H.S. 4:05.17 1600m

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Jeff Thode, sr, (Conant H.S. - Hoffman Estates, Ill.) won the Ill. H.S. Assoc. State Boys' 1600m Championship with a solo 4:05.17 FAT

My splits 4:04.91: 59.35, 63.42, 62.08, 60.08
(add .24 to my hand time = 4:05.15 so I was damn close eye balling it from the stands.)

He went out hard in the 800m but faded to 5th. He would have needed a big PR to win the 800 - won in 1:51.13. Thode came back in the 1600, went right to the front and ran what looked like a solo time trial. He was by himself the entire way. Zach Dahleen, sr., (Orland Park, Ill. - Sandburg H.S.,4:10.25) closed well but was five seconds back.

NOTE: Thode missed a month of cross country because of a collapsed lung and was hospitalized. He still came back to win the IHSA 3A state XC title.

He will attend Iowa in the fall.

IHSA.org

IHSA Boys 1600 Meter Run 3A
Finals
1 Jeff Thode (Sr.), Hoffman Estates (Conant) 4:05.17
2 Zach Dahleen (Sr.), Orland Park (Sandburg) 4:10.25
3 Steve Sulkin (Sr.), Elmhurst (York) 4:13.35
4 Chris Hayek (Sr.), Mt. Prospect (Prospect) 4:13.57
5 Marshall Happ (Sr.), Woodstock (H.S.) 4:13.88
6 Kyle Hannon (Sr.), Park Ridge (Maine South) 4:15.80
7 Israel Cornelio (Sr.), Skokie (Niles North) 4:17.93
8 Alec Bollman (Jr.), Palatine (H.S.) 4:18.11
9 Andrew Nelson (Sr.), Geneva 4:18.74
10 Gerardo Perez (Sr.), Lake Zurich 4:21.07
11 Andrew Larsen (Sr.), Aurora (Marmion Academy) 4:26.36 -- Anthony Manfrin (So.), Carpentersville (Dundee-Crown) DQ



IHSA Boys 800 Meter Run 3A
Finals
1 Ryan Lynn (Sr.), Park Ridge (Maine South) 1:51.13
2 Ryan Mangone (Sr.), Barrington 1:53.31
3 Dominique Manley (Jr.), Collinsville 1:53.79
4 Max Clink (Sr.), St. Charles (North) 1:54.30
5 Jeff Thode (Sr.), Hoffman Estates (Conant) 1:54.65
6 Karsen Green (Sr.), Gurnee (Warren) 1:55.11
7 Nathan Elder (Sr.), Quincy (Sr.) 1:55.43
8 Andrew Martinez (Jr.), East Moline (United) 1:55.88
9 Alex Lyons (Sr.), LaGrange (Lyons) 1:56.17
10 Fransisco Soto (Jr.), Lake Zurich 1:57.59
11 Mike Yerkes (Sr.), Oak Park (Fenwick) 1:57.71
12 Emmett Lorenz (Sr.), Aurora (Waubonsie Valley) 1:59.74

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"... Thode missed a month of cross country because of a collapsed lung and was hospitalized. "

Well, he has some good company there. Three years ago Craig Miller from PA lost a chunk of his senior season to a clasped lung. At Wisconsin he has since: 1) run 3:37; 2) finished second NCAA Mile(i); 3) finished fourth NCAA 1500 (and second in the Regional this year to last year's second-place finisher); 4) won Big Ten 1500 by finishing in about 1:50; and 5) been on some NCAA top-5 XC teams.