The children are the future as they say. It will be interesting to see how successful the current underclassmen crop can be in 2022.
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The season is still very young but the freshman and sophomore boys class is starting to show some promise. Let's start with Dylan Maloney of Plainfield South. As a freshman last year, he made his team's state roster and ran 15:21 in Peoria. The track season was just as successful for Maloney as he dropped 9:28 and 4:29 marks.
With a dozen boys already at 16:30 or better, this is promising considering aces Benjamin Gibson (So., Chicago Latin) and Zach Thoman (So., O'Fallon) haven't competed yet.
There will be more to come as we proceed into September.
