Northside’s girls won their first ever IHSA Regional
2A was the place to be for CPS cross country teams Saturday, as Jones and Northside won their first ever IHSA Regionals.
Jones won handily, scoring 25 points to defeat U-High. Dhia Dean of Kenwood finished 2nd overall, running the first mile with eventual winner Sara Currci of U-High before settling down and cruising the last two miles. Kenwood, Muchin, and Dunbar also qualified full teams. There were only 43 runners in this meet, so everyone qualified for Sectionals.
Northside scored 49 to defeat Resurrection. Mather also qualified by finishing 5th. Von Stuben just missed, finishing 8th. Von does send Patricia George,Melissa Solano, and Claudia Munoz to Sectionals.
Over at Schiller Woods, Payton finished 2nd behind Fenwick’s perfect score of 15. Lake View, Little Village, and Noble Street were able to qualify on the basis of just being able to field a team.
A tragedy was averted when Kelvyn Park’s Karla Perez was sent the wrong way and ended up running about 3/4 of a mile the wrong way on the course before re-routing herself and finishing in 27th place. Perez was in 6th place prior to being sent the wrong way by a course marshal who believed she was being a slower runner covering an earlier portion of the course. Perez was the first individual qualifier, as Kelvyn Park was unable to field a full team. Freshman Kiata Atkins of Orr and Sophomore Maxery Cerda of Senn also qualified.
Over at Riverside Brookfield, Kennedy and Hancock were able to qualify by finishing 5th and 6th. Annette Herrera had a sub par race, finishing 20th, but should be able to regroup for sectionals next week. Individually, all the qualifiers came from the CPS. There were only 6 teams in the meet.
The joke of all the regionals was the Illiana Christian Regional where only 24 runners competed. Failing to show for the Regional was Julian and Fenger, and everyone who did show up was able to qualify including 3rd place Morgan Park.
In 3A, Lane and Whitney Young finished 2nd and 3rd to qualify for the Niles West Sectionals. Both teams appeared to run mostly alternates, as top runners were held out with the exception of Lane’s Carina Coss and Jackie Bynes. The lane duo finished 2nd and 8th overall respectively.
Lincoln Park and Stienmetz also qualified, as there were only seven complete teams. Taft took all the individual qualifying spots with Kassie Prusko, Jocelyne Mendoza, Alyssa Wendt, and Sarah Clinard moving on.
At Lyons, Curie and Hubbard finished 8th and 9th, but send individuals in Liza Camacho, Laura Gomez, and Berenise Vega of Curie and Areij Hasan Hubbard and Abigail Jaimes of Hubbard.
The aftermath of layoffs by the CPS to sports administration is over and here is what’s left over.
It appears that only 3-4 administrators were let go. Among those mentioned were Cyrus McGinnis, Juan Espinoza, Micky Pruitt (unconfirmed), and Rick Szukala.
Reportedly, Rham Emmanuel is looking to bring in some of his own people to run sports admin sometime in the near future.
Word came down today that several people from sports administration were let go, possibly everyone in the department. More details later.
Elizabeth O'Conner of Northside is a big reason why Northside may win its first girls IHSA Regional this Saturday.
This Saturday marks the start of the IHSA series with the Regional meet. Since the expansion to three classes, the regional meets have been considered a joke, especially in the Chicago area. In an effort to make the Regional meets more competitive, the IHSA condensed the meets into three regionals per sectional. Unfortunately, a shift in the Classes this summer moved many teams from 3A to 2A, and in return the regional meets are once again a joke, especially in the meets where the Chicago Public School teams are involved. Here’s a look at what is in store for the Regional Meets where CPS teams are involved.
3A
LaGrange (Lyons) Regional (9 Teams)
Burbank (Reavis)
Chicago (Curie)
Chicago (Hubbard)
Darien (Hinsdale South)
Downers Grove (North)
Downers Grove (South)
Hinsdale (Central)
LaGrange (Lyons)
Summit (Argo)
Curie and Hubbard have an outside chance at finishing in the seventh, but they both will have to run much better than they did at the City meet.Curie finished 17 points ahead of Hubbard at City, but it looks as though this will be a Suburban dominated Regional. The only shot either of them have of advancing will be to take on Reavis. Individually, Liza Camacho of Curie should make it, as should teammate Laura Gomez. Hubbard Sophomore Hasan Areij should make it as well.
Chicago (St. Ignatius College Prep) Regional (10T)
Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)
Chicago (Foreman)
Chicago (Lane)
Chicago (Lincoln Park)
Chicago (Schurz)
Chicago (St. Ignatius College Prep)
Chicago (Steinmetz)
Chicago (Taft)
Chicago (Whitney Young)
Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden)
This will have a rematch of Lane and Whitney Young. Look for both of these teams to take this meet lightly as they both should qualify fairly easily. St. Ignatius poses the only real threat to taking home the Regional title from either of these teams. If Lane were to win it, it would be their first IHSA Regional title ever. Whitney Young won the Regional in 2008 & 09. Stienmetz and Lincoln Park, the 9th and 10th place finishers from City, should also make it into the top seven and qualify for Sectionals.
