SPartans COmpete at the Southwest Prarie Conference Track and Field Meet

The Spartans competed at the SPC Men's Conference track meet on thursday.   The varsity team finished in 7 place, but they had several good times or marks on the evening.  The Spartans did have 2 conference champions.  Kelvin Jones won the discus with a throw of 162'.  Curshaun Pruit won the triple jump with a leap of 46'7.75".  Three other SPartans earned all conference honors by finishing in the top 4 of their respective individual events.  Earning his second consecutive all conference honor in the discus was Anthony Love with a throw of 140'10".  The next all conference performance was turned in by Giorgio Terracciano in the long jump with a 4th place jump of 20'5".  The SPartans final all conference performance was by Prosper Osinloye in the shot put.  He took 4th place with a throw of 48'5.5".  The 4 x 100 relay turned in a season best time of 43.39.  The team consisted of Giorgio Terracciano, D'Aaron Williams, Miguel Ford and D'Lante Dawson.  Mike Samuelson posted a 10:19.46 in the 3200m run (career PR).

The Frosh/soph team had its share of season and career pr's as weel.  Ian Irvine shined in the 1600 meter run, winning the conference title in a time 4:40.56.  Victor Osinloye had a monster PR in the shot put with a carrer best 45'11", finishing in 2nd place.  He was also a runner up in the discus with a throw of 132'3" and he ran the 2nd leg of the 4 x 100m relay that had a season best time of 47.35.  Ibuku Akendea placed 4th in the triple jump with a distance of 36'5.5 inches.  Justin Suits had a career PR in the 3200m run with a time of 10:24.21, placing 6th.  And Ezquiel Cabanas also finished in 6th place with a career pr in the 800m with a time of 2:13.13.

The Spartans are in action next friday at the Boys 3A sectional Championships being Held at Lewis University, hosted by the Spartans.