2021 ILXCTF.com Illinois HS Relay Rankings - Girls Schools

 

3A State Champion Lincoln-Way East is Girls Top School

 

By Michael Newman

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Lincoln-Way East scored in three of their four relays helping them win the IHSA Class 3A Girls State Championship on June 12. The team depth to get the baton around the track also allowed them to finish on top of the ILXCTF.com Illinois High School Relay Rankings for the 2021 season.

 

The Griffins were ranked among the top 10 teams in the 4x100m Relay and the 4x400m Relay. Their 4x800m Relay team was ranked 11th overall.

 

Whether it was parody of the teams this season or the effects of no track season in 2020, the scores were closer than in any other year. Lincoln-Way East scored the lowest point total (156 points) since the rankings were started in 2013.

 

Evanston Township finished second with 145 points. The Lady Wildkits finished second also the last time these rankings were compiled in 2019.

 

Area rivals Wheaton-Warrenville South and Naperville North finished third and fourth. The Lady Tigers scored 139 points to finish third. It is also the first time that South has finished in the top five in the history of these rankings. Naperville North’s point total was 137 points.

 

Homewood-Flossmoor scored 125 points to finish fifth overall.

 

This is the third time that Lincoln-Way East has landed on top of these rankings. They were also first in 2015 and 2016.

 

Geneseo was the only 2A school to finish in the top 20 as they tied for ninth overall. There were no other 1A or 2A schools that finished among the top 20 schools.

 

The DuPage Valley Conference, the Southwest Suburban Blue Division, and the DuKane Conference each had two schools finish in the top 10. The DuKane Conference and the Central Suburban South Division had three schools finish among the top 20.

 

The ILXCTF.com (formally the DyeStat Illinois) Relay Rankings are based off the DyeStat TFX Leaderboards on Athletic.net (as of June 19, 2021) 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.

2021 Girls Overall

 

1	Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East)	SWSC-Blue	156
2	Evanston (Township)	Central Suburban South	145.5
3	Wheaton-Warrenville South	DuKane	139
4	Naperville (North)	DuPage Valley	137
5	Homewood-Flossmoor	SWSC-Blue	125
6	Barrington	Mid Suburban	124
7	Chicago (Kenwood)	Chicago Public	123
8	Naperville (Central)	DuPage Valley	119.5
9	St. Charles (East)	DuKane	116
	Geneseo	Western Big 6	116
11	Downers Grove (North)	WSC-Silver	113.5
12	LaGrange (Lyons Township)	WSC-Silver	109
13	Palatine	Mid Suburban	100
14	Batavia	DuKane	98.5
15	Chicago (Whitney Young)	Chicago Public	98
16	Aurora (West)	Southwest Prairie	95.5
17	Belleville (West)	Southwest	93
18	Winnetka (New Trier)	Central Suburban South	91.5
19	Richton Park (Rich Twp)	Southland Athletic	90
20	Glenview (Glenbrook South)	Central Suburban South	89
	Rockford (Guilford)	NIC-10	89

 

Previous Winners

 

2021		Frankfort Lincoln-Way East	156 points
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

 

 

2021 3A Girls

 

There were some changes in the top five after 1A and 2A schools were removed. 19 of the top 20 schools in the overall rankings were 3A schools.

 

Lincoln-Way East gained points to score 166 points to be on top of Class 3A. Wheaton-Warrenville  South jumped over Evanston to place second with 151 points. Evanston kept their same overall point total (145.5 points) to finish third.

 

Barrington, who finished sixth overall, jumped two schools to finish fourth in 3A with 140 points. Naperville North scored 138 points to finish fifth.

3A Girls Standings

 

1	Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East)	SWSC-Blue	166
2	Wheaton-Warrenville South	DuKane	151
3	Evanston (Township)	Central Suburban South	145.5
4	Barrington	Mid Suburban	140
5	Naperville (North)	DuPage Valley	138
6	Chicago (Kenwood)	Chicago Public	136
7	Homewood-Flossmoor	SWSC-Blue	133
8	Downers Grove (North)	WSC-Silver	130
9	LaGrange (Lyons Township)	WSC-Silver	129
10	Naperville (Central)	DuPage Valley	128
11	Palatine	Mid Suburban	122
12	Batavia	DuKane	121
13	St. Charles (East)	DuKane	118
14	Aurora (West)	Southwest Prairie	115.5
15	Chicago (Whitney Young)	Chicago Public	113
16	Belleville (West)	Southwest	106
17	Winnetka (New Trier)	Central Suburban South	103.5
18	Rockford (Guilford)	NIC-10	101
19	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West)	WSC-Silver	99.5
	Huntley	Fox Valley	98

