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26 Valley View Middle-Schoolers Place at State Track Meet

Brooks Middle School, Martinez Middle School and Jane Addams Middle School registered top team finishes for the girls and boys state track championships this weekend.

Valley View School District 365U middle school athletes came home from the Illinois Elementary School Association’s state track championships this weekend with 26 top-20 finishes.

Brooks Middle School registered the highest boys team finish among VVSD’s five schools, finishing 20th in seventh grade and 24th in eighth grade.

Martinez’s seventh grade girls led the way with a 13th place team finish, while Jane Addams’ eighth grade girls got the top finish at 11th.

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Seventh grade girls top-20 finishes included:

  • Alex Henderson (Martinez), second in the 100m
  • Martinez (Idara Young, Sydney Murphy, Tomi Vandyke, Henderson and Katie Kerwin) third place in the 4x100 relay
  • Brooks (Alexis Lewis, April Lowery, Tsimba Malonga, Kayla Perry and Taylor Robinson) fourth place in the 4x100 relay
  • Jahnetta Jones (Lukancic), fifth place in the 200m
  • Lowery (Brooks), 13th in the long jump
  • Allie Platon (Addams), 15th in the shot put
  • Alena Hood (Lukancic), 17th in the discus
  • Perry (Brooks), 18th in the 400m

Eighth grade girls top-20 finishes included:

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  • Addams (Danielle Cinquepalmi, Josalyn Clark, Jamie Perakis, Karli Seay and Kiara Watts) 3rd in 4x200 relay
  • Seay (Addams), third in long jump
  • Brooks (Camille Jordan, Brittany Mercier, Maribeth Murray, Mackenzie Williams and Claire Young) fourth in 4x100 relay
  • Young (Brooks), fifth in high jump
  • Perakis (Addams), sixth in 400m
  • Seay (Addams), ninth in 200m

Seventh grade boys top-20 finishes included:

  • Shawn Showalter (Brooks), fifth in 200m
  • Brooks (Gordon Martin, Quentin Pringle, Showalter, Cameron Mitchell and Chris Bavaro) fifth in 4x100 relay
  • Humphrey (Jesus Bravo, Mark Brown, Marshaun Brown, Shakeer Davis and Jaylen Plaxico) 12th in 4x100 relay
  • Marc Wallace (Lukancic), 14th in high jump

Eighth grade top-20 finishes included:

  • Brooks (Tanner Banks, Nana Busia, Joe Coates, Jarvis Crutcher and Damion Gather) second in 4x400 relay
  • Addams (Jacob Perakis, Joshua Perakis, Caleb Robertston, Zyon Bell and Darrien Cole) fifth in 4x200 relay
  • Tyler Elmore (Humphrey), fifth in 100m
  • Elmore (Humphrey), seventh in 400m
  • Piotr Miskiewicz (Lukancic), seventh in 110 hurdles
  • Jazontae Howard (Humphrey), eighth in 100m
  • Humphrey (Vashun Burns, Elmore, Michael Hill, Matthew Merriweather, and Howard), ninth in 4x100 relay
  • Brooks (Nana Busia, Joe Coates, Jarvis Crutcher, Jared Price and Josh Simpson) 10th place in 4x100 relay

Editor's note: This article was submitted by Valley View School District 365U. 


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