Illinois High School Track and Field Weekend Highlights - February 25, 2024

 

Personal and seasonal bests rule the meets on the last weekend in February

 

By Michael Newman

 

Good meets involving top athletes challenging each other results in state leading marks and more importantly personal bests in meets throughout Illinois over the past weekend. The first big meet this indoor season of major significance was the NCC Boys Invitational on February 15. The kickoff for the indoor season came on Friday and Saturday were run on 200 Meter tracks.

 

The momentum of this past weekend will just continue from weekend to weekend until we get to the IHSA State Meet this coming May.

 

Here are highlights of some of the meets that took place throughout Illinois this past weekend with meets completed by February 24.

 

Batavia Bulldog Girls Invitational – This meet failed to disappoint especially in the distance events where the top four teams from last fall’s 3A State Cross Country meet were in attendance. It was the third race of the morning that got everyone’s attention.

 

Mia Sirios of Barrington was close to going under 5-minutes for the 1600 Meter Run the week before at York. This would be the first 3200/2-mile race since she ran one at the end of January at Gately Park. Sirios broke away from the rest of the field from the start. She had a 10 second lead at 1200-meters in front of Prospect’s Veronica Znajda and Lily Ginsberg along with Holly Johnston of Downers Grone South. Sirios continued to push the pace at that point moving away from the field passing 1600-meters in 5:19. 3. Znajda and Ginsberg were at 5:34 15 seconds back. That gap continued to grow as Sirios put the pressure on the pace. The winning time for the freshman was the fastest time in the state in 10:30.29 (US #8). What was even more impressive is that she lapped this talent laden field including the two Prospect runners.

 

The top six runners in this race finished under 11:30. Znajda ran 11:10.06 (IL #5) and Ginsberg (11:10.35, IL #6) finished second and third. Johnson ran 11:18.63 (IL #9) to finish fourth. McKenzie Willard of Downers Grove North finished fifth (11:21.91, IL #12) ahead of teammate Sarah Paul (11:24.03, IL #13).

 

Scout Storms has made it a habit early in this season to make the finishes In Barrington’s relays with a touch of suspense. Storms was 5 seconds behind Prospect entering the final lap of the 4x800m Relay. In a blink of an eye, Storms caught Prospect’s Amalia Scorza in the final 50-meters in the race. Barrington was timed in 10:01.38 (IL #4) for the win. Prospect ran 10:02.58 (IL #5) to finish second without their full lineup. They did have Meg Peterson run the second leg with a 2:19.9 leg giving the Knights the lead half way through the race.

 

Storms did double back in the 800 Meter Run but did not have an answer to Downers Grove North’s Ava Gilley who took the lead at the start of the race. Zimmer ran 2:17.57 (IL #4) to capture the win ahead of Katherine Klimek of York (2:20.22, IL #13) and Storms (2:21.31, IL #15). Kayleigh Burns of Barrington played it smart in her race in the 1600 Meter Run. The senior hung back for the first half of the race and then caught Maggie Owens of York and Sophia Baumert of Streamwood. Burns pulled away in the final lap to run 5:13.70 for the win with Baumert (5:19.42) and Owens (5:21.16) finishing second and third.

 

Isabelle Taylor of Batavia was a double winner in the sprints. Taylor ran 7.43 to win the 55 Meter Dash ahead of the Downers Grove North duo of Allison Leach (7.52) and Dakota Washington (7.54). Taylor came back to run 25.97 to win the 200 Meter Dash. Batavia, with Taylor leading off, ran 1:44.86 (IL #2) to dominate with a win the 4x200m Relay ahead of Prospect (1:46.51) and Downers Grove North (1:47.65, IL #10). Downers Grove North, led off with a sub-60 second opening leg from Ava Gilley, ran 4:09.74 (IL #5) to win the 4x400m Relay with Prospect running 4:13.72 for second.

 

Meg Peterson, who ran the second leg for Prospect’s team in the 4x800m Relay, needed to come from behind to catch teammate Veronica Znajda to in the final five meters to win the 400 Meter Dash. Peterson ran 1:00.10 (IL #12) just ahead of Znajda (1:00.54). Lauren Broome of Oswego took the lead on the second hurdle on her way to running 8.77 (IL #3) to win the 55 Meter Hurdles. Charlotte Rossi of Prospect ran 9.14 (IL #11) to finish second.

