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Mendota’s Mariyah Elam wins 2A high jump title: Saturday’s NewsTribune roundup · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Mendoda's MURRAYA. Elam wins to a high jump title. Saturday's
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  News Tribune roundup written by Shaw Local News Network. This
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  article is being read by an automated voice brought to
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  you by Everlett Girls Track and Field at Charleston Mendota.
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  Junior Maria Elam didn't compete in the high jump for
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  the first half of the track and field season as
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  she recovered from an ankle injury suffered during basketball, but
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  at the end of the season, Elam was the best
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  in the state. Elim cleared one point six four meters
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  five feet four point five inches Saturday at Eastern Illinois
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  University in Charleston to claim the ISSA class to a
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  high jump state championship. My season best all season has
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  been five to three because I busted my ankle during
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  basketball season, so I've spent most of the time getting
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  back up to speed, Elim said. And when I cleared
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  that height one point six four, I started crying. When
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  I won, I couldn't believe it. Elim also won the
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  high jump state title as a freshman and was runner
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  up as a sophomore. It's a relief, Elim said, I
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  can breathe again. I didn't want to come up here
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  and show that I was just a one hit wonder.
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  I had to show them I'm not just lucky. I'm
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  for real. Elim capped her weekend by placing second in
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  the triple jump with a leap of eleven point sixty
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  five to finish behind only South Shore International senior Jordan Ham,
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  who recorded an eleven point nine. I got that best
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  jump in the triple jump on my first one. During
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  Friday's preliminaries, Elim said, I was like, wait a minute,
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  this is gonna be a good weekend. It was a
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  successful weekend. I'm just so happy. Elom wasn't the only
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  News Tribune area athlete to bring home hardware this weekend.
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  Saint Bede senior Lily Bosnich earned medals in both Class
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  one A hurdle events. Henry Midland senior Daniella Bumber won
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  medals in the four hundred meter dash two hundred and
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  four to one hundred Relay Bureau Valley Sophomore is a
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  lease House meddled in the four hundred and amboy co ops.
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  Gillian Anderson placed in the high jump. Bosnick was runner
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  up in the one hundred hurdles. In fourteen point six
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  three seconds, finishing just behind Wilmington sophomore McKenna van Tilberg,
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  who clocked fourteen point six seconds. Bosnick placed third in
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  the three hundred hurdles in four to three dot eight
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  six comma, finishing behind Oregon's Gillian Hammer forty two point
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  eight four and Low Point Washburns Brianna Harms forty three
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  point seventy four. I'm grateful for the opportunity to be
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  here all four years, Bosnick said, and coming home with
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  two medals, there's nothing better. I can't complain at all.
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  This season, I very much prioritized being a senior and
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  making memories more than anything. So this season was a
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  little rough for me. Being here. The adrenaline got to me,
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  and so I'm happy with my time and my placements.
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  Bosnick also had her eye on the Saint softball as
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  the Bruins were playing in the Class to A Prairie
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  Central Regional Championship Saturday. Saint Bede beat the host Hawks
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  five to three to give Bosnik the chance to play
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  at least one more game as the Bruins faced Seneca
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  in the Pontiac Sectional on Tuesday. I was watching my
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  softball game while they were playing, and they won the
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  regional title, and I was so glad, Bosnik said, I
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  had the game changer up while I was warming up.
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  Bumber clocked the fastest preliminary time in the four hundred
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  and bettered that mark Saturday with a fifty six point
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  six three, but finished second in the finals behind Effingham
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  Saint Anthony's riese hone fifty five point four to eight.
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  House placed third in fifty six point seventy five. It's
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  kind of ironic. I had the I as a class
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  to a four hundred meter record in eighth grade until
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  Hoween broke it her year, Bumber said, So I had
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  her on my radar and she showed out today. But
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  in the four hundred, I've been trying to get that
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  state title the past few years. Last year I suffered
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  stress fracture and ran on it all year, and then
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  I got food poisoning the day of state, which was
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  really unfortunate. But coming back this year, I was really
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  able to push past that mental blocker and the nerves
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  I had in that race. I am really proud of
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  what I did in that race. Bummer also finished eighth
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  in the two hundred twenty five point seventy four and
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  ran with Alison Mitchell, Taylor Frawley, and Audrey Chambers to
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  place seventh in the four x one hundred forty nine
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  point eighty six. After the four hundred, I kind of
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  left disappointed because I really wanted that state title this year,
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  Bummer said. But walking out and seeing everyone that I've
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  been running with for years and some of the new
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  girls who are coming up, it's just really exciting to
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  see the new adventure track and field as taking and
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  how house awesome people are getting at it. But walking
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  away with three medals, I did that. I'm one of
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  those old heads that used to be a freshman running
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  with the seniors, and it feels good to walk away
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  being proud of what I did today. Anderson cleared a
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  personal record one point sixty one to finish sixth in
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  the high jump. Bureau Valley freshman Madison's Ship leapt a
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  personal record ten point six to one to finish eleventh
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  in the triple jump, and Henry's Frawley recorded a five
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  point zero three to finish twelfth in the long jump.
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  Storm senior Matty Wetzel ran as season best twelve twenty
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  six point five to six to finish thirty fifth in
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  the three thy two hundred. In the two A long
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  jump LaSalle Prue junior Aubrey Dutlinger finished tenth with a
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  five point twenty five baseball Saint Bede eleven Roanoke Benson
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  slash Low point Washburn seven. Max Baker went four for
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  four with a double, two RBIs and two runs as
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  the Bruins won a Tri County Conference game on the road.
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  Drew Carboni went three for five and scored two runs
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  for Saint Bede twenty two twelve eleven four TCC, while
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  Gino Dingas was two for five with two RBIs in
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  a run. Gino Ferrari started on the mound and pitched
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  three score less innings, allowing two hits with one strikeout
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  and two walks. United Township five, Hall three. The Red
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  Devils scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning,
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  but couldn't complete the comeback in a non conference loss.
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  In East bowling, Gino Ferrari went two for three with
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  a double and a run for Hall October first, twenty three,
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  while Clayton Fuzinetti doubled and drove in a run. Noah
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  Plim was the losing Pitcher Milford four, Henry Senaquine two.
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  Jaden Dewerth was two for two and scored a run
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  as the Mallards lost a non conference game at Dozer
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  Park in Peoria. Carson Rowe went one for three with
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  an RBI for Henry thirteen eighteen, while Ben Meascham took
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  the loss on the mound