Week 11: Home Meet Thurs, Wheaton North Sat, Meet Recaps, Food Pantry Recap
- David Voland
- Apr 7, 2025
- 3 min read
Hi everyone,
Here is this week's important information to share:
The outdoor season has begun
Home meet Thursday
Wheaton North "Best 4" Invite Saturday (limited entries)
Bulldog Relays and Illinois Top Times Championships Recap
Food Pantry Recap
Welcome to Outdoor!
The outdoor season goes FAST! It's currently the second week of April, and the majority of our team will be done with their season after the second week of May.
With that being said, we have a LOT of athletes who are poised to qualify (and place!) at the state meet this year. You can review the meet schedule at www.gwtrackandfield.com.
Bring spikes EVERY DAY to practice during the outdoor season. You never know when we might need them, even if only for a few minutes! (Quarter-inch spikes are welcome!)
Bring warm gear for warm-ups. We will go outside every day unless we have inclement weather.
Home Meet Thursday
Running events and all field events start at 4:30. Estimated end time: 6:30
Everyone should be at this meet. Anyone who is not competing in Saturday's invite will compete at this meet. Everyone else will help work the meet and cheer on teammates.
Please arrive by 4:00 at the latest (earlier if you need to warm up earlier than that)
Non-Scored, single-level, unlimited-entry meet
Order of events: Combined 4x800 and 3200, 4x100, 110m High Hurdles, 100, 800, 4x200, 400, 300m Int Hurdles, 1600, 200, 4x400
Wheaton North "Best 4" Invite Saturday
2 buses leave Biester on Saturday at 10:45 (field events w/ Kim) and 11:45 (running events w/ Frazier)
Limited Entry Meet. Line-Up will be ready by Tuesday's practice time at www.gwtrackandfield.com
Field events at 12:00, and Running events at 1:00
$5 admission for adults, $3 for students/children (CASH ONLY)
Order of events: 4x800, 4x100, 3200, 110HH, 100, 800, 4x200, 400, 300IH, 1600, 200, 4x400
We can now use quarter inch spikes in all outdoor meets!
Live Results will be available here: https://wwstiming.com/meets/42620
Recap of Bulldog Relays and Prep Top Times
Bulldog Relays:
The 4x200 of Krishtian Singh, Mateo Pedroza, Isaak Caldwell, and Evers Brogle; the 4x400 of Owen Ashmore, Keaton Peter, Nolan Borgman, and Graham Faris; and the distance medley (1200-400-800-1600) of Ely Tedford, Patrick O'Donnell, Nathan Ho, and Sam Roser represented GBW well and ran some great splits!
The 4x800 of Keaton Peter, Matt King, Brandon Carpenter, and Graham Faris ran a season-best of 8:14.29 and won the meet!
Prep Top Times (often referred to as the "indoor state meet"):
Jordan Ademuyiwa ran the 60m Dash in 7.12 and got 6th place (and a PR!) in the 200 in 22.70 (Would have been our indoor school record if not for Mason Ellen's 22.53 earlier this year)
Ben Schoettle ran the 60m Hurdles in 8.35, which placed 7th overall at an extremely prestigious meet
Chase Martin Scott got 5th and ran a PR in the 400 with a time of 51.31, our school's current indoor school record!
Food Pantry Recap
Thank you all for your help with collecting food items for the local food bank. As a team, we were able to collect 266 pounds of much-needed groceries for the community. Great work!!
That's it! Remember to bookmark www.gwtrackandfield.com and join our Remind to stay connected.
Not doing track? Please let me know so I can remove you from this list and finalize our roster.
All the best,
Coach Voland
