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The weather was almost perfect at the Lane Tech Relays. Comfortable enough for these two.
South Shore's Curtis Johnson competes in the long jump.
Lane Tech freshman high jumper Mark Brand in the high jump. Brand is on the frosh-soph basketball team for the Indians and is looking to be Lane's top high jumper this year.
Now that the Illinois Prep Top Times Indoor Meet is completed, the Indoor Season is complete and the focus shifts to the outdoor season. But before we go there, let's look at the final CPS Boys Track Indoor Leaderboard. www.LaneTechFan.com will also begin a 2009 CPS Outdoor Leaderboard. All Leaderboard links can be permanently found at the LaneTechFan home page (bottom right) and the boys track page.
Northside Prep's Eric Nelson (sr) leads the CPS in the high jump (6-5). Nelson will try to score at the state meet this year in the high jump.
Harper's Jelone Carrol (sr) is one of the city's top Long Jumper (20-06"). Carrl is just one of many unheralded but many talented athlete's from the south/west side that you may not heard of much now but by the end of the season may make a serious splash.
Watch out for Lakeview's Romeo Jurardo (sr) in the 800 and 400 meter as the outdoor season opens. "My goal is a 1:55 in the 800" said Jurardo a senior.
Lane Tech's Christopher Kyles (aka Super Man or "Supah Mahn") soars in the air. He is nicknamed super man because his initials (CK) are the same as Clark Kent.
Chris Kyles (2nd from the right) leads the field in the 55 meter dash. Kyle's time of 6.36 was good enough for the victory and only .02 seconds off the meet record. To Kyle's left is 200 meter champion Colin Hepburn of Glenview. To his right is Khiry Dukes of Thornton who took third.
Kyles flexes as he holds the AAA Boys Outstanding Athlete of the Meet Award at the IPPT. Kyles also ran great splits in the Lane Tech's 4x100 and 4x400 meter relay teams.
Harlan's Darien Williams (left) is all smiles. He took 6th in the 55 meter dash at prestigious IPPT meet to medal for the Harlan Falcons. He also ran a Public League best 22.90 in the 200 meter dash.
Jose Mora of Payton with his freshly shaven head ran an impressive 4:32 in the 1600. His time was a PR.
Donovan Harris (sr) of Payton ran the 55 meter hurdles.
Complete Results
Scene in Lane Stadium at the Lane Tech Len Jareczek Relay's
Lane Tech boys track coach Kris Roof with the family of the late Len Jareczek. Jareczek coached Lane Tech to it's only state championship in cross country in 1963.
Off to the races....here Lincoln Park's Christian Palmer (left) wins his heat and the overall individual 100 meter dash title. To his left is Urban Prep's Byron Caulton.
Northside's Hersh Perlmutter (left) and Urbabn Prep's Jamil Boldian compete in the 110meter hurdles. Demetrius Jacobs of Lane Tech won the event by a nose over Donovan Harris of Payton with a time of 15.92.
Lane Tech's Jazmyne Durrah compete's in the shot put- where she won.
more pictures, videos, complete results, etc coming soon.....
Lincoln Park senior sprinter Kristian Palmer
Lincoln Park is usually known for it's distance runners from it's successful cross country program. However, every year there seems to be a sprinter or jumper that emerges. Last year it was Jovan Williams who seemingly came out of nowhere to win the 400 meter dash in 51.04. Along the way he "upset" more highly touted runners such as 800 meter champion Jeremy Weber of Mather who finished 2nd, triple jump city champ Devyn Cullers who finished 3rd, and Lane Tech's Jonathon Jackson.
This year's "Jovan Williams" appears to be Kristian Palmer. Palmer, a senior has been Lincoln Park's fastest sprinter this year. He opened a few eyes in the DeLaSalle Showdown indoor track meet on February 23, 2009, when he ran a 24.02 on a 160 meter track to place him near the top of the CPS Leaderboard. Then, at last week's city indoor championship he medalded in the 200 meter dash by placing 6th. Jovan has already beaten some of the city's top sprinters this year including Richard Wooten of Hubbard - one of the state's top returning class AA sprinters, Colin Campbell of Fenger - 5th in the city last year in the 100 meter dash, and Brandon Calhoun of Steinmetz - 5th in the 55 meter dash at City Indoors.
