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Track & Field Travels to Firebird Finale for Last Chance

Five Titans currently inside the top-20 in their respective events

3/5/2026 12:00:00 PM

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Illinois Wesleyan University women's track and field team heads to Kenosha, Wis., for its final meet of the indoor regular season. The Titans are scheduled to compete in the Firebird Finale Friday, March 6, starting at 3:15 p.m. inside Tarble Athletic and Recreation Center.

Fresh off of a successful College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin meet, several Titans look to improve their national marks in preparation for the NCAA Division III Indoor National Championships Friday-Saturday, March 13-14.

As a team, the IWU women's squad came in at No. 21 in the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Women's Indoor National Rankings, released Tuesday, March 3. Elmhurst University, the 2026 CCIW Indoor Women's Track & Field Champions, came in at No. 15.

The top-20 individuals in their respective events earn a spot in the NCAA Championships. As the individual Division III rankings currently stand, five Titans rank inside the cutline. Senior Evan Lowder (Bloomington, Ill.-Normal Community) ranks eleventh in the men's 400m with one weekend of competition remaining before selections are officially announced.

Senior Adriana Crabtree (Normal, Ill.-University High) is No. 10 following her program and all-time CCIW record in the women's 3000m earlier this season. Junior Mackenzie Huber (Lombard, Ill.-Glenbard East) sits No. 12 in the women's 800m, winning the event at the CCIW Indoor Championships with a converted time of 2:12.15.

Two IWU triple jumpers currently sit in the top-20, as junior Imani Ogunribido (Hanover Park, Ill.-Lake Park) has led the event all season. Posting an all-time CCIW record of 12.63m, Ogunribido leads Division III by nearly a foot and a half. Freshman teammate Tori Brown (Glasford, Ill.-Illini Bluffs) is currently No. 16 in the nation, leaping 11.69m. Illinois Wesleyan is one of four programs, including Elmhurst, UW-La Crosse, and Centre, to have two female triple jumpers ranked in the top-20.

Action from Tarble Arena will get underway at 3:15 p.m. A schedule of events and live stats can be found here.

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