 

In field events, Barrington swept the first two places in the Shot Put. Sofiabella Amirante had a 39-1.75 best (IL #7) for the win with teammate Morgan Flaska finishing second (33-9.25). Barrington’s Yane Jansen Van Rensburg cleared 10-0 to win the Pole Vault. Freshman Madeline Marling of Prospect cleared 4-10 to win the High Jump. Skyler Libel of Glenbard North jumped 17-4 in winning the Long Jump. Libel came back to jump 34-0 to win the Triple Jump.

 

Lakes Clash at the Coliseum Invitational – The 3200 Meter Run in the first three years of this meet has seemed to produce the top performances in this meet. This year it proved to be true once again with the top three finishers now ranked nationally in the top 25. 7 of the top 10 times in the state were produced in this meet.

 

Camyn Viger of Plainfield South defended his title in this race and re-set the meet record. Viger ran 9:07.81 to establish a new meet record by over five seconds. He is currently ranked #7 in the United States indoors. The top three times in the state came from this race. Ben Crane of New Trier ran 9:10.55 to finish second just ahead of Trey Sato of Grayslake Central (9:10.85). David Valkanov of Kaneland ran a 10 second personal best of 9:17.53 (IL #5) to finish fourth. Zac Close of Neuqua Valley was close behind running 9:17.86 (IL #6) to finish fifth. Quinn Davis of Plainfield North (9:21.66, IL #7) and Rory Gaan of Fremd (9:24.45, IL #9) finished sixth and seventh.

 

Sato came back on a great double in the 1600 Meter Run. Sato ran 4:20.84 (IL #7) to hold off Dylan Maloney of Plainfield South for the win. Maloney ran 4:20.91 (IL #8) to finish second. Nine runners ran under 4:31 in this race with the pack led by Josiah Narayanan of Wheaton-Warrenville South who ran 4:24.52 (IL #15) to finish third. Payton Whitehead of Lakes (4:27.21) and Evan Nosek of Kaneland (4:27.58) finished fourth and fifth.

 

Aden Bandukwala of Hinsdale Central also defended his meet title in the 800 Meter Run establishing a new meet record in the process. The 2023 Class 3A champion in the 1600 Meter Run ran the second fastest time in the state in 1:53.67 for the win. He is currently ranked #15 indoors in the United States. Four runners were under 2-minutes in this race with Ryan Eddington of Downers Grove North running 1:56.25 (IL #3) to finish second, Owen Horeni of Yorkville finishing third in 1:57.63 (IL #5) and Gavin Borger of Plainfield South (1:59.26, IL #6) finishing fourth. New Trier ran 8:17.57 to win the 4x800m Relay with Plainfield North the closest team running 8:23.35 (IL #10) to finish second.

 

Paul Migas of host Lakes Community had the best field performance of the meet. Migas cleared 17-0.75 to win the event. Zachary Galvicius of McHenry cleared 15-5 (IL #6) to finish second. This is already the fourth time this season that Migas has cleared 17-0 or higher. He is currently ranked fourth this indoor season in the United States.

 

Vince Davero of Downers Grove North was a double winner in the horizontal jumps. Davero jumped 22-7.75 to claim the win in the Long Jump by a foot ahead of Elliot Bond of Grayslake Central who jumped 21-7.5 to finish second. Davero came back to jump 46-5.75 to win the Triple Jump by four feet ahead of Olukolajo Sodipe (42-7.5) of Neuqua Valley. Reese Ihenacho of Cary-Grove achieved a new indoor personal best of 57-8.5 (IL #5) to win the Shot Put. Kosta Zografos of Wauconda and Taelor Clements both cleared 6-6.75 to tie for the win in the High Jump. Michael Prieto of Hinsdale Central cleared 6-4.75 (IL #7 tie) to finish third.

 

Dajion Riley of Wheaton-Warrenville South has the top time in the state in the 55 Meter Dash. He stepped up to the 60 Meter Dash and still came away with the win. Riley ran 7.01 (IL #9) for the win. Edwardsville’s Zach Lane and Darren Wilson both ran 7.03 to finish second and third. Lane came back to run 22.46 (IL #9) in winning the 200 Meter Dash with Dontrell Young of Oswego running 22.78 (IL #15) to finish second. The freshman from Oswego earlier in the meet ran a huge personal best of 50.45 (IL #5) to win the 400 Meter Dash ahead of Lukaas Nales of Highland Park (50.64). Sean Mullen of Grayslake Central ran 8.35 (IL #2) t win the 60 Meter Hurdles with Cooper McGinnis of Neuqua Valley running 8.48 (IL #7) to finish second.

