Profiles
Tom Baran
Mid-Distance
Sophomore
Chicago, Ill. (Niles-Notre Dame)
High School: Named All-East Suburban Catholic Conference both his junior and senior years …a state qualifier in the 800-meter run as a senior…named Pioneer Press all-area his sophomore, junior and senior seasons…coached by Mike Jankowksi…four-year member of the cross country team, named all-conference twice and all-area three times…member of the basketball team his freshman and sophomore years…National Honor Society member, Illinois State Scholar, Illinois High School Association Scholar-Athlete, U.S. Army Reserve Scholar-Athlete, East Suburban Catholic Conference all-academic, honor student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Double major in biology and secondary education…named to the fall 2008 Carthage dean’s list and to the fall 2008 Carthage athletic director's honor roll…member of the 2008 Carthage men’s cross country team…born Oct. 1, 1989.
Garrett Boelkes
Sprints/Throws
Sophomore
Knoxville, Ill.
2009: Competed in the 200-meter dash at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: A three-time state qualifier as part of an 800-meter relay team…coached by Tom Hillier…four-year member of both the football and basketball teams…Olympic Conference all-academic and honor student.
Personal: Biology major…born July 21, 1990.
Josh Brennan
Throws
Junior
Geneva, Ill.
2009: Tied for second place in the hammer throw (171-9) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship and finished seventh in the shot put (46-4)…finished third in the weight throw (51-4 ½) and eighth in the shot put (46-10 ¼) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2008: Finished sixth in the hammer throw (149-9) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished ninth in the shot put (43-8 ½) and 10th in the weight throw (44-3 ½) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Lettered three times in track and field and earned All-Western Sun Conference honors as a junior…coached by Peter Raak…in football, named Aall-conference, Daily Herald all-area, Kane County Chronicle all-area, and Aurora Beacon-News all-area both his junior and senior years… National Honor Society member, academic all-state, Western Sun Conference all-academic and three-year honor student.
Personal: Exercise and sport science major…linebacker on the 2007 and 2008 Carthage football teams…his uncle, Larry Frey, played basketball at Illinois-Chicago and is a member of that school’s athletic hall of fame…named to the spring 2008 Carthage dean’s list and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Oct. 12, 1988.
Buzzy Brown
Jumps/Sprints
Senior
Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley)
2009: Qualified for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship in the long jump but did not reach the finals…won the long jump (23-1 ¼) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship and finished second in both the 100-meter dash (11.12) and the 200-meter dash (22.45) and 11th in the triple jump (41-8 ½)…won the indoor long jump five times in eight different weekend events, taking first place at the Jan. 10 Carthage Opener, the Jan. 24 Wisconsin-Whitewater Invitational, the Jan. 31 Carthage “Tadd Metzger Invitational,” the Feb. 21 Wisconsin-Stevens Point “East Bay Invitational” and the Feb. 27-28 CCIW Indoor Championship…won the long jump (23-1 ¼) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship, while finishing fourth in the 200-meter dash (22.78), fifth in the triple jump (44-2 ½) and seventh in the 55-meter dash (6.69).
2008: Finished 10th in the long jump (22-1) at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship…won the long jump (23-4) and finished sixth in the 200-meter dash (22.53) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…qualified for the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championship in the long jump and finished 12th (22-1)…won the long jump (23-0 ¾) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship, while finishing fifth in the 200-meter dash (22.85)…set a Carthage indoor record in the long jump (23-2) at the March 7 Carthage “Gill Athletics Last Chance Invitational”
2007: Finished fourth in the long jump (22-3 ½) and ninth in the high jump (5-8 ¾) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship?finished third in the 200-meter dash (22.98) at the Wisconsin Private College Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished second in the high jump (6-2 ¼), fifth in the long jump (21-0) and seventh in the 200-meter dash (23.10) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Earned all-state honors three times in the 400-meter relay, the 800-meter relay and the 1,600-meter relay…three-time All-Upstate 8 Conference honoree in the long jump…coached by Mike Kennedy…member of the soccer team his freshman year.
Personal: Exercise and sport science major…named to the winter 2008 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…his father, Charlie Brown, was inducted into the Lehigh University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009 and graduated as the Mountain Hawks’ career scoring leader…born Feb. 1, 1988.
