Wartburg completed a sweep of this year’s Division III indoor and outdoor track and field team championships – thanks again to its late-blooming senior triple-jumper and to a sweep of the relays.

Akeya Aimable, who won the indoor triple jump crown in March just weeks after competing in the event for the first time, overcame an midseason injury to repeat the feat at the outdoor championships Saturday at Marietta. Wartburg then overcame an eight-point deficit entering the meet-ending 1,600-meter relay by winning the event.

“We knew coming into the race that we had to win to clinch the team title, so that just kind of fueled us,” said relay squad member Jenny Kordick. “We knew we could do it.”

Kordick ran on both of Wartburg’s relays, also helping claim the 400-meter relay before the Knights successfully defended their 2008 crown in the 4x400. A pair of freshmen also played key roles in the sweep as Faith Burt sparked the 4x100 by running the first leg and classmate Nevada Morrison played the same role in the title-clinching race.

“This feels really great – indoor and outdoor national champions,” Morrison said. “It’s a great honor.”

The team title was Wartburg’s second since 2005.

“This was a total team effort,” said coach Marcus Newsome. “There were some peaks and valleys at times this year, but in the end, the team just believed they could reach this goal. It’s something really special to see a group of individuals do what they did in 4½ hours.”

The Knights scored all 52 of their points on the final day of competition Saturday, getting off to a great start with Aimable’s win and the 400-meter relay early in the day.

Aimable’s championship may have been the most improbable, even after her indoor victory. She was injured during the Drake Relays and did not qualify for the outdoor championships until just a week before the event, entering competition seeded ninth.

“My expectations coming in were to just be on the podium, get some kind of trophy and get all-American,” she said. “I never thought I would be national champion again.”

Wartburg’s relay sweep denied Wisconsin-Oshkosh a Division III-best ninth women’s outdoor team championship, and also short-circuited the Titans’ opportunity to join the school’s men’s team in a sweep of this year’s outdoor crowns.

Wisconsin-Oshkosh again dominated the throws, as Ellie Sitek contributed 24 of the Titans’ 50 points with victories in the discus and hammer throws and a fifth-place finish in the shot put.

A pair of repeat individual titlists extended dominance in their specialties, as Lisa Brown of Gustavus Adolphus claimed her third javelin crown in four years and Frostburg State’s Sumer Rohrs swept the two hurdles events.

“Going out on top as a senior is really nice,” said Brown, who also finished second in the event in 2007.

Rohrs, a junior, now has claimed six individual titles in indoor and outdoor hurdles competition.

“It’s like, wow,” she said. “When you think about all the stuff that you could do, it doesn’t really sink in until you’ve done it. And now that I’ve done it, I’m more surprised than anybody. Everybody seems to have known it was going to happen. But myself, I’m more shocked than anything.”

The meet produced two championships records, as Rachel Secrest of North Central (Illinois) won the pole vault with a leap of 13 feet, 2½ inches (4.02 meters), and Hardin-Simmons’ Ashley Huston racked up a best-ever 5,244 points in the heptathlon. Huston was a double winner, also capturing the high jump crown.

