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Best in the Midwest: Naperville North edges Yorkville again to reign supreme in Class 3A girls cross country

December 11, 2018 at 7:33 p.m.

PEORIA — It was arguably the Midwest championship for girls cross country supremacy Saturday afternoon at Detweiller Park in Peoria. Naperville North entered as the two-time defending state champion. Yorkville,...

Fresh face: Batavia freshman Katrina Schlenker makes state take notice by winning sectional title

December 11, 2018 at 7:05 p.m.

Katrina Schlenker has met the lofty expectations in her first year in the Batavia girls cross country program. Last year as an eighth-grader, Schlenker established middle-school state records in cross...

Neuqua's Chris Keeley races to the finish line during the Class 3A Waubonsie Valley Sectional on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017.

Cross country notes: Neuqua Valley boys pack it in for regional another regional title

December 12, 2018 at 10:28 a.m.

Neuqua Valley’s Chris Keeley and Michael Madiol couldn’t have been much closer at last Saturday’s Class 3A Oswego East Regional. That wasn’t by accident. Keeley and Madiol, who finished 2-3,...

Freshman cross country runner Lianna Surtz was unbeaten in her first four meets for Rosary.

Rosary freshman Lianna Surtz surges into Class 2A state cross country title consideration

December 12, 2018 at 5:06 p.m.

Rosary freshman Lianna Surtz started the cross country season under the radar, but that changed quickly. The Yorkville girls entered the season as the consensus second-ranked team in Class 3A...

Olivia Borowiak (1758) was one of four Yorkville runners to finish in the top 50 at last year's Class 3A state finals.

Experienced Yorkville ready to take another run at Class 3A girls cross country state honors

December 12, 2018 at 3:48 p.m.

Yorkville senior Emily Eberhart is not an ordinary all-state athlete. Leg injuries kept Eberhart out of the state finals as a freshman and sophomore. But Eberhart was healthy for last...

Rich get richer: Cross country state champ Naperville North boosted by transfer of Campbell Petersen

December 12, 2018 at 3:43 p.m.

Campbell Petersen saw her present, past and future collide on the same afternoon last spring. “Naperville North was also with us, so that’s really cool,” Petersen said. Petersen was referring...

No doubting Thomas: Naperville Central runner Thomas Shilgalis wants to build off 1,600 effort in track

December 12, 2018 at 8:14 p.m.

Thomas Shilgalis’ final cross country meet of the season ended in bitter disappointment last November. Shilgalis labored to finish in the Class 3A state meet at Detweiller Park in Peoria....

East Aurora, which has not hosted a track meet for eight years, welcomes the Kane County Meet to its newly renovated stadium on Friday.

Boys track notes: East Aurora to showcase new stadium for 100th Kane County Meet

December 13, 2018 at 8:55 a.m.

Former West Aurora boys track coach John Bell has plenty of good memories of the Kane County Meet. "I won county 13 times," said Bell, who coached the Blackhawks from...

Boys track notes: Kaneland all-stater Clayton Hannula ready to make the jump to Class 3A

December 14, 2018 at 1:11 p.m.

Kaneland's Clayton Hannula is up for the challenge, in more ways than one. Hannula earned all-state honors at last year's Class 2A state finals by taking third in both the...

Metea Valley's Derek Robert returns after competing in the 3,200-meter relay of last season's Class 3A state finals at Eastern Illinois.

Metea Valley knows defending state champion Neuqua Valley remains team to beat in 3,200 relay

December 14, 2018 at 11:48 a.m.

Aaron Lewis had firsthand experience christening a new boys track program. The only coach in Metea Valley's nine-year history, Lewis held the same position when Grayslake North opened its doors...

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