Saturday, October 27 Noelridge Park — Cedar Rapids, Iowa hosted by Coe College Men's 8,000-meter race, 11 a.m. Women's 6,000-meter race, noon Championship Preview [PDF] Final Results:  Women's Results  |  Men All-Conference Teams:  Women  |  Men

Men			Women
Central	33		Wartburg	21
Loras	50		Luther	38
Luther	70		Loras	87
Wartburg	108		Central	96
Simpson	113		Dubuque	159
Coe	172		Simpson	174
Buena Vista	202		Coe	208
Dubuque	238		Buena Vista	246

 
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa --- The Wartburg College women and Central College men claimed team titles, while Wartburg College sophomore Alana Enabnit and Central College sophomore Eli Horton won individual crowns Saturday at the 2012 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) Cross Country Championships at Noelridge Park.
 
In the women’s race, Wartburg placed four in the top-5 and had all seven scoring runners in the top-13 to outdistance runner-up Luther, 21-38, and surpass the Norse with a league-record 13th title. Loras finished third (87 points), just ahead of Central (96). Dubuque (159) finished fifth, marking the program’s best finish and lowest point total.
 
In the men’s race, Central swept the top three spots on the podium, place a fourth in the top-10 and a fifth inside the top 20 for 33 points and a 17-point win over defending champion Loras. Luther (70 points) took third while Wartburg (108) edged Simpson (113) for fourth place. Amazingly, it is the first IIAC men’s cross country title for the Dutch. The last time a school swept the top three spots in the men’s race was 1999 when Wartburg’s Adam Sundall, Nick Betts, and Tom Zirbel accomplished the feat.
 
Wartburg and Luther dominated the top-10 in the women’s race. Enabnit stopped the clock in 21 minutes, 24.6 seconds for her third individual victory in six races this season. Teammates Sammi Bruett (21:32.0), Erin Sawyers (22:34.0) and Haddie Vawter (22:37.3) finished second, fourth and fifth, respectively, while Kirsten Youngberg (23:03.5) took ninth. Luther freshman Tricia Serres took third (21:45.2) and led four Norse in the top-8. Senior Christina Storlie (22:46.8) took sixth followed by juniors Maggie Pierson (22:59.0) and Jayne Cole (23:00.5). Loras junior Kellie Wagner (23:04.4) rounded out the top-10. Bruett and Storlie earned all-IIAC honors for the third time while Enabnit, Vawter and Pierson all captured honors for the second time.
 
Enabnit is the fourth Wartburg runner to win the IIAC women’s individual title, joining Robyn Olson (1991-92-93-94), Missy Buttry (2002-03-04) and Anna Kraayenbrink (2009) to give the Knights a total of nine individual crowns.
 
Horton, who finished 11th a year ago, led the men’s race virtually from start to finish and stopped the clock in 25:21.5, just ahead of teammates Cole Decker (25:36.6) and Drew Jackson (25:43.1). Junior Austin O’Brien finished ninth (25:53.5) to give the Dutch four in the top 10. Loras’ Ty Wittman was the first non-Central finisher across the line, taking fourth in 25:43.7, while Simpson’s Joe Farrand took fifth (25:44.1). Host Coe was led by Andrew Dewar in sixth place (25:47.2). Austin Bauer (25:48.1) finished seventh as the top finisher from perennial contender Luther. Loras’ Steve Loran (eighth, 25:49.6) and Austin Steil (10th, 25:55.7) rounded out the top 10. Steil captured his third all-IIAC honor, while Horton, Dewar, Bauer, Luther’s Marty Mitchell (11th, 25:56.2) and Wartburg’s Sam Read (14th, 26:02.7). Loras’ Chris Higgins came into the finish area in position for his second all-league honor, but was nipped by Wartburg’s Chase Moser at the line by one-tenth of a second for the 15th and final all-conference spot.  
 
Horton became the fifth Dutch male runner to capture the IIAC individual crown, totaling seven titles, and the first since Andy Goodman won the second of his two titles in 1994.
 
Coaches of the Year: Wartburg head coach Steve Johnson was named Iowa Conference Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year for the 15th time after guiding the Knights to their 13th title. Central head coach Joe Dunham was named Iowa Conference Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year for the first time after guiding the Dutch to their first Iowa Conference title.
 
The top-15 runners at the Iowa Conference Championships receive All-Conference recognition.

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SITE
The course is located Noelridge Park (1248 42nd St NE) in northeast Cedar Rapids. Team bus and van parking will be in the Harding Middle School parking lot at the end of Golf Street. Spectator parking will be available adjacent to the Noelridge Pool on the southwest corner of the park and near the Noelridge Greenhouse on the northwest corner of the park.

ENTRIES
Submit entries at: www.theendresultco.com/xc/. The entry period is CLOSED. All entries needed to be submitted by 10:59 PM CDT on Wednesday, October 24th, 2012.

TEAM PACKETS
Pick up team packet (will include bib numbers, safety pins, meet info, box assignments, and two color copies of the course maps) on Saturday morning at the check-in tent near the start/finish area.

FACILITIES
Portable restrooms will be available at the competition site..

COURSE DESCRIPTION / MARKINGS
The 2012 Championship course, located at Noelridge Park, is a grass course with start and finish lines near one another in a centrally located field. The start, finish and first 4800 meters of both the 6k and 8k courses are the same. White paint will line the full length of the courses and every 1600 meters of both will be marked with mile posts. The inside of turns will be marked with red flags. There is a narrow (2.5 meters) bridge crossing between the north and south ends of the park that both men and women traverse just after 2k and 4k and again by the men at about 5.5k and 7.5k. The races will be led by a gator cart. The course will be available for viewing on Friday evening.
   •   Women's 6K Map (JPG)
   •   Men's 8K Map (JPG)

ATHLETIC TRAINING SERVICES
Shaun McCarthy  (smccarth@coe.edu) 319.399.8013 office; 319.430.3906 cell) will be the ATC contact person for the meet.  He will be available from about 9:30a until
approximately 45-60 minutes after the completion of the last race at Noelridge Park.
 
Per IIAC hosting guidelines if your team will be traveling with a certified athletic trainer s/he will have the following available on site: Electrical Stimulation / Ultrasound. If you
are traveling without certified athletic trainer, you will need to send a written note that outlines parameters for treatment of each athlete. Please provide any taping supplies, and we will be happy to assist at Noelridge Park.
 
Athletic training will have a tent located on site near the start/finish line. We will have to following items available on site:  US/Stim unit, ice bags, biohazard container, taping table, treatment table, water, emergency equipment.

HOST/EVENT PERSONNEL
Elaine Rydze -- Event Manager, (319) 399-8620, erydze@coe.edu
Ben Mourer -- Coe College Head Cross Country Coach, (319) 399-8033, bmourer@coe.edu
John Chandler -- Coe College Director of Athletics, (319) 399-8622, jchandle@coe.edu
Chuck Yrigoyen -- Iowa Conference Commissioner, (319) 366-4902, chuck@iowaconference.com
Joshua Schroeder -- Iowa Conference Director of Information, (319) 366-4975, jschroeder@iowaconference.com
Josh Gerber, Wayzata Results -- Timing and Results, josh@wayzataresults.com
Games Committee -- Ben Mourer, Steve Pasche (Luther-2011 host), Joe Dunham (Central-2013 host)