2A
Oak Park (Fenwick) Regional (10T)
Chicago (Clark)
Chicago (Juarez)
*Chicago (Kelvyn Park)
Chicago (Lake View)
Chicago (Little Village)
Chicago (Noble Street Charter/C. Bulls)
Chicago (Orr)
Chicago (Payton)
Chicago (Senn)
Chicago (Westinghouse College Prep)
Oak Park (Fenwick)
Look for Fenwick to run away with this Regional. After that, CPS teams should take the next six spots as that’s all that remain. Payton, Little Village, and Kelvyn Park should finish 2nd, 3rd, and 4th although the Chicago Bulls Charter School could sneak ahead of Kelvyn Park. In the individual race, Karla Perez of Kelvyn and Ellie Vachuska of Payton should finish in the top five.
Chicago (Mather) Regional (11T)
Bensenville (Fenton)-
Chicago (CICS/Northtown)
Chicago (Mather)
Chicago (Northside)
Chicago (Resurrection)
Chicago (Sullivan)
Chicago (Von Steuben)
Elmwood Park
Norridge (Ridgewood)
River Forest (Trinity)
Wilmette (Regina Dominican)
This will be hosted on the blazing fast (short?) Legion Park course. On paper, this appears to be the tightest of all the Regionals in which the CPS has teams entered. Things should be very close for the title between Ressurection, Regina, Mather, and Northside. Currently, Northside has the momentum having just put together their top Sophomore team, which finished 3rd at City, and has superstar Mary Coomes back. They should expect to be considered the favorites. If anyone is going to give them a tough challenge, it will be Regina. Expect the Four teams listed above to qualify for Sectionals along with Fenton, Ridgewood, and Trinity. Individually, look for Hannah Witczack of Resurrection to run at the front, followed by Elizabeth O’Connor, Madison Weathersly, and Mary Coomes of Northside. Anne Planek of Trinity and Kate McDonough of Regina will also be up front.
Chicago (University) Regional (8T)
Chicago (De La Salle)
Chicago (Dunbar)
Chicago (Hyde Park)
Chicago (Jones)
Chicago (Kenwood)
Chicago (Noble Street Charter/Muchin)
Chicago (Noble Street Charter/UIC)
Chicago (University)
This meet is a battle between Jones and host U-High. U-High has one advantage in Sarah Curcci, an All-State runner who can win with this race. She will be pushed by City Champion Dhia Dean. After those two, there will not be much of a race. Jones’ Miranda Shaver, Katie Gerhart, and Ellen Buttita should all finish in the top 10 in this meet.If Gaby Gonzales or Beattine Foster has a big race, Jones can win.They may also get some help from Freshman Jennifer Geary. After that, it’s about who won’t qualify. At this point, it appears to be Hyde Park which failed to field a team at City.
Riverside (R.-Brookfield) Regional (11T)
Burbank (Queen of Peace)
Chicago (Bowen)
Chicago (Gage Park)
Chicago (Hancock)
Chicago (Kennedy)
Chicago (North Lawndale Charter)
Chicago (Perspectives Charter/Leadership) [Coop]
Chicago (Simeon)
LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy)
Lombard (Montini)
Riverside (R.-Brookfield)
Another one for the Suburbs. Kennedy should finish 4th behind Montini, host Riverside Brookfield and Nazareth Academy. Queen of Peace will keep Kennedy honest. After that it’s a wash. Perspectives averaged 20:00 for 2 Miles in the Open Race at City and should qualify with that. Savannah Caballero of Hancock finished 25th at City, under 21:00, and should qualify for Sectionals as an individual. Annette Herrera will be the top finisher for all CPS runners. She finished 12th at City and could make a run for a state qualifying spot. North Lawndale hasn’t fielded a team all year, and Bowen, Gage Park, and Simeon did not field a full team at most meets, let alone city.
Lansing (Illiana Christian) Regional (8T)
Calumet City (Thornton Fractional North)
Chicago (Fenger)
Chicago (Harlan)
Chicago (Julian)
Chicago (Morgan Park)
Dolton (Thornridge)
Evergreen Park
Lansing (Illiana Christian)
Really only 6 teams here. Fenger and Harlan may or may not have a full team. Even more dissapointing is the Jazzmyne Moore of Fenger ran over 26:00 for three miles at City and was thier top runner and will be getting a pass to Sectionals. On the bright side, Morgan Park will be competitive for 2nd place (Illiana Christian is State Ranked). For this regional to be even remotely interesting, you need to invite a Circus to come out and perform and have the runners run through hoops of fire and let the spectators take pop shots at the runners with paintball guns. That may not even be fair.
Last week I sent out an email to Coaches asking for their opinion after writing about Hanson Stadium being under served.
Here is some of the feedback that was received.
CPS would be better off without Sports Administration and all of their various rules and lack of professionalism and as your article pointed out, horrific use of donated and budgeted monies.
This weekend, I just had a conversation with my father-in-law trying to explain to him how a football team in the Second City football conference qualifies for the state tournament….which is far different than any of our close suburban schools. It is possible, that our football team could not make it to IHSA football tournament as we could have a great record, but still finish third in our conference if the teams ahead of us had better records in our conference.
