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The Carthage College women's cross country team (36-30) finished fifth at the Saturday, Oct. 31 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Cross Country Championship at Eldridge Park in Elmhurst, Ill. North Central College won its fifth CCIW title with 48 points, one point ahead of second-place Wheaton College (Ill.) at 49. Illinois Wesleyan University was third at 69, followed by Elmhurst College fourth at 84, Carthage fifth at 122, Augustana College sixth at 138, North Park University seventh at 238 and Millikin University eighth with 239 points.

 

Illinois Wesleyan University's Kerry Devitt won the 6K race at the CCIW Women's Cross Country Championship with a time of 23:15.30. Carthage's Morgan Wiechamnn (So., Sleepy Hollow, Ill./Carpentersville—Dundee-Crown) earned All-CCIW honors by finishing ninth at 24:22.80. Karen Jackson (Sr., Bloomington, Ill./Downs-Tri Valley) also earned all-conference honors with a 12th-place finish and a time of 24:38.60. Karin Wirth (Fr., Springfield, Ill./Pleasant Plains) was 29th at 25:28.20, Heather Crowe (Fr., Bensenville, Ill./Fenton) 34th at 25:57.60, and Molly Lawrence (Jr., Plainfield, Ill./Central) was 38th at 26:19.30. Also finishing for the Lady Reds were Lauren Sible (So., Oregon, Ill./Byron) 39th at 26:20.30, Julia Hiett (Sr., Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township) 42nd 26:30.50, Alyssa Poremba (Fr., Bridgeview, Ill./Summit-Argo) non-scoring at 27:30.30 and Anabel Martinez (Fr., Aurora, Ill./East Aurora) non-scoring at 27:30.80. The Lady Reds are idle on Saturday, Nov. 7 and conclude their season on Saturday, Nov.14 at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Championship at the Lake Breeze Golf Course in Winneconne, Wis., beginning at 11 a.m.