SIU Indoor Invitational at Carbondale, IL
(pre-season exhibition meet, no team scores kept)  

HJ
Trey Hardison 5'10 (13th)
Jordan Smallwood 5'4 (30th)  

LJ
Trey Hardison 22'4* (5th)  

TJ
Trey Hardison 39'11 (15th)  

55 M
Todd Campbell 6.84 (15th)
Dragus Dixon 7.01 (36th)
Glenn Stout 7.24 (63rd)  

55 M HH
Jesse Hewitt 9.91 (42nd)  

4x2
Franklin 1:47.15 (36th)
Dragus Dixon 25.5
Troy Holler  27.9
Jeff Roberts 27.1
Ty Bradford 27.0  

800 M
Johnathon Haynes 2:09.36 (17th)
Elliot Brown 2:20.11 (40th)
Jesse Hewitt 2:25.07 (52nd)  

400
Jeff Roberts 59.82 (45th)
Trey Miller 60.94 (55th)
Troy Holler 62.53 (63rd)  

200
John Hewitt 22.97 (3rd)
Todd Campbell 23.98 (13th)
Glenn Stout 26.20 (62nd)  

4x4
Franklin 3:41.82 (10th)
Todd Campbell 57.1
Trey Hardison 58.7
Johnathon Haynes 55.3
John Hewitt 50.6  

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44 teams competed ... outstanding competition  

The #1 ranked high jumper in the nation (Eric Thompson, Herrin, IL), stunned the crowd by jumping 7'2 ...
not missing until he attempted 7'4. 
For perspective, the 2005 NCAA National Champion, Jesse Williams of USC jumped 7'6 last June.  

The #1 ranked triple jumper in the nation (Kali Jackson, Cahokia, IL) jumped 49'5. 
For perspective, the 2005 NCAA National Champion, Rodrigo Mendes of BYU jumped 55'11 last June.  

We took 13 athletes including 8 freshmen and sophomores. 
In a 30-hour period, we traveled 500 miles,
stayed overnight in a hotel, and weathered a NINE-HOUR track meet. 
All of this after a full day of school on Friday.   

The highlights of the meet ...

• Trey Hardison:  22'4 in the long jump, broke his personal record (21'4)
• John Hewitt:  22.97 in the 200, bettering last year's time at SIU (23.01)
• John Hewitt:  50.6 split in the 4x4, bettering last year's split at SIU (51.8)
• Johnathon Haynes:  2:09.36 in the 800, his first-ever 800 meters
• Dragus Dixon:  7.01 in the 55 ... his first race ever ... new to track.
• Todd Campbell:  23.98 in the 200, bettering last year's time at SIU (24.30)
• Freshmen Jeff Roberts, Dragus Dixon, Troy Holler, Glenn Stout, and Ty Bradford all showed great promise.
• Sophomores Jesse Hewitt, Jordan Smallwood, and Trey Miller each performed well.
• Junior Elliot Brown ran a 2:20 after only one week of practice.

On the negative side, we did not run well in the 4x4. 
We did not warm-up properly, we were emotionally flat, and we did not compete. 
Live and learn.  

The 13 athletes that made the trip does not reflect our present roster of 78. 
We have nearly 40 athletes involved in spring football that were not available to make the trip. 
Our basketball players are taking some time off before joining the team this week or next week. 
Our best thrower, Thomas Sensing, just finished his swimming season and will join us this week.  
Our best distance runner, Kenny Snyder, is recovering from an achilles problem.

Our first outdoor meet will be at LaVergne on Friday, March 17.  

Our next trip will be April 14/15, the Oak Ridge Relays.  

Website is updated on school days.  http://www.wcs.edu/fhs/facultywebpages/TrackBoys/homepage.htm  

Full SIU Indoor meet results can be viewed at http://siusalukis.collegesports.com/sports/c-track/stats/2005-2006/hs-boys.html