Altamont Boys Track Takes Seventh at Coach Cork Invite as Veteto Sets New Pole Vault School Record, Four Athletes Compete at Winston Brown Meet of Champions

The Altamont boys track team competed in the Robinson Coach Cork Boys Invite on Friday taking seventh place as a team and then four Indians athletes competed in the Edwardsville Winston Brown Meet of Champions on Saturday. Altamont had four top 5 finishes at Robinson including a first place finish from senior Jacob Veteto in the Pole Vault with a height of 15’ which is a new Altamont school record. After their showing on Friday, four of the boys team members competed in the Meet of Champions featuring mainly 2A and 3A teams from southern and central Illinois. Senior Brock Wendling took 6^th in the Shot Put and Veteto took 7^th in the Pole Vault as all four boys competing finished 15^th place or higher in the meet. The Altamont boys as well as the Altamont girls will be back in action on Tuesday when they compete in the Effingham Senior Night Triangular against the host Hearts and Charleston.

ALTAMONT BOYS PLACE FINISHES – COACH CORK INVITE

First Place:

Jacob Veteto – Pole Vault, 15’ ***NEW SCHOOL RECORD***

Second Place:

Brock Wendling – Shot Put, 50’ 9”

Third Place:

Brody DeGennaro – 400m Dash, 55.63 seconds

Brock Wendling – Discus, 137’ 10”

Fourth Place:

Fifth Place:

4×100 Relay (Jacob Johnson, Wyatt Wolff, Maxwell Matlock, Juan Fulk) – 49.29 seconds

Sixth Place:

Joel Bauer – Discus, 121’ 9”

4×400 Relay (Wyatt Wolff, Juan Fulk, Kelton Dunaway, Zavier Stegman) – 4:02.03

Seventh Place:

Juan Fulk – 1600m Run, 5:22.85

4×200 Relay (Jacob Johnson, Wyatt Wolff, Maxwell Matlock, Juan Fulk) – 1:47.88

ALTAMONT BOYS INDIVIDUAL FINISHES – WINSTON BROWN MEET OF CHAMPIONS

Jacob Johnson – 400m Dash (15^th), 52.77 seconds

Kelton Dunaway – 1600m Run (12^th), 4:57.21

Jacob Veteto – Pole Vault (7^th), 13’ 7.25”

Brock Wendling – Shot Put (6^th), 47’ 6” and Discus (12^th), 134’ 4.25”