Joel Brunner
Distance
Graduated Senior
De Pere, Wis. (West De Pere)
2009: Finished second in the 800-meter run (1:56.76), eighth in the 1,500-meter run (4:01.72) and ninth in the 800-meter run (1:56.76) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished second in the one-mile run (4:14.34) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2008: Finished ninth in the 1,500-meter run (4:02.41) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished ninth in the 800-meter run (2:00.49) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2007: Finished 18th in the 1,500-meter run (4:13.75) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship...finished 12th in the 800-meter run (2:08.13) at the Wisconsin Private College Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
2006: Season-best time of 16:18.00 in the 5,000-meter run at the Elmhurst Invitational and 10:34.50 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Augustana (Ill.) “Meet of Champions”…part of an indoor distance medley relay team that competed at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Named second-team All-Bay Conference his senior year in the 800-meter run and first-team all-conference as a member of the 1,600-meter relay team…a state qualifier his senior year in the 1,500-meter run and part of two state-qualifying 1,600-meter relay squads…part of a school-record 3,200-meter relay team as a senior…named Green Bay Press-Gazette honorable mention all-area both his junior and senior years…coached by Richard Visitainer…in cross country, earned first-team all-conference honors his senior year and second-team al-conference as a junior…honorable mention all-area both his junior and senior seasons…coached by Richard Visintainer…lettered in basketball his junior and senior years and played soccer his freshman and sophomore years…honor student.
Personal: Environmental science major…member of the 2005-08 Carthage men’s cross country teams…his father, Kevin Brunner, is a 1977 Carthage graduate and ran cross country for the Red Men…his sister, Allison Brunner, played soccer at Wisconsin-Green Bay…named a 2008-09 CCIW/Merle Chapman Leadership Award winner…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and a six-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born April 21, 1987.
Ross Bunchek
Throws
Junior
Valparaiso, Ind.
2009: Finished eighth in the hammer throw (153-10) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
2008: Attended Carthage but did not participate in track and field.
High School: Did not participate in high school track and field…two-year letterwinner in both football and wrestling…first-team academic all-state and honor student.
Personal: Mathematics major…offensive lineman on the 2007 and 2008 Carthage football teams…his father, Matt Bunchek was a three-year football letterwinner at Purdue University between 1979 and 1981…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born March 8, 1989.
Patrick Coffey
Hurdles
Senior
Crown Point, Ind.
2008: Injured and did not compete.
2007: Finished seventh in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles (57.88) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship...won the 400-meter intermediate hurdles (57.35) at the Wisconsin Private College Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: A regional qualifier both his junior and senior years in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles…coached by Keith Iddings…three-year member of the football team and one year each in cross country and basketball.
Personal: Exercise and sport science major…named to the winter 2008 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Jan. 6, 1988.
Nick Colona
Mid-Distance
Junior
East Alton, Ill. (East Alton-Wood River)
2009: Finished 17th in the 10,000-meter run (36:45.48) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
2008: Finished 25th in the 5,000-meter run (18:26.69) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 27th in the 5,000-meter run (18:35.01) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Member of three Madison County championship teams and named all-county his senior year in the 3,200-meter relay…coached by Gary Carter…four-year member of the cross country and basketball teams…National Honor Society member and high honors student.
Personal: Double major in geography and physics…member of the 2007 and 2008 Carthage men’s cross country teams…born Oct. 5, 1988.
Justin Cooper
Jumps/Sprints
Senior
Elk Grove Village, Ill. (Hoffman Estates-Conant)
2008: Finished 12th in the long jump (19-11) and 19th in the 200-meter dash (24.37) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2007: Finished 13th in the long jump (20-0 ¼) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 11th in the long jump (19-6 ¼) at the Wisconsin Private College Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 14th in the long jump 19-4) and 17th in the triple jump (36-11 ¾) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2006: Finished 13th in the long jump (19-11) and 16th in the triple jump (38-5 ½) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship...finished third in the long jump (20-4 ¼) at the Wisconsin Private College Championship.
High School: Coached by Steve Thompson…three-year member of the cross country team…National Honor Society member and Mid-Suburban League all-academic.
Personal: Mathematics major…a four-time member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born July 23, 1987.
Bartek Dorman
Mid-Distance
Junior
Buffalo Grove, Ill.
2008: Competed in the 800-meter run at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Four-year member of the track and field team and coached by Steven Gibble…played soccer his senior year…honor student.
Personal: Double major in accounting and Spanish…midfielder/defender on the 2007 Carthage men’s soccer team…named to the fall 2008 Carthage dean’s list…a three-time member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born May 23, 1988.
Jose Flores
Mid-Distance
Sophomore
Round Lake, Ill. (Fox Lake-Grant Community)
2009: Finished seventh in the 800-meter run (1:57.25) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 12th in the 200-meter dash (51.79) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Two-year member of the track and field team and earned All-North Suburban Conference and all-area honors his senior year in the 400-meter dash…earned All-Lake County honors in two relay events…set a Grant Community High School indoor record in the 400-meter dash with a 54.24 time…coached by Kurt Rous…member of the cross country team his senior year.
