The varsity boys track and field team won the indoor SPC championship meet on March 20 at Lewis University.

Many school records were either close to being broken, or actually broken at this one meet. Then led them to a dominating win, beating the second-place Yorkville team by 17 points. 

“I was was extremely pleased with how we competed. The guys put everything together and on the right night and it showed,” head coach Nick Lundin said.

Class of ’27 long Jumper Neomiah Brown set the junior indoor school record with his jump of 21’5.25’’. In all of school history, that ranks 4th all time. 

Class of ’27 sprinter Max Smith also had an amazing day. In the 55-meter dash, Smith ran it in 6.35 seconds. That placed him in first place, set a school record, set a meet record, and ranked him as the second fastest in Illinois, and the 37th in all of the United States. 

Smith accomplished all of this against the tough competition of Joe Owuso from Plainfield East.

“I was surprised at first, but it was cool to have a new PR,” Smith said.

Smith also competed in the 4×200-meter relay.

Smith, along with junior Blake Larson, freshman Caden Hrpcha, and senior Hayden Bowman, were on the relay team. Together, they put on a strong performance,, placing second in the meet with the time of 1:30.63. That is an indoor school record.

Sophomore history was also made, Ryan Resar ran the fastest 3200 meter run by a sophomore in school history with his time of 9:41.66. It is fith all time in school history, which also makes him the fith fastest sophomore in all of 3A.

Senior Cooper Bowman also had an amazing performance with the pole vault.

Bowman was the indoor champion with his 15’9’’ jump. That set an all time school record, a meet record, ranked him seventh in the state, and 46th in Illinois. 

“I was both surprised, and I was waiting for it to happen because coming into the meet I knew I was going to win the meet,” Bowman said. 

The coaches felt really prepared for this meet. 

“They’ve been working extremely hard and it’s great to see all that work pay off,” coach Lundin said. 

The athletes also agreed they were well prepared for this. 

“I was really relaxed, I didn’t have any nerves going into the meet. I just ran and PR’ed,” Smith said.

The team believes they are well prepared for the postseason as it approaches in a few months.

“I think we are exactly where we need to be going into our two week break from meets. We are looking to make some noise at state this season and are ready to show what we can do over the next two months,” Lundin said. 

Their next meet is the Bellville West Invitational on April 11 at Belleville West.