Speaking of conferences, there isn’t a consistent conference in the city of Chicago, as they all change – and they change multiple times because they follow how well the schools do at each individual sport. It is possible for a CPS high school to be in a really competitive basketball conference, which has completely different schools than the conference they play in for football (because the football team is OK) and those conferences could be completely different from another sport where their team is horrible or heck, could not be in a conference because they are just starting the sport!
Another thing….our football team recently went to Eckersall Stadium an hour and a half early to warm up and be ready for our football game, and no one was there! The stadium director was late, and instead of giving both teams more time to warm-up, which should have been done to avoid injury, but the stadium director and the officials (assigned by CPS Sports Administration) insisted that the game would still start on time, even though the stadium director was almost 30 minutes late. Another piece of the puzzle…..the field was lined after our game!
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My thoughts are that it would bring a ton more work on the AD’s. Some AD’s are new or just not really cut out to handle that type of a workload due to their own schedule.( classes, coaching)
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Sports Admin does serve a purpose and for the years I have coached I have found and voiced many things wrong with S.A. , however without this office I feel that different issues will arise that may be more permanent than the issues that coaches are complaining about now.
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I’m not sure how sports admin affects other sports, but as far as swimming goes, we are disappointed year after year.
First of all for some reason, CPS feels the need to let sports ad take care of coaches payroll. Checks are sure to come months after the paperwork is filed, and are often lost or forgotten. Frustrating as this may be, coaches are not in this business for the money, and we can cope.
The cuts already made to the office have required their employees to be loaded with too many responsibilities, when it seemed that they were already barely competent doing their originally assigned jobs. The aquatics coordinator has been put in charge of at least three other sports as well as a CPS football stadium. This causes much of his time and effort to be taken from our sport, while we as coaches work harder than ever to keep it functional.
Also, it seems that there isn’t really much that the office does for the sport outside of scheduling. Swimming already has a “Coaches Committee” in place that would be able to, and be willing to complete all the scheduling for each season on its own time. We already hold seasonal meetings to discus problems that came up, and potential issues to come. Sports administration is barely involved in these meetings, and certainly is not needed.
One thing myself and other coaches of the more elite swimming programs in the CPS often discus is the need to compete on the same level as suburban and catholic schools. Perhaps we should look at how these conferences deal with similar issues. Obviously, these schools have a larger budget to deal with, and less of a financial disaster, but it may be worth looking into.
Another thing to look at would be what type of money we would be looking at if sports admin was eliminated. We could take some funds saved and purchase equipment, hold clinics for swimmers, etc.
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My question would be what is Sports Administration? I would think that the Coaches and AD’s are the reason the 2 sports that I coach are improving. No need for an administration if they can’t even put the funds together that was given to them for improvements. Oh, how I love Chicago and the corruption even in our school system!
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I think Sports Admin is needed. The coordinators are very helpful and resourceful. They are the connection between IHSA and the coaches.
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CPS Sports Administration helps with a lot of things in regards to helping with athletic offerings. Not just management and assisting new Athletic Directors, as turnover is evident, but with security and venues as many schools do not have the capacity nor resources to allow our students to compete in a safe neutral environment. Sports Administration is a necessity for efficiency in afterschool programming.
Women’s City Relay Championship – 10/15/2011
Team Rankings – Through Event 11
Women – Team Scores
Place School Points
1 Northside College Prep Northside College Prep 300
2 Whitney Young High School Whitney Young High School 286
3 Payton/Jones College Prep Payton/Jones College Prep 224
4 Lane Tech College Prep Lane Tech College Prep 220
5 Curie High School Curie High School 218
6 Von Steuben M S C Von Steuben M S C 146
7 Lincoln Park High School Lincoln Park High School 134
8 Taft High School Taft High School 114
9 Westinghouse College Prep Westinghouse College Prep 96
10 Morgan Park High School Morgan Park High School 94
11 Kennedy High School Kennedy High School 70
12 Lake View High School Lake View High School 50
13 George Washington High School George Washington High School 20
14 Hubbard High School Hubbard High School 14
14 North Grand High School North Grand High School 14
16 Juarez High School Juarez High School 12
16 Kenwood Academy Kenwood Academy 12
18 Kelly High School Kelly High School 10
19 Simeon Career Academy Simeon Career Academy 4
20 Lindblom M S A Lindblom M S A 2
Mady Lenzini, Danielle Schroeder, and Hannah Lee with the City Championship Shield.
It was a great day for City Championships as the CPS saw a conclusion to conference play in Volleyball and Cross Country.
In Cross Country, it was close, but Lane pulled of its second straight victory over Whitney Young, winning 34-39. Joanna Podosek lead the way for Lane, finishing 2nd.
Dhiaa Dean of Kenwood won the individual title, running 18:31 for 3 Miles.
Just before 2 Miles it was (left to right) Joanna Podosek, Dhiaa Dean, Shianne Baggett, and Veronica Roznyek.
Lane also won the Sophomore Division, while Whitney Young won the Freshman and JV divisions.
At the City Volleyball Championships, Walter Payton made the most of it. The first game was very tight, going back & forth, but Whitney Young won the first game 25-22.
