Jack Aho has cleared himself from many fields this season (Itai Epstein photo)
The most often used phrase in cross country is 'it's not about the times.' Well sometimes it is. How else are we to know to judge our sport. If it's not about time then why do we have the state meet at the "Indy 500 Speedway" known as Detweiller Park? In this case if not for one time before the start of the state championship series we wanted to have some fun and produce our own subjective individual rankings.
1. Jack Aho, Sr., Grayslake (Central) Aho is the widest favorite among all three divisions in Illinois and the only undefeated runner among his own division in the state. Aho has five race wins that include a course record, a NLCC individual title, and a win at Peoria, and his third place finish at Palatine prove that he would also be among the title contenders in 3A. This past weekend, he ran 14:14 in a race where only 6 runners even broken 16 minutes. Aho is surely looking beyond the state ...