Personal: Computer science major…member of the 2008 Carthage men’s cross country team…born Aug. 31, 1990.
Brad Fortney
Throws
Junior
Antioch, Ill.
2009: Finished third in the shot put (48-5 ¼) and fifth in the discus (143-9) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished sixth in the shot put (47-7 3/4) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2008: Injured and did not compete.
High School: A three-time All-North Suburban Conference honoree in the shot put and a two-time sectional champion and state qualifier… twice named Waukegan News-Sun All-Lake County…coached by John Brummond…in football, named all-conference, Daily Herald all-area, Pioneer Press all-area, Waukegan News-Sun All-Lake County and Lakeland Press All-Lake County both his junior and senior years…honor student.
Personal: Criminal justice major…linebacker on the 2007 Carthage football team…named to spring 2009 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born April 23, 1989.
B.J. Fuller
Mid-Distance
Sophomore
Lake Villa, Ill. (Lakes Community)
2009: Finished 14th in the 1,500-meter run (4:10.48) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 18th in the one-mile run (4:33.84) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Both his junior and senior-year teams won North Suburban Conference championships…coached by Kurt Rowells…four-year member of the cross country team…also played basketball…honor student.
Personal: Double major in finance and psychology…member of the 2008 Carthage men’s cross country team…born Dec. 7, 1989.
Derek Hall
Mid-Distance
Sophomore
Ingleside, Ill. (Fox Lake-Grant Community)
2009: Competed in the 800-meter run at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished third in the 800-meter run (1:55.96) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Named All-North Suburban League and All-Lake County both his junior and senior years…a state qualifier his senior year in the 800-meter run…set Grant Community High School records in the indoor mile, the indoor two-mile and the outdoor two-mile…coached by Kurt Rous…two-year member of the cross country team, named all-county both his junior and senior years and all-conference as a junior…member of the football team his freshman and sophomore years and a member of the wrestling team his sophomore and junior years.
Personal: Exercise and sport science major…member of the 2008 Carthage men’s cross country team…born June 7, 1989.
Dan Hrvatin
Sprints
Junior
Plano, Ill. (Joliet-Catholic Academy)
2009: Finished seventh in the 100-meter dash (11.37) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished third in the 55-meter dash (6.53) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2008: Competed in the 100-meter dash at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
2007: Finished fourth in the 55-meter dash (6.57) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Two-year letterwinner and a state champion his junior year in the indoor 55-meter dash…coached by John Stenbers…in football, rushed for 800 yards and scored 22 touchdowns his senior year on an 11-1 team that won an East Suburban Catholic Conference championship en route to the quarterfinals of the Illinois High School Association Class 6A state championship…National Art Honor Society member, Spanish Honor Society member, Mathematics Honor Society member and four-year high honors student.
Personal: Double major in business administration and Spanish…defensive back on the 2006 Carthage football team…named to the fall 2006 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Jan. 31, 1988.
Nate Hughes
Sprints/Throws
Graduated Senior
Antioch, Ill. (Community/Mount Union College)
2009: Finished second in the javelin (173-5) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…competed in the 55-meter dash at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2008: Finished third in he javelin (180-1) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 14th in the 200-meter dash (23.79) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2007: Finished ninth in the javelin (156-3) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 14th in the javelin (124-9) at the Wisconsin Private College Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 15th in the 200-meter dash (23.86) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2006: Attended Mount Union College for the fall semester and transferred to Carthage in January 2006…finished seventh in the javelin (152-7) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship...finished ninth in the 200-meter dash (23.77) at the Wisconsin Private College Championship.
High School: Did not participate in high school track and field... in football, named All-North Suburban Conference, All-Lake County and all-area both his junior and senior seasons...four-year member of the baseball team.
Personal: Exercise and sports science major…defensive back on the 2006-08 Carthage football teams…a four-time member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born April 5, 1987.
Dennis Hutchinson
Throws
Graduated Senior
McHenry, Ill. (East)
2009: Finished 17th in both the hammer throw (126-6) and the discus (122-8) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 10th in the weight throw (47-3) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2008: Finished seventh in the hammer throw (148-9) and ninth in the discus (132-5) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished seventh in the weight throw (45-9 ½) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2007: Finished sixth in the javelin (160-2) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished fifth in the hammer throw (142-3) and 10th in the discus (114-0) at the Wisconsin Private College Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
2006: Injured and did not compete.
2005: Finished ninth in the javelin (154-5) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…did not compete in indoor track and field.
High School: Member of the track and field team and coached by Bob Ludwigsen…in football, named Northwest Herald all-area and All-Fox Valley Conference his senior year on a team that advanced to the Illinois High School Association Class 7A quarterfinals.
