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St. Joseph-Ogden relay strength key to 1A team championship

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Illinois IHSA Outdoor State Championships   May 20th 2018, 8:09pm
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Marianne Mihas wins the 1600 Meter Run ahead of Arielle Summitt (Laura Duffy photo)

Summitt wins third straight 800 title; Mihas outkicks Summitt in 1600m; Hicks double wins in the 100m/200m; Lindeman moves into US top 10 with Shot Put win.

 

By Michael Newman

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Charleston, Il – It was a freshman that sparked St. Joseph-Ogden to the 1A state title.

Atleigh Hamilton was a part of 36 of the team’s 43 points that gave the team the championship. Only three points separated the next four teams with Farmington scoring 36 points ahead of St. Teresa (35 points), Bureau Valley (34 points), and St. Thomas More (33 points).

Hamilton sparked the team in the first scored event of the day. Hamilton was in fifth after the prelims in the Long Jump. Hamilton moved up jumping 18-2 on Saturday to win the event just ahead of St. Thomas More’s Lucy Lux-Rulon.

Her attention then turned to the three sprint relay events. St. Joseph-Ogden was even with Bureau Valley as Hamilton and Bureau Valley’s Kamryn Kolb. It was close down the stretch between the two freshmen with Bureau Valley winning by just two hundredths of a second (49.78 – 48.80). Hamilton extended the lead when she got the baton in the 800 Meter Relay. St. Joseph-Ogden took the title (1:43.89) less than two seconds ahead of Bureau Valley (1:45.48) and Warrensburg Latham (1:45.58). Hamilton had the lead going into the final 400 meters of the 1600 Meter Relay, but Farmington’s Jordan Peckham passed her with 300-meters left. Farmington pulled away for the win (4:02.92) ahead of St. Joseph-Ogden (4:05.79) and Pana (4:06.49).

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The distance races were in the spotlight of the 1A meet starting with the 3200 Meter Relay. The race started in rain that hit the area just before the start. It did not bother Tremont’s quartet. Bethany Wagenbach ran a strong final 800-meters to pull away from St. Joseph-Ogden and Teutopolis. Tremont’s winning time of 9:44.07 was five seconds ahead of Teutopolis (9:49.12) and St. Joseph-Ogden (9:51.85).

Laura Krasa of Judah Christian used the same strategy in the 3200 Meter Run that she did at Illinois Top Times in the same event. Krasa had close to a ten second lead entering the final lap of the race Saturday. The heat and humidity affected Krasa as she slowed down in the final 100-meters. Caroline Jachino of Pleasant Plains had been closing the gap in the final 200 meters and it looked like she would catch Krasa. That did not happen. Krasa held on for the win (11:29.06) just ahead of Jachino (11:30.22).

Before she rushed away to attend her graduation, Arielle Summitt of Urbana University took care of business in winning her third straight 1A title in the 800 Meter Run. Summitt and Harvest Christian Academy pulled away from the pack early in the race going past the first 400 in 54.7 seconds. Summitt surged the third 200 of the race securing the win. Her third win was a personal best as she ran 2:11.03 for the win ahead of a strong run by Forte to finish second (2:15.23).

It was a classic race between Summitt and Latin School’s Marianne Mihas. The freshman from Chicago was waiting for this moment having failed to qualify in the 800 Meter Run after tripping on the rail in prelims. Mihas took command of the race immediately opening close to a seven second lead on Summitt. The U-High senior slowly started to close the gap on the third lap as Mihas was beginning to struggle as the bel sounded for the final lap. Summitt passed Mihas with 300-meters to go. Mihas stayed close and passed Summitt entering the curve. As the two came off the curve, Mihas had the fresher legs as she stormed away to win the state crown (4:56.29) ahead of the personal best 4:57.98 run by Summitt.

“I just wanted to take it out as fast as I could to try to take something out of her legs,” Mihas said afterwards. “She passed me. I waited to re-pass her to surprise her. I guess it worked.”

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Danielle Taets of Orion was one of the double winners in this 1A meet. It started with her 38-0 effort to win the Triple Jump with Fulton’s Daekota Knott finishing second (37-8.50). Taets came back to win the 100 Meter Hurdles over a loaded field headed by DaeLin Switzer of St. Teresa and Kenli Nettles of Arthur-Lovington. Taets pulled away in the final two hurdles to win the title (14.72) ahead of Nettles (14.91) and Switzer (15.05).

DaeLin Switzer put St. Teresa on her back as she scored all her team’s 35 points to get them a third-place finish. Switzer started by clearing a personal best 5-8 to win the High Jump in an event that was delayed 30 minutes due to rain. Her third-place finish in the 100 Hurdles was followed up by a win in the 300 Meter Hurdles as she ran a personal best 44.49 to win by more than a second ahead of Nettles (45.72) and Taets (46.03). Switzer’s final race was a second-place finish in the 200 Meter Dash.

Seven Hicks was queen of the 1A sprints with a pair of wins. The sophomore ran 12.21 to win the 100 Meter Dash edging Jordan Peckham of Farmington by seven hundredths of a second (12.28). Hicks came back to win the 200 Meter Dash holding off Switzer for the win (25.50 – 25.70).

Other Highlights

Camren DeVries of Lena-Winslow was in charge coming off the final curve in the 400 Meter Dash. DeVries ran 57.04 to win the state title more than a second ahead of Althoff Catholic’s Nariah Parks (58.50).

Chloe Lindeman of Fulton improved on her prelim mark with a 47-3.75 throw (US #9) to win the Shot. Emily Offenheiser of Stockton threw 44-10.25 to move from fourth to finish second. Offenheiser threw a personal best 151-8 to win the Discus by more than 13 feet ahead of Teutopolis’ Claire Bushur (138-5).

Windsor Roberts of Downs Tri Valley cleared 12-0 to win the Pole Vault ahead of fellow freshman Tori Thomas of Alleman who cleared 11-9 to finished second ahead of Carlinville’s Emma Smith who cleared the same height.



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