The second game started to look like Young was going to blow the game open before Payton took a time out and came back to tie the game. Eventually, Young was able to pull it out and come away with the victory 25-19.
Last night’s Semi-Finals for the Volleyball City Championships took place at Whitney Young. In the first game, Whitney Young easily defeated Von Stuben 25-8, 25-10.
The second game was more competitive, but Jones failed to upset Payton once again as the Grizzlies opened up aggressively winning 25-10 in the first game. Jones played tough in the second game, but it was too little too late. Payton won 25-22.
The Championship will be Saturday at UIC.
The Key Players
With the City Meet coming up this weekend, here is a look at the key players and what can happen for the two major teams, Whitney Young and Lane Tech, in order to win.
Dhiaa Dean, Kenwood- This young lady is the City’s top 800 runner now running in her second serious cross country season. A transfer to Kenwood from DuSable last year, Dean improved by leaps and bounds this past season. She holds the City’s top 3 mile time of the season, having run 18:29 back on September 17th at the Warren Invitational. Since then, she went on to win the Whitney Young ZI Invite (18:52), and finished 5th at the Niles West Invitational (19:17).
Joanna Podosek, Lane- Joanna finished 22nd last year as a Freshman at the CPS City Meet. Since then, she has gone on to become the top pure distance runner in the CPS, finishing 2nd in the City Track meet in both the 2 Mile and Mile, and has run 18:40 at Detweiller Park during the Richard Spring Invitational, then came back to run 11:53 (the top CPS finisher) at Mather #3 and ran 19:36 for 5 kilometers at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational.
Carina Coss, Lane- Coss has been very underraced this season, weather it be due to injury or illness. When she has run, it has been extremely productive. She ran 18:52 at the Richard Spring Invitational, but was ill the next week and pulled out of Mather #3. Last weekend she ran 16:17 for 2.62 miles at the Northside/Southside Challenge (6:13 Pace- 18:39 for 3 miles) and looked healthy once again. She finished 6th overall at last years City Meet and was the #2 returnee behind Payton’s Molly Lawrence. Lawrence has since faltered to the point where she will not even be a contender, making Coss the top returnee.
Thea Bloom, Lane- Bloom started the season with a bang, running 2n at the St. Patrick Invitational right next to teammate Podosek (who won), then went on to run 18:56 (her all-time best for 3 miles) at the Richard Spring Invitational. At Mather #3 she ran 12:18, then ran 20:25 for 5k at the Loyola Lakefron Invitational. She was held out of the Northside/Southsde race this season (that wasn’t her in the results) more than likely as a preventative measure. Rumor has it she is nusrsing a bum foot. After a strong start last season, Bloom ended up missing the season with an injury. If anyone has a chip on their shoulder, Bloom does and could use it to propel herself to a great City meet after watching her teammates do it last year without her.
Veronica Roznyek, Whitney Young- Talk about a turn around, last season Roznyek ran an extremely dissapointing 23:06 at City last year and finished 54th. To realize how dissapointing that is, keep in mind that as a Freshman, Roznyek ran 19:30 for 5k at the City Meet in 2008 and finished 9th. She went on to run downstate for the Dolphins that year before settling into mediocrity. Since then, she has changed a lot! She didn’t run many races early in the season, but finished 2nd at the Whitney Young ZI Invite (18:57) and most recently won the Northside Southside Challenge running 15:46 (6:01 pace- 18:03-3 Mile) and beating many top runners along the way, including Lane’s Podosek (her only loss to a CPS runner not on her team). Roznyek is running strong and peaking at the right time.
Shianne Baggett, Whitney Young- Another speedster in the group, Baggett is just shy of Dean in the speed category, and just shy of Podosek in the endurance category. Together, the combination of her speed and endurance makes her a threat. Baggett has equaled her all time 3 mile personal best this season (19:20) and ran 16:08 (6:10 pace- 18:30 for 3 miles) at the Northside Southside race last Sunday. She seems to keep herself in races early on, but eventually fades late in the race. If she ever got control of her last mile, she could win it all. The closest she came was at Mather #3 where she was out kicked by Podosek to finish 3rd. (Sarah Curcci of U of C Lab school ran away with the race).
Jackie Bynes, Lane Tech- A two sport star, running cross country and playing Volleyball for the Indians this fall. Bynes ran 19:44 at the Richard Spring Invitational and ran her second race of the season last Sunday at the Northside/Southside Challenge. There she ran 17:08 (6:33 pace- 19:39 for 3 miles) to finish 3rd for the Indians. Bynes is a proven 800 runner for the Lane 4 x 800 and will make an impact for the Indians at the City XC meet on Saturday.
Ellen Buttitta, Jones College Prep- Has a seasons best of 19:42 at the St. Ignatius Invitational and followed up with a 20:37 at Niles West in the mud and muck. Last week she ran 17:02 at NS/SS (6:30 pace- 19:30 for 3 Miles).
Margaret Zahrah, Whitney Young- This Sophomore is Ms. Consistancy for the Dolphins. She is constantly finishing 3rd for the Dolphins (except at last weekends NS/SS race where she was 4th), and is consistently in the low 20:00 range. A good race from her could make or break the team race. Zahrah finished 16th at the City meet last year as a Freshman.
