Christ Our Rock Sophomore Landyn Mitchell is State Bound! Mitchell won the 110 Meter Hurdles today at the Webber HS Class 1A Sectional Track and Field Meet in a personal record time of :15.06 claiming the Sectional Championship in the event! This time also bettered his own school record in the hurdles! Mitchell also placed 3rd for the Stallions in the Long Jump. His final jump would have placed him 1st but Mitchell’s hand hit back as he landed to keep his balance, costing him some distance. 3rd place in the Sectional is nothing to be ashamed of!
The other medalist for The Stallions on the day was Freshman Carson Pigg in the 3200 meter run. Pigg also ran a personal best time of 10:47.1 placing 5th. He followed that up with a time of 5:03.4 in the 1600 meter run finishing 7th.
Other personal records at the Sectional meet today included Liagel Lyons in the 300 hurdles (:54.01), Remington Burleyson in the Discus (87′-06″). A seasons best time was obtained in the 4X800 meter relay by Anderson Engele, Aiden Hildreth, Wyatt Gregory and Matt George (9:44.0), placing 7th and by Elijah Gregory in his last race as a senior in 2:17.5 in the 800 meter run placing 7th as well. Points were awarded to the top 8 finishers.
Other Stalllions gaining points and placing included:
Zerek Koch 8th place in the 3200 meter (11:46.4) and in the 1600 meter run (5:15.36), and Remington Burleyson in the Triple (25’06”) placing 8th, as well as the boys 4X400 meter relay team of Aiden Hildreth, Anderson Engele, Wyatt Gregory and Alton Davis! The Stallions scored 30 points and finished in 9th place. Fairfield won the Boys Sectional with 146.5 points!
Coach Tim Koch says, “We are so excited for Landyn! He has only lost 1 race the entire year in the 110 meter hurdles! Now its time to see what he can go do on the big stage at State next Thursday at Eastern Illinois University! He will run the prelims on Thursday and we have a great feeling about him making the finals and becoming and All-Stater! He works hard and trains hard to be at his best in the hurdles and it has paid off! This is the first hurdler I have ever had advance to the IHSA State Meet and I know he can do big things up there! I’m blessed to have had this opportunity to coach him and I’m darn proud of this young man! I give the glory to God for this special moment!”
