The Illinois Wesleyan University men's and women's track and field teams competed at the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Outdoor Championships Friday-Saturday, May 3-4, as the men's squad turned in 125 points for third place and the women's 71 points was good for fifth.

Lowder Advances to Saturday’s NCAA 400m Final

Three events slotted for the Titans on Saturday

5/24/2024 5:44:00 PM

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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Sophomore sprinter Evan Lowder (Bloomington, Ill.-Normal Community) kicked off the NCAA Division III Track and Field National Championships for Illinois Wesleyan University on Friday, May 24, as he earned his spot in Saturday's 400-meter dash final with the seventh-fastest time in the field.

Lowder went to work in the final heat of the 400m preliminary round, moving into the lead spot off the opening curve before battling a headwind on the backstretch. Lowder was neck-and-neck with Alexander Rhodes of Puget Sound in the final 100m, but a lean at the finish saw Lowder take second in the heat with a 47.44-second effort — good enough for a spot in tomorrow's finals as the seventh-fastest mark out of prelims.

Junior Carlyssa King (Decatur, Ill.-Forsyth-Maroa) will kick off Saturday's action in the women's hammer throw at 1 p.m. ET followed by freshman Imani Ogunribido (Hanover Park, Ill.-Lake Park) in the women's triple jump at 3:45 p.m. ET. Finals for the men's 400m is set for 5:20 p.m. ET. The full meet schedule and the link to live results can be found here or on the track and field schedule pages of iwusports.com.

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