2021 IHSA Class 3A Girls Sectional Recaps

 

By Michael Newman

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Here is a look at each of the 3A Girls Sectional Meets that took place on June 2 & 3.

 

 

3A Minooka Sectional – June 2

 

Two of the top three teams in Class 3A faced off again Wednesday afternoon at Minooka. Lincoln-Way East won for the second week in a row scoring 142 points for the sectional title. Homewood-Flossmoor scored 118 points to finish second ahead of Minooka (71.5 points) and Rich Township (59 points).

 

The two conference rivals should be close to each other next week in Charleston. Homewood-Flossmoor qualified 13 (10 individuals, 3 relays) to next week’s state meet. Lincoln-Way East advanced 12 (9 individuals, 3 relays. All the Homewood-Flossmoor’s qualifiers came in track events.

 

Mariam Azeez led the Griffins winning three individual events. The junior started by jumping 19’ 0” to win the Long Jump. It was then off to the track where she ran 12.03 to win the 100 Meter Dash. Ana-Liese Torian of Homewood-Flossmoor finished second (12.20) just ahead of Rich Township’s Arianna Walker (12.22) and HF’s Alexandria Edison (12.45). All four runners qualified for the sate meet. Azeez came back to run a state leading 24.67 to win the 200 Meter Dash. It was the same order and qualifiers in the event with Torian (24.81), Walker (24.96), and Edison (25.01) finishing behind Azeez.

 

It was also a busy day for Edison and Torian as they also qualified in three individual events. Torian, just a sophomore and in her first year of high school track, destroyed a great field in winning the 100 Meter Hurdles with a state best time of 13.90. Edison ran a personal best of 57.29 to win the 400 Meter Dash ahead of teammate Angela Alozie (58.02). Edison, Torian, and Alozie along with Imani Warner ran 47.69 to win the 4x100m Relay ahead of state qualifiers Lincoln-Way East (48.28) and Rich Township (48.73).

 

Rich Township ran 1:43.37 to win the 4x200m Relay with Homewood-Flossmoor (1:45.99) the only other team qualifying. Homewood-Flossmoor won the 4x400m Relay (4:03.58) ahead of Lincoln-Way East (4:06.14). It was a great 4x800m Relay with host Minooka taking the win (9:28.00) ahead of Lincoln-Way East (9:33.76).

 

Caroline Schoen of Homewood-Flossmoor has been having a breakout sophomore season this spring. She will continue to EIU in winning two distance events. Schoen ran 11:05.11 to win the 3200 Meter Run ahead of Minooka’s Jocelyn Host (11:27.78). Schoen came back to run a personal best of 5:06.01 to win the 1600 Meter Run as Kate Guderjan of Lincoln-Way East finished second (5:11.51). Daija Brown of Homewood-Flossmoor surprised some by running a four second improvement on her personal best in 2:19.77 to win the 800 Meter Run ahead of Minooka’s Cassie Fuhrman (2:23.41).

 

One of the most unusual stories of all the sectionals this week took place in the final section of the 300 Meter Hurdles. On the third to last hurdle, Kate Sciarini of Lincoln-Way East was interfered with when a hurdle in the next lane was knocked over a runner and knocked over Sciarini. The senior got back up and charged towards the finish line just catching the then second-place runner Emerson Collins. A review of the photo showed that Collins ended up second and Sciarini third. Sophia Barnard of Lincoln-Way East ended up winning that section (45.72). Sciarini would not qualify as an at-large on time.

 

Lincoln-Way East filed a protest that was accepted. She would be allowed to run the race but when? Sciarini was also scheduled to compete on her team’s 4x400m Relay. The senior was cut up from the fall, exhausted both emotionally and physically from the incident. She was one of the top hurdlers in the state. Now she would not be running.

 

The Meet officials decided to let here-run the race again after the final section of the 1600 Meter Run. She would get a little recovery before the relay. The PA announcer asked for the fans at Minooka’s support as this sole athlete took to her blocks.

 

Sciarini gave it everything she had. She crossed the line and ran the exact same time as her teammate Barnard of 45.72. We will see both athletes at state next Saturday. It was perseverance from Sciarini at its finest.

