Prep Track & Field: Strong Out Of The Gate

Posted March 02, 2015 10:00 pm

Staff Report

The Harrisburg High School boys' track and field team got off to a good start in the indoor season, finishing second at the Marion Invite over the weekend.

The Bulldogs were edged out by Marion, which finished with 86 points. Harrisburg had 77 points and finished with five first-place finishes.

Centralia was third with 63 points, while Mt. Vernon finished fourth with 45 points. Mattoon rounded out the top five with 39 points.

Murphysboro (35), Champaign Central (23), Benton (18), Salem (10) and Herrin (6) completed the field.

Corbin Crim grabbed two first place finishes, taking top spot in the 60 meters with a time of 7.13 and was tops in the 200 meters with a time of 23.64.

Tylor Marler finished first in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.45, while Michael Victoria was first in the 600 meters with a time of 1:29.46.

The 4x400 meter relay team of James Curtis, Aaron Stephens, Adarsh Manawa and Victoria were first with a time of 3:41.9.

Curtis also placed second, finishing with a timer of 56.81 in the 400 meters. Mitch Daniels finished fourth in the same event with a time of 56.98.

Dustin Lane was fourth in the 200 meters with a time of 24.52, while the 4x800 meter relay team, consisting of Manawa, Daniels, Aiden Blades and River Jordan were fourth with a time of 9:20.9.

Kane Carrigan had a fourth place finish in the shot put with a toss of 44-feet-1, while Jared Barger tossed 43-4 in the shot put, finishing fifth.

Cody Rightnowar had a sixth place finish in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 9.74.

Harrisburg head coach Zach Cox felt the hard work his guys have put in over the winter showed in the early going."

" I just felt like our conditioning was a little bit ahead of most of the teams there and on the bright side we are a long way from reaching our potential. We were one or two performances away from bringing home the first place trophy today. When you are competing against well-coached teams and schools twice our size, 2nd place out of 10 quality teams is a success.

"This year could be a really successful experience but focus and hard work will be the key for it all to come together. I think today was a great start to achieving some of the goals we have talked about as a team."