ASHTIN ELDER PHOTO

Track and Field Posts Six Firsts at Monmouth

Drake Relays and Millikin Friday Night Invite up next

4/22/2025 10:03:00 PM

MONMOUTH, Ill. – The Illinois Wesleyan University men's and women's track and field teams had another battle with weather delays but came away with six first-place finishes and 11 top-three finishes at Monmouth College, Tuesday, April 22.

Illinois Wesleyan swept the men's 110m hurdles and women's 100m hurdles with senior Bobby Mogged (Piper City, Ill.-Tri-Point) taking the men's event in 16.12 seconds while freshman Kelsey Moore (Arcola, Ill.-Arcola) turned in a first-place finish on the women's side with a personal-best effort of 16.30 seconds. Freshman Keagan Uphoff (McLean, Ill.-Olympia) was runner-up on the men's side, just behind Mogged in 16.19 seconds.

Freshman Caroline Hill (Bement, Ill.-Bement) and senior Davion Lemon (Marrero, La.-Patrick F. Taylor Science and Technology Academy) went 1-2 in the women's 400m as Hill posted a time of 1:02.16, while Lemon came in at 1:05.98. In the men's 400m, sophomore Noah Sadowski (Burr Ridge, Ill.-Hinsdale South) clocked a personal-best time of 50.36 and finished third in the field.

Freshman Nick Walker (Metamora, Ill.-Metamora) turned in a third-place performance in the men's long jump with a 6.13m (20'1.50") leap.

Sophomore Reece Dusek (Peoria, Ill.-Dunlap) and freshman Jacob Pinkston (Tinley Park, Ill.-Lincoln-Way East) turned in top-three finishes in the men's 800m with Dusek winning the event in 1:58.34 and Pinkston finishing third in 2:00.51.

Senior Carlyssa King (Decatur, Ill.-Maroa-Forsyth) bested the women's hammer throw competition by two feet, as she threw a 51.27m (168'2") mark. Senior Matthew Wagner (Normal, Ill.-Central Catholic) won the men's shot put with a 13.92m (45'8"), over six inches further than the runner-up finisher.

Illinois Wesleyan sends a small group to Des Moines, Iowa for the Drake Relays Thursday-Saturday, April 24-26, while another larger group heads to Decatur, Ill. Friday, April 25 for the Millikin Friday Night Invite.

IWU Individual Results
Women 1500m
5. Annika Blackburn 5:40.22
6. Courtney Maslana 6:03.64

Men 1500m
6. Seth Hamerski 4:19.46
7. Carson Davis 4:20.26
11. Martin Howley 4:38.80
13. Griffin Owens 5:16.02

Women 100m hurdles
1. Kelsey Moore 16.30

Men 110m hurdles
1. Bobby Mogged 16.12
2. Keagan Uphoff 16.19

Women 400m
1. Caroline Hill 1:02.16
2. Davion Lemon 1:05.98

Men 400m
3. Noah Sadowski 50.36
5. Joel Weber 52.06

Women 100m
7. Carly Edwards 13.40

Men 100m
7. Joe Freedman 11.43
9. Nyamedze Maison 11.47

Men 800m
1. Reece Dusek 1:58.34
3. Jacob Pinkston 2:00.51
4. Matt Lunsford 2:12.96
6. Angel Macias 2:40.69

Men 200m
5. Nyamedze Maison 22.91
6. Nick Walker 22.98
7. Brooks Johnson 22.99
9. Joe Freedman 23.30

Men long jump
3. Nick Walker 6.13m, 20'1.50"
4. Muhammad Freeman 5.77m, 18'11.25"

Women shot put
7. Lauryn Moore 10.17m, 33'4.50"

Men shot put
1. Matthew Wagner 13.92m, 45'8"
9. Nate Henderson 10.61m, 34'9.75"

Women hammer throw
1. Carlyssa King 51.27m (168'2")

Men hammer throw
4. CJ Ladewig 49.79m, 163'4"
7. Sam Hea 41.93m, 137'6"
11. Jack Hansen 36.18m, 118'8"

Men discus
7. Nate Henderson 31'34" 102'10"

Women discus
5. Lauryn Moore 32.70m, 107'3"
7. Lauren Patterson 23.33m, 76'6"

Print Friendly Version