Personal: Exercise and sport science major…tight end on the 2004 Carthage football team…a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born March 25, 1986.
Jarrayl Johnson
Throws
Junior
Flossmoor, Ill. (South Holland-Thornwood)
2009: Finished second in the shot put (49-9 ¾) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2008: Finished fifth in the shot put (46-2) and 17th in the discus (122-6) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished seventh in the shot put (44-11 ¼) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: A state qualifier his senior year in the shot put after winning a sectional title and finishing second in the event at the Southwest Inter-Conference Association East championship…his senior-year team finished eighth at the Illinois High School Association state championship…coached by John Kenecki…also a member of the football team…honor student.
Personal: Business administration major…born May 23, 1989.
Jon Kochmit
Throws
Graduated Senior
Park Ridge, Ill. (Maine South)
2009: Finished ninth in the hammer throw (172-2) at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship and earned United States Track and Field Coaches All-America honors…tied for second place in the hammer throw (171-9) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished second in the weight throw (53-4 ¼) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2008: Finished second in the hammer throw (154-11) and 13th in the discus (126-0) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…won the hammer throw and finished third in the discus at the Wisconsin Private College Outdoor Championship…finished eighth in the weight throw (45-3) and 11th in the shot put (41-6 ½) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2007: Finished 13th in the discus (121-11) and 14th in the shot out (41-2 ½) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished fourth in the discus (128-3) and sixth in the shot put (41-8) at the Wisconsin Private College Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 11th in the shot put (42-5) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2006: Finished 12th in the discus (127-9) and 13th in the shot put (40-4 ¾) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship...finished seventh in both the shot put (41-0 ½) and the discus (123-11) at the Wisconsin Private College Championship…finished 10th in the shot put (42-7 ½) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: A state qualifier and a an All-Central Suburban League honoree in both the shot put and the discus his senior year…his senior-year team won both indoor and outdoor conference and sectional titles…coached by former Augustana College (Ill.) football player Scott Tumilty…in football, named All-Central Suburban League South his senior year on a 13-1 team that finished second in the Illinois High School Association Class 8A state championship…two-year member of the wrestling team…honor student.
Personal: Double major in criminal justice and sociology…offensive lineman on the 2005-08 Carthage football teams...named to the fall 2006 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Jan. 2, 1987.
Tylor Lewis
Distance
Senior
Waterford, Wis. (Union)
2009: Injured and did not compete at the CCIW Indoor or Outdoor Track and Field Championships
2008: Won the 800-meter run (1:56.11) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…won the 800-meter run (TARC-record 1:55.30) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2007: Finished seventh in the 800-meter run (1:59.60) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Four-year member of the track and field team and coached by Nate Schreiber…four-year member of the cross country team and named first-team All-Lakeshore Conference and Racine Journal-Times first-team All-Racine County his senior year…National Honor Society member and high honors student.
Personal: Double major in mathematics and biology…his father, Scott Lewis, won the 1972 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association title in the one-mile run…member of the 2006-08 Carthage men’s cross country teams…named winter 2008 CCIW/Jack Swartz all-academic…named to Carthage dean’s list six-straight semesters and a six-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born July 14, 1988.
Ryan McDonald
Hurdles/Relays
Sophomore
North Webster, Ind. (Wawasee)
High School: Earned all-state honors as part of a 1,600-meter relay team that finished eighth both the 2006 and 2008 Indiana High School Athletic Association state championship…three-time All-Northern Lakes Conference pick…coached by Scott Lancaster…four-year member of the football team, named all-conference his junior year and set Wawasee High School records for most returns for touchdowns in a season (4), most interceptions in a season (6) and most career interceptions (11)…two-year member of the basketball team…National Honor Society member, four-year honor student and graduated with honors.
Personal: History major…defensive back on the 2008 Carthage football team…born June 19, 1989.
James Neylan
Throws
Sophomore
Morgan Hill, Calif. (St. Francis)
2009: Finished 16th in the shot put (40-3 ½) and 20th in the javelin (113-11) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 18th in the shot put (40-7 ¾) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Member of the track and field team both his junior and senior years…in football, named second-team West Catholic Athletic Conference his senior year…honor student.
Personal: Double major in business administration and marketing…linebacker on the 2008 Carthage football team…a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Dec. 25, 1989.
Brett Neylan
Jumps
Senior
Morgan Hill, Calif. (St. Francis)
2009: Tied for ninth place in the high jump (5-11 ¼), finished 15th in the long jump (19-8 ¼) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished ninth in the high jump (5-7 3/4) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2007-08: Attended Carthage but did not participate in track and field.
High School: Did not participate in high school track and field…in volleyball, named first-team All-West Catholic Conference and second-team all-sectional his senior year…member of the football team his freshman and sophomore years.
