Andy Ryan is hoping his next two weeks will be as much fun as the last two.

Ryan and teammate Mick Viken set school records in the pole vault May 5 in the Carlin Nalley Invitational in Lisle. Both vaulted 16-feet-2 3/4 to reach the national qualifying mark, but Viken was declared the winner on a tiebreaker.

Ryan then broke the MSL Meet record Friday at Schaumburg when his 16-0 topped Dave Viken's 15-7 1/2 set in 2003. Ryan also established a Scholz Stadium record, beating the 15-0 by Schaumburg's Bruce Mahlig in 1975.

Ryan won the MSL title for the second time in three years after going 13-9 in 2005. He couldn't compete last year after dislocating his left elbow during a practice attempt last April and missed the rest of the year.

The injury remains hard to forget for Ryan, who will compete in the pole vault and play soccer at Western Illinois next year.

"I see kids now going under (the bar); it's almost the same situation," Ryan said. "I get freaked out about it. It potentially could have happened, it could have been the end of my career."

But he has been rejuvenated entering the Fremd Sectional, which begins at 4:30 p.m. Friday. Ryan and Viken are among four pole vaulters in the state who have cleared 16-0 this season.

After breaking the MSL record, Ryan attempted 16-5, but missed his three tries while testing out a new pole.

"Competing with Mick (helps). We push each other, but unfortunately Mick struggled. We didn't want to get him hurt," Ryan said.

Viken, a sophomore, finished second (14-3) and was shut down after nearly falling.

Junior Ty Kirk won the triple jump with a 46-6 effort and finished second in the long jump (22-6 3/4).

Rolling Meadows placed seventh in the MSL Meet with 49 points.

LIONS: Peter Martin finished fourth in the 1600 (4:37.82) for ninth-place St. Viator (16) at the ESCC Meet May 10 at Carmel. C.J. Cesario came in fifth in the 100 (11.66).

VIKINGS: The anatomy teacher in Tyler Perna came out at Friday's MSL Meet.

"I don't have an L-5 in my back; I have a gap back there," the Fremd senior said. "I can still compete and it sounds a lot worse than it is."

What looked great Friday night: 39.17.

That was Perna's first-place time in the 300 hurdles; Barrington's highly regarded Temi Ogundbodede was runner-up in 39.6.

"My back ... it feels tight right now, but it doesn't hurt," he added.

Perna also was third in the 110 hurdles, as the Vikes finished fifth (52 points) in the team standings.

Joe Golota turned in Fremd's other top-three effort, tossing a third-place and personal-best 169-11 in the discus; his previous best was a 154-11.

"A distance that good, taking third place ..." Fremd coach Jim Aikens said. "That tells you how strong the field was."

Fremd vies for Class AA state berths at Friday's Fremd Sectional. Finals start at 6:15 p.m.

GIRLS: Fremd enjoyed another field day.

Make that a field night.

Five of Fremd's eight state-qualifying efforts came in field events at Friday night's Class AA Streamwood Sectional, with senior Vanessa Mensie heading to State in the shot put (38-10, 2nd) and discus (118-6). Classmate Victoria Hewitt's first-place 125-1 in the discus ranks No. 9 among state qualifiers.

Fremd senior Meriel Harwood topped the sectional in the pole vault (11-0, tied for fifth among state qualifiers), while sophomore Jamie Notaro -- the youngest Fremd state qualifier -- was sixth in the long jump (17-2).

Senior Chelsea Bolton extended her season in the 3200 (2nd, 11:24) and 1600 (5:18), and classmate Alex Flis heads to State after clocking a fifth-place 2:22.3 in the 800.

Coach Lew Miskowicz's crew finished third (51.5 points) behind MSL champ Barrington (143.5) and Conant (72).

The Class AA State Meet begins Friday in Charleston.