Team results

1. Wartburg, 52; 2. Wis.-Oshkosh, 50; 3. Wis.-La Crosse, 48; 4. Wis.-Eau Claire, 34½; 5. Washington-St. Louis, 28; 6. Gust. Adolphus, 27; 7. Ill. Wesleyan, 24; 8. Hardin-Simmons, 22; 9. Frostburg St., 21½; 10. (tie) St. Norbert, TCNJ and MIT, 20; 13. (tie) Hope and Calvin, 18; 15. Williams, 16; 16. (tie) Wis.-Whitewater and Tufts, 14; 18. (tie) North Central (Ill.) and Bethel (Minn.), 13; 20. Carroll (Wis.), 12½; 21. (tie) Roanoke and Messiah, 12; 23. Wheaton (Mass.), 11½; 24. (tie) Simpson, St. Lawrence, Moravian and Chicago, 11; 28. (tie) St. Thomas (Minn.) and Montclair St., 10; 30. Haverford, 9½; 31. (tie) Monmouth (Ill.) and Carleton, 9; 33. (tie) Wis.-Platteville, Wilmington (Ohio), Willamette, Wheaton (Ill.) and Emory, 8; 38. (tie) Denison, Capital and Bates, 7; 41. (tie) Westfield St., Texas Lutheran, Ripon, Redlands, Methodist, Linfield, Ithaca, Fredonia St., Coe and Augustana (Ill.), 6; 51. (tie) Richard Stockton and Cortland St., 5½; 53. (tie) Wis.-Stevens Point, Wash. & Lee, Springfield, Pacific Lutheran and George Fox, 5; 58. (tie) Whitworth, Mount Union and Central (Iowa), 4; 61. Case Reserve, 3½; 62. (tie) Thiel, Minn.-Morris, DePauw, Bridgewater (Va.) and Allegheny, 3; 67. (tie) Oberlin, Muhlenberg, Illinois Col., Heidelberg, Claremont-M-S and Cabrini, 2; 73. (tie) Trinity (Tex.), Smith, Middlebury, McMurry, Loras, Concordia-M’head and Centre, 1.

Individual champions

100-meter dash: Nora Kuiper, Hope, 11.84.

200-meter dash: Brooke Bell, Wis.-Whitewater, 24.25.

400-meter dash: Liz Kooistra, Wis.-Eau Claire, 54.29.

800-meter run: Ashley Graybill, St. Norbert, 2:09.18.

1,500-meter run: Marie Borner, Bethel (Minn.), 4:27.41.

3,000-meter steeplechase: Stephanie Perleberg, Wis.-La Crosse, 10:22.34.

5,000-meter run: Ayla Mitchell, Wis.-Oshkosh, 17:14.52.

10,000-meter run: Lauren Philbrook, Williams, 35:24.78.

100-meter high hurdles: Sumer Rohrs, Frostburg St., 13.77.

400-meter intermediate hurdles: Sumer Rohrs, Frostburg St., 60.05.

400-meter relay: Wartburg (Faith Burt, Nevada Morrison, Jenny Kordick, Kelsey Steffens), 46.21.

1,600-meter relay: Wartburg (Nevada Morrison, Chelsey Jacobs, Jenny Kordick, Hannah Baker), 3:43.48.

High jump: Ashley Huston, Hardin-Simmons, 1.70 (5-7).

Pole vault: Rachel Secrest, North Central (Ill.), 4.02 (13-2 1/4) [meet record: old record 4.01 (13-1 3/4), Kim Marino, Richard Stockton, 2003].

Long jump: Caitlin Schetter, Wis.-La Crosse, 6.05 (19-10 1/4).

Triple jump: Akeye Aimable, Wartburg, 12.16 (39-10 3/4).

Shot put: Monique Riddick, Montclair St., 15.77 (51-9).

Discus throw: Ellie Sitek, Wis.-Oshkosh, 47.95 (157-3).

Hammer throw: Ellie Sitek, Wis.-Oshkosh, 53.61 (175-10).

Javelin throw: Lisa Brown, Gust. Adolphus, 48.16 (158-0).

Heptathlon: Ashley Huston, Hardin-Simmons, 5,244 points (meet record; old record 5,111, Amy Reed, Messiah, 2008).

Individual results

100-meter dash: 1. Nora Kuiper, Hope, 11.84; 2. Callen Martin, Wilmington (Ohio), 12.12; 3. Amanda LaRocca, Ill. Wesleyan, 12.13; 4. Faith Burt, Wartburg, 12.22; 5. Brooke Bell, Wis.-Whitewater, 12.28; 6. Megan Croatt, Minn.-Morris, 12.30; 7. Judy Bataille, Heidelberg, 12.31; 8. Stephanie Omueti, Chicago, 12.39.