 

Christine Nosike of Thornwood continued her school’s tradition in the weight events winning both the Shot Put and Discus. Nosike had a mark of 40’ 3.5” to win the Shot Put ahead of Jamie Sierocki of Lincoln-Way East (38’ 1.75”). Nosike threw 138’ 11” to win the Discus with Marla Hayes of Lincoln-Way Central finishing second (135’ 0”). Alyssa Coleman of Rich Township cleared a personal best of 5’ 1” to win the High Jump. Ali Van Dyke of Lincoln-Way East and Ava Bezaire of Minooka both cleared 10’ 11.5” in the Pole Vault with Van Dyke winning on fewer misses. Lincoln-Way East’s Kailey Bell also qualified (10’ 2.75”).

 

Bria Armstrong of Bloom Township jumped 38’ 9.75” to win the Triple Jump. Armstrong also qualified for the state meet finishing second in the 100 Meter Hurdles.

 

3A LaGrange (Lyons Township) Sectional – June 3

 

Downers Grove North put themselves in position to win the 3A championship in this meet. The Lady Trojans qualified 13 (10 individuals, 3 relays) in winning the sectional title with a whopping 176 points. Conference rivals Oak Park-River Forest (87 points) and Lyons Township (86 points) finished second and third.

 

It was the four distance events in this sectional that stole the show. Downers Grove North started it by running a state leading 9:19.44 to win the 4x800m Relay. York also will make the trip to Charleston in this event running a season’s best of 9:29.13 to finish second.

 

Josephine Welin’s race in the 3200 Meter Run was her first win of the day. The junior from Oak Park-River Forest took off from the start of the race running a state leading 10:19.68 to win the race by more than 36 seconds. The York duo of Katherine Klimek (10:55.77) and Brianna Bennis (10:56.84) finished second and third. Sophia McNerney of Downers Grove South ran 11:01.74 to finish fourth.

 

It was a Downers Grove 1-2 finish in the 800 Meter Run. Melissa Jachim of Downers Grove North, who anchored her team in the winning 4x8, ran a 2:18.20 personal best for the win. McNerney, who 30 minutes earlier had qualified in the 3200 Meter Run, qualified in her second event running 2:18.67 to finish second.

 

It was a fantastic 1600 Meter Run. Welin again decided to push the pace from the start. Kate Dickman of Lyons Township made the decision to stay on that pace. Welin came away with the win and the fastest time in the state (4:44.52). Dickman, who had a 4:58 personal best entering this race, ran a 12 second personal best of 4:46.40 to finish second.

 

Five runners qualified in that race. Catie McCabe of Hinsdale Central ran close to a 10 second personal best in finishing third (4:56.49). Brooke Berger of York also ran a personal best in 4:59.88 to place fourth. Berger’s teammate Katelyn Winton was the final qualifier running 5:03.93 to finish fifth.

 

Downers Grove North had a pair of athletes that won three individual events.

 

The first was McKenna Cinotte who will be one of the favorites in both horizontal jumps’ events. The senior jumped 18’ 6.75” to win the Long Jump. She came back to jump a personal best of 41’ 0.5” to win the Triple Jump and record the second-best mark in the state. Her third win came in the 100 Meter Dash (12.53) ahead of Lyons Township’s Emma Kwak (12.78).

 

The second North athlete was Mia Bowers who won once in the field events and twice on the track. The senior started by clearing 11’ 8.5” to win the Pole Vault. It was close in the 100 Meter Hurdles as she ran 15.61 for the win by six hundredths of a second ahead of Lyons Township’s London White. The two athletes also finished 1-2 in the 300 Meter Hurdles. Bowers winning time of 47.06 was ore than a second ahead of the finishing time of White (47.06).

 

Downers Grove North won both weight events. Margaret Fleming had a personal best of 35’ 4.75” to win the Shot Put ahead of teammate Erin Beatty (35’ 3.5”). Beatty came back to throw 115’ 1” to win the Discus. Ogunsanya Tiara of Oak Park-River Forest finished second (110’6”).

 

Daylee Braden of Willowbrook won two sprint events in this meet. Braden ran 58.52 to win the 400 Meter Dash with her teammate Lily Weder placing second (59.91). Braden followed that by running 25.95 to win the 200 Meter Dash. Emma Kwak qualified for her second event by finishing second in this event (26.74).

 

Downers Grove North won two more relay events after their 4x8 win. The Lady Trojans ran 48.56 to in the 4x100m Relay ahead of Lyons Township (49.22). North then won the 4x200m Relay (1:46.51). Lyons Township won on their home track in the 4x400m Relay (4:01.31) with Hinsdale Central finishing second (4:02.37).

