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- 0:05Speaker 1: Previewing Record Newspapers Boys Track and Field teams written by
- 0:10Speaker 1: Joshua wells Or. This article is being read by an
- 0:14Speaker 1: automated voice brought to you by Everlett as Boys Track
- 0:18Speaker 1: and Field season Heads Outdoors. Here are previews of teams
- 0:21Speaker 1: from around the Record Newspapers coverage area Coach Nina Sittler.
- 0:26Speaker 1: Top returning athletes Reggie Chapman SI R Sprints, Slash, long jump,
- 0:30Speaker 1: Slash Relays, Cody Colbart's SR Discus Slash, shot put Slash
- 0:34Speaker 1: eight hundred Slash Relays, Kellen Westerfield SO Long jump Slash
- 0:38Speaker 1: two hundred slash four hundred, Owen Underhill Jor Sprint Slash,
- 0:42Speaker 1: shot put, John Nicosia SO Sprints, Dylan Thomas Jonior shotput Slash,
- 0:46Speaker 1: Discus Slash two hundred, Jamison Kelly Junior triple jump Slash Sprints.
- 0:50Speaker 1: Top new athletes Teagan Britz FR eight hundred Slash sixteen zero,
- 0:55Speaker 1: Slash thirty two zero, Colton Rizzo say Are eight hundred
- 0:57Speaker 1: slash sixteen zero, Harrison FR Hurdles Slash Sprints, Noah Baker SR.
- 1:03Speaker 1: Throwing Slash Sprints, Sean Crow FR Middle Distance, Bryson Ness
- 1:07Speaker 1: FRS Sprints Jacob Severson, Fr. Middle distance. Worth Noting, Sittler
- 1:12Speaker 1: said the team's strong senior leadership is complemented by Newark's
- 1:16Speaker 1: largest group of underclassmen in recent years. A talented group
- 1:19Speaker 1: of freshmen joins the roster, bringing depth and versatility across
- 1:22Speaker 1: the full lineup. Sittler said, With a focus on determination
- 1:25Speaker 1: and hard work, this team is positioning itself to be
- 1:28Speaker 1: a strong contender at this year's Little Ten Conference meet.
- 1:31Speaker 1: Coach Jeff Edwards. Top returning athletes Dontrell Young Junior one
- 1:36Speaker 1: hundred slash, two hundred slash, four hundred, Jegion Sprinkle Junior Hurdles,
- 1:40Speaker 1: Beaubree Junior Distance, Dylan Johnson Sr. Sprints, Jonathan Beckfar Hurdles,
- 1:45Speaker 1: Danny Claycombe Hurdles, Jack Wandolowski say Our Sprint Slash Relays,
- 1:49Speaker 1: Alex Detella Junior Sprint Slash Relays, Amar Bneier So Sprint
- 1:52Speaker 1: Slash Relays, Matthew Sibecky Sr. Distance, Ryan Wilson Junior Distance,
- 1:56Speaker 1: Jeremiah Houston Relays, Carter Waman, Polbalt, Josh Sperah Polbaldt, Matthew
- 2:00Speaker 1: Sword Pole vault, Kyle Taylor Sr. Long Jump, Dylan Johnson
- 2:03Speaker 1: long jump, Trent Rainy triple jump, Alexander Polner triple jump,
- 2:06Speaker 1: alex gat and Bsar high jump, Cast Ferries junior throws,
- 2:09Speaker 1: Andrewshaw Sr. Throws, trist and Thomas A R. Throws. Worth
- 2:13Speaker 1: noting Young is one of the premier sprinters in the state.
- 2:16Speaker 1: He placed second in the two hundred, fourth in the
- 2:18Speaker 1: one hundred, and eighth in the four hundred as a
- 2:19Speaker 1: sophomore last year. Sprinkle is a returning state qualifier and
- 2:23Speaker 1: the hurdles, currently ranked sixth in the state, and the
- 2:25Speaker 1: sixty hurdles Breed, who reset the school indoor eight hundred
- 2:28Speaker 1: record this spring, is the engine of the team, spanning
- 2:30Speaker 1: the eight hundred, sixteen oh and four four hundred relays.
