Twenty-four members of the Illinois Track Club competed at Illinois College on February 2nd. Four of them were competing for the club for the first time!
Desarae Echevarria jumped 4.34m in the long jump. Andy Marszewski jumped long jump for the first time with 5.78m. Newcomer Brend Hiserote grabbed a mark of 5.64m.
In the 60m hurdles, Desarae Echevarria came out with a time of 10.50. Michael Jang grabbed a PR by 1/100 of a second with 8.87! Eli Decker impressively three-stepped for all 9.95 seconds of his hurdle run.
Once again we only had one thrower compete. This week Chris Rydberg stepped up and oh, did he step up big. He threw 12.54m in the shot put which got him 5th overall in the meet and also placed him at 4th already on our top 10 list!
We again got to see some speed out of Becky Haight as she took 4th overall in the 60m dash with 8.15. Lauren Goodsnyder continued to impress with her PR of 8.93. Michael Jang (7.37), Andy Marszewski (7.40), Jad Karajeh (7.48) all ran the 60 for just the second time, with Marszewski coming away with a .19 second PR! Also in the 60 was Brend Hiserote who ran 7.52. Ben Junkroski set a PR running 7.61. John Brandenburg ran 7.68, with PJ Coleman also running a new PR of 9.12.
Jad Karajeh also jumped 12.56m in the triple jump!
In the pole vault, we saw Taylor Millsap vault a very impressive 3.35m for the W! Kat Leiner hit 3.05m to get second with Ciara Ward getting fourth with 2.6m. Ben Junkroski placed second overall with his 4.4m mark!
Alex Hanskat was the sole distance representative, running the mile in 4:54.45.
We had a 4×200 relay consisting of Ciara Ward, Lauren Grant, Lauren Goodsnyder, and Kaleigh Evans. These girls ran 1:56.76 and got second place!
For the men’s 4×200, Michael Jang, John Brandenburg, Yousuf Ahmad, and Andy Marszewski ran 1:38.63 to take third.
Lauren Grant also showed off in the open 400 with her impress 1:03.68 which got her first place! Alex Bienduga ran a hard 52.17 (his second best time on this club) to take home FIRST PLACE!
The 800 saw Patrick Willhalm run 2:07.34, Zack Fishman run 2:09.91, and Beau “Year 7” Barber run 2:15.32.
Becky Haight returned again to show off in the 200 with her 26.37 and 2nd place finish. Lauren Goodsnyder ran 30.81 to just about match her time from the Titan Open.
On the men’s side, Alex Bienduga finished in 23.7. Behind him was Michael Jang in 24.02. John Brandenburg ran 24.16 for a solid PR. Eli Decker came in at 26.18, with PJ Coleman finishing in 29.9.
Lastly, in the 4x4s, Lauren Grant, Desarae Echevarria, Kaleigh Evans, and Becky Haight claimed first place with their 4:15.82. The men’s relay of Beau Barber, Michael Jang, Zack Fishman, and Patrick Willhalm finished with a time of 3:46.61.
Congrats to all the great performances by every athlete!
The Illinois Track Club competes next at the UIndy Invitational/GVSU Big Meet on February 9th.