The meet record holders Schaumburg will be a team of interest Monday evening (Mark Capapas photo)
-Girls-
4x800 relay-
Meet record: Schaumburg 9:22.68 (2011)
2016 season best: Glen Ellyn Glenbard West 9:26.25
Championship section:
Lane Tech 9:30.0, Hoffman Estates 9:38.0, Schaumburg 9:40.0, Batavia 9:42.0, Yorkville 9:42.0, St.Charles East 9:43.0, Downers North 9:43.0, Loyola Academy 9:43.0, Plainfield North 9:43.3, Downers South 9:44.0, Minooka 9:44.0, New Trier 9:47.0, Lyons Township 9:47.0
Outlook: The seed times are massively deceptive here with just two squads listed under 9:40. Yes, the season is still early in terms of what Illinois has produced on the national indoor elite scene. There are only three teams with marks that qualify inside the top 50, but Yorkville is one of those units entered after running 9:30.84 last Thursday evening at NCC. If the Foxes are the early favorites they will have some good company in hand with Hoffman Estates and Lane Tech chasing. Hoffman Estates senior standout Megan Biddle ran 4:59 over the weekend and will certainly keep the Hawks on wanted list. Lane Tech has the current state leader in the 800m as their trump card. Senior Imani Davis has moved from the emerging runner status to elite and she has been an assassin on the track. Davis has 2:16.07 and 58.89 credentials thus far in 2016. Lane may not wait until anchor to deploy Davis. This is how assassins operate... lots of teams to consider such as Downers Grove North who placed second last year. The Trojans run well here every year and they have their ace junior Emma Moravec back. Batavia has a strong quartet and so does Lyons, Minooka and St. Charles East. Last year's champion Loyola Academy is here too. The host Mustangs have defending 800m state champion senior Michaela Hackbarth holding the trump card. It may be smart for a card player to play the best suite first.