CHICAGO - The Illinois Wesleyan University track and field teams registered 10 top-10 finishes at the Aurora Grand Prix Saturday, Jan. 24. IWU collected seven top-five finishes, highlighted by one event win.

Junior Imani Ogunribido (Hanover Park, Ill.-Lake Park) posted Illinois Wesleyan's lone win of the day, taking home the triple jump title with a leap of 12.01m. Freshman Tori Brown (Glasford, Ill.-Illini Bluffs) placed third in the event at a season-best 11.08m, while Ogunribido's day also included a fifth-place finish in the 60m dash (7.91).

Freshman Gwendolyn Boettinger (Hickory Hills-Stagg), the reigning College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin field athlete of the week, claimed runner-up in the high jump. The rookie cleared 1.62m in a field of 30+ competitors.

Illinois Wesleyan took second in the 4x200m relay, as senior Jordynn Griffin (Bloomington, Ill.-Normal Community), freshman Mallory Short (Lincoln, Ill.-Lincoln), senior Bella Gonzalez (Itasca, Ill.-Lake Park), and freshman Lydia McIntyre (Hudson, Ill.-Normal Community) raced through in 1:46.08.

On the men's side, seniors Evan Lowder (Bloomington, Ill.-Normal Community) and Isaac Whitaker (Bloomington, Ill.-Central Catholic), and junior Matt Lindberg (Springfield, Ill.-Glenwood) notched third-place finishes. Lowder came in third in the 400m behind a 48.86 effort. Whitaker's top-three placement in pole vault came behind a 4.45m clearance. Also notching a third-place finish, Lindberg converted 1.91m in the high jump. 

Senior Seth Hamerski (Mount Vernon, Ill.-Webber) nearly missed a top-10 placement, finishing 11th in the men's mile run. His time of 4:19.04 is the fifth-best on the program's all-time top-10 list and marks a personal best.

Also adding top-10 finishes were sophomore Kamden Reynolds (Normal, Ill.-Normal Community), senior Abby Quinn (Chicago, Ill.-Marist), and freshman Amir Byrd (Bloomington, Ill.-Central Catholic). Reynolds raced to a seventh-place effort in the 60m hurdles. Quinn snagged eight-place in the 5000m with a time of 19:35.06 and Byrd collected ninth in the long jump (6.47m).

Illinois Wesleyan will split next weekend with a contingent traveling to the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational hosted by the University of Louisville Friday-Saturday, Jan. 30-31. Meanwhile, the Titans will host the Jason Dennis Memorial meet Friday, Jan. 30, inside the Shirk Center.


IWU Individual Results
*indicates personal best performance

Women's 60m
5. Imani Ogunribido 7.91
26. Jinna Hiser 8.33*

Men's 60m
16. Nyamedze Maison 7.13
34. Joe Freedman 7.25
37. Carson Green 7.27
46. Cameron Rask 7.33

Women's 60m Hurdles
17. Kelsey Moore 9.80
23. Jinna Hiser 10.18

Men's 60m Hurdles
7. Kamden Reynolds 8.75

Men's 400m
3. Evan Lowder 48.86
17. Dylan Hodges 51.35
19. Noah Sadowski 51.55

Women's 400m
17. Corrina Fassino 1:01.44*
35. Kelsey Moore 1:05.19

Women's 800m
22. Grace Grant 2:35.40*

Men's Mile
11. Seth Hamerski 4:19.04*
19. Zach Marquardt 4:25.54*

Women's Mile
28. Brooke Nazos 5:36.23

Women's 5000m
8. Abby Quinn 19:35.06
11. Annika Blackburn 20.12.73

Men's 500m
15. Carson Davis 16:06.04*
17. Jack Thomas 16:09.04

Women's Triple Jump
1. Imani Ogunribido 12.01m
3. Tori Brown 11.08m*
19. Rylee Bramley 10.12m

Women's High Jump
2. Gwendolyn Boettinger 1.62m
19. Cassidy Madden 1.49m

Men's High Jump
3. Matt Lindberg 1.91m

Women's Long Jump
17. Brandy Petitt 5.00m

Men's Long Jump
9. Amir Byrd 6.47m
20. Carson Green 6.06m

Men's Pole Vault
3. Isaac Whitaker 4.45m

Women's Weight Throw
14. Lauryn Moore 12.00m*
33. Ashlyn Rager 8.91m

Men's Weight Throw
49. Daniel Nash 8.22m*

Women's Shot Put
9. Lauryn Moore 10.69m
21. Kya Knox 9.78m
27. Jolie Tracy 9.48m*

Men's Shot Put
11. Daniel Nash 13.24m*
26. Julian Garcia 11.50m