Harper’s Men’s Track and Field team competed in the Region IV Championships at the Colleg of DuPage (Day 1) and Loras College in Debuque, Iowa (Day 2), and the Hawks returned with the Regional Title! This marks the 4th consecutive Regional Championship for the Hawks.
Harper led the way with 278 points, followed by the College of DuPage with 247 and Oakton Community College with 88.
Head Coach Renee Zellner also earned Men’s Track and Field Coach of the Year honors.
Harper’s Jesus Escareno earned Regional Most Valuable Track Athlete honors! Jesus took 1st place in the steeple chase, 1st place in the 10K, 1st place in the 5K, 3rd in the 800m pr, as well as being a member of the 1600m relay and 3200m relay.
Individual men’s results from the Championship include:
100m 1st Travis Pruitt 11.31
2nd Garrett Dorsey 11.47
200m 1st Garrett Dorsey 23.36
2nd Travis Pruitt 24.55
3rd Zaire Harris 24.91
400m 1st Garrett Dorsey 49.56
3rd Travis Pruitt 53.12
5th Zaire Harris 55.21
800m 3rd Jesus Escareno 2:00.50 pr
5th Tom Johnson 2:01.86 pr
1500m 2nd Tom Johnson 4:25.22 pr
3rd Tom Busse 4:32.61 pr
4th Josh Coonich 4:38.00
5k 1st Jesus Escareno 16:155.06
3rd Tom Busse 17:22.00
4th Josh Coonich 18:13.98
110mh 3rd Xzavier Kimbrough 16.12
4th Mark Niemann
5th Jarrett Austin
400mh 1st Mark Niemann 60.09
3rd Jarrett Austin 60.15
5th Xzavier Kimbrough 63.44
steeple 1st Jesus Escareno 9:50.82 pr
400m relay 1st Harris, Agoro, Pruitt, Dorsey 44.47
1600m relay 1st Escareno, Johnson, Dorsey, Pruitt 3:37.09
3200m relay 2nd Johnson, Busse, Coonich, Niemann
High jump 2nd Fuad Agoro 1.91 6’3
3rd Jarrett Austin 1.91 6.3
4th Mark Niemann 1.83
Pole vault 2nd Mark Niemann 4.10 13′ 5 1/2
3rd Xzavier Kimbrough 3.65 11′ 11 3/4
4th Jarrett Austin 3.35 10′ 11 3/4
Triple 4th Fuad Agoro 12.71 41′ 8 1/2
5th Isiah Holcombe 12.29 40’4
Shot put 3rd Trak Myers 12.49 40’11
5th Keith Ley 11.56 37’11 pr
Discus 2nd Trak Myers 43.0 141′
Hammer 1st Jordan Mc Neal 45.00 147’8
3rd Trak Myers
6th Keith Ley
Javelin 3rd Mark Niemann 45.84 150’4
Long jump 4th Travis Pruitt
5th Jarrett Austin