Herrin Invitational

8^th Annual Herrin Invitational

April 30, 2005

Team Scores

1) Herrin 110

2) Franklin, TN 102

3) Sparta 73

4) Carterville 65

5) Harrisburg 59

6) DuQuoin 46

7) West Frankfort 37

8) Benton 27

9) Johnson County 24

10) Chester 16

11) Sesser-Valier 11

12) Johnston City 11

13) Cobden 8

100M DASH

1) Walker Herrin 11.0

2) Smith Sparta 11.0

3) Benjamin Herrin 11.1

4) Hewitt Franklin 11.3

5) Mc Kinney Du Quoin 11.3

6) Ward Sparta 11.6

Derricks 11.7
Carter 11.8

200M DASH

1) Hewitt Franklin 22.4

2) Smith Sparta 22.4

3) Walker Herrin 22.7

4) Ward Sparta 23.1

5) Campbell Franklin 23.1

6) Bischoff Harrisburg 24.3

Miller 25.6*

400M DASH

1) Hewitt Franklin 49.9

2) Brachear Harrisburg 52.5

3) Haynes Franklin 53.2

4) Shurtz Benton 53.6

5) Rucker Chester 53.6

6) Garza WF 53.8

Perry 59.1

800M RUN

1) Murry Franklin 2:00.8 *

2) Adams Sparta 2:01.4

3) Willis Carterville 2:03.5

4) Kern Chester 2:03.8

5) Murzyn WF 2:05.9

6) Stacey WF 2:07.8

Arboleda 2:09.4
Williams 2:16.6

1600M RUN

1) Baird Sparta 4:45.2

2) Bunyan Cobden 4:46.9

3) Gholson Harrisburg 4:50.6

4) Taylor Benton 5:03.5

5) Murzyn WF 5:05.8

6) Brown Franklin 5:06.3

Arboleda 5:15.3
Snyder 5:23.3*

3200M RUN

1) Baird Sparta 10:22.6

2) Bunyan Cobden 10:24.4

3) Arboleda Franklin 10:25.2*

4) Whitehead S-V 11:11.1

5) Snyder Franklin 11:26.5*

6) Cummiskey Harrisburg 11:29.0

110M HH

1) Duran Johnson Co 15.1

2) Holler Franklin 15.5

3) Humes Johnson City 16.1

4) Hahn Carterville 16.1

5) Thompson DQ 17.7

6) Taylor Herrin 17.8

Pritchett 20.4

300M IH

1) Holler Franklin 42.9

2) Duran Johnson Co 44.7

3) Kern Chester 45.2

4) Humes Johnston City 45.6

5) Hahn Carterville 46.6

6) Sensing Framklin 47.4

Pritchett 50.3

4X100 RELAY

1) Franklin 44.3
(Haynes 12.10, Campbell 11.41, Hewitt 10.43, Hardison 10.52)

2) Herrin 44.7

3) Harriburg 45.0

4) Carterville 45.3

5) WF 45.8

6) Franklin-B 45.9
(Carter 11.78, Derricks 11.47, Waters 11.31, Murry 11.29)

4X200 RELAY

1) Carterville 1:33.4

2) Herrin 1:34.1

3) Harriburg 1:34.9

4) Johnson Co 1:37.7

5) Franklin 1:37.7
(Haynes, Campbell, Derricks, Hardison)

6) Johnston City 1:39.5

FRESHMEN 4x2 2) Franklin 1:42.0 (Pritchett 28.0, Miller 24.5, Anderson 26.9, Carter 23.2)

4X400 RELAY

1) Carterville 3:32.8

2) Harrisburg 3:35.0

3) Herrin 3:36.1

4) Franklin 3:38.8
(Haynes 54.8, Murry 52.7, Holler 55.2, Campbell 56.1)

5) WF 3:40.4

6) Johnson Co 3:41.8

Frankin-B 3:59.0
(Derricks 57.8, Perry 61.5, Anderson 61.2, Miller 58.5)

4X800 RELAY

1) Harrisburg 8:42.3

2) Benton 8:42.5

3) Carterville 8:53.0

4) Chester 9:04.6

5) Herrin 9:07.6

6) Franklin 9:12.1
(Perry 2:16.5*, Williams 2:19.5, Watkins 2:17.4*, Brown 2:18.7)

1) Blair Herrin 13’0”

