Petersburg Invite NOT CANCELLED

Decatur, Illinois - May 2004   The skies opened up in Springfield last Saturday but the annual Petersburg Invite went on implementing the statute; in the sport of Track & Field, you run, jump and throw rain or shine as long as there is no lightening. While chilling winds were blowing, there was no lightening in Petersburg and the meet started on time at 9:15 a.m. and ended just before 4:00 p.m. At this time there is still no fax from Petersburg so "official' meet results are still unknown. Hopefully, those results will be forthcoming and at that time we will share the official final team points for all attendees.

In the meantime, it is important to note those people who bettered their times and distances at Petersburg on May 1, 2004.

In the 800m run it was eighth grader Darian Dolenc in a time of 2:41 and Tim Dhabalt, a sixth grader, in a time of 2:50.

Haley Evans went home happy with a personal best in the 200m dash in a time of :32.18.

Nick Garcia, eighth grader from St. Agnes, has been taking home plenty of hardware at the last few meets and he continues to better his time by posting 1:01.6 in the 400m dash. Tom Newell finally had some true competition in the 400m, which caused him to better his personal best in that event with a time of 1:00.

But, it was Kaeley Luhr and Alaina Selvaggio from the girls' side who proved their success in the 400m with PR's of 1:11 and 1:12 respectively. This is only Alaina's first year in the sport and Kaeley's second. Both girls have been huge surprises in the 400m dash this season.

Julia Wykoff has all but sealed her trip to the state meet on May 21st with a PR in the 1600m of 5:46. Julia has not only consistently met the 7th grade qualifying standards in that event but the 8th grade qualifying standards as well.

When we were looking at distance events, it was Nick Lanzotti in both the discus and shot throwing PR's. Nick threw 19'5" in the shot and 54'4" in the discus. Nick is also a sixth grader and new to the sport of  track and field. Speaking of field success' Danielle Ketchum and Shay Ried have all but secured their sectional spots in the long jump. Both girls jumped a PR of 12'6.5" in Petersburg.

The long awaited best time for the 8th grade girls 4x200m relay team who has made a trip to state every year since they were all in the 6th grade came on Saturday. Jessica Orlando, Erin Hanney, Erin Malone, and Ashley Eck had perfect hand offs and posted a PR of 1:58.6 proving that the state qualifying time of 1:57 is well within their reach. It is a race you won't want to miss come Saturday, May 15, 2004.

The final best efforts in Petersburg came from Jill Haxel, Sarah Giacomini, Kelly Korza and Alaina Selvaggio in the 4x400m relay with a time of 5:02.6.

Though we do not have official results from the Petersburg Invite, it should be known that plenty of heavy-duty hardware was handed out to the BSS/SAS track stars after the meet; first place medallions, second, third, fourth and fifth place ribbons.



Complete Individual Results are as follows:
Meet: Petersburg Invite : May 1, 2004

8G  100 Hurdles    Anne Cumming :20.33, Mallory Davlin :19.21
8B  110 Hurdles   Nick Garcia :19.38
7B 110 Hurdles Jared Jachino :22.99

7G  100 Dash    Danielle Ketchum :15.16   Reid :14.97  
8G  100 Dash    Erin Malone :15.4,  Ashley Eck :15.23
7B  100 Dash    Matt Call :15.7 Michael Brydl :16.36
8B  100 Dash    John Zimmerman :15.39


7G  1600 Run    Julia Wykoff 5:46, Morgan Clemm 7:29
8G  1600 Run    Kaitlyn White 7:15, Kiley Enno 6:50
7B  1600 Run    Sean Ryan 6:14, Sean Orlando 6:23
8B  1600 Run    Pat Ryan 5:52


7G 4 X100 Relay    :1:05 (Haxel, Korza, Reid, Giacomini)
8G 4 X 100 Relay    :1:07 (Davlin, Cumming, O. Gay, Miller)
7B 4 X 100 Relay    :1:01 (Brydl, Dhabalt, Jachino, Call)
8B 4 X 100 Relay    :59.28 (Zimmerman, Peters, Dhabalt, Frank)

7G   400 Dash    Alaina Selvaggio 1:12, Kaeley Luhr 1:11
8G   400 Dash    Ashley Eck 1:07
7B   400 Dash    Steven Begando :1:09 Zach Boente 1:13
8B   400 Dash    Tom Newell :1:00.63, Nick Garcia 1:01.6

7G   200 Dash    Danielle Ketchum 31.97,  Haley Evans :32.18
8G   200 Dash    Jessica Orlando :30.9
7B    200 Dash   Zach Jones ?, Michael Brydl :34.01
8B    200 Dash   Eric Peters :30.16, Joe Huddleston :32.95  

7G   800 Run   Julia Wykoff :2:41, Jessica Megginson 2:57
8G   800 Run   Darian Dolenc 2:41, Melissa Gay 2:49.9
7B   800 Run   Tim Dhabalt 2:50, Sean Ryan 2:52
8B   800 Run   Trey Dhabalt 2:42.8, Frank 2:28

7G 4 x 200M Relay  2:04.46 (Reid, Luhr, Evans, Ketchum)
8G 4 x 200M Relay 1:58.6 (Malone, Orlando, Hanney, Eck)
7B 4 x 200M Relay 2:14.96 (Farmer, Dhabalt, Meyer, Butler)
8B 4 x 200M Relay 1:59 Scratched

7G 4 x 400M Relay 5:02.6 (Haxel, Giacominni, Korza, Selvaggio)
8G 4 x 400M Relay 4:51.9 (Cumming, Dolenc, O. Gay, Wykoff)
7B 4 x 400M Relay 5:04 (Boente, Ryan, Jones, Begando)
8B 4 x 400M Relay 4:18.6 (Newell, Ryan, Frank, Garcia)

7G    High Jump    Evans 3'8"   
8G    High Jump    Malone 4'8"
7B    High Jump    Miller ??   Begando ??
8B    High Jump    Huddleston 4'6"


7G   Long Jump    Ketchum 12' 6.5"    Reid 12' 6.5"
8G   Long Jump    Enno 10'7"
7B    Long Jump    Jones ?? Jachino ??
8B    Long Jump    Garcia ??  Huddleston 14'6"   

7G    Shot    Criscione 16'3"
8G    Shot    Jennings ??
7B    Shot    B. Curry 24'7", Lanzotti 19'5"
8B    Shot R.Curry 21', T. Farmer ??

7G    Discus   Criscione 44'3"
8G    Discus   Jennings ??
7B    Discus    B. Curry ??, Lanzotti 54'4"
8B    Discus    Peters 78'11", R. Curry 43'