WAVERLY, Iowa -- The Wartburg College men's track & field team captured the team title at the 2021 American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) Indoor Track and Field Championships on Sunday, March 7 at Hoover Fieldhouse on the campus of Wartburg College.

With a final point total of 172, the Knights recorded six individual titles and 15 All-Conference performances, including sweeping all three relays, on their way to picking up the program's 11th overall Indoor Track & Field team championship. The team performance earned head coach Marcus Newsom and his staff Men's Coaching Staff of the Year honors.

The Most Valuable Track Performer honor went to Wartburg sophomore Christopher Collet (So., Verona, Ill./Seneca). Collet garnered 20 team points for the Knights, winning two individual events. The sophomore took the gold medals in both the mile  (4:15.68) and 3,000-meter run (8:30.74).

The Most Valuable Field Performer accolade went to Central College's Brock Lewis (Jr., Lathrop, Mo./Lathrop). Lewis took home two gold medals on the day, winning both the long jump (7.12m) and the triple jump (14.78m). His efforts tallied 20 team points for the Dutch, helping Central achieve a third-place team finish. His triple jump mark of 14.78 meters set a facility record, shattering the old record of 14.52 meters.  
Men's Highlights

• The Wartburg Knights led the event with six individual titles. 
• The Knights swept all three relay events, winning the DMR, 4x400, and the 4x800 races. 
• Lucas Heitz of Central wins takes home the gold medal in the men's pentathlon, defeating Dutch teammate Jaxon Thompson by 118 points. 
• Nebraska Wesleyan's Seth Knapp narrowly defends his weight throw title as he claims the gold medal with a toss of 16.70 meters, 0.01 meters better than second place. 
• Brock Lewis of Central College shatters the facility record in the triple jump (14.52m) with a leap of 14.78 meters to make it back-to-back triple jump gold medals. 
• Lewis collects his second gold medal of the day in the high jump for the Dutch, claiming the top spot on the podium with a 1.95m jump.
• Wartburg College took home the gold in the Distance Medley (Frosty Lorimer, Sean Henson, Carter Cruise, Sam Madson) with a time of 10:16.81. 
• Joe Freiburger (Wartburg) set a Wartburg facility record in the 5,000-meter run en route to his gold medal with time of 14:25.87. 
• The All-Conference finishers in the 60-meter dash all broke the existing championships record of 6.89, as Loras' Josh Smith took the gold with an impressive time of 6.83 seconds (0.04 seconds better than second and third place).
• In the 60-meter hurdles, again, the All-Conference finishers all broke the existing championships record with three impressive performances. Wartburg's Deyton Love takes home the gold medal with a time of 8.06 seconds. 
• Christopher Collet of Wartburg College tops teammate Heinzman for the gold medal in the mile (4:15.68).
• Wartburg's Dallas Wright narrowly gets past NWU's Kyle Dickinson to stand atop the podium in the 400-meter dash (48.42). 
• On his way to defending his 800-meter crown from a season ago, Mike Jasa (Loras) breaks the Wartburg facility record by 0.06 seconds with a time of 1:52.45.
• Wartburg's Derrick Smith broke yet another facility record on the day, this time taking the gold in the 200m dash with a dash of 21.76 seconds.
• Christopher Collet of Wartburg collects his second gold medal of the day, this time taking the top spot in the 3,000-meter run (8:30.74).
• Dubuque's Clayton Hahn wins the shot put title as the only competitor to eclipse 16 meters (16.11m).  
• Brock Lewis of Central picks up his third gold medal of the afternoon after winning the long jump with a leap of 7.12 meters.
• Ryan Rogers of Loras clears 4.92 meters in the pole vault to defend his 2020 gold medal and sets a new championships record. 
• The Wartburg 4x800 relay team of Matt Heinzmann, Frosty Lorimer, Sam Madson, Dalton Martin set a new championship and all-time conference record with the impressive mark of 7:46.78. 
• Wartburg's 4x400 relay team collects gold medals by over a full second with a time 3:17.54, which is a championship record. The Knights' relay team consisted of Dallas Wright, Derrick Smith, Jensen Clapp, Wyatt Schmidt.

