Valpo Distance Comes Out Strong at the JV DAC

Chesterton High School hosted the JV DAC Meet on Sat., May 14. It was very cold, drizzly and foggy, but Valpo distance came out strong. This was the last meet for most on the track team giving all one more chance to letter, get a PR (personal record), or just to compete. Schools included Portage, Chesterton, Crown Point, Merrillville, Michigan City, La Porte & Valpo.

This was an unscored meet, but it did count for points to those that were trying to gain points for lettering. Valpo distance did very well in all their events winning most and placing in all distance events.

In the 4x800 Relay were Taylor Bisacchi running a split time of 2:11.8 along with Corey Alfredson 2:09.2, Andrew Lyp 2:14.7 & George Molina 2:15.7 with an overall time of 8:52.6 a very respectable time placing 3rd in the event. Placing in the top 3 in the 1600 M Run were Colin Stiscak with a time of 4:43 along with Andrew Jankowski placing 2nd with a time of 4:43 a PR for Andrew. Rounding out the top 3 was also Kevin Hickey in 3rd with 4:46. Also running were Jordan Galligan 4:57, Patrick Dalton 4:59, Drew Finley 5:10 and Jake Southwell 5:43.

Taking 1st in the 400 M Dash was Corey Alfredson with a time of 56.1 The only Valpo representative in this event.

In the 3200 Run taking 1st & 2nd were Ari Coulopoulos with a time of 10:09 and 2nd was Taylor Bisacchi with a time of 10:11 a PR for Taylor. Also running were Andrew Lyp 10:22, Zach Schwartz 10:27, Landon Davison 10:27, Oscar Palin 11:09 and Kevin Mangel 11:14.

Finishing the meet with the 4x400 Relay were Corey Alfredson with a split time of 57.9 along with George Molina 59.8, Kevin Hickey 58.7 and Andrew Jankowski 58.7 with an overall time of 3:52.2 placing 3rd.

It was very cold, drizzly and foggy during the JV DAC but Valpo distance did an amazing job. Looking forward to seeing you next track season. But the season isn't entirely over, Sectionals are tonight May 19 at Portage High School. Valpo Varsity will be competing in the meet.

Photos include:
4x800 Taylor Bisacchi handing off to Corey Alfredson
4x800 Andrew Lyp
Coach Crague pep talk
1600 M Run Colin Stiscak
800 runners Andrew Jankowski, Kevin Hickey & George Molina
after the 800
3200 M runners
3200 winner Ari Coulopoulos
4x400 finish Andrew Jankowski