KENOSHA, Wis. - Continuing to sharpen its performance ahead of the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, a select group of athletes from the Carthage Firebirds women's track & field team spent the weekend in two different locations. 

Some student-athletes spent Thursday and Friday in Naperville for North Central College's Gregory Invitational, including both Alexis Mattox and Katelyn Smith - who took first place in the hammer and the 5,000-meter run, respectively. Mattox and other field athletes also participated in the St. Francis Fighting Chance Invite in Joliet, Illinois between both Friday and Saturday. 




Gregory Invitational

• Alexis Mattox - 1st - hammer throw (52.70m)
• Katelyn Smith - 1st - 5,000-meter run (18:22.02)

Gregory Invitational

• Nicole Tarpley - 6th - hammer throw (46.82m)
• Kylie Smith - 3rd - 5,000-meter run (19:04.51)
• Aubrey Schoeneman - 5th - shot put (13.10m)
• Teresa Topolski - 4th - 200-meter dash (25.66)

St. Francis Fighting Chance Invite

• Nicole Tarpley - 7th - discus (40.27m)
• Alyssa Gulsvig - 5th - shot put (13.29m)
• Alexis Mattox - 2nd - hammer throw (51.18m)

  

• In its last meet before the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Carthage will head to Rock Island, Illinois for Augustana College's Augustana Twilight on Thursday, May 18.