High school boys track and field: Cary-Grove wins Al Bohrer Invite

CARY – Cary-Grove junior Robbie Gleeson said the Trojans did not need any reminder or extra motivation to win their own Al Bohrer Invitational Track and Field Meet.

“[Coach Layne Holter] didn’t tell us that was it, we just kind of know by tradition,” Gleeson said.

The Trojans delivered in a big way, again, winning their third consecutive Bohrer with 175 points at Al Bohrer Field on Saturday. A sign of their level of performance came when Holter gathered them on the infield and asked how many athletes had personal-best efforts.

Fifteen Trojans stood up.

“We had a great group of sophomores two years ago who are seniors now,” Holter said. “They’re working hard and we’ve filled in with some young talented guys.”

Michael Saxon swept the hurdles and ran on C-G’s winning 4x100- and 4x400-meter relays. Ricky Hurley won the shot put and discus, Gleeson won the 200 and Alex Ratkovich won the 3,200.

C-G also won the 4x400 relay and took second in the 4x200.

“I’m really proud of the team,” Saxon said. “This is our first invitational and some of our younger guys got some experience here.”

Gleeson had one of the larger workloads with preliminary and finals races in the 100 and 200, then the 400 final as well. He was second in the 100 and 400 to go with his 200 victory.

“I was a little disappointed in my 100 and 400 because I was close in those races,” Gleeson said. “But overall I’m pretty happy with how I did. We’re doing well. Indoor was our best year since I’ve been in high school and today we did well.”

Johnsburg took two firsts with Sam Blankenship in the 400 and the 4x200 relay.

Richmond-Burton senior Luke Brinkmann, running track for the first time since his freshman year, won the 100. Marengo junior Jarrell Jackson, who was third in the Class 2A state 100 last year, did not run Saturday.

“My starts haven’t been that good, but I got a good start today,” Brinkmann said. “I saw some guys out of the corner of my eye [near the end] and let it all out.”

Good Form

Michael Saxon Cary-Grove, Senior

Saxon took part in four first-place finishes, winning the 110 high and 300 intermediate hurdles, then running legs of the Trojans’ winning 4x100 and 4x400 relays.

The Number 4

The distance in feet by which C-G senior Matt Wade improved his shot put personal best, earning him third place.

The Turning Point

Cary-Grove already had a good start with field events and won the first four races – 4x800, 4x100, 3,200 and 110 high hurdles – on the track.

Cary-Grove Al Bohrer Invitational  

Team scores: 1. Cary-Grove 175, 2. Belvidere North 121, 3. Johnsburg 89, 4. Wauconda 53, 5. Round Lake 45, 6. Marengo 31, 7. Richmond-Burton 27, 8. Hampshire 14.

4x800 relay: 1. Cary-Grove (Williams, Stordahl, Adams, Veal) 8:26.0, 2. Belvidere North 8:28.2, 3. Round Lake 8:36.4, 4. Wauconda 8:50.10, 5. Johnsburg 8:53.8, 6. Marengo 8:55.7.

4x100 relay: 1. Cary-Grove (Magel, Speer, Yokup, Saxon) 44.6, 2. Johnsburg 45.2, 3. Richmond-Burton 45.7, 4. Wauconda 45.9, 5. Belvidere North 46.5, 6. Hampshire 48.1.

3,200 meters: 1. Ratkovich (CG) 9:57.5, 2. Arevalo (Mgo) 10:06.9, 3. Beutel (BN) 10:20.8, 4. Oury (Hamp) 10:21.1, 5. Ellingson (BN) 10:39.3, 6. Adams (CG) 10:55.3.

110 high hurdles: 1. Saxon (CG) 14.9, 2. Simons (Mgo) 15.6, 3. Sawallisch (BN) 15.8, 4. Villanueva (RL) 16.2, 5. Payne (Wau) 16.7, 6. Klein (Wau) 16.8.

