Kenosha, Wis. – The Wheaton track and field teams competed at Carthage College's "Tadd Metzger Invitational" on Friday and Saturday. The Thunder women's team finished second in an 11-team field, while Wheaton's men tied for third in a 10-team field.
The host Carthage College Firebirds finished first in the women's standings with 162 points, just ahead of Wheaton's second-place effort of 152.33 points. Carroll scored 111.17 points in third place, while Concordia-Chicago was fourth with 71 points and University of Dubuque rounded out the top-five with 71 points.
Thunder sophomore
Heidi Krekelberg had an outstanding effort on Saturday as she won two events. She recorded a time of 7.39-seconds in the finals of the 55-meter dash to win the event. She also won the 200-meter dash with a first-place effort 27.27-seconds, while teammate
Sadie Richert was fourth in 27.95. Three Thunder runners finished in the top-four of the 400-meters.
Hannah Harris was second in 1:01.90, Richert was third in 1:02.13 and
Miika Forsyth placed fourth in 1:07.92.
The most impressive effort for the Thunder women may have come in the one-mile run as Wheaton took the top six spots. Junior
Sarah Quintanilla finished first in the event with a time of 5:24.77, ahead of freshman
Kate Creighton's second-place effort of 5:29.62.
Abby Rickard placed third in 5:30.10,
Sophia Huber was fourth in 5:30.76, and
Elizabeth LaBrin finished fifth in 5:36.16. Freshman
Emmarie Marino posted a time of 2:28.00 to win the women's 800-meter run. Senior Natalie Fopma was third in 2:31.88, while junior
Meredith Eisses was fourth in 2:32.81.
Caroline Stetina won the women's 3,000-meters with a time of 10:33.99.
Sophomore
Grace Crowder cleared the women's high jump with a leap of 1.54-meters (5' ½"). Sophomore
Ashtin Roy placed second in the pole vault with a height of 2.85-meters (9' 4-1/4"). Freshman
Sally Elsen competed in the women's pentathlon on Friday as she scored 2,854 points to finish second in the multi-event competition.
The Thunder track and field teams return to action next Friday at North Central College as they compete in the Chicagoland Championships.