Personal: Double major in business administration and marketing…middle blocker on the 2007 and 2008 Carthage men’s volleyball teams…born Oct. 11, 1987.
Sean O'Connor
Mid-Distance
Graduated Senior
Rockford, Ill. (Boylan Catholic)
2009: Finished seventh in the 10,000-meter run (31:36.59) and 10th in the 5,000-meter run (15:34.06) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished sixth in the 3,000-meter run (8:40.58) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2008: Finished 14th in the 5,000-meter run (15:38.65) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
2007: Finished 16th in the 10,000-meter run (34:30.55) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
2006: Injured and did not compete.
High School: Named first-team All-Northern Illinois Conference 9 his senior year…coached by Ted Holm…also named all-conference in cross country as a senior...four-year member of the swimming and water polo teams and two years in football.
Personal: Double major in communication and geography…member of the 2005-07 Carthage men’s cross country teams...named to the fall 2006 Carthage dean’s list and a two-time member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born March 26, 1987.
Andrew Olinger
High Jump
Sophomore
Aurora, Ill. (West Aurora)
2009: Tied for ninth place in the high jump (5-11 ¼) and finished 12th in the triple jump (41-6 ½) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished eighth in the high jump (5-7 3/4) and 11th in the triple jump (41-4 ¼) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: A three-year member of the track and field team and coached by Courtney Lamb…four-year member of the football team…a three-time DuPage Valley Conference all-academic pick
Personal: Exercise and sport science major…named to the spring 2009 Carthage dean’s list and to the spring 2009 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born June 4, 1990.
Mike Oratowski
Hurdles
Sophomore
Wheaton, Ill. (Glen Ellyn-Glenbard South)
2009: Finished second in the 110-meter high hurdles (15.37) and fourth in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles (57.95) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished third in the 55-meter high hurdles (8.10) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: A state qualifier his senior year in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles…coached by Andy Preuss…in football, named Illinois Coaches Association all-state, All-Western Sun Conference and Daily Herald all-area his senior year…four-year member of the wrestling team and two years in baseball.
Personal: Mathematics major…running back on the 2008 Carthage football team…born Jan. 1.
Bill Quade
Mid-Distance
Junior
Lindenhurst, Ill. (Lake Villa-Lakes Community)
2009: Finished 18th in the 1,500-meter run (4:14.26) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 17th in the one-mile run (4:32.68) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2008: Finished 25th in the 1,500-meter run (4:39.86) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Four-time All-North Suburban League honoree in relay events …coached by Kurt Rowells…four-year cross country letterwinner…National Honor Society member, honor student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Environmental science major…member of the 2007 and 2008 Carthage men’s cross country teams…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and a five-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Nov. 13, 1988.
Greg Raimondi
Throws
Sophomore
Harwood Heights, Ill. (Norwood-Ridgewood)
2009: Finished eighth in the discus (137-9) and 23rd in the hammer throw (114-7) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Earned All-Metro Suburban Conference honors and coached by former Carthage football player Kris Norton…in football, named all-conference and Pioneer Press all-area both his junior and senior years and coached by Chris Zack, a letterwinner on the 1998 and 1999 Carthage football teams…honor student.
Personal: Exercise and sport science major…defensive back on the 2008 Carthage football team…a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Feb. 24, 1990.
Kenton Rauwerdink
Mid-Distance/Jumps
Graduated Senior
Hingham, Wis. (Oostburg)
2009: Won the decathlon (6,269 points) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship and finished 10th in the javelin (148-5)…competed in the 55-meter high hurdles at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2008: Won the decathlon (6,104 points) and finished ninth in the javelin (156-3) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 10th in the high jump (5-5 ¼) and 16th in the long jump (19-2) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2007: Finished 12th in the javelin (153-0) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished third in the javelin (159-3), fourth in the 110-meter high hurdles (16.85) and fifth in the high jump (5-8 ½) at the Wisconsin Private College Outdoor Track and Field Championship…competed in the high jump at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship…set a Carthage record in the pentathlon (4,078 points).
