Eli Larson

Wartburg XC/TF

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MITF: Eli Larson takes 14th in the 5000m (14:25.50). He earns Second-team All-America honors!

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Track & Field Preview: 𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐂𝐀𝐀 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 & 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬

The Knights will compete at the 2026 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Birmingham, Alabama on Mar 13 (Fri) - Mar 14 (Sat).

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𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 🏆

The Knights finish the 2025 Division III Championships with a third-place team finish!

Wartburg was led by All-American performances from Isaiah Hammerand, Lance Sobaski, Eli Larson and Jack Kinzer 🔥 Four All-Americans is a program record for the Knights!

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📸 - Mark Ervard, d3photography

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𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞-𝗧𝗢-𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗠𝗜𝗗𝗪𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗦 🏆

No. 2 men's cross country win the Division III Midwest Regional meet with a team score of 30 behind top-10 performances from Isaiah Hammerand, Lance Sobaski, Jack Kinzer, Eli Larson and Tyler Schermerhorn 🔥

This marks the second-straight Midwest Regional title and sixth all-time for the Knights!

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𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐍𝐨. 𝟐 𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐡-𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐀-𝐑-𝐂 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞 🏆

11 Knights finished with All-Conference honors, led by Isaiah Hammerand with his second-consecutive A-R-C MVP performance! His time of 23:44.2 is a new program record 🔥

The Knights took first place out of nine teams with a perfect team score of 15 points!

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𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐨. 𝟐 𝐦𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 🏃‍♂️

Isaiah Hammerand and Eli Larson both place inside the top 10 to lead the No. 2 Knights to a runner-up team finish at today's Interregional Invite hosted by Augustana College!

Wartburg's top seven finishers 👇

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𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 ⬇️

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𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘅𝗰 𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 🏃‍♂️

Eli Larson wins the John Kurtt Invite 6K with a time of 18:25.0 with teammate Solomon Zaugg right behind him in second 🔥

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🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️RECAP: 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻

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[Eli Larson @elilarson18]

@RUNWARTBURG Congrats! @Jonathan72104

[American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) @AmerRiversConf]

M🏃: Second-Team All-American Honors

Michael Goodenbour, @WartburgKnights

16th place in the 3000m with a time of 8:22.92

#rollriversTF

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M🏃: 5,000-Meter All-Conference

🥇 Schermerhorn, @WartburgKnights
🥈 Green, @WartburgKnights
🥉 Hammerand, @WartburgKnights

#rollriversTF

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Men's cross country earned its 17th overall USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honor with a team GPA of 3.45 🔥📚

Congratulations to Shane Erb, Jacob Green, Isaiah Hammerand, Connor Lancial, Eli Larson and Lance Sobaski for all earning All-Academic honors!!

Six individuals is a school record for men's cross country🔥

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No. 2 men's cross country finish 2nd overall at the NCAA Division III Championships! Ties best team finish in program history.

The Knights were led by All-American performances from Isaiah Hammerand, Jacob Green and Lance Sobaski🔥

Individual Results ⬇️

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A NATIONAL RUNNER-UP FINISH FOR THE WARTBURG MEN! 🔥🔥🔥 #WXC #whataday #turnitup

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MEET DAY!! 🔥🏃🏃‍♀️

No. 30 women's and No. 2 men's @RUNWARTBURG are both in action today at the Division III National Championships! The women's race is set for 10 a.m. with the men's race to follow at 11 a.m.

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NO. 2 MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY WIN NCAA MIDWEST REGIONAL WITH A TEAM SCORE OF 44 POINTS!!🏆

ISAIAH HAMMERAND WON THE INDIVIDUAL TITLE AND THE KNIGHTS HAD SEVEN TOTAL ALL-REGION FINISHERS🔥

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No. 2 men's cross country finished second overall as a team at the John McNichols Invitational (Open Division Race).

Four Knights finished in the top 20, including a fifth-place finish from Isaiah Hammerand!

Individual Results⬇️

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Introducing your new houses! Will Shadowfrog continue it's 5 year tyrranical reign? Will Flooflepoof emerge victorious? Will Hammerand log a single run? Excitement awaits! #WXC

[Jack Kinzer @jkinz4]

@Strava I have spoken it into existence.