 

3A Lockport (Township) Sectional – June 3

 

Naperville North will go after another state title next weekend. That was set up by their performance at Thursday’s sectional. The Lady Huskies scored 113 points for the team championship qualifying 12 (9 individuals, 3 relays) to next Saturday’s state finals. Wheaton-Warrenville South finished second (85 points) to finish second advancing eight (6 individuals, 2 relays) to Charleston. Neuqua Valley finished third (80 points).

 

Riley Ammenhauser of Neuqua Valley showed that she will contend for both horizontal jumps state championships next weekend. The senior started by jumping 19’ 4.25” to win the Long Jump. Lockport’s Marisa Brown jumped 18’ 4.5” to finish second. Ammenhauser’s Triple Jump effort was huge. She jumped 42’ 11” (US #2) in winning the event. She scratched on her final attempt that was out there. Officials unofficially measured it at 43’ 6” meaning she could be going after the state meet record next week.

 

Ammenhauser’s effort on the track was just as strong as she ran 12.23 to win the 100 Meter Dash by three hundredths of a second ahead of Itzel Garcia from Waubonsie Valley (12.26). Garcia came back to run a personal best of 25.04 to win the 200 Meter Dash.

 

Naperville North qualified in three of the four distance events. Maggie Gamboa ran 10:53.58 to win the 3200 Meter Run with teammate Logan Brennan finishing second (11:15.96). Benet Academy ran 9:35.78 to win the 4x800m Relay. Naperville North did not run their top quartet in this race finishing second overall (9:39.79) and advancing to next week.

 

Three runners pulled away from the pack at the start of the second section of the 1600 Meter Run. Samantha Poglitsch of Wheaton-Warrenville South took the lead at the start with Campbell Petersen and Audrey Mendrys as the trio passed the first 400 in 73 seconds and then 2:27 at 800-meters with Petersen taking the lead. Poglitsch had the last move in the final 300 meters of the race pulling away for the win with a new school record and personal best of 4:53.36. Mendrys was next with a personal best of 4:56.47. Petersen ran a seasonal best of 4:59.23 to finish third.

 

Petersen and Poglitsch came back to help their teams qualify for state in the 4x400m Relay. Naperville North ran a state leading 3:57.83 to win the race with Wheaton-Warrenville South in second (4:00.00). Poglitsch in that relay ran a 57.8 split.

 

Elisabeth Camic of Benet Academy came back from the 4x8 to run 2:17.27 to win the 800 Meter Run. Jessie Bailey of Neuqua Valley finished second (2:17.90) earning the other qualifying spot. Allison Comer of Naperville Central ran 58.02 to win the 400 Meter Dash. Mackenzie Skeen of Naperville North finished second (58.15). Both hit personal bests on their qualifying times.

 

Neuqua Valley freshman Inara Ukawuba ran a personal best of 14.94 to win the 100 Meter Hurdles ahead of Shannon Lawler of Stagg (15.19). Grace Mildice of Lockport ran a personal best of 45.38 to win the 300 Meter Hurdles. Shannon Lawler (46.48) and Carlin Wach of Wheaton-Warrenville South (46.52) finished second and third. Madeline Andelbradt of Naperville North, who has the third fastest 3A time this season, just qualified to state by two hundredths of a second finishing fourth.

 

Andelbrandt shined in the High Jump clearing a personal best of 5’ 7.25” to win the event. Teammate Maeve Connelly cleared 5’ 3” to finish second.

 

Naperville Central ran 48.67 to win the 4x100m Relay with Waubonsie Valley finishing second (49.06). Naperville Central picked up their second relay win of the meet running 1:43.54 in the 4x200m Relay. They finished ahead of Wheaton-Warrenville South (1:43.71) and Naperville North (1:43.98) who both qualified for state.

 

Katherine Weber of Wheaton-Warrenville South cleared a personal best of 10’ 8.75” to win the Pole Vault. Kayden Porter of Shepard had a 35’ 10.75” best to win the Shot Put with Nicole Dudek of Wheaton-Warrenville South less than two inches behind in second (35’ 9.25”). Tosin King of Sandburg had a personal best of 110’ 10” to win the Discus. Dudek qualified in her second event throwing 110’ 3” to finish second.

 

3A Grayslake (North) Sectional – June 2

 

Barrington won this sectional on Wednesday night scoring 106 points. Grayslake Central set themselves up as trophy contender in Charleston finishing second with 88 points advancing 9 to state (7 individuals, 2 relays). Barrington advanced 8 to EIU (5 individuals, 3 relays).

