NIRCA Track and Field Nationals 2013 (4/6)

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Adam

The Illinois Track Club competed at the 2013 NIRCA Track and Field Nationals in Bloomington, Indiana on April 6th. The men’s team finished 2nd in the team championship with a total team score of 139 points and the women’s team finished 1st with 241 points.

Results

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Wash U Invitational (3/29-3/30)

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Adam

Last weekend, the Illinois Track Club traveled to St. Louis, Missouri to participate in the two day Washington University Invitational outdoor track meet.

Friday night featured both men’s and women’s distance races under the lights. Greg Netols led a strong 5000m squad, finishing in 15:13.95, while Brendan McDonnell set the first club record of the weekend, taking 6th place (31:19.01) in the 10000m. Turning to the women’s 5000m, Michelle Turner ran 19:28.61, a 34 second personel record, while in the 10000m, Kerry Devitt ran 38:48.75 as the sole ITC entrant in the event.

Despite inclement weather on Saturday, a number of club records were set. In the steeplechase, Monica O’Connor, Lauren Choi and Heather Guetterman all surpassed the previous club record in the event, with Monica leading the way in a time of 12:42.34. The 4x100m team annihilated the previous club record by over a second, finishing in 9th with a time of 51.32. Katharina Rains just missed her own club record, jumping 1.53m in the high jump, while the 4x400m team was only 0.02 seconds off the club record, running 4:11.04 to take 5th place.

On the men’s side, Chris DeSilva finished 6th in the steeplechase in a new club record of 9:49.29, while the men’s 4x100m team ran a club record of 43.01 to finish 9th. Jack Skelton ran 0:48.90 to finish in 3rd place in the 400m, while Andrew Cholewa ran 0:58.38 to finish in 7th place in the 400m hurdles, both less then a half-a-second off club records. Ryan Jorgensen ran the top time for the team in the 1500m taking 3rd place (4:02.89).

In summary, it was a great weekend for races, with many more strong performances by the Illinois Track Club!

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2013 Club Relays Results

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Andrew

Here are the results from this years club relays. Great job everyone!

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ITC Silver Mine Subs Fundraiser

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Andrew

Help support the Illinois Track Club on Monday February 25th! We will be working with silver mine subs. A portion of every purchase will be donated to our club! All you have to do is give them one of these tickets:
http://www.illinoistrackclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ITCSilverMines-1.pdf

Thanks for your help!

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EIU Friday Night Special (2/15)

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Adam

It was an evening filled with record setting performances this past Friday night, as the Illinois Track Club traveled to Eastern Illinois for the EIU Friday Night Special meet. A total of 6 club records were set: 4 for the women, 2 for the men.

In the women’s 400m both Caitlin Blalock and Lauren Jonen surpassed the club record, recording times of 1:03.38 and 1:03.71 respectively. They then teamed up with Erin Murphy and Lauren Henderson in the 4x400m, bettering the club record by over 6 seconds in a time of 4:16.21. Kaleigh Evans ran 1:43.92 setting a new record in the 600m.

Other performances of note include a 4th place finish in the mile by Megan McGreal (5:25.36) and a 5th place finish in the 800m by Thea Cudnowski (2:28.47). Megan Mocogni, Michelle Turner, and Paige Oboikovitz finished within 3 seconds of each other in the mile, while Monica O’Connor and Beth McGreal raced well in the 3000m.

For the field events, Erin Murphy surpassed the club record in the triple jump with a new personal best of 9.72m. Minyona Mason as well set a new personal best in the shot put, with a throw of 6.77m.

On the men’s side Ryan Jorgensen broke a historic record, surpassing Mark Talbot’s 1000m club record of 2:37.97, with a time of 2:32.77 capturing 1st place. Greg Netols had the top finish for the team in the mile, finishing in 4:30.85, while Brendan McDonnell and Andrew Gazdziak ran 9:04.66, and 9:05.26 respectively in the 3000m. Not too be outdone by his brother, Kevin Jorgensen would run 1:59.79 in the 800m. In the 5000m, Alex Harrison finished in 16:23.27.

For the third time this season the 60m dash record was broken; Fuad Akinbiyi reclaimed the record with a time of 7.11. Andrew Cholewa had the top time for the team in the 400m, running a personal best of 53.60, followed closely by Ryan Brewster in 53.72. Other top sprint times included Matt Halberthal (23.45) and Moobie Salami (23.91) in the 200m and Ben Kanevsky (54.37) and Jeremy Wood (54.92) in the 400m dash.

Illinois Track Club will host the Illinois Club Relays in the U of I Armory this Saturday, their final indoor race of the season.

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