Plainfield South’s Brandon Winters was second at state in the 110-meter hurdles.
Despite a shiny second-place medal, gaining experience for next year is certainly the biggest accomplishment for a team that will be very dangerous next season.
“It was a lot of fun, just the whole experience of coming to state and racing against the best competition, against a bunch of older kids,” Harris said. “It makes you want to work harder. We’ll train for track and football in the summer.”
“It’s all about the experience of just being hear,” Wolff said. “We have a great team and we’ll have a good chance of winning next year.”
Sheldon Magee was a bit disappointed with not capturing the state title, but he knows the future is bright at South.
“Our main goal this year was to win the 4X4 but we’ll have a great chance at doing it next year,” he said. “Anytime you don’t get gold it’s disappointing but we’re going to keep improving.”
John Magee, sophomore Dantrell Wright, junior Lonnie Hoover and Winters teamed up to take fifth in the 400 relay.
Plainfield North also had its moment in the light as the 1,600 relay team of sophomore Quest Young, senior Kevin Capodice, junior Jason Rivera and sophomore Marquis Flowers took sixth in a time of 3:21.86.
Plainfield North sophomore Caleb Ivey came excruciatingly close to capturing a state medal. His 10th place finish in the long jump with a leap of 21-feet 8.25 feet put him just one place from being All-State and getting a medal. At sectionals, Ivey jumped 22-9.5
“At sectionals I was extremely nervous and I guess that’s what pushed me to go far,” Ivey said. “I was really calm today and I guess the adrenaline just didn’t kick in like it should.”
Still Ivey made the finals and has two more years to look forward to.
“I’ll be here next year and senior year and I really want to go for it,” Ivey said.
Plainfield Central senior Mark Hardman also had a chance to compete in Saturday’s finals. Hardman took 11th in the triple jump with a leap of 44-10.75.
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