100 meters: 1. Brinkmann (RB) 11.1, 2. Gleeson (CG) 11.2, 3. Stefka (Jbg) 11.3, 4. Lanzerotti (Wau) 11.4, 5. Yokup (CG) 11.8, 6. Wolfram (RB) 11.8.

800 meters: 1. Gaura (Jbg) 2:02.7, 2. Zanetti (CG) 2;05.2, 3. Williams (CG) 2;06.2, 4. Palmer (BN) 2:06.7, 5. Graff (BN) 2:12.3, 6. Hetzel (Mgo) 2:12.7.

4x200 relay: 1. Johnsburg (Stefka, Franzen, Lemcke, Rozell) 1:34.7, 2. Cary-Grove 1:35.2, 3. Belvidere North 1:38.8, 4. Round Lake 1:40.6.

400 meters: 1. Blankenship (Jbg) 50.0, 2. Gleeson (CG) 51.7, 3. Theel (Wau) 52.0, 4. Shattuck (BN) 52.7, 5. Yokup (CG) 53.8, 6. Sanchez (RL) 54.4.

300 int. hurdles: 1. Saxon (CG) 41.7, 2. Olszewski (BN) 42.9, 3. Villanueva (RL) 43.8, 4. Simons (Mgo) 44.3, 5. Kautzman (CG) 45.2, 6. Beuchner (Wau) 45.9.

1,600 meters: 1. Yunk (BN) 4:28.3, 2. Stelmasek (Jbg) 4:31.8, 3. Ratkovich (CG) 4:37.9, 4. Walker (BN) 4:40.5, 5. Noah Miller (Jbg) 4:43.0, 6. Seo (CG) 4:48.0.

200 meters: 1. Gleeson (CG) 23.2, 2. Stefka (Jbg) 23.4, 3. Magel (CG) 23.4, 4. Cavello (Wau) 23.4, 5. Franzen (Jbg) 24.7, 6. Johnson (Hamp) 25.1.

4x400 relay: 1. Cary-Grove (Yokup, Pressley, Zanetti, Saxon) 3:34.3, 2. Belvidere North 3:39.5, 3. Johnsburg 3:41.2, 4. Wauconda 3:41.5, 5. Round Lake 3:43.6, 6. Marengo 3:48.2.

Shot put: 12. Hurley (CG) 56-11, 2. Kissel (BN) 48-9.25, 3. Wade (CG) 48-7, 4. Turner (BN) 44-0.25, 5. Stasieczek (RB) 43=7.75, 6. Hoffman (Jbg) 42-11.75.

Discus: 1. Hurley (CG) 171-0, 2. Kissel (BN) 140-6.5, 3. Stotz (CG) 138-0, 4. Greenhill (RL) 133-7, 5. Stasieczek (RB) 125-9.5, 6. Hoffman (Jbg) 122-1.

High jump: 1. Gutierrez (BN) 6-0, 2. Lanzerotti (Wau) 6-0, 3. Bell (Jbg) 5-10, 4. Avanthsa (CG) 5-8, 5. Shattuck (BN) 5-6, 6. Payne (Wau) 5-4.

Long jump: 1. Perez (RL) 20-3, 2. Buechner (Wau) 19-9.5, 3. Powers (RB) 19-8, 4. Stuehler (Hamp) 19-1.5, 5. Simons (Mgo) 18-11.5, 6. Olszewski (BN) 18-9.75.

Triple jump: 1. San Filippo (CG) 42-0.25, 2. Perez (RL) 40-9, 3. Buechner (Wau) 40-8.25, 4. Stuehler (Hamp) 37-8.5, 5. Franzen (Jbg) 37-4.5, 6. Carrick (CG) 37-4.25.

Pole vault: 1. Brown (BN) 11-6, 2. Olszewski (BN) 9-6, 3. Lemcke (Jbg) 8-6, 4. Pfiffer (Mgo) 8-6, 5. Phillips (Mgo) 8-0, 6. Rozell (Jbg) 8-0.