Morgan Jackson, Whitney Young- City has been a happy place for this Senior. Jackson finished 2nd as a Freshman in the Freshman race, 2nd as a Sophomore in the Sophomore race, and won the Junior Varsity race last season as a Junior. This season she set a new all time personal best for 3 miles, running 20:07 at the ZI Invite (on the City Course).
Elizabeth Dongas, Lane- Dongas had a great race at the Richard Spring Invitational where she ran 20:10. She has consistently been Lane’s #4 runner and ran an impressive 12:54 at Mather #3.
Allison Pillar, Whitney Young- Pillar ran 20:01 at the City meet in 2009 and finished 13th. She went on to break 20:00 and run downstate for the Dolphins as a Freshman that year. Last season she experienced some growing pains but still managed to finish 2nd in the Sophomore race at City. This season it seems that she is back on track, yet inconsistent. She ran 20:51 at Peoria Woodruff, then 21:41 the next week at St. Ignatius. She followed that up with a seasons best 20:10 at the ZI Invite, then 12:41 at Mather #3 before running 17:35 for 2.62 at NS/SS (6:35 pace- 19:45 for 3 miles). Not altogether bad, just inconsistent. She has been as high as the #4 runner for the Dolphins, and has dropped out of the top seven during the season as well.
Karla Perez, Kelvyn Park- The Senior from Kelvyn Park has had an outstanding season given the conditions she runs under. Kelvyn Park is not a school known for its sports, especially Cross Country. Perez has overcome many of the disadvantages that athletes at Magnet schools have. Perez won the Lane Invitational this season and finished 2nd at Mather #2. If she can keep from being intimidated, a repeat of her 20:11 she ran at the ZI Invite could propel her to the next level and a possible college scholarship.
Ellie Vachuska, Payton- Vachuska was the #2 Freshman in the City last year (Varsity Race) and #2 in her home (sister Maisie finished 5th overall for Whitney Young). Now older sister Maisie is away at Iowa and teammate and 2010 City Champ Jamie Hershfang has moved on to SIU. Teammate Molly Lawrence has struggled this season leaving Vachuska to step up and fill the #1 role for the Grizzlies. She has done that nicely winning Mather #2 (13:01), improving to 20:30 the next week to finish 6th at Mather #3 (finishing ahead of Zahrah of Whitney Young), and has run 20:30 for 3 miles at the ZI Invite. Vachuska ran 20:21 last year at City and finished 12th overall.
Annette Herrera, Kennedy- Last season Herrera finished 28th at the City meet running 21:03. This season she has already run 20:34 at the ZI Invite. In addition, she finished 5th at the Lane “Tough” Invitational. The top runner for JFK, she should be able to hang in with the top runners in the City.
Shelly Gutierrez, Mather- The top runner for the Rangers has run 20:47 for 3 miles (ZI Invite)
Gerhart, Katie, Jones College Prep- 20:48 at St. Ignatius and followed up with a 19:37 for 2.9 Miles at Aurora Central Catholic Charger Invitational
Others to look out for:
Alejandra Lopez, Lane Tech- 20:12 for 3 miles
Jocelyn Moreno, Lane Tech- 20:13 for 3 Miles
Ayana Lance, Whitney Young- 20:18 for 3 Miles
Olga Wroblewski, Whitney Young- 20:50 for 3 Miles
Madeline Nash, Payton- 20:54 for three Miles; Top Freshman in Varsity Race
Savannah Caballero, Hancock- 20:11 for 3 Miles; Could be the first All-City Runner for Hancock
Karly Raber, Northside- 20:04 Personal Best for 3 Miles at Peoria Notre Dame, 2010; Finished 13th in City in 2010
Taylor Provax, Northside- 20:45 for 3 Miles
Erika Navarrete, Mather- 21:28 for 3 Miles
Sarah Lee, Lincoln Park- 21:50 for 3 Miles
Danielle Guerrero, Payton- 21:52 for 3 Miles
Yaneli Martinez, Little Village- 21:58 for 3 Miles
How the race could be run:
1st Mile- Expect the pack to be big. Dean, Podosek, Roznyek, Bloom, Coss, and Baggett should be at the front. If anyone will take the lead, it will either be Baggett or Dean. Dean has lead most of the races she has run in this season. Podosek and Bloom could run like they ran at St. Pat’s and may work together right off the leader, along with Coss. Roznyek is a slow starter, but doesn’t disappear easily.
2nd Mile- This is where the Flyers and Dyers will fall off the lead pack. If Dean makes it through the second mile with the lead, expect the last mile to be a battle. I foresee Baggett, Coss, and maybe Bloom (depending on how hurt she may be) to fall off.
What the spectators will want to see: A race to the finish between speed demons Baggett and Dean. Will it happen? M ore than likely not, but if it does, my money is on Dean. She has a tad bit more experience winning and is a Senior. Big emotions come into play in big races.
What the spectators more than likely will see: A three way battle between Roznyek, Podosek, and Dean. Dean beat Roznyek at the ZI Invite, and Roznyek beat Podosek at the NS/SS (after losing to her at Mather #3). Dean and Podosek have not met this season.
