Track Team Members Dubree and Freshour Conference Champs
by Eric Biehl, OHS Torch Reporter
May 13, 2008
The boys track team ran very well to receive a strong 3rd place finish at the Cornbelt Conference meet at Rantoul High School on May 5th.
The boys fell behind 1st place team Mahomet and 2nd place U-High. Many Olympia athletes ran much better than expected on paper which resulted in many personal records broken.
Juniors Chris Dubree and Alex Freshour both became conference champs in one event. Chris in the shot put with a throw of 51 feet 3 inches. Alex won pole vault with a vault of 13 feet 6 inches, then he barely missed attempts at a new school record of 15 feet 5 inches.
The boys all ran very well and finished the meet off well with a second place finish in the 4X400 meter relay, the last event. A week earlier U-High beat Olympia in this by a tenth of a second. Olympia battled back and finished right behind Mahomet to edge U-High by less than a tenth of a second.
Congratulations to all of the boys and good luck to them at Sectionals.
Listen to Eric's Boys Track Pod Cast here.