 

Bella Domier is one of the reasons that Grayslake Central could challenge for a top spot in the state finals. Domier anchored her team to a win in the 4x800m Relay (9:28.15) ahead of Barrington (9:35.59). The freshman’s first individual race was outstanding as she ran a personal best of 2:12.82 to win a loaded 800 Meter Run. Brooke Johnston of Lake Zurich (2:14.92), Jordyn Miller of Mundelein (2:15.35), and Sheila Tucker of Libertyville (2:18.60) all qualified for state. It was a close 1600 Meter Run as Domier ran 5:01.45 to edge Johnston (5:01.80) for the win. Skyler Kreunen of Lake Forest (11:30.62) and Mia Pasha of Warren (11:39.55) were the qualifiers in the 3200 Meter Run.

 

Another reason for Grayslake Central next week at state is one of the top athletes in the state in the weight events Julia Reglewski. The senior easily won both events on Wednesday first with a 46’ 7.5” mark in the Shot Put. Ella O’Neall of Stevenson had a 42’ 0.75” best to finish second. Reglewski came back to throw 147’ 0” to win the Discus. O’Neall again finished second (137’ 4”) just ahead of Barrington’s Claire Kavanaugh of Barrington (137’ 2”).

 

Kathleen Baker of Barrington was a double qualifier in the sprints. Baker ran 12.54 to win the 100 Meter Dash by just two hundredths of a second ahead of Riley Betz of Lake Zurich. Baker finished second in the 400 Meter Dash (58.94) behind the personal best win from Dakota Lyons of Libertyville (57.54). Kylie Spytek of Vernon Hills won the 200 Meter Dash (25.94) just 13 hundredths of a second ahead of Leialoha Akalaonu of Grayslake North (26.07). Lyons also won the Long Jump with a 16’ 5.25” best.

 

It came down to a photo finish in the 100 Meter Hurdles as Alyla Ditiangkin of Warren edged Mia Morello of Grayslake Central by one hundredth of a second . Ditiangkin’s winning time was 15.31. Morello also finished second in the 300 Meter Hurdles (46.08) behind the win from Breanne Dunn of Barrington (45.96).  Morello did win the Pole Vault clearing 12’ 2.75”. AJ Burk of Lake Zurich cleared 11’ 2.75” to finish second. Annika Bynum of Warren Township will be one of the favorites next week in Charleston in the High Jump. Bynum cleared 5’ 5” for the win in this sectional. Sofia Rosenzweig of Barrington jumped 35’ 3.25” to win the Triple Jump.

 

Vernon Hills ran 49.21 to win the 4x100m Relay with Barrington (49.53) finishing second. The Cougars repeated in the 4x200m (1:45.68) with Lake Zurich in second (1:47.06). Barrington won the final event of the meet running 4:05.44 to win the 4x400m Relay. Grayslake Central ran 4:07.90 to finish second.

 

3A O’Fallon Sectional – June 3

 

Belleville West qualified 9 (6 individuals, 3 relays) to the state finals as they won this sectional with 103.33 points. Normal Community (84 points), Edwardsville (66.33 points), and Bloomington (64 points) finished second through fourth.

 

Ali Ince of Normal Community has put up some fast distance times this spring. That trend continued in this meet. The freshman ran 2:05.31 to win the 800 Meter Run by 18 seconds ahead of teammate Abi Ziemer (2:23.91). Ince now holds the fastest two times at that distance in state history. Ince came back to run 4:59.87 to win the 1600 Meter Run by  14 seconds ahead of Edwardsville’s Riley Knoyle (5:13.92). Ince was also a part of her team’s quartet that ran 3:59.70 to win the 4x400m Relay. Belleville West ran 4:11.05 to finish second in that race.

 

Renee Raglin of Alton was a double winner in the sprints. The junior ran 12.07 to win the 100 Meter Dash with Macee Rivers of Belleville West placing second (12.46). Jazmin West of Normal Community had the same tie as Rivers finishing for third also qualifying for state. Raglin’s second win came when she ran 25.94 in the 200 Meter Dash.

