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      <title>Spartan track and field finalizes coaching staff</title>
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      <description>Scott Vicker will lead track and field. Jackson Shantz will be added as an assistant track and field coach.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2020 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Southwestern Academic All-Region Performers</title>
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      <description>Spartan Region XI Spring 2020 Academic All-Region Performers</description>
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      <title>Track and field adds five</title>
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      <description>Southwestern Community College Head Track and Field Coach Trey Bruton recently announced the signing of five student-athletes to the Spartans' 2018-19 track program.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2018 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Three Spartans compete at national track and field championships</title>
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      <description>Three Spartan student-athletes--Chris Krystofiak, sophomore of Cedar Rapids; Ronald Henderson, sophomore of Akron, OH; and Phoenix Shadden, freshman of Atlantic--qualified for the 2018 NJCAA Division I Men&#x2019;s Outdoor Track &amp; Field Championships, held May 17-19, at BG Products Veterans Sports Complex in El Dorado, KS.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2018 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Southwestern&#x2019;s Henderson competing this week at national track and field championships</title>
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      <description>Sophomore Ronald Henderson has high hopes for his second appearance at indoor nationals.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2018 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Multiple New School Records at Dennis Young Indoor Classic</title>
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      <description>Southwestern Spartans traveled to the 2018 Dennis Young Indoor Classic hosted by Buena Vista University.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Spartan Men Make Program History at Cornell Invitational</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2018 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Spartans Show Team Improvement at 2017 Regionals</title>
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      <description>On Saturday and Sunday, May 6 and 7, the Southwestern Spartans traveled to the 2017 regional track meet hosted by Iowa Western CC in Council Bluffs.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2017 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Strofaci Signs Two for Southwestern Track and Field</title>
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      <description>Jordan Strofaci signed Hannah Beenken and Kirsten Schirm, two central Iowa track and field athletes, to the 2017-18 Spartan team at Southwestern.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2017 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The Spartans maintained their impressive second half of the season with numerous top eight finishes on both the men's and women's side.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2017 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Spartans Set 18 PRs at 2017 Darrel Gourley Open</title>
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      <description>The Spartans get 18 new PRs over the weekend in Missouri at the 2017 Darrel Gourley Open.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2017 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Spartans Compete at 2017 Dordt Outdoor Invitational</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2017 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Spartan Compete at 2017 Buena Vista University Outdoor Invite</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2017 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Spartans Start Outdoor Season at 2017 Grand View Invitational</title>
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      <description>On Saturday, March 25, the Southwestern Spartans traveled to the 2017 Grand View Invitational hosted by Grand View University in Des Moines.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2017 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>2017 NJCAA Region XI Indoor Championships</title>
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      <description>The Spartans had four All-Region performances at the 2017 NJCAA Region XI Indoor Championships hosted by Buena Vista University in Storm Lake</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Spartans Compete at SDSU Indoor Classic</title>
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      <description>On Friday and Saturday, February 10 and 11, the Southwestern Spartans traveled to the 2017 South Dakota State University Indoor Classic in Brookings, SD.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Henderson Breaks Meet Record, Numerous School Records Broken at Grinnell</title>
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      <description>Henderson Breaks Meet Record, Numerous School Records Broken at Grinnell College Indoor Invitational</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Spartans Compete at 2017 Dennis Young Classic</title>
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      <description>On January 28th the Southwestern Spartans traveled to the 2017 Dennis Young Classic hosted by Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, IA.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Spartan Track Starts 2017 Season at Cornell</title>
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      <description>On January 21, the Spartans traveled to the 2017 Cornell Invitational in Mount Vernon.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2017 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Spartans Name Interim Track and Field Coach</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2017 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2016 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ekel Signs Two State Finishers</title>
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      <description>Ronald Henderson, Jr. from Akron, OH, and Anthony Gonzales from Brownsville, TX, signed national letters of intent for Southwestern's track and field program.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2016 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Track and Field Roster Grows by Five</title>
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      <description>Nick Ekel, SWCC head coach, added five to Spartan track and field: Nhail Bilew, Jeremy Newton, Caleb Peterson, Justin Wehling, and Rich Wilkins</description>
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      <description>Coach Ekel has recruited Kevin Paul Dietrich of Port Neches, TX, to run for the Spartan track and cross country teams beginning with the fall 2016 semester.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2016 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ekel Signs Three to Run for Spartans this Fall</title>
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      <description>Briar Clay of Stuart, Collin Maag of Scottsbluff, NE, and Caden Trygstad of Nevada signed to run for the Spartans starting in 2016-2017.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Track &amp; Field Ends 2016 Season at NJCAA Outdoor Nationals</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Spartans Take Sixth at 2016 Region XI Championships</title>
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      <description>The Southwestern track &amp; field teams competed at the Region XI Championships this past weekend held on the campus of Iowa Western Community College.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Paul Qualifies for National Meet, Slack Wins Javelin Title</title>
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      <description>The regular season concluded for the Spartan Track &amp; Field teams last Friday with the Viking Classic hosted by Grand View University.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2016 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The Spartan Track &amp; Field team competed at two meets in two states this past weekend at Drake University and at William Jewell College.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2016 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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