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Cross country notes: Naperville North’s Jake Allen looks to follow up stellar all-state track season

September 16, 2019 at 11:40 p.m.

Elite distance runners essentially have two seasons. Naperville North senior Jake Allen has grand aspirations for the rest of 2019. Allen turned the heartache of narrowly missing all-state status at...

Cross country notes: Maggie Gamboa takes ‘initiative’ as Naperville North girls win Bettendorf race

September 12, 2019 at 1:43 p.m.

Last weekend in Iowa, Naperville North's Maggie Gamboa was not about to let the field dictate her season-opening race. "I took the initiative," she said. Gamboa, the top returning runner...

Kaneland's Rachel Richtman (3501) finishes the third heat of the 800-meter run in the preliminaries of the boys track state meet at Eastern Illinois University's O'Brien Field in Charleston on Friday, May 17, 2019.

Cross country notes: Kaneland’s Rachel Richtman knows ‘it would be an honor’ to be all-state again

September 10, 2019 at 11:58 a.m.

The Richtman family legacy for cross country at Kaneland was clearly cemented at the 2017 Class 2A state meet. Moments after Rachel Richtman secured a second straight all-state performance in...

Exclamation point: Connor Wagner, Adam Kries return to give Burlington Central boost in 1,600 relay

April 13, 2019 at 12:43 a.m.

Burlington Central senior Connor Wagner gushed about the 1,600-meter relay. It's just a slam dunk. "The mile relay, to me, is one of the greatest events in track," Wagner said....

All-state hurdler Donovan Turner gives Neuqua Valley a leg up as team defends state title in boys track

April 9, 2019 at 6:41 p.m.

Donovan Turner was battling the flu. He already had been indispensable for Neuqua Valley with all-state performances in the 110- and 300-meter hurdle races. Turner, however, received the ultimate honor...

Chasing a dream: IMSA senior Daniel Chen eyes another state medal before heading off to college

April 7, 2019 at 6:16 p.m.

Daniel Chen is wise enough to realize there are no guarantees in sports. A senior at IMSA, the Dunlap native is only the third male track athlete in school history...

National tour time: Naperville North’s Alex Morris heads to Foot Locker meet after running in Nike event

December 11, 2018 at 5:12 p.m.

Alex Morris’ exceptional three-year varsity career for the Naperville North girls cross country team has one final destination Saturday. The uncommitted senior is one of only two Illinois girls to...

Yorkville's Anna Hunter runs during the first mile of the girls cross country state meet on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018.

Plucky 13: Emily Eberhart leads the way as Yorkville places 13th in the nation at Nike cross country meet

December 11, 2018 at 4:22 p.m.

The decadelong period of excellence for the Yorkville girls cross country team reached its crescendo over the weekend in Portland, Oregon. For the second consecutive year, the Foxes were one...

Lincoln-Way East's Brett Gardner (2503) pushes himself forward in the Class 3A boys cross country state meet at Detweiller Park in Peoria on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018.

Pair-ity: Lincoln-Way East’s Brett Gardner and Providence’s Kyle Bell earn all-state honors in cross country

December 11, 2018 at 7:59 p.m.

PEORIA — Lincoln-Way East junior Brett Gardner accomplished one of his major missions as a cross country runner Saturday. And now he’ll focus on an even bigger achievement. Gardner earned...

Batavia's Katrina Schlenker (1728) and Naperville North's Alex Morris (1922) race to the finish line at the Class 3A state meet in Peoria on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018.

Yorkville girls cross country settles for second again in Class 3A state finals

December 11, 2018 at 7:43 p.m.

PEORIA — Naperville North’s depth and consistency was too much for Yorkville’s girls cross country team yet again Saturday at Detweiller Park. For the third consecutive year the Huskies secured...

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