CHICAGO, Ill. -- North Park Track & Field will compete in Kenosha, Wisconsin this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 28 and March 1, for the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Indoor Championships. The Vikings are well-positioned for the championships meet, including some front runners in a few events.
Women's Preview
Junior multis athlete Thea Ring is prepared to defend her Pentathlon crown after posting far-and-ahead the best point total of the Indoor season in the CCIW - 3,576 at the UW-Oshkosh Early Bird Invite in December. That point total is also the third-best mark in Division III this season. Ring ranks in the top 10 of five other events across the CCIW. She's third in the 60m hurdles (8.91, PR) third in the 400m (56.57), fifth in the 200m (25.01), 10th in the 800m (2:22.89), and tied for seventh in the High Jump (1.56m). She's just outside the top-10 with a 5.34m mark in the Long Jump.
Junior sprinter Riana Hayes continues to climb towards the top spots across numerous meets in her short sprint events. Hayes is North Park's top 60m competitor, registering a 7.74 at the Heenan Invite for the sixth-best time in the CCIW this season. Hayes is also eighth in the 200m (25.34).
Sophomore sprinter Meja Lindberg has enjoyed a breakout season, recently running a PR time of 7.76 in the 60m at the Margaret Bradley Invite (Feb. 22) for the eight-best time in the CCIW.
Junior multis athlete Julia Klein ranks seventh among CCIW competitors in the Pole Vault, reaching a height of 3.23m at the Akron Invite on Jan. 31. Her personal best is 3.40m, which would rank fourth this season.
Men's Preview
Junior sprinter Jereme Ombogo posted the top mark of the season in the 60m dash at the Wolverine Invitational on January 11 with a 6.78. Not only was this the winning time and .12 seconds faster than anyone has run all season, but it also tied an all-time CCIW record. Ombogo also ran the best CCIW time of the season in the 200m, boasting a 21.34 at the Karl Schlender Invite on Jan. 25. That is tied for the fourth-best time in Division III this season.
Finally, his 48.97 time in the 400m at the Akron Invitational on Jan. 31 is second only to Illinois Wesleyan's Evan Lowder, who narrowly edged Ombogo with a 48.76 at the GVSU Big Meet Friday even on Feb. 14.
Junior jumper Wesley McCloud also appears in the top 10 among CCIW participants in the High Jump, bounding 1.90m at IWU's Keck Select on Feb. 8 to mark the sixth-best jump of the season.
Senior sprints and jumps athlete Ubayd Kromwell ranks just outside of the CCIW's top 10 in the Long Jump (14th) with a season best leap of 6.54m at NCC's Heenan Invitational on Jan. 18. Freshman Kordell Berry's 12.89m and junior Mason Wilson's 12.45m heaves in the Shot Put rank as the 14th and 18th placing marks in the CCIW and junior Richard Covington's 14.26m toss in the Weight Throw is 15th in the CCIW.
Where and When
The CCIW Indoor Championships begin tomorrow, Feb. 28, beginning with the Women's Pentathlon 55m Hurdles at 10:30 AM CT. Links to follow and watch the results are available at athletics.northpark.edu and available below.
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