WAUKESHA, Wis. – The Carroll University women's indoor track and field team will travel down to the 2023 CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championships this Friday and Saturday in Bloomington, Illinois. The Illinois Wesleyan University Titans are hosting  the event for the first time since 2020.
 
The Pioneers head into the meet projected to finish tied for sixth according to the pre-meet coaches poll, voted on by head coaches of each of the nine member schools. In 2022, Carroll finished in third place, the highest women's team finish in the CCIW in program history. Carroll collected 88.5 points last season to grab the bronze medal.
 
The Pioneers have two athletes ranked first in the conference entering the meet, including 2022 Women's Shot Put Champion Vanessa Uitenbroek. Uitenbroek currently sits #1 in the CCIW and #2 in Division III with a shot put distance of 14.64 meters. On top of shot put, Uitenbroek is ranked fifth in the CCIW in weight throw entering the weekend. The other top ranked athlete for the Pioneers is Mary Quinn in the pentathlon. Quinn re-set her school record earlier this season and won the Tadd Metzger Pentathlon with a score of 2,991 points. Quinn was all-conference in the event a year ago at conference, and enters this weekend also ranked sixth in 60m hurdles and third in high jump.
 
Other Pioneers sitting in the top ten in conference rankings include Elizabeth Reddeman (mile, 3000m, 5000m), Sydney Halversen (high jump), Jessica Mueller (pole vault), Maria Falk (shot put, weight throw), Kaitlyn Brucci (shot put), Cate Gudaitis (weight throw), and Savannah Krzykowski (Pentathlon).
 
Live video and live results will be available courtesy of Illinois Wesleyan. Friday's multi-events will begin at 11 AM and Saturday's events will start at 12 PM. Admission to the event is $10/day for adults, and seniors, students, and children 6-14 will be $5/day.