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Indoor track: Taylor, 4x400 team win state titles at Prep Top Times Classic

Led by senior Malcolm Taylor, the Uni boys won Class A state titles in two events Friday night at the 18th Illinois Prep Top Times Indoor Classic: the 400-meter dash and the 4x400 relay. The biggest surprise came in the 4x400, thanks to a stellar performance by Taylor in the anchor position. [April 2 update: Taylor was named The News-Gazette's male Athlete of the Week for his performance.]

Indoor track: With Taylor leading way in 400, Illineks ready for Prep Top Times Meet

Senior Malcolm Taylor ran the 400-meter dash in 50.58 seconds Saturday at the Charleston Boys Indoor Invitational. That was the fastest 400 time in the state for a Class 1A runner this indoor season. Taylor was one of several Uni athletes whose performances have earned them invitations to Friday's Prep Top Times Meet in Bloomington, the unofficial indoor track state meet.

Girls track: Bera shines at Charleston Indoor Invitational

The junior sprinter, who narrowly missed qualifying for state last year in the 100, swept the Class A field in the 55 Saturday at the Charleston Invite. Teammate Lizzy Warner also earned points for the Illineks in the 400. Read on for the complete Uni results from the weekend meet.

Boys & Girls Track at Armory Meet 1

Date:
02/11/2009
Participation:
Varsity
Participation:
Junior Varsity
Participation:
Boys
Participation:
Girls
Opponent:
Multiple Schools
Status:
Final
Location:
Armory


Urbana Uni High Mini-Meet No. 1

GIRLS

Schools
Uni (Class A)
St. Joseph-Ogden (A)
Tuscola (A)
Tolono Unity (A)
Urbana HS (AA)

Shot Put
1. 30-4 Rodmaker, Tuscola
2. 25-10 Bass, Unity
3. 25-7 Blaney, Urbana
4. 24-11 Robertson, SJO
5. 24-10 Duitsman, SJO

Long Jump

Boys & Girls Track at Armory Meet 2

Date:
02/25/2009
Participation:
Varsity
Participation:
Junior Varsity
Participation:
Boys
Participation:
Girls
Opponent:
Multiple Schools
Status:
Final
Location:
Armory


Urbana Uni High Mini-Meet #2 Schools: Uni (Class A), St. Joseph-Ogden (A), Tuscola (A), Tolono Unity (A), Urbana HS (AA)
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Starter/Official: Connie Johnson (#12297) Jack Ware (#53871)

GIRLS

Girls Track at Mahomet-Seymour "Last Chance" Invite

Date:
03/21/2009
Participation:
Varsity
Participation:
Junior Varsity
Participation:
Girls
Opponent:
Multiple Schools
Status:
Final
Location:
Mahomet-Seymour Field House


Mahomet-Seymour Class A Indoor Invite
Uni Results (as reported at DyeStatIL)

200m Dash
4th — Rachel Harmon, 29.77
(1st — Chelsea Link, Paxton-Buckley-Loda), 27.92

400m Dash
3rd — Lizzy Warner, 1:04.40
(1st — Marissa Rader, Olympia, 1:03.02)

Boys Track at Illinois Prep Top Times Indoor State Meet

Date:
03/27/2009
Participation:
Varsity
Participation:
Boys
Participation:
Girls
Opponent:
Multiple Schools
Status:
Final
Location:
Bloomington


Boys Class A 400-Meter Dash
IPTT Record: Zach Glavash, Chillicothe Illinois Valley Central, 50.62 (2002)

    1. Malcolm Taylor, UNI HIGH, 50.98
    2. Blake Doane, Monticello, 51.31

    3. Ian Vanantwerp, Annawan, 51.50

    4. Corey Hammon, Illini Bluffs, 51.59

    5. Matt Cyrier, McNamara, 51.60

    6. Zebo Zebe, Tolono Unity, 51.60


Boys Track at Charleston Indoor Invitational

Date:
03/21/2009
Participation:
Varsity
Participation:
Boys
Opponent:
Multiple Schools
Status:
Final
Location:
EIU


55m dash
54th — Kareem Sayegh, 7.42
(1st — Nate Schreiber, Wesclin, 6.77; total runners: 72)

200m dash
17th — Kareem Sayegh, 25.10
(1st — Levi Eslinger, Paris, 23.71; total runners: 44)

400m dash
1st — Malcolm Taylor, 50.58 (meet record)
(2nd — Zebo Zebe, Tolono Unity, 51.37; total runners: 37)

800m run

Boys & Girls Track at Armory Meet 4

Date:
03/18/2009
Participation:
Varsity
Participation:
Junior Varsity
Participation:
Boys
Participation:
Girls
Opponent:
Multiple Schools
Status:
Final
Location:
Armory


Urbana Uni High Mini-Meet #4 Schools: Uni, Paxton-Buckley-Loda, St Thomas More, Villa Grove, Arthur, East Central
Wednesday, April 18, 2009 Starter/Official: Connie Johnson (#12297) Jack Ware (#53871)

GIRLS

The Armory: The beginning of the end

Wednesday's Armory meet marks the first meet of my final track season at Uni. Although it's kind of an unofficial meet— no uniforms, no places, no scoring, and lighter competition— it's a meet nonetheless.

Girls Track at Charleston Invitational

Date:
03/14/2009
Participation:
Varsity
Participation:
Junior Varsity
Participation:
Girls
Opponent:
Multiple Schools
Status:
Final
Location:
Charleston


Uni team placing
14th out of 35 Class A schools, 30th overall out of 55 schools
Note: The following results came from Class A competition only

55-meter dash
1st — Tuli Bera, 7.63
(2nd — Ashlee Shroyer, Tolono Unity, 7.67)

200-meter dash
31st — Ashley Huddson, 30.65
(1st — Lindsey Holden, Greenville, 26.06)

Boys & Girls Track at Armory Meet 3

Date:
03/11/2009
Participation:
Varsity
Participation:
Junior Varsity
Participation:
Boys
Participation:
Girls
Opponent:
Multiple Schools
Status:
Final
Location:
Armory


Urbana Uni High Mini-Meet #3 Schools: Uni (Class A), St. Joseph-Ogden (A), Tuscola (A), Tolono Unity (A), Urbana HS (AA)
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Starter/Official: Connie Johnson (#12297) Jack Ware (#53871)

GIRLS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Indoor track: Uni runners take 2nd, 3rd, 6th at IPTT Classic

The Illineks came up big at the Class A state indoor meet Friday in Bloomington, led by the second-place boys 4x800-meter relay team. Ruthie Welch finished third in the 800 run, and sprinter Tuli Bera took sixth in the 55 dash. Friday's meet was open only to the top track and field athletes in Class A.

Boys track: 4x800 team places first at Charleston indoor meet

Uni's school-record 4x800-meter relay team is already ahead of schedule, winning the Charleston Indoor Invitational on Saturday after placing fourth at the same meet last year. The squad of Isaac Chambers, Jacob Olshansky, Austin Rundus, and Malcolm Taylor cut almost eight seconds off its time from the 2007 Charleston meet. Next up: the Illinois Prep Top Times Indoor Classic, the unofficial indoor state finals.

Indoor track: Uni runners qualify for IPTT state meet

The Uni High track team will once again be well represented at the annual Illinois Prep Top Times Indoor Classic. The IPTT, which will take place March 28 for Class A schools, is the unofficial state meet for indoor track and field. Uni runners qualified for the IPTT in four events Wednesday at the University of Illinois Armory.
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