Announcement
Lincoln Way East Junior Brett Gardner wins 3200m with a time of 9 minutes and 24 seconds! Marist Sophomore Carter Auer WINS Triple Jump with a 37'2.5!
On Wednesday, February 20, 2019, the Marist Varsity Track and Field Team traveled to Frankfort, Illinois for the Lincoln Way East Indoor Classic.
With limited entries for all upcoming weekend Track & Field meets, attendance at week day Track meets is real important for the future development of the TEAM. Marist had many athletes take advantage of the opportunity to compete on Wednesday with several outstanding performances.
At the same time, Marist held out several athletes on Wednesday, in preparation for the ICOPS Invitational at Lewis University on Sunday. A limited number of Marist athletes were allowed to compete on both Wednesday and Sunday in different events at each meet.
Lincoln Way East was an excellent host, and provided great competition.
Individual events were scored on the following scale: 5-3-2-1.
Relays were scored on the following scale: 5-3.
Marist finished in third place at the Lincoln Way East Indoor Classic.
In the Long Jump, Lincoln Way East's Cameron Carlee won it with a jump of 19'7. Lincoln Way East's Gordon finished in second place with a jump of 17'3. Providence's Evans finished in third place with a jump of 16'10.25. Providence's Piet finished in fourth place to complete the scoring with a jump of 16'7.75. Marist Sophomore Cesar Gaona jumped a personal best 15'8. Marist Sophomore Josiah Harris fauled on all three attemps. Marist Senior Tom Johnson III, Junior Noah Holifield, and Junior Darion Chew were scratched from the competition.
In the 4x800m Relay, Lincoln Way East won it with an official time of 8:53.9. Providence finished in second place with an official time of 9:27.5. The Marist 4x800m Relay scratched due to an athlete scheduled to run in the relay, not in attendance.
In the Shot Put, Lincoln Way East's Marchert won it with a throw of 46'11. Lincoln Way East's Eaheart finished in second place with a throw of 42'6. Lincoln Way East's Kruzel finished in third place with a throw of 39'11. Marist Sophomore Josh Harris finished in FOURTH place to complete the scoring with a PERSONAL BEST throw of 36'10.
In the 3200m run, Lincoln Way East Junior Brett Gardner was impressive, lapping the entire field to win it with an outstanding time of 9:24.00. Lincoln Way East's Pulido finished in second place with an official time of 10:30.00. Lincoln Way East's Rodgers finished in third place with an official time of 10:34.6. Marist Senior Andres Castillo finished in FOURTH place to complete the scoring with a PERSONAL BEST time of 11:14.20. Marist Sophomore Tommy Kavanaugh finished in FIFTH place with a PERSONAL BEST time of 11:50.80. Marist Sophomore Tommy Wagner finished in SIXTH place with a PERSONAL BEST time of 12:01.60. Marist Freshman Gavin Carey ran a personal best time of 13:05.8. Marist Freshman Jake Phillips and Junior Josh Burns were scratched from the competition.
In the Pole Vault, there was great sportsmanship, as all five vaulters in the competition train together at the Chicago Pole Vault Club on Sundays. Providence's Alvarado passed on the early heights and came into the competition at 9'0, but was unable to clear it and score. Lincoln Way East's Dylan Nola won it with an outstanding vault of 12'6. Lincoln Way East's Bendy finished in second place with a vault of 11'0. Marist Freshman Danny Enright and Provide's Pellegrini tied for THIRD place with vaults of 5'0. Enright cleared his first height of his athletic career, and scored for the Varsity.
In the High Jump, Lincoln Way East's Cameron Cartee won it with a leap of 5'6. Providence's DiGiovani finished in second place with a jump of 5'4. Lincoln Way East's Hull finished in third place with a jump of 5'2. Marist Sophomore Carter Auer finished in FOURTH place to complete the scoring with a jump of 5'0. Marist Freshman Michael Golden finished in FIFTH place with a jump of 4'8.
