Hawks Produce Solid Results at Chicagoland Indoors

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The Harper College women’s track and field team has been practicing for less than four weeks but has already seen excellent results from several of its athletes. This was the case on Friday at the Chicagoland Indoor Championships hosted by North Central College as many Hawks athletes either set new PR’s or qualified for the national meet in their respective events.

In the 200-meter dash, Ashley Proksa (/Palatine) and Leah Kloss (/Grayslake Central) set PR’s as they finished in 27.11 and 27.12 seconds, good for 16th and 17th place out of 51 sprinters. Beth Petrunich (McHenry, Ill./McHenry East) ran her best time of 29.69 seconds, and Maggie Madden (Palatine, Ill./Fremd) clocked a time of 31.96 seconds. Kloss also set a PR in the weight throw with a toss of 13.78m, good for 15th place out of 44 competitors.

Ali Gutt (Schaumburg, Ill./Schaumburg) and Veronica Brooks (Arlington Heights, Ill./Battle (Mo.)) stood out in the 800-meter run. Gutt placed 10th out of 51 runners with a national-qualifying time of 2:23.33, and Brooks completed the race in 2:38.49 to qualify for the national meet as well.

The 4x400m relay team of Dianne Barajas (Hoffman Estates, Ill./Schaumburg), Gutt, Proksa, and Petrunich had a strong showing with a national-qualifying time of 4:24.66.

The Chicagoland Indoors has primarily four-year schools, including NCAA Div. I, II, and III schools as well as NAIA schools. The University of Chicago grabbed top team honors with 117 points, followed by Lewis University (80 points) and Olivet Nazarene University (70 points).

The Hawks will compete again next weekend at North Central College’s Cardinal Classic Track & Field Meet on Friday, Feb. 19. For more details on the meet, click here.

*Note: PR’s (Personal Records) are indicative of 2016 season results only