Wildcat Invitational
Saturday, October 10, 2020
Heritage Park
Titans Dominate the Wildcat Invitational
This Saturday, the Titan Top 14 ran in their first (and last) invitational of the season. The Wildcat Invitational, hosted by the Wheeling cross country team, took place at Heritage Park in Wheeling. The hilly course was a tough one, but the boys took it in stride, dominating the meet at the Varsity and Junior Varsity level.
Brian Hiltebrand (JR) and Mrugesh Thakor (SR) led the Varsity team, finishing in 2nd and 3rd with times of 16:08 and 16:12. Behind them, Cody Slutzky (SR) finished in 8th at 17:02. Matt Finkel (SR) came through the line at 17:10 in 10th place. Preston Davidson (SR), Michael Westfall (JR), and Michael Jerva (JR) rounded out the Top 7 in 15th, 25th, and 27th. Michael Westfall really stepped up in this race, moving up from JV to take Jayson Stamm’s spot. In the end, the Titans captured a win with 38 points, far ahead of Conant’s 77.
The real stars of the show today were our JV runners. Because Jayson wasn’t running today, Michael Westfall moved up to take his spot. Brett Wittenstein also did not compete, so the JV boys were running as a team of 5. Harrison Wollney (SR) took an early lead, and he kept it going for the entire race. In the end, he finished 1st with a time of 18:01, a full 20 seconds ahead of the rest of the field. Behind him, Elie Nassif (JR, 18:20) and Sebastian Zimmer (JR, 18:22) finished together in 2nd and 3rd. JP Philbrick (JR, 18:36) was the 4th GBS runner through the line in 4th place. Matthew Klonecki (JR, 18:51) rounded out the Titans’ Top 5 with a 6th place finish. In all, the team finished with a near-perfect score of 16 points, way ahead of Conant’s 54.
The Top 14 will run again next Saturday at the CSL Conference Championship meet. After this weekend’s fantastic showing, we’re excited to see what the Titans can do.
Team Scores
Team scores for all events, including short-distance, field, etc.
Varsity
1 | Glenbrook South | 38 |
2 | Conant | 77 |
3 | Maine West | 78 |
4 | Palatine | 83 |
5 | Northridge Prep | 92 |
6 | Wheeling | 114 |
Junior Varsity
1 | Glenbrook South | 16 |
2 | Conant | 54 |
3 | Palatine | 65 |
4 | Wheeling | 79 |
Distance Scores
Team scores only for Distance Events. This is an automated process, so results should be treated as-is.
Varsity
Junior Varsity
Photos

Photographer(s): Jayson Stamm, Brett Wittenstein
Varsity Results (3mi)
Name | Grade | Time | Team | Team | 1 Mile | 2 Mile | Finish |
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1 | Jesus Vallejo | Sr. | 16:04.2 | Maine West | |||
2 | Brian Hiltebrand | Jr. | 16:08.8 | Glenbrook South | 5:12 | 5:34 | 5:22 |
3 | Mrugesh Thakor | Sr. | 16:12.9 | Glenbrook South | 5:12 | 5:34 | 5:26 |
4 | Andrew Brockmeier | 16:16.7 | Northridge Prep | ||||
5 | Jason Thomas | 16:41.1 | Conant | ||||
6 | Adam Gorcyca | 16:44.2 | Maine West | ||||
7 | Bryan Martinez | 17:02.3 | Wheeling | ||||
8 | Cody Slutzky | Sr. | 17:02.4 | Glenbrook South | 5:20 | 5:55 | 5:47 |
9 | Mukal Verma | 17:09.5 | Palatine | ||||
10 | Matthew Finkel | Sr. | 17:10.7 | Glenbrook South | 5:20 | 5:57 | 5:53 |
11 | Michael Woodward | 17:12.4 | Palatine | ||||
