2011 Boys Track & Field

The members of the 2011 boys varsity track team include (front row) Luke Pesavento, Chase Kohlmeyer, Eric Karwat, Christopher Zilligen, Alex Forgue; (second row) Nathan McGuire, Kyle Smith, Jacob Hofer, Brett Wiedeman, Cory Raynor, Robert Budde, Colin Nielsen, Cesar Villalobos, James Slaahuddin, Tevin Hopkins, Jayme Roberts; (third row) Ben Boland, Cameron Twaites, Michael Pazely, Sam Froemel, Alex Hardenbrook, Darren Desmarais, Evan Slabaugh, Darrien Thompson, Chris Patterson, Pierre Sally; (fourth row) Colin Armstrong, Kevin Dorenkamper, assistant coach Nick Lundin, head coach Joe Urbelis, assistant coach Dan Ingram, assistant coach Paulie Forsythe, assistant coach Mark Smith, Mahmoud Atra, Elliott Johnson; (fifth row) Joe McAsey, Danny Bahret, Dan Popek, Brett Hasler, Austin Rodriguez, Trevor Hardenbrook, Bryan Dorenkamper, Alex Hoshell; (sixth row) Alex Wielbik, Daniel Lentz, Erik Segura, Jake DeGraaf, Demetri Sparagis, Chauncey, Turpin, and Kyle Hallerberg.

9th at State

2nd at Conference Meet

The boys team saw their distance program continue to succeed with new speed added to the sprinters, thanks to assistant coach Dan Ingram, who was in his first year coaching. The team qualified 7 events for the state meet and came home with medals in four events, including the state champion 4x800m relay of Danny Bahret, Joey Santillo, Dan Popek, and Joe McAsey.
Page researched by Sam Conroy, 2022
Head Coach: Joe UrbelisAssistant Coaches: Nick Lundin, Dan Ingram, Paul Forsythe, Mark Smith
Home track: MCHS Central Campus Stadium, 301 S. Wabena Ave., Minooka
IHSA Class: 3A Conference: Southwest Prairie
All-Conference Athletes: Trevor Rodgers (discus), Jordan Cannon (high jump), Kurtis Zumbahlen (high jump), Dan Lentz (pole vault, 110m hurdles, 300m hurdles), Zach Colvin (shot put), Mike Atra (triple jump), Evan Slabaugh (4x800m relay), Danny Bahret (4x800m relay), Ben Boland (4x800m relay), Dan Popek (4x800m relay), Joe McAsey (3200m run , 1600m run, 4x400m relay), Joey Santillo (3200m run, 1600m run), Danny Bahret (800m run), Daniel Ingram (4x400m relay), David Wykes (4x400m relay), James Salahuddin (4x400m relay
State-Qualifying Individual Athletes: Kurtis Zumbahlen (high jump), Danny Bahret (4x800m relay), Joey Santillo (4x800m relay, 1600m run), Dan Popek (4x800m relay), Joe McAsey (4x800m relay, 800m run, 4x400m relay), Kevin Dorenkamper (4x200m relay, 300m hurdles), Daniel Ingram (4x200m relay, 4x400m relay), Jayme Roberts (4x200m relay), James Salahuddin (4x200m relay (4x400m relay), David Wykes (4x400m relay)
All-State Athletes: 4x800m relay (Danny Bahret, Joey Santillo, Dan Popek, Joe McAsey), 1st place, 7:43.42; Joe McAsey, 800m run, 3rd place, 1:53.49; Kevin Dorenkamper, 300m hurdles, 4th place, 38.36; 4x400m relay (Daniel Ingram, David Wykes, James Salahuddin, Joe McAsey), 9th place, 3:22.26.
Outdoor records: 4x800m relay (Danny Bahret, Joey Santillo, Dan Popek, Joe McAsey), 1st place, 7:43.42; Joe McAsey, 800m run, 3rd place, 1:50.80; Kevin Dorenkamper, 300m hurdles, 38.36; Kevin Dorenkamper 110m hurdles, 14.66; 4x200m relay (Kevin Dorenkamper, Jayme Roberts, Daniel Ingram, James Salahuddin), 1:29.04; 4x400m relay (Daniel Ingram, David Wykes, James Salahuddin, Joe McAsey), 3:17.79
2010-11 yearbook
Boys Track & Field 2011

Sources: 2011 MCHS Yearbook, Peace Pipe Chatter, MCHS boys track & field website