Results

The Carthage College men's track and field team (27-10) finished fifth at the Saturday, April 21 Augustana College (Ill.) "Meet of Champions" at Ericson Field in Rock Island, Ill.  The host-Vikings won the nine-team event with 240 points, followed by Wisconsin-Whitewater second at 146, Wisconsin-Platteville third at 140.50, Monmouth College fourth at 126.50, Carthage fifth at 116, Wisconsin-Stevens Point sixth at 99, Loras College seventh at 38, St. Ambrose University eighth at 37 and Luther College ninth with 35 points.
 
Carthage's Greg Raimondi (Sr., Harwood Heights, Ill./Norridge-Ridgewood) won both the shot put (52-0) and the hammer throw (195-3), while finishing second in the discus (159-8).  Jose Flores (Sr., Round Lake, Ill./Fox Lake-Grant Community) won the 800-meter run (1:53.33), and Cale Brown (So., Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) took first place in the triple jump (44-4 ¾).  Marshall Stewart (Sr., Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) was second in the 400-meter dash (49.23).  Aryan Avant (So., Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) was third in the 400-meter dash (49.33), as was Andrew Olinger (Sr., Aurora, Ill./West Aurora) in the triple jump (43-3 ¾).
 
Carthage splits squads on the weekend of April 27-29.  Part of the team will travel to Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday-Saturday, April 27-28 for the Drake University Relays, with the rest of the team going to Ripon, Wis., for the Sunday, April 29 Wisconsin Private College Track and Field Championship at Ripon College's Ingalls Field, beginning at 10:30 a.m.