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Netwal, Hanson and Sperl garner all-conference honors in final IIAC meet

MOUNT VERNON - Cornell College sent three seniors out with all-conference accolades during the final weekend of the Iowa Conference Track and Field Outdoor Championships, held Friday and Saturday at Central's Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium in Pella.

Cornell throwers Dan Netwal (Eldridge/North Scott) and Julia Hanson (Charles City/Charles City) and jumper Brittany Sperl (Boyd, Wis./Stanley-Boyd) earned all-conference status for placing in the top three in their respective events. Netwal was the Rams' top individual finisher, placing second in the javelin throw. Hanson took third in the hammer throw and Sperl placed third in the triple jump.

Netwal and Hanson are both first-time all-IIAC performers. Sperl also received all-league recognition during the indoor season for placing second in the triple jump.

"In the case of all three senior athletes, they stuck it out and put the time in. They all performed well in their final conference competition. I'm real proud of them," Cornell head coach Lonnie Speidel said. "As a team, I thought all the kids competed hard. We just need more scorers. It was definitely not for a lack of effort from our kids."

The Rams finished with four all-conference outdoor athletes, including a third-place showing in the decathlon from junior James Wohrley (Dixon, Ill./Dixon) at the IIAC Multi-Events May 1-2 in Pella.

Cornell placed seventh in the nine-team women's field with 36 points. The Rams took ninth on the men's side with 32 points. Wartburg claimed its 10th consecutive IIAC women's team crown and host Central won the men's title.

Netwal, seeded fourth in the javelin, improved his standing by two places with a career-best throw of 174 feet, 5 inches. He topped his previous best mark this spring by nearly seven feet.

Hanson cracked the top three in the hammer throw with a toss of 145-07, her best mark of the season. Sperl leapt 34-01.50 in the triple jump to place third.

The Cornell women picked up a fourth-place finish from Michelle Hannemann (Elburn, Ill./Kaneland) in the pole vault (8-06), a fifth from Madison Craw (Mason City/Mason City) in the shot put (41-06) and a pair of sixths from Hanson in the discus (136-10) and Rachelle Hawkins (Boise, Idaho/Bishop Kelly) in the 1,500 (4:55.85). The Rams also received points from Jessica Strains (Park Ridge, Ill./Maine South) in the triple jump (seventh), Allison Nappe (Monticello/Monticello) in the discus (seventh), Allie Jagielo (Almond, Wis./Tri-County) in the 3,000 steeplechase (eighth), Cayla Techlin (Little Chute, Wis./Little Chute) in the high jump (eighth), and the 4x400 (seventh), 4x100 (eighth) relays.

Sophomore distance runner Andrew Tobben (Washington, Mo./St. Francis Borgia) placed in a pair of events, taking fifth in the 10,000 (33 minutes, .08 seconds) and sixth in the 5,000 (15:45.03). Freshman Adam Rooyakkers (Kimberly, Wis./Kimberly) turned in a strong race in the finals of the 800. He placed fourth with a season-best time of 1:57.35 after qualifying ninth for the finals.

Rounding out Cornell's scorers on the men's side were Chase Nowak (Colorado Springs, Colo./Cheyenne Mountain) in the 5,000 (eighth), Ben Jacobs (Three Rivers, Mich./Three Rivers) in the 10,000 (eighth), Drew Campbell (Independence/Independence) in the high jump (eighth), Wohrley in the pole vault (eighth), Chase Johnson (West Union/North Fayette) in the discus (eighth) and the 4x400 relay (eighth).      

Coming up - Friday, May 15 at Augustana Twilight, Augustana College, Paul V. Olsen Track, Rock Island, Ill., 5 p.m.; Friday, May 15, at Gregory Invitational, North Central College, Naperville, Ill.; Thursday-Saturday, May 21-23, at NCAA Division III Championships, Marietta, Ohio. 

Iowa Conference Championships
May 8-9
Central College
Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium, Pella

Women's Final Team Standings
1. Wartburg 243, 2. Central 138.5, 3. Luther 107, 4. Loras 100, 5. Simpson 98.5, 6. Coe 74, 7. Cornell 36, 8. Buena Vista 22, 9. Dubuque no team score.
Cornell Results
200 - 26. Anna Guittar 29.35, 27. Jennifer Bays 30.22. 800 - 21. Allison Newman 2:38.78, 24. Hannah Cargill 2:55.30. 1500 - 6. Rachelle Hawkins 4:55.85, 21. Laura Lindsay 5:30.23. 5000 - 10. Lindsey Kuhlmann 19:19.16, 15. Ellie Hutchison 19:52.78. 10000 - 9. Kuhlmann 41:07.20. 3000 steeplechase - 8. Allie Jagielo 12:09.73. 4x100 - 8. (Brittany Sperl, Jessica Strains, Guittar, Cayla Techlin) 54.98. 4x400 - 7. (Guittar, Strains, Bays, Hawkins) 4:21.26. High jump - 8. Techlin 4-11.50. Pole vault - 4. Michelle Hannemann 8-06. Long jump - 17. Sperl 14-10.75. Triple jump - 3. Sperl 34-01.50, 7. Strains 31-10. Shot put - 5. Madison Craw 41-06, 17. Kelsey Harper 34-08.50, 18. Kirtley Hitt 30-05.75, 19. Jenny South 29-06.50. Discus throw - 6. Julia Hanson 136-10, 7. Allison Nappe 136-09, 16. Kelly Kall 108-10. Hammer throw - 3. Hanson 145-07, 9. Craw 130-03, 15. Kall 117-11, 19. Harper 106-07. Javelin throw - 9. Techlin 99-02, 11. Harper 93-09, 14. Kall 86-07, 15. Hitt 85-07. 

Men's Final Team Standings
1. Central 198.5, 2. Loras 155, 3. Wartburg 150, 4. Buena Vista 72.5, 5. Luther 67, 6. Simpson 54, 7. Coe 48, 8. Dubuque 38, 9. Cornell 32.
Cornell Results
200 - 22. Khaliph Green 23.80, 30. Denis Jimenez 26.06. 400 - 17. Reed Skoog 52.75. 800 - 4. Adam Rooyakkers 1:57.35, 12. Kirkwood Donavin 2:00.98, 14. Chris Stadler 2:02.15, 15. Matt Evans 2:02.48. 1500 - 13. Donavin 4:11.38, 21. David Kuhlmann 4:24.21, 24. Chris Stadler 4:28.26, 28. Andrew Jacobsmeyer 4:37.05. 5000 - 6. Andrew Tobben 15:45.03, 8. Chase Nowak 15:56.67, 16. Ben Jacobs 16:27.46, 20. Tommy LeForce 16:47.24. 10000 - 5. Tobben 33:00.08, 8. Jacobs 33:42.08. 4x400 - 8. (James Wohrley, Skoog, Evans, Rooyakkers) 3:31.18. High jump - 8. Drew Campbell 6-00.75, 10. Wohrley 5-10.75, 11. Dan Netwal 5-10.75, 12. Roli Teko-Folly 5-08.75. Pole vault - 8. Wohrley 12-01.25. Long jump - 16. Green 19-10.75, 19. Jimenez 17-04, 21. Benedict Beluchukwu 15-11. Triple jump - 14. Teko-Folly 40-05.50. Shot put - 14. Marshall Kraker 39-11.25, 19. Adam Norton 36-07. Discus throw - 8. Chase Johnson 138-03, 9. Kraker 133-09, 15. Norton 125-01. Javelin throw - 2. Netwal 174-05, 16. Kraker 135-08.