KENOSHA, Wis. — Another big day from the throws team and solid performances on both the track and in the jumps helped the Carthage women's track and field team place fifth at the CCIW Indoor Championships on Saturday in the Tarble Athletic and Recreation Center. 

Carthage finished the meet with four all-conference award winners: Grace Robinson in the 400, Pearl Moss in the high jump, Alexis Mattox in the shot put, and Hannah Lizano in the weight throw.

As a team, the Firebirds scored 58.5 points to take fifth place in the nine-team field, while North Central won the conference championship after totaling 147 points.

The team will host the Firebird Finale next Friday, March 4 in the Tarble Athletic and Recreation Center before setting their sights on nationals to close out the indoor season.
 

Head Coach Stephanie Domin

"I could not be more proud of this team tonight. They competed their hearts out and rose to the occasion. Today again we had multiple PR's and some amazing performances. We brought great energy again today, it was a total team effort. The shot put crew came in clutch with 17 points. Alexis Mattox in second, Aubrey Schoenemanin fifth, Olivia Carel in sixth, and Hannah Lizano in seventh. Alexis Mattox's throw currently ranks her 20th on the NCAA list.

"Grace Robinson once again improved her time in the 400, placing second with a time of 1:00.24. Freshman Abby Calhoun had a great day in the triple jump, placing sixth. Pearl Moss had a great performance finishing third in the high jump with an indoor best jump."
 

Highlights

• Sophomore Grace Robinson won her heat and placed second overall in the 400-meter dash, setting a new PR and narrowly cracking the minute-mark with a time of 1:00.24, the ninth-best time in school history.
• In the shot put, Alexis Mattox threw 13.30 meters on her third attempt to take second place and take home all-CCIW honors, setting a new PR after doing so just last week.
• The Firebirds earned 17 points in the shot put, as Aubrey Schoeneman placed fifth, Liv Carel took sixth, and Hannah Lizano placed seventh.
• The women's Carthage throws team collected 32 total points in the two events at the CCIW Championship.
• After earning all-conference honors in last year's CCIW Outdoor Championships as a freshman, Pearl Moss took home the honor once more, clearing 1.56 meters to match her PR and place third.
• Freshman Abbey Calhoun took sixth place in the triple jump after leaping 10.72 meters on her sixth and final attempt on the day.
• Sarah Kerfin placed first in her heat and 10th overall in the 200-meter dash, setting a new PR with a time of 26.91 seconds.

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