Aurora, IL — QUADRANGULAR METEA VALLEY H.S. SHOCK THE WORLD Paul McCormick is a rookie-senior, new to track. Paul’s best 100m so far is 11.70, best 200, 23.71. On a cold night at Metea Valley, Paul ran a full 400 for the first time. 52.5 Or is it shocking? Paul has consistently ranked in our top-eight in mph, 22.1. In our last 4x4 Predictor, Paul placed 6th on the team, predicting 52.57 I’m reminded of another first-year rookie senior from 2012, Evan Flagg. On April 9th, 2012, Evan Flagg ran his first-ever 400, 53.9. 45 days later, Evan was an all-stater (49.5 anchor in 4x4). Welcome to the 4x4 Paul McCormick! 13 PRS FOR THROWERS MESCIOGLU 47’1”, 127’7” Omer Mescioglu already holds our FS indoor shot record and is now only 15 inches from our FS outdoor record (48’4” by Nick Wolf). Kyle Weeks also had a double PR, 45’4” and 122’4” (last year 36’2” and 100’9”) Kevin Wilson won the FS shot with a PR, 41’7” (last year 33’0”). 4x1 WINS FOR FIRST TIME With two guys who had never run a 4x1 (Gramley, Patterson), we were awful in our first two meets. We ran a solid 43.14 last Saturday. Today we ran 43.28 and it looked smooth. Winning a 4x1 is, developmentally, an important step. I’m starting to think this group (no seniors) can run mid-42s this year (42.99 is state qualifying). SPRINT GROWTH One Year Growth Cyracus 23.59 ➡️ 23.00 Patterson (didn’t run track) ➡️ 23.00 Brennan (d-crew) ➡️ 23.06 Coleman 24.61 ➡️ 23.12 Gramley 24.85 ➡️ 23.21 McCormick (didn’t run track) ➡️ 23.71 Anderson 24.77 ➡️ 23.75 Armstrong 24.55 ➡️ 23.89 How fast will we run in May? 🔥🔥🔥 EWAN HAS BIG NIGHT Ewan Farnum, fighting for a spot on our 4x8 and our 4x4, ran a PR 53.05 and 52.7. Our 4x4 looks to be Brennan (50.0), Stahl (51.7), and Miller (51.0) at this point. The 4th guy is up for grabs between Pauly, Amoo-Otoo, McCormick, Farnum, and Gavras. Pauly ran 51.2 last year. Seven of the eight guys listed are underclassmen. OMAR IS DOUBLE WINNER FS 100: 11.52 FS 200: 23.12 Omar Coleman was last year’s FS conference champ. KYRYCHENKO STEPS UP Aidan Kyrychenko (freshman) placed 2nd in the FS 400, 55.42, and led his FS 4x4 to a win (56.5). Aidan is getting close to cracking the Pntrack FS All-Time list in the 400 (it will take 54.69 to make the top 25). GAVRAS DOMINATES 15.50 in HH (1st) 41.84 in INT (1st) 53.3 in 4x4 (last week, Evan Gavras ran a 53.1 lead-off in the 6th lane of a 6-lane track) RENEAU 2:08.13 Evan Reneau broke 2:10 in the 800 for the first time. Last year as a sophomore, Evan ran 2:24.06. Amazing improvement. Evan also ran a PR 55.4 split in the 4x4. A-A FS 3200 1-2 Freshmen Dylan Araiza and Cal Anderson placed 1-2 in the FS 3200. Araiza 11:04 Anderson 11:21 Pntrack Results 100 Patterson 11.43* (3rd) Coleman 11.52 (1st FS) Brennan 11.61 (6th) Armstrong 11.71* (8th) McCormick 11.77 Anderson 11.77 (4th FS) Cyracus 11.78 Bownes 11.89 (6th FS) Peterson 11.95 Adams 12.19 Singh 12.40 Clark 12.46* Ahmad 12.61* Macon 12.85* Mohammed 13.15* 200 Brennan 23.06* (2nd) Coleman 23.12 (1st FS) Gramley 23.21* (3rd) Patterson 23.22 (4th) Armstrong 23.89* (7th) Seifert 24.03* (8th) Anderson 24.10 Bownes 24.30 Peterson 24.66 Adams 24.95 Singh 26.04* 400 Farnum 53.05* (3rd) Pauly 54.03* (4th) Kyrychenko 55.42* (2nd FS) Cardillo 55.57 Schmauderer 56.08* (4th FS) Jones 57.59* (6th FS) Pantaleo 58.42* Damiani 59.31 Ahmad 59.95* Mulvoy 62.33* Mohammed 62.46* 800 Reneau 2:08.13* (5th) Gilbert 2:08.25* (6th) Williams 2:09.43* (7th) Maso 2:17.07* (4th FS) Alexander 2:19.54 Bledsoe 2:20.90* Cann 2:34.78* 1600 Paungum 4:55.60* (2nd) Bledsoe 5:22.91* (7th) Alexander 5:28.91* Griffith 5:36.66* Tapia 5:42.22* Dunn 5:42.44* Haar 5:44.08* Cann 5:45.57 3200 Araiza 11:04.74* (1st FS) C. Anderson 11:21.60* (2nd FS) Childs 12:52.82 110 HH Gavras 15.50 (1st) Morris 16.46 (3rd) Connelly 17.18* (2nd FS) 300 Gavras 41.84 (1st) Morris 43.92 (2nd) 4x1 Pntrack 43.28 (1st) Gramley Pauly Cyracus Patterson 4x2 Varsity Pntrack 1:40.11 (5th) Liapis 25.8 Wiers 24.6 Kuye 23.8 Bartz 25.9 FS Pntrack 1:43.56 (3rd) Price 27.2 Lewis 26.2 Tovar 25.4 Clark 24.8 4x4 Var-A 3:36.49 (1st) Armstrong 56.3 Ulrey 54.2* McCormick 52.5* Gavras 53.3 Var-B 3:39.65 (2nd) T. Wilson 55.2 Kuye 55.8* Farnum 52.7* Reneau 55.4* Var-C 3:58.38 Gilbert 57.4 Paungam 57.0 Tapia 59.5 C. Anderson 64.2 FS 3:53.36 (1st) Kyrychenko 56.4 Schmauderer 56.9 Damiani 59.2 Maso 60.6 SHOT Mescioglu 14.36* 47’1” (2nd) Snitko 14.15 46’5” (3rd) Weeks 13.83* 45’4” (4th) Wilson 12.68* 41’7” (2nd FS) Wiencek 11.10* 36’5” (6th FS) Rastetter 10.75* Fuller 10.71* Milkeris 8.00* Fau 7.32* Pena SCR DISCUS Snitko 39.64 130’0” (2nd) Mescioglu 38.93* 127’7” (3rd) Weeks 37.25* 122’4” (4th) Wiencek 33.70 (2nd FS) Fuller 29.10 Pena 27.68 Wilson 26.80* Rastetter 24.97 Milkeris 22.54* Fau 14.70* LJ Cyracus 6.19 (1st) Cardillo 5.79 (2nd) Morris 5.69 (4th) Weirs 5.55 (1st FS) Armstrong 5.11 (6th) Mohammed 4.72 TJ Bownes 12.02 (2nd FS) Anderson 11.51* (3rd FS) Varsity Athletes Not Attending Ashiru (ankle) Floyd (working on grades) Amoo-Otoo (rest) Miller (workout) Burns (workout) Tracey (workout) Stahl (workout) Czerwinski (workout) Hall (workout) Connors (workout)