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East St. Louis-Senior won three of four relays to help them win the IHSA 2A Girls State Championships last month. That formula helped the Flyerettes finish on top of the 2019 Girls Relay team rankings.

Eastside had three relays ranked in the top four in the Illinois leaderboard to help them finish on top with 170 points. Two other schools finished within eight points of the 2A champions. Evanston Township scored 164 points to finish second just ahead of third-place Belleville East (162 points).

3A Girls State Champion Homewood-Flossmoor won all three relays at state and had the fastest times in the sprint relay events. They did not score in the 3200 Meter Relay and scored 150 points to finish fourth.

Lincoln-Way East and Lyons Township both scored 140 points to tie for fifth.

East St. Louis-Senior becomes the third straight 2A Girls school to win the ILXCTF overall title. Dunlap had won the last two years (2017-2018).

There was no overwhelming conference in this year’s rankings. The Southwest Conference, the Southwest Suburban Conference, the Chicago Public League, and the West Suburban Conference-Silver Division all had two schools finish in the top 10 in the rankings. The Mid Suburban League had three schools finish among the top 20 teams.

There were three non-Class 3A schools in this rankings. East St. Louis-Senior and Carbondale represent Class 2A. 1A Girls State Champion DuQuoin was in the top 20 finishing 14^thoverall.

The ILXCTF.com (formally the DyeStat Illinois) Relay Rankings are based off the DyeStat TFX Leaderboards on Athletic.net (as of June 1, 2019) for the four relays that are contested at the IHSA State Track & Field Meet. In the All Class, 3A, 2A, and 1A categories, the top 50 quartets are ranked with 50 points given to the fastest school down to 1 point for the 50th fastest.

2019 Girls Overall

1	East St. Louis-Senior	170
2	Evanston Township	164
3	Belleville East	162
4	Homewood-Flossmoor	150
5	Frankfort Lincoln-Way East	140
	LaGrange Lyons Township	140
7	Chicago Whitney Young	128.5
8	Mt. Prospect-Prospect	126
9	Glen Ellyn Glenbard West	125
10	Chicago Kenwood	122
11	Carbondale	121
12	Barrington	118
13	Dunlap	104
14	DuQuoin	94.5
15	Huntley	94
	Hoffman Estates	94
	Winnetka New Trier	94
18	Chicago Heights Bloom Township	93
19	Naperville North	92
	Oswego	92

Previous Winners

2019	East St. Louis-Senior	170 points
2018	Dunlap	175 points
2017	Dunlap	177 points
2016	Frankfort Lincoln-Way East	189 points
2015	Frankfort Lincoln-Way East	188.5 points
2014	St. Charles East	165 points
2013	O'Fallon	172 points

2019 3A Girls

The team order in the 3A rankings was not altered much after the removal of the 1A and 2A schools showing how strong 3A was in 2019.

Evanston Township and Belleville East were still only separated by four points in this classification with Evanston Township getting the nod as the 3A champion with 169 points. The Lady Wildkits become the first Central Suburban League school to finish on top of Class 3A in the seven years of these rankings. Belleville East scored 165 points to finish second.

Lyons Township jumped ahead to third (158 points) with Lincoln-Way East scoring 154 points to finish fourth. Both schools were tied for fifth in the overall rankings. Homewood-Flossmoor scored 150 points to finish fifth.

3A Standings

1	Evanston Township	169
2	Belleville East	165
3	LaGrange Lyons Township	158
4	Frankfort Lincoln-Way East	154
5	Homewood-Flossmoor	150
6	Mt. Prospect-Prospect	146
7	Chicago Whitney Young	139.5
8	Glen Ellyn Glenbard West	136
9	Chicago Kenwood	127
10	Barrington	125
11	Hoffman Estates	122
12	Dunlap	119
	Huntley	119
	Oswego	119
15	Wheaton-Warrenville South	115
16	Belleville West	107
17	Wilmette Loyola Academy	105
18	Naperville North	103
19	Skokie Niles North	102.5
20	Oak Park-River Forest	102

Previous Winners

2019	Evanston Township	169 points
2018	LaGrange Lyons Township	157 points
2017	Downers Grove North	157 points
2016	Frankfort Lincoln-Way East	189 points
2015	Frankfort Lincoln-Way East	189.5 points
2014	St. Charles East	174 points
2013	O'Fallon	178 points

2019 2A Girls

Overall relay rankings winner East St. Louis-Senior dominated the Class 2A rankings with a perfect score of 200 points setting a new classification. The 2017 and 2018 Dunlap teams had the previous record scoring 199 points.

Carbondale was the only other school to repeat in the 2A top five. The Terriers scored 156 points to finish a distant second. Peoria Notre Dame (150 points), Monticello (145 points), and Mattoon (140 points) were the other schools that finished in the top five.

Peoria Notre Dame was the biggest mover in this classification as the Irish did not finish in the top 20 in the 2018 rankings.

2A Standings

1	East St. Louis-Senior	200
2	Carbondale	156
3	Peoria Notre Dame	150
4	Monticello	145
5	Mattoon	140
6	Troy Triad	137.5
7	Evergreen Park	137
8	Eureka	130
9	Mascoutah	126
10	Aurora Rosary	125
11	Geneseo	122
12	New Lenox Providence Catholic	121
13	Richton Park Rich South	112
	Normal University	112
15	Mundelein Carmel Catholic	109
16	Burlington Central	108
	Sterling	108
18	Kankakee	99
19	Springfield Southeast	98
	Chicago Morgan Park	98

Previous Winners

2019	East St. Louis-Senior	200 points
2018	Dunlap	199 points
2017	Dunlap	199 points
2016	Dunlap	192 points
2015	Dunlap	173 points
2014	Springfield	187 points
2013	East St. Louis-Senior	168 points

2019 1A Girls

DuQuoin won two relays and finished second in the other two on their way to the 1A Girls state team championship. That relay strength put them on top of the 1A rankings with a new record of 199 points. The Indians broke the three year string of St. Joseph-Ogden who won from 2016 to 2018. The Lady Spartans scored 183 points to finish second.

Knoxville (172 points) and El Paso-Gridley (155 points) finished third and fourth. Nashville scored 149.5 points to finish fifth.

St. Joseph-Ogden was the only school out of the first five schools to repeat in the top five from last year.

1A Standings

1	DuQuoin	199
2	St. Joseph-Ogden	183
3	Knoxville	172
4	El Paso-Gridley	155
5	Nashville	149.5
6	Newton	146.5
7	Warrensburg-Latham	142.5
8	Amboy	140
9	Byron	127
10	Manlius Bureau Valley	121
11	Milledgeville	120
12	Taylor Ridge Rockridge	119
13	Seneca	112
14	Rock Island Alleman	111
15	Teutopolis	109
16	Elmhurst Timothy Christian	107
17	Oregon	106
18	Urbana University	97
19	Liberty	91
20	Chicago Latin School	89
	Fulton	89

Previous Winners

2019	DuQuoin	199 points
2018	St. Joseph-Ogden	197 points
2017	St. Joseph-Ogden	191 points
2016	St. Joseph-Ogden	184 points
2015	Carthage Illini West	111.5 points
2014	Carthage Illini West	103 points
2013	Erie-Prophetstown	107 points