Leah Sibener

Illinois Prep Top Times

Sherry Fu ran 5:29 for the 1600, Emily Kuo ran 2:30.3 and Leah Sibener ran 7.71 and 27.2 for the 55 and the 200 at the Illinois Top Times Meet in Bloomington on Friday March 27th. It was a PR for Sherry! Leah finished 10th in the 200 while Emily was 11th in the 800. We run at Luther North on Saturday- 1pm for our first outdoor meet of the season.

Emily Kuo and Sherry Fu

U High Indoor Meet # 3

Congratulations to the U High Track Teams for an excellent final indoor meet on Friday the 6th of March. The highlight of the night was the celebration of the 1st U High State Championship that was won in 1909. In honor of that we staged 2 exhibition races in which U High record holder and 4-time state champion Chris Harper competed. Mr Harper was able to run well as usual showing the huge crowd that speed never goes away! He won the 55 dash in 6.6 seconds and the 200 dash in 24.06 seconds. He still holds the fastest time in illinois in the 55 from when he was a senior at 6.3! His best 200 in HS was 21.10. Thanks to Joe Hurst, Zak Reneau-Wedeen, Nate Wise, Ben Jurisson and Walter Bourdaughs for the stiff competition. In the regular events Leah Sibener won the 200 in 27.7, Aoife MacMahon won the 1600 in 5:45.3, the 4 x 800 relay of Aoife, Sherry Fu, Emily Kuo and Josey Mintel won in 10:43. Our next meet will be outdoors after break.

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Track does well again!

The U High Track Team had another outstanding meet on Friday vs Jones, St Ignatius, North Shore, Montini, Wheaton Academy and Luther North. Leah Sibener won the 200 and the 400 while Aoife MacMahon was 2nd in the 800 , Sherry Fu 2nd in the 1600 and Emily Kuo was 2nd in the long jump. The 4 x 800 relay of Sherry Fu, Aoife MacMahon, Josey Mintel and Emily Kuo finished 2nd as well. For the boys Nate Wise was 1st in the 200 and 2nd in the 55 meters. Zack Reneau-Wedeen was 2nd in the 200, Joe Hurst was 2nd in the 400, JR Mahung was 2nd in the 800, Robert Meyer was 1st in the 3200 run and 2nd in the 1600 run. The 4 x 200 relay of Zack Reneau-Wedeen, Joe Hurst, Matt Fitzpatrick and Rafie Khan took 1st place. The same team also won the 4 x 400 relay. Rafi Khan also won the long jump while the 4 x 800 relay of Don Traubert, Stephen Heinz, JR Mahung and Jamie Veeneman took 1st .
The final home meet of the indoor season will be Friday at 7pm at Crown Field House. Be on hand to see the commemoration of U High's 1st State Championship in Boys Track which was won in 1909! To commemorate the championship Coach Chris Harper will run in 2 exhibitiion races- the 55 meters and the 200 meters. He will race against several current U High athletes. Coach Harper holds the record for the 55 meters, 200 meters, 100 meters, 200 meters 400 meters, and was the anchor on the record holding 4 x 200 m relay. He won the state championship in the 200 meters twice and the 100 meters once. He also anchored the state championship 4 x 200 meter relay. The HONORARY Official Starter for the Meet will be Dan McGinn who holds the 800 meter record and1600 meter record for U High. He was also 2nd in the 1600 meter run at the State Meet and won medals at state in the 800 and 1600. Be there as it should be the athletic event of the year!