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Lane Tech Girls 4x400 finish 4th in state; Baggett of Whitney Young 4th in 800

Class 3A CPS State Finishes at the Girls State Meet

4x800
12. 9:30.82 Lane Tech

800
4. 2:13.57 Shianne Baggett(sr), Whitney Young

400
2. 54.84 Cameron Pettigrew(sr), Payton

200
6. 25.15 Cameron Pettigrew(sr), Payton

4x400
4. 3:55.27 Lane Tech

CPS Dominate Sprints in Girls Track Class 2A State Meet Prelims

The CPS had mutiple qualifiers in the 100, 200, and 4x200 at the IHSA state class 2A girls track meet in Charleston.

CPS qualifiers for the Class 2A state meet finals

100 meter hurdles
14.37 Shamier Little(sr), Lindblom

100 meter
12.50 Elixis Fairley(sr), Morgan Park
12.23 Ebony McClendon(jr), Brooks
12.28 Ryan Preacely(jr), Noble Street Charter

4x200 meter
1:42.10 Morgan Park
1:44.22 Noble Street Charter

400 meter
56.50 Shamier Little(sr), Lindblom

300 meter hurdles
44.29 Shamier Little(sr), Lindblom

200 meter dash
25.75 Elixis Fairley(sr), Morgan Park
25.02 Ebony McClendon(jr), Brooks
25.29 Ryan Preacely(jr), Noble Street Charter
25.23 Shamier Little(sr), Lindblom

Girls Track Sectionals

City champion Lane Tech participated in the St.Ignatius Sectional.

Class 2A
Jones Sectional...full results
University High Sectional

Class 3A
Lyons Sectional
St.Ignatius Sectional...full results
Loyola Sectional...full results

 

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Scouting Report- New Trier Feeder School Meet 2013

I got a chance to go to New Trier for their annual New Trier elementary school feeder school track meet. Here are just a few things I saw:

Katie Glue of Wilmette Junior High finished with a time of 5:25 in the mile in the 8th grade girls mile competition. The next New Trier star?

Matt Otkins of Glencoe Central goes through the human chute made up of volunteers from the New Trier girls track team. Otkins clocked in a 6:02 to win the boys 6th grade race. I talked to a few people, as good as Otkins time was there are 6th graders who are running in the 5:20's.  The problem is they do not run on the track team as they play hockey and other sports. At New Trier, their problem is competition in other sports.


Warren Blood(sp?-middle) and Shawn Gorney(right) at the gun lap. The two 8th graders finished 1-2 in the 7th-8th grade boys 1 mile run with a time of 5:11 and 5:12. If you notice behind them, there are at least 2 more blue shirts. They are all from Wilmette Junior High- who apparently have a good distance program. "I'm going to run cross country at New Trier," said Goring after the race. These guys looked serious- they had running spikes and all.

Heats of the 5th-6th grade boys 100 meter dash - hand timed by members from the New Trier boys track team.

What I got out of this meet from a CPS perspective:

• The meet seemed to have a good combination of fun and seriousness.
• Lots of volunteers (both parents and high schoolers).
• Good indirect recruitment for the high school level.
• Some kids in the suburbs enter high school with 4 years of track experience under their belt.
• I hope the city has their elementary school distance programs humming because in the suburbs, they never rest.

 

2013 CPS Combined Boys and Girls Varsity Track Meet -Results

Results

Jacob Turner(sr) of Payton and Danny Ayala(jr) of Lake View in the first section of the boys 3200 meter run.

Pictures Now - 2013 CPS Boys and Girls Combined CPS Track Championship

Photo Album


2013 Girls Long Jump champion Kim Ward of Lincoln Park.

View from the top stands of Hanson Stadium as Lane and Jones coaches talk about what is next.

Neilski's Full Coverage of the CPS Meet

This post will stay at the top of the blog for easy access to articles. And more articles will be added over time.

Lane Tech Wins Civil War Over Whitney Young.....

Peter Casey Sets Trend Early for Whitney Young in the Discus....

Victor Taylor of King Upsets Toye in the Long Jump....

Pictures Now - 2013 CPS Boys and Girls Combined CPS Track Championship....

Partial Results...

Jones breaks 35 year old 4x800 meter record....

Imani Payton of NLCP Breaks 300 meter record...

King for a Day....

Videos Now- Lane Tech Boys Victory Speech...

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Lane Tech Holds off Whitney Young

Lane Tech Boys, Girls Win City Track Titles in Hard Fought Civil War over Whitney Young


It was smiles and tears of joy on the Lane side after the Lane girls found out they won the city title over Whitney Young.

The Lane Tech and Whitney Young rivalry went through another hard fought battle at the CPS Combined Boys and Girls Track Championship at Hansen Stadium. This time Lane won, as both the boys and girls reclaimed the title as city champs after Whitney Young won both titles last year.

It was high drama in the seas as every event was bitterly contested.

Prior to the meet Tony Prepster dubbed this event a Lane Tech vs Whitney Young Civil War. At first, I did not agree with him, but when you think about it both teams are in the city. Both are college preps. The main difference is that Whitney Young has students who mainly live in the south side, west side, and near west side. Lane Tech, on the other hand has mainly northsiders. (Reminds me of the SOX vs CUBS). This time the Laneites won.

MUCH MUCH MORE COMING SOON...(in day which saw the 4x800 record fall by Jones, Shamier Little set a record, Shianne Bagget was a monster for Whitney Young, Malik Lee won the 800 in 1:56, and Lane boys only won 2 events and still won the meet)

CPS Boys and Girls Track Finals Program

Program

Pictures Now- Group C City Meet 2013

Photo Album


Carver girls warm up. Carver took 2nd.

Start of the 4x800 meter relay won by Hubbard.


Start of the 1st heat of the boys 55 meter dash.