12 | Max Elder | 17:15.7 | Northridge Prep | ||||
13 | Nick Frank | 17:23.3 | Conant | ||||
14 | Andy Davidson | 17:29.4 | Conant | ||||
15 | Preston Davidson | Sr. | 17:31.3 | Glenbrook South | 5:20 | 6:10 | 6:01 |
16 | Matt Schmitt | 17:39.7 | Conant | ||||
17 | Lucas DaSilva | 17:41.6 | Maine West | ||||
18 | Andrew Johns | 17:44.9 | Palatine | ||||
19 | Miquel Granados | 17:46.3 | Wheeling | ||||
20 | Japnam Hothi | 17:48.1 | Wheeling | ||||
21 | Darwin Maco | 17:49.6 | Palatine | ||||
22 | Mark Masaka | 17:51.9 | Northridge Prep | ||||
23 | Andrew Stutheit | 17:55.6 | Maine West | ||||
24 | Angel Adaya | 18:01.3 | Palatine | ||||
25 | Michael Westfall | Jr. | 18:03.9 | Glenbrook South | 5:36 | 6:24 | 6:03 |
26 | Sam Schuler | 18:06.0 | Northridge Prep | ||||
27 | Michael Jerva | Jr. | 18:12.2 | Glenbrook South | 5:20 | 6:23 | 6:29 |
28 | Anthony Vazquez | 18:14.5 | Northridge Prep | ||||
29 | Vijay Krishnamoorthi | 18:16.7 | Conant | ||||
30 | Evan Lee | 18:24.5 | Conant | ||||
31 | Jacob Diaz | 18:26.1 | Maine West | ||||
32 | Thomas Yoo | 18:31.2 | Conant | ||||
33 | Ray Petzold | 18:41.3 | Wheeling | ||||
34 | John Pins | 18:47.3 | Northridge Prep | ||||
35 | Isidro Bahena | 18:57.6 | Wheeling | ||||
36 | Conor Hielm | 19:11.1 | Palatine | ||||
37 | Jorge Gutierrez | 19:35.6 | Wheeling | ||||
38 | Arturo Valladaras | 19:52.2 | Wheeling | ||||
39 | Ethan Leigh | 19:59.3 | Palatine | ||||
40 | Joe Thalackan | 20:55.4 | Maine West |
Junior Varsity Results (3mi)
Name | Grade | Time | Team | Team | 1 Mile | 2 Mile | Finish |
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1 | Harrison Wollney | Sr. | 18:01.0 | Glenbrook South | 5:35 | 6:15 | 6:11 |
2 | Elie Nassif | Jr. | 18:20.9 | Glenbrook South | 5:45 | 6:30 | 6:05 |
3 | Sebastian Zimmer | Jr. | 18:22.4 | Glenbrook South | 5:45 | 6:29 | 6:08 |
4 | John Paul Philbrick | Jr. | 18:36.4 | Glenbrook South | 5:45 | 6:32 | 6:21 |
5 | Doug Hall | 18:44.7 | Palatine | ||||
6 | Matthew Klonecki | Jr. | 18:51.4 | Glenbrook South | 6:00 | 6:31 | 6:20 |
7 | Yordan Neykov | 19:05.6 | Conant | ||||
8 | Luke Henderson | 19:25.4 | Conant | ||||
9 | Soham Patel | 19:32.0 | Conant | ||||
10 | Joseph Harris | 19:33.4 | Palatine | ||||
11 | Peter Montegrande | 19:35.1 | Wheeling | ||||
12 | Ali Wahbeh | 19:40.5 | Conant | ||||
13 | Jacob Watson | 19:45.7 | Palatine | ||||
14 | Ernesto Lagunes | 19:54.9 | Wheeling | ||||
15 | Tim Micula | 19:58.3 | Wheeling | ||||
16 | Eric Miranda | 20:07.6 | Wheeling | ||||
17 | Alex Huila | 20:08.5 | Palatine | ||||
18 | Emmett Madigan | 20:10.7 | Conant | ||||
19 | Hassan Iqubal | 20:13.9 | Conant | ||||
20 | Kyle Rady | 20:31.5 | Palatine | ||||
21 | Matthew Sloan | 20:32.1 | Palatine | ||||
22 | Jacob Tallian | 20:36.1 | Palatine | ||||
23 | Gilbert Baladaras | 20:37.2 | Wheeling | ||||
24 | Max Yang | 20:39.8 | Conant | ||||
25 | Leo Monaxios | 21:03.2 | Wheeling | ||||
26 | Nate Alfajora | 21:12.2 | Conant | ||||
27 | Angel Dominguez | 21:25.9 | Maine West | ||||
28 | Gave Sevilla | 22:06.2 | Wheeling | ||||
29 | Ramses Bucio | 22:54.9 | Wheeling | ||||
30 | Cody Letts | 23:05.1 | Maine West | ||||
31 | Angel Macias | 23:43.8 | Wheeling | ||||
32 | Chase Hura | 24:09.1 | Conant |