2006: Finished second in the decathlon (5,684 points) and 11th in the javelin (145-7) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship...finished sixth in the long jump (19-2 ¾) and seventh in both the 110-meter high hurdles (18.46) and the pole vault (10-6) at the Wisconsin Private College Championship…finished 19th in the 400-meter run (55.03) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Finished fifth at the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association state championship in the 800-meter run his senior year…finished 10th in the state 400-meter dash as a junior…Central Lakeshore Conference long jump champion both his junior and senior years…named all-conference his junior year in the 400-meter dash and all-conference as a freshman as part of a 3,200-meter relay team…his team finished second at the 2004 state championship Four-year member of the track and field team and coached by Jack Rauwerdink, a four-year track ands field letterwinner at Carthage between 1980 and 1983…in cross country, a four-time All-Central Lakeshore Conference honoree and qualified for the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association state championship as an individual his senior year…four-year member of the baseball team and a three-year member of the ice hockey team…National Honor Society member, high honors student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Double major in music and chemistry…member of the 2005-08 Carthage men’s cross country teams...named spring 2009 CCIW/Jack Swartz All-Academic…named to the Carthage dean’s list eight-straight semesters and an eight-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born May 10, 1986.
Klayton Reed
Mid-Distance
Sophomore
Bluffton, Ind. (Ossian-Norwell)
2009: Competed in the 800-meter run at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 10th in the 800-meter run (1:58.85) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Won both Northeast Hoosier Conference and regional titles his freshman year in the 800-meter run and part of a 1,600-meter relay team that won both conference and sectional titles …as a junior, won both conference and sectional titles in the 800-meter run and finished third at the Indiana High School Athletic Association state championship and was part of a 3,200-meter relay team that won both conference and sectional championships…won a conference title in the 800-meter run his senior year…coached by Gary Scott…four-year member of the cross country and basketball teams…honor student.
Personal: Business administration major…member of the 2008 Carthage men’s cross country team…born Jan. 13, 1989.
Clay Robertson
Sprints
Junior
Greendale, Wis. (Martin Luther)
2009: Competed in the 400-meter dash at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 14th in the 200-meter dash (52.50) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2008: Competed in the 400-meter dash at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 16th in the 400-meter dash (54.96) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Four-year letterwinner and coached by Mike Hackbarth…four-year member of the soccer team and a member of the swimming team his senior year…four-year honor student.
Personal: Double major in studio art and communication…named to the spring 2008 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born March 24, 1989.
Phillip Rood
Mid-Distance
Sophomore
Forreston, Ill.
2009: Finished 33rd in the 1,500-meter run (4:40.94) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Four-year member of the track and field team and coached by Nick Schneiderman…two-years member of the basketball team…National Honor Society member, high honors student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Business administration major…member of the 2008 Carthage men’s cross country team…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director's honor roll…born Oct. 19, 1988.
Mike Ruff
Mid-Distance
Sophomore
Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley)
High School: Set a Neuqua Valley High School record his senior year in the indoor 600-meter run…coached by Jack Wright…in cross country, named All-Upstate 8 both his junior and senior years…played football his freshman year and basketball as a sophomore.
Personal: Criminal justice major…member of the 2008 Carthage men’s cross country team…a two-semester meber of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Sept. 30, 1990.
Justin Sebens
Distance
Junior
Seymour, Ill. (Mahomet-Seymour)
2009: Tied for fourth place in the high jump (6-3 ¼) and finished ninth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:49.30) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished fifth in the high jump (6-3 ½) and 12th in the 3,000-meter run (9:12.62) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2008: Finished fifth in the high jump (6-1 ½) and ninth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:56.58) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished fifth in the high jump (6-1 ¼) and 13th in the 5,000-meter run (16:03.56) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Four-year member of the track and field team and earned all-state honors as a senior…coached by Keith Pogue…in cross country, a three-year All-Corn Belt Conference honoree, named all-area both his junior and senior years and all-sectional as a senior… member of the basketball team his freshman year…National Honor Society member and four-year honor student.
Personal: Physics major…member of the 2007 and 2008 Carthage men’s cross country teams…named to the spring 2008 Carthage dean’s list and a five-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Nov. 2, 1988.
Josh Solorio
Distance
Junior
West Allis, Wis. (Milwaukee-West Allis Central)
2009: Finished 16th in the 10,000-meter run (33:44.85) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
2008: Finished 14th in the 10,000-meter run (35:04.90) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 16th in the 5,000-meter run (16:24.56) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: His sophomore-year team won a Greater Metro Conference indoor title…coached by Dale Lindenberg…four-year member of the cross country team…honor student.
Personal: Biology major…member of the 2007 and 2008 Carthage men’s cross country teams…a three-time member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Jan. 18, 1989.
Marshall Stewart
Mid-Distance
Sophomore
Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley)
2009: Competed in the 400-meter dash at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 13th in the 200-meter dash (51.89) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Four-year member of the track and field team and earned all-state honors his senior year in the 3,200-meter relay…part of an Upstate Eight Conference championship team in the indoor 400-meter relay his senior year and a conference-championship 1,600-meter relay squad as a junior…coached by Mike Kennedy…also a member of the football team.
Personal: Double major in business administratio and exercise and sport science…member of the 2008 Carthage men’s cross country team…born Oct. 15, 1990.
