Timeout Track & Field

Updated: April 30, 2012 10:56PM

BOYS TRACK

DAC powers Valpo, Portage clash today

Bragging rights in the Duneland will be at stake today when Valparaiso travels to Portage for a 4:30 p.m., dual meet.

The Vikings are 6-0 in the DAC, while Portage is 5-1. Also in the hunt and hoping for a title share is Lake Central (4-1), which is at Chesterton today for a double dual that also includes LaPorte. LC lost 70-62 to Valparaiso last week and handed Portage its only DAC loss, 75-57 on April 10.

Valparaiso coach Brett Polizotto is expecting more of the same today. “We’ve been involved in some great DAC meets this year,” he said. “We have been trying to approach each meet by improving from the previous performance. ... (Portage has) had some fantastic performances this year and it will be a great meet.”

The Vikings will be back home on Friday for the Valparaiso Relays, their final tuneup for the DAC meet back at Portage on May 9.

P-T Top 5

1. Valparaiso; 2. Lake Central
3. Portage; 4. Chesterton;
5. LaPorte

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Brandon Shanks, Lowell

The junior sprinter swept the 100- and 200-meter dashes in a Tuesday dual win vs. Andrean and did the same in Munster’s Ed Woodrick Invitational on Friday.

girls TRACK

P-T Top 5

1. Lake Central; 2. Chesterton; 3. Merrillville; 4. Valparaiso;
5. Crown Point

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

KAITLYN MORICZ, LC

The junior long jumper mashed her own school record in a meet last week with Merrillville and Valparaiso by going 18 feet, 11.5 inches.

— By Mike Clark, John O’Malley

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