200-meter dash: 1. Brooke Bell, Wis.-Whitewater, 24.25; 2. Nora Kuiper, Hope, 24.35; 3. Faith Burt, Wartburg, 24.80; 4. Liz Kooistra, Wis.-Eau Claire, 24.90; 5. Marcia McCord, Ithaca, 24.95; 6. Amanda LaRocca, Ill. Wesleyan, 24.99; 7. Shavantay Thomas, Ill. Wesleyan, 25.02; 8. Jessica Starks, Capital, 25.17.

400-meter dash: 1. Liz Kooistra, Wis.-Eau Claire, 54.29; 2. Robin Yerkes, Roanoke, 54.78; 3. Staci Jackson, Texas Lutheran, 54.81; 4. Nevada Morrison, Wartburg, 55.05; 5. Hannah Baker, Wartburg, 55.17; 6. Cara Riffe, Thiel, 56.47; 7. Marcia McCord, Ithaca, 56.55; 8. Kathleen Folbrecht, Wis.-Stevens Point, 56.59.

800-meter run: 1. Ashley Graybill, St. Norbert, 2:09.18; 2. Jianna Spadacinni, TCNJ, 2:09.37; 3. Jessica Scott, Wis.-Platteville, 2:09.83; 4. Lauren Bergstrom, Calvin, 2:10.18; 5. Stephanie Herrick, TCNJ, 2:10.30; 6. Lizzy Danhakl, Williams, 2:13.30; 7. Lauren Reich, DePauw, 2:14.68; 8. Kaitlynn Saldanha, Middlebury, 2:18.53.

1,500-meter run: 1. Marie Borner, Bethel (Minn.), 4:27.41; 2. Ayla Mitchell, Wis.-Oshkosh, 4:28.20; 3. Ashley Schnell, Coe, 4:28.59; 4. Maddie Coffman, Willamette, 4:30.58; 5. Catie Ellingson, Simpson, 4:30.90; 6. Heather Jelen, Bethel (Minn.), 4:31.35; 7. Kelly Russ, St. Thomas (Minn.), 4:32.66; 8. Lauren Reich, DePauw, 4:33.29.

3,000-meter steeplechase: 1. Stephanie Perleberg, Wis.-La Crosse, 10:22.34; 2. Katie Theisen, St. Thomas (Minn.), 10:27.58; 3. Kerry Arouca, Westfield St., 10:31.71; 4. Jacqui Wentz, MIT, 10:32.61; 5. Hannah Humbach, Wis.-Eau Claire, 10:33.46; 6. Kimber Mattox, Willamette, 10:41.32; 7. Evelyn Ross, Claremont-M-S, 10:41.83; 8. Emily Loeffler, Trinity (Tex.), 10:45.45.

5,000-meter run: 1. Ayla Mitchell, Wis.-Oshkosh, 17:14.52; 2. Megan O'Grady, Carroll (Wis.), 17:19.83; 3. Simone Childs-Walker, Carleton, 17:22.45; 4. Jenny Scherer, St. Norbert, 17:23.22; 5. Katalin Navarre, Denison, 17:23.76; 6. Taryn Surtees, Washington-St. Louis, 17:24.12; 7. Anna Kraayenbrink, Wartburg, 17:27.85; 8. Lauren Philbrook, Williams, 17:29.92.

10,000-meter run: 1. Lauren Philbrook, Williams, 35:24.78; 2. Stephanie McNamara, Tufts, 35:46.62; 3. Taryn Surtees, Washington-St. Louis, 35:46.94; 4. Jenny Scherer, St. Norbert, 35:48.84; 5. Jessica Koster, Calvin, 36:11.75; 6. Katalin Navarre, Denison, 36:16.97; 7. Joanna Johnson, Oberlin, 36:18.20; 8. Simone Childs-Walker, Carleton, 36:18.45.

