)2nd (218)2024Marcus Newsom8th (24)2nd (178.5)1st (234.5) Total35ARC: 22ARC: 24 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. 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.
In the IIAC/ARC the Knights have won 11 indoor and 11 outdoor conference titles.
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. Wartburgs Missy Buttry won 3 straight cross country individual championships from 2002 to 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.
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