2023 ILXCTF.com Illinois HS Relay Rankings - Girls Schools

Prospect ends memorable season as top Girls Relay program in Illinois

By Michael Newman

The strength of their quartets in the relay events was one of the reasons why Prospect High School finished second at the IHSA 3A Girls State Track & Field Championships in May. That strength, led by Charlotte Deines, Lily Ginsberg, and Cameron Kalaway, led the Knights to be named the top Illinois Girls Relay program in the state for the 2023 season.

Three of Prospect’s relay quartets were ranked in the top three overall in the state including having the fastest time in the 4x800m Relay. Prospect scored 171 rankings points to place on top of the ILXCTF.com Relay Rankings. They become the first team from the Mid Suburban League to be placed on top and the seventh school in this eleven year program (2020 was not held due to COVID-19) to be named as the Relay Champion.

Normal Community, led by the anchor legs of their star runner Ali Ince in the 4x400m Relay and 4x800m Relay, finished second with 155 points. It is their highest finish ever in this rankings program.

2A State Champion Kankakee scored 139 points to finish third for the second year in a row. Four schools overall from Class 2A with Normal University (13thT), Peoria Richwoods (15th), and East St. Louis-Senior (20th) finished among the top 20 schools.

Kenwood Academy dropped from third in 2022 to fourth this season with 135 points. WSC-Silver Schools Downers Grove North and Hinsdale Central tied for fifth with 133 points.

The Southwestern Conference in the Metro St. Louis area had the most schools in the top 20 overall with four schools led by Belleville East placing tenth. O’Fallon, Edwardsville, and East St. Louis-Senior were the other conference schools.

The ILXCTF.com (formally the DyeStat Illinois) Relay Rankings are based off the DyeStat TFX Leaderboards on Athletic.net (as of May 27, 2023) 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.

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Overall List of Winners

2023 Class 3A Schools

There was not much of a change up top in Class 3A compared to the overall rankings. Prospect scored 178 points to finish on top in Class 3A. Normal Community scored 168 points to finish second.

The next three places in this class changed. Downers Grove North scored 153 points to finish third with Hinsdale Central placing fourth (149 points). Kenwood scored 138 points to finish fifth just one point ahead of Plainfield North (136 points). The WSC-Silver placed three schools in the top seven with York scoring 135.5 points tying for seventh with 2022 overall winner Batavia.

The Southwestern Conference and the WSC-Silver led Class 3A schools with three conference schools in the top 20.

2023 Class 3A Overall

Class 3A Overall List of Winners

2023 Class 2A Schools

Normal University, who finished in a tie for 13th place in the overall division, placed three of their relays in the top 10, scored 177 points to be the top ranked Class 2A school. Tolono Unity scored 172 points to finish second.

Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin had a good season in the relays. It showed as they finished third with 165 points. Peoria Richwoods scored 161 points to finish fourth.

Kankakee had finished third in the overall division. The Kays had the top teams in the 4x100m Relay, 4x200m Relay, and 4x400m Relay in Class 2A. They did not score in the 4x8 ending up with 150 points to finish fifth. It is the second year in a row that Kankakee had the fastest times in all three of those relays.

2023 Class 2A Overall

Class 2A Overall List of Winners

2023 Class 1A Schools

The top two teams from the 2022 Class 1A rankings were again on top this season. Seneca scored 193 points to repeat as the Class 1A champions with all four of their relays ranked in the top five. Eureka scored 182 points to finish second in as many years.

Seneca’s overall point total of 193 points was the highest point total among the four categories in these rankings. Seneca in the 11 year history of these rankings had the fourth highest point total in Class 1A trailing the near perfect score that DuQuoin had in 2019 (199 points).

Two points separated the next three teams. Monmouth United scored 153 points to place third finishing ahead of Sherrard (152 points), and El Paso-Gridley (151 points).

2023 Class 1A Overall

Class 1A Overall List of Winners

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