 

Five teams were under 1:35 in the 4x200m Relay. The Edwardsville quartet of Kaylon Bursey, Clayton Lakatos, Steve Moore, and Jaydon Cole ran 1:33.98 (IL #9) to claim the win ahead of Neuqua Valley (1:34.24, IL #15). Homewood-Flossmoor ended the meet in the 4x400m Relay with the win and the fastest time in the state. DeAndre Lane, Joaquin Jordan, Andrew Mitchell, and Nelson Speaks ran 3:28.88 for the win. Plainfield North ran 3:30.33 (IL #3) to finish second ahead of Neuqua Valley (3:30.49, IL #4) and Grayslake Central (3:32.65, IL #8).

 

Proviso West Boys Invitational – The only meet record in the 58th edition of the meet came in the Pole Vault. Lucas Brauc, a junior from Oak Park-River Forest, cleared a personal best of 15-8 (IL #4 tie) to win the event. Gavin Schaer of York had cleared 15-8 earlier in the week. On this meet, he cleared 15-2 to finish second overall. This is the second time in his high school career that he has gone higher than 15-2.

 

York’s quartet of Emmett Bradford, Avi Shah, Max Zangan, and Brady Golomb started this meet running 8:18.54 (IL #5) to win the 4x800m Relay ahead of Kenwood (8:24.03, IL #12) and Lane Tech (8:27.07). One distance ended up being one of the closest races of the day, Golomb ran 4:20.14 (IL #9) to edge Nick Strayer of Lyons Township (4:20.29, IL #10) to win the 1 Mile Run. Will Kozlowski of Lane Tech dismantled the field in the 3200 Meter Run. Kozlowski’s time of 9:17.18 (IL #4) won by 25 seconds ahead of Josh Poeschel of Downers Grove South (9:42.12) and Zach Saltiel of York (9:43.73).

 

It was a tactical 800 Meter Run. Brendan Bradish of Lane Tech ran 2:01.29 to edge teammate Paul Neely (2:02.64) to win the 800 Meter Run. Mariano Escobedo of Oak Park-River Forest pulled away to run 1:25.79 (IL #2) to win the 600 Meter Run with Isiah Irvin of Kenwood (1:27.97), Clifton Martin of Kankakee (1:28.56), and Matthew Melo of Lane Tech finishing second through fourth.

 

Parrish Harley, Jr. of Kenwood had a super day both in the track and in field events. Hartley jumped a state leading 23-1.50 to win the Long Jump. His closest competition came from Shamond McClain of East St. Louis-Senior who jumped 21-0 to finish second. McClain was also involved in a tight competition in the Triple Jump. Kwabena Osei-Yeboah of Oak Park-River Forest jumped a personal best of 45-0.25 (IL #8) to claim the win with McClain jumping 44-10.25 (IL #9) to finish second. Hartley was part of a tight race in the 60 Meter Dash. This would be the second time in two weeks that Cash Langley of York and Tervous Graves of Proviso West have raced against each other. The last time the two were separated by two hundredths of a second. On this Saturday, Graves ran a personal best of 7.02 to claim the win with Langley running 7.06 to finish second. Hartley (7.09) and Kenneth Buchanan of East St. Louis-Senior (7.11) finishing third and fourth with Santiago Valle of Oak Park-River Forest running 7.12 to place fifth.

 

Jayden Gary of Proviso East achieved a new personal best of 58-2.75 (IL #3) to win in a surprise ahead of state leading Kaden Garland of Oak Park-River Forest. Garland, who has a 61-0 personal best earlier in the month, had a best of 57-9 to finish second and separate the two athletes by just 5.75 inches.

 

Four teams were separated by under a second in the 4x200 Meter Relay. Kenwood  ran 1:33.01 to claim the win followed by Proviso West (1:33.28, IL #5), York (1:33.90, IL #8), and Belleville West (1:33.99, IL #11). Kenwood captured their second relay win of the day running 3:31.31 (IL #6) to win ahead of Proviso West (3:31.94, IL #7), East St. Louis-Senior (3:34.52), and York (3:34.85).