Roger Straz
Mid-Distance
Graduated Senior
Des Plaines, Ill. (Maine West)
2009: Competed in the 800-meter run at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 12th in the 800-meter run (1:59.09) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2008: Studied abroad during spring term and missed the track and field season.
2007: Competed in the 800-meter run at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship?finished seventh in the 400-meter dash (53.24) at the Wisconsin Private College Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished ninth in the 800-meter run (2:00.74) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2006: Finished 11th in the 800-meter run (2:06.01) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Earned All-Central Suburban League honors his senior year as part of league-championship 3,200-meter relay team…coached by Andy Trotter…four-year member of the cross country team…four-year member of the soccer team and named all-conference, all-sectional and Daily Herald all-area as a senior and all-conference as a junior…Maine West “2004-05 Male Athlete of the Year”…National Honor Society member, Illinois State Scholar, Central Suburban League all-academic, honor student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Double major in mathematics and Spanish…member of the 2005-08 Carthage men’s soccer teams…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and a five-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born March 30, 1987.
Joe Stubenvoll
Distance
Senior
Gurnee, Ill. (Warren Township)
2009: Finished 19th in the 5,000-meter run (17:36.72) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 22nd in the 3,000-meter run (9:50.30) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2008: Finished 22nd in the 5,000-meter run (17:36.46) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 19th in the one-mile run (4:57.78) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2007: Finished 18th in the 3,000-meter run (9:41.18) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship…injured and did not compete during the outdoor season.
High School: Four-year member of the track and field team and coached by Bill Dawson…four-year member of the cross country team and played basketball his freshman year.
Personal: History major…member of the 2006-08 Carthage men’s cross country teams…named to Carthage dean’s list five times and a six-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll……born June 17, 1987.
Austin Twomey
Mid-Distance
Junior
Monmouth, Ill. (Monmouth-Roseville)
2009: Finished 14th in the triple jump (41-0 ½) and tied for 11th place in the pole vault (13-0 ¾)…finished 14th in the triple jump (40-5 1/2) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2008: Finished eighth in the triple jump (42-9 ¾) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 17th in the 800-meter run (2:09.11) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Set a school record in the triple jump his senior year…part of sectional-championship and state-qualifying 3,200-meter relay team as a junior…coached by Chad McKenna…three-year cross country letterwinner…member of the basketball team his freshman and sophomore years and played golf his freshman year…honor student.
Personal: Business administration major…his grandfather, John Edward Twomey, was an NCAA All-American in track and field at the University of Illinois… member of the 2007 and 2008 Carthage men’s cross country teams…named to the Carthage dean’s list five times and a five-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Nov. 20, 1988.
Geno Verucchi
Hurdles
Junior
Peru, Ill. (Sr. Bede Academy)
2008: Finished sixth in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles (1:00.08) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 16th in the 200-meter dash (24.32) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: A state qualifier his senior year in the 110-meter high hurdles, the 300-meter intermediate hurdles and as part of a 400-meter relay team…a state qualifier his junior year in the 300-meter hurdles…a three-time Tri-County Conference champion in both the 110-meter high hurdles and the 300-meter intermediate hurdles and set a school record of 39.4 in the latter event his senior year…part of three conference-championship 800-meter relay teams and two in the 400-meter relay…meet MVP his sophomore year on a conference-championship team…coached by Mike Skoflanc…a two-year member of both the football and cross country teams.
Personal: Environmental science major…born June 22, 1989.
Keith Volante
Decathlon
Senior
Mount Prospect, Ill. (Prospect)
2008: Competed in the 100-meter dash at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
2007: Competed in the 200-meter dash at the Wisconsin Private College Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: All four of his teams won Mid-Suburban League East titles…his junior-year team finished sixth at the Illinois High School Association state championship, and his senior-year team finished 16th…coached by Mike Kamedula…four-year member of the football and basketball teams, and his senior-year football squad won an IHSA Class 7A state championship…Mid-Suburban League all-academic his senior year and four-year honor student.
Personal: Exercise and sport science major…named to the fall 2008 Carthage dean's list and a four-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Nov. 12, 1987.
Chas Walton
Jumps/Pole Vault
Senior
Glendale, Wis. (Milwaukee-Nicolet)
2009: Finished fifth in the javelin (166-4), tied for 11th place in the pole vault (13-0 ¾) and finished 13th in the triple jump (41-5 ¼) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished eighth in the triple jump (42-9 1/2) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2008: Finished ninth in the triple jump (41-5 ¾) and 11th in the pole vault (13-10) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished eighth in the triple jump (41-7 ¼) and 11th in the pole vault (13-6 ½) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2007: Finished 11th in the triple jump (41-1 ½) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship¼finished third in the pole vault (13-5 ¾) at the Wisconsin Private College Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 14th place in both the pole vault (13-0 3/4) and the triple jump (40-2 ¼) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Finished fifth in the regional triple jump his senior year at 42-2…coached by Jeff Houck…two-year member of the football team.
