Leo High School Track Sweeps IHSA Field at Chicago Christian

With help of a blessing from Chicago's Archbishop, Francis Cardinal George, last Friday. pluperfect weather, a magnificent host facility and staff provided by Chicago Christian and Leo High Schools in-door all-weather track featuring 1920 sport tech's four story ninety degree angle stairwells and the dedication of Coaches Ed Adams and Pete Doyle, Leo High School is poised to claim its seventh IHSA Track & Field State Championship.

Under a sunny sky, candied by cool breezes, the Leo Lions dominated the action.  I enjoyed the Irish air-conditioning and the full view of the action from my shady vantage under the south-end Dutch Reformed Elms.

Team Scores

Pl  School                            Head Coach            Score     
1   Leo                                                     127
2   Westmont                                                91.50
3   Latin                                                   46
4   Hales Franciscan                                        40.50
5   Seton Academy                                           31

Long Jump

Pl  Competitor            Yr   School                            Mark       
1   Shaquil Lawrence           Seton Academy                     21-03.00
2   Joshua Wright              Leo                               20-09.50

Pole Vault

Pl  Competitor            Yr   School                            Mark       
1   Joseph McDermott           Westmont                          9-06.00
2   Henry Clark                Northridge Prep                   9-06.00

High Jump

Pl  Competitor            Yr   School                            Mark       
1   Daniel Vatch               Immaculate Conception             6-02.00
2   Noah Wolff                 Parker                            5-05.00
2   Forest Moses               Northridge Prep                   5-05.00

Shot Put

Pl  Competitor            Yr   School                            Mark       
1   Sam Akainyah               North Shore Country Day           50-00.00
2   Eric Owens                 Leo                               46-06.50

Triple Jump

Pl  Competitor            Yr   School                            Mark       Run-Up     
1   Noah Wolf                  Parker                            40-05.50
2   Kristofer Pierce           Westmont                          39-09.00

Discus Throw

Pl  Competitor            Yr   School                            Mark       
1   Hakeem Chatman             Leo                               159-03.00
2   David McDermott            Westmont                          139-08.00

4x800-Meter Relay

Pl  School                            Time          
1   Chicago Christian                 8:30.83
2   Westmont                          8:34.47

4x100-Meter Relay

Pl  School                            Time          
1   Leo                               42.91
2   Hales Franciscan                  44.00
3   Timothy Christian                 44.17

3200-Meter Run

Pl  Competitor            Yr   School                            Time       
1   Nate Novota                Westmont                          10:03.39
2   Andrew Nadler              Latin                             10:05.26

110-Meter High Hurdles

Pl  Competitor            Yr   School                            Time       
1   Joe Morrow                 Hales Franciscan                  14.99
2   Marlon Britton             Leo                               15.46

100-Meter Dash

Pl  Competitor            Yr   School                            Time       
1   Keith Harris               Leo                               10.85
2   Theodore Hopkins           Leo                               11.18

800-Meter Run

Pl  Competitor            Yr   School                            Time       
1   Britt Henderson            Latin                             1:58.99
2   Caleb Flack                Parker                            2:01.97

4x200-Meter Relay

Pl  School                            Time          
1   Leo                               1:28.94
2   Hales Franciscan                  1:30.73

400-Meter Dash

Pl  Competitor            Yr   School                            Time       
1   Tim Doll                   Westmont                          49.96
2   Reggie Confer              Seton Academy                     50.97
3   Ethan Lee                  Latin                             51.53

300-Meter Intermediate Hurdles

Pl  Competitor            Yr   School                            Time       
1   Jake Hooker                Timothy Christian                 40.15
2   Mikey Robertson            Westmont                          42.93

1600-Meter Run

Pl  Competitor            Yr   School                            Time       
1   Britt Henderson            Latin                             4:32.64
2   Alex Sweatman              Timothy Christian                 4:36.66

200-Meter Dash

Pl  Competitor            Yr   School                            Time       
1   Keith Harris               Leo                               22.22
2   Theodore Hopkins           Leo                               22.78
3   Joe Morrow                 Hales Franciscan                  22.92

4x400-Meter Relay

Pl  School                            Time          
1   Leo                               3:32.48
2   Seton Academy                     3:36.55

Leo High School Track Team ( The School Without a Track) Blows Away the Field at Lisle Sectional

Leo High School is the only Catholic High School and the only non-public high school to have ever won a State Track & Field Championship in the history of the IHSA.

Leo High School has no Track. The sprinters, hurdlers, high and low jumpers relay teams and shot putters all practice within the walls of Leo High School.

Yesterday, while Cardinal George and Father Pfleger made nice after putting Leo High School in the middle of their tiff for nearly three months with a narrative of troubled school, the Leo Lions of the Track Team, coached by Ed Adams and Pete Doyle, blew away all competition at suburban Lisle Sectional -

LISLE SECTIONAL
Leo 110.5, Westmont 87, Lisle 85, Walther Lutheran 80, Francis Parker 44.

All through the constant media bombardment of unvarified slanders and slights about Leo High School from March 15th, when CBS 2's Jay Levine set the nasty tone that Leo High School was struggling to stay open and through Father Pfleger's canard on the Tavis Smiley NPR gabfest with Cornell West that Leo is 'literally failing' this school kept its head up and its eyes on the best interests of the young men it serves. N.B. While the puffed-up Tavis Smiley sells his book at St. Sabina's today, the Leo High School Football Team and other student volunteers will be distributing groceries to our neighbors at Leo Alumni Fields -Facta Non Verba.

Leo Alumni poured in support and foundations like Cashel, Clare, WP & HB White, The John Buck Company, Irish Fellowship, Bidwill, Barney aand the Brach Foundations kept faith.

Leo Graduating senior Eder Cruz was the only Catholic League representative and one of 31 Illinois Gates Millennium Scholars.

The Leo Track Team does not need a track and Leo High School does not need a Lone Ranger savior.