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Track dominates at Districts, advances to Sectionals

The St. Louis U. High track team was looking to have a good day at districts, advance most of their competitors for sectionals, and score enough points to win. SLUH had a great day, dominating District 2 by scoring 191 points and walloping second-place Rockwood Summit (98) by almost a hundred points.

In districts, the top four spots in each event qualify for sectionals.

The day started off cloudy, bringing a bit of a chill onto the meet. Forbidden rain clouds stood on the horizon, but they never quite made it to the track. Field events began the day, and the throws squad started SLUH’s banner day.

Junior Niko Mafuli threw to first place in the shot put (54’ 2�?) after which an unknown competitor muttered, “That is one intimidating guy.�? Teammate Cliff Leek took third with a throw of 45 feet and 1 inch. Mafuli also went on to qualify in the discus, taking second on a 134’ throw.

The jump squad had one of its best individual performances of the year when sophomore Andrew Blackmon jumped his way into second place in the long jump. Blackmon set a new personal record by almost a foot when he jumped 20’ 1/2�? and advanced for sectionals.

SLUH’s day on the track started off on a great foot when Paul Chaney, Stephen Simmons and Ronnie Wingo went one, two, three in the 100-meter dash with times of 10.62, 10.77, and 10.90, respectively. This weekend was the first time SLUH has ever advanced three people in the 100. Chaney and Wingo also qualified in the 200, taking first (22.06) and third (23.45).

In the open distance event, Andy Bonner ran to second place in the 800 with a 2:03.83, and Dan Viox was right behind him, taking third with a 2:04.3. Viox also ran in the mile but fell one spot short of qualifying for sectionals. Ben Murphy-Buam, however, did advance in the mile when he took second place by running a 4:25.16. Murphy-Buam came back later to run in the 3200, where he ran a 9:43 for first place. Junior Matt Lawder followed Murphy-Baum to a second place with a time of 9:54.

The hurdles had one of its most outstanding days of the season by qualifying four spots for sectionals. In the 110-meter hurdles, Eric Hunt took second place in 15.19, and Jordan Bushong edged into fourth place with a 15.83, beating fifth place by a mere one hundredth of a second to advance to sectionals. Hunt came back in the 300-meter hurdles for another second place finish in 39.44, and Simmons took third in a 41.32.

Another amazing sight was SLUH’s victory in every relay. In the 4x100, the team of juniors Dan Quinlan, Ryan Brennan, Kaelan Mayfield, and Wingo ran a 43.67, taking first place by only a hundredth of a second. The 4x200 team of Joe Phillips, Brennan, Wingo, and Hunt captured victory with a 1:30.53. The 4x400 team of Brennan, Simmons, Hunt, and Chaney took another first place in a 3:27.79. The 4x800 team of Mike Santangelo, sophomore Mike McCafferty, Bonner, and Lawder also won first place with a time of 8:21.44.

SLUH easily ran away with the meet and qualified someone in all but four events. Now the team looks to the sectional meet in Farmington this Saturday, where it hopes to advance as many runners as possible to the state meet in Jefferson City next Saturday.

Published: July 05, 2006 | By: Matt Lawder | Categories: Sports
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