The Lane vs. Whitney Young battle: Lets face it, City is a two team race this year. Lane absolutely destroyed Whitney Young at St. Pat’s. Since then the Dolphins have chipped their way back into contention. They beat Lane (without Coss) at Mather #3, then beat them again (without Bloom) at Northside/Southside. On paper, Lane is tough, perhaps too tough. They have the best 1,2,3 punch in the City. In order to win, the Dolphins have to bring their A game. Roznyek beat Podosek last week, but this week is City. She will have to beat her again if the Dolphins are to have a chance. In addition, Whitney Young has to have someone else (Baggett) crack Lane’s top 3. After that, it’s a pretty evenly matched race. The remaining Dolphins are all close to 20:00, as are the 4th & 5th Indians. A 6th runner in front of Lane’s 5th could help, but may not happen. Every place counts in this meet. Keep your eyes on the Green and the Orange battle.
to all the Coaches who responded to emails about this preview.
Thanks to Lane Coach Rummelhoff for a link to Lane Results. The Lane Seniors continue to dominate the City, winning an earlier meet against Northside Prep.
Here are the results of last week’s meet against Von Stuben.
Lane Technical High School HY-TEK’s MEET MANAGER 3.0 – Page 1
Lane vs Von Steuben – 10/6/2011
Results – The Main Event
Event 1 Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay Junior Varsity
Team Relay Finals Time Points
1 Lane Tech-IL C 2:18.21 8
1) Rzeznik, Eizabeth JR 2) De Guzman, Megan JR 3) Nueschen, Sarah JR 4) Dugan, Kelley JR
36.77 39.38 31.55 30.51
2 Lane Tech-IL A 2:22.08 4
1) Behm, Madison FR 2) Kim, Sophia FR 3) Skibicki, Erica FR 4) Antonietti, Gina SO
36.70 39.65 37.73 28.00
3 Lane Tech-IL B x2:29.87
1) Cambium, Destinee SO 2) Dima, Raluca SO 3) Medintz, Jessica SO 4) Schanks, Zoe FR
38.86 41.93 38.56 30.52
Event 2 Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay Varsity
Team Relay Finals Time Points
1 Lane Tech-IL A 1:57.63 8
1) Viti, Hannah SR 2) O’Connell, Natalie SO 3) O’Connell, Cassidy SR 4) Lavelle, Meghan SO
30.47 33.17 29.06 24.93
2 Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL A 2:16.83 4
1) Warden, Kyler SO 2) Ariza, Ashley SR 3) Echeverria, Lisa SR 4) Dela Cruz, Justine JR
34.78 40.29 30.21 31.55
3 Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL B 3:02.03 2
1) Apalkova, Anastasiya JR 2) Perez, Juliana JR 3) Nicholson, Morgan FR 4) Hernandez, Madylissa JR
49.51 48.97 41.01 42.54
Event 3 Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Junior Varsity
Name Yr School Finals Time Points
1 Rzeznik, Eizabeth JR Lane Tech-IL 2:32.22 6
34.31 38.49 40.67 38.75
2 Medintz, Jessica SO Lane Tech-IL 2:38.43 4
35.20 40.68 1:22.55
3 Garcia, Samantha FR Lane Tech-IL 2:42.68 3
35.51 41.30 43.18 42.69
4 Miranda, Stephanie SO Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 3:42.33 2
45.99 54.47 1:01.69 1:00.18
Event 4 Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Varsity
Name Yr School Finals Time Points
1 Cortez, Ally SO Lane Tech-IL 2:11.19 6
30.13 33.80 34.76 32.50
2 Pitchan, Hannah FR Lane Tech-IL 2:18.33 4
30.77 34.70 36.41 36.45
3 Laboy, Lexi SO Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 2:22.25 3
30.95 35.09 37.90 38.31
4 Perez, Juliana JR Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 3:11.78 2
42.73 50.65 52.50 45.90
5 Kos, Cat JR Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 3:14.71 1
40.51 48.82 52.60 52.78
Event 5 Girls 200 Yard IM Junior Varsity
Name Yr School Finals Time Points
1 Antonietti, Gina SO Lane Tech-IL 2:45.47 6
33.79 41.99 49.24 40.45
2 Skibicki, Erica FR Lane Tech-IL 2:48.65 4
39.32 40.23 54.51 34.59
3 De Guzman, Megan JR Lane Tech-IL 2:49.59 3
37.81 43.53 46.24 42.01
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Results – The Main Event
Event 6 Girls 200 Yard IM Varsity
Name Yr School Finals Time Points
1 O’Connell, Cassidy SR Lane Tech-IL 2:16.11 6
29.13 34.11 40.05 32.82
2 Echeverria, Lisa SR Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 2:23.34 4
30.64 37.86 42.46 32.38
3 Burgos, Alejandra FR Lane Tech-IL 2:35.81 3
32.13 39.71 47.19 36.78
4 Nicholson, Morgan FR Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 3:31.24 2
44.14 55.65 1:03.89 47.56
