HISTORY

Whitney Young's Running Teams are steeped in history.  From athletes who performed well during their seasons to teams that have won state championships, both the Cross Country and Track teams have a history to be proud of.

Boys Cross Country CPS Individual Champions

Griffin Lawler
2005, 2006

Clayton Mendez
2015, 2017

Keduse Worku
2016

Sam Rivera
2018

Cross Country

Boys Top 15 All Time 3 Mile Times

Clayton Mendez (14:22) - Detweiller Park 2017
Sam Rivera (14:24) - Detweiller Park 2018
Sam Wischnewsky (14:44) - Detweiller Park 2015
Keduse Worku (14:47) - Detweiller Park 2016
Charlie Nevins (14:52) - Detweiller Park 2018
Griffin Lawler (14:57) - Detweiller Park 2006
Scott Anderson (15:14) - Detweiller Park 1991
Eric Shan (15:16) - Washington Park 2011
Ryan Wangman (15:17) - Detweiller Park 2015
Logan Means (15:22) - CPS City 2012
Mike Bennedeto (15:26) - Detweiller Park 2012
Anthony Tuman (15:30) - Detweiller Park 2016
Evan Radomski (15:40) - Detweiller Park 2015
Charles Sandburg (15:40) - Detweiller Park 2015
Dalton Lowery (15:43) - Detweiller Park 2022

Boys IHSA All State Athletes

Scott Anderson - 6th Place (1991)
Clayton Mendez - 12th Place (2015) & 2nd Place (2017)
Keduse Worku - 22nd Place (2016)
Sam Wischnewsky - 23rd Place  (2015)
Charlie Nevins - 25th Place (2017)
Sam Rivera - 3rd Place (2018)

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Track and Field

Boys IHSA All State Athletes

RELAY TEAM - 4x800 Meter Relay, 6th Place (2016)
       Marc Harvey, Evan Radomski,
       Sam Rivera, Keduse Worku,
Scott Anderson - 1600 Meter Run, 8th Place (1990) and 3200 Meter Run, 7th Place (1990)
Mark Clancy - 110 Meter High Hurdles, 1st Place (1986)
Brandon Clincy - High Jump, 7th Place (2018)
Brian Foster - 800 Meter Run, 4th Place (1988) and 800 Meter Run, 8th Place (1989)
Jonathan Gardner - Triple Jump, 1st Place (2008) and Triple Jump, 1st Place (2009)
Dakarai Howard - 400 Meter Dash, 7th Place (2011)
Kojo Linder - 110 Meter High Hurdles, 8th Place (1989)
Clayton Mendez
       3200 Meter Run, 3rd Place (2016)
       1600 Meter Run, 7th Place (2016)
       3200 Meter Run, 5th Place (2017)
       1600 Meter Run, 4th Place (2017)
Azeez Shogbuyi - 100 Meter Dash, 9th Place (2005)
Israel Smith - Triple Jump, 8th Place (1989)
Joseph Toye - Triple Jump, 6h Place (2016)

National Championship
​Qualifier

Clayton Mendez
Footlocker 2017 Nationals Qualifier, 9th Place All-American
Nike Cross Nationals 2017, 18th Place All-American

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