Shaelyn Hansen

Shaelyn Hansen

[Wartburg Athletics @WartburgKnights]

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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🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️RECAP: 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝; 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐂𝐀𝐀 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐈𝐈 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬

Both men's and women's cross country closed the 2025 season today at the NCAA Division III Championships. The men's team took third overall after being edged out of second place by just one team point and the women's team took 23rd overall.

The men's team was led by All-American performances from Isaiah Hammerand, Lance Sobaski, Eli Larson and Jack Kinzer. Four All-Americans is the most in Wartburg men's cross country history and ties the 2022 women's team for most in school history.

The women's team was led by Maddie Merna, who finished 104th overall with a time of 22:49.4.

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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 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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𝐌𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝟏𝟎🔥

No. 2 men's cross country won the team race with a score of 23 points and was led by two top-five performances from Isaiah Hammerand and Eli Larson at today's Dan Hutson Invitational

Wartburg's top seven finisher :

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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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The No. 9 ranked Wartburg men's track and field earned four event wins on the second day of the NCAA Final Qualifier🔥

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COOPER DEJEAN PICK-SIX 😱

On his birthday too 🥳

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Congratulations to CPU’s 2025 Spirit Court members! 🎉

Candidates for Spirit Queen (left to right): Zoey, Julia, Maya, Mya & Bailey.

Candidates for Spirit King (left to right): Justin, Quinn, Carter, Ben & Cohen.

Congrats to our new Spirit Queen, Julia, & Spirit King, Quinn!

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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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Sums up women’s basketball in Iowa

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UNI football’s head coach, Mark Farley, retires with a 41-34 win over Indiana State

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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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Northern Iowa got its first top-10 program win in an upset over No. 8 Iowa State 👏

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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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All time football dog

Rest easy Ben🫶

[Kirk Herbstreit @KirkHerbstreit]

This is really hard to write but so many of you have loved and cared about Ben that I wanted to let you know. We found out today the cancer had spread throughout Bens organs and there was nothing left we could do-we had to let him go. I’ve had dogs my whole life but Ben was 1 on 1. He was smart-loving-gentle-patient-inquisitive-and welcoming to all. Always a big smile and a soft tail wag. He and I could communicate..he and I understood each other and had each others backs. He was with me more than anyone at home and traveling with me for work. Such an easy going companion. Hard day-but he will live within all of us forever. God please bless his majestic soul and thank you for putting him in my life for the last 10 years-a true blessing.
Love you Ben. 🙏🏼

[Wartburg Athletics @WartburgKnights]

7⃣ IN A ROW!!

NO. 2 MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY WIN THE A-R-C CHAMPIONSHIP FOR A SEVENTH-STRAIGHT YEAR🔥

ISAIAH HAMMERAND TOOK FIRST OVERALL AND A PROGRAM RECORD 12 KNIGHTS FINISH WITH ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS!🔥🏆

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No. 2 men's cross country win the Augustana Interregional Invitational with a team score of 41 points!!🔥

Isaiah Hammerand finished second overall individually and his time of 23:59.8 is the third fastest time in program history🔥

Individual Results ⬇️

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This golden retriever is a crucial and adorable member of the University of Northern Iowa Panther Marching Band! 🥰

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