100-meter high hurdles: 1. Sumer Rohrs, Frostburg St., 13.77; 2. Kristen Bates, Messiah, 14.07; 3. Lauren Bucklin, Simpson, 14.27; 4. Amy Magnuson, MIT, 14.37; 5. Shannon Turczyn, Monmouth (Ill.), 14.46; 6. Brandye Jackson, North Central (Ill.), 14.48; 7. Elise Johnson, Williams, 14.51; 8. Barb Kremer, Loras, 15.66.

400-meter intermediate hurdles: 1. Sumer Rohrs, Frostburg St., 60.05; 2. Rachel Boerner, Calvin, 60.54; 3. Danielle Wadlington, Washington-St. Louis, 61.75; 4. Portia Jones, MIT, 61.76; 5. Elizabeth Mattila, Whitworth, 62.51; 6. Izzy Alexander, Bates, 62.55; 7. Christiana Taylor, Cabrini, 63.78; 8. Lauren Bucklin, Simpson, 65.36.

400-meter relay: 1. Wartburg (Faith Burt, Nevada Morrison, Jenny Kordick, Kelsey Steffens), 46.21; 2. Emory, 46.91; 3. Capital, 46.97; 4. TCNJ, 47.26; 5. Wis.-La Crosse, 47.32; 6. Moravian, 47.39; 7. Wheaton (Mass.); 47.47; 8. Roanoke, 47.59.

1,600-meter relay: 1. Wartburg (Nevada Morrison, Chelsey Jacobs, Jenny Kordick, Hannah Baker), 3:43.48; 2. Ill. Wesleyan, 3:47.01; 3. Wheaton (Mass.), 3:48.27; 4. Washington-St. Louis, 3:48.28; 5. Wis.-Stevens Point, 3:48.53; 6. TCNJ, 3:48.83; 7. Wis.-Platteville, 3:50.05; 8. Gust. Adolphus, 3:54.47.

High jump: 1. Ashley Huston, Hardin-Simmons, 1.70 (5-7); 2. Kaelene Lundstrum, Gust. Adolphus, 1.70 (5-7); 3. (tie) Kristen Serikstad, Cortland St., and Lisa Shepherd, Richard Stockton, 1.67 (5-5 3/4); 5. (tie) Jessica Belden, Haverford, and Erin Hollinger, Case Reserve, 1.67 (5-5 3/4); 7. (tie) Erin Neville, Wheaton (Mass.), and Emily Furr, Frostburg St., 1.64 (5-4½).

Pole vault: 1. Rachel Secrest, North Central (Ill.), 4.02 (13-2 1/4) [meet record: old record; 4.01 (13-1 3/4), Kim Marino, Richard Stockton, 2003]; 2. Anna Heim, Moravian, 3.92 (12-10 1/4); 3. Catherine Street, Linfield, 3.92 (12-10 1/4); 4. Emily Hwang, MIT, 3.82 (12-6 1/4); 5. (tie) Rebecca Grafenauer, Carroll (Wis.) and Hayley Suckow, Wis.-Eau Claire, 3.82 (12-6 1/4); 7. Alexandra Faust, Muhlenberg, 3.82 (12-6 1/4); 8. Etta Grover-Silva, Smith, 3.72 (12-2½).

Long jump: 1. Caitlin Schetter, Wis.-La Crosse, 6.05 (19-10 1/4); 2. Katie Fondow, Wis.-La Crosse, 5.85 (19-21/2); 3. Ashlynn Chavis, Methodist, 5.71 (18-8 3/4); 4. Ashton May, Wis.-La Crosse, 5.68 (18-7 3/4); 5. Lauren Alpert, Ill. Wesleyan, 5.63 (18-5 3/4); 6. JaLeesa Osborne, Roanoke, 5.55 (18-21/2); 7. Ashley Huston, Hardin-Simmons, 5.53 (18-1 3/4); 8. Breana Anderson, McMurry, 5.45 (17-10 3/4).

