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OCLHS Robert Wagner Named March 'Athlete of The Month' In Boys Track
Oak Lawn Community High School junior Robert Wagner turns in solid indoor performance in boys track and field.
OAK LAWN, IL — Junior Robert Wagner jumped out to a great start to the boys track and field season for Oak Lawn Community High School with a solid indoor season. For all that he accomplished in March, he earned OLCHS Athlete of the Month honors.
He won the indoor conference meet in high jump by clearing 6-feet, 4.5 inches, and then he jumped 21.4 feet in the long jump. In addition, he took second place in the 4x160 relay at conference.
More impressively, those marks qualified Wagner to compete in the IL Top Times meet. There he placed 11th in the long jump and fifth in the high jump, clearing a new personal record of 6-feet, 5.5 inches.
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At the Argo Invitational, Wagner took first place in the high jump, second in the long jump, and he anchored the 4x160 relay that took third, finishing behind two of the top teams in the state of Illinois.
~ Contributed by Brian Frangella, OLCHS Staff Writer
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