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Boys Track
May 26, 2007
Prepare For Glory
In the recent adventure movie 300, Leonidas the Spartan general, tells his small group of Spartans to “prepare for glory” before they embark on a battle between a much larger Persian army. He knew the odds of them returning are slim but they take on the battle willing for the sake of their country.
            Similarly, the Chicago Public League is being represented by a small group of qualifiers to the IHSA boys state track meet held on Friday, May 25 and Saturday, May 26. Also, the Public League runners that will be there know that few if any will be strong favorites to survive the first day of state Prelims on Friday to qualify for the state finals on Saturday. Below is a list of Public League qualifiers running at this Friday’s State preliminaries:
 
Name
School
Event
Qualifying Time
Tory McAlister
Lane Tech
Long Jump
21’11”
Norman Thomas
Whitney Young
High Jump
6’4”
LeRoy Gordon
Payton
High Jump
6’2”
Desmond Johnson
Simeon
Triple Jump
43’4”
Sam Pelligrino
Lane Tech
Discus
135’1”
 
Mather
4x800 meter relay
 8:04.79
 
Robeson
4x100 meter relay
42.94
 
Lane Tech
4x100 meter relay
43.02
Gerald Turner
Lane Tech
110-Meter high hurdles
14.74
Donovan Harris
Payton
110-Meter high hurdles
16.34
Fuad Salami
Lane Tech
100 meter dash
11.21
Chris Kyles
Lane Tech
100 meter dash
11.21
Willard Lewis
Julian
800 meter run
1:57.04
Kevin Beltran
Lane Tech
800 meter run
1:59.69
 
Robeson
4x200 meter relay
1:29.74
 
Lane Tech
4x200 meter relay
1:31.07
Devin Rosa
Lane Tech
400 meter dash
53.40
Tory McAlister
Lane Tech
300 meter IM hurdles
40.49
Marcus George
Dunbar
300 meter IM hurdles
41.45
 
Robeson
4x400 meter relay
3:24.04
 
Lane Tech
4x400 meter relay
3:29.11
 
 
The Public League looks to improve on last year’s performance at the state meet. Last year, the Public League as a whole managed to score only a measly one point during the state meet as the result of Whitney Young’s Azeez Shogbuyi finishing in 9th place in the 100 meter dash. From 2003-2005 the Public League got completely shut out from scoring at the state meet and failed to score a singel point.
 
This year it appears the best chance for scoring state points will be in Norman Thomas of Whitney Young in the high jump, Willard Lewis of Julian in the 800 meter run, Gerald Turner of Lane Tech in the 100meter high hurdles, and the 4x400 meter relay team of Robeson.
 

Robeson's Brandon Green is a key member of Robeson's relay team.

 

"I want to win state in the 800 meter run, " said Julian senior Willard Lewis

Lane Tech's Tory McAlister is the only Public Leauge athlete this year to qualify for state in two events. www.LaneTechFan.com photo