By: MacKenzie Heinz took down a 13-year old school record in the women’s weight throw as Illinois College took its final preparations for next weekend’s MWC Indoor Track & Field Championships.
Meet Results
JACKSONVILLE, Ill. – The Illinois College track & field team hosted its final indoor home meet of the season on Friday night, the unscored Hilltop Invite. The Blueboys and Lady Blues had a number of top performances, but the biggest highlight came from
MacKenzie Heinz as the junior broke a 13-year old school record in the women's weight throw.
Heinz's throw of 46-11.25 (14.30 meters) came on her sixth and final throw of the event, giving her the second-place finish in the event overall.
Amanda Boeckman added a third-place finish at 45-5.5 (13.85 meters), which is the fourth-best throw in school history. On the men's side of the event,
Anthony Flores was fifth for the Blueboys at 49-11.5 (15.22 meters).
In the men's pole vault,
Michael Nolte ended in fifth place by clearing 11-7.75 (3.55 meters). Currently, Nolte ranks fourth in the Midwest Conference in the event this season, with teammate
Sean Kisch ranking second in the conference.
Both Illinois College teams had runner-up finishes in the triple jump.
Dazha Shelby-Woods was just two inches behind the winner on the women's side with her leap of 33-4.75 (10.18 meters). For the Blueboys,
Levon Hendricks had a distance of 43-7.75 (13.30 meters).
In other field events, both
Bailey Leitschuh and
Chris Moore ended in fifth place in their respective long jumps. Leitschuh had a leap of 15-4.75 (4.69 meters) on her final attempt, and Moore likewise had a distance of 20-11.75 (6.39 meters) on his last try. Flores took fifth place in the shot put at 40-8.5 (12.40 meters), and
Austin Spriggs was fifth in the high jump by clearing the bar at 5-8 (1.73 meters).
As usual, it was another excellent night on the track for the Illinois College squads.
Andrea Hyde won the 60 Meter Dash for the Lady Blues in 7.95 seconds. In fifth place,
Joselynn Allen sprinted to a time of 8.23 seconds and ended with the fifth-best time in school history. For the men, the trio of Nife Williams, Moore and
Greg Cross finished 3-4-5 in the 60 Meter Dash. Williams was third in 7.07 seconds, Moore was fourth in 7.08 seconds, and Cross was fifth in 7.09 seconds. Moore's time ranks as the fourth-fastest performance in Illinois College history, and three of the top five in the record books have now come in this 2018 season.
Allen continued her excellent night by ending as the runner-up and the top Division III finisher in the 200 Meter Dash with a time of 26.63 seconds. That currently puts her as the second-fastest time in the MWC this season. Hyde took fifth in the race for the Lady Blues in 27.06 seconds.
Brett Peifer then won the men's 200 Meter Dash in a blazing time of 22.87 seconds.
Illinois College produced four of the top seven finishers in the men's 60 Meter Hurdles. Kisch crossed the line in 8.93 seconds to finish third. Close behind were
Dakota Stevens in fifth (8.96 seconds) and
Ben Rakers in sixth (8.97 seconds).
Nick Mucciante rounded out the quartet of IC hurdlers in seventh at 9.11 seconds.
In one of the distance events,
Ashlyn Haage just missed a spot in the IC record books as she finished fifth in the 3,000 Meters in 12:23.65.
Rebecca Lucas was sixth in that race for the Lady Blues, finishing in 12:59.19. For the men,
Dillan Sorrells was seventh in the 3,000 Meters in 10:03.79.
The final event of the night was the 4 x 400 Meter Relay and the Blueboy team of
Rylan Hynek, Cross, Spriggs, and
Kyle Adams ended in fourth place in 3:31.54.
Next week, Illinois College travels to Ripon College for the 2018 MWC Indoor Track & Field Championships on Feb. 23 and 24. Action on Friday gets started at 1 p.m. and continues on Saturday beginning at 10:30 a.m.
