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Basketball Club earns first win

By Jennifer Agosto
TECH NEWS WRITER

The Scarlet Hawks Club Basketball
team traveled to Truman College seeking their
first win of the season and that is exactly what
they got The two teams faced each other back
in January and Truman came out victorious
winning by 22 points

The Hawks have continuously been
working on their game play as well as improv
ing their ability to work as a team As this is the
first season of club basketball at IIT, most of
the players are just getting to know one anothe
er and most haven’t played since High school
or for any type of team This is, in part, the rea
son to the slow start of the season.

Now that the team has gotten to
know one another, they have been able to work
together on the court The win this past week,
end is a testament to what the team is capable
of The leading scorer was Julio Dominguez
with 16 points in the 73767 win over Truman
College Along with improvement to their

scoring, the Hawks defense was an important
factor in the win They were able to hold the
opposing team, who had 99 points in their first
meeting, to under 70 points and come out vice
toriousI

After the game, Coach and Player
Trevor Townsend commented on the perfore
mance of the team: “I think the team played its
best ball yet, though it wasn’t perfectI We still
have to make more of our free throws, limit
turnovers and get offensive reboundsl We had
the best post position performance thus far
with all three of our post players scoring 12pts
or more this game The bench played well as
they brought us back in the second half to tie
the game All the players stepped up in the end
providing big time rebounds and stops Over
all I was proud of the performance and as long
as we keep getting better I don’t see us losing
too many (more) games?’ With 3 games left
on the schedule, the Hawks hope to break even
and end with a 1500 season And if they con
tinue to play games like Saturday’s, it is likely
that they will do just that

 

Indoor Track and Field qualify for Nationals at UW-Parkside

By Erin Vincent
TECHNEWS WRITER

In the Scarlet Hawks’ fourth In,
door Track and Field meet of the season,
a member of both the women’s and men’s
teams hit the ‘B’ standard for Indoor Nae
tionalsl Freshman Abby Iahn and sophoe
more Phil Cano qualified in the 1000 meter
race, and are the first to qualify for the team

The women’s field team competed
well, with freshman Whitney Theisen tye
ing for 2nd in the High Jump (150m) and
taking fourth in the Triple Jump (989m)

Iunior Natalie Mitrovic also
jumped a personal record 4119 meters in the
Long Jump, and recorded a 926m mark in
the Shot Put In the sprinting events, junior
Veronica Hannink led the way with a 9192
second 55m Hurdle time, and a personal ref
cord time of 2950s in the 200m dashl Fol,
lowing her in the 200m were freshman Haie
ley Kunkel (3059s) and junior Alex Songer
(3309s), both of which also ran the 55m

dash in 8143s and 8189s respectively Senior
Emily Kraemer ran a new personal record in
the 400m dash with a time of 68138 secondsI
Three Lady Hawks competed in

both the Mile and 800m events, a challenge
ing double to do Junior Claudia Garcia came
out on top for both, with personal records of
5:48141 in the mile and 23752 in the 800m
Junior Kira Vincent (55301, 24503) and
freshman Anne Crotteau (554189 PR, 24735)
followed behind, also having strong racesl
In the 600m dash, a rare event

to see, sophomore Jordan Kelch placed 1st
with a time of 1:43191, not far off of the na
tional qualifying timer Freshman Abby
Iahn trailed with a time of 15326, but
won the 1000m race with a personal ref
cord and national qualifying time of 3:02I7II
In the 3000m race, freshman Court,

ney Rouse took 3rd and narrowly missed quale
ifying for nationals with a personal record time
of 10:36I4OI Senior Erin Vincent also ran the
3k, with a time of 121662 The final event for
the ladies was the 4x400m relay, run in 4:45173

by Kraemer, Garcia, Crotteau, and K VincentI
The men’s team also had a suce

cessful night, taking in a few honorsI Fresh,
man Tyler Haag started off his season
well with a 7117 second 55m dash and a
school record 200m dash of 25104 secondsI
Junior Kevin Logan was right

on his heels, recording a 7121s in the 55m
and a personal record 2558s in the 200m
Iunior Izzy Radzik competed in the Long
Jump, recording 4162 meters, and the Shot
Put, with a personal record of 8101 meters
In the 3000m event, senior Phil

