ROCK ISLAND, Ill. -
Emily Uitenbroek continued her standout season as she claimed an individual title in the hammer throw, establishing both school and conference-meet records with a distance of 58.61 meters (or 192 feet, 3 inches) as the Carroll University women's track and field team placed sixth at the prestigious nine-team College Conference of Illinois-Wisconsin Outdoor Championships (hosted by Augustana College) at Knowlton Outdoor Athletics Complex on Friday.
Uitenbroek, a highly touted graduate student from Kaukauna, Wis. who came into the competition No. 1-seeded in the CCIW and NCAA Division III in the event, lived up to her reputation as one of the premier athletes in the nation by shattering the prior meet record of 56.94m set by North Central's Lina Baker in 2015.
Uitenbroek, who entered the day as the reigning conference outdoor champion and placed third at the NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championships in 2019 to become Carroll's first All-American in the event, accomplished the statement-making feat on her second attempt en route to being named the CCIW's Field Athlete of the Meet.
Morgan Davister, a junior from Casco, Wis., continued her memorable season with a title in the discus with a winning distance of 43.27 meters (141-11) for the Pioneers, who scored 71 points.
Other top-eight individual conference finishes for the Pioneers were:
Vanessa Uitenbroek, second in shot put (12.80m or 42-0) and fourth in discus (40.22m or 131-11);
Jessica Mueller, third in pole vault (3.15m or 10-4);
Sydney Halversen, fourth in high jump (1.53m or 5-0.25);
Jamie Pankratz, fourth in hammer throw (50.20m or 164-8);
Alli Spitzer, fourth in 400 (2:18.92) and sixth in 1,500 (4:52.00);
Kaitlyn Brucci, sixth in shot put (11.92m or 39-1.25);
Holly Reynolds, seventh in shot put (11.81m or 38-9);
Emily Uitenbroek, seventh in javelin (33.90m or 111-3);
Josie Eberle, seventh in long jump (5.09m or 16-8.5) and
Olivia Dunkleberger, eighth in heptathlon (2,791 points).
The 4x100 relay team of Mueller, Halversen,
Hannah Bouwkamp and
Lexi Elegbede-Peer was seventh (51.04). The 4x400 relay of
Abby Brinkman, Bouwkamp,
Victoria Watson and
Natalie Dresang was seventh (4:21.06).
North Central won the team title with 181 points, Illinois Wesleyan finished second (133.5 points), Millikin took third (95 points), Elmhurst followed in fourth (89.5 points), Wheaton was fifth (89 points), Carroll placed sixth (70 points), Augustana took seventh (64), Carthage was eighth (53) and North Park was ninth (4).
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