2) Doerflein Du Quoin 12’0”

3) Gross Du Quoin 10’6”

4) Brachear Harrisburg 10’6”

5) Doss Sparta 10’0”

6) Choate Herrin 9’6”

1) Thompson Herrin 6’6”

2) Poore Carterville 6’6”

3) Smith S-V 6’0”

4) Nutter WF 6’0”

5) Smith Sparta 5’8”

6) Simelton WF 5’8”

1) Smith Sparta 21’9”

2) Jeffro Herrin 21’2”

3) Mc Kinney Du Quoin 20’9”

4) Hardison Franklin 20’8.5”

5) Thompson Herrin 20’7”

6) Carter Franklin 20’3.5” *

1) Smith Sparta 45’0”

2) Thompson Du Quoin 41’5.5”

3) Blair Herrin 40’4”

4) Poore Carterville 39’11”

5) Holler Franklin 39’3”

6) Bischoff Harrisburg 38’10.5”

Pritchett 29'39

1) Kempf Herrin 51’8”

2) Thompson Du Quoin 49’9”

3) Schultz WF 49’7”

4) Morgan Harrisburg 48’4”

5) Sigler Carterville 48’2”

6) Emberton Benton 47’0”

Sensing 45'11
Seale 40'3
Waters 39'2

DISCUS

1) Kirkpatrick WF 147’4.5”

2) Stewart Benton 143’3.5”

3) Willi Du Quoin 139’6”

4) Spiller Herrin 135’10.75”

5) Cox Herrin 135’3”

6) Martin Carterville 129’6”

Sensing 127'10
Leach 117'10
Seale 107'10

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50-60 degrees, 15-25 mph winds

We were outscored in the field events 53-7 by Herrin. Thomas Sensing failed to place in both throws. Trey Hardison had sore shins and did not high jump. Of course, we always get blanked in the pole vault. These factors combined with Herrin's explosive performances put us "behind the 8-ball" before we ever got to the running events.

We dominated the running events, outscoring Herrin 95-57, despite several missed opportunities. Those missed opportunities included ...

1) We were expected to win the 4x2 (10 points!). Instead, we had a stand-still exchange (#2), and a dropped-baton (#3).

2) Juan Arboleda was seeded to score 20 points in the distance events but scored only 6, failing to place in the 800 and 1600. This was largely due to the speed of the meet. Juan is accustomed to coed meets that last 8 hours instead of 4 ... there was simply not enough time to recover. In hindsight, it was a mistake to attempt all three distance events.

3) John Hewitt was seeded to win the 100 but placed 4th. Two sprinters from Herrin placed 1st and 3rd. The difference between what was expected and what actually happened was 10 points.

4) We are still missing 10.8 sprinter, Titus Hardemon, who will hopefully return this week.

5) We were missing freshman Jesse Hewitt who was sick. Jesse would have placed in both hurdles.

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Positives ...

John Hewitt was a double winner, winning the 200 and 400.

We placed BOTH of our 4x1 teams, running 44.3 and 45.9.

Antonio Murry was incredible, running a personal record 2:00.8 to win the 800 despite windy conditions that seriously slowed down all runners in the lap-events. He also ran an excellent 52.8 4x4 split when everyone else was much slower than usual.

Our 3200 runners (Arboleda and Snyder) both ran personal records. Snyder later ran an impressive PR in the 1600.

Freshmen Johnathon Carter broke the 20'0 barrier in the long jump for the first time. He also anchored our 2nd-place freshmen 4x2 team.

Johnathon Haynes placed 3rd in the 400 with a very respectable 53.2 despite running the 4x2 five minutes earlier.

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Congrats to Herrin Coach, Chad Lakatos. Chad is a former Harrisburg 400 Meter runner who placed 2nd and 3rd in the IHSA 400 back in 1991 and 1992. He ran the best 4x4 split of any runner I've ever coached (48.2) at the state meet in 1992. His performances as an athlete does not compare to what he has done as a track coach at Herrin High School in such a short time.

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Overall this was a good trip. We traveled to another state, spent the night and took care of business much better than we had on previous trips to Georgia and Alabama. We had a chance to win but got beat by a team that performed better than we did. We should be hungry to redeem ourselves.

Next Meet: Tullahoma Mid-State Invitational, Saturday May 7. I wouldn't be surprised to see over 20 teams in attendance.