NAPERVILLE, Ill. — Competing on the road for the first time this season, the Carthage women's track and field team put up great performances at the Snow Day Invitational hosted by North Central on Friday at the Al B. Carius Track. The Firebirds scored just over 90 points to take third overall, behind Trine in second and North Central in first.

Up next, Carthage will travel to Aurora University on Saturday, January 29 for the Aurora Grand Prix.
 

Assistant Coach Greg Raimondi

"Overall, the team did some good things across all event groups. We still have work to do in order to get to where we want to be but that takes time, this is only our second week back. Small improvements and consistency will lead to better performances down the road. The women are continually striving for better each week, but have to stay physically and mentally focused on the process to get there. We are looking forward to another full week of training as we prepare for the Aurora meet at the new track facility in Chicago."

 

Highlights

• Freshman Claire Guenther paced the mile today, claiming first place and finishing in 5:37.34.
• In her second meet of her collegiate career, Tersa Topolski qualified for the finals in the 60-meter dash, before placing sixth in the finals in 8.50 seconds.
• After running her first collegiate 400 last week, Julie Heinrichs lowered her PR to 1:05.79 and took fourth place overall after winning her heat.
• Sophomore Sarah Kerfin set an indoor personal-best mark in the 200-meter dash today with a time of 27.90, taking first place in heat four and placing sixth overall.
• The 4x400 team of Grace Robinson, Heinrichs, Topolski, and Kerfin won the event with a time of 4:24.24.
• In her third meet of the season, Alexis Mattox set a season-best in the weight throw at 15.72 meters, placing third.
• Just behind Mattox in fourth place today was Hannah Lizano, who set a new PR with a throw of 15.47 meters.
• Mattox also took second in the shot put on a mark of 12.47 meters on her third throw.
• Pearl Moss cleared 1.52 meters in the high jump to tie for second place.

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