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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY BRUNKHORST, REHBERG, HOUSER, and DOTZLER
1 3 A Resolution recognizing and congratulating the
1 4 Wartburg College 2003 Men's and Women's
1 5 Cross-Country Teams and the Wartburg College
1 6 2003-2004 Wrestling Team.
1 7 WHEREAS, Iowans are proud and honored to recognize
1 8 the accomplishments of the Wartburg College 2003 Men's
1 9 and Women's Cross-Country Teams and the Wartburg
1 10 College 2003-2004 Wrestling Team; and
1 11 WHEREAS, the Wartburg Knights Men's and Women's
1 12 Cross-Country Teams competed in the NCAA Division III
1 13 cross-country meet on November 22, 2003, on the campus
1 14 of Hanover College in Indiana, tallied six All-
1 15 Americans, and claimed the individual championships in
1 16 both the men's and women's races for the first time in
1 17 NCAA Division III cross-country history; and
1 18 WHEREAS, Josh Moen, a junior, and the son of Greg
1 19 and Sue Moen of Fairbank, won the individual men's
1 20 title in the eight-kilometer race with a time of
1 21 twenty-four minutes and forty-three and four-tenths
1 22 seconds, completing the race almost thirty seconds
1 23 faster than the second-place finisher; and
1 24 WHEREAS, Missy Buttry, the defending national
1 25 Division III women's champion, a junior, and the
1 26 daughter of Don and Pam Buttry of Shenandoah, retained
1 27 her title in the six-kilometer race with a course-
1 28 record-shattering time of twenty minutes and two-
1 29 tenths of a second, finishing the race more than one
1 30 minute faster than the second-place finisher; and
2 1 WHEREAS, Missy Buttry was named U.S.A. Track and
2 2 Field's Athlete of the Week after winning her first
2 3 career U.S. Open title in the women's six-kilometer
2 4 race on December 7, 2003, at the 2003 U.S.A. Track and
2 5 Field National Cross-Country Championships in
2 6 Greensboro, North Carolina; and
2 7 WHEREAS, Missy Buttry qualified for the World
2 8 Cross-Country Team after placing fourth in the four-
2 9 kilometer event at the United States Championships on
2 10 February 8, 2004, in Indianapolis, Indiana, and also
2 11 placed 60th at the International Association of
2 12 Athletics Federation World Cross-Country Championships
2 13 in Brussels, Belgium, on March 21, 2004, helping to
2 14 lead the U.S. Senior Women's Four-Kilometer Team to a
2 15 seventh place finish; and
2 16 WHEREAS, the defending champion, the 2003-2004
2 17 Wartburg Knights Wrestling Team, won its fourth team
2 18 title since 1996 and its second consecutive NCAA
2 19 Division III National Championship on March 6, 2004,
2 20 at the Five Flags Center in Dubuque, with a total of
2 21 156.5 points, overcoming the runner-up by 16 points;
2 22 and
2 23 WHEREAS, the Wartburg Knights Wrestling Team with
2 24 their "Fab Four" tied a national record by winning
2 25 four individual championships at the March 6, 2004,
2 26 meet, increasing the total number of individual
2 27 champions in the Wartburg wrestling program to 19, the
2 28 sixth best record in NCAA Division III wrestling
2 29 history, and ended the tourney with nine All-
2 30 Americans, increasing the program's total to 109; and
3 1 WHEREAS, Dustin Hinschberger, a sophomore, and the
3 2 son of Kurt and Terri Jo Hinschberger of Belle Plaine,
3 3 is the national Division III champion at 141 pounds;
3 4 and
3 5 WHEREAS, Bart Mehlert, a senior, and the son of
3 6 Larry and Deb Mehlert of La Porte City, is the
3 7 national Division III champion at 149 pounds; and
3 8 WHEREAS, Ryan Sturm, a junior, and the son of
3 9 Richard and Katherine Sturm of Armstrong, is the
3 10 national Division III champion at 184 pounds; and
3 11 WHEREAS, Akeem Carter, a sophomore, and the son of
3 12 Louis and Nancy Carter of Waterloo, is the national
3 13 Division III champion at 197 pounds; NOW THEREFORE,
3 14 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
3 15 congratulates the 2003 Wartburg College Men's and
3 16 Women's Cross-Country Teams and their coach, Steve
3 17 Johnson, on their extraordinary performance and wishes
3 18 them continued success in all of their future
3 19 endeavors; and
3 20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Senate
3 21 congratulates the 2003-2004 Wartburg College Wrestling
3 22 Team and its coach, Jim Miller, on their superb
3 23 performance and wishes them continued success in all
3 24 of their future endeavors; and
3 25 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That official copies of
3 26 this Resolution be prepared by the Secretary of the
3 27 Senate and presented to the president of Wartburg
3 28 College, to each member of the Wartburg College Men's
3 29 and Women's Cross-Country Teams, to each member of the
3 30 Wartburg College Wrestling Team, and to their coaches.
4 1 LSB 7064SS 80
4 2 av/pj/5
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