Announcement
On Friday, May 27, 2011, upon arrival to O'Brien Stadium, Mac Melto was given a State Qualifier Pin from the IHSA, along with his race number. As the athletes began warm-ups for the 400m run, the stadium was filled close to its capacity, and spectators, fans, and Teams, had to park over a half mile away from the Stadium because of the size of the sell-out crowd. Outside the Stadium, there was a large festival of Track & Field souvenir vendors.
Twenty-Nine athletes qualified for State Championships in the 400m run, and the field was reduced to nine athletes, after four heats of prelims on Friday.
Mac Melto finished in second place in the third heat of the prelims with an outstanding time of 49.04 to QUALIFY for the State Finals on Saturday!
Mac Melto will race on Saturday, May 28, 2011 at 2:55 pm at O'Brien Stadium, in the Finals for the State Championship!
Northside Senior Wesley Laytham will be racing in the 800m, under the lights at O'Brien Stadium this evening in the Open 800m run at the State Championships. If there is enough recovery time, Laytham will also race in the 1600m run.
