WAVERLY, Iowa -- The Wartburg College women's track & field team captured the team title at the 2021 American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday, March 6 at Hoover Fieldhouse on the campus of Wartburg College.

With a final point total of 200, the women of Wartburg College claimed their third indoor title in the last four years. The Knights recorded five individual titles and 19 All-Conference performances on their way to picking up the program's 17th overall Indoor Track & Field team championship. The team performance earned head coach Marcus Newsom and his staff Women's Coaching Staff of the Year honors.

The Most Valuable Track Performer honor went to Nebraska Wesleyan's Aspen Rolfes (Sr., Lincoln, Neb./Pius X). Rolfes entered the weekend with Division III leading times in the 200-meter and the 400-meter dashes. The senior took home the gold in the 200m with a sprint of 25.04 seconds, defeating second-place by 0.64 seconds. In the 400-meter Rolfes sprinted to a silver medal, crossing the finish line in 57.96. In total she garnered 18 team points for Nebraska Wesleyan, helping guide the Prairie Wolves to a fourth place team finish. 

The Most Valuable Field Performer accolade went to Wartburg's Breya Christopher (So., Galena, Ill./River Ridge). The sophomore contributed 18 team points to Wartburg's first-place finish of 200 team points, while taking home two All-Conference medals. Christopher earned gold in the high jump (1.62m) by .03m to defended her crown from a season ago. She also had an All-Conference silver medal performance in the Triple Jump with a leap of 11.28 meters. 
Women's Highlights

• The Wartburg Knights led the event with five individual titles at this year's championships.
• Mary Gray of Central wins her fourth consecutive Pentathlon title with 3,293 points.
• Wartburg's Dani Johnson collects the gold medal in the weight throw with a distance of 16.43 meters.
• Shaniah Johnson of Wartburg stands atop the podium in the triple jump (11.38m).
• 2021 Most Valuable Field Performer Breya Christopher of Wartburg defends her high jump title this year with a jump of 1.62 meters.
• Luther College took home the gold in the Distance Medley (Stephanie Lewis, Mya Ploor, Anneke Knauss, Amelia Hornseth) with a time of 12:37.19.
• Wartburg's Carina Collet takes the gold medal in the 5,000-meter run.
• Elayna Bahl of Loras takes the gold in the 60-meter hurdles with the only time under nine seconds (8.92).
• Loras' Marion Edwards takes care of business in the 60-meter dash (7.71) to secure the gold for the Duhawks.
• Kassie Rosenbum of Loras College squeaks by Wartburg's Fisher in the Mile Run (5:06.01) to claim the gold.
• Loras' Alyssa Pfadenhauer upsets NWU's Rolfes to take the gold medal in the 400m (57.82) dash by 0.14 seconds. 
• Reagan Janzen of Nebraska Wesleyan takes the gold in the 800-meter run (2:16.73) by nearly a full second.
• Nebraska Wesleyan's Aspen Rolfes, with the fastest 200m time in Division III entering the weekend, takes the gold in the event at 25.04 seconds. 
• Aubrie Fisher of Wartburg flips the 2020 script and defeats Rosenbum in the 3,000-meter run (9:59.66).
• Dubuque freshman Kaitlyn Wilder eclipses 14 meters in the shot put to take home the gold for the Spartans (14.01m). 
• Demetria Johnson of the University of Dubuque collects the gold medal in the long jump (5.46m).
• Dubuque's Caroline Dochterman crowned conference champion in the pole vault (3.42m), winning by 0.10 meters.
• The Nebraska Wesleyan 4x800 relay team of Reagan Janzen, Camryn Larsen, Allie McLuen, Gabby Thomas took home gold medals with a time of 9:30.23.
• Loras' 4x400 relay team collects gold medals for the Duhawks by over two full seconds with a time 3:57.18. The Duhawk relay team consisted of Stevie Lamb, Marion Edwards, Elayna Bahl, Alyssa Pfadenhauer.

