WN’s Landan Creighton shines in Sun ConferenceChampionship By Dan Chamness Landan Creighton, a Woodstock North graduate and St. Thomas University Bobcat junior, showed just how powerful he is at The Sun Conference Championships. First, Creighton won the pole vault with a leap of 15 feet, 7 inches, by nearly 12 inches. The second place finisher […]
ByDanChamness news@thewoodstockindependent Ryan Jones, a Marengo resident and Marian Central Catholic graduate, was a steady top five scorer for the University of Illinois-Springfield Prairie Stars during the last five cross-country seasons. The two-time all-conference athlete in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, who also ran track for the Prairie Stars, competed in cross-country in everything from […]
Anthony Carney, a Marian Central Catholic graduate and Woodstock resident, has been bitten by the national championship final bug. It happens. The University of Dubuque runner recently competed in the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championship. For most runners, when they experience that atmosphere and realize what they are competing for, they want to return […]
Anthony Carney, a Marian Central Catholic graduate and Huntley resident, now can call himself all-conference runner on the collegiate level. The University of Dubuque harrier, who set a 5,000-meter record on the cross-country course earlier in the year, finished the 8,000-meter race in 24 minutes, 57.1 seconds. He finished ninth overall. The ARC recognizes the […]
Five and counting. Maddie Moan, a Woodstock graduate, has helped Valparaiso University win their last five matches in a row, four of which have been in the last two weeks. Moan has contributed in three of those matches. The victories have pushed Valparaiso’s overall record to 14-9. It has also pushed them one game over […]
By Dan Chamness It was not quite enough to be considered a high school reunion, but for a Woodstock High School cross-country reunion, it was more than adaquate. In addition, there was at least one athlete from another area school competing in the huge Augustana College-hosted Interregional Rumble. The Vikings held four races that day, […]
The Gans Creek XC Course, which is University of Missouri’s home track, is not known to be an easy run. But, University of Kansas redshirt junior Peter Walsdorf, a Marian Central Catholic graduate and Woodstock resident, likes it just fine. Recently, the former all-state Hurricane runner finished with his career best 8,000-meter time on the […]
By Dan Chamness MarlonPomili, a Marian Central Catholic graduate and Woodstock resident, spent the last two Saturdays of September squeezing out road wins for Marian University. The games could not have been closer as both were decided by one lone point. In the most recent win, a 35-34 triumph over Taylor University took overtime to […]
Ella White, a Woodstock graduate, is not only getting playing time on the McHenry County College volleyball team, she is helping them win. The freshman, who has played in 15 matches, leads the Scots with 163 digs. She also has 16 service aces and 14 assists. Courtney Komperde (Dundee-Crown), a Woodstock resident, is also a […]
Schleutermann starts X-C season strong at UW-Green Bay By Dan Chamness It is early in the cross-country season, but University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point senior Aiden Schleutermann is starting the season at his best. At the Phoenix Open, which was hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and held on their Alumni XC Course, the Woodstock […]
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