Event 7 Girls 50 Yard Freestyle Junior Varsity
Name Yr School Finals Time Points
1 Kim, Sophia FR Lane Tech-IL 31.04 6
2 Dima, Raluca SO Lane Tech-IL 31.98 4
3 Tebbens, Grace FR Lane Tech-IL 33.95 3
4 Chu, Kally SO Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 34.87 2
5 Nguyen, Lisa SO Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 41.95 1
6 Rojas, Harley SO Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 1:04.64
Event 8 Girls 50 Yard Freestyle Varsity
Name Yr School Finals Time Points
1 Lavelle, Meghan SO Lane Tech-IL 25.63 6
2 Warden, Kyler SO Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 29.15 4
3 Magana, Amanda FR Lane Tech-IL 30.17 3
4 Dela Cruz, Justine JR Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 31.59 2
5 Apalkova, Anastasiya JR Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 37.57 1
Event 9 Girls 100 Yard Butterfly Junior Varsity
Name Yr School Finals Time Points
1 Skibicki, Erica FR Lane Tech-IL 1:22.81 6
39.57 43.24
2 Cambium, Destinee SO Lane Tech-IL 1:22.94 4
36.98 45.96
3 Uribe, Angie JR Lane Tech-IL 1:27.13 3
38.42 48.71
Event 10 Girls 100 Yard Butterfly Varsity
Name Yr School Finals Time Points
1 Burgos, Alejandra FR Lane Tech-IL 1:07.13 6
31.64 35.49
2 Viti, Hannah SR Lane Tech-IL 1:07.21 4
31.11 36.10
3 Laboy, Lexi SO Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 1:22.08 3
36.29 45.79
4 Nicholson, Morgan FR Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 1:43.49 2
46.78 56.71
Event 11 Girls 100 Yard Freestyle Junior Varsity
Name Yr School Finals Time Points
1 Madsen, Alex SO Lane Tech-IL 1:13.05 6
35.12 37.93
2 O’Donnell, Gretel FR Lane Tech-IL 1:14.92 4
35.45 39.47
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(Event 11 Girls 100 Yard Freestyle Junior Varsity)
Name Yr School Finals Time Points
3 McCullough, Katie SO Lane Tech-IL 1:15.45 3
36.47 38.98
4 Garciduenas, Lissette SO Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 1:32.09 2
40.32 51.77
5 Nguyen, Lisa SO Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 1:41.80 1
49.65 52.15
Event 12 Girls 100 Yard Freestyle Varsity
Name Yr School Finals Time Points
1 O’Connell, Cassidy SR Lane Tech-IL 57.28 6
27.48 29.80
2 Magana, Amanda FR Lane Tech-IL 1:05.28 4
31.68 33.60
3 Ariza, Ashley SR Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 1:09.07 3
32.65 36.42
4 Arzuaga, Siria JR Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 1:25.42 2
41.11 44.31
Event 13 Girls 500 Yard Freestyle Junior Varsity
Name Yr School Finals Time Points
1 Savolainen, Carmen JR Lane Tech-IL 6:24.70 6
32.99 36.60 37.89 39.02 39.71 40.48 41.23 40.41
40.05 36.32
2 Schanks, Zoe FR Lane Tech-IL 6:53.96 4
34.51 39.94 41.57 43.59 42.71 43.67 42.48 43.35
42.53 39.61
3 Medintz, Jessica SO Lane Tech-IL 7:00.88 3
34.98 39.95
40.93
4 Miranda, Stephanie SO Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 9:47.37 2
45.56 57.42 59.59 1:01.11 1:00.12 59.52 1:02.76 1:01.00
59.93 1:00.36
Event 14 Girls 500 Yard Freestyle Varsity
Name Yr School Finals Time Points
1 O’Connell, Natalie SO Lane Tech-IL 5:36.37 6
29.51 32.70 35.15 34.80 34.92 33.87 34.74 34.36
33.96 32.36
2 Echeverria, Lisa SR Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 5:52.96 4
30.21 33.22 34.15 35.28 36.66 37.17 36.92 36.73
36.94 35.68
3 Cortez, Ally SO Lane Tech-IL 6:08.90 3
31.27 36.00 38.20 38.29 38.32 39.14 39.67 38.27
34.77 34.97
4 Kos, Cat JR Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 8:28.47 2
42.95 47.58 51.25 51.72 53.43 53.47 53.50 53.35
51.97 49.25
Event 15 Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay Junior Varsity
Team Relay Finals Time Points
1 Lane Tech-IL A 2:09.10 8
1) Behm, Madison FR 2) Story, Kayln FR 3) Cambium, Destinee SO 4) Schanks, Zoe FR
30.92 34.92 31.33 31.93
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(Event 15 Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay Junior Varsity)
Team Relay Finals Time Points
2 Lane Tech-IL B 2:11.49 4
1) McCullough, Katie SO 2) Grundhoefer, Lena SO 3) Betancourt, Amanda FR 4) Long, Analiese FR
34.50 31.77 31.59 33.63
3 Lane Tech-IL C x2:12.58
1) Garcia, Samantha FR 2) O’Donnell, Gretel FR 3) Tebbens, Grace FR 4) Madsen, Alex SO
33.23 33.25 33.67 32.43
