The Carthage College men's track and field team is in third place after the second day of the Thursday-Saturday, May 24-26 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship at ...
The Carthage College men's track and field team competed in two final qualifying meets on Thursday-Friday, May 17-18. The Red Men split squads between the May 17-18 North Central College ...
The Carthage College track and field teams competed in the North Central College “Dr. Keeler Invitational” on Thursday-Friday, May 10-11 at Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium in Naperville, Ill. ...
The Carthage College men's track and field team (33-17) finished third at the Friday-Saturday, May 4-5 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Outdoor Track and Field Championship at ...
The Carthage College men's track and field team (28-15) sent a partial squad to the Sunday, April 29 Wisconsin Private College Track and Field Championship at Ripon College's Ingalls Field and ...
4.24.12 | Men's Track and Field
Carthage College's Greg Raimondi (Sr., Harwood Heights, Ill./Norridge-Ridgewood) was named a CCIW “Men's Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week” on April 24. Raimondi won the hammer throw at the April 21 Augustana College (Ill.) "Meet of Champions" (personal-best 195-3, ranked fourth in the nation). He also won the shot put (52-0) and was second in the discus (159-8).
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4.21.12 | Men's Track and Field
The Carthage College men's track and field team (27-10) finished fifth at the Saturday, April 21 Augustana College (Ill.) "Meet of Champions" at Ericson Field in Rock Island, Ill. The host-Vikings won the nine-team event with 240 points, followed by Wisconsin-Whitewater second at 146, Wisconsin-Platteville third at 140.50, Monmouth College fourth at 126.50, Carthage fifth at 116, Wisconsin-Stevens Point sixth at 99, Loras College seventh at 38, St. Ambrose University eighth at 37 and Luther College ninth with 35 points.
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4.15.12 | Men's Track and Field
The Carthage College men's track and field team (23-6) finished third at the Saturday, April 14 Wheaton College (Ill.) "Don Church Twilight Invitational" at McCully Stadium in Wheaton, Ill.
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4.7.12 | Men's Track and Field
The Carthage College men's track and field team (18-4) finished third at the Saturday, April 7 Chicagoland Outdoor Track and Field Championship at the University of Chicago's Amos Alonzo Stagg Field in Chicago.
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3.31.12 | Men's Track and Field
The Carthage College men's track and field team (7-2) finished second at the Saturday, March 31 North Central College “First Chance Invitational” at Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium in Naperville, Ill.
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3.27.12 | Men's Track and Field
The Carthage College men's track and field team opened its outdoor schedule on Saturday, March 24 at the Rhodes College Invitational in Memphis, Tenn. No team scores were kept.
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2.24.12 | Men's Track and Field
The Carthage College men's track and field team (46-21-1 indoor record) finished third at the Friday-Saturday, Feb. 24-25 CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
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2.19.12 | Men's Track and Field
The Carthage College men's track and field team (41-19-1 indoor record) tied for sixth place at the Saturday, Feb. 18 Wisconsin-Stevens Point "Eastbay/Pointer Invitational" at the Multi-Activity Center in Stevens Point, Wis.
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2.12.12 | Men's Track and Field
The Carthage College men's track and field team (34-14 indoor record) finished second at the Saturday, Feb. 11 Chicagoland Indoor Track and Field Championship at North Central College's Al B. Carious Track in Naperville, Ill.
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2.7.12 | Men's Track and Field
Carthage College's Greg Raimondi (Sr., Harwood Heights, Ill./Norridge-Ridgewood) was named a CCIW “Men's Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week” on Feb. 7. Raimondi threw a lifetime best 17.81 meters in the 35-pound weight throw at the Feb. 3-4 Illinois Wesleyan University “Bob Keck Invitational.” Before the finals started, he was hit in the head by a weight requiring 12 stitches but returned in time to throw a lifetime best of 15.65 meters in the shot put. His marks places him 16th and 21st nationally. He finished third in the finals of both events.
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2.4.12 | Men's Track and Field
The Carthage College men's track and field team (20-13 indoor record) finished fourth at the Friday-Saturday, Feb. 3-4 Illinois Wesleyan University “Bob Keck Invitational” at the Shirk Center in Bloomington, Ill.
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1.28.12 | Men's Track and Field
The Carthage College men's track and field team (10-10 indoor record) finished third at the Friday, Jan. 27 Carthage “Tadd Metzger Invitational” at the Tarble Athletic and Recreation Center in Kenosha, Wis.
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5.24 | Men's Track and Field
Claremont, Calif - Burns Stadium
Red Men
2 p.m./2 p.m./12:30 p.m., PDT
NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship
Carthage's Record-Breaking 4x400-Meter Relay Team View Video
Did You Know...
Rob Lytle
Former University of Michigan football tailback Rob Lytle, who died on Nov. 20, 2010, played for the Denver Broncos Super Bowl XII team that lost to the Dallas Cowboys in 1978. Denver’s head coach that year was Robert “Red” Miller, who assisted Carthage head coach Art Keller from 1955 to 1957.
Paul Smith
Paul Smith, a member of Carthage’s inaugural men’s soccer team in 1981, was inducted into the Wisconsin Soccer Association Hall of Fame in 2010. A native of Racine, Wis., Smith set a Carthage game record that season by collecting four assists against Milton College on Oct. 21. Smith is currently the outdoors editor of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
Ryan Baumgartner
Former Carthage men's volleyball player Ryan Baumgartner, who lettered on the 2005-07 Red Men teams and was named American Volleyball Coaches Association second-team All-America in both 2006 and 2007, was named head women's volleyball coach at Dominican University (Ill.) prior to the 2011 season,
First NFL Playoff Game
John “Popeye” Wager, ‘31, was a lineman for the 1932 NFL Portsmouth (Ohio) Spartans, who played the Chicago Bears in the first-ever NFL post-season game. The Spartans finished the regular season in a first-place tie with the Bears, whose owner, George Halas, had a playoff game scheduled and moved from Wrigley Field to an indoor contest at the Chicago Stadium.
