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| Our inductee into the Hall of Fame was born and raised in Denison, Iowa. He graduated from Denison High School in 1946. During his high school career he participated in Football, Basketball, Baseball and Track. After graduation Bernie attended Buena Vista College receiving his Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1950. Bernie participated in Football and Track in College. He ran 9.9 for 100 yards in college. After receiving his degree, he began his career at Cherokee Washington High School as a teacher and coach. Later he also served as a principal before leaving to enter private business. He joined the staff of the Iowa High School Athletic Association in 1963 as the Assistant Executive Secretary. The last 32 years he has served as the Executive Director. Some of Bernie's accomplishments include serving as the Chairperson for the National Basketball Rules Committee for eight years and the Football Rules Committee for 25 years. Bernie has also served on the United States Olympic House of Delegates Committee. He is a renown motivational speaker. Honors Bernie has received include being the recipient of of the National High School Coaches Distinguishes Service Award and an Award of Merit from the National High School Athletic Directors Association, which is the highest honor given by that organization. In 1996, he was selected as one of the top 20 individuals in last 20 years to have done the most for improving officiating by Referee Magazine. Bernie was inducted into the National Federation of State High Schools Hall of Fame in 1993. The Board of Control established an award in his name in 1989. This award honors an outstanding citizen athlete (boy or girl) in every one of the 400 high schools in the State of Iowa. Bernie spent over 30 years as a referee for high school and college basketball and football. Bernie has also served as the meet manager for the State Boys Track and Field meet. He has seen the sports of track and field and cross country increase in participation during his time as the Executive Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association. He is currently raising funds to build the Hall of Pride to recognize student achievements in Iowa high schools in all facets of the school not just athletics. He also serves on the Board of Trustees for Buena Vista University. Bernie and his wife Lois had three children. Today Bernie is the proud grandfather of three granddaughters and one grandson. It is an honor to introduce Bernie Saggau as a 1999 inductee to the Iowa Association Tack & Field Hall of Fame. Top |
| Bob was born on February 20, 1935, in Rochester, Minnesota. He attended
Chatfield High School, graduating in 1953. He participated in football, basketball, baseball, and track & field while in high school. He participated in the 1953 Minnesota State Track & Field Meet. Bob graduated from Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota with a Bachelors Degree in Mathematics & Physical Education in 1960 and a Masters in Mathematics in 1966. Bob ran track and cross country for Winona State serving as captain of both the cross country (fall of 1959) and track (spring of 1958) teams. He qualified for the nation meet in the two-mile run and won the conference two-mile title in 1958. Bob held the Winona State Cross Country Course record in 1958. Bob began his track and field coaching career in 1960 at Bloomington, Wisconsin, starting the Track & Field program. He won two conference titles and had one individual state champion. Bob started the boys and girls cross country programs at North Fayette in 1968. During the last 38 years North Fayette (now North Fayette- West Union) High School has become one of the premier programs in the state. Here are some of Bob's accomplishments in track & field, Twenty-two conference championships including the last twelve years in a row, five District titles, and one runner-up finish at the State Meet and the 2006 State Championship Team. He has been selected Regional Coach of the year four times and the State Coach of the Year in 2006. He has had twelve individual state champions (including 3 won titles in two events) and one relay team state champion which set a state record in the 4 X 200 Meter Relay. Bob also has coached a Long Jump Champion at the Drake Relays. Bob's Cross Country achievements are just as outstanding. His girls' team won the 1975 State Title, and has had 4 runner-up finishes. He has won nine district