- 2:33Speaker 1: Wilson recently set personal bests in the sixteen oh and
- 2:36Speaker 1: thirty two zero, while mon is fresh off a huge
- 2:39Speaker 1: pr of thirteen feet six point five inches in the
- 2:41Speaker 1: pole vault at the meat of Champions. Gayton b is
- 2:43Speaker 1: a returning all conference high jumper. We have dreams of
- 2:46Speaker 1: bringing home the first ever state trophy for US we
- 2:48Speaker 1: go high school in track and field. Edwards said, we
- 2:51Speaker 1: have a tremendous amount of talent The key will be
- 2:53Speaker 1: staying healthy and training with intent. Coach James Milner. Top
- 2:57Speaker 1: returning athletes Donovan Eson SR. Hurdle slash, sprint relays, Jamari
- 3:02Speaker 1: McKay SR. Jumps Slash sprints, Micah Monahan SR. Four hundred
- 3:06Speaker 1: Slash Relays, Alan Kent SR. Two hundred slash, four hundred
- 3:09Speaker 1: slash relays, Connor Griffin SR. Shot put, Grant Van Meter Sr. Discus,
- 3:13Speaker 1: Jack Wolston Home Junior Distance, Felix Pilney Sr. Distance, Mason
- 3:17Speaker 1: Van Dennen Junior Distance, Aiden Pantosis Junior Distance, Phoenix Scott
- 3:21Speaker 1: Junior Distance. Top new athletes Tyrell Thomas Junior Sprints, Carson
- 3:26Speaker 1: Fell Junior Sprints, Brenton McAfee SO Sprints, Jaden Seresh SO Sprints,
- 3:30Speaker 1: Roland Tate SO Sprints, Anthony Garcia SO Distance Worth noting
- 3:35Speaker 1: Oswego East looks to build off one of the most
- 3:37Speaker 1: successful seasons in program history. The Wolves last year won
- 3:41Speaker 1: Southwest Prairie Conference and Sectional championships and finished ninth at
- 3:45Speaker 1: the state meet. Eason is a multiple time state qualifier
- 3:48Speaker 1: who anchors the hurdles crew, and McKay was a state
- 3:50Speaker 1: finalist in the triple jump Monahan and Kent both returned
- 3:54Speaker 1: from the All State Forks four hundred relay. Griffin and
- 3:57Speaker 1: Van Meter are two of the top throwers in the conference.
- 3:59Speaker 1: Thomas is a breakout sprinter who leads a promising junior
- 4:02Speaker 1: and sophomore group. With a powerful senior class and a
- 4:05Speaker 1: wave of developing underclassmen, the Wolves aim to build on
- 4:08Speaker 1: last year's championship run. Milner said the team features standout
- 4:12Speaker 1: performers in every event group sprints, hurdles, distance, jumps, and throws,
- 4:17Speaker 1: making US we Go East one of the most well
- 4:19Speaker 1: rounded squads in the Southwest Prairie Conference and quote coach
- 4:22Speaker 1: Bolaji at EOD. Top returning athletes Johnny Espino Junior Sprint,
- 4:26Speaker 1: Slash Relays, James Smithy Sr. Sprint, Slash Relay, slash Jumps,
- 4:30Speaker 1: Alejandro Delgado So Distant Slash Relays, Rider Nap So Sprint,
- 4:34Speaker 1: Slash Relays, slash Jumps, Cameron Johnson Sr. Sprint Slash Relays,
- 4:38Speaker 1: Matthew Smithy So Sprint, Slash, hurdles, slash jumps. Top new
- 4:41Speaker 1: athletes Jaden Billingott lumbef FR Jump Slash sprints, Slash relays,
- 4:46Speaker 1: Eon FIGUREA FR Throws, slash Sprint Slash Relays, Sam Pelacios
- 4:51Speaker 1: FR Distant Slash Relays, Mohammed babar So Jump Slash Sprints
- 4:55Speaker 1: Slash Relays. Worth noting this team is one of the
- 4:58Speaker 1: youngest groups Plano has in recent years, more than half
- 5:01Speaker 1: the roster made up of freshman and sophomores. A Diode
- 5:05Speaker 1: is especially excited about his relay groups, with the forks
- 5:07Speaker 1: two hundred, Forks four and four x seed hundred all
- 5:10Speaker 1: having potential to be major strengths. The sprint crew, led
- 5:13Speaker 1: by Espino, James Smithy and Johnson, gives Plano strong depth
- 5:17Speaker 1: in the short sprints. Delgado and Pelasios will lead Plano
- 5:20Speaker 1: in the longer races and distance relays, with the jumps
- 5:23Speaker 1: group led by a freshman standout Balingitt Lumba. Matthew Smithy
- 5:26Speaker 1: leads the hurdle group. Overall, this is a young team
- 5:30Speaker 1: with a lot of energy, a strong group of leaders,
- 5:32Speaker 1: and a great deal of potential Adeote, said coach Brian Long.
- 5:37Speaker 1: Top returning athletes Luis Morillo Junior Throws, Jacob Ross Junior
- 5:41Speaker 1: pol Vault, Nolan Minard Sr. Distance, Dylan Johnson Sr. Throws,
- 5:46Speaker 1: Top new athletes Joel Ariola fr Sprints, Kingston Hicks So Sprints, Worth,
- 5:52Speaker 1: noting the Indians' last spring, finished fifth at the Kishwaukie
- 5:56Speaker 1: River Conference meet and qualified four athletes for state. Ross
- 5:59Speaker 1: took fourth the Class two A pole vault last year,
- 6:01Speaker 1: and Marilla is a returning state qualifier in the shot put.
