Diana Whitfield and Chaitra Niddodi ran 9.04 and 10.06 respectively. Rachel Sakwa ran a 8.53 and Ibu Ajifolokun ran 8.61. For the ladies, Ari Afolabi and Ninawa Odicho took 1st and 2nd place respectively with times of 8.28 and 8.29. Next in the amazing 60m dash we absolutely crushed it as a team. Matas Carmichael ran 10.33, Piotr Biel ran 11.35, and PJ Coleman ran 11.94. In the Men’s Josh James came in 2nd overall with a 8.84 and Illinois Elite Michael Jang ran 8.96. Illinois Elite athlete Desarae Echevarria ran 10.52 and Maria Becerra came in with a 11.01. For the Women’s not only did Ari Afolabi come in 2nd overall she broke the previous meet record of 9.64s with her time of 9.46! Not only that she broke her previous CLUB record of 9.59 that she set earlier this year! Georgia Reed came in with a 9.99 and Khalia Mullin came in with a 11.01. When I said previously as a team we made up for the missing Club Relays, I mean it. The Women’s and Men’s 60m hurdles were both insane at this Club Relays. For the Men’s Christoph Rydberd and Matt Bilek snagged 1st and 2nd place exclusively with throws of 12.83m and 12.06m respectively. Kara Cannon threw 7.30m to finish us out for the day. Diana Whitfield and Jenna Homan threw 8.72m and 7.50m respectively. Next up, Carley Polan threw an amazing throw of 9.24m coming in 3rd for this meet. Tayla came extremely close to breaking the club record of 11.30 with this throw but she was only just a little bit off. Derrick Stokes jumped 10.79m.įor the Women’s Shot Put coming in 1st place for ITFC is Tayla Schwarz, who in the process of coming in 1st also broke a meet record of 10.34 with a throw of 11.29m. They grabbed 2nd and 3rd place respectively. In the Men’s Jad Karajeh jumped 12.55m and Nicholas Hartmann jumped 11.61m. Tyler Klein came in first place overall for the Men’s long jump!įor the Women’s Triple Jump Khalia Mullin grabbed the 2nd place overall spot for jumping 9.96m far and Yuliya Ilnitzkaya jumped 8.69m. Andy Marszewski jumped 5.51m, Srinjoy Das jumped 5.19m, Ben Junkroski jumped 5.04m, Derrick Stokes finished it up jumping 4.84m. Ellie came in 3rd overall for the Women’s long jump.įor the Men’s Tyler Klein jumped an extraordinary 6.13m far and Jad Karajeh jumped 5.81m. In the long jump Ellie McAuley jumped 4.75m far and Khalia Mullin jumped 4.03m far. Returning alumni known as Illinois Elite also competed as well, Ben Junkroski and Andy Marszewski showed that their bones aren’t brittle yet as they jumped 1.49 and 1.54 respectively. 10 below that coming in at 1.30m.įor the Men’s our very own Nicholas Hartmann came in second place with a jump of 1.85m, up next was Derrick Stokes and Jad Karajeh who both jumped 1.65m. Starting with the field events, within the Women’s High Jump Annie Brunton jumped an amazing 1.40m high and Yuliya Ilnitzkaya jumped only. I remember the meet vividly so let me all tell you the tale of Club Relays 2022. This meet was incredible and the team as a whole put their blood, sweat, and tears to make up for lost time and let me tell you all right now. On Feb 26th, the golden gates opened once again and after a 1 year break due to covid, ITFC hosted Club Relays yet again.

The Spectacular return of Club Relays and one for the history books!

Susan splitt denver