4 Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL A 2:42.52 2
1) Garciduenas, Lissette SO 2) Miranda, Stephanie SO 3) Nguyen, Lisa SO 4) Chu, Kally SO
42.50 42.83 42.89 34.30
Event 16 Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay Varsity
Team Relay Finals Time Points
1 Lane Tech-IL A 1:46.98 8
1) Cortez, Ally SO 2) Viti, Hannah SR 3) O’Connell, Cassidy SR 4) Lavelle, Meghan SO
27.32 27.63 26.50 25.53
2 Lane Tech-IL B 1:55.32 4
1) Pitchan, Hannah FR 2) Bernett, Clarice JR 3) Burgos, Alejandra FR 4) Magana, Amanda FR
29.01 27.09 28.79 30.43
3 Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL A 1:59.09 2
1) Dela Cruz, Justine JR 2) Warden, Kyler SO 3) Laboy, Lexi SO 4) Echeverria, Lisa SR
31.98 29.38 30.47 27.26
4 Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL B 2:48.73
1) Hernandez, Madylissa JR 2) Naurrete, April SR 3) Kos, Cat JR 4) Arzuaga, Siria JR
52.85 38.62 42.90 34.36
Event 17 Girls 100 Yard Backstroke Junior Varsity
Name Yr School Finals Time Points
1 Antonietti, Gina SO Lane Tech-IL 1:17.76 6
36.52 41.24
2 Dugan, Kelley JR Lane Tech-IL 1:23.07 4
39.85 43.22
3 Dima, Raluca SO Lane Tech-IL 1:26.20 3
42.64 43.56
Event 18 Girls 100 Yard Backstroke Varsity
Name Yr School Finals Time Points
1 Viti, Hannah SR Lane Tech-IL 1:05.77 6
31.72 34.05
2 Pitchan, Hannah FR Lane Tech-IL 1:09.91 4
34.50 35.41
3 Warden, Kyler SO Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 1:17.06 3
36.62 40.44
4 Dela Cruz, Justine JR Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 1:27.84 2
5 Apalkova, Anastasiya JR Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 1:51.65 1
50.30 1:01.35
Event 19 Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke Junior Varsity
Name Yr School Finals Time Points
1 De Guzman, Megan JR Lane Tech-IL 1:25.82 6
40.73 45.09
2 Kim, Sophia FR Lane Tech-IL 1:25.89 4
40.98 44.91
3 Story, Kayln FR Lane Tech-IL 1:48.07 3
51.22 56.85
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(Event 19 Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke Junior Varsity)
Name Yr School Finals Time Points
4 Chu, Kally SO Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 1:58.84 2
54.41 1:04.43
Event 20 Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke Varsity
Name Yr School Finals Time Points
1 Lavelle, Meghan SO Lane Tech-IL 1:12.63 6
35.21 37.42
2 O’Connell, Natalie SO Lane Tech-IL 1:13.94 4
35.09 38.85
3 Ariza, Ashley SR Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 1:29.57 3
41.43 48.14
4 Perez, Juliana JR Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 1:44.48 2
50.90 53.58
5 Arzuaga, Siria JR Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL 1:44.81 1
49.09 55.72
Event 21 Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay Junior Varsity
Team Relay Finals Time Points
1 Lane Tech-IL C 4:31.38 8
1) Dugan, Kelley JR 2) Nueschen, Sarah JR 3) Rzeznik, Eizabeth JR 4) Savolainen, Carmen JR
33.39 1:09.99 32.48 1:08.59 31.94 1:07.36 30.88 1:05.44
2 Lane Tech-IL A 4:37.98 4
1) Dima, Raluca SO 2) Kim, Sophia FR 3) Skibicki, Erica FR 4) Antonietti, Gina SO
34.95 1:13.50 32.15 1:08.90 31.15 1:07.57 31.92 1:08.01
3 Lane Tech-IL B x4:55.75
1) Schanks, Zoe FR 2) Cambium, Destinee SO 3) Madsen, Alex SO 4) Behm, Madison FR
37.22 1:17.58 31.43 1:08.76 37.22 1:17.61 35.08 1:11.80
4 Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL A 6:39.40 2
1) Chu, Kally SO 2) Garciduenas, Lissette SO 3) Miranda, Stephanie SO 4) Hernandez, Ana SO
44.61 1:38.57 44.75 1:37.31 45.37 1:39.48 44.91 1:44.04
Event 22 Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay Varsity
Team Relay Finals Time Points
1 Lane Tech-IL A 4:05.82 8
1) Burgos, Alejandra FR 2) Pitchan, Hannah FR 3) Cortez, Ally SO 4) O’Connell, Natalie SO
30.03 1:02.01 29.50 1:02.07 30.40 1:03.86 27.28 57.88
2 Von Steuben Girls Swimming-IL A 5:53.78 4
1) Ariza, Ashley SR 2) Hernandez, Madylissa JR 3) Nicholson, Morgan FR 4) Laboy, Lexi SO
33.64 1:11.59 49.28 2:15.64 36.77 1:19.92 1:06.63
Scores – Women
Women – Varsity – Team Rankings – Through Event 22
1. Lane Tech 105 2. Von Steuben Girls Swimming 59
Scores – Women
Women – Junior Varsity – Team Rankings – Through Event 22
1. Lane Tech 140 2. Von Steuben Girls Swimming 16
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