Triple jump: 1. Akeye Aimable, Wartburg, 12.16 (39-10 3/4); 2. Katie Fondow, Wis.-La Crosse, 12.09 (39-8); 3. Nakeisha Jones, Tufts, 12.03 (39-5 3/4); 4. Nikki Hay, Springfield, 12.01 (39-5); 5. Kristen Bates, Messiah, 11.98 (39-3 3/4); 6. Caitlin Schetter, Wis.-La Crosse, 11.94 (39-2 1/4); 7. Mickey Jusme, Wheaton (Mass.), 11.84 (38-10 1/4); 8. Chinny Ekwulugo, Ill. Wesleyan, 11.84 (38-10 1/4).

Shot put: 1. Monique Riddick, Montclair St., 15.77 (51-9); 2. Alyssa Pirinelli, St. Lawrence, 14.40 (47-3); 3. Heidi Baerenwald, Ripon, 14.19 (46-6 3/4); 4. Claire Ray, Chicago, 13.94 (45-9); 5. Ellie Sitek, Wis.-Oshkosh, 13.39 (43-11 1/4); 6. Rachel Boeke, Central (Iowa), 13.27 (43-6½); 7. Sam Broderius, Gust. Adolphus, 13.26 (43-6); 8. Sarah Reasoner, Calvin, 13.16 (43-2 1/4).

Discus throw: 1. Ellie Sitek, Wis.-Oshkosh, 47.95 (157-3); 2. Brittany Frederick, Wis.-Eau Claire, 46.74 (153-4); 3. Marissa Banks, Augustana (Ill.), 46.03 (151-0); 4. Tanesha Hughes, Monmouth (Ill.), 45.85 (150-5); 5. Amy Morse, Wis.-Eau Claire, 45.52 (149-4); 6. Claire Ray, Chicago, 45.35 (148-9); 7. Sam Broderius, Gust. Adolphus, 42.95 (140-11); 8. Rachel Boeke, Central (Iowa), 41.84 (137-3).

Hammer throw: 1. Ellie Sitek, Wis.-Oshkosh, 53.61 (175-10); 2. Susie Trzebiatowski, Wis.-Oshkosh, 52.86 (173-5); 3. Julia Hopson, Fredonia St., 52.67 (172-9); 4. Taylor Hacker, Pacific Lutheran, 52.36 (171-9); 5. Vantiel Elizabeth Duncan, Bates, 52.29 (171-6); 6. Alyssa Pirinelli, St. Lawrence, 51.36 (168-6); 7. Claire Ray, Chicago, 50.85 (166-10); 8. Emily Niehaus, Centre, 50.04 (164-2).

Javelin throw: 1. Lisa Brown, Gust. Adolphus, 48.16 (158-0); 2. Brandi McNeil, Wheaton (Ill.), 46.08 (151-2); 3. Mackenzie Smith, Redlands, 42.87 (140-7); 4. Beth Stam, George Fox, 42.48 (139-4); 5. Annie Patton, Mount Union, 42.37 (139-0); 6. Lauren Butler, Allegheny, 42.01 (137-10); 7. Kelly Lovett, Carleton, 41.96 (137-8); 8. Amanda Trieloff, Carroll (Wis.), 41.82 (137-2).

Heptathlon: 1. Ashley Huston, Hardin-Simmons, 5,244 points (meet record; old record 5,111, Amy Reed, Messiah, 2008); 2. Alli Alberts, Washington-St. Louis, 4,853; 3. Jessica Belden, Haverford, 4,800; 4. Stacy Doornbos, Wash. & Lee, 4,764; 5. Kaelene Lundstrum, Gust. Adolphus, 4,624; 6. Courtney Hartman, Bridgewater (Va.), 4,546; 7. Candace Norville, Illinois Col., 4,540; 8. Leah Kay, Concordia-M’head, 4,538.