February 5, 2012

University of Northern Iowa Panthers Track & Field Announce 2011 Newcomers

Head coach Dan Steele has signed a group of student-athletes that have totaled nearly 30 state championships combined in their high school careers.

Cedar Falls, Iowa – University of Northern Iowa head track and field coach Dan Steele has announced his recruiting class for the 2011 season. The group includes several student-athletes who won multiple state championships in high school, as well as impact transfers from other levels of collegiate competition.

Ryan Newtoff competed for Lincoln-Way Central High School in New Lenox, Ill., twice placing at the Illinois High School State Meet. He took second place in 2010 in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 37.58, missing out on a championship by only seven thousandths of a second. Newtoff bounced back in June and won the title in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2010 Midwest Senior Spotlight Meet with a time of 53.87.

2010-11 UNI Track & Field Signees

Aaron Stockstell (Mid-Prairie Wellman HS/Alabama)

Chad Rutledge (Algona, Iowa/Algona HS)

Andrew Swanson (Bettendorf, Iowa/Pleasant Valley HS)

Ryan Newtoff (New Lenox, Ill./Lincoln-Way Central HS)

Nic Toben (Ames HS/Central Missouri)

Kyle Rouse (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/C.R. Washington HS)

Chris Henely (Grundy Center, Iowa/Central College)

Tommy Larson (Granger, Iowa/Johnston HS)

Sid Hanson (Dike-New Hartford HS)

Ben Lindaman (West Des Moines, Iowa/Valley HS)

Emily Roberts (Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny HS)

Emily Wandling (Ames, Iowa/Ames HS)

Margo Shandri (Urbandale, Iowa/Urbandale HS)

Megan Fiscus (Ames, Iowa/Gilbert HS)

Abbie Ackerman (Rock Rapids, Iowa/Central Lyon HS)

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