Palmer is a senior and is only in the second year of track for Lincoln Park. He played football in the fall, but it has been only this year, where he has really started to strut his speed on the track. Palmer was not even listed on the list of pre-season top city sprinters. Now, after his recent performances, his goals have risen.
"I'm going after Kyles...I know Kyles personally, he's my best friend", said Palmer- referring to Lane Tech sprinter Christopher Kyles. Kyles, finished 5th in the state last year in the 100 meter dash, so Palmer has some work to do. But based, on Palmer's enthusiasm and work ethic, almost anything seems possible. Palmer, is one city sprinter to keep an eye out as the outdoor season opens up.
Mather's Kellion Gordon (so) has had a breakout year and has established herself as one of the city's and state's fastest sprinters.
The CPS has an incredible 28 individual entries and 14 relays running at this weekend's Illinois Prep Top Times Indoor Classic
"cps could have its best representation at the indoor state that i've ever seen in my 11 years in the league....old times tell of days when cps conference meet was a state meet preview. we're not there yet but for certain are at a 10 year best.", said Mather Coach Dale Devinney in the Public League Message Board.
The CPS has a large representation in this meet- a record for most entries. This year there are a total of 42 individual and relay entries. By contrast, in 2003 the CPS had only 10 total entries. Granted there were only two classes in 2003 and this year there are three, there is seems to be a definite great increase in talent level at the top in the CPS.
Boys AAA
Chris Kyles (sr) - Lane Tech - 55 meter
Rashe' Allen - Lane Tech 55 meter
Jonathon Jackson - Lane Tech - 55 meter hurdles
Demetrius Jacobs - Lane Tech - 55 meter hurdles
Jonathon Gardner (jr)- Whitney Young - Triple Jump
Eric Nelson (sr)- Northside Prep - High Jump
Lane Tech - 4x200 meter relay, 4x400 meter relay, 4,000 distance medley relay
Northside - Distance Medley Relay
Mather - Distance Medley Relay
Urban Prep - Distance Medley Relay
Girls AAA
Kellion Gordon - Mather - 55 meter, 200 meter
Adem Alemu (fr) - Mather - 3200 meter
Idia Omiagate (sr) - Lane Tech - 55 meter
Elisabeth Forte (so) - Whitney Young - Long Jump, Triple Jump
Lavinia Jurkiewicz (jr) - Whitney Young - 3200 meter
Devyn Thompson (jr) - Whitney Young - 800 meter
Reana Rhone (so) - Whitney Young - 200 meter, 400 meter
Whitney Young - 4x800 meter relay, 4x200 meter relay, 4x400 meter relay, distance medley relay
Mather - Distance Medley Relay
Northside College Prep - Distance Medley Relay
Boys AA
Darien Williams (sr) - Harlan - 200 meter
Steven Clark (so) - Harlan - 200 meter
Welton Crayton (so) - Harlan - 400 meter
Brandon Presley (so) - Harlan - 55 meter hurdles
George DeBerry (sr) - Harlan - 55 meter hurdles
Matthew Funches (jr) - Triple Jump
Donovan Harris (sr)- Payton - 55 meter hurdles, long jump, triple jump
Harlan - 4x400 relay
Girls AA
Caja Calhoun - Kenwood
Kawana Brooks - 55 meter dash, 55 meter hurdles, long jump, triple jump
Kenwood - 4x200 meter relay
Boys A
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Girls A
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Harlan's Welton Crayton (so) is one of the fastest 400 meter runners in the city.
www.LaneTechFan.com publisher Neil Hernandez (left) with Dwight Gunn (center) at the recent Lane Tech class of 1988 reunion. The aptly named Gunn is one of Lane Tech's fastest ever sprinters.
LaneTechFan will keep the honor roll's updated.
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