WAVERLY, Iowa- The No. 10 Wartburg men's track and field team won their 14th Indoor American Rivers Conference Championship (dating back to 1998) with 207.5 points. Zak Kubitz broke the all-time school record in the heptathlon. Elliott Bond won the rookie of the year. Wartburg (HC: Marcus Newsom) won the coaching staff of the year. 

Team Standings:
1   Wartburg                      207.5
2   Dubuque                       131
3   Loras                             117   
4   Nebraska Wesleyan       83
5   Central                           76.5
6   Simpson                         44
7   Buena Vista                    20
8   Luther                             13
9    Coe                                10


Event Wins:
 
Weight Throw
1            Christian Nunley         18.58m 60-11.50
 
3000m
1            Sam Schmitz                8:28.16
 
800m
1            Hutton Edney               1:52.47
 
4x800m
1            Wartburg                        7:47.92 (C. Cruise, R. Martin, A. Housman, H. Edney)


All-Conference Finishers:
 
Heptathlon
2            Zak Kubitz                   4811 points

3000m
2            Solomon Zaugg           8:30.44

400m
2            Jensen Clapp                49.89

4x400m
2            Wartburg                        3:21.03 (I. Neyens, D. Williams, C. Olson, J. Clapp)

Mile
2            Lance Sobaski             4:10.71
3            Aidan Decker                4:12.09

Triple Jump
3            Dustin Mohler              14.06m 46-1.50

60m
3            David Williams            6.94


Notes:

• First individual conference title for Nunley
• First individual conference title for Schmitz
• First individual conference title for Edney
• At press time, Nunley's weight throws stands 12^th on the TFRRS list for this season
• At press time. Kubitz's heptathlon stands 17^th on the TFRRS list for this season
• At press time, Decker's mile time stands 26^th on the TFRRS list for this season
• Kubitz's heptathlon ranks first on the program's top 10 list
• (C. Cruise, R. Martin, A. Housman, H. Edney) 4x800m time ranks second on the program's top 10 list
• Mohler's triple jump ranks third on the program's top 10 list
• Decker's mile time ranks sixth on the program's top 10 list
• Austin Rindels' 60m hurdle time (8.37) remains eighth on the program's top list, but improves his time
• Jimmy Weispfenning's 200m time (22.33) ranks ninth on the program's top 10 list

Award Winners
 
Men
 
Track- Otis Patterson (Dubque)
Field- Ulysses Patterson (Simpson)
Rookie- Elliott Bond (Wartburg)
Staff- Wartburg


Next Up
A select group will compete at the NCAA Qualifier next weekend.