IOWA CITY, Iowa – Lewis' men's and women's track and field teams recorded a total of 23 top eight finishes at the University of Iowa's Jimmy Grant Invite on Saturday (Dec. 14) in Iowa City, Iowa.
Michael Lyons (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield Central HS) and
Keegan Zack (Watseka, Ill./Watseka Community) had the top finishes on the men's side for the Flyers as Lyons took second in the high jump clearing a height of 2.00 meters (6'06-3/4") while Zack finished second in the triple jump with a leap of 13.68 meters (44'10-3/4").
Jibreel Brown (Orland Hills, Ill./Carl Sandburg HS),
Dom Wood (Merrillville, Ind./Merrillville) and
Reese Kocanda (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield South) finished third, fourth and eighth respectively in the 300 meter dash. Brown finished in a time of 35.60 seconds while Wood crossed the line at 35.76 seconds and Kocanda came in at 36.69 seconds.
Dan Ford (Romeoville, Ill./Romeoville) finished fourth in the mile with a time of 4:26.02.
John Partee (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield South) set a new school record in the 1,000 meter run with a time of 2:27.74 breaking the record of
Connor Ritzi (Valparaiso, Ind./Valparaiso) by nearly three seconds.
Will DeBolt (Naperville, Ill./Naperville North) finished sixth in the triple jump with a leap of 12.51 meters (41'00-1/2").
Lewis' 4x400 meter relay team of DeBolt, Partee,
Connor Wagner (Elgin, Ill./Burlington Central) and
Chaz Sales (Merrillville, Ind./Merrillville) won the first of two heats with a time of 3:23.61 and finished fifth overall in the event.
Brandon Clincy (Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young) finished seventh in the high jump clearing the bar at 1.95 meters (6'04-3/4"). Wagner also finished eighth in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.42 seconds.
On the women's side,
Jada Hoffman (Chicago, Ill./Kenwood Academy) and
Rachael Ramon (Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) finished second and fourth respectively in the 60 meter dash with times of 7.66 and 7.84 seconds.
Allison Heinzer (Sugar Grove, Ill./Kaneland HS) finished second in the 300 meter dash in a time of 39.39 seconds.
The 4x400 meter relay team consisting of Heinzer, Joelle Ataeesien,
Heather Batterham (Peoria, Ill./Peoria Notre Dame) and
Teresa Zaragueta (Spain/) finished third with a time of 3:49.85 which is a Division II provisional qualifying mark.
Ataessien finished sixth in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.90 seconds. Zaragueta took third in the high jump clearing a height of 1.65 meters (5'05").
Lewis had four of the top eight finishers in the triple jump.
Alecea Cardillo (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North) finished third with a leap of 11.66 meters (38'03-1/4"),
Anna Laudizio (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North) finished fifth with a jump of 11.60 meters (38'00-3/4"), Ramon came in sixth with a leap of 11.37 meters (37'03-3/4") and
Natasha Bernett (McAlpin, Ill./Lane Tech) finished eighth with a jump of 10.84 meters (35'06-3/4").
Laudizio and Cardillo finished sixth and seventh in the long jump with leaps of 5.16 meters (16'11-1/4") and 4.99 meters (16'04-1/2") respectively.
The Flyers are back in action on Friday (Jan. 10) when they host the Lewis Invite beginning at 4 p.m.
