Prospect's Gisell Salon Hamwi clears the bar in the pole vault to set a personal best and win the event at 10 feet 9 inches at the Mid Suburban League girls track and field meet in Palatine on Friday, May 6, 2022.
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Prospect girls track and field coach Peter Wintermute downplayed his role midway through Friday night's Mid-Suburban League meet at Palatine.
"I just drive the bus," he said.
His Knights?
They're driven - to succeed.
Undefeated Prospect captured its fourth league championship in seven years behind seven event titles in chilly, damp, windy conditions at the 18-event competition.
Knights junior Giselle Salom Hamwi won the pole vault (personal-best 10-8.75) and ran on the victorious 800-meter relay (1:47.33, with Charlotte Deines, Emma Letzig and Anna Niebrugge).
"We're really close, as a team, and that drives us," said Salom Hamwi, whose sterling effort in the pole vault nearly drove her father, Ghassan, to happy tears.
"I told him, 'Save that for later,'" a grinning Giselle said.
As for Wintermute, the bus driver?
"He's pretty good behind the wheel," Salom Hamwi said. "His choice of music on our trips could be better. But he's a great coach, and that's what is important."
Wintermute also received championship performances from his 3,200 relay (9:40.02; Veronica Znajda, Katlin Skelton, Hailey Erickson and Lily Ginsberg); Audrey Ginsberg (800, 2:18.23), Daria Tersina (100, 12.24; and triple jump, 37-5.25) and Madison Payne (shot put, 38-7.75).
Illinois-bound Audrey Ginsberg went 3-for-3 in the 800 at MSL meets in her dandy career; the league championship meet was not held in her sophomore year because of COVID-19.
Hoffman Estates senior Ashley Oliver, another Illinois recruit, won twice Friday night, clocking a 57.07 in the 400 and a 25.28 in the 200 dash.
Barrington, behind a pair of golds from senior Breanne Dunn (100 hurdles, 15.78; and 300 hurdles, 46.02), finished runner-up with 102 points, followed by Hersey (77), Fremd (68.5), Rolling Meadows (55) and Schaumburg (53.5).
Barrington freshman Scout Storm crossed first in the 1,600 (4:56.14) in a field that included Hersey senior Anna Harden, who had topped the field in the 3,200 with a time of 11:13.88.
Palatine earned a pair of relay championships around at its home oval. Mia Foy, Alyna Lazicki, Kaci Wimer and Jocie Waddington combined for a 49.8 in the 400, and the quartet of Wimer, Brooke Donnelly, Aisha Kazeem and Waddington capped the meet with a 4:09.22 in the 1600.
The other MSL champs: Rolling Meadows junior Hanna Oloro (high jump, 5-1); Fremd senior Kiera White (long jump, 18-10); and Fremd junior Ava Fumarolo (discus, 114-9).
Prospect's Gisell Salon Hamwi reacts after winning the pole vault at the Mid Suburban League girls track and field meet in Palatine on Friday, May 6, 2022.
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Hersey's Nina Bailitz long jumps at the Mid Suburban League girls track and field meet in Palatine on Friday, May 6, 2022.
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Prospect's Daria Tersina comes out of the blocks in the 100-meter dash at the Mid Suburban League girls track and field meet in Palatine on Friday, May 6, 2022.
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Rolling Meadows' Hannah Oloro in the high jump at the Mid Suburban League girls track and field meet in Palatine on Friday, May 6, 2022.
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Hoffman Estates' Elyssa Wuerffel reacts after the bar stays on the standards even though she brushed it in the pole vault at the Mid Suburban League girls track and field meet in Palatine on Friday, May 6, 2022.
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Barrington's Breanne Dunn leads the 100-meter hurdles at the Mid Suburban League girls track and field meet in Palatine on Friday, May 6, 2022.
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Schaumburg's Kaylee Meyer competes in the high jump at the Mid Suburban League girls track and field meet in Palatine on Friday, May 6, 2022.
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Prospect's Anika Knipple clears the bar at 8 feet 9 inches in the pole vault at the Mid Suburban League girls track and field meet in Palatine on Friday, May 6, 2022.
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Hersey's Anna Harden on her way to winning the 3,200-meter run at the Mid Suburban League girls track and field meet in Palatine on Friday, May 6, 2022.
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Rolling Meadows' Rose Piscitello in the pole vault at the Mid Suburban League girls track and field meet in Palatine on Friday, May 6, 2022.
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Prospect's Avery Westfallen in the high jump at the Mid Suburban League girls track and field meet in Palatine on Friday, May 6, 2022.
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Hersey's Nora Fink in the high jump at the Mid Suburban League girls track and field meet in Palatine on Friday, May 6, 2022.
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Palatine's Abigail Jordan in the 3,200-meter run at the Mid Suburban League girls track and field meet in Palatine on Friday, May 6, 2022.
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Schaumburg's Annika Jessie in the pole vault at the Mid Suburban League girls track and field meet in Palatine on Friday, May 6, 2022.
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Barrington's Khloe Slatter reacts after a successful pole vault at the Mid Suburban League girls track and field meet in Palatine on Friday, May 6, 2022.
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