- 6:04Speaker 1: Ariol It was an i SA state qualifier in the
- 6:06Speaker 1: sprints in eighth grade. This season, we took a step
- 6:09Speaker 1: back from competing indoors in order to better prepare and
- 6:11Speaker 1: build for the outdoor season. Long said, Our main objective
- 6:14Speaker 1: is to compete at a high level while prioritizing our health.
- 6:18Speaker 1: We look forward to having both teams compete at the
- 6:20Speaker 1: Plano Field of Dreams Meet again this year. With a
- 6:22Speaker 1: couple of new coaches, we feel confident that we have
- 6:25Speaker 1: the right leadership in place Coach Nolan McHugh. Top returning
- 6:29Speaker 1: athletes Owen Herenni s Our Middle Distant Slash Relays, Jade
- 6:33Speaker 1: and Ruth So Sprint Slash, long jump slash Relays, Aiden
- 6:37Speaker 1: Kolkmeyer So Hurdles Slash Jumps, Sprint Slash Relays, Evan Falls
- 6:42Speaker 1: Junior pole vault, Carter Rekert So Middle Distant slash Relays.
- 6:46Speaker 1: Peydon Sheppard SO hurdles slash sprints, James Sapp Junior Throws,
- 6:51Speaker 1: Cayden Stagg SR Throws, James Churney Junior Middle Distant slash relays,
- 6:55Speaker 1: Robert Crumb SO Sprint, slash throws, slash, jump slash relays.
- 6:59Speaker 1: Top new ASBA Fleets, Jimmy Rodgers SO jump slash hurdles,
- 7:03Speaker 1: Jacoby Thompson FR. Sprint slash hurdles, Noah Esparza FR Middle
- 7:07Speaker 1: distance slash relays, Julian Romichio FR Distance, Cohen Jansen SO
- 7:11Speaker 1: Sprint slash relays, Sean Walden SO Jump slash hurdles. Worth
- 7:16Speaker 1: noting Notre Dame commit. Horaini, already a four time All Stater,
- 7:19Speaker 1: is coming off a stellar indoor season. He set the
- 7:22Speaker 1: Southwest Prairie Conference indoor record of one fifty five sixty
- 7:25Speaker 1: five inches. The eight hundred, set the indoor school record
- 7:28Speaker 1: of four h nine seventeen at the Illinois Indoor Championships
- 7:31Speaker 1: and has the top eight hundred time in the state
- 7:33Speaker 1: of one fifty two sixty Colkmeyer won the high jump
- 7:36Speaker 1: at the Illinois Indoor Championships, clearing six feet five point
- 7:39Speaker 1: five inches and falls was fourth in the pole vault
- 7:41Speaker 1: with a school record fourteen feet zero point five inches.
- 7:44Speaker 1: Other indoor school records broken this spring were by Ruth
- 7:47Speaker 1: in the fifty five, two hundred and long jump, Colkmyre
- 7:50Speaker 1: in the fifty five hurdles, and the Forks four hundred
- 7:52Speaker 1: relay of Colkmeyer, Ruth Crumb and Herrainy. Despite having a
- 7:56Speaker 1: predominantly younger team, there's a lot of varsity experience throughout
- 7:59Speaker 1: the group and they compete like veterans. This is the
- 8:01Speaker 1: most talented Yorkville roster and best coaching staff that we've
- 8:04Speaker 1: ever had. McHugh said, we feel like we were just
- 8:07Speaker 1: scratching the surface of the team's potential during indoor, and
- 8:10Speaker 1: our goal for outdoor is to be towards the top
- 8:12Speaker 1: of the team standings in every meet we participate in.
- 8:14Speaker 1: Coach Jeff Shutt. Top returning athletes Graham Rozum Junior eight
- 8:19Speaker 1: hundred slash sixteen zero, Nate Fosco, Sarah Gushauser s R.
- 8:24Speaker 1: Henry Fox Sr. Michael Pigeon Sr. Max Wector, Sr. Justin Stepney,
- 8:28Speaker 1: Sarah andrewis Smith Sr. Jedogule sert Worth, noting the Mustangs
- 8:33Speaker 1: have a record thirty two boys out for track. Leading
- 8:35Speaker 1: the way is two time state qualifier Rosum in the
- 8:38Speaker 1: eight sixteen zero, Nate Fosco, Gushauser, Henry Fox, Michael Pigeon,
- 8:42Speaker 1: Max Wector, Justin Stepney, Andrew Smith and Jedogia lead the
- 8:46Speaker 1: senior group. We have many newcomers to the sport and
- 8:49Speaker 1: we have yet to see what performances they may be
- 8:51Speaker 1: capable of, but they are hard workers, so it should
- 8:53Speaker 1: be a good season, Shoot said. We hope to get
- 8:56Speaker 1: as many athletes, especially the seniors, down to state to
- 8:58Speaker 1: give Graham some company.