March 14
BATAVIA DISTANCE MADNESS: Mikayla Chambers and Joey Faris competed in this invitational event that had only 800m, 1600m, and 3200m races. Mikayla ran 2:25.62 in the 800 and finished out of 94 runners which was quite to her season’s best. With a 2:04.68 that was a season best, Joey finished 34tho out of 96 athletes. The competition was tough with most of the competitors were either 2A or 3A athletes.
BBCHS INVITATIONAL: Once again the Trojans competed against larger schools and did very well with athletes producing 15 personal bests and being the 2nd highest scoring Class A squad. Scoring for the Trojans were: Graham Meister (SP,1st), Evan Olson (SP,8th), Joey Faris (800,2nd), Joe Duffy (60HH,7th), and 4×400 (Duffy, Faris, Roff, Walker,8th). Great job Trojans!
Lady Trojans Track had a strong day at ONU again this past Saturday. Bridget Zavala and Sophia Keri had a personal best times in both the 60 and 200 meter dashes. Brooklynn Todd had a personal best time in the 800 meter run. Izzy Bunting took 2nd in the shot Put. Mikayla Chambers had to out lean another girl for the win in the mile.
March 11
The boy’s team finished 3rd with 51 points at the Reed Custer Indoor Quad against the host school and Wilmington and Streator. The athletes turned in many personal bests last night. The top performance for the Trojans was the 60’5.25 throw of Graham Meister. Graham’s throw produced an improvement of nearly 4 feet. The team came home with 10 efforts that were great improvements from the 2024 meet at Reed Custer. The other field event athletes turned in strong performances without lots of practice. They were Joe Duffy (LJ), Collin Bachand (HJ, TJ), Ty Turner (HJ), Holden Grimes (SP) and Evan Olson (SP). Duffy, Adyen Roff, Tysen Walker, and Joey Faris showed fine speed in the sprint races. Middle distance runners, McKay Gleeson and June Maldonado stood out with PR’s in the 800. The coaches were quite pleased the the performances. Congratulations Trojans!
The Trojan track team has had their first 2 indoor meets with lots of success.
Feb 22
Graham Meister competed int the Grayslake Central Throwcase IV on Saturday, February 22. He finished 2nd with a throw on 17.32 (56′ 10″). In a field of 55, he had the 3rd, 4th, and 5th best attempts of the meet and was the best Illinois competitor in the meet.
On Wednesday, February 26, the entire squad went to Olivet Nazarene to challenge themselves against strong competition. Leading the Trojans was Mikayla Chambers, with wins to the 600m and 400m race, and Graham Meister who dominated the shot put event. Our new athletes had great performances and a good number of our returners sent indoor bests. It was a strong team performances.
Sprinters Delaney Boucher, Bridget Zavala, Belle Kelleher, Addi Taylor, Izzy Hakey, Olivia Valdez, Honorine Mwizerwa, and Addi Avilez all had strong showings in the 60, 200 and 400 meter dashes. A trio of first time throwers in Hannah Keri, Kailyn Haggard and Emmalynn Anderson all had a great start to their season in the shot put. Brooklynn Todd with a great first mile run of the season. Mikayla Chambers had two strong performances in the 400 and 600 meters runs, winning them both.
https://www.athletic.net/team/16312/track-and-field-indoor/2025