 

Plainfield North Girls Invitational – Some fast times on Friday night came from this meet. Taylor McClain of Plainfield North ran the state fastest time of 7.18 to win the 55 Meter Dash. Zawadi Brown of Neuqua Valley equaled her previous best of 7.23 that she ran last week at Wheaton-Warrenville South to finish second. Lauren Dellangelo of Plainfield North ran 7.37 (IL #7 to finish third. McClain also won the 200 Meter Dash (26.36) edging Kyla Harris of Metea Valley (26.57). The 400 Meter Dash was lightning fast and also close. Deangello ran 58.03 (IL #2) edging Brown (58.10, IL #3). Remember, this was run on a 179 meter track. Neuqua Valley ended the meet winning the 4x400m Relay anchored by Brown. The Wildcats ran 4:10.78 (IL #6) to claim the win. Plainfield North was more than four seconds behind finishing second (4:14.52).

 

Maine South ran a state leading 9:57.66 to win the 4x800m Relay. Elizabeth Hall of Neuqua Valley dominated the field in the 3200 Meter Run winning with an 11:33.23 time. Sofia Arcuri came back after anchoring Maine South in the relay running 5:16.37 for an eight second win in the 1600 Meter Run. Zawadi Brown got close to her season’s best from last week jumping 18-6.75 to win the Long Jump. Brown’s teammate Olivia Danson jumped 18-1 (IL #6) to finish second.

 

Coach Basting Invitational @ Shirk Center – The big performance of the meet came in the Pole Vault. Isaiah Whitaker of Bloomington Central Catholic cleared 17-feet for the first time in his high school career clearing 5.20m (17-0.75, IL #2) to win in this meet. Whitaker is the top ranked sophomore in the nation for the indoor Pole Vault. He is ranked #5 tie in the United States. Heath Hawkins of Pekin cleared 14-7.25 to finish second with an indoor personal best.

 

Julian Baker of Mt. Zion almost lapped the field twice as he ran 9:31.86 to win the 3200 Meter Run by 67 seconds. Mahomet-Seymour ran 3:33.34 (IL #9) in winning the 4x400m Relay.

 

ONU HS Classic (1A/2A, 3A) – This three day meet started Thursday with the 1A/2A section. The star of the Boys meet was Reece Curtis of St. Anne who left the Perry Center with three individual wins. Curtis ran 7.01 (IL #8) to win the 60 Meter Dash to easily win by over a tenth of a second ahead of Hudson Ault of Prairie Central (7.14). Curtis won by over a second running 22.24 (IL #3) to win the 200 Meter Dash. Curtis’ third win came when he cleared 5-10.75 to win the High Jump. Weston Forward of Rockford Christian ran the fastest time in Class 1A this season running 9:48.38 to win the 3200 Meter Run by 46 seconds. Forward led off the Royal Lions quartet in the 4x400m Relay. Rockford Christian ran 3:38.36 to win the event by six seconds ahead of Thornridge. Their time is the fastest in Class 1A in that event. Rockford Christian ran 8:29.68 (1A #2) to win the 4x800m Relay.

 

Kankakee athletes had a big Thursday evening in the Girls 1A/2A Meet. Na’Kyrah Cooks jumped 17-11 to win the Long Jump. Trinity Noble ran 7.94 in winning the 60 Meter Dash ahead of Hope Academy’s Kenya Johnson (8.13) and Neveah Wilkins (8.16). Naomi Bey-Osborne ran 25.70 ahead of Noble (26.20). Earlier in the meet, Bey Osborne ran 1:46.29 (IL #11) to win the 600 Meter Run.

 

A junior that jumped into the spotlight in the 3A Boys meet is Nolan Lamoureaux of Lockport Township. The junior last year ran on Lockport’s quartets at state in the 4x100m Relay and 4x400m Relay. He did runner 50-seconds making it to the state meet where he concentrated in the relays. This year could be a little bit different after running a state leading 1:21.73 to win the 600 Meter Run. He could drift into the 800 Meter Run the way he is running right now. Van Schneider of Chatham-Glenwood ran a season’s best of 2:00.95 to win the 800 Meter Run ahead of Max Maloney of Lockport Township (2:01.73). Lincoln-Way Central ran 8:21.92 (IL #8) to edge Chatham-Glenwood (8:21.98, IL #9) to win the 4x800 Meter Relay.

