WVHS Boys Track Recaps

2008

Ryan Abraham- All Conference
William Carrera-All Academic
Tre Clark- All Conference, All Sectional, State Qualifier
Andrew Dalpini-All Academic
Brett Einbecker-MVP, All Conference, All Sectional, State Qualifier, All-State, State Champion in Discus,Beacon News Track and Field Athlete of the Year
Abrahim Fahs-All Academic
Miguel Gonzalez- All Conference
Dwight Harris- All Conference, All Sectional, State Qualifier
Matt Havlik-All Conference, All Sectional, State Qualifier
Mark Homan-All Academic, Sportsmanship Award, State Qualifier
Craig Huhtala-All Academic
Perry Levin- All Conference
Emmett Lorenz- All Conference, All Sectional, State Qualifier, All-State
Michael Lorenz- All Sectional, State Qualifier
Randy Magnuson-All Academic, All Conference
Aaron Malone- State Qualifier
Scott Mankivsky-All Academic, All Conference, All Sectional, State Qualifier, All-State
Joshua Otten-All Academic
Poojith Padmaraj-All Academic
Shouvik Ponnusamy-All Academic
Marc Presley- All Conference, All Sectional, State Qualifier, All-State
Michael Schmelzel- All Conference
David Schumacher- All Sectional
Mark Schumacher- All Conference
Sapan Shah-All Academic
Ryan Shea- All Conference
Alexander Stokowski-All Academic
Daniel Tucker- All Conference, All Sectional, State Qualifier
Tony Tucker- All Conference, All Sectional, State Qualifier
Sean Wiggan- All Conference, All Sectional, State Qualifier, All-State, Beacon News
                    Athlete of the Year - Honorable Mention

2007

Varsity: 3rd in Outdoor Conference, 2nd in Indoor Conference, 10th in Sectionals
Sophomores: 5th in Conference

• Bobby Collins: All Conference
• Brett Einbecker: All Conference, State Participant, MVP
• Kenny Harrington: All Conference
• Matt Havlik: State Participant Alternate
• Mark Homan: State Participant, All-Academic
• Emmett Lorenz: All Conference, State Participant
• Scott Mankivsky: All Conference, All-Academic
• Spencer Merritt: All Conference
• Jarrett Mickens: All Conference, Sportsmanship Award, All-Academic
• Ben Tromblay: State Participant Alternate
• David Schumacher: State Participant
• Mark Schumacher: State Participant
• Ryan Shea: State Participant
• Sean Wiggan: All Conference, State Participant
• Mustafa Alavi: All-Academic
• Eric Brinlee: All-Academic
• William Carrera: All-Academic
• Joseph Cullen: All-Academic
• Andrew Dalpini: All-Academic
• Abraham Fahs: All-Academic
• Peter Happ: All-Academic
• Randy Magnuson: All-Academic
• Joshua Otten: All-Academic
• Shouvik Ponnusamy: All-Academic
• Richard Tronolone: All-Academic
• Drew Warden: All-Academic

2006

Varsity: 2nd in Conference, 8th in Sectional
Sophomores: 2nd in Conference

• Mustafa Alavi-All Academic

• Jeremy Brooks-All Academic

• Brent Carius-All Conference, All Academic

• Mark Constantine-All Academic

• Brett Einbecker-All Conference, State Qualifier Shot-put

• John Gibbs-All Conference, State Qualifier in 800 run, All Academic, All State

• Paul Happ-All Academic

• Jared Kolinek-All Academic

• Jayesh Madrecha-All Academic

• Scott Mankivsky-All Academic

• Mark Mankivsky-All Conference, MVP, All Academic, State Qualifier 110 high hurdles

• Arlen McCann-All Academic

• Jarrett Mickens-All Academic

• Shouvik Ponnusamy-All Academic

• Douglas Rogers-All Academic

• Ben Tromblay-All Academic

• Drew Warden-All Academic

• Mark Schumacher-All Conference

• Ashok Venugopal-Sportsmanship, All Academic

• Brook Yohannes-All Academic

School Records this year:  Brett Einbecker in Shot & Discus
Brent Carius in 3200 run
John Gibbs in 1600 run (9th in the State)

2005

Varsity finished 2nd in the Upstate Eight, won the Red Ribbon Invite, won the Lake Michigan Invite, won the Naperville North Invite and finished a best ever 4th in the IHSA State Meet.
Frosh took 1st in the UEC.

