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Melissa Norton

Melissa Norton (Stensland)

  • Class
    2001
  • Induction
    2014
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Track & Field
Melissa (Stensland) Norton '01
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Norton was a four-year member of the track and field team where she was a three-time Iowa Conference champion in the shot put. She was a National Qualifier in four events for indoor nationals and six for outdoor nationals in her four-year career. Norton was a two-time All-American in the shot put and placed as high as third in 1999. She held the school record in the hammer throw, weight throw and shot put in both venues but all records have since been broken by athletes she has coached. Norton lives in Waverly and is an assistant track and field and assistant strength and conditioning coach at Wartburg College. The Knights have won seven NCAA National Championships and she has coached 11 All-American women's throwers and three All-American men's throwers, including a National Championship in the shot put. The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) named her the women's Assistant Outdoor Coach of the Year in 2013 and she has received three USTFCCCA Regional Assistant Coach of the Year awards.
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