 

Azariah Henry Bolls of Romeoville jumped into the sprint spotlight in this meet running 6.93 (IL #2) to win the 60 Meter Dash. Lamoreaux had the advantage in the 200 Meter Dash running 23.00 for the win with Henry-Bolls running 23.06 to finish second. Derrick Richardson of Lincoln-Way East jumped 22-6.5 (IL #6) to win the Long Jump. Larry Wills of Chatham-Glenwood jumped 22-1.75 (IL #8) to place second.

 

Saturday’s 3A Girls Meet provided the excitement that occurred in the first two days of the meet. Tania Miller of Romeoville ran 7.78 (IL #7) in winning the 60 Meter Dash. The senior came back to run 25.52 (IL #9) in winning the 200 Meter Dash. Miller was part of Romeoville’s quartet in the 4x200m Relay that ran 1:47.53 (IL #8) for the win. Thornwood ran 1:48.29 (IL #13) to finish second.

 

Mia Forystek of Lincoln-Way Central went under 2:20 for the first time in the 800 Meter Run. The freshman ran 2:19.76 (IL #10) for the win just ahead of Brooklyn Sweikar of Champaign Centennial (2:22.71). Forystek came back to run 5:30.46 to win the 1600 Meter Run edging Amanda Pocica of Stagg (5:30.88) and Eileen O’Connor of Mother McAuley (5:31.69).

 

Mauricia Harris of Thornwood ran a personal best of 8.99 (IL #3) to win the 60 Meter Hurdles. Kyra Hayden of Lincoln-Way East ran 9.07 (IL #4) to finish second. Joliet West ran 4:12.42 (IL #7) to win the 4x400m Relay with Lincoln-Way East running 4:15.80 to finish second. Lincoln-Way East ran 9:58.37 (IL #3) to win the 4x800m Relay ahead of the next closest team by 52 seconds. Kara Waishwell, who was part of East’s 4x4 and 4x8 quartets, ran 1:43.30 (IL #5) to win the 600 Meter Run.

 

Homewood-Flossmoor A-B-C Girls Invitational – The relay events in this high quality meet stood out on the fast track of Homewood-Flossmoor. Sandburg ran 9:58.10 (IL #2) to win the 4x800m Relay with Naperville North running 10:17.21 to finish second. Huntley had the edge in the 4x200m Relay running 1:45.97 (IL #5) to claim the win less than a tenth of a second ahead of Kenwood (1:46.06). South Shore International (1:46.59, IL #7) and Plainfield East (1:47.57, IL #9) finished third and fourth. The top three times in the state in the  4x400m Relay were produced in this meet. Whitney Young ran 4:04.27 to claim the win ahead of Kenwood (4:07.51) and Minooka (4:08.65).

 

Mariyah Robinson of Simeon ran the fastest time in the state (7.51). Kee’Lani Whitlock of Kenwood (7.70) and Courtney McDonald of Plainfield East (7.71) finished second and third. Robinson completed her double running 25.29 (IL #6) to win with Victoria Evitmov of Huntley running 25.85 to finish second. Morgan Navarre of York had a busy day at this meet. Her best performance came when she ran 59.32 (IL #5) to win the 400 Meter Dash. Kayla Riepe of Whitney Young ran 59.66 (IL #9) to finish second. Jordan Hamb of South Shore International won on this track for the second week in a row in the 60 Meter Hurdles. Her time in this meet was 9.08 ahead of the 9.21 run by Sophie Bernard of Whitney Young and the 9.25 run by Sophie Amin of Huntley.

 

Julie Piot of Naperville North picked up her second win in the 1600 Meter Run as in many meets. Her time of 5:07.58 (IL #8). Sophie Mullins of Lane Tech ran 5:13.94 to finish second. Naperville North swept the other two races in this event as Shania Tandon ran 5:23.50 to win Level B. Rianna Tandon ran 5:27.31 to win Level C. Katie Roche of Sandburg doubled back after running for her team in the 4x800m Relay. Roche ran 2:19.66 (IL #9) to win the 800 Meter Run with Lily Cavanaugh of Normal Community running 2:21.76 to finish second.

 

Alexis Henderson of Oak Park-River Forest cleared 5-6.25 to win the High Jump. She now leads the state in the state for that event. Baelyn Zitzmann of Lake Zurich is just 1 centimeter after clearing 1.67m (5-5.75) to win at Wheeling. Henderson cleared 1.68m at Homewood-Flossmoor.