2021 A-R-C Women's Indoor Track & Field All-Conference
Name	School	Event	Place
Mary Gray	Central	Pentathlon	1st
Kiki Pingel	Central	Pentathlon	2nd
Hailey Foxhoven	Wartburg	Pentathlon	3rd
Kaitlyn Wilder	Dubuque	Shot Put	1st
Caroline Ferguson	Dubuque	Shot Put	2nd
Courtney Schnoor	Loras	Shot Put	3rd
Demetria Johnson	Dubuque	Long Jump	1st
Emma Seipel	Dubuque	Long Jump	2nd
Holly Forrester	Central	Long Jump	3rd
Caroline Dochterman	Dubuque	Pole Vault	1st
Nicki Schneider	Wartburg	Pole Vault	2nd
Belle Abers	Wartburg	Pole Vault	3rd
Carina Collet	Wartburg	5,000m	1st
Natalie Paulson	Wartburg	5,000m	2nd
Leah Treffer	Nebraska Wesleyan	5,000m	3rd
Stephanie Lewis, Mya Ploor, Anneke Knauss, Amelia Hornseth	Luther	Distance Medley	1st
Jenna Morey, Rachel Nagel, Annie Mast, Alexis Brown	Wartburg	Distance Medley	2nd
Kaylee Osterberger, Merryl Green, Ellie Osterberger, Alexis Riesberg	Loras	Distance Medley	3rd
Dani Johnson	Wartburg	Weight Throw	1st
Caroline Ferguson	Dubuque	Weight Throw	2nd
Kaitlyn Wilder	Dubuque	Weight Throw	3rd
Kassie Rosenbum	Loras	Mile Run	1st
Aubrie Fisher	Wartburg	Mile Run	2nd
Moriah Morter	Wartburg	Mile Run	3rd
Shaniah Johnson	Wartburg	Triple Jump	1st
Breya Christopher	Wartburg	Triple Jump	2nd
Tessa Hoffman	Nebraska Wesleyan	Triple Jump	3rd
Marion Edwards	Loras	60m	1st
Ya'Mia Ailes-Primes	Dubuque	60m	2nd
Alanna Muhammad	Wartburg	60m	3rd
Elayna Bahl	Loras	60m Hurdles	1st
Kiki Pingel	Central	60m Hurdles	2nd
Demetria Johnson	Dubuque	60m Hurdles	3rd
Aspen Rolfes	Nebraska Wesleyan	200m	1st
Marion Edwards	Loras	200m	2nd
Jackie Ganshirt	Wartburg	200m	3rd
Alyssa Pfadenhauer	Loras	400m	1st
Aspen Rolfes	Nebraska Wesleyan	400m	2nd
Taylan Olson	Wartburg	400m	3rd
Reagan Janzen	Nebraska Wesleyan	800m	1st
Mari Stein	Central	800m	2nd
Carson McSorley	Wartburg	800m	3rd
Aubrie Fisher	Wartburg	3,000m	1st
Kassie Rosenbum	Loras	3,000m	2nd
Alexis Brown	Wartburg	3,000m	3rd
Breya Christopher	Wartburg	High Jump	1st
Elayna Bahl	Loras	High Jump	2nd
Rachael Luebbe	Luther	High Jump	3rd
Reagan Janzen, Camryn Larsen, Allie McLuen, Gabby Thomas	Nebraska Wesleyan	4x800	1st
Alyssa Mayhew, Kiki Pingel, Caroline McMartin, Mari Stein	Central	4x800	2nd
Amelia Hornseth, Stephanie Lewis, Ana Goellner, Anneke Knauss	Luther	4x800	3rd
Stevie Lamb, Elayna Bahl, Marion Edwards, Alyssa Pfadenhauer	Loras	4x400	1st
Jackie Ganshirt, Brenna Jacobs, Taylan Olson, Carson McSorley	Wartburg	4x400	2nd
Megan Carley, Ellen Dalton, Isabella Hilger, Alexa Koza	Nebraska Wesleyan	4x400	3rd

   

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