Results
The Carthage College men's track and field team (35-16 outdoor record) finished third at the Saturday, April 13 Benedictine University (Ill.) “Eagle Invitational” at the Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex in Lisle, Ill.
Olivet Nazarene University won the 21-team event with 105.50 points, a half-point ahead of second-place Loyola University (Ill.) at 105. Carthage was third at 96.33, followed by the University of Chicago fourth at 60.83, Aurora University fifth at 41, Benedictine (Ill.) sixth at 37, the College of DuPage seventh at 33.50, Harper College eighth at 29.83, Millikin University ninth at 29.50, Illinois Wesleyan University 10th at 29, Elmhurst College 11th at 28, Concordia University (Chicago), Clarke University and Valparaiso University tied for 12th place at 26 points each, St. Xavier University 15th at 22, Trinity Christian College and Roosevelt University tied for 16th place at 17 points each, Concordia University (Wis.) and Judson University (Ill.) tied for 18th place with six points each, Beloit College 20th five and one-half points and Oakton Community College 21st with one point.
Carthage's Mark Balmes (Fr., Mount Prospect, Ill./Arlington Heights-Hersey) won the discus (156-10), while placing fifth in the shot put (46-6 ¼) and sixth in the hammer throw (151-0).
Branden Miller (So., Winfield, Ill./Wheaton-North) the javelin (169-2) and took fifth place in the hammer throw (153-6), and
Trevor James (Jr., Maywood, Ill./Chicago-Hope Academy) won the high jump (6-9 ½).
Eric Schmidt (Sr., Kewaunee, Wis.) finished third in the hammer throw (170-3).
Derrik Guyette (So., Hortonville, Wis.) was fourth in both the hammer throw (159-4) and the shot put (48-6 ¼).
The Red Men also picked up a win from their 4x100-meter relay team of Robert Liss (Fr., Hinsdale, Ill./Central),
Mike Brown (So., St. Charles, Ill./East),
Aryan Avant (Jr., Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) and Kendric Cornelius (Fr., Palatine, Ill.) with a time of 42.77.
Carthage travels to Rock Island, Ill., on Friday-Saturday, April 19-20 for the Augustana College (Ill.) “Meet of Champions” at Ericson Field (3 p.m./10 a.m.).