 

Other Meet Notes

 

Elana Rybak of Father McGivney ran a state leading 2:11.57 to win the 800 Meter Run Saturday at the Mt. Zion Co-Ed Meet #2. Isabella Keller of Effingham St. Anthony opened her high school track career in this meet with two great races. Keller ran 2:19.81 (IL #11) to finish second behind Rybak. Keller came back to run 4:58.58 (IL #3) to win the 1600 Meter Run winning by 42 seconds. Father McGivney anchored by Rybak, ran 4:13.72 to win the 4x400m Relay.

 

Nate George of Minooka jumped into the spotlight Friday night at the Huntley Boys Invitational as he ran 7.03 to win the 60 Meter Dash. The first four finishers were within three hundredth of a second of each other with Ayodele Bateye of St. Charles North (7.05), Vinny Costa of Huntley (7.06), and Jahmani Muhammad of Machesney Park Harlem (7.06) finishing second through fourth. George completed the sprint double running 22.42 (IL #8) to win the 200 Meter Dash. Tommy Nitz won on his home track running 4:23.05 in the 1600 Meter Run. Rolling Meadows ran 1:32.95 (IL #3) to win the 4x200 Meter Relay ahead of Barrington (1:33.72, IL #7). Naperville Central ran an IL #2 3:30.13 to win the 4x400m Relay.

 

Stella Davis of Evanston Township ran 5:11.03 (IL #11) to win the 1600 Meter Run at Rockford Auburn. Bella Domier of Grayslake Central ran 5:14.49 to finish second. Jane Lynch of Loyola Academy ran 5:20 in finishing third. Earlier in the meet, Lynch ran 11:34.34 to win the 3200 Meter Run by 77 seconds.

 

We expected some early season fast times Saturday at the Roger Minton Early Invitational. Dylon Nalley of Marion came back from his fast 2-mile last week at Notre Dame to run 4:18.96 (IL #3) to win the 1600 Meter Run with teammate Mekeye Lomax running 4:22.94 (IL #11) to finish second. Marion’s freshman twins had a huge race in the 3200 Meter Run. Raphael Greer and Gabriel Greer were separated by just one hundredth of a second with Raphael at 9:41.62 and Gabriel at 9:41.63. They are the second and third fastest freshmen in Illinois trailing Jack Jennings of Fremd who ran 9:30.71 at Lakes. Jennings is the third rated freshman in this event in the United States. The Greer brothers are currently seventh and eighth nationally. Benton loaded their relay with Gavin Genisio, Seager Sanchez, Gabriel McLain, and Cole Buchanan running 8:17.25 (IL #3) to win the 4x800m Relay in this meet.

 

Delilah Helenhouse of Benet Academy ran 5:13 for 1600-meters last week at York. She came back last Thursday on Bolingbrook’s 160-meter track to run 11:16.59 (IL #8) to win the 3200 Meter Run.

 

There was plenty of action last week in the Girls 55 Meter Hurdles. Brooke Greaves of Addison Trail ran the fastest time in the state (8.67) at a home quad meet last Thursday. A quality race happened last Friday night at Wheaton-Warrenville South as Brooke Sawatzky of Naperville Central ran 8.70 (IL #2) to win ahead of Aisha Kazeem of Palatine (9.04, IL #9) and Clara King of Wheaton-Warrenville South (9.23).

 

One of the top overall multi-event athletes in the state Kiara Wesseh of Newark started her senior season on a high note Saturday at Plainfield South. Wesseh ran a Class 1A leading 7.73 in the 55 Meter Dash. She leads the 55 Meter Hurdles having run 8.99 in the 55 Meter Hurdles. She cleared 5-2 (1A #2) in the High Jump. She is currently ranked #9 in Illinois. Wesseh also had a 16-9.25 best (1A #3) in the Long Jump.

 

Courtney Clabough of Yorkville opened her season last Thursday at Sycamore in a quad meet. Clabough had a put of 40-0 (IL #3) to win the Shot Put.

 

Freshman Landon Harris of Granite City blew away in the field in the 1600 Meter Run at Friday night’s Knight Boys Invitational at Principia College. Harris ran 4:29.50 for the win ahead of Drew Twyman of Triad who ran 4:41.52. Mascoutah ran 1:33.21 (IL #4) to win the 4x200m Relay. Caleb Smith of Salem had a personal best of 58-4 (IL #2) to win the Shot Put.