Hub and Lady Hub athletes conclude indoor season

STERLING — The Rochelle Hub and Lady Hub track and field teams concluded their indoor seasons at the Warrior Invitational on Saturday afternoon. Several Rochelle student-athletes brought home top finishes in the five-team meet, which featured Erie, Sterling, United Township and Rock Island. Rochelle will start the outdoor season with a coed meet at Plano on April 4.

Hubs

Junior Luis Hernandez set two personal records in the distance events, finishing second in the 3200-meter run with a time of 10:48.73 and fifth in the 1600-meter run with a time of 4:59.22. Senior Ethan Bergeson took fifth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 10.32 seconds and sixth in the pole vault with a clearance of 2.90 meters. Sophomore Jack Tilton finished fourth in the high jump and the triple jump with personal-record leaps of 1.77 meters and 11.50 meters.

Junior Landon Mickley and senior Landon DeLille placed fourth and sixth in the shot put with respective throws of 12.44 meters and 11.93 meters. Junior Abel Huerta finished sixth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:32.68 and sophomore Chris Hickey took ninth in the 400-meter run with a time of 1:04.17. Freshmen Caleb Dreska and Elijah Mayen placed 10th and 11th.

Rochelle’s 3200-meter relay team (Thomas Koziol, Abel Huerta, Declan McGee and Elijah Mayen) took second with a time of 10:15.31 and Rochelle’s 1600-meter relay team (Irving Escalante, Jackson Smith, Declan McGee and Wyatt Worthington) finished sixth with a time of 4:17.08. Rochelle’s 800-meter relay (Irving Escalante, Reece Harris, Jackson Smith and Miles Hunley) placed fifth with a time of 1:44.25. Harris finished 12th in the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.05 seconds. and Hunley took 14th in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.86 seconds.

Lady Hubs

Junior Alivia Henkel finished first in the 60-meter hurdles and the 400-meter dash with personal-record times of 10.11 seconds and 1:01.16. Junior Kylie Smith took fourth in the 400-meter dash with a personal-record time of 1:07.76 and Henkel took fourth in the long jump with a distance of 4.32 meters. Freshman Savanna Wilson placed fourth in the 800-meter run with a time of 3:05.61 and sixth in the high jump with a clearance of 1.22 meters.

Junior Kennedy Adamski finished fourth in the triple jump with a distance of 8.76 meters and senior Samantha Sanford took sixth in the shot put with a throw of 8.12 meters. Smith placed fourth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 8.95 seconds, while sophomore Zoe White finished sixth with a time of 8.97 seconds and freshman Ryelee Bogle took eighth in 9.08 seconds. 

Freshmen Kyrie Cragin and Carmela Bright placed 10th and 11th in the 200-meter dash with respective times of 31.05 seconds and 31.06 seconds. Freshman Rose Luxton finished ninth in the 1600-meter run with a time of 6:55.58 and Rochelle’s 800-meter relay team (Arline Villanueva, Miranda Dubek, Carmela Bright and Rylee Jackson) took fourth in 2:07.55.

Rochelle’s 1600-meter relay team (Kylie Smith, Christina Jones, Zoe White and Mary Chadwick) placed fourth with a time of 4:59.03 and Rochelle’s 3200-meter relay team (Rose Luxton, Mary Chadwick, Savanna Wilson and Ailyn Miranda) placed fourth with a time of 13:07.96.