Spring 2005 Track and Field Meets

We competed at a Track Meet Wednesday April 20th at Mooseheart, Illinois. The weather was cloudy, cool in the upper 50's with a northeast wind at 14mph.

In the 100m hurdles, Phil Vermaas ran a 22.44, Jake Prebys a 23.81, and David Daniels a 26.78. Great effort for their first time hurdling in meet!

We had lots of runners in the 100m dash. In the first heat that had some our runners Max Christianson smoked a 16.28, Madeline Gilson ran a 17.56, Brian Lirot a 18.53, Pierce Kruse a 20.62, Michell Kavalek a 20.87, and Dillon Skinner a 22.30. In the next heat Jason Zak sprinted a 21.00, Peter Olache a 23.35, Tina Lirot a 26.88, Lucy Farrell a 27.06 and Ben Harrington a 27.13. In the next heat David Curnock sprinted a 17.62, Nick Kavalek ran a 18.84, Derek Skinner a 18.97, Daniel Mace a 19.31, Wade Gunderson a 20.72, and Emily Harrington a 24.30.

In the 1600m run Tom Olache out leaned Dan Olache in a 6:13 versus a 6:14. Nichole Holzapfel ran 6:39, 12 seconds faster than her March indoor time. Spencer Kurth ran a 7:22 and Nick Olache a 7:24.

We had four teams in the 4x100m relay. The team of Madeline Gilson, Derek Skinner, Daniel Mace and Brandon Phillips ran a 1:14.5. In the lane just inside them, Mitchell Kavalek, Wade Gunderson, Jacob Livingston and David Curnock sprinted a 1:18.0, In the first lane Peter Olache, Spencer Kurth, Tina Lirot and Dillon Skinner smoked a 1:28.5. The team of Lucy Farrell, Emily Harrington, Brian Lirot and Pierce Kruse ran a 1:32.9.

Our group of runners in the 800m run was led by Nick Prebys in 3:19.0, followed by David Curnock in 3:30.1, Phil Vermass in 3:44.4, Sebastian Vermaas in 3:58.0, Jake Prebys in 3:59.2 and Jacob Livingston in 4:01.7.

In the 200m dash, Max Christianson sprinted a 32.2, Nichole Holzapfel a 35.2 and David Daniels a 40.8.

In the long jump Spencer Kurth leaped 6'6", Max Christianson jumped 11'2", Jake Prebys a 7'7", Ben Harrington a 5'11", Nick Kavalek an 8'6", Daniel Mace an 8'9", Jason Zak jumped 7'6", Lucy Farrell bounded a 4'3", Wade Gunderson a 6'8" and Emily Harrington a 3'0".

Two of our athelete competed in the shot put. Pierce Kruse put the 8lbs. shot 18' 2.5" and Peter Olache put the 6lbs. shot 8' 3.75".

We competed at a Track Meet Thursday April 28th at Mooseheart, Illinois. The weather was cloudy, cool in the lower 60's with very little wind.

In the 100m hurdles, Phil Vermaas ran a 21.64, Nick Prebys a 22.25 and Jake Prebys a 22.34. This was Nick's first time hurdling in a meet!

We had lots of runners in the 100m dash. In the first heats our runners turned in the following times. Madeline Gilson ran a 16.81, David Curnock sprinted a 16.92, Jacob Livingston ran a 17.12, Daniel Mace a 17.25, Nick Kavalek a 17.65, Brian Lirot a 17.78, Derek Skinner sprinted an 18.21, Pierce Kruse ran a 19.62 and Mitchell Kavalek ran a 20.27. In a later heat, Tina Lirot won in 19.09, followed by Joe Rothengass in 19.29, Dillon Skinner in 22.02, Peter Olache in 22.16 and Ben Harrington in 25.12. In the next heat Jason Zak won in 19.60, win Wade Gunderson following in 20.97, Spencer Kurth in 21.00, Emily Harrington in 23.03 and Lucy Farrell in 26.44.

In the 1600m run Mike Schmidt and Tom Olache both ran a personal bests in 5:57 and 6:04, respectively. Dan Olache ran a 6:14, followed by Nichole Holzapfel in 6:36, Spencer Kurth in 7:12 (a PR) and Nick Olache a 7:32.

We had five teams in the 4x100m relay. The team of Madeline Gilson, Tom Olache, Bryan Lirot and Dan Olache ran a 1:10.34. The team consisting of Derek Skinner, Jacob Livingston, Nick Kavalek and Brandon Phillips ran a 1:14.28. The tweam of Mitchell Kavalek, Nick Olache, Daniel Mace and David Curnock sprinted a 1:14.90. Tina Lirot, Dillon Skinner, Emily Harrington and Joe Rothengass ran a 1:29.67. Peter Olache, Spencer Kurth, Ben Harrington and Jason Zak ran a 1:40.50.

