FINAL RESULTS
NAPERVILLE, Ill. - Carroll Track & Field competed in the 2025 CCIW Outdoor Track & Field Championships over the weekend, with Elmhurst University claiming the women's title and host North Central College garnering their seventh consecutive outdoor championship. The Carroll women placed seventh overall while the men took eighth place in the two-day event. The Pioneers posted 12 All-Conference performances with 40 personal-bests occurring on the weekend.
Jimmy Hinkley started the meet by winning the Hammer Throw with a distance of 186-02, his third consecutive title in the event. It was that performance that set the tone for the rest of the meet. Among the other numerous field highlights was
Maria Falk, who captured her first outdoor shot put title with a season-best throw of 47-07, improving her national qualifying mark to third nationally.
Vanessa Uitenbroek continued to be a household name in the field events, taking the podium with a second place finish in the shot put and discus, and third place finish in the Hammer. Brady Ruesser also earned all-conference honors in multiple events, placing second in discus and eighth in shot put.
Other field event all-conference winners included
Grace Tinder, who placed sixth in Pole Vault, and
Ben Breitbach, who took seventh place in the decathlon.
The track events saw a school record fall on consecutive days, as
Nathan Raatz broke the 400m dash record in Friday's preliminaries with a time of 48.99 seconds, .03 seconds faster than the 25 year old record set by T.J. Mentink. That record stood for less than 24 hours, as Raatz crushed his own record in the finals with a time of 48.87 seconds and claimed third in the event. Raatz was also the anchor leg of the Men's 4X400m relay that took fourth place and was comprised of
Sawyer Caves,
Nicholas Kerkhoff,
Patrick Signore, and Raatz.
Rebekah Buboltz rounded out the all-conference performers with an eighth place finish in the 800m Dash.
A few select athletes will compete in the North Central "Last Chance" Meet on May 7 and 8 looking to improve on their season scores and qualify for the 2025 Division III Outdoor Track and Field National Championships.
PERSONAL BEST PERFORMANCES FROM CCIW CHAMPIONSHIPS
Season Bests (16)
Taylor Olund – 200
Lexi Elegbede-Peer – 200
Savannah Krzykowski – 100H
Savannah Krzykowski – 200
Savannah Krzykowski – 800
Ashley Wojciechowski – Long Jump
Bailey Olson – Steeple
Brady Reusser – Discus
Brady Reusser – Shot Put
Kaitlyn Brucci – Shot Put
Maria Falk – Hammer
Vanessa Uitenbroek – Shot Put
Women's 4x400 – Rianna Schultz, Addi Weber, Hana Smith, Rebekah Buboltz
Men's 4x400 – Sawyer Caves, Nick Kerkhoff, Patrick Signore, Nathan Raatz
Women's 4x100 – Aimee Koranteng, Addi Weber, Avery Wolf, Lexi Elegbede-Peer
Lifetime Personal Records (40)
Nathan Raatz – 400 (both trials & finals) - Broke school record in prelims and then broke his own school record in finals.
Charlie Quast – 10K
Grace Tinder – Pole Vault
Clare Whitney – Long Jump
Hana Smith – 400
Gwen Breckheimer – 100H
Rianna Schultz – 400
Eber Lopez – 400H
Tirzah Losos – 400H
Alex Ostopowicz – Pole Vault
Gwen Breckheimer – Pole Vault
Savannah Krzykowski – Shot Put
Ashley Wojciechowski – Javelin
Ashley Wojciechowski – 200
Ashley Wojciechowski – Shot Put
Isy Asumendi – 100H
Isy Asumendi – Shot Put
Isy Asumendi – 200
Ben Breitbach – High Jump
Ben Breitbach – 400
Ben Breitbach – 110H
Ben Breitbach – 1500
Savannah Krzykowski – overall heptathlon points
Ashley Wojciechowski – overall heptathlon points
Isy Asumendi – overall heptathlon points
Ben Breitbach – overall decathlon points
Rebekah Buboltz – 800
Patrick Signore – 800
Sawyer Caves – 400
Caroline Plasil – Hammer
Maria Falk – Shot Put
Madi Ullrich – Discus
Katelyn Duber – Triple Jump
Mia Kim – 1500
Rebecca Barnes – 5K
Paola Orozco – 5K
Dylan Mendro – Discus
Dylan Mendro – Javelin
Dylan Mendro – Shot Put