titles. The boys won one State Mile Team championship. His teams have won three conference titles. Bob was selected State Girls Cross Country Coach of the Year in 1975. Bob is actively involved in many other aspects of track & field. He has served as a director of Kids Hershey's Track & Field Meet. He has been the race director for the Fayette County Fair Road Race for 25 years. He was the Boy's Referee for the Drake Relays in 2004. He is a Level II TAC Coach and a member of the Winona State University Athletic Hall of Fame. Bob was nominated for the National Cross Country Coach of the Year in 1975. He has also received awards for his teaching duties as well. Bob received the Honor Teacher Award presented by the NSF, NASA, NSTA, and UF at the Stearns Space Center in Mississippi. He also received the NSF Math award at Lafayette University. Bob and his wife, Betty have four children. They are Dan, Kelly, James, Julie and Kristyn. They are also the proud grandparents of 11 grandchildren. They also found time to raise eight foster children. Bob has been a member of the Lions Club for 37 years and the American Legion for 20 years. Top |
| Graduated from Sheldahl High School and Simpson College. He coached the
Indianola Track & Field teams to many invitational, conference , and district championships. His team was runner-up in the state indoor and were outdoor champions in 1957. His team came back in 1958 and won both the state indoor and outdoor championships. He was elected to the Simpson College Hall of Fame in 1997. Top |
| Graduated Cum Laude from St.Olaf College with a B.A. in 1954. He was a three
year letter winnerin Track & Field and Team Captain his senior season. Following two years in the Army John began his coaching and teaching career at Fairibalt, Minnesota - one year. He then moved onto Northfield High School in Northfield, Minnesota. His Teams won 31 major Championships, 12 straight District Championships, two Regional and one Big Nine Conference Title in Track & Field and three District Championships and had a dual meet record of 53-21 in Cross Country. In 1969, John moved to Ames High School. His accomplishments prior to induction - Boy's Track & Field 13 District Championships 10 Big 8 Championships 8 Metro Championships 9 State outdoor Championships and Four Runners-up 17 Individual and 16 relay Champions 8 individual and 13 relay Champions at the Drake Relays Boy's Cross Country - 13 District Championships [there have only been 16 District meets at the time of induction] 9 Big 8 Conference Championships 4 Metro Championships 4 State Championships and three Runner-up finishes Central Iowa Metro Conference Champions - 1991 1991 National Division Champions of the Central Iowa Metro Conference. John also serveed as the girls' Cross Country coach for four season, won 2 District Championships and were the State Runners-up once. IATC Regional Track & Field Coach of the Year - 4 times IATC Regional Cross Country Coach of the Year - 4 times IATC State Track & Field Coach of the Year - 6 times IATC State Cross Country Coach of the Year - 2 times National High School Athletic Coaches Regional Cross Country Coach of the Year in 1986 National High School Athletic Coaches Regiona 6 Track & Field Coach of the Year in 1990 Top |
| Al was born and raised in the state of Nebraska. In Nemaha High School he
played Football, Basket ball and competed in Track and Field finishing 2nd in the State Meet, in the Discus, his senior year. He attended Peru State College where he was an All Conference tackle his junior and senior years. Upon graduation, in 1956, he entered his first teaching job at a small school in Johnson, Nebraska. He coached Football, Basketball, Baseball and Track & Field, while teaching Industrial Arts, Literature, Speech, Civics and directed the senior class play for a salary of $3,900. After six years he took a job in Sac City, Iowa. He taught and coached for five years. He coached Football and Track & Field producing 2 State Champion Shot Putters. His third and final school was in Cedar Rapids from 1967-1996. Al was appointed the Head Track & Field coach his second year at Kennedy High School, a position he held until his retirement, along with coaching Cross Country for nine seasons. During his tenure at Kennedy he coached 7 Mississippi Valley Conference Team Championships, 3 District Titles, 1 Mississippi Valley Conference Cross Country Team Championship, 13 State Individual Champions, 13 State Individual Runners-up and 7 Drake Relays Champions. He was selected District coach of the year 4 times, Mississippi Valley and Cedar Rapids Metro coach of the year five times. He has served as a guest speaker at the Iowa State Track Clinic and a charter member of the IATC. Al retired from teaching and coaching in July of 1996 giving education and working with kids 40 years of service. Al and his wife, Twila, have been married for 42 years and raised three sons. In his retirement he enjoys building furniture and visiting his grandchildren. Top |
