Effingham Takes Third at Urbana Boys Track Open

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Published on April 20 2015 9:58 am
Last Updated on April 20 2015 9:58 am
Written by Millie Lange

URBANA -- Effingham High School captured third place at the 72nd Urbana Boys Track Open Saturday.

Zion-Benton had a varsity/freshman/sophomore team total of 156 points followed by Danville 112, Effingham 99.5, Champaign Central 90.5, Rantoul 90, Mattoon 67.5, Manual 59.5, Peoria 54, Decatur MacArthur 46, Argo 34, Rich South 31 and Urbana 30.

Sean Zerrusen set a new meet record in the 800 meter run with a time of 1:57.29 to capture first place.

Another first place finish was in the pole vault where Drew Vasquez won with a vault of 12 feet, 6 inches. 

Collin Hecht took second in the 110 hurdles with a time of 16.12. The Hearts also were second in the 3200 relay as Zerrusen, Tyler Homann, Patrick Siner and Jacob Donaldson finished in 8:39.89 minutes. Alec Morrissey was second in the freshman/sophomore pole vault at 11 feet.

Urbana Open

Total Varsity/Frosh/Soph Team Scores -- Zion-Benton (ZB) 156, Danville (D) 112, Effingham (E) 99.5, Champaign Central (CC) 90.5, Rantoul (R) 90, Mattoon (M) 67.5, Manual (M) 59.5, Peoria (P) 54, Decatur MacArthur (DM) 46, Argo (A) 34, Rich South (RS) 31, Urbana (U) 30

100 Varsity -- 1. Roberts (ZB), 11.18 sec.; 4. Hill (E), 11.89

200 Varsity -- 1. Roberts (ZB), 22.38 sec.; 9. Hill (E), 24.57; 16. Rhodes (E), 25.56

400 Varsity -- 1. Edwards (ZB), 50.56 sec.; 11. Baker (E), 57.49

800 Varsity -- 1. Zerrusen (E), 1:57.29 min.; 14. Homann (E), 2:17.66

1600 Varsity -- 1. Cooley (D), 4:40.37 min.; 7. Donaldson (E), 5:01.12; 11. Marschewski (E), 5:09.83

3200 Varsity -- 1. Way (D), 10:18.56 min.; 7. Schmidt (E), 11:20.86

110 Hurdles Varsity -- 1. King (M), 15.61 sec.; 2. Hecht (E), 16.12

300 Hurdles Varsity -- 1. Ruffin (P), 40.26 sec.; 4. Hecht (E), 41.30

400 Relay Varsity -- 1. Zion-Benton, 43.58 sec.

800 Relay Varsity -- 1. Zion-Benton, 1:33.0 min.

1600 Relay Varsity -- 1. Zion-Benton, 3:27.58 min.; 3. Effingham (Hecht, Baker, Siner, Zerrusen), 3:36.07

3200 Relay Varsity -- 1. Champaign Central, 8:34.94 min.; 2. Effingham (Zerrusen, Homann, Siner, Donaldson), 8:39.89

High Jump Varsity -- 1. Ruffin (P), 6 ft. 2 in.; 3. Hill (E), 5-10; 6. Vasquez (E), 5-6

Pole Vault Varsity -- 1. Vasquez (E), 12 ft. 6 in.

Long Jump Varsity -- 1. Carter (R), 19 ft. 7 3/4 in.; 13. Rhodes (E), 15-4 1/2

Triple Jump Varsity-- 1. Gaines (CC), 45 ft. 1/2 in.

Shot Varsity -- 1. Romig (ZB), 47 ft. 5 in.; 5. Arndt (E), 43-3

Discus Varsity -- 1.  Romig (ZB), 147 ft. 4 1/2 in.; 4. Arndt (E), 116-3

400 Relay Frosh/Soph -- 1. Decatur MacArthur, 45.49 sec.; 10. Effingham (Baker, Schniederjon, Smith, Line), 50.82

800 Relay Frosh/Soph -- 1. Decatur MacArthur, 1:34.9 min.; 7. Effingham (Hill, L. Vasquez, Miller, Line), 1:42.08

1600 Relay Frosh-Soph -- 1. Manual, 3:43.45 min.

3200 Relay Frosh/Soph -- 1. Argo, 8:47.50 min.

High Jump Frosh/Soph -- 1. Pender (R), 5 ft. 8 in.; 5. Line (E), 5-4

Pole Vault Frosh/Soph -- 1. Richardson (R), 12 ft.; 2. Morrissey (E), 11-0

Long Jump Frosh/Soph -- 1. Smith (M), 21 ft. 1/2 in.; 5. Line (E), 17-50 1/2

Triple Jump Frosh/Soph -- 1. Parker (R), 38 ft. 2 1/2 in.; 8. Miller (E), 34-10

Shot Frosh/Soph -- 1. Mayfield (D), 47 ft. 4 in.; 3. Schniederjon (E), 39-11; 5. Dawkins (E), 38-4

Discus Frosh/Soph -- 1. Castonage (D), 146 ft. 11 1/2 in.; 4. Schutte (E), 96-4