Big Mike wins both throws with solid marks on a cold & windy day against a field that had one of the state's top throwers. Mike continues to improve and now ranks 14th in the Shot Put and 9th in the Discus in 3A. Keep working!
The conditions limited the ability for teams to run fast times. Our goal was to focus on competing in the race. Some of the top competition in the state were in our heat... IL#6, IL#11, IL#17, IL#35. We executed clean exchanges and achieved our goal. Two Invites in two weeks, two gold medals. Our IL#6 & 3A#3 ranks still stand. Big opportunity this week at the Pete Struck Invite at Sandburg!
On such a bitter cold & windy day, we had a grand total of THREE PRs. This is not a knock on the team. We had a good day. It's a testament to the conditions. Shoutout to Will Morrey going 5:05.34 in the 1600 (under 5:00 soon!), Ryne Sternberg in the 4x8 splitting 2:08.9, and freshman Ashton Zopf for obliterating his 300m hurdles heat out of lane-1 with a PR time of 45. 52 (that freshman 300int record is in sight đź‘€).
We always look forward to this meet because Edwardsville puts on a phenomenal meet and it gives us a better opportunity for favorable Midwest April weather. This year, we brought the northern air down with us (45 degrees, 15-25mph wind, low-30 wind chill). We used this as a challenge to fight the elements and get better as a team. We didn't scratch a single event all day. In a 200 field that had 12/32 competitors scratch (!), Jaden Michel toughed out a 4th-place finish for the TEAM. Our two 4x4 teams fought with everything they had to shore up a 3rd-place team finish for the team plaque. We got better as TEAM this weekend. Â
Bring on Championship Season.
4x1: 3rd
4x2: 6th
Mike Tarasiewicz- Discus: 9th
Nick Smith- 110hh: 13th
Mike Tarasiewicz- Shot Put: 14th
Nick Smith- 300int: 35th
Corey Alexander- 200m: 35th
Austin Kulig- High Jump: 38th
*Denotes PR
Michel 11.77
Kelly 11.79
Michel 23.84 (4th)
Akins 26.01
Wolfe 54.70 (8th)
Condon 56.24
Zvejnieks 2:12.65
Gibbons 2:17.97
DeVriendt 4:49.35
Morrey 5:05.34*
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Smith 15.55 (3rd)
Zopf 19.17
Smith 44.14
Zopf 45.52*
Varsity 43.77 (1st)
Kelly 11.4
Ryan 10.9
Alexander 11.1
Michel 10.3
FS DQ
Eassa 12.0
Thigpen
Thompson
Danca
Varsity 1:35.31 (7th)
Littleton 24.8
Kulig 24.8
Ryan 22.7
Kelly 22.9
FS 1:38.62 (4th)
Eassa 25.1
Thigpen 24.6
Thompson 23.9
Danca 24.4
Varsity 3:38.36 (3rd)
Ryan 55.6
Bailitz 53.3
Sternberg 54.5
Smith 55.0
FS 3:46.66 (3rd)
Thigpen 54.6
Condon 56.9
Misura 59.2
Wolfe 55.2
Varsity 8:44.72 (5th)
DeVriendt 2:07.9
Zvejnieks 2:14.4
Sternberg 2:08.9*
Marynowski 2:13.4
FS 8:59.94 (5th)
Radtke 2:16.2
Misura 2:13.7
O'Reilly 2:22.2
Wolfe 2:07.9
Tarasiewicz 15.54m (51-0) (1st)
Barrett 12.81m (42-0)
Tarasiewicz 43.96m (144-3) (1st)
Barrett 32.64m (107-1)
Kulig 1.75m (5-9) (7th)
Thigpen 1.70m (5-7)
Ryan 5.64m (18-6)
Littleton 5.50m (18-0)
Bailitz 12.15m (39-10) (7th)
Kulig 11.51m (37-9)