Boys Track: Oumaru Abdulahi sets record at Mooseheart Relays
Mary Beth Nolan~For Sun-Times Media
Updated: May 5, 2012 7:17PM
With conference and sectional meets looming, the 37th annual Mooseheart Relays offered athletes one last chance for preparation on Saturday.
Mooseheart’s Oumaru Abdulahi took first place in the high jump with a meet-record leap of 6-8. Despite the solid jump, the defending 1A state champion high jumper was not satisfied.
“I’m definitely disappointed, especially getting 6-8, that’s something I did last year,” Abdulahi said. “This season I expected to hit that seven-foot mark, but I’ve still got three more meets to try to do it. I’ve just got to work hard in practice.”
On the track, Abdulahi qualified for the finals of the 100-meter dash and was part of the Ramblers’ first-place 400- and second-place 1,600-meter relay teams.
Mooseheart also got individual championships from Noel Yarngo in the 110-meter hurdles (15:43) and Sahr Mahoney in the 200-meter dash (23:50). Yarngo was also the runner-up in the 100.
Aurora Christian’s Jonathan Harrell broke a meet record in the 800 meters with a first-place run of 50.46 seconds. Harrell was also a member of the Eagles’ first place 1,600 relay team.
“After breaking that record I’ll be feeling pretty confident going into the rest of the season,” Harrell said.
Eagles thrower Quienten Boston had the top distance in both the shot put (40-11) and discus (142-0), while C.J. Schutt finished first in the triple jump (40-5) and second in the high jump (5-8) and discus (128-8).
Aurora Central Catholic sprinter Joe Fese took first place in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.94 seconds, less than 24 hours after winning the same event at the Kane County meet.
Fese said running on back-to-back days will help prepare him for sectionals.
“The more races you get in now, the more endurance you have later for sectionals,” Fese said. “I’m sore, I have a lot of muscle fatigue, but it felt good to come out and race.”
The Chargers also got a first-place finish from Matt Meyers in the 800 meters (2:04.1).
Aurora Christian’s girls team had first-place finishes from Payton Wade (high jump), Mackenzie Bollinger (triple jump), Natasha Brown (100 meters) and Becca Wert (800 meters). Wert also took second place in the 1,600 meters and third in the triple jump.
The Eagles had strong showings in each of the relays, taking first in the 400 and 1,600 and second in the 800 and 3,200.
Megan Hagerty ran in the first-place 400 and 1,600 relays and took second individually in the 400 meters.
“God gave me great gifts, and I’m putting them to use,” Hagerty said.
Rosary also had a strong showing in the relays, winning the 800 and 3,200 and finishing second in the 400 and 1,600. The Royals’ time of 1:47.93 in the 800 set a meet record.
“We wanted to win the seniors some of those relay trophies and we managed to do that,” Rosary coach Vic Mead said. “We had two seniors running today (Helen Offerman and Grace Petry), and we dedicate those trophies to them.”
The Royals had two athletes take first place in their events, Nicole Basile in the long jump and Anne Duhig in the 100-meter hurdles.
Ashley Wilk took second place in the high jump and Kendall Adams took third place in the 100-meter hurdles to pace Aurora Central’s girls team. The Chargers also took third place in 400 and 800 relays.
Mooseheart athletes U-Conjay Nelson (200 meters) and Madison Hart (800 meters) both placed fifth in their events.
Teams scores were not kept.
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