The Carthage College women's track and field team (16-5 indoor record) won the Friday, Jan. 27 Carthage “Tadd Metzger Invitational” at the Tarble Athletic and Recreation Center in ...
The Carthage College women's track and field team (9-5 indoor record) finished fourth at the Friday, Jan. 20 North Central College “Cardinal Opener” at Merner Fieldhouse in Naperville, ...
The Carthage College women's track and field team (8-2 indoor record) opened its indoor season on Friday-Saturday, Jan. 13-14 with a third-place finish at the Private College Invitational at ...
Carthage College Director of Athletics Robert Bonn has named Phil Bastron assistant women's track and field coach. Bastron replaces Susanna Swenson, who resigned prior to this past year's ...
The Carthage College women's track and field team (36-6-1 outdoor record), ranked 11th in the final, regular-season U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches of America NCAA Division ...
5.21.11 | General
Carthage College men's track and field sprinter Marshall Stewart (Jr., Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) finished second in the 400-meter dash (48.84) at the Thursday-Friday, May 19-20 North Central College “Last Chance Invitational” at Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium in Naperville, Ill. Jarrayl Johnson (Sr., Flossmoor, Ill./South Holland-Thornwood) won the shot put (54-1) at the Friday, May 20 Augustana College (Ill.) “Twilight Last Chance Invitational” at Ericson Stadium in Rock Island, Ill. For the Lady Reds, Christine Nelson (Jr., Rock City, Ill./Dakota) finished second in the heptathlon (4,406 points) at the May 19-20 North Central College “Last Chance Invitational.”
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5.14.11 | General
Carthage College women's track and field thrower Mindy Harrington (Sr., Spring Grove, Ill./Richmond-Burton) won three events at the May 12-13 North Central College “Dr. Keeler Invitational” at Benedetti-Wehril Stadium in Naperville, Ill., taking first place in the discus (147-4), the shot put (46-10 ¼) and the hammer throw. She threw an NCAA-automatic 178-1 in the hammer throw, her third NCAA-automatic mark. Harrington was already an automatic qualifier in both the shot put and the discus.
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5.9.11 | General
Carthage College women's track and field thrower Mindy Harrington (Sr., Spring Grove, Ill./Richmond-Burton) is an automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship in both the discus and the shot put.
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5.6.11 | Women's Track and Field
The Carthage College women's track and field team (44-6-1 outdoor record) finished second at the Friday-Saturday, May 6-7 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Outdoor Track and Field Championship at Ericson Stadium in Rock Island, Ill.
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4.30.11 | Women's Track and Field
The Carthage College women's track and field team (38-5-1 outdoor record) won the Saturday, April 30 Wisconsin Private College Outdoor Track and Field Championship at Wisconsin Lutheran College's Raabe Stadium in Milwaukee.
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4.29.11 | Women's Track and Field
The Carthage College women's track and field team (30-5-1 outdoor record) sent four sprinters to the Drake Relays on Friday, April 29 in Des Moines, Iowa. The Lady Reds' 400-meter relay team of Ashura Jenkins (Sr., Aurora, Ill/Christian), Molly Chlum (Jr., Tinley Park, Ill./Orland Hills-Andrew), Kelly McHale (Sr., Naperville, Ill./North) and Carnesha Johnson (Fr., Beach Park, Ill./Zion-Benton Township) reached the finals, seeded seventh in the college division and improved its NCAA-provisional standing with a time of 48.17.
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4.29.11 | Women's Track and Field
Remember the last time you appeared to be less than calm, cool and collected, and someone suggested that you take it easy? How did you respond? Did you, or did you have a reply that went something like, 'Easier said than done.'
For Mindy Harrington, coming up with a competitive comfort level has led to a stellar senior season as a thrower for the Carthage women's track and field team.
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4.22.11 | Women's Track and Field
The Carthage College women's track and field team (30-5-1 outdoor record), ranked 16th in the April 20 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches of America NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field poll and seventh in the regional poll, finished third at the Friday, April 22 Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational at J.J. Keller Field at Titan Stadium in Oshkosh, Wis.
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4.20.11 | Women's Track and Field
The Carthage College women's track and field team was ranked 16th in the April 20 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches of America NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field poll.
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4.19.11 | General
Carthage College sprinter Ashura Jenkins (Sr., Aurora, Ill./Christian) and teammate/thrower Mindy Harrington (Sr., Spring Grove, Ill./Richmond-Burton) were named CCIW “Women's Outdoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week” on April 19, while Red Men thrower Greg Raimondi (Jr., Harwood Heights, Ill./Norridge-Ridgewood) earned men's “field athlete of the week” honors.
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4.14.11 | Women's Track and Field
The Carthage College women's track and field team (26-3-1 outdoor record) finished third at the Wednesday, April 13 Wheaton College (Ill.) “Twilight Invitational” at McCully Field in Wheaton, Ill.
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4.12.11 | Women's Track and Field
Carthage College's Christine Nelson (Jr., Rock City, Ill./Dakota) was named a CCIW “Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week” on April 12. Nelson finished second in the heptathlon at the April 8-9 Chicagoland Outdoor Championship at the University of Chicago with an NCAA-provisional score of 4,104 points.
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1.27 | Women's Track and Field
Tarble Athletic and Recreation Center - Kenosha, Wis.
Lady Reds
3:30 p.m.
Carthage College "Tadd Metzger Invitational"
2.3 | Women's Track and Field
Tucci Stadium - Bloomington, Ill.
Lady Reds
3 p.m./11 a.m.
Illinois Wesleyan University "Bob Keck Invitational"
2.10 | Women's Track and Field
Al B. Carius Track - Naperville, Ill.
Lady Reds
5 p.m.
Chicagoland Indoor Championship
Carthage at the 2011 CCIW Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship View Video
Carthage Women's Track and Field at the 2011 Drake Relays View Video
Did You Know...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Little All-Americans
The Associated Press has named 17 Carthage football players "Little All-Americans" since 1938, including punter Tyler Funk, a 2010 honoree.
Emily Goetz
Former Carthage graduate assistant women's lacrosse coach Emily Goetz is now the head women's lacrosse coach at Loras College.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Carthage Baseball in the NCAAs
The Carthage baseball team made its 18th NCAA regional appearance in 2011.
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.
Brotherly Love
Sixteen sets of brothers have played soccer for Carthage men's coach Steve Domin since 1995.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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