The Oak Park and River Forest High School varsity boys track and field team won the Jim Arnold Invite at Glenbard West, May 2. The Huskies finished with 122 points, four more than runner-up Evanston Township.
Senior Jonathan Sibley-Diggs was victorious in both the shot put (16.91 meters) and the discus (50.34 m). Senior Brian Jackson won the 400 meters in a personal-best time of 48.74 seconds. Jackson ran the anchor leg for OPRF’s winning 4 x 400 relay (3:22.81), which also featured juniors Keyante Johnson and Michael Degnan, and senior Jaylen Runnels. The Huskies’ 4 x 800 relay comprising junior Tate Blecha, senior Brady Creel, and juniors Nick Houghton and Connor Harmon won with a time of 8:12.11.
OPRF’s 4 x 100 relay of Johnson, sophomore Kelden Jones, senior Emilio Nery, and Jackson finished second in 42.90. Other second-place finishes were turned in by senior David Schiff in the 1600 (personal-best 4:33.59) and junior Addis Wilson in the high jump (1.98 m).
Third-place showings came from senior Malik Griffee in the high jump (1.93 m), junior Ryan Wangerow in the 3200 (personal-best 9:49.12), Johnson in the 400 (personal-best 49.58), and Nery in the 200 (22.64).
The Huskies also had top-six placers in Runnels (4th, personal-best 11.03) and Nery (5th, 11.17) in the 100, Jones (4th, personal-best 22.47) in the 200, Harmon (4th, 2:00.57) in the 800, senior Owen Carstens (4th, personal-best 4:38.14) in the 1600, sophomore August Singer (6th, personal-best 10:12.43) in the 3200, and junior Emmet Freedman (4th, season-best 41.03) and senior Ben Cazeau (6th, personal-best 41.53) in the 300 hurdles.
OPRF girls water polo
The Huskies (11-13) went 3-1 at the Hudsonville (MI) Invitational last weekend.
On May 1, OPRF defeated Huron (MI) 9-2. On May 2, the Huskies dropped a 13-3 contest to Hudsonville, but rallied to win their final two games: 12-7 over Groves (MI) and 5-3 over Grand Blanc (MI).
OPRF, the third seed in the upcoming Fenwick Sectional, closes the regular season with a quad at Lincoln-Way East, May 9.
OPRF boys basketball
Two members of the OPRF varsity boys basketball squad made commitments to play college basketball last week.
Senior Logan Johnson will play collegiately at Beloit College in Wisconsin this winter, while Cameron Woods will stay close to home and play for Concordia University in River Forest.
Crosstown showdowns
It’s usually exciting whenever OPRF and Fenwick meet in athletic competition. This Saturday, May 9, fans will get twice the excitement as the Huskies and Friars face off in two different sports.
There will be a varsity softball game at Ridgeland Common, first pitch set for 11 a.m. Both OPRF and Fenwick have winning records entering this week, which should make for a competitive affair.
Then in Oak Park Stadium at noon, the varsity girls soccer teams will take to the pitch.