 

The 100 Meter Hurdles had three athletes under 15 seconds. Rivers ran a personal best of 14.15 to win the event with teammate Janaysia Byrd (14.61) and Hallee Thomas of Danville (14.66) also qualifying for state. Thomas was in command in the 300 Meter Hurdles winning in 45.40 by almost two seconds ahead of Normal West’s Marissa Hagler (47.21). Byrd jumped 16’ 8.75” to win the Long Jump.

 

Byrd and Rivers were part of Belleville West’s team that won the 4x100m Relay (48.80). Rivers was a part of the squad that ran 1:47.55 to win the 4x200m Relay. Edwardsville ran 9:36.28 to easily win the 4x800m Relay with O’Fallon running 10:02.52 to finish second. Julia Monson of O’Fallon won the 3200 Meter Run on her home track 11:26.14 by just two seconds ahead of Kaitlin Skeate of Bloomington (11:28.47).

 

Sarah Byrd of Springfield will challenge for a state title in the Shot Put. The senior had a 44’ 2” put for the win. Kaitlyn Morningstar of Edwardsville threw 121’ 1” to win the Discus.

 

Kenzie Klink of Normal West cleared a season’s best of 5’ 3” to win the High Jump. Lilliana Ifft of Bloomington should also challenge for a state title as she cleared 12’ 2.75” to win the Pole Vault. Chatham-Glenwood had a 1-2 finish in the Triple Jump with Abby Stottler jumping 35’ 11.5” for the win ahead of teammate Natalie Miles (34’ 1.5”)

 

3A Rock Island Sectional – June 3

 

West Aurora won with 97 points advancing 8 (6 individuals, 2 relays) to next week’s state finals. Oswego East (85 points) and Plainfield East (68 points) finished second and third. Victoria Spagnola led Wes Aurora winning two individual events. The senior ran a state leading 44.83 to win the 300 Meter Hurdles as Moline’s Corynn Holmes ran 45.70 to finish second. Spagnola ran 14.39 to win the 100 Meter Hurdles with Holmes again finishing second (15.45).

 

West Aurora’s Savannah Ming also picked up two wins starting with a 12.30 personal best to win the 100 Meter Dash. Ming’s teammate Zoe Littlejohn ran 12.57 to finish second. Ming ran 25.12 to win the 200 Meter Dash to finish ahead of state qualifiers Janiya Bowman of Plainfield South (25.18) and Littlejohn (25.67). Arianna Burkes of Plainfield East ran a personal best of 58.49 to win the 400 Meter Dash. Stephanie Lewer of Washington finished second (59.31).

 

It was close in the 4x100m Relay as East Moline got the win (49.57) by three hundredths of a second ahead of Plainfield East (49.60). West Aurora ran one of the fastest times in the 4x200m Relay (1:42.35) to win ahead of East Moline (1:45.51). Oswego ran 4:04.99 to win the 4x400m Relay less than two seconds ahead of West Aurora (4:06.58).

 

There were some fast times in the 4x800m Relay as Oswego East ran 9:32.75 to win the 4x800m Relay with Yorkville running 9:32.75 to finish second. Oswego’s Audra Soderlind ran 11:31.67 to win the 3200m Run. Margaret Hunter of Yorkville ran 11:37.03 to finish second. Rebecca Corbett of Oswego ran 2:21.08 to win the 800 Meter Run with Anna Schuering of Quincy placing second (2:21.50). Oswego East went 1-2 in the 1600 Meter Run as Madison Zarembski ran 5:19.40 for the win ahead of teammate Ana Barosso (5:20.15).

 

Emily Wilson of Quincy was a double winner in the Shot Put (37’ 10.75”) and the Discus (119’ 1”). Macy O’Neill of Plainfield South cleared 5’ 5” to win the High Jump. Carmen Trillo of Plainfield East cleared a personal best of 11’ 9 to win the Pole Vault ahead of Emma Ponx of Oswego (10’ 2.75”)

 

Mazie Gierat of Plainfield East jumped a personal best of 17’7.75 to win the Long Jump. Faith Adams of Oswego East finished second (17’ 5”). Oswego East’s Kenna Nord jumped 37’ 6” to win the Triple with Gierat qualifying in her second event with a 37’ 2.5” effort. Her teammate Elissa Perkins also qualified jumping 37’ 0”.

 

3A Roselle (Lake Park) Sectional – June 3

 

Batavia qualified in 12 of 18 events with 13 qualifiers (10 individuals, 3 relays) to win the sectional Thursday night with 128 points. St. Charles East scored 66 points to finish second.

