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Track and Field Excels in Final Home Meet Ahead of CCIW Championships

CCIW Championships up next for track and field, Feb. 28-Mar. 1

2/21/2025 9:04:00 PM

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The Illinois Wesleyan University men's and women's track and field teams closed out their home meet schedule Friday, Feb. 21 as the Titans hosted Millikin University and Heartland Community College for the Friday Night Tri. IWU claimed 12 first-place finishes in the meet.

A total of nine Titans made moves in IWU's top-10 lists. Sophomore Reece Dusek (Peoria, Ill.-Dunlap) and junior Joe Freedman (Libertyville, Ill.-Libertyville) both landed spots in the program's all-time list in the 60-meter as Dusek clocked a 7.06 in the preliminary round to take the sixth spot in IWU laurels while Freedman's 7.08 is just behind in the No. 7 spot. Dusek also joined the top-10 list in the 200m dash with his winning time of 22.83, good for 10th in program history.

The men's long jump saw a pair of IWU top-10 marks in sophomore Carson Green (Centralia, Ill.-Centralia) and freshman Nick Walker (Metamora, Ill.-Metamora). Green's 6.75m (22'1.75") jump earned him a second-place finish in the meet and ranks seventh all-time for the Green and White while Walker's 6.71m (22'0.75") was just behind in third for the evening and sits tied for ninth in program history.

Moving up on the all-time list was senior Alex Harvey (Galesburg, Ill.-Galesburg) who turned in a personal-best effort of 8.47 in the 60m hurdles. Harvey's time finished second in the meet and ranks eighth in program history.

Senior Carlyssa King (Decatur, Ill.-Maroa-Forsyth) came away with a pair of event wins in the women's weight throw (17.32m, 56'10") and the shot put (11.76m, 38'7") while also bettering her mark in the shot put to rank seventh in Titan history. Sophomore Lauryn Moore (Bolingbrook, Ill.-Bolingbrook), who finished third in the event, threw an 11.40m (37'5") mark to sit ninth in IWU laurels.

Senior Evelyn Wilson (Geneseo, Ill.-Geneseo) had a breakthrough in the women's high jump as she hit 1.60m (5'3") for the first time in her career to rank eighth in program history and finished as runner-up in tonight's contest. Senior Emma McGrath (Oak Lawn, Ill.-Oak Lawn) won the women's mile with a personal-best of 5:12.29, a time that just cracks the all-time list at No. 10.

Illinois Wesleyan shifts its focus to the CCIW Championships next week in Kenosha, Wis. Carthage College will serve as meet host for the two-day event, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 28-Mar. 1.

Individual IWU Results
* Indicates personal-best performance

Men 60m prelims
2. Jahari Scott 7.06q
2. Reece Dusek 7.06q*
4. Joe Freedman 7.08q*
7. Jaden Preston 7.22q*
9. Carson Green 7.23
10. Muhammed Freeman 7.25
13. Nyamedze Maison 7.31

Men 60m finals
3. Joe Freedman 7.09*
4. Jaden Preston 7.20*

Women 60m (final only)
2, Katarina Petrovic 8.17
3. Olivia Skibinski 8.19
4. Isabella Gonzalez 8.25*

Men 60m hurdles
2. Alex Harvey 8.47*
3. Kamden Reynolds 8.75
4. Bobby Mogged 8.77
6. Keagan Uphoff 9.21

Women's 60m hurdles
1. Kelsey Moore 9.61*

Men 200m
1. Reece Dusek 22.83
2. Jaden Preston 22.98
4. Cole Marshall 23.55
5. Luke Alberstatt 23.63
6. Nick Walker 23.66
8. Ashtin Elder 24.37

Women 200m
3. Carly Edwards 27.26
4. Davion Lemon 27.39
5. Caroline Hill 27.68

Men 400m
1. Noah Sadowski 51.72
3. Wyanye Hosea 53.34
5. Joel Weber 53.90
6. Sam Fogarty 55.05
7. Luke Smith 59.34

Women 400m
1. Jordynn Griffin 59.65

Men 800m
1. Jacob Pinkston 1:57.75
4. Aidan Nishimura 1:59.80
11. Matt Lunsford 2:17.79
12. Terrance Smith 2:20.31 *
13. Angel Macias 2:31.11

Women 800m
1. Skylar Tomecki 2:29.84

Men mile
3. Zack Daniel 4:28.27
6. Zach Marquardt 4:32.59
9. Jack Thomas 4:36.03
12. Carson Davis 4:52.44*
13. Lukas Rico 4:55.16

Women mile
1. Emma McGrath 5:12.29*
2. Annalese Chudy 5:15.67*
4. Abby Quinn 5:43.40*
5. Madeline Halstead 5:59.87
6. Annika Blackburn 6:13.74

Men 3000m
3. Martin Howley 10:19.78*

Men high jump
1. Nick Walker 1.80m 5-10.75

Women high jump
2. Evelyn Wilson 1.60m 5-03.00

Men long jump
2. Carson Green 6.75m, 22-01.75
3. Nick Walker 6.71m, 22-00.25
4. Jahari Scott 6.67m 21-10.75
5. Brooks Johnson 6.41m, 21-00.50

Women long jump
3. Sarah Polley 5.10m 16-08.75*
4. Brandy Petitt 5.05m 16-07.00

Men pole vault
2. Isaac Whitaker 4.55m, 14'11"

Women pole vault
2. Sophia Baczak 2.96m 9-08.50

Men shot put
2. Nate Henderson 10.80 m 35-05.25

Women shot put
1. Carlyssa King 11.76m 38-07.00*
2. Lauryn Moore 11.40m 37-05.00*
6. Lauren Patterson 7.37m 24-02.25

Men triple jump
2. Sam Okewole 13.80m, 45'3.50"*
3. Jeffery Woodard 12.56m, 41'2.50"*

Women triple jump
1. Imani Ogunribido 12.11m, 39-08.75
2. Franchesca Smith 10.89m, 35-08.75
5. Rylee Bramley 10.22m, 33-06.50*

Men weight throw
1. C.J. Ladewig 16.31m, 53-06.25
3. Sam Hea 13.76m, 45-01.25
8. Jack Hansen 10.35m, 33-11.50

Women weight throw
1. Carlyssa King 17.32m, 56-10.00
3. Lauryn Moore 10.47m, 35-04.25

Men 4x400m relay
3. J. Pinkston, A. Nishimura, S. Fogerty, K. Uphoff 3:37.07

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