Cook jumping to it at Lewis
Amber Cook was a four-year varsity letter winner for Warren High School's track and field team.
Her specialty was the triple jump, in which she was a three-time North Suburban Conference champion.
You could say she has successfully made the jump to the collegiate level.
The Lewis College junior recently scored a victory and NCAA provisional mark with a leap of 11.59m (38 feet, ¼ inch) at the Flyers' own women's track and field team to the Illiana Invitational title.
Cook defeated teammate Keanu Taylor, who was second in the event with a jump of 11.24m (36-10½).
The Flyers won the invite held at their Student Recreation and Fitness Center Fieldhouse this past Friday.
"It was another great meet for a lot of the team," Lewis head women's track and field coach Dana Schwarting said on the school's website. "We looked good in a few more events - specifically the jumps - and we're continuing to make strides on the track.
"Now that we've been back from break for two weeks, we will start expecting even bigger things with each new meet."
In high school, Cook received the North Suburban Conference Sportsmanship Award as a senior. She broke her own school-record in the triple jump three times with a final mark of 37-1.
Cook helped Warren to four straight conference and division championships.
Lewis senior Amy Polhemus (Lake Zurich) was first in the 600-meter run (1:38.66).
Polhemus was a two-time state qualifier at Lake Zurich in the 300-meter hurdles and as a member of the 4x200 relay team.
She set the school-record in the 300-meter hurdles as a senior (44.94) and placed eighth in state in the 300-meter hurdles as a senior.
Polhemus helped Lake Zurich to a pair of county championships and a conference title in 2011.
Lewis senior Roslyn Summerville (Wauconda) finished first in the weight throw title with a toss of 16.24m (53-3½).
Summerville was a four-year varsity letter winner in track and field at Wauconda and three-year varsity tennis and basketball player.
The three-time MVP Field athlete for Wauconda was a two-time all-conference selection in shot put. She was all-conference in the discus as a senior when she set the school record in the shot put (37-10½) en route to a sectional championship.
Women's basketball
Augutana senior guard Valerie VanRoeyen (Libertyville) scored 10 points in the Vikings' 65-62 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin loss to Wheaton.
Van Roeyen leads her team in field goal percentage (. 465) and 3-point percentage (. 400) and ranks second in scoring (10.4 ppg) and free throw percentage (. 818).
Augustana sophomore guard Olivia Mayer (Libertyville) leads the league in assists with 70.
Men's track
Lewis University juniors Isaac Jean-Paul (Warren) set an NCAA Provisional mark and won the high jump title with a leap of 2.14m (7-¼) as the Flyers won their own Illiana Invitational title.
Wheeling Hall of Fame
The latest additions to the Wheeling High School Athletic Hall of Fame will be officially introduced at halftime of the Wildcats' 6 p.m. boys basketball game against Rolling Meadows this Saturday night.
Rick Benedetto, Brian Lichtenberger, Ann Kent Haller and Tom McManus will be recognized as the Class of 2015 in a special ceremony at approximately 7 p.m.
A reception will be held in the cafeteria after the game.
This is Wheeling High School's 50th anniversary.
Here is a closer look at the four inductees:
Rick Benedetto: The longtime coach and teacher at Wheeling served first an assistant football coach, a position he held for 17 years. He was on the staff in 1981 when Wheeling won seven games for the first time in its history.
Taking over as head coach in 1983. Benedetto had a career record of 61-50 for 12 seasons. He is the longest tenured head football coach in the history of Wheeling.
In 1984, his Wildcats became the second team in school history with seven wins.
Ann Kent Haller: Haller was a standout three-sport athlete at Wheeling, excelling in volleyball, basketball and track and field. She earned 10 varsity letters. As a three-year starter in volleyball, she was a co-captain and team MVP. She also earned all-conference recognition in 1982.
She was a three-year starter on the basketball team, serving as the team captain and named the team MVP.
She was all-conference and Daily Herald all-area honorable mention player in 1983.
From 1980 through 1983, Haller helped Wheeling dominate in track and field.
Brian Lichtenberger: Lichtenberger left a lasting legacy on the Wheeling athletic training program.
From 1980 to 2007, he served as the head athletic trainer at Wheeling and for many of those year he was the only trainer on staff. He has cared for thousands of athletes and attended thousands of Wheeling athletic events.
Tom McManus: McManus is one of the best football players in Wildcat history. A standout linebacker, he was voted a team captain and was an all-conference/all-area selection in 1986 and 1987,
In 1987, McManus was named to the Chicagoland Top 44 team and to the Champaign News-Gazette All State team.
He was also a member of Wheeling's track and field team.
McManus was a scholarship athlete at Boston College where he was a two-time first team Big East selection. He was also a third team all-American and named the top player in New England in 1991.
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