 

There were some events that had more than the two automatic qualifiers. One of the events was the 800 Meter Run where five runners advanced to Charleston. Lauren Huber of Glenbard East ran a huge personal best of 2:12.46 to win the event just three hundredths of a second ahead of Katrina Schlenker of Batavia (2:12.49). Audrey Alman of Glenbard West (2:13.32), Naomi Ruff of South Elgin (2:14.88), and Camille Buchanan of Bartlett (2:17.28) also qualified. The finish of the 1600 Meter Run was also close as Schlenker ran 5:02.02 for the win with Ruff qualifying for her second race running 5:02.51.  Grace Schager of Glenbard North ran a personal best of 10:58.62 just ahead of a personal best race (11:00.74) from Jenna Schifferer of Batavia. St. Charles East was an easy winner in the 4x800m Relay (9:37.42) finishing ahead of Batavia by 20 seconds.

 

Six athletes qualified for state in the Triple Jump. Kelly McCloughan of Geneva jumped 38’ 8.25 to win the event ahead of Kaylee Hopp of St. Charles North (38’ 5”). Cameron Guy (37’ 5.25”) and Sarah Ozeki (36’ 10.5”) of Glenbard North, Keeli Dunaway of Glenbard East (36’ 9.25”), and Katie Kempff of St. Charles East (36’ 5.5”) also qualified.

 

Hopp also qualified in the Long Jump winning with a 17’ 7.5 jump. Martina Latoria of Lake Park jumped 17’ 6.25” to finish second. Natalie Buarczuk cleared 5’ 5” to win the High Jump. Sophia Bruzga of Batavia had a throw of 129’ 2” (personal best) to win the Discus. Abby Peeler of Kaneland won the Shot Put (40’ 7”) ahead of Bruzga finishing second (40’ 1.5”).

 

Bartlett’s Gabi Stephen won two events running 12.26 to win the 100 Meter Dash ahead of Davina Wilson of Batavia (12.48). Stephen then ran 25.38 to win the 200 Meter Dash with Kali Waller of West Chicago finishing second (25.77). Kyrah Maas of Glenbard West ran a personal best of 58.03 to win the 400 Meter Dash.

 

Kelly McCloughan of Geneva won her second event of the meet running 15.20 to win the 100 Meter Hurdles. Lauren Swartz of Glenbard East ran 46.02 to win the 300 Meter Hurdles with McCloughan finishing second (47.37).

 

St. Charles East ran 49.35 to win the 4x100m Relay. Batavia ran 1:45.12 in winning the 4x200m Relay. Glenbard West ended the meet by running 4:01.74 to win the 4x400m Relay ahead of St. Charles East (4:04.23) and Batavia (4:04.65).

 

3A Wilmette (Loyola Academy) Sectional – June 3

 

Prospect and New Trier were at the top within eight points of each other. MSL Champ Prospect scored 117 points for the win advancing eight (7 individuals, 1 relay) to the state finals. New Trier finished second (109 points) advancing 7 to state.

 

Daria Tersina led Prospect qualifying in three events winning two. The junior ran 12.48 to win the 100 Meter Dash ahead of Hayden Nelson of Glenbrook South (12.70). Tersina came back to run 26.10 to win the 200 Meter Dash.

 

Sydney Willis of Glenbrook South had a big meet jumping 19’ 4” to win the Long Jump and 39’ 9.5” to win the Triple Jump. Tersina finished second (37’ 3.25”) in the event. Willits was also a part of her team’s winning quartet that ran 48.54 to win the 4x100m Relay just ahead of Evanston (48.74). The order changed in the 4x200m Relay as Evanston ran a state leading 1:41.85 to win the 4x200m Relay with Glenbrook South at 1:42.64 in second. Evanston also won the 4x400m Relay (3:58.89) ahead of Loyola Academy (4:03.25).

 

Prospect ran the second fastest time in the state 9:23.54 in winning the 4x800m Relay ahead of New Trier (9:32.01). Loyola Academy freshman Morgan Mackie won two distance events. Mackie ran 11:07.56 to win the 3200 Meter Run. Anna Harden of Hersey ran 11:25.29 to finish second. Mackie came back to run 5:09.25 in winning the 1600 Meter Run with Prospect’s Hailey Erickson placing second (5:15.70). Audrey Ginsberg of Prospect won the 800 Meter Run (2:18.92) less than a second ahead of Emma Braband of New Trier (2:19.41).