Personal: Exercise and sport science major…wide receiver on the 2006-08 Carthage football teams…a four-time member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Aug. 12, 1988.
Ryan Weber
Distance
Junior
Cary, Ill. (Cary-Grove/Univ. of Kansas)
2009: Finished 22nd in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (11:24.90) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
2008: Attended the University of Kansas his freshman year…red-shirted on the cross country team but did not participate in track and field.
High School: A three-time All-Fox Valley Conference honoree…part of school-record relay teams in both the 1,600-meter relay and the 3,200-meter relay…coached by Layne Holter…four-year member of the cross country team.
Personal: Mathematics major…member of the 2008 Carthage men’s cross country team…born Sept. 4, 1988.
Russell Wetzel
Distance
Sophomore
Champaign, Ill. (Central)
2009: Finished 22nd in the one-mile run (4:37.00) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: A state qualifier his senior year in both the 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter relays…in cross country, named All-Big 12 Conference his senior year…National Honor Society member, Big 12 Conference all-academic and honor student.
Personal: History major…member of the 2008 Carthage men’s cross country team…named to the spring 2009 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born June 1, 1989.
Prentis Wilbourn
Jumps
Junior
Racine, Wis. (Case)
2009: Won the triple jump (46-0) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship and finished third in the long jump (21-11 ½)…finished second in the triple jump (45-3) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2008: Won the triple jump (45-10 ¾) and finished sixth in the long jump (21-2 ½) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished second in the triple jump (43-7 ½) and eighth in the long jump (20-5 ¾) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Member of the track and field team and coached by former Carthage football player John Sedeska…two-year football letterwinners…four-year honors student.
Personal: Undecided on major…cornerback on the 2007 Carthage football team…born April 14, 1989.
Spencer Williams
Throws
Graduated Senior
Glenview, Ill. (Glenbrook South)
2009: Won the shot put (50-8 ¼) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship and finished 13th in the discus (131-2)…won the shot put (50-7 ½) and finished sixth in the weight throw (49-2 ½) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field championship.
2008: Finished second in the shot put (49-6 ½) and 20th in the discus (118-8) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished eighth in the shot put (44-6 ¾) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2007: Injured and did not compete.
2006: Finished 10th in the shot put (44-6) and 18th in the discus (112-6) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship...finished third in the shot put (43.5) at the Wisconsin Private College Championship…finished seventh in the shot put (45-1 ¾) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Coached by Ken Hasenstein…three-year member of the football team…played both soccer and tennis as a freshman.
Personal: Criminal justice major…offensive lineman on the 2006 Carthage football team…named to the winter 2008 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born July 20, 1987.
Richard Williams
Jumps
Senior
Poplar Grove, Ill. (North Boone)
2009: Finished eighth in the high jump (6-1 ¼) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…did not compete at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship due to basketball.
2008: Finished fourth in the high jump (6-1 ½) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
2007: Attended Carthage but did not participate in track and field.
High School: Two-time all-conference high jumper in track and field…in basketball, named Illinois Basketball Coaches Association honorable mention all-state his senior year, as well as first-team All-Four Rivers Conference and Beloit Daily News second-team all-area…lettered twice in football and earned all-conference honors his senior year…four-year honor student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Double major in business administration and accounting…member of the 2007-09 Carthage men’s basketball teams…born July 13, 1988.
Tyler Wishau
Distance
Senior
Rockford, Ill. (Lutheran)
2009: Finished seventh in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:47.30) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 14th in the 3,000-meter run (9:14.46) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2008: Finished 12th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:02.42) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 17th in the 5,000-meter run (16:29.63) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
2007: Finished 19th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:25.05) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship...finished 12th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:47.90) at the Wisconsin Private College Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 21st in the 3,000-meter run (9:48.20) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.
High School: Two-year member of the cross country team and coached by Neal Blackburn…two-year member of the tennis team.
Personal: Double major in German and biology…member of the 2006-08 Carthage men’s cross country teams...named to the Carthage dean's list five times and a six-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Nov. 27, 1987.
Stener Ziel
Hurdles
Sophomore
Marseilles, Ill. (Ottawa Township)
High School: Member of the track and field team and coached by Trent Swords…in football, named first-team All-North Central Illinois Conference and Ottawa Times first-team all-area as a senior.
Personal: History major…wide receiver on the 2008 Carthage football team…born Feb. 13, 1990.