Off and Running (and Jumping and Throwing)

Saturday marked the first invitational for the Wildcats, and the team took advantage of the chance to compete for personal bests and to score points for the team. The field events took center stage as they have in the first few meets of the season. Adrian Washington took little time to break his own school record in the long jump with a leap of 6.97 meters (good for #3 IL currently), the jump also set a meet and facility record. The field events kept rolling when Christian Martin launched a big PR of 16.35 meters to take first and now sits at #7 IL and #2 all-time indoor for PHS. The first victory on the track came in the 4x800, Harlan Matson, Tyler Schick, Arnold Arce and Tyler Weir ran a strong race for the win.

Adrian Washington, Nigel Osei Asare, Will Dotson, and Bryan Underwood took 2^nd to a strong Bolingbrook team in the 4x160. The JV team of Torrance Freeman, Gilberto Saucedo, Cedric Donkor and Na’Varyian Junior took 2^nd as well in the same relay. Adrian also took 2^nd in the 55. Torrance and Na’Varyian took 3^rd and 4^th at the JV level. Bryan took 3^rd with Nigel taking 6^th in the 200. In the 400 Jake Michel took 5^th. In the JV 200 Kalib Smith took 4^th and Cedric Donkor took 6^th. Kalib also scored points in the JV 400, finishing 5^th. In the 800 Micah Ruland took 6^th in the JV race. In the 1600 Harlan Matson took 6^th. In the JV high jump, Gilberto Saucedo finished 5^th overall.

The team took 3^rd place overall and is back in action next Saturday at Rich Township.