Three outstanding prep athletes and a veteran coach will be inducted into the
Iowa Association of Track Coaches’ Hall of Fame, December 6.
Joining the
elite Hall are Atlantic’s Cortney Jacobs, Oxford Junction’s Phil Coppess and
Okoboji’s Kristen (Hansen) Dennis plus Dave Vogelgesang, Tipton’s cross
country-track coach and former athletics director.
The new honorees will
be inducted at the noon IATC Banquet, in Ames, December 6, 2014. Complete Hall
of Fame info and banquet information is available at the IATC website: www.iatfcc.org.
Profiles of the 2014
class follows:
Cortney Jacobs-Atlantic HS 2004
11 time state champion
(combination of individual and relay titles)
4 time state champion in
400M.
Broke 3A state meet 400M record in 2003.
Anchored 7 Drake Relays
winning relays (4 in SMR and 3 in 4×4)
Member of IGHSAU Hall of Fame
Three
time top 10 finisher at state Cross Country meet.
Letter winner and All B12
performer at Kansas
Phil Coppess-Oxford Jct. HS 1972
1971 2 mile state
champion
1971 Mile team race champion
1971 XC champion
1972 state
indoor 2 mile champion
Set state Class C record for Indoor and Outdoor 2 mile
in 1972
# 1 ranked US Marathoner in 1985 by Track and Field News
Once held
World record for 30K and US Record for 20 miles
Ran 2:10.05 to win 1985 Twin
Cities Marathon
Kristin (Hansen) Dennis-Okoboji HS 2002
State XC meet
career placing: 4th, 1st, 1st, 1st.
State Track Meet career placing:
800M
2nd, 1st, 1st, 1st.
1500M 2nd, 1st, 1st, 1st.
3,000M 1st, 1st, 1st,
1st.
2002 Iowa Gatorade Female Track Athlete of the Year
7 time All Big 12
selection at Missouri
On 2 NCAA Qualifying XC teams at Missouri
Dave
Vogelgesang-Tipton: Head Cross Country & Track and Field Coach and AD at
Tipton for 31 years.
His Boys Track and Field teams won 4 team titles
His
Boys Track and Field athletes won 12 state individual/relay titles.
His
Boys/Girls Cross Country teams won 6 team titles and 4 individual titles.
He
was nominated for High School Coach of the Year twice.
He was IATC 2A State
Coach of the Year 3 times.
He won 13 IATC Region Coach of the Year Honors.
