Aside from being a very large, all classes combined race, there is tremendous star power at the PND Richard Spring Invite
Date: Saturday, September 17
Location: Detweiller Park; Peoria IL
Meet Schedule:
9:00a Girls' Open/JV
9:35a Girls' Fresh-Soph
10:10a Girls' Varsity
10:50a Boys' Varsity
11:25a Boys' Fresh-Soph
12:00p Boys' Open/JV
Meet the teams:
Girls- [3A] #1 York, #2 Prospect, #4 Downers Grove North, #5 Oak Park-River Forest, #11 Palatine, #14 Glenbard West, #16 Oswego East, #18 Downers Grove South, #21 St. Charles East, #22 Loyola Academy, #23 Hinsdale Central, #25 St. Charles North; [2A]- #1 Grayslake Central, #3 Chatham-Glenwood, #6 Chicago (St. Ignatius), #12 Waterloo, #13 Normal University, #22 Peoria Notre Dame, #23 Springfield, #25 Deerfield; [1A]- #4 Aurora (Rosary), #5 Depaul (College Prep), #8 Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin)
Boys- #2 Hinsdale Central, #5 Wheaton-Warrenville South, #6 Lake Zurich, #7 Palatine, #8 Oswego East, #9 Oak Park-River Forest, #14 Wheaton North, #15 Hersey, #16 Barrington, #18 Downers Grove South, #19 York, #21 Prospect, #22 St. Charles East, #23 Chicago Jones, #25 Chicago Lane; [2A]- #1 Grayslake Central, #8 Deerfield, #15 Chatham-Glenwood, #23 Mahomet-Seymour, #24 Peoria (Notre Dame); [1A]- #1 Normal University, #2 Chicago (Depaul Prep), #4 Chicago (Latin), #6 Port Byron (Riverdale), #10 St. Joseph-Ogden, #11 El Paso-Gridley, #12 Niles (Northridge Prep), #20 Monticello
Quick thoughts: This invite is regarded as the best of the "Peoria Trilogy" not just because of the great teams and individuals that cascade down on the famed Detweiller Park. The varsity races are a single-class race with over 70 teams vying for all of the gusto. There are over 30 ranked teams from all of the classes combined for both genders.
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Team rankings: HERE