St. Benedict Track and Soccer Post Strong Week
Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 3:01PM The St. Benedict Prep High School athletics teams have had a very successful week, highlighted by the accomplishments of the track and soccer teams.
The girls soccer team advanced to Saturday’s regional final with a 3-1 victory over St. Gregory on Wednesday evening. The Bengals were led by sophomore AnnaTai Malone (Ancona Elementary), who tallied two scores, and freshman Malanii Rosa (Audubon Elementary) who beat St. Gregory’s keeper for the final score. Junior Angelica Cabrera (St. Stanislaus Kostka) had another stellar night in goal, turning away all but one Greyhound attempt.
Sophomore AnnaTai MaloneWith the victory, the Bengals will square off against Rickover at 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon at the St. Scholastica Academy fields. Game time is scheduled for 2 p.m.
The Bengals boys track team capped an extraordinary week on a windy Wednesday night at the Dunbar Invite. Junior Josh Weichert (St. Ben’s Elementary) topped the 3,200m field, out-sprinting the second place finisher in the final 100m to win his first race of the season. Sophomore Sylvester Pydych (St. Josaphat) won the long jump for the sixth time this season, posting a best jump of 19’11”.
The victory for Pydych came on the heels of an outstanding conference championship meet on Monday at Luther North High School. Pydych captured the long jump title with a leap of 20’4’, placed 2nd in the 100m dash and 2nd in the 400m sprint. Weichert turned in a personal best in the 1,600m to take 3rd with a time of 5:24. Sophomore Eric Howard (PACE) closed the meet with a personal best mark in the 100m.
Sophomore Sylvester Pydych
Next up for the Bengals track team is the sectional meet, next Thursday, May 17th at Chicago Christian High School in Palos Heights, IL. Field events will begin at 4:30 p.m. and running events start at 6:10 p.m.






