Track and Field Concludes Meet of Champions

Titans to host IWU Invite next Friday, April 26

4/20/2024 8:52:00 PM

Final Results

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – The Illinois Wesleyan University men's and women's track and field teams turned in 18 top-10 performances on the second day of Meet of Champions, Saturday, April 20, hosted by Augustana College.

Both IWU programs finished 10th out of 24 teams as the women's squad posted 45 points and the men scored 44.5. Washington University in St. Louis won on both sides with WashU's women posting 196.5 points and its men scoring 127.

Senior Lauren Wong (Morton, Ill.-Morton) won the women's triple jump with a leap of 11.56m (37'11.25"). Wong also turned in an eighth-place finish in the long jump (4.91m, 16'1.50").

For the second week in a row, junior Carlyssa King (Decatur, Ill.-Forsyth-Maroa) threw a monstrous personal-best in the women's hammer, this time surpassing her previous mark by nearly seven feet. King's toss of 52.33 meters (171'3") earned her a runner-up finish in the meet, while she ranks second in program history, fourth in the conference, and 15th in Division III this season.

Junior Evelyn Wilson (Geneseo, Ill.-Geneseo) finished fifth in the high jump with a 1.57 meter (5'1.75") clearance. Eighth-place finishes on the women's side came from freshman Lauryn Moore (Bolingbrook, Ill.-Bolingbrook) in the shot put (10.86m, 35'7.75"), sophomore Brooke Nazos (Batavia, Ill.-Batavia) in the 3000-meter steeplechase (12:22.44), junior Jordynn Griffin (Bloomington, Ill.-Normal Community) in the 400-meter dash (1:02.09), and freshman Madyson Synstad (Goodyear, Ariz.-Canyon View) in the 100-meter hurdles (16.22). Freshman Olivia Skibinksi (Peoria, Ill.-Richwoods) earned the Titans final top-10 finish on the women's side, doing so in the 100-meter dash (12.44).

Freshman Matt Lindberg (Springfield, Ill.-Glenwood) won the men's high jump competition by way of tiebreaker. Lindberg and teammate Adam Beasley (Bloomington, Ill.-Bloomington) both cleared 1.94 meters (6'4.25"), but Lindberg picked up the win as he had the least amount of misses in the competition. Lindberg's mark ties for 10th in program history and is the second-best mark in the CCIW this season. Beasley also competed in the long jump, turning in a fourth-place finish (6.55m, 21'6").

Sophomore Isaac Whitaker (Bloomington, Ill.-Central Catholic) earned a runner-up finish with a personal-best effort in the men's pole vault of 4.73 meters (15'6.25"). Whitaker's mark ranks second in both the CCIW and program history as well as 21st nationally.

Junior Ernie Waterson (Bloomington, Ill.-Cornerstone Christian Academy) clocked a 1:55.00 in the men's 800-meter run to finish fifth in the 91-person field. Junior Matthew Wagner's (Normal, Ill.-Central Catholic) best shot put of the day at 13.80 meters was good for a sixth-place finish. Freshman Muhammad Freeman (Effingham, Ill.-Effingham) and junior CJ Ladewig (Palos Heights, Ill.-Stagg) both finished eighth in their respective events as Freeman jumped a 6.19 meter (20'3.75") mark in the long jump while Ladewig tossed a 50.50 meter (165'8") mark in the hammer throw. Freshman Ethan Godsey (Manteno, Ill.-Manteno) had the Titans final top-10 finish with a 13.44 meter (44'1.25") leap in the triple jump.

IWU will host its only outdoor meet of the season next Friday, April 26 at Tucci Stadium.

IWU Individual Day One Results
* Indicates personal-best performance
# IWU top-10 program history (PH) performance

Men's 100m Prelims
27. Joe Freedman 11.36
47. Bryce Hess 11.74

Women's 100m Prelims
10. Olivia Skibinski 12.44
19. Bella Gonzalez 12.90
26. Tori Burke 13.06
31. Davion Lemon 13.17
40. Franchesca Smith 13.47
50. Madyson Synstad 13.72

Women's 100m hurdles
8. Madyson Synstad 16.22

Men's 110m hurdles
14. Quenten Fisher 16.20

Men's 200m
21. Noah Sadowski 22.63
30. Cole Marshall 22.91
36. Joe Freedman 23.16
49. Bryce Hess 23.46
68. Luke Alberstett 24.18

Women's 200m
16. Olivia Skibinski 26.32
28. Jules Grunloh 26.92

Men's 400m
18. Joel Weber 51.85
22. Yae Hosea 51.95 *

Women's 400m
8. Jordynn Griffin 1:02.09
13. Peyton Pollman 1:03.86
15. Carly Edwards 1:05.07
16. Tori Burke 1:05.11

Men's 400m hurdles
14. Luke Alberstett 1:02.40
20. Quincy Carlson 1:05.03

Men's 800m
5. Ernie Waterson 1:55.00
14. Seth Hamerski 1:58.67
43. Aidan Nishimura 2:05.96

Women's 800m
30. Tia Hardt 2:30.90
35. Skyler Tomecki 2:32.68

Women's 1500m
17. Emma McGrath 4:54.56 *
27. Annalese Chudy 5:00.72
29. Tia Hardt 5:05.72
43. Nile Doucette 5:17.72

Women's 3000m steeplechase
8. Brooke Nazos 12:22.44

Women's 5000m
12. Nora Robinson 21:16.24 *

Men's Hammer
8. CJ Ladewig 50.50m, 165'8"

Women's Hammer
2. Carlyssa King 52.33m, 171'3" * # 2nd PH
30. Loreal Tucker 35.13m, 115'3"

Men's High Jump
1. Matt Lindberg 1.94m, 6'4.25" * # T-10th PH
2. Adam Beasley 1.94m, 6'4.25"
22. Hayden Warfield 1.74m, 5'8.50"

Women's High Jump
5. Evelyn Wilson 1.57m, 5'1.75"

Men's Long Jump
4. Adam Beasley 6.55m, 21'6"
8. Muhammad Freeman 6.19m, 20'3.75"
27. Joshua Klein 4.54m, 14'10.75"

Women's Long Jump
8. Lauren Wong 4.91m, 16'1.50"

Men's Pole Vault
2. Isaac Whitaker 4.73m, 15'6.25" * # 2nd PH

Men's Shot Put
6. Matthew Wagner 13.80m, 45'3.50"

Women's Shot Put
8. Lauryn Moore 10.86m, 35'7.75"

Men's Triple Jump
10. Ethan Godsey 13.44m, 44'1.25"

Women's Triple Jump
1. Lauren Wong 11.56m, 37'11.25"

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