 This was a busy week for Neuqua Valley Track and Field. We started the week with the Mustang Relays at North Central College and then ended with our athletes competing in three different meets.
The weekend started with Matt Appel (Jr.) competing in the Louis-Charles Throwastravaganza at Rolling Meadows High School. Some of the top throwers in the State were there to give their best in the Shot Put. On one his last throws, Matt posted up a mark of 55' 0.5", which broke the indoor school record. This record was one of the oldest on our books and was held by Babatunde "OJ" Oshinowo, who later go on to play in the NFL. Some of Matt's warm up throws show that he has even more distance to go during this indoor season. Next, on Saturday, nearly all of our team competed at York High School in their annual open meet. As we near the end of the indoor season, it is encouraging to announce that we achieved 103 personal bests, which are listed below. As athletes examine their performances, they should ask themselves if they are improving. If not, what can they change to help themselves improve? Everyone should ask themselves the following questions. Am I taking care of the "little things" like sleep, nutrition and water intake? These things may seem little, but they are how you fuel your body and help yourself recover. Am I working hard in practice? Could I push harder on quality days? If you want the body to respond, it needs to receive a manageable level of stress. Pushing yourself in practice will also help you learn how to push harder in meets. Am I working on the technical aspects of my event? Try to become a student of the sport. Resources are everywhere! Do you know the best people in the country or world in your event? Look it up and watch a video of them competing. You can learn from the best. Am I avoiding injury? If so, what steps can I take to help this process? You need to take ownership of your body and make sure it is functioning properly. PERSONAL BEST LIST FROM THE YORK MEET 55 Meter Dash Jared Malcolm 7.21a Ryan Finneran 7.23a Aidan Byrnes 7.38a Tony Cai 7.48a Sathya Subramanian 7.59a Anvit Nidadavolu 8.11a Anthony Bates 8.78a 200 Meters Jonah Covarrubias 24.13a Max Mitchell 24.18a Patrick Hoffman 24.21a Aditya Sathyaprakash 24.38a Ryan Finneran 25.74a Ethan Thomas 25.95a Michael Grawe 25.99a Ethan Briones 26.09a Aidan Byrnes 26.13a Eugene Jang 26.39a Sathya Subramanian 26.53a Emiliano Vargas 26.62a Paul Lee 26.75a Fatehmaan Sidhu 26.76a Farouq Desmaratti 26.83a Chase Parkhurst 27.06a Jonathan Martinez 27.15a Tony Cai 27.16a Michael Lavelle 27.92a Ayush Ganju 28.04a Anvit Nidadavolu 28.91a Kevin Zeng 28.94a Angelo Lavacchi 29.02a Michael Toomey 29.12a Triston Price 30.40a Nicholas Shabaker 30.91a Anthony Bates 33.56a Hisham Alam 34.56a 400 Meters Jonah Covarrubias 53.52a Max Mitchell 55.04a Ethan Briones 57.63a Ethan Thomas 58.10a Daniel Wu 59.57a Michael Lavelle 1:03.18a Chase Parkhurst 1:04.26a Joshua Slinkman 1:05.00a Michael Toomey 1:05.15a Emiliano Vargas 1:05.51a Angelo Lavacchi 1:05.58a Angad Agrawal 1:08.62a 600 Meters Patrick Kelly 1:50.73a Nicholas Shabaker 2:00.31a 800 Meters William Fu 2:25.82a 1600 Meters Nicholas Drechsler 4:47.77a Quinn Kennedy 4:50.08a Noah Schalliol 4:51.19a Aidan Stone 4:53.18a Brian Jett 4:56.73a Austin Burke 5:06.01a Kyle Kretovic 5:12.62a Jacob Nauman 5:19.97a Ashwin Rajan 5:20.05a Andrew Gutierrez 5:20.21a Adam Johnson 5:21.26a Avik Vaish 5:22.51a Joseph Spencer 5:24.58a Aleksandras Majus 5:37.86a Josh Kubicki 5:38.81a Nick Rokosz 5:45.59a Ethan Smetana 5:49.54a Pranav Rajaraman 6:10.71a Prithvi Thakur 6:39.73a 3200 Meters Spencer Teske 9:55.63a Michael O'Connor 10:17.82a Jordan Matthews 10:23.91a Ramsay Johnson 10:32.50a Luke Mennecke 10:32.55a Daniel Gutierrez 10:44.58a Erik Thompson 10:56.56a Sachin Fong 10:56.94a Josh Rodriguez 10:58.36a Kevin Saju 11:00.31a Liam Dorsey 11:02.57a Dominick Gramarosso 11:09.85a Ethan Lockwood 11:13.05a Jack Hastings 11:56.54a Jeffrey Heitman 12:07.89a Akshat Maheshwari 12:18.47a Henry Golden 12:32.36a Samuel Wrobel 12:36.66a Connor McConnell 12:42.45a 55m Hurdles - 39" High Hurdles Paul Lee 9.43a Enoch Kim 9.59a Shot Put - 12lb Jacob Remack 43-05.00 Hunter Danton 43-01.50 Martin Kiefer 33-05.00 Alex Mattson 32-07.00 Samuel Turner 28-03.00 Matt Hassell 18-00.00 Pole Vault Goutham Baskaran 10-02.00 Long Jump Jacob Guthrie 17-03.00 Eugene Jang 16-00.00 Joshua Slinkman 15-06.00 Angad Agrawal 9-10.00 Triple Jump Ej Oketona 39-10.00 Jacob Guthrie 37-01.00 Complete results can be found at the link below. www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/366848/results Finally, we had one more meet with Neuqua Valley representation this weekend. Donovan Turner (Sr.) competed in the New Balance Indoor Nationals Meet at the Armory in New York City. Donovan was the only hurdler from Illinois to compete in the 60 m High Hurdles and broke the school record in the 55 m High Hurdles en route. (An en route record means that the result was recorded at 55 m even though the race was 60 m long. There were two FAT cameras to make this happen.) Donovan has rewritten our hurdles records several times over these past two years and it will be exciting to see which ones will fall next. As we look ahead to the DVC Conference Championships this Friday, we need to make sure that we are getting plenty of rest and are ready to compete the best of our ability as we end the indoor season! We hope to see everyone at North Central College this Friday! Comments are closed.
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