L.J. Marx Reaches 100 Wins
Carthage men's volleyball coach L.J. Marx won his 100th career match on April 9, 2010 with a 3-0 win over Fontbonne University in the semfinals of the M-III Volleyball Conference Tournamrnt in Kenosha, Wis.
Little All-Americans
The Associated Press has named 17 Carthage football players "Little All-Americans" since 1938, including punter Tyler Funk, a 2010 honoree.
Greg Dirkse
Greg Dirkse, who lettered on the 1995-97 Carthage soccer teams, was elected to the school board in his hometown of Oostburg, Wis., in April 2012.
Carthage Baseball in the NCAAs
The Carthage baseball team made its 18th NCAA regional appearance in 2011.
Carthage's 24th Varsity Sports Began in 2009-10
Carthage launched its 24th varsity sport in 2009-10, as the women's lacrosse team began varsity play.
George Demos
George Demos, who lettered on the 2002 and 2003 Carthage soccer teams, is the director of special events for Reggie Jackson's Mr. October Foundation for Kids.
Bosko Djurickovic
Carthage men's basketball coach Bosko Djurickovic’s CCIW winning percentage entering the 2011-12 season (.669, 245-121) is the sixth-best in the 65-year history of the league, and his 245 wins placed him first among active conference coaches.
Coach Tim Rucks Hits 100
Carthage football coach Tim Rucks won his 100th career game with a 40-23 decision at Millikin University on Oct. 8, 2011.
Amanda Croix Named Army Assistant Coach
Former Carthage swimmer Amanda Croix was named an assistant swimming and diving coach at United State Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., in July 2011.
Doubling Up
With a school-record 12 doubles in the May 5, 2011 Lakeland game, the Carthage baseball team tied an NCAA III game record first set by Bridgewater State University versus the Massachusetts Maritime Academy on March 29, 1997.
Brotherly Love
Sixteen sets of brothers have played soccer for Carthage men's coach Steve Domin since 1995.
Kent Dernbach
Former Carthage basketball player Kent Dernbach (2002-03) was named an assistant men's basketball coach at Wisconsin-Stevens Point in October 2011. Dernbach had been the Northern Illinois University Director of Men’s Basketball Operations. He held the same post at George Mason University from 2007 to 2009.
Brooke Mix Scores Her Second Career Hole-in-0ne
Carthage College women's golfer Brooke Mix (Sr., Westfield, Ind.) scored a hole-in-one on Sept. 23, 2011 on the first day of the Wisconsin-Whitewater "Fall Fling." Mix' ace came on the 130-yard 15th hole at the Riverside Golf Course in Janesville, Wis. It was the second collegiate hole-in-one for Mix, with the other coming on Sept. 4, 2009 on the 11th hole of the Foss Park Golf Course at the Robert Morris “Fall Classic.”
Carthage's "Mr. Touchdown"
The last living member of Carthage's first football team, the 1895 squad, was William Simmons, "02. Simmons was honored at a 1958 Carthage game for scoring the Red Men's first-ever home touchdown in an 18-0 win over Quincy University on Nov. 28, 1895 in Carthage, Ill. Simmons scored on a 75-yard fumble recovery.
Leanne Ulmer's 300th win
Carthage women's volleyball coach Leanne Ulmer won her 300th career match with a 3-0 decision over Southwestern (Texas) on Sept. 16, 2011.
Carthage Turns on the Lights
Carthage added lights to its baseball facility in April 2010. Assistant coach Cory Everts flipped the switch in the bottom of the eighth inning of an April 24 game versus Augustana College (Ill.), marking the first-ever use of the bulbs in a game situation.
Brady Lindsley Wins No. 250
Carthage men's tennis coach Brady Lindsley won his 250th match on April 23, 2011 with a 9-0 win at Principia College.
Augie Schmidt IV Reaches 700 Wins
With a victory over Ohio Wesleyan University on March 6, 2010, Carthage College baseball coach Augie Schmidt IV will became only the 17th coach in NCAA Division III history to reach the 700-victory plateau.
Emily Goetz
Former Carthage graduate assistant women's lacrosse coach Emily Goetz is now the head women's lacrosse coach at Loras College.
Red Men's 1,000th Basketball Win
With an 85-60 win over Concordia University (Wis.) on Nov. 28, 2009, Carthage won its 1,000th men's basketball game. The program began in 1907.
Coach Brady Lindsley
Carthage women's tennis coach Brady Lindsley won his 200th career match in the fall of 2009. Lindsley, with a 219-93 record heading into the fall 2011 portion of the season, has been named CCIW "Women's Tennis Coach of the Year" three times.
Coach Leanne Ulmer
Head women's volleyball coach Leanne Ulmer enters the 2011 season with a .782 winning percentage over 10 seasons, which was raned ninth among active NCAA Division III coaches thru 2009. Ulmer has won six CCIW titles in nine years at Carthage, including a shared title in 2004 and outright titles in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Carthage's First Hole-in-One
Carthage men's golfer Don Huff scored the Red Men's first-ever hole-in-one on Oct. 10, 1981 against Lawrence University at Rainbow Springs in Mukwonago, Wis. Huff aced the third hole with a seven-iron.
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