National Weekend Rundown for October 3

Oct 05, 2015

No. 2 Ranked Sandburg Splits Squads, Still Wins

No. 2 ranked Sandburg of Ill. looks dangerously good right now - and not just on paper, but in battle.

The Eagles split their varsity between two meets (Peoria and St. Charles North) and still came out on top at both. Here's a breakdown of who ran where:

Peoria Invitational (IL)

RESULTS
Sandburg Goliaths after their battle feast in Peoria... @milesplit @ILPTT pic.twitter.com/ywU6bu4xfk
-- Milesplit Illinois (@MilesplitIL) October 3, 2015

NAME	OVERALL PLACE	TIME
Max Lehnhardt	2	14:37.3
Chris Torpy	4	14:42.5
Tom Brennan	5	14:45.10
Martin Skucas	6	14:47.7
Dan Laskero	9	14:51.4

Summary: 26 points, 14-second top five spread and 14:44 three mile average
Defeated No. 18 ranked Lyons Township (67 points), Neuqua Valley (97 points)

After two Peoria meets we now have 8 Sandburg Eagles under 14:55 at Detweiller. #deep team
-- Tom Novak (@ran42k) October 3, 2015

Other notable performances: If Sandburg weren't so deadly, the Illinois team we might be talking about is Lyons Township. The No. 18 ranked team had a nice meet with a 38-second top five spread and 14:55 three mile average. Junior Vince Zona ran No. 1 with a 14:37.3, third place finish as he was just outkicked by Lehnhardt.

Maryjeanne Gilbert of Peoria Notre Dame won the 1A/2A Girls Race in 16:34, nearly 90 seconds ahead of the runner-up; Brooke Wilson of Prospect won 3A Girls Race in 16:51 for her first career run under 17 minutes

St. Charles North Invitational (IL)

RESULTS

Sandburg varsity champs at St. Charles North Invite today. Great job Eagles! pic.twitter.com/LyW18GN3qp
-- Tom Novak (@ran42k) October 3, 2015

NAME	OVERALL PLACE	TIME
Sean Torpy	1	15:06.7
Dylan Jacobs	2	15:08.4
Paul Sieczkowski	13	16:04.9
Alex Symanski	22	16:10.7
Pat Foster	29	16:17.4