Track and field: June 2011 Archives

Sandburg senior Lukas Verzbicas, Woodstock senior Kayla Beattie and Lincoln-Way East sophomore Aaliyah Brown will represent the Chicago area in the adidas Grand Prix track and field meet Saturday at Icahn Stadium in New York City.

Verzbicas will be back to defend his Boys Dream Mile title, Beattie will compete in the Girls Dream Mile and Brown will run the Girls Dream 100. Verzbicas won last year's race in 4 minutes, 4.38 seconds, the fastest time of 2010 by a prep runner. Among those challenging him will be Jantzen Oshier of Mission Viejo, Calif., who has this year's fastest high school times in the mile (4:06.81) and 1,600 (4:00.83).

Beattie is ranked second nationally in the girls 3,200, while Brown is No. 5 in the U.S. in the girls 100.

Sandburg senior Lukas Verzbicas broke the national prep record for the 2-mile, running 8 minutes, 29.46 seconds Saturday at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore.

Verzbicas, who has signed with Oregon and was running on his future home track, bettered the old mark of 8:34.40 set three years ago by German Fernandez of Riverbank, Calif.

Verzbicas finished 11th in the elite field. American Bernard Legat won in 8:13.62.