In the 55m High Hurdles, Marist Sophomore Josiah Harris finished fourth in heat, and in FIFTH place overall with a personal best time of 10.50. There was ten hurdlers in the competition.
In the 55m Dash, Lincoln Way East's Tomczak won it with a 6.70. Lincoln Way East's Bianchini finished in second place with a 6.75. Providence's Wright finished in third place with a 6.8. Providence's Alvardo finished in fourth place to complete the scoring with an outstanding time of 6.9. Marist Junior Amari Watkins ran an outstanding time of 7.0. Marist Sophomore Nick Coccaro ran an outstanding time of 7.1. Marist Freshman Sam McNamara ran an outstanding time of 7.4. Marist Sophomore Cesar Gaona ran an official time of 7.9. Marist Sophomore San Flowers, Junior Anthony Johnson, Junior Noah Holifield, Sophomore Josiah Harris, and Junior Darion Chew were scratched from the competition.
In the 4x200m Relay, Marist (Amari Watkins, Sam McNamara, Cesar Gaona, Nick Coccaro) finished in SECOND place with an official time of 1:51.80.
In the 800m run, Providence's Bell won it with an official time of 2:13.60. Lincoln Way East's Trainor (2:17.4), Hahn (2:21.6), and McEldowny (2:22.2) finished in second, third, and fourth to complete the scoring. Marist Freshman Kyle Quinn ran a personal best time of 2:38.5. Marist Sophomore Nick Vallie ran an outstanding time of 2:38.80. Marist Freshman Lester Scott ran a personal best time of 2:55.80. Marist Freshman Luis Esparza ran a personal best time of 3:04.00.
In the 400m dash, Providence's Vins won it with an official time of 56.2. Lincoln Way East's Hall finished in second place with an official time of 57.0. Lincoln Way East's Gustetson finished in third place with an official time of 57.3. Providence's Wright finished in fourth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 57.3.
In the Triple Jump, Marist Sophomore Carter Auer won it with a personal best 37'2.5. Marist Sophomore Nick Vallie finished in second place with a personal best 30'1. Providence's Stafford finished in third place with a triple jump of 29'6. Providence's DiGiovanni finished in fourth place to complete the scoring with a triple jump of 28'9.
In the 1600m, Lincoln Way East's Brett Gardner won it with an official time of 4:58.5. Lincoln Way East's Enright finished in second place with an official time of 4:59.5. Lincoln Way East's Taylor finished in third place with an official time of 5:03.2. Lincoln Way East's Pulido finished in fourth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 5:08.9. Marist Junior Peter Derdzinski ran an INDOOR personal best time of 5:38.50. Marist Junior Michael Dwyer ran a personal best time of 6:13.20.
In the 200m dash, Providence's Junior Jerrell Wright won it with an official time of 24.0. Providence's Vins finished in second place with an official time of 25.3. Providence's Tavaros finished in third place with an official time of 26.0. Lincoln Way East's Alvarado finished in fourth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 26.2. Marist Junior Amari Watkins finished in FIFTH place with an official time of 26.5. Marist Freshman Sam McNamara ran a personal best time of 28.4. Marist Sophomore Cesar Gaona ran an official time of 29.10. Marist Freshman Lester Scott ran an official time of 30.70. Marist Freshman Luis Esparza ran an official time of 31.80.
In the 4x400m Relay, Lincoln Way East won it with an official time of 3:53.3. Providence finished in second place with an official time of 4:12.8. Marist finished in third place with an official time of 4:26.8.
VARSITY POINTS SCORED AT LINCOLN WAY EAST
1. Carter Auer (10th) 6.0
2. Nick Vallie (10th) 3.0
3. Danny Enright (9th) 1.5
4. Josh Harris (10th) 1.0
4. Andres Castillo (12th) 1.0
5. Nick Coccaro (10th) 0.75
5. Amari Watkins (11th) 0.75
5. Sam McNamara (9th) 0.75
5. Cesar Gaona (10th) 0.75