Theisen ran a huge personal and school ref
cord in a time of 91158, followed by sophoe
more Andrew Montague (9:44102), freshman
Sam Wietlispach (9:49190 PR), junior Peter
Lau (10:37177 PR), sophomore Iohn Pasoe
wicz (10:44109 PR), freshman Jeff Somere
field (105414 PR), and junior Felipe Prada
(10:58162 PR)I In the 1000m race, sophomore
Phil Cano finished 2nd with a personal and
school record national qualifying time of
2:32193, followed by junior Ethan Montague in

3rd (2:40184 PR) and Theisen in 4th (2:41199)
Inthe Mile, senior Kenny Murphyled the team
in atime of 4:41133, with junior Zach Gates not
far off in 452137, and freshman Kraig Van Wie
eringen and junior Brian Lyles battling it out
with times of 50138 and 5:06140 respectiver
In the 600m dash, Cano led the pack again,
winning the event in a time of 1:251901 Trail,
ing him were senior Wes Villalobos (1:2874)
and Van Wieringen (1:35163) Ethan Mon,
tague ran a solid 800m race, clocking a 2:03141,
just ahead of Murphy (2:0516) and followed
by freshman Colin McQuone (2:13186)

The men’s 4x400m relay competed
well despite some midemeet adjustments, with
Villalobos, EI Montague, Van Wieringen, and
Gates running a composite of 3:46I9II The Dis,
tance Medley Relay, made up of AI Montague,
McQuone, EI Montague, and Wietlispach, ran
a 1st place time of 11:16141, a season record

The Hawks’ next Indoor Track
and Field meet will be Friday (women) and
Saturday (men) on February 10th and 11th
at North Central College in Naperville, IL

 

    

By Melanie Koto
SPORTS EDITOR

With just two weeks left in their
regular season, the Scarlet Hawks swimming
and diving team headed to Lake Forest, IL to
compete against the Foresters of Lake Forest
College Per tradition, the seniors generated
the meet lineup, making for some interesting
racesl Despite the wackiness, both teams still
had some awesome performancesl Starting off
the meet on the right foot the men’s 200 me,
ter medley relay (senior Carlos Tejero, junior
Eric Grunden, sophomore Michael Bodzay
and senior Max Ramminger) won the event
with a time of 1:49124, resetting the pool ref
cord In the 800 meter freestyle, sophomore
Abby Maze finished 2nd (11:12198) and fresh,
man Igor Gryniv finished 3rd (11:14148) for
the men’s team Sophomore Yoni Pruzansky
finished 2nd for the Hawks in the 200 meter
freestyle (2:02151) while Ramminger took 5th
(2:24133) In the 50 meter freestyle seniors An,

Pool record set by Hawks relay

Photo by Melanie Kom

drea Zuniga and Morgan Curran took 2nd and
3rd (3065 and 3070 respectively), while Tejero
took 1st for the men’s team (2481) and senior
Tomasz Chojnacki took 3rd (2662) and senior
Ryan Tapak took 4th (2707) Sophomore Felie
pe Bergh got out touched for 1st in a very close
race in the 200 meter IM (2:22104), while fresh,
man Dan Sommerfeld finished 4th (2134113)

Senior Jeff Reilly had an excel,
lent meet on both the 1 meter and 3 meter
boards for diving finished 2nd on both boards
with scores of 224150 and 235110 respectively
Both scores were personal lifetime bests and
were just short of National Qualifying scoresI

Freshman Dane Christianson came
in 3rd on the 1 meter board with a score of
163110, also a personal bestIIn the 100 meter
butterfly Bodzay finished 2nd for the men’s
team (5983) and junior Matthew Rosenfeld
finished 5th (1:09130), while senior Melanie
Koto finished 2nd in the women’s 100 meter
freestyle (1:0489) and freshman Billy Ba,
fia finished 4th in the men’s event (5972)

Name:
Wes Villalobos

Year :
Senior

Maj or :
Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering
Double Major

Sport:
Track and Field

Event(s):
400m, 800m, 1500m

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Favorite thing about your sport:
. The competition and my team
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0 We don’t get very many fans, but
. when they show up and cheer a lot

Favorite thing to do on Campus: Hang out with my friends

 

Athlete Spotlight :
Wes Villalobos

0 Best tip for anyone who wants to be great at your sport: 0
. Work hard, play hard Have fun with what you do (napping and eating a lot help tool).

and senior Dylan Maus finished 5th (5998)
Tejero took another 1st in the 100 meter

backstroke finishing with a time of 1:0001
and Gryniv took 5th in the event (1:20156)