Kenosha, Wis. - The Wheaton women's track and field team competed at the 2025 CCIW Indoor Track & Field Championships on Friday and Saturday at Carthage College's Tarble Athletic & Recreation Center. The Thunder women placed sixth in the nine team field. Elmhurst won its first CCIW Indoor Track & Field Championship with 160 points. North Central finished with 106.5 points in second place, Illinois Wesleyan placed third with 77 points, Carthage scored 70 points in fourth place, Augustana was fifth with 69 points, Wheaton scored 62 points in sixth place, North Park tallied 51.5 points in seventh place, Carroll finished with 34.5 points in eighth place and Millikin recorded 32.5 points in ninth place.

SATURDAY RECAP
Sophomore Grace Crowder won the women's high jump with a height of 1.67-meters, well ahead of the second-place height of 1.55-meters. Crowder's effort today equaled Wheaton's school record in the women's indoor high jump that was set in 2018 by Katie Lindquist. Today's title is Crowder's second conference title as she also won a high jump championship last May at the 2024 CCIW Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

Caroline Stetina finished third in the women's 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:27.49, just one day after her second place finish in the 5,000-meter run. Sophia Huber posted a time of 10:37.77 to place sixth in the 3,000-meter run. 

Junior Sarah Quintanilla placed fifth in the women's one-mile run with a time of 5:18.31. She was just ahead of freshman Kate Creighton's effort of 5:19.03 in sixth place. 

Hannah Harris ran the 400-meter dash in 1:00.42 to place eighth in the event. 
 

FRIDAY RECAP
Four Wheaton runners placed in the top-eight of the women's 5,000-meter run on Friday evening. Caroline Stetina (PICTURED RIGHT) placed second in 18:34.80, followed by teammate Sophia Huber's third-place time of 18:43.31. Lily Lebo was fifth in the event with a time of 18:51.58, with Elizabeth LaBrin placing seventh in 18:53.25, followed by Natalie Fopma in eighth place with a time of 18:59.25. 

Wheaton's women's distance medley relay team of Sarah Quintanilla, Sadie Richert, Emmarie Marino and Abby Rickard finished third in 12:38.77.

Thunder freshman Sally Elsen finished fifth win the women's indoor pentathlon with 2,938 points. Elsen's top performance in the five-event competition was the 800-meter run as she posted a time of 2:38.39 to have the second-fastest time among the 19 competitors. Junior Hannah Tompkins scored 2,617 points to finish 8th.