Results
The Carthage College women's cross country team (41-36-1) finished fifth at the Saturday, Oct. 29 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Cross Country Championship at the Montrose Harbor and Golf Course in Chicago.
North Central College won its seventh league title with 30 points, followed by Illinois Wesleyan University second at 47, Augustana College (Ill.) third at 80, Wheaton College (Ill.) fourth at 111, Carthage fifth at 119, Elmhurst College sixth at 126, Millikin University seventh at 214 and North Park University eighth with an incomplete team score.
North Central's Alicia Zimmerman took individual honors with a time of 22:46.72, while teammate Krista Cota was second at 22:48.58. Carthage's
Karin Wirth (Jr., Springfield, Ill./Pleasant Plains) earned All-CCIW honors with a seventh-place finish and a time of 23:38.78.
Katie Kummerer (So., Willowbrook, Ill./Hinsdale-Central) also earned all-conference honors with a 14th-place finish and a time of 23:58.50.
Morgan Wiechmann (Sr., Sleepy Hollow, Ill./Carpentersville—Dundee-Crown) was 28th at 24:40.00,
Lauren Sible (Sr., Oregon, Ill./Byron) 32nd at 24:51.51, and
Katie Schmidt (Sr., Lemont, Ill.) was 43rd at 25:40.95. Also running for the Lady Reds were
Anabel Martinez (Jr., Aurora, Ill./East Aurora) 47th at 25:53.07,
Grace Heal (So., Sycamore, Ill.) 52nd at 26:33.34 and
Bridget Driscoll (Jr., Tinley Park, Ill./Orland Hills-Andrew) 54th at 27:00.89.
Carthage is idle on Saturday, Nov. 5 and completes its season on Saturday, Nov. 12 at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Championship at the Saukie Golf Course in Rock Island, Ill., beginning at 11 a.m.