York boys track team fares well at Distance Night in Palatine
Timothy Christian girls track team logs numerous first-place finishes.
By Mike Miazga
Correspondent
The York boys track team came away from the recent Distance Night in Palatine event with plenty to be proud of.
Every athlete that competed for the Dukes set a lifetime best. That list included Liam Hill running 4:23.44 in Heat 1 of the 1,600 and Jackson Bode running 4:27.44 in the same heat.
Charlie Kern Jr., ran a lifetime best 4:17.83 in Heat 2 of the 1,600. Sean MacGregor’s 9:36.39 in Heat 1 of the 3,200 also was a lifetime best as was freshman Eddie Ryan’s 4:46.07 in the freshman 1,600.
Kern Jr., a sophomore, finished sixth in the 1,600 Elite with that 4:17.83 mark. Hill was 14th with his 4:23.44. Bode, a sophomore, was 21st.
Ryan’s 4:46.07 effort earned him a seventh-place overall finish in the 1,600 Freshman event.
MacGregor finished 11th overall in the 3,200 at 9:36.39. MacGregor also is a sophomore.
Timothy Christian girls track
The Timothy Christian girls track team competed in a recent meet against Glenard South and Riverside-Brookfield.
Running standout Hannah Bosman won the 100 (13.43) and 200 (27.88) for the Trojans. “Hannah has some decent times considering it was in the 40s with 15-20 MPH winds,” said Timothy Christian coach Kevin Hackert.
Val Hoekstra won the 800 (2:49.26) and Olivia Hoekstra won the 400 (1:06.54) and the long jump (14-3). Alyse Schnurr took second in the 100 high hurdles with a 17.83 time (clocked in FAT). “A 17.83 FAT time is a nice race,” said Hackert.
Timothy also won the 1,600 relay with a time of 4:32.86. That group included Olivia Hoekstra, Rachel Stoll, Val Hoekstra and Bosman.
The Trojans took second in the meet. Glenbard South was first.
In other meet results, Olivia Hoekstra was second in the 100 at 13.53. The Trojans’ 400 relay team of Zoe Stanton, Ellie Jarzombek, Tyra Nelson and Gabi Silvia took second at 56.67. Timothy’s 800 relay team of Stanton, Schnurr, Silvia and Nelson was second at 2:01.25. The Trojans were third in the 3,200 relay at 11:44.81. That group featured Olivia Reamer, Tracy Westra, Jill Forgac and Stoll.
