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Track and Field Heads to Aurora Grand Prix

Titans claimed 10 individual events at Coach Shoe Invitational

1/22/2026 3:00:00 PM

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Illinois Wesleyan University men's and women's track and field teams hit the road for the first time in the 2025-26 campaign, as the Titans travel to Chicago, Ill. for the Aurora Grand Prix. Running events are scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. at the Gately Indoor Track & Field.

Three Titans currently sit in the top-15 in Division III in four events. Freshman Gwendolyn Boettinger (Hickory Hills, Ill.-Stagg), the reigning College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Field Athlete of the Week, ranks eighth in the country in the high jump after clearing a height of 5'5" and earning her first career victory at the Coach Shoe Invitational, Saturday, Jan. 17.

Senior Evan Lowder (Bloomington, Ill.-Normal Community), a three-time First Team All-American in the 400m, sits 14th in the nation in the event. Junior Imani Ogunribido (Hanover Park, Ill.-Lake Park) holds the best triple jump mark in Division III this season, as well as the 12th-best jump in long jump.

Also at the Coach Shoe Invitational, 10 Titans earned individual victories. Senior Adriana Crabtree (Normal, Ill.-University High) took top honors in the nontraditional 1200m race. Fellow senior Zach Marquardt (Minneapolis, Minn.-Washburn) won the men's mile race for the second consecutive meet with a time of 4:31.83. Sophomore Jacob Pinkston (Tinley Park, Ill.-Lincoln-Way East) earned his first victory of the season in the 800m, crossing the finish line in 1:59.02.

In the men's 60m hurdle race, sophomore Kamden Reynolds (Normal, Ill.-Normal Community) claimed the top spot for the second straight meet. Freshman Cameron Rask (Bloomington, Ill.-Normal Community) ran a personal-best 23.11 to earn a victory in the men's 200m.

In field events, junior Carson Green (Centralia, Ill.-Centralia) leaped an indoor career-best 6.85m in the long jump. Ogunribido continued her perfect season in the triple jump event, claiming victory with a jump of 12.06m. Sophomore Sophia Baczak (Aurora, Ill.-Oswego East) cleared a height of 2.82m in the women's pole vault to earn a win, while junior Lauryn Moore (Bolingbrook, Ill.-Bolingbrook) threw the shot put a season-best 10.97m to notch her first victory of the year.

Running events inside the Gately Indoor Track are scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Live results will be available and can be found here.

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