National Signing Day is upon us! The late signing period begins this Wednesday, April 15th with the nation's best in high school cross country and track & field who did not sign back in November finally getting that opportunity to get that big decision out of the way by putting ink to paper with their signature on their National Letter of Intent.
Naperville Central triplets Katie, Rachel, and Nikki Hoffman inks with Illinois State University
Neuqua Valley distance runner standout Michael Widmann here w/parents and coaches signed with the University of Missouri
Pavlo Hutsalyuk of Chicago Lane Tech signs with the University of Iowa
St. Charles East sprinter/jumper Allison Chmelik with her family (twin sister Elizabeth in the background) pose along with coach Tyler Sheehan. Allison will attend Marquette University in the fall.
- Kyle Decker (St. Charles East) signs with Depaul University. Decker will compete in hurdles for the Blue Demons
- Middle-Distance standout Hunter Klose (St. Charles East) will compete for the University of Dubuque (Iowa)
Palatine distance girls standouts Kara Burton (Colorado School of Mines [D2]), Amy Kieliszewski (St. Louis University), Megan Beach (Northwestern University), Kelly Ocock -(Hope College [D3]) ink their college letters of intent.
College bound Naperville (Neuqua Valley) seniors Zac Espinosa and Ty Moss will head off to Stanford University and the University of Nebraska this fall. Espinosa is the Wildcats long sprint ace and Moss is the emerging middle-distance superstar.
Waukegan distance runners Ivan Juarez, jimmy Chagoya and Joseph Chagoya will be competing for Hawaii Pacific University
Bureau Valley sprinter/jumper Lindsey Hoffert shares a happy moment with parents and coaches prior to signing with Illinois State University.
Cross Country and track standout Eli Hill (Normal University High) is here signing with Southern Illinois University.
Hersey cross country all-stater David Rodriguez signs with Bradley University
Hersey standout Josh Plischke is ready to be a Northwood University Timberwolf
Kevin Ziegenhorn of Hersey is expected to standout for the University Illinois-Chicago
Long time Hersey distance standout Grant von der Lippe poses for Marquette University
Hersey's Seth Harden is ready to sign and compete for Taylor University
Email your college decisions and pics to: Tony Jones at tjones@milesplit.com