Warriors Have Outstanding CSL Championship Key Experience
ON Friday May 15th the Warriors traveled to Niles North H.S. to compete in the 2015 Outdoor
CSL North Conference Championships. The Varsity Warriors have been on quite a nice run in
the outdoor season being TOP 3 at every single outdoor invite that we have competed in and
have competed at the highest levels all season. Friday night was no different and to be honest I
do not think the league expected the quality that showed up across the meet. Many coaches
approached me and stated this was one of the toughest and deepest CSL Varsity Meets they
had ever seen in the CSL North and I whole heartedly agree. Simply put you had to be jumping,
sprinting, running, throwing, hurdling and vaulting Sectional level efforts to hang in this meet
and I really was proud of our league. To be honest when I started 17 years ago the league was
one of the weakest in the state….now it’s one of the best and I love that our league now gets us
prepared for the Sectional and State meets and that’s exactly how it should be. Having said
that the Warriors had a great night of competing with arguably the largest amount of Personal
Records I have witnessed in a long time across the Varsity AND Frosh/Soph levels. These efforts
however could not take over a Niles North team that simply stepped up HUGE everywhere as
they won the CSL Championship with 170pts as Deerfield finished Runner up with 134 points as
GBN was 3rd with 78pts to round out the TOP 3 in the league. When you score 134pts in any
league meet you’re a good team and to put that score in perspective when we won the titles in
2004, 2012, and 2013 we scored 121, 138, and 141pts…therefore this meet turned into a Duel
meet in many ways between us and NN and that’s a tough way to try and win a CSL North
Championship. We did have some amazing individual performances as our Big Boys owned
their events against the Leagues Big Boys.
The F/S Warriors had a ton of FS pulled up to Varsity and knew they were going to have really
work to have a good meet with a lineup we have never entered before. The boys did a
phenomenal job breaking the century mark with 104 pts and earning a respectful 4 th place as 1st
was GBN 148 pts, 2nd NN with 123pts, and HP with 118.5 pts to round out the Top 4. Again
anytime you score a 100pts in a league meet that’s a very solid night for your team.
It was a great night overall and the coaches could not be prouder of the time, hard work,
passion, and character these R15E Warriors put in this season and I believe these boys truly will
understand this phrase, “IF ITS WORTH WINNING, ITS WORTH LOSING”. Can’t say it any better.
**ONTO SECTIONALS and the STATE SERIES! Lets GO!
*Full CSL meet results can be found at www.pttiming.com (click on race results)
*Special Mention goes to Chris Douglas as he broke the School Record in the 110HH of 14.34
held by 2007 Grad Jesse Trace and 1998 Grad Aaron Moorehead with a time of 14.14.
Doin’ the Dougie!
*Charles Nash also gets special mention as he now is 5th on the All Time TOP 10 in the 800 with
a time of 155.27. DFDC!
*Graham Tonner had a special night as well as he threw the Discus 159’0” which now puts him
in 5th All Time at DHS in the Discus. Throws FORCE!
The Following Warriors Earned
CSL North All Conference:
Varsity: Jamie Ackerson, Jacob Avenaim, Chris Douglas, Hank Flury,
Charles Nash, Graham Tonner, Blake Welter (TBA/Pts)
F/S: Matt Butler, Matt Gold, Alex Latronica, Devon Pye, Dylan Ruskin,
Jackson Schiltz, Luke Vajdic, Matt Voicu
The following Warriors Placed in the CSL Conference Meet
Varsity:
rd
4x800-3 -Billy Anderson, Henry Shore, Michael Warren, David Bickmore
4x100-2nd-Jon Schiltz, Jacob Avenaim, Zach Shaltiel, Wes Miller
3200m-5th-Alex Wolfe, 5th Ben Chambers
110HH-Conference Champion Chris Douglas, 5th-Jamie Ackerson
100m-3rd-Jacob Avenaim
800m-Conference Champion-Charles Nash-5th-Jeremy Latronica
4x200-3rd-Mark Mahoney, Will Boshes, Dean Scopelitti, Hank Flury
400m-5th-Josh Pollack
300IH-Conference Champion-Chris Douglas, 4th Jamie Ackerson
1600m-2nd-Charles Nash
200m-Conference Champion-Chris Douglas, 6th-Wes Miller
4x400-Conference Champions-Josh Pollack, Jamie Ackerson, Jeremy Latronica, Charles Nash
HJ-Conference Champion-Hank Flury
Discus-Conference Champion-Graham Tonner
TJ-4th-Charlie Kogan
SP-4th-Brian Lukaszcyck
rd
PV-3 -Blake Welter, 6th-Justin Wilde
F/S:
3200m-4th-Ben Wolfe
4x800-Andrew Burmeister, Zach Dolnick, Ethan Tornheim, Justin Lew
4x100-4th-Dylan Ruskin, Matt Voicu, Eric Lew, Matt Grady
3200m-4th-Ben Wolfe
110HH-3rd-Devon Pye
th
100m-4 -Dylan Ruskin, 5th-Matt Voicu
800m-2nd-Matt Butler, 6th-Matt Gold
4x200-4th-Matt Grady, Jackson Schiltz, Eric Lew, Ricardo Gomez
400m-4th-Barak Farhi
1600m-Conferenc Champion-Matt Gold, 4th-Brett Schneider
200m-2nd-Dylan Ruskin, 5th-Matt Voicu
th
4x400R-5 -Barak Farhi, Justin Lew, Matt Butler, Ben Wolfe
HJ-3rd-Jackson Schiltz
LJ-5th-Devon Pye
TJ-3rd-Matt Voicu
Discus-2nd-Luke Vajdic
nd
SP-2 -Alex Latronica, Luke Vajdic
PV-6th-Ryan Wilde
CSL R15E Warriors In Action:
Big Time Players Make Big Time Plays in Big Time Meets! SR Charles Nash and Chris Douglas ARE and DID!
SO Jacob Avenaim can hang with the BIG BOYS in the 100 in as JR’s Michael Warren and David Bickmore
RO5E UP big in the 4x800!
SR Jeremy Latronica Kicks in the 800 to 5th as SR Teddy Shapira shows Great start technique in the 400!