Carthage set to host 2018 CCIW Indoor Track & Field Championships February 23-24

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NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Carthage College and the N.E. Tarble Athletic & Recreation Center will host the 2018 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championships February 23-24.
 
On Friday, running events begin at 11 a.m. with the men’s heptathlon 55-meter dash, followed by the women’s pentathlon 55-meter hurdles at 11:15 a.m. Running events will continue at 3:40 p.m. with the first heat of the women’s 5,000-meter run, while field events begin at 1 p.m. with the men’s long jump, followed by the women’s pole vault at 1:30 p.m.
 
On Saturday, running events begin at 10:45 a.m. with the preliminaries of the men’s & women’s 55-meter hurdles, while field events begin at Noon with the women’s high jump, men’s triple jump and men’s shot put.
 
Defending national champion North Central won its 16th CCIW men’s indoor title last season, which was the program’s sixth conference title under head coach Frank Gramarosso. For the fifth-straight week, the Cardinals were the No. 1-ranked team in the nation according to the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Team Rankings on February 21.
 
Wheaton enters the weekend as the defending CCIW women’s champion. The Thunder won their first-ever CCIW indoor title last season under the direction of 17-year coach Scott Bradley.
 
The Carthage women were ranked 24th in the USTFCCCA National Team Rankings on February 21.
 
Combined, the CCIW has won six NCAA Division III indoor titles including five from the North Central men (1989, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017) and one from the Illinois Wesleyan women (2008).
 
The 2018 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships will take place March 9-10 at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Alabama.

Men's Indoor National ListWomen's Indoor National List
 
 2017-18 NCAA Division III Indoor National Rankings (Top 20 from CCIW)
 Rank  Men's Athlete (Institution)  Event  Time/Mark
 4  Ethan Ehlers (Augustana)  SP  16.87 Meters
 18  Cody Wheeler (Augustana)  WT  17.84 Meters
 6  Augustana (Yamamoto, Hucker, LaMendola, Swanson)  4x4  3:16.50#
 14  David Lembke (Carroll)  HJ  2.05 Meters
 3  Grant Marton (Carroll)  800  1:51.92#
 14  Laurence Henderson (Illinois Wesleyan)  HJ  2.05 Meters
 14  Chris Buechner (North Central)  Mile  4:11.29#
 8  Zach Hird (North Central)  Mile  4:09.86#
 16  Zach Hird (North Central)  5,000  14:33.34
 20  Zach Hird (North Central)  3,000  8:21.56#
 10  Nick Janca (North Central)  HJ  2.07 Meters
 6  Dylan Kuipers (North Central)  PV  5.00 Meters
 6  Nolan McKenna (North Central)  5,000  14:19.92#
 4  Matthew Norvell (North Central)  5,000  14:18.68#
 5  Dan O'Keefe (North Central)  5,000  14:19.88#
 3  Dhruvil Patel (North Central)  5,000  14:15.67#
 5  Dhruvil Patel (North Central)  3,000  8:17.10#
 11  Peyton Piron (North Central)  400  48.53#
 10  Adam Poklop (North Central)  HJ  2.07 meters
 14  Izaiah Webb (North Central)  PV  4.80 Meters
 1  Luke Winder (North Central)  PV  5.35 Meters
 1  North Central (Buechner, Stanley, Anderson, Hird)  DMR  9:51.65#
 12  North Central (Buechner, Piron, Anderson, Hird)  DMR  10:04.11#
 5  North Central (Spaccapaniccia, Findlay, Nordman, Piron)  4x4  3:16.11#
 18  North Central (Spaccapaniccia, Piron, Nordman, Stanley)  4x4  3:18.58#
 5  Collin Gray (Wheaton)  HJ  2.07 meters
 5  Leif Van Grinsven (Wheaton)  Hept.  4,943#
 Rank  Women's Athlete (Institution)  Event  Time/Mark
 10  Mackenzie Butcher (Augustana)  PV  3.72 Meters
 11  Katie Eastburn (Augustana)  200  25.27#
 17  Katie Eastburn (Augustana)  400  57.41#
 5  Sofia Wajner (Augustana)  60H  8.86
 13  Hannah Willhite (Augustana)  200  25.28#
 11  Augustana (Zaragoza, Melo, Wajner, Eastburn)  4x4  3:56.18#
 3  Mia Bennett (Carthage)  WT  18.00 Meters
 12  Sarah Schmidt (Carthage)  SP  13.63 Meters
 16  Sarah Schmidt (Carthage)  WT  16.83 Meters
 6  Elanta Slowek (Carthage)  HJ  1.70 Meters
 18  Elizabeth Willis (Carthage)  SP  13.27 Meters
 7  Amelia Glueck (Illinois Wesleyan)  LJ  5.72 Meters
 7   Karly Goodman (Illinois Wesleyan)  WT  17.61 Meters
 13  Karly Goodman (Illinois Wesleyan)  SP  13.50 Meters
 12  Molly McGraw (Illinois Wesleyan)  HJ  1.65 Meters
 15  Shante Williams (Illinois Wesleyan)  TJ  11.56 Meters
 11  Kelsey McLaurin (North Central)  TJ  11.60 Meters
 17  Favor Ezewuzie (Wheaton)  60  7.80
 19  Favor Ezewuzie (Wheaton)  60H   9.03
 9  Kate Lindquist (Wheaton)  HJ  1.67 Meters
 12  Hannah Roeske (Wheaton)  Mile  4:55.75#
 6  Wheaton (Johnson, Heath, Hawthorne, Roeske)  DMR  11:50.24#

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The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), Carroll University (Waukesha, WI), Carthage College (Kenosha, WI), Elmhurst College (Elmhurst, IL), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL), Millikin University (Decatur, IL), North Central College (Naperville, IL), North Park University (Chicago, IL) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL). During the 2016-17 academic year, the CCIW honored over 1,900 academic all-conference recipients, 10 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 33 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients, one CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year and over 100 all-Americans.
 

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