 

Bridget Vitu of New Trier ran a huge personal best of 57.79 to win the 400 Meter Dash. Victoria Babinski won the 100 Meter Hurdles running 16.26. Loyola Academy finished 1-2 in the 300 Hurdles as Shannon Jorash won (48.10) just ahead of teammate Makena Coltoff (48.19).

 

3A Chicago (Whitney Young Sectional – June 2

 

Whitney Young won their own sectional held at Hope Academy scoring 123 points. The Dolphins advanced 10 (8 Individuals, 2 relays) to next week’s state meet. St. Ignatius Prep (88 points) and Marist (82 points) finished second and third.

 

Sydney Robinson had a big day for Whitney Young winning two individual events and helping her team in two relay wins. Robinson ran 11.93 to win the 100 Meter Dash. Five other athletes qualified for state in this event as Sydney’s sister Rachel ran 12.11 to finish second ahead of Simeon’s Lindsey Miller (12.12), Kenwood’s Sydney Weaver (12.21) and Thornton’s Damiyah Morgan (12.28) and Ranyah Hodges (12.43). Sydney Robinson came back to run 25.26 to win the 200 Meter Dash with Weaver finishing second (25.72).

 

Whitney Young ran 47.45 to win the 4x100m Relay with Thornton at 49.20 the only other state qualifier in the relay. Whitney Young continued their relay trend with a 1:43.98 time to win the 4x200m Relay as Kenwood ran 1:45.92 to finish second. St. Ignatius won the other two relays running 4:08.29 to win the 4x400m Relay ahead of Kenwood (4:12.15). St. Ignatius started the meet by running 10:00.10 to win the 4x800m Relay with Lane Tech earning the other state qualifying spot (10:11.36) placing in second.

 

St. Ignatius Prep’s Lexi Affolter had a big day winning two events. Affolter ran a personal best of 2:13.50 to win the 800 Meter Run with teammate Elyse Fernando running 2:20.16 to finish second. St. Ignatius Prep also swept the 1600 Meter Run with Affolter winning (5:03.78) ahead of teammate Ella Hwang (5:25.40). Jones Prep’s Evelyn Hett ran 11:16.46 to win the 3200 Meter Run as Haley Fitzgerald of St. Ignatius qualified for state by finishing second (12:02.90).

 

Madison Hardamon of Lincoln Park ran 59.79 to win the 400 Meter Dash with Lane Tech’s Katie Burns finishing second (1:00.91). Nyarai Terry of TF North ran 15.48 to win the 100 Meter Hurdles by just six hundredths of a second ahead of Ari Afolabi of St. Ignatius (15.54). Marist’s Ashlin won the 300 Meter Hurdles (47.05) edging River Curry of Whitney Young (47.29).

 

Madison Saunders of Whitney Young won both horizontal jumps. The senior jumped a personal best of 17’ 7.5” to win the Long Jump. Saunders’ jump of 37’ 0.5” was good enough to win the Triple Jump.

 

Aria Mallare of Whitney Young cleared 5’ 1” to win the High Jump. Brenna Dunlap of Marist won the Pole Vault with an 8’ 11.75” clearance. Kenwood’s Jaden Williams won the Shot Put (34’ 5”) while Anastasia Coleman of Marist threw 81’ 11” to win the Discus.

 

3A Rolling Meadows Sectional – June 2

 

Palatine qualified 13 to next week’s state meet (9 individuals, 4 relays) in winning the sectional title with 135 points. Huntley scored 108.75 points to finish second. Laura Seeberger led the Lady Pirates qualifying for state in two individual events as well as a part of two of Palatine’s relay teams. Seeberger ran 47.17 to win the 300 Meter Hurdles just ahead of Maine West’s Krysta Block (47.62). The order was changed in the 100 Meter Hurdles with Block winning (15.27) and Seeberger running 16.58 to finish second. The Palatine senior qualified by just four hundredths of a second.

 

Huntley had two athletes that won two individual events. Alexandria Johnson jumped 18’ 6.5” to win the Long Jump while Palatine’s Ali Gerdes jumped 17’ 2” to finish second. Johnson ran 12.58 to win the 100 Meter Dash. Gerdes qualified in her second event running 12.84 to finish second.

