Feb. 8, 2010

Complete Results

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The UIC women's and men's track and field squads spent the weekend at the Bob Keck Invitational, hosted by Illinois Wesleyan University.

The women's team finished fourth out of 21 teams, while the men came in fifth place. The women finished with 50 points just behind Monmouth College, Rhodes College and the host school, Illinois Wesleyan, who won the team title.

The men's squad accumulated 26.5 points, good enough for a fifth-place showing behind Illinois State, Monmouth College, Carthage College and overall men's winner, Washington University.

For the women, sophomore Kellie Schuh finished second in the pole vault with a height of 11 feet, two inches. Her twin sister, Aimee Schuh, finished tied for second in the long jump with a distance of over 17 feet, 6 inches.

On the track, junior Rosemary Gillam ran third in the 3,000 meter event with a time of 10:50.84. Sophomore Toni Ogundare finished second in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:20.44.

On the men's side, freshman Roy Mwale continued to build on his strong indoor season, posting a third-place finish in the 200 meter dash with a mark of 22.93 seconds.

Justin Higginbotham finished third for the Flames in the men's triple jump with a distance of over 43 feet, 10 inches.

UIC will be back in action this weekend beginning on Friday afternoon at the Chicagoland Championships in Romeoville, Ill. That event runs through Saturday.