Deerfield Distance Crew

The DFDC

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🏃‍♂️💨 ALL-STATE 5th Place in the 3200m Run for Jamie Chandler! 🏅

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🎟️TICKET PUNCHED🎟️ Second State Qualifier of the night! Jamie Chandler gets 2nd (9:18.84) in the 3200! #StateBound

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Congrats to the DFDC Class of 2026 on graduation night!

Charlie Marks - Salutatorian🏅
Jay Noren - Salutatorian🏅
Hugo Albrecht-Buehler
Sam Chaban
Jamie Chandler
Aurin Dasgupta
Seth Frank
Reed Galasinski
Reid Gandy
Scott Harvey
Will Lambert
Noelan Tossing

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👟 Scott Harvey — Elmhurst

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👟 Jamie Chandler — Grand Valley State

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Not all sub-5 miles are equal. Congratulations Aurin Dasgupta!

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Jamie Chandler wins the CSL South double crown in the 3200m and 1600m!

Also:
-4x800m Relay 2nd place (Reich, Tossing, Luo, Calderon)
-Andrew Calderon 3rd 1600m
-Beckett Shifrin 4th 3200m

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Huge academic achievement by distinguished alum Fisher Houston '23 !
https://t.co/njuQx86eUH

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Two CSL South Freshman Conference Champs!

Itai Gelber - 3200m CHAMP (10:04.43)
Jace Tossing - 800m CHAMP (2:08.31)

With just four distance freshmen on the roster, these two each ran four events, totaling 29 points.

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Lake County highlights:

-3200m County Champ Jamie Chandler
-Fastest Deerfield 4x800m relay since 2010 (8:02.44 for 3rd)
-Scott Harvey breaks 10:00 in the 3200m (9:50.43 for 8th)

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5:19.12 mile for soph Alex Adler at Barrington!

Progression
10:03 - Aug Fr XC
7:17 - Nov Fr XC
6:33 - PR at this meet Fr year
6:28 - Final Fr track PR
5:52 - So. year opening mile
5:37 - PR entering today
5:19 - NEW PR TODAY

You don't need to be a star to work like a star.

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Tons of PRs from the Deerfield Invite!

Two-Mile
9:29.71 - Calderon (varsity champ)
9:34.95 - Shifrin
10:21.40 - Bryan
10:24.77 - Gil

800m
2:13.96 - Shulman
2:29.57 - A.Adler

Mile
4:35.66 - Luo
4:45.19 - Noren
4:59.21 - I.Adler (first sub 5!)
5:02.04 - Dasgupta

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Our own Noelan Tossing and Ian Adler showing their passion and bringing the competition to the masses! They were the producers, commentators, and operated the main camera for the live stream at Distance Night in Palatine.

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🏃‍♂️💨 Jamie Chandler with a 4:15.32 (4:13.84 1600m) for 6th in the MAIN EVENT MILE at Distance Night in Palatine! #7 All-Time at Deerfield! #TheStandard #WarriorPride

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🏃‍♂️💨 🥉 Andrew Calderon with a 4:19.45 for 3rd Place Finish in the Boys Undercard Mile (4:18.01 1600m) at Distance Night in Palatine! #TheStandard #WarriorPride

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Phenomenal night in addition to having the Dan Horyn mile winner:
-Shifrin 3rd in the Dan Horyn mile
-Tossing and Gelber 2-3 in fr/so mile
-Borucki fr/so 2mile champ
-Varsity 4x800 2nd place
-Our workhorse Logan Luo triples 2:04 4x800, 2:02 800, 53.9 4x400

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Sam Chaban WINS the prestigious Dan Horyn mile by a hundredth of a second!!

Huge PR of 4:24.98 with a sub-60 final lap to come from behind.

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1-2-3 finish in the 800m today at Cougar Relays!

Andrew Calderon
Sam Chaban
Noelan Tossing

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The small but mighty freshman distance class stole the show at the Deerfield Rustbuster!

Mile
Jace Tossing - 4:43.43
Itai Gelber - 4:44.32

Two-Mile
Oren Gil - 10:48.63

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🚨8:58.37 !!!!!!
Jamie Chandler throws down back-to-back 4:29 mile splits at Arcadia to break 9:00! He's the first Deerfield sub-9 3200m runner since 1979 and holds the #1 time in Illinois so far in 2026. Go Jamie!