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Another individual champion was crowned and four more all-conference accolades were awarded to the Central College men’s track and field team at the American Rivers Conference Championships Saturday. The Dutch finished fourth in the team standings with 133 points. Wartburg College had a winning total of 247 points. Brock Lewis secured an individual title with a triple jump of 46 feet, 3.5 inches, a slight improvement of his previous best effort of the season. Nate Sanders came within .39 seco...

Central’s Gray completes career pentathlon sweep PELLA — For the fourth time in as many tries, Central College women’s track and field senior Mary Gray (West Des Moines, Waukee HS) won the pentathlon title at the American Rivers Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. As a team, the Dutch scored 79 points and finished fifth in the standings. Wartburg College won the team title with 200 points. “I think overall, we went out there and competed,” coach Brandon Sturman said. “C...

Final prep for conference track complete for Dutch women PELLA — The Central College women’s track and field team completed its indoor regular season Saturday afternoon in a triangular against Buena Vista University and Loras College. Loras College won the team title with 111 points as Central finished second with 80. Buena Vista rounded it out with 72. Central won six total events, including the 400-meter dash thanks to Hadyn Miller’s (freshman, Iowa Falls, Iowa Falls-Alden HS) winning t...

The field events packed a punch for the Central College men’s indoor track and field team in winning a home triangular meet Saturday afternoon. Central tallied 116 points, outpacing Simpson’s 87 and Luther’s 74. Remaining undefeated this season in the long jump and triple jump, Brock Lewis won both events. His triple jump reached 46 feet, 5.5 inches and he long jumped 23-0.75. Central also had the winning pole vault (13-5.5) from Tanner Johnson and the top high jump (6-4) from Matt Riedem...