{"id":535385,"date":"2010-04-20T11:17:47","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T15:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goforward.harpercollege.edu\/page.cfm?p=5246&newsid=998"},"modified":"2010-04-20T11:17:47","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T15:17:47","slug":"preview-of-the-track-and-field-regional-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/535385","title":{"rendered":"Preview Of The Track And Field Regional Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the Region IV Championships starting Wednesday for the Track and Field teams, let&#8217;s take a look at Harper&#8217;s athletes in this preview from Head Coach Renee Zellner.<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\"><\/p>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\">Jesus Escareno is now ranked 1st in the steeplechase and 4th in the 5000m as we move toward our last 2 meets going into our National meet.&nbsp; He will be running the 10k on Wednesday trying to qualify in that race.<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\"><\/font>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\">Garrett Dorsey continues to hold his #1 National ranking in the 400m and is the fastest leg in the 400m and 1600m relays.<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\"><\/font>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\">Travis Pruitt continues to drop his time in all of his sprint races.<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\"><\/font>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\">Mark Niemann the outdoor Chicagoland 2nd place finisher in the decathlon is ranked number in the national meet rankings and 3rd in pole vault.<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\"><\/font>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\">Xzavier Kimbrough placed 5th in the outdoor Chicagoland&#8217;s decathlon is ranked #2 in the National rankings.<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\"><\/font>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\">Jarrett Austin are holding their high jump spot as 2nd and 3rd ranking accordingly&nbsp; and <strong>qualified in the long jump<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\"><\/font>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\">Robin Bingham is ranked number 1 in discus and 3rd in the javelin.<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\"><\/font>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\">Anne Craigen is ranked 2nd in the hammer, 4th in shot put.<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\"><\/font>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\">De&#8217;Larissa Morris who placed 5th in the hepathlon in the outdoor Championships is&nbsp; Nationally ranked 1st in the heptathlon, and in the top 8 in the long jump, high jump and hammer.<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\"><\/font>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\">Janet Franco and Elisse Rene Lorenc are still ranked in the top 3 in the 5k and Janet in the 10 K.<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\"><\/font>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\">Lindsay&nbsp; Weinberg is ranked in 3rd in the pole&nbsp;vault.<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\"><\/font>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\">Karoline Banasik is ranked 5th in the 800m, 2nd in the heptathlon and 5th in the vault.<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\"><\/font>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\">Both teams are working hard to improve their times and distances and to stay healthy.&nbsp; <u><strong>We meet COD and Oakton on Wednesday at COD for the first day of the Region IV Championships<\/strong><\/u>.<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\"><\/font>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\">Events will be: 10k&nbsp; 3200m relay&nbsp; hammer&nbsp;&nbsp; discus&nbsp;&nbsp; high jump&nbsp; long jump.&nbsp;&nbsp; Starting time 2pm.<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\"><\/font>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\"><strong>Saturday will the second day of the Region Championships<\/strong> which are held at <strong>Loras College in Dubuque Iowa as part of the Loras Invitational.<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Region IV Championships starting Wednesday for the Track and Field teams, let&#8217;s take a look at Harper&#8217;s athletes in this preview from Head Coach Renee Zellner. 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