 

Breanna Burak was the second Huntley double winner of the meet. The sophomore ran 11:21.12 to win the 3200 Meter Run ahead of her sister Brittney who also qualified for state in second (11:51.17). Breanna came back to run 5:13.05 to win the 1600 Meter Run with Kelly Carpenter of Jacobs running a personal best of 5:15.27 to finish second. Carpenter also anchored Jacobs’ team to the win in the 4x800m Relay (9:46.81) with Palatine finishing second (9:53.07). Colette Lampa of Rolling Meadows also was a winner in the distance events running 2:23.13 to win the 800 Meter Run. Cassidy Kallas of Buffalo Grove qualified for state finishing second (2:26.28).

 

Ashley Oliver of Hoffman Estates ran a personal best of 58.90 to win the 400 Meter Dash with Huntley’s Jessie Ozzauto finishing second (59.16). Oliver finished second in the 200 Meter Dash (26.12) just two hundredths of a seconds behind sectional winner Mia Foy of Palatine (26.10).

 

Foy led Palatine to a win in the 4x100m Relay (49.13) ahead of Huntley. Foy was also a part of Palatine’s winning team in the 4x200m Relay (1:45.17) again just ahead of Huntley (1:45.81). The order finally reversed in the 4x400m Relay with Huntley winning (4:07.60) and Palatine placing second (4:10.45).

 

Kylie Stammer was a double winner for Palatine with a winning put of 36’ 11.75” in the Shot Put. Teammate Kayla Miotk also qualified for state in finishing second (36’ 9.25). Stammer’s second win came when she threw 129’ 8” to win the Discus.

 

Anya Ball of Palatine and Samira Rosenfeld of Schaumburg both cleared 5’ 3” in the High Jump with Ball winning on fewer misses. Rolling Meadows went 1-2 in the Pole Vault as Melina Moreno cleared 10’ 2.75” for the win while teammate Rose Piscitello cleared 9’ 3” to finish second. Jacobs’ Haley Schafer jumped 35’ 8.75” to win the Triple Jump. Sarah Caldwell also made it to state finishing second just two inches behind Schaffer.

 

3A Antioch Sectional – June 3

 

10 points separated the first four teams in this sectional. Rockton Hononegah captured the sectional title (70 points) ahead of Lakes Community (67 points), Prairie Ridge (64 points), and Grant Community (60 points). Rylee Lydon of Prairie Ridge was one of the big stars in this meet winning three events. Lydon will be one of the favorites at state in the High Jump. She easily won the event on Thursday clearing 5’ 5”. The sophomore ran the second fastest time in Class 3A in winning the 400 Meter Dash (57.41) with Harlem’s Hannah Bilodeau running 59.50 to finish second. Lydon’s third win came when she ran 25.42 to win the 200 Meter Dash. Aja Myers of Zion-Benton finished second (26.09). Myers earlier won the 100 Meter Dash (12.64) winning by just three hundredths of a second ahead of Waukegan’s Ashley Derrick (12.67).

 

Aly Negovetich of Grant Community won two distance events in this sectional. The junior ran 10:50.54 to win the 3200 Meter Run as Brooke Stromsland of Lakes Community ran 11:00.43 to finish second. About 30 minutes before that race, Stromsland helped her team win the 4x800m Relay (9:52.34) with Prairie Ridge running 9:57.12 to finish second. Negovetich came back to run 5:02.97 to win the 1600 Meter Run. Prairie Ridge’s Rachel Soukup made it to state running 5:04.02 to finish second. Michelle Gasmund of Rockford Guilford won the 800 Meter Run (2:20.18) edging Maya Henderson of Zion-Benton by 21 hundredths of a second.

 

Sophia Hedges of Hononegah jumped 16’ 4.75 to win the Long Jump. Gloria Oteng-Bediako of Belvidere North, who made it to state finishing second in the Long Jump, had a 36’ 8.25” mark to win the Triple Jump. Maddie Dutz, also from Belvidere North, cleared 11’ 3” to win the Pole Vault.

 

Gabrielle King of Lakes Community achieved a personal best of 39’ 9.5” to win the Shot Put. Jocelyn Cabuyadao of Antioch threw 113’ 2” to win the Discus.

 

Rockford Guilford won both the 4x100m Relay (49.49) and the 4x200m Relay (1:47.45). Zion-Benton ran 4:07.19 to win the 4x400m Relay just ahead of Rockford Guilford (4:07.19). Jocelyn Crum of Lakes Community won the 100 Meter Hurdles (16.52). Christine Nielsen of Hononegah ran 49.20 to win the 300 Meter Hurdles.