 

Previous Winners

 

2021		Frankfort Lincoln-Way East	166 points
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

 

 

2021 2A Girls

 

This classification was close with three schools within 10 points of each other. Geneseo, who finished second overall in Class 2A in the IHSA State Meet , scored 186 points to claim the top spot in this classification. The Maple Leafs had the top Class 2A seasonal times and were state champions in the 4x200m Relay and 4x400m Relay. Geneseo also had the third fastest time in the 4x100m Relay.

 

This is the first time that Geneseo has finished first in the Relay Rankings.

 

Metamora scored 180 points to finish second just one point ahead of third-place Peoria Notre Dame (179 points).

 

Burlington Central (165 points) and Normal University (161 points) finished fourth and fifth. Class 2A State Champion Latin School finished 17th overall. They become the first state champion in any classification to finish outside of the top 10.

 

Interesting fact: All the top 10 schools in Class 2A were from difference conferences.

2A Girls Standings

 

1	Geneseo	Western Big 6	186
2	Metamora	Mid Illini	180
3	Peoria (Notre Dame)	Big 12	179
4	Burlington (Central)	Fox Valley	165
5	Normal (University)	Central State Eight	161
6	Mt. Zion	Apollo	157
7	Aurora (Rosary)	Metro Suburban Blue	154
	Tolono (Unity)	Illini Prairie	154
9	Mundelein (Carmel)	East Suburban Catholic	152
10	Mascoutah	Mississippi Valley	150
11	East St. Louis (Senior)	Southwest	139
12	Eureka	Heart of Illinois	136
13	Troy (Triad)	Mississippi Valley	133
14	Peoria (Richwoods)	Big 12	123
15	Kankakee	Southland Athletic	108.5
16	Evergreen Park	South Suburban Red	98
17	Chicago (Latin School)	Independent School	96
18	Galesburg	Western Big 6	94
19	Cahokia	South Seven	93
	Monticello	Illini Prairie	93

 

Previous Winners

 

2021		Geneseo	186 points
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

 

 

2021 1A Girls

 

Winnebago finished second in the IHSA 1A Girls State Track Meet based on their strength in the distance events. They showed more when compiling the point total in these rankings as they scored 177 points to appear on top of the 1A rankings for the first time.

 

Winnebago had the fastest 1A time from their win in the 4x800m Relay at state. Bago also had top five times in the 4x200m Relay and the 4x400m Relay.

 

St. Joseph-Ogden, who finished second in the last rankings in 2019, finished second again with 171 points. Nashville, who won state championships in the 4x100m Relay and 4x200m Relay, finished third with 161.5 points. Seneca was just one half point back in fourth (160 points). Knoxville finished fifth with 154 points.

 

The Big Northern were the top conference in this classification with three schools Winnebago, Rockford Christian (6th), and Byron (8thTie) all finishing in the top 10.

 

1A Girls Standings

 

1	Winnebago	Big Northern	177
2	St. Joseph-Ogden	Illini Prairie	171
3	Nashville	SIRR-Mississippi	161.5
4	Seneca	Tri County	161
5	Knoxville	Prairieland	154
6	Rockford (Christian)	Big Northern	146
7	Downs (Tri Valley)	Heart of Illinois	143.5
8	Byron	Big Northern	137.5
	Urbana (University)	Independent	137
10	DuQuoin	SIRR-Mississippi	125
11	Robinson	Little Illini	113
12	Pittsfield	Sangamo	109
13	Sherrard	TRAC-West	102
14	Erie	TRAC-East	98
15	Maroa-Forsyth	Sangamo	96
16	Chicago (Hope Academy)	Chicago Prep	95
17	El Paso-Gridley	Heart of Illinois	93
	Belleville (Althoff Catholic)	South Seven	93
19	New Berlin	Sangamo	86
	Pleasant Plains	Sangamo	86

 

 

Previous Winners

 

2021		Winnebago	177 points
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

 

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