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Boys Cross-Country
North finishes strong at conference meet
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Glenbrook North put in a
strong showing at the CSL
Conference Championship
Meet on Saturday, Oct. 13,
to hold onto a fourth place
north division finish for the
season.
Highland Park edged out
Deerfield for the North division
conference crown
with Vernon Hills squeaking
past the Spartans for
third place. Maine West
and Maine East rounded
out the North division competition,
finishing fifth and
sixth, respectively.
Head coach Bill Race
was optimistic coming into
the meet as several Spartan
runners notched personal
record times in last few
weeks.
“We’ve had a good two
weeks of training,” Race
said, “and while a couple of
our varsity guys are banged
up and nursing nagging injuries,
I don’t expect any of
that to deter our resilience
or to alter our approach.”
GBN converted its hard
work into a solid performance,
with two runners
— senior co-captain Dana
Sullivan and sophomore
Nick Redstone — earning
all-conference honors
with top 14 finishes. Sullivan
finished 12th overall
in 16 minutes, 23.8 seconds
while Redstone crossed the
finish line in 16:26.8, good
for 14th place.
Junior co-captain Tim
St. John (16:29.5) and fellow
junior Michael Kruse
(16:32.0) finished in 15th
and 17th place, respectively,
while Senior Caleb Kim
rounded out GBN’s top five
runners with a 27th-place
finish in 17:08.9.
“The team’s performance
today was actually kind of
spectacular,” said Sullivan.
“The conditions were favorable
for a great race even
though we all have little
aches and pains at this point
near the end of the season.
Tim and Nick and Michael
were right with me going
into the last 400 meters and
that just proves how strong
we are as a team. My own
teammate Nick Redstone
passed me near the end and
really pushed me. I thought
to myself, ‘OK let’s battle
this one out,’ and that is
true teamwork because he
helped me to a great finish.”
Race agreed with Sullivan’s
assessment. “Overall
I thought the team competed
very well, they helped
each other and they worked
well as a team,” remarked
Race. “It was a pretty good
day for the Spartans.”
GBN had several strong
efforts in the other conference
races. In the two-mile
freshman competition,
five Spartans cracked the
top ten, including Joshua
Glenbrook North’s Dana Sullivan (left) and Nick
Redstone compete at the CSL conference meet on
Saturday, Oct. 13. photo submitted
Stolyarov (4th place), Sam
Rubinstein (5th), Nathan
Stolyarov (7th), Patrick
Herbst (8th) and Branden
Chi (10th). In the sophomore
race, Nick Ihrke
placed third with a personal
record time of 16:59.0.
Junior Spartans Corner
Junior Spartans
stay undefeated
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Football: Junior Spartans
Red 22, Park Ridge 6
Playing on the road at
Park Ridge, the Junior
Spartans Red team (5-0)
had yet another strong
performance in the rain.
After allowing a touchdown
on the first drive,
the Junior Spartans defense
did not let up a point
the rest of the game. Highlighted
by an interception
returned for a touchdown
by Bobby Yang, the Spartans
defense did not miss
a beat from the previous
two weeks.
The Spartans offense
started strong scoring a
touchdown on the team’s
first two drives of the
game. Josh Raju the Spartans
first half quarterback
connected with Max Leboyer
through the air for
the first touchdown of
the game. The next drive
saw Vincent Serra taking
the ball into the end zone
for the Spartans. The second
half offense looked
just as strong. With many
people contributing to the
cause the Spartans controlled
the time of possession
throughout the whole
game.
Girls Cross-country
Sandlow, Spartans shine at conference meet
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With one of the strongest
lineups in recent years,
Glenbrook North put in a
strong performance at the
Central Suburban League
Championships on Saturday,
Oct. 13.
Falling only to a dominant
Vernon Hills squad,
the Spartans defeated perennial
powers Deerfield
and Highland Park to finish
a strong second in the
CSL North to close out the
conference season.
The meet, which was
run on Deerfield’s winding
three-mile course, featured
the top-seven runners from
each of the conference’s
12 teams in a head-to head
showdown, with conference
titles on the line in
each of the north and south
divisions.
Five Spartans earned
All-Conference honors by
placing in the top 14 overall,
led by sophomore Natalie
Sandlow, who once
again shined as one of the
top runners in the state by
winning the North crown
in 17 minutes, 48.6 seconds.
GBN’s other all-conference
performers were
junior Alexandra Chertok,
who finished in sixth place
with a time of 19:02.6, senior
Sarah Sandlow (ninth
place in 19:10.4), junior
Chloe MacMillin (12th
place in 19:30.8) and senior
Carly Harris (14th
place in 19:50.8).
Head coach Bob LeBlanc
was very pleased with
the team’s performance.
“Having all five of our
scoring runners make allconference
is a pretty impressive
accomplishment,
Glenbrook North’s Sarah
Sandlow competes in the
Central Suburban League
North conference meet on
Saturday, Oct. 13. photo
submitted
especially since there are
only 14 all-conference
spots available,” LeBlanc
said. “Natalie Sandlow is
one of the best runners we
have ever had at GBN and
she has run consistently
well and our next four or
five runners have really
improved dramatically this
year to help our team’s
performance. Our runners
did just what they were
supposed to do in this race
— they ran hard and took
care of business.”
The runners themselves
knew they had worked
hard coming in to the meet
and were thrilled with the
overall results. “I feel very
lucky to be part of a team
with five all-conference
girls,” said Sarah Sandlow.
“In my four years running
at GBN I have not seen
that, so it is an amazing
feeling. Everyone had a
good race today.”
Top performers in other
races included freshman
Kelsey Lundgaard, who
posted a personal record
time of 21:04.5 – good for
an eighth-place finish in
the freshman/sophomore
race.