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36 | April 11, 2019 | the frankfort station SPORTS
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Track and field
Sciarini, relays lead LW East girls to Knights Invite title
RANDY WHALEN
Freelance Reporter
Lincoln-Way East
showed why it could be
in contention for another
Class 3A state title this season
with a big performance
at the Knights Invitational
at Lincoln-Way Central on
Saturday, April 6.
In their opening event
of the outdoor season, the
Griffins won six events and
scored 187 points. Glenbrook
South (135.5 points)
placed second, Central
(119.5) was third, followed
by Lincoln-Way West (99).
Providence (83) and Mother
McAuley (66) rounded out
the six-team field.
The Griffins’ Katie Sciarini
not only reached her
goal of a personal best in
both hurdle events, but she
also won them both, edging
a teammate in the process.
In the 100-meter hurdles,
Sciarini (15.41 seconds)
won and East’s Janae Sanders
(:17.37) was second.
In the 300 hurdles, Sciarini
(:45.77) won with
Sanders (:50.95) second.
“I just wanted to get a
personal best,” said Sciarini,
who started running
hurdles in sixth grade at
Hickory Creek Junior
High. “I started well and
had a good technique. I like
both events but I like the
300 a little better. It’s more
challenging. I missed state
by a second in both races
last year so one of my goals
this season is to make state.
But I’m under state qualifying
times in both already.”
Also winning for East
was senior Taylor Wright,
who continued her outstanding
recent performances
with a victory
in the 200-meter dash in
25.61 seconds.
Wright also placed second
in the long jump but
set a school record in the
process.
She had a distance of 18
feet-2 inches, which broke
the previous school record
of 17-10.5 by Ololade
Ayoola.
Raelyn Roberson from
Glenbrook South easily
won the event, though,
with a leap of 19-3.
“She broke the school
record and that was her
third jump over 18 feet of
the day,” Evans said. “The
consistency is good for the
psyche.”
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This Week In
Griffins Varsity
Athletics
Badminton
■April ■ 11 - hosts
Bolingbrook, 4:30 p.m.
■April ■ 13 - at T.F. South
Invite, 9 a.m.
■April ■ 16 - hosts Lockport,
4:30 p.m.
Baseball
■April ■ 12 - hosts
Homewood-Flossmoor, 4:30
p.m.
■April ■ 13 - at Lemont, 1
p.m.
■April ■ 15 - at Providence,
4:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer
■April ■ 11 - at PepsiCo
Showdown, TBA
Lincoln-Way East’s Katie Sciarini leaps a hurdle on
her way to the win in the 300 meter hurdles race at the
Knights Invitational on Saturday, April 6.
MARK KOROSA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA
The news wasn’t all
good for East, however.
Keto Nkemeh, a junior who
medaled at the state meet
in the 4x400 relay the past
two seasons, hurt her hamstring
in the 4x100.
“She was anchoring the
race,” East coach Brian Evans
said. “It’s just tough on
her and the team.”
The Griffins still won
two of the relays. The first
was the 4x400 relay where
Ibukun Ajifolokun, Sophia
Barnard, Mariam Azeez,
and Grace Newton won
with a time of 4:15.44.
In the 4x800 relay, it
was the East team of Ashley
Mills, Jenna Couwenhoven,
Olivia Jacobs, and
Grace Newton finishing
first (10:14.42).
Sydney Marse captured
first in the 400-meter for
the Griffins with a time of
1:04.55.
While Emma Barnhard
didn’t win the pole vault –
finishing second to Providence’s
Sam Spencer - the
East junior, who was also
on the Griffins state championship
cheer team, put
herself in contention in the
event for the Class 3A State
Finals.
She set a new personal
best mark with a height of
11-6, which would have
won the Class 3A competition
at the Illinois Top
Times indoor meet.
“I think it’s just the
■April ■ 13 - at PepsiCo
Showdown, TBA
■April ■ 16 - vs. LW Central at
LW West, 4:30 p.m.
Softball
■April ■ 12 - hosts Lockport,
4:30 p.m.
■April ■ 16 - at Plainfield
Central, 4:30 p.m.
Boys Tennis
■April ■ 11 - at Thornwood,
4:30 p.m.
■April ■ 13 - at Geneva Invite,
9 a.m.
■April ■ 15 - hosts Metea
Valley, 4:30 p.m.
■April ■ 16 - at Sandburg,
4:30 p.m.
Boys Track and Field
■April ■ 13 - at Ottawa Invite,
11 a.m.
■April ■ 16 - at Bradley-
Bourbonnais, 4:30 p.m.
mindset,” Barnhard said of
smashing her previous personal
record. “I had been
stuck at 10-6 and 10-9 was
my PR from last season.
So, to get 11-6, that’s exciting.
I didn’t expect it coming
in, but I’m not going
to settle, I’m going to get
better.
“It’s just keeping with
the technique and focusing
on yourself, not your competition.”
Girls Track and Field
■April ■ 12 - at Glenbard
South Invite, 4:30 p.m.
■April ■ 16 - at Bolingbrook,
4:30 p.m.
Boys Volleyball
■April ■ 16 - hosts Hinsdale
Central, 5:30 p.m.
Boys Water Polo
■April ■ 11 - at Lockport, 5
p.m.
■April ■ 16 - hosts Homewood-
Flossmoor, 5 p.m.
Girls Water Polo
■April ■ 11 - hosts Lockport,
5 p.m.
■April ■ 12 - at Palatine Invite,
4:30 p.m.
■April ■ 13 - at Palatine Invite,
8 a.m.
■April ■ 16 - at Homewood-
Flossmoor, 5 p.m.