Results

The Carthage College women's track and field team (47-14-2 indoor record) finished third at the Friday-Saturday, Feb. 24-25 CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship at North Central College's Al B. Carious Track in Naperville, Ill. 

Illinois Wesleyan University won its fourth indoor championship with 163 points, two points ahead of second-place North Central (Ill.) at 161.  Carthage was third at 105.50, followed by Millikin University fourth at 96.50, Wheaton College (Ill.) fifth at 72, Augustana College (Ill.) sixth at 54, Elmhurst College seventh with seven points and North Park University eighth with three points. 
 
Carthage's Sarah Thompson (Sr., Byron, Ill.), who was named the meet's “most valuable field athlete,” won the pentathlon (3,346 points) while finishing second in the high jump (5-2 ½) and third in the 60-meter high hurdles (9.41).  Kristin LeClair (So., Manitowoc, Wis./Lutheran) finished second in the long jump (17-3 ¼), as did Samantha Nelson (So., Oshkosh, Wis./West) in the 60-meter high hurdles (9.39).  Morgan Wiechmann (Sr., Sleepy Hollow, Ill./Carpentersville—Dundee Crown) was third in the 3,000-meter run (10:33.01). 

Courtney Conrad (Jr., Lake in the Hills, Ill./Crystal Lake-South) was fourth in the pentathlon (2,952 points), as was Cindy Cavanagh (Sr., Naperville, Ill./Aurora-Waubonsie Valley) in the shot put (40-4 ¼).  Joslyn Drew (Sr., Aurora, Ill./Waubonsie Valley) finished fifth in both in the long jump (16-7 ¾) and the triple jump (35-10).  Katie Kummerer (So., Willowbrook, Ill./Hinsdale-Central) was fifth in the both the mile run (5:07.91) and the 3,000-meter run (10:36.89).  Molly Chlum (Sr., Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew) took fifth place in the 60-meter dash (8.01). 

The Lady Reds play host to the Carthage "Gill Athletics Final Qualifier" on Friday, March 2 at the Tarble Athletic and Recreation Center, beginning at 3:30 p.m.