# Wartburg Knights track and field

The Wartburg Knights track and field program is the intercollegiate track and field team for Wartburg College located in the U.S. state of Iowa. The team competes at the NCAA Division III level and is a member of the American Rivers Conference. The team participates in indoor and outdoor track and field as well as cross country.

## Women's track and field

The Wartburg women's track and field team has won 8 NCAA team national titles, 3 indoor and 5 outdoor, with their most recent coming in the 2014 outdoor season. The Knights won 3 straight NCAA outdoor titles from 2012 to 2014. The 2012 track and field season was one of the best seasons ever by a DIII team. The Knights won the 2012 NCAA DIII Indoor title with a meet-record of 99 points and followed that up with a 2012 NCAA DIII Outdoor title with another meet-record of 129 points, with record margin of victory of 77 points ahead of second place. During 2012 they had 22 indoor All-Americans and 26 outdoor All-Americans.
In the IIAC/ARC the Knights have 22 indoor conference championships with 19 of them coming in a row from 1998 to 2016. In outdoor track and field they have won 23 conference titles, 17 of them consecutively from 2000 to 2016.

### Yearly record

Source
| Season | Coach | NCAA | NCAA | Conference | Conference |
| Season | Coach | Indoor | Outdoor | Indoor | Outdoor |
| American Rivers Conference ||||||
| 1983 | Liz Wuertz | - | 22nd (21) | - | 2nd (127.5) |
| 1984 | Liz Wuertz | - | T-52nd (7) | - | - |
| 1985 | Liz Wuertz | - | - | - | 2nd (134) |
| 1986 | Liz Wuertz | - | - | - | 3rd (99) |
| 1987 | Liz Wuertz | - | - | - | - |
| 1988 | Liz Wuertz | T-24th (3) | T-29th (8) | - | 3rd (93.5) |
| 1989 | Steve Johnson | - | - | - | 4th (95.5) |
| 1990 | Steve Johnson | - | - | - | 4th (95.5) |
| 1991 | Steve Johnson | 52nd (7) | T-54th (1) | - | 2nd (95.5) |
| 1992 | Steve Johnson | - | T-17th (14) | 1st (171) | 3rd (136) |
| 1993 | Steve Johnson | 49th (4) | T-49th (4) | 1st (175) | 1st (195) |
| 1994 | Steve Johnson | 38th (.5) | T-29th (8) | 1st (191.5) | 1st (170) |
| 1995 | Steve Johnson | - | T-21st (12) | - | 1st (174.5) |
| 1996 | Steve Johnson | T-40th (1) | T-53rd (3) | - | 3rd (119) |
| 1997 | Steve Johnson | T-16th (8) | T-53rd (3) | - | 3rd (92) |
| 1998 | Steve Johnson | T-23rd (6) | 12th(15) | 1st (148.5) | 2nd (141) |
| 1999 | Marcus Newsom | T-21st (6) | 8th(24) | 1st (161) | 2nd (178) |
| 2000 | Marcus Newsom | T-39th (1) | T-11th(20) | - | 1st |
| 2001 | Marcus Newsom | - | 9th(21) | - | 1st |
| 2002 | Marcus Newsom | 6th (21) | 6th(32) | - | 1st (229) |
| 2003 | Marcus Newsom | 6th (22) | 9th(26) | 1st (217) | 1st (222.5) |
| 2004 | Marcus Newsom | T-29th (6) | 4th(35) | 1st (219) | 1st (239) |
| 2005 | Marcus Newsom | 2nd (32) | 1st(43) | 1st (191.5) | 1st (224) |
| 2006 | Marcus Newsom | 16th (12) | T-19th(14) | 1st (241) | 1st (242) |
| 2007 | Marcus Newsom | T-14th (12) | 7th(31) | 1st (262) | 1st (267) |
| 2008 | Marcus Newsom | 2nd (27) | 3rd(34) | 1st (259) | 1st (279.5) |
| 2009 | Marcus Newsom | 1st (51) | 1st(52) | 1st (276) | 1st (243) |
| 2010 | Marcus Newsom | 1st (33) | 4th(36) | 1st (242) | 1st (241) |
| 2011 | Marcus Newsom | 2nd (44) | 2nd(59) | 1st (251) | 1st (279) |
| 2012 | Marcus Newsom | 1st (99) | 1st(129) | 1st (317) | 1st (353) |
| 2013 | Marcus Newsom | 4th (25) | 1st(46) | 1st (262) | 1st (286) |
| 2014 | Marcus Newsom | 3rd (46) | 1st(65) | 1st (282) | 1st (281.5) |
| 2015 | Marcus Newsom | T-14th (14) | T-15th(15) | 1st (220) | 1st (257.5) |
| 2016 | Marcus Newsom | T-35th (6) | T-14th(15) | 1st (216) | 1st (243) |
| 2017 | Marcus Newsom | T-21st (10) | T-17th(14) | 2nd (183.33) | 1st (212.5) |
| 2018 | Marcus Newsom | T-35th (6) | T-9th(24) | 1st (212.5) | 2nd (188) |
| 2019 | Marcus Newsom | T-35th (6) | T-14th(24) | 2nd (212.5) | 1st (188) |
| 2020 | Marcus Newsom | — | — | 1st (211) | — |
| 2021 | Marcus Newsom | T-35th (6) | T-14th(15) | 1st (212.5) | 2nd (184) |
| 2022 | Marcus Newsom | T-35th (6) | T-14th(15) | 2nd (188) | 1st (231) |
| 2023 | Marcus Newsom | 9th (23) | 6th(29) | 2nd (207) | 2nd (218) |
| 2024 | Marcus Newsom | 8th (24) | | 2nd (178.5) | 1st (234.5) |
| Total | Total | 3 | 5 | ARC: 22 | ARC: 24 |
Note: The 2020 season was canceled after ARC Indoor Championships due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, the ARC Outdoor and NCAA Championships were not held.

## Men's track and field

The Wartburg men's track and field team won the 2021 NCAA DIII Outdoor national title. The Knights edged out Wisconsin Eau-Claire to win first title in men's track and field for both the college and head coach Marcus Newsom.
In the IIAC/ARC the Knights have won 11 indoor and 11 outdoor conference titles.

## Cross country

The Wartburg women's cross country team has had a strong history of high finishes at the NCAA Women's Division III Cross Country Championship. They have finished in trophy position 6 times, with a 2nd-place finish in 2012 and a 3rd-place finish in 2022. Wartburgs Missy Buttry won 3 straight cross country individual championships from 2002 to 2004. She became the first athlete ever, regardless of gender, to win 3 straight NCAA cross country individual titles and first woman ever to win 3 titles in cross country.