Announcement
Thomas Leonard SECOND in the 1600m run! Jovan Marsh SECOND in the 300m dash! Lucas Pennix SECOND in the 3200m run!
On Saturday, February 9, 2019, the Marist Varsiy Men traveled to Willie May Fieldhouse at Evanston High School. The fieldhouse was dedicated in 2018 to 1960 Olympic Silver Medalist and former Evanston Head Coach Willie May. The late Wille May coached Track and Field at Evanston for 45 years, and he won five IHSA State trophies, including the State Championship in 1979. Marist Head Coach Jon Gordon had known Willie May since he competed in high school Track, and raced in the same conference with among others, State Champion and future Evanston Olympian Robert Gary (1990). In 2018, Hall of Fame Evanston Head Coach Don Michelin invited Gordon and the Marist RedHawks to the Evanston Indoor Classic. In 2019, the RedHawks returned to Evanston for the second consecutive year.
The meet was an outstanding experience for New Trier, Schaumburg, Marist, Waukegan, and host Evanston Township High School.
Individual events and relays were scored on the following point scale: 10-8-6-4-2-1.
Congratulations to Evanston Head Coach Don Michelin and the Wildkits on winning the meet. New Trier finished in second place in the Varsity division with 109 points. Schaumburg finished in third place with 76 points. Marist finished in fourth place with 75 points. Waukegan finished in fifth place with 22 points.
In the Varsity Triple Jump, Marist Senior Tom Johnson finished in fourth place with a triple jump of 35'6.
In the Varsity 3200m run, Marist scored 18 points with Senior Lucas Pennix finishing in second place, Junior Luke Hortsman finishing in third place, and Junior Peter Derdzinski finishing in fourth place!
In the Varsity 55m dash, Marist Sophomore Jovan Marsh finished in THIRD place with an outstanding time of 6.75. Marist Junior Keyon Turner tied for fourth place with an outstanding time of 6.82. Marist Junior Antoine Davis finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with an outstanding time of 6.92. The RedHawks scored 10 points in the Varsity 55m dash!
In the Varsity 600m run, Marist Junior Luke Hortsman finished in THIRD place. Marist Junior Peter Derdzinski finished in sixth place to complete the scoring.
In the Varsity 55m low hurdles, Marist Senior Tom Johnson finished in fourth place with an outstanding time of 9.06.
Marist had many impressive SECOND place performances in the Varsity division, including Lucas Pennix (3200m run), Amari Watkins, Keyon Turner, Antoine Davis, Tom Johnson (4x200m Relay), Thomas Leonard (1600m run), Jovan Marsh (300m dash), and Eric Teverbaugh, Amari Watkins, Antoine Davis, Lucas Pennix (Indoor Medley Relay).
VARSITY POINTS SCORED AT THE EVANSTON INDOOR CLASSIC
1. Jovan Marsh (10th) 14.00
2. Luke Hortsman (11th) 12.00
3. Lucas Pennix (12th) 10.00
3. Tom Johnson (12th) 10.00
4. Thomas Leonard (11th) 8.00
5. Keyon Turner (11th) 5.00
5. Antoine Davis (11th) 5.00
5. Peter Derdzinski (11th) 5.00
6. Amari Watkins (11th) 4.00
7. Eric Teverbaugh (12th) 2.00
