Kaneland grad Heinzer flying on track at Lewis

Kaneland alum Allison Heinzer's stock continues to rise as a member of the Lewis University women's track and field team.

At the recent Mike Lints Invitational hosted by Grand Valley State in Allendale, Michigan, Heinzer, a junior, picked up a pair of event wins in the 200 and 400. She ran 24.50 in the 200 and her winning time of 54.89 in the 400 is the third-fastest time in NCAA Division II this season.

Back in December, Heinzer was named the Great Lakes Valley Conference women's indoor track athlete of the week.

It was the fourth indoor conference player of the week award for Heinzer and the first this season. At the time, she was the last Flyer to earn the award since winning it back-to-back weeks in February 2018.

Heinzer opened the indoor season at the GVSU Holiday Open by winning the 200 with a time of 24.37 and placing third in the 400 with a time of 55.91. She earned provisional qualifying marks in both events for the NCAA Division II indoor track and field championships.

Heinzer's time in the 200 ranked first at the time in the GLVC and second in Division II, while her time in the 400 was first in the conference at the time and seventh nationally.

Heinzer is coming off a sophomore season where she was named an indoor all-American in the 200 and 400 and an outdoor all-American in the 400. Heinzer set the school record in the outdoor 400 and the indoor 200.

As a freshman, she was named a second-team all-American in the 400 relay at the NCAA outdoor championships and was named a USTFCCCA all-region indoor and outdoor recipient, as well as being named the Great Lakes Valley Conference freshman of the year in both the indoor and outdoor seasons. Heinzer is a special and elementary education major at Lewis.

Frazier at Wheaton College: Batavia graduate Hannah Frazier continues to excel as a member of the Wheaton College women's basketball team.

In a recent 61-51 road victory at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Frazier had 15 points to go with 13 rebounds and a game-high 7 assists.

It was Frazier's third double-double in a row. In addition to the 15-13 effort against Carthage, she had a game-high 26 points to go with 14 rebounds in a 76-59 win at Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Frazier also had game highs of 28 points and 16 rebounds in a 62-57 victory at home against North Park.

Through 20 games, Frazier was leading the team in scoring at 19.1 points per game while averaging 7.6 rebounds per game. She's shooting .496 from the field, .484 from the 3-point line (30 made) and .795 from the free-throw line for a Wheaton team that was 16-4 overall and 10-1 in conference play through this past weekend.

Andrews at Illinois: Huntley graduate Ali Andrews is a contributor for the University of Illinois women's basketball team. Through this past weekend, Andrews is averaging 7.0 points per game to go with 3.6 rebounds per contest. She is shooting .412 from the field and .404 from the 3-point line where she ranks second on the team in 3-pointers made with 23. She also ranks second in blocked shots with 11 for a Fighting Illini team that is 9-10 overall and 1-7 in Big Ten Conference play. Andrews has started 16 of the 19 games she has played in.

Andrews had 19 points in a game against Eastern Michigan and 17 points against Alabama A & M this season.

Carlson at Aurora: Kaneland graduate Ty Carlson is a senior forward on the Aurora University women's basketball team. In a recent 77-72 victory against Wisconsin Lutheran, Carlson had 18 points.

Carlson's efforts have helped him rise to the top of Aurora's scoring charts this season. Through the weekend, Carlson was leading the Spartans in scoring at 14.2 points per game. He was shooting .435 from the field, .370 from the 3-point line and .728 from the free-throw line. He also has a team-best 46 assists against only 20 turnovers.

The 18 points against Wisconsin Lutheran gave Carlson 7 games in a row of double-digit scoring. That streak started with a 37-point outburst in a game against Concordia Chicago, followed by 20 points against Rockford.

Also on the Aurora roster are West Aurora graduate Marquis Howard, a junior, and Elgin Westminster Christian product Ben Versluys.

Haage at Augustana: Huntley graduate Bryan Haage is a senior on the Augustana College men's swimming team. At the recent Grinnell invitational in Grinnell, Iowa, Haage was part of the 200 medley relay team for Augustana that took first with a time of 1:37.22.

Haage also was fourth in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:48.27, took fifth in the 50 free in 22.46. Day 1 of the event at Grinnell saw Haage part of the winning 200 free relay team that clocked in at 1:27.28. Haage also took second in the 200 IM at 1:59.23 and was fourth in the 100 at 49.04.

Send information and/or statistics on Fox Valley-area athletes playing collegiately to Mike Miazga at mjm890@gmail.com. Winter sports submissions are encouraged.