In the 400m run Murphy Kurth won her heat with a personal best 1:11.7. David Curnock and Jacob Livingston ran strong races in 1:23.6 and 1:30.3, respectively. A subsequent heat saw Nick Prebys run a 1:24.2, Phil Vermaas a 1:30.8 and Sebastian Vermaas a 1:44.3.

Our group of runners in the 800m run was led by Stephan Jurgens in 2:29.0, followed by Mike Baglieri in 2:35.5 and Nick Kavalek in 3:24.5.

In the 200m dash, Nichole Holzapfel won her heat in 35.73, while Jake Prebys ran a 43.02.

In the long jump Spencer Kurth leaped 6'2", Ben Harrington a 5'2", Nick Kavalek a 9'6", Pierce Kruse an 8'3", Peter Olache a 5'2", Joe Rothengass a 6'10", Daniel Mace a 9'4", Jason Zak jumped 6'10", Lucy Farrell bounded a 4'7", Wade Gunderson a 7'2" and Emily Harrington a 3'4".

Two of our atheletes competed in the discus. Pierce Kruse threw 49' 9" and Nick Jurgens threw 51' 5".

We had five runners and coaches run the Great Western Half Marathon in St. Charles, IL on May 1st. The weather was in the low 50's with a brisk wind out of the west. Our contingent of three athletes was led by Stephan Jurgens in 1:30:04, followed by Dan Olache in 1:44.49 and Mike Schmidt in 1:59.24. Two Accelerator coaches, Fritz DeJongh and Glen Schmidt ran 1:35:35 and 2:00:40, respectively. Thank you to the club members and parents who worked one of the races' water stops!

A couple of parents, Burt and Sue Zak ran the Flying Pig Half Marathon in Cincinnati, Ohio on May 1st. Their times were 2:05:43 and 2:28:26, respectively.

We competed at a Track Meet Thursday May 5th at Mooseheart, Illinois. The weather was sunny, warm in the upper 60s with a wind from the south at 9mph.

100m hurdles

Phil Vermaas       20.19
Nick Prebys        21.10
Sebastian Vermaas  24.66

Jake Prebys        22.33

100m dash

Max Christianson   15.20

David Curnock      16.50
Jake Prebys        19.37

Jacob Livingston   16.78
Nick Kavalec       16.96
Bryan Lirot        17.39
Mitchell Kavalec   19.66

Jason Zak          18.10
Tina Lirot         19.23
Wade Gunderson     19.74
David Mace         19.97
Spencer Kurth      20.34

Joe Rothengass     19.34
Peter Olache       21.33
Emily Harrington   22.31
Ben Harrington     23.66
Lucy Farrell       24.96

1600m run

Daniel Olache      5:57
Thomas Olache      6:06
Nichole Holzapfel  6:41
Spencer Kurth      7:15
Nick Olache        7:30

4x100m relay
(Thomas Olache, Jake Prebys, Daniel Olache, Bryan Lirot)  1:13.31
(Joe Rothengass, Jacob Livingston, Nick Olache, David Curnock)  1:13.46
(Nick Prebys, Mitchell Kavalec, Phil Vermaas, Wade Gunderson)  1:19.10
(Daniel Mace, Tina Lirot, Lucy Farrell, Emily Harrington)  1:28.14
(Spencer Kurth, Peter Olache, Jason Zak, Ben Harrington)  1:39.90

400m

Phil Vermaas      1:20.7
Nick Prebys       1:24.9
Daniel Mace       1:28.4
David Curnock     1:29.6
Jacob Livingston  1:33.5
Sebastian Vermaas 1:51.8

Nick Prebys        1:24.2
Phil Vermaas       1:30.8
Sebatian Vermaas   1:44.3

800m

Nick Kavalec   3:28.4

200m

Max Christianson  34.56
Nichole Holzapfel 35.38
Nick Olache       38.04

Long Jump

Lucy Farrell       --    4'0"   4'9"
Jason Zak         4'10"  --     6'1" 
Ben Harrington    5'5"   3'8"
Peter Olache      4'3"   4'10"  5'3"
Wade Gunderson    5'2"   3'6"   4'0"
Emily Harrington  --     5'7"   4'0"
Joe Rothengass    --     6'0"   6'9"
Max Christianson  11'6"

Discus

Nick Jurgens      46'8" 58'5" 42'3"
Phil Vermaas      45'3" 44'4" 37'6"
Max Christianson  --    38'3" 45'8"
Jake Prebys       --    48'5" 34'4"