   

2021 A-R-C Men's Indoor Track & Field All-Conference
Name	School	Event	Place
Lucas Heitz	Central	Pentathlon	1st
Jaxon Thompson	Central	Pentathlon	2nd
Keegan Rich	Nebraska Wesleyan	Pentathlon	3rd
Clayton Hahn	Dubuque	Shot Put	1st
Zachary Naatz	Dubuque	Shot Put	2nd
Zac Couture	Dubuque	Shot Put	3rd
Brock Lewis	Central	Long Jump	1st
Ryan Rogers	Loras	Long Jump	2nd
Carter Berkey	Simpson	Long Jump	3rd
Ryan Rogers	Loras	Pole Vault	1st
Tanner Johnson	Central	Pole Vault	2nd
Treyten Chiglo	Luther	Pole Vault	3rd
Joe Freiburger	Wartburg	5,000m	1st
Evan Jamrozy	Loras	5,000m	2nd
Morgan Shirley-Fairbairn	Wartburg	5,000m	3rd
Frosty Lorimer, Sean Henson, Carter Cruise, Sam Madson	Wartburg	Distance Medley	1st
James Murray, Steve Cruz-Castro, Clay Billheimer, Spencer Moon	Simpson	Distance Medley	2nd
Chris Guise, Carson Vaske, Conor Otting, Will Yasdick	Loras	Distance Medley	3rd
Seth Knapp	Nebraska Wesleyan	Weight Throw	1st
Clayton Hahn	Dubuque	Weight Throw	2nd
Andrew Davis	Nebraska Wesleyan	Weight Throw	3rd
Christopher Collet	Wartburg	Mile Run	1st
Matt Heinzmann	Wartburg	Mile Run	2nd
Ian Kelly	Luther	Mile Run	3rd
Brock Lewis	Central	Triple Jump	1st
Derik Bunten	Loras	Triple Jump	2nd
Jeremiah Steed	Dubuque	Triple Jump	3rd
Josh Smith	Loras	60m	1st
Joseph Stein	Central	60m	2nd
Derrick Smith	Wartburg	60m	3rd
Deyton Love	Wartburg	60m Hurdles	1st
Ryan Rogers	Loras	60m Hurdles	2nd
Dallas Wright	Wartburg	60m Hurdles	3rd
Derrick Smith	Wartburg	200m	1st
Josh Smith	Loras	200m	2nd
Jeremiah Steed	Dubuque	200m	3rd
Dallas Wright	Wartburg	400m	1st
Kyle Dickinson	Nebraska Wesleyan	400m	2nd
Shamari Scott	Loras	400m	3rd
Mike Jasa	Loras	800m	1st
Dalton Martin	Wartburg	800m	2nd
Wyatt Schmidt	Wartburg	800m	3rd
Christopher Collet	Wartburg	3,000m	1st
Luke Guttormson	Loras	3,000m	2nd
Colin Beck	Luther	3,000m	3rd
Drake Lewis	Central	High Jump	1st
Jatavion Hawkins	Dubuque	High Jump	2nd
Alex Martens	Loras	High Jump	3rd
Matt Heinzmann, Frosty Lorimer, Sam Madson, Dalton Martin	Wartburg	4x800	1st
Gabe Anderson, Javier Kenney, Garrett Lenners, Tyler Taubenheim	Nebraska Wesleyan	4x800	2nd
Carter Oberfoell, Wyatt Kelly, Conor Otting, Mike Jasa	Loras	4x800	3rd
Dallas Wright, Derrick Smith, Jensen Clapp, Wyatt Schmidt	Wartburg	4x400	1st
Josh Smith, Ted Kruse, Jake Willkomm, Shamari Scott	Loras	4x400	2nd
Ben Christenson, Kyle Dickinson, Marcus Thimm, Rudy Vrtiska	Nebraska Wesleyan	4x400	3rd

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