Tracey Drew and Durrell Williams claimed Indoor IPTT State Titles as well as the 1600 Relay team.
Tracey Drew claimed the IHSA Championship at the Outdoor State Meet in the 300 Hurdles.

• Junior Adesanya--All-Conference, State Qualifier
• Jeremy Brown--State Qualifier
• Kevin Burns--State Qualifier
• Marcus Caldwell--All-Conference, State Qualifier, All-State in 4 X 400 Relay
• Brent Carius--All-Conference, State Qualifier, All-Academic
• Alex Casey--All-Conference, State Qualifier, All-State in 4 X 400 Relay
• Jac Cooper--Sportsmanship Award
• Tracey Drew--All-Conference, State Qualifier, All-State in 110 & 300 Hurdles & 4 X 400 Relay, State Champion in 300 Hurdles
• John Gibbs--All-Conference, All-Academic, State Qualifier
• Paul Happ--All-Academic
• Brian Huhtala--All-Academic
• Kyle Krivacek--All-Academic
• John Layne--All-Conference, State Qualifier
• Jayesh Madrecha--All-Academic
• Mark Mankivsky--All-Academic, All-Conference, State Qualifier
• Arlen McCann--All-Academic, State Qualifier
• Craig Riley--All-Academic
• Justin Rosenblume--All-Academic
• Larry Russell--State Qualifier
• Danny Severance--All-Academic
• David Sohn--All-Academic
• Ben Tromblay--All-Academic, State Qualifier
• Dinesh Vemuri--All-Academic
• Ashok Venugopal--All-Academic
• Durrell Williams--State Qualifier, All-State in 800 run & 4 X 400 Relay

Durrell Williams (Center) runs the Prelims of the State 800 Run in 2005. He followed
up his 2004 Title in the 800 with a runner-up finish in the Finals.

Tracey Drew wins his 110 Hurdle Prelim at the 2005 State Meet.
Tracey took 3rd in the Finals and was State Champion in the 300's.

Marcus Caldwell hands off to Alex Casey in the 4 x 400 Relay
at the IHSA State Meet. Along with Tracey Drew and Durrell
Williams, they finished 2nd in the State in 2005.

2004

• Adetayo Adesanya-All Conference
• Nizamuddin Alavi-All Academic
• William Biancucci-All Academic
• Mike Bina-All Academic, All Conference, Sectional Champion, State Qualifier, All State, State Runner-up Pole Vault
• Kevin Burns-State Qualifier
• Marcus Caldwell-All Conference, State Qualifier
• James Cantu-All Academic, State Qualifier
• Bren Carius-All Academic
• Jac Cooper-State Qualifier
• Tracey Drew-All Conference, State Qualifier, All State, 5th in the 300 Hurdles and 8th in the 110 High Hurdles
• John Gibbs-All Academic
• Joe Kampf-All Academic
• John Layne-All Conference, State Qualifier
• Mark Mankivsky-All Academic
• Thomas Martino-All Academic, Student/Athlete of the Year, Sportsmanship Award
• Arlen McCann-All Academic, State Qualifier
• Craig Riley-All Academic
• Justin Rosenblume-All Academic
• Larry Russell-All Conference, State Qualifier
• Dan Severance-All Academic
• Durrell Williams-All Conference, Sectional Champion, State Qualifier, All State, State Champion 800 meter
• Adam Yost-All Academic

The men’s varsity team finished the regular season in 1st place in the Conference in both indoor and outdoor track in addition to winning the Red Ribbon Classic and the  Lisle Invite.  The F/S team came in first at the Joliet invite and also finished in 1st place in the conference.  The warrior track team finished a very successful season this weekend at the State Track Meet earning a 6th place in the State. 

(Conference records for Var. and freshman were 3-1 and 1st in Conference.  Varsity finish at Sectionals-3rd place, 6th in the State).