Four years but worth the wait

Brad Nolan

on May 18, 2008 9:02 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Monika Jakutyte's track and field career has been hampered by injuries - a pulled back this season and torn hamstring last spring - but the senior overcame those hinderances to secure the state title in the high jump at Saturday's Class AA girls track and field meet at EIU.

Jakutyte didn't need a personal-best to win the event with a mark of 5-3, but considering all that she's gone through over the last four years, the victory couldn't have been more satisfying.

It's not my best," she said. "... It's OK. It's not what I wanted (heightwise). It took four years to win it, but I did it."

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Brad Engel is the longest-tenured member of The Sun sports staff and has won several national and state awards in his coverage of preps as well as the Chicago Bears, Chicago Fire and general sports.

Paul LaTour has been honored with national awards in each of the last three years and currently serves as The Sun's sports enterprise writer in addition to his duties covering high school and college sports.

Dustin Michael Harris joined The Sun in August 2005 and has covered everything from high school sports to men's college basketball in addition to his new role as one of The Sun's sports columnists.

Patrick Mooney covered politics, prep sports and professional baseball for several print and online media outlets before joining The Sun in August 2007. He concentrates on prep sports, writing features, profiles and breaking recruiting news.

Sean Fuchs joined The Sun in January 2008 and covers prep football in addition to swimming and diving and other high school sports. During his career, he’s won national awards covering prep, college and pro sports.

Brad Nolan worked as a Sun sports staff writer for nearly five years before taking over as sports editor in April 2005. Since then, The Sun has continued to be honored as one of the top sports sections in the nation.

Chris Sosa formerly served as The Sun's assistant city editor before taking the assistant sports editor position in January 2007. He also writes a weekly sports column for The Sun.

D.J. Wanberg has served in several different capacities during his long-standing career with The Sun. Most recently, he worked as a sports staff writer and sports night editor until being named associate sports editor in 2006.

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