| Attended Valley High School, located in Valley Junction, before it became
West Des Moines. Charlie earned 12 letters in Basketball, Football, and Track & Field. Track & Field was his favorite and he specialized in the 440 dash. While in high School he ran the third fastest time ever by an Iowa boy in :50.0. He ran this time on three occasions and at various meets. He ran on several record setting relays: :44.8 in the 440 yd. relay, and 3:38.6 in the mile relay. Not bad times for cinder and clay surfaces. Charlie held the 440 yd. Valley High School record of 49.0 for 50 years.After High School Charlie attended Drake University where he competed in Track & Field, but service called and he served four years in the Army. Top |
| Brian competed at Manly High School. The High Jump was his specialty from
the start. 1978 - High School Freshman - jumped 5' 10" 1979 - High School Sophomore - jumped 6' 5" - school record - qualified for the Drake Relays, but could not compete due to injuries. 1980 - High School Junior - 7' at the Dickinson Relays, the first Iowan to jump 7'. He also Long Jumped 21' 3½" at the meet. At the State Meet he jumped 7' ¼" which was the fourth best jump in the nation that year. At the Junior Olympics in Santa Clara, California he jumped 7' placing 2nd. He was selected as a National High School Track and Field All-American and won the Hertz #1 Award, but did not accept in order to maintain his High School eligibility. 1981 - High School Senior - Jumped 7' 2" at the Dickinson Relays Indoor Meet to set a National High School Indoor record - he also Long Jumped 22' 1¾". At the Drake Relays he cleared 7' 3" and placed 2nd second in the Long Jump with a jump of 22' 7¾". He won the State Meet with a High Jump of 7' 3½" and the Long Jump with a jump of 22' 9¾". Brian averaged 6' 10½" for the entire season. During the summer of 1981 he participated in the Golden West Invitational, in Sacramento, California, jumping 6' 8", the Keebler Invitational in Chicago, Illinois jumping 7' and was selected as a National High School Track and Field All-American. He again won the Hertz Award and this time he went to New York, New York to accept the award. Following high school Brian enrolled at Iowa State University. His College Career - 19981-1982 - Freshman year: did not compete on the Iowa State Track and Field Team. Jumping unattached he jumped 7' 4½" at the USA-West Germany-All Africa Meet in Durham, North Carolina, 7' 4½" at the Athletic congress National Meet in Knoxville, Tennessee, and 7' 4½" at the Iowa State Intramural Meet. 1982-1983 - Sophomore year: In his first meet as an Iowa State Cyclone he set a Big 8 Indoor Record, Iowa Intercollegiate Record, Iowa State Record while competing in the Badger Indoor Classic in Madison, Wisconsin. He jumped 7' 5¼". At the Ames Open Indoor Meet he cleared 7' 6" which was the sixth best by an American, set a Big 8 Indoor Meet Record of 7' 4½", and jumped 7' 5" at the Drake Relays. 1983-1984 - Junior year: Brian jumped 7' 5¼" at the NCAA Outdoor Meet in Eugene, Oregon placing third. This qualified him for the Olympic Trials held in Los Angeles later that year. He was named an All-American. An injury to his take-off foot required surgery. He was given a no height at the trials for he had his cast removed just one month before the event. 1984-1985 - Senior year: He jumped 6' 11½" at the Big 8 Indoor Meet. Brian jumped 7' 5" at the NCAA National Indoor Meet, but his foot and never again competed like he wanted to compete and gave up his remaining collegiate eligibility. A severe auto accident in 1987 resulted in ending his High Jumping career for good. Vaughn Koster, Brian's High School Coach said, "Brian was a fine young man, a great individual to work with, and would have broken 8' if he had not gotten hurt." Brian and family live in Bollingbrook, Illinois. Brian says, "I live for my daughter's smile and "Hi Daddy", when I come home from work." Top |
Bernie Saggau
Bob Scott
John Sletten
Al Stiers
Brian Tietjens