After LaSalle-bound senior Chris Berry defended his League title in the 3200 meter run, future Golden Ram Sean Young stole the 110 high hurdles and bettered his third-fastest-in-program-history 15.31 from Friday with a sizzling 15.09 to win the tall timbers on Saturday morning. Young also finished second in the 300 meter intermediate hurdles in 39.48 seconds, earning a whopping 28 points on the day for West.
Greg Branch, Shawn Young, Ethan Long, and Austin Kline capped off the day to improve on their season best of 3:22.18 with a 3:21.23 in the 4x400 meter relay. Their time was less than a quarter second off of the League Championship record of 3:20.99 set by CB South.
Seniors Will Fernandez and Jackson Butkus (160'6"PR) launched district-qualifiers in the javelin, earning 2nd and 4th overall. Like a pitcher with his "best stuff", Fernandez lit up the 167-foot range three times and now claims he may not shower until the state meet (prom is a week later, thankfully).
Fellow seniors Ian Fortna, John Williams, and Corey Greenberg also went out on top as a group in the discus, claiming 4th, 5th, and 8th place overall.
West also had big performances flown in by their pole vaulters. Juniors Riley Owens (12') and Billy Bothwell (11'6") as well as sophomores Jason Douple (13'0") and Josh Bazzano (12') all cleared personal bests. Douple's district-qualifying personal best was doubly-impressive as he sported fresh stitches on his mug from and errant knee to the face (his own) just a few days prior. Coach Sherwood asked us to clarify that they call themselves the FLIGHT-CLUB, not the FIGHT-CLUB. Black-eyes and stitches are strictly coincidental and add only street-credit.
The Bucks return to action at the District One Championships on Friday and Saturday at Coatesville. The Bucks have qualifiers in all three relays, both hurdle races, the javelin, discus, pole vault, 400 meter dash, and the 3200 meter run.