On a chilly overcast night on April 5th, we run 42.64 (IL #2) to place second to my father's team and my former school, Plainfield North 42.59 (IL #1). We are .13 under the state qualifying standard (42.77) and only .55 off the school record from 2019. This is the second fastest early April time from any relay team I have coached (42.09, 41.29 [state champs], 41.67, 41.72, 42.07, 42.22). What a start!
There were 93 (!!) shot putters and 84 discus throwers at this meet. Insane. Coupled with the chilly weather, Jon didn't blink. He placed 2nd in the Discus with a throw of 150-6 PR. The state qualifying standard is 153-3. He also placed 2nd in the Shot Put with a throw of 48-01.
1:31.95 isn't as good as we hoped, but is nothing to be upset about in early April! Jaden Michel had to FIGHT to hold off Nic Clark from Plainfield North. We hope to better this time at Belleville West on Saturday.
Joey Burke jumping 5-10 in the High Jump now gives us four jumpers over 5-10 on the season! Congrats to our outstanding jumps coach, Brandon Marren on continuing to build an elite jumps culture.
Kulig 6-1
Dempsey 5-11
Thigpen 5-11
Burke 5-10
Gibbons 2:13.4
DeVriendt 2:10.4
Sternberg 2:15.0
Marynowski 2:21.0
8:59.66
Great showing from our young D-Crew. The D-Crew are the toughest, hardest working athletes on the team.
Top 100m runners out of 169 (!!) runners:
Mazza 11.29 (7th)
Ketza 11.32 (8th)
Zakowski 11.44 (11th)
Zeman 11.44 (14th)
Suliamon 11.53 (20th)
Great times for early April!
Thigpen (Fr.) 56.41
Sternberg (So.) 56.74
Gibbons (So.) 57.11
Wandick (Fr.) 59.75
Ben Morrey ran a PR in the 800 running 2:04.59 to place 3rd.
Sophomore Reese DeVriendt ran 4:53.54 PR in the 1600 to place 4th overall.
110hh
Smith 16.49 (2nd)
Bailitz 17.39 (8th)
300int
Bailitz 43.31 (3rd)
Smith 45.77 (10th)
Mazza 11.29
Ketza 11.32
Zakowski 11.44
Zeman 11.48
Sulaimon 11.53
Vassolo 11.76
Rateike 12.00
Zeman 12.17
Ghee 12.18
Tanquilut 12.25
Ceniti 12.32
Zamudio 12.41
Conner 12.45
Biskup 12.59
Pavelka 12.60
Condon 12.63
Jagodzinski 12.68
Monahan 12.99
Bailitz 13.33
Thigpen 56.41
Sternberg 56.74
Gibbons 57.11
Picciola 59.45
Wandick 59.75
Condon 1:00.49
Herzic 1:00.58
Dempsey 1:00.60
Bottom 1:03.82
Grames 1:06.32
Tibbetts 1:18.87
Morrey 2:04.59
DeVriendt 2:14.63
Boling 2:17.49
Solomon 2:20.58
Zufan 2:24.56
Jacob 2:30.46
Rudolph 2:31.30
Nazzal 2:34.41
Bottom 2:34.53
Roat 2:36.31
Saddler 2:37.29
Samara 2:37.56
Grames 2:38.49
Alghazali 2:40.32
Aldabbagh 2:41.06
Cotter 2:45.66
Abdelhamid 2:54.87
Jose 2:56.36
Tibbetts 3:03.29
DeVriendt 4:53.54
Morrey 5:25.87
Roat 5:36h
Rudolph 5:39h
Marynowski 5:45h
Jacob 5:46h
Canavan 5:47h
Kras 6:04h
Evans 6:25h
Estrada 6:27h
Cotter 6:50h
Wendling 12:49.87
Smith 16.49
Bailitz 17.39
Bailitz 43.31
Smith 45.77
Bailitz 50.59
Monahan 51.01
Varsity A 42.64 (IL#2)
Kelly 11.6
Maas 10.3
Ketza 10.4
Michel 10.3
Varsity B 44.16
Zakowski 11.5
Gilleylen 11.7
Barberi 10.7
Alexander 10.4
Freshman 47.55
B. Tanquilut 12.7
Thigpen 11.2
Pavelka 12.4
Eassa 11.1
Varsity 1:31.95 (IL#2)
Kelly 23.3
Maas 22.8
Alexander 22.9
Michel 22.7
Varsity A 3:43.51
Zufan 55.0
Burke 55.3
Boling 56.7
Kulig 56.6
Varsity B 4:01.36
Zakowski 55.7
Eassa 60.0
Herzic 64.3
Picciola 61.6
Varsity C 4:00.43
Morrey 57.1
Solomon 60.9
Jalowek 63.6
Danca 58.8
FS 8:59.66
Gibbons 2:13.4
DeVriendt 2:10.3
Sternberg 2:15.0
Marynowski 2:21.0
Varsity 9:23.39
Zvejnieks 2:12.9
Picciola 2:20.0
Jalowek 2:29.0
Danca 2:22.0
FS B 9:57.09
W. Morrey 2:24.0
McClelland 2:27.5
Canavan 2:26.0
Estrada 2:40.0
Young 48-01
Tarasiewicz 38-05
Kuntzman 37-02
Issaka 36-01
Fisler 36-00
Barrett 35-08
McDonnaugh 35-05
Sternes 34-09
Diehl 30-09
Fahey 30-09
Culich 28-09
Zimmer 27-05
Young 150-06 (IL#7)
Tarasiewicz 88-00
Issaka 87-08
Diehl 85-05
Kuntzman 83-04
Barrett 79-00
McDonnaugh 76-10
Fahey 76-07
Culich 74-11
Sternes 70-01
Zimmer 54-06
Kulig 5-10
Burke 5-10
Thigpen 5-06
Dempsey 5-06
Burke 18-11.00
Akins 18-01
Boling 17-08
Kras 17-05
Wandick 17-02
Georgey 14-07
Rudolph FOUL
Kulig 38-1.75 [11.63m]
Sulaimon 36-5.5 [11.09m]
Fernandez 35-9.51 [10.91m]
N. Bailitz 34-3 [10.44m]
Biskup 33-8.5 [10.27m]