Toeing The Line: Week 4 Big Episode

Toeing The Line Series
Tony Jones


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First To The Finish Invitational 

  1. Run through each of the classification

    1. 1A Girls

      1. Elena Rybak (Sr., Father McGivney) wins in 16:51, a 20-second PR. Can she challenge Isabella Keller (So. St. Anthony) for the 1A title?

      2. Williamsville sneaks 181-196 victory over Anna-Jonesboro

        1. Ray: A-J remains #1 since they were without ace Jadyn Gerardi (So)

      3. Eureka, EPG, Unity 5th, Plains, Winnebago 7th, Latin 8th (no Mia Kotler); shorthanded PND 9th, 'Cambridgeview' 10th

    2. 1A Boys

      1. Nicolai Martino (Sr., Winnibago) runs 15:00, Fuson 15:09

      2. Eureka barely wins by 2pt over ACC. Bago, PND, RC, Elmwood, Montini, Clinton, Illini Bluffs, Plains

      3. Urbana U was in 2A race

    3. 2A Girls

      1. Sunny Weber (Jr., Sandwich) wins 16:50, right from the gun.

      2. Who stood out?

        1. Ray: Welcome to the trophy race, Boylan Catholic. St. Francis is shorthanded due to flag football. Washington will improve. Naz has a freshman. Chatham-Glenwood is still #1.

    4. 2A Boys

      1. Evan Nosek (Sr., Kaneland), Cuyler Swanson (So) go under 15:00 (14:52-14:55).  Freshmen boys 12, 13, 14 (Micah Weiss, Quaid Berger, Carson Kaiser)- Chicago Latin

      2. Latin wins, three seniors and 

      4. two freshmen. Payton 2, Morton, SICP, Normal, Kaneland, Dixon, GBS

    5. 3A Girls

      1. Barrington duo controls from the start; Maya Ledesma catches Scout Storms for 2nd. Mia Sirois 17:03. 

      2. Who stood out?


        Naperville North is back on track, in the hunt with Shania Tandon in the open. Amalie Ojeda is in the middle of the 'DGN' pack again. New Trier Wheaton North is good, but Yorkville is shaky. Barrington team has three freshmen in the top 6.

    6. 3A Boys

      1. Ben Crane (Sr., New Trier) was ridiculous at 14:26, and Evan Parker (Sr., Niles North) surprise 2nd at 14:37. Downers Grove North breezes.

      2. What stood out?


        Lots of shorthanded teams. Fremd capitalizes. PN depth superior to Plainfield South. New Trier, Edwardsville

Lake Park Harvey Braus Invite

  1. Ground report

    1. Shortened meet due to weather cancellation

  2. Girls Varsity

    1. DGN Packs it up, Prospect v shorthanded (Peterson, Franzen, Laba DNF)

      1. Ray: very conservative tactics will need to evolve throughout the season. 17:50 is far back for Lily Eddington (Downers Grove North for a fifth placer. Freshman Karlin Janowski is the real deal; next week at the state course will be revealing. Schaumburg is good!

  3. Boys Varsity

    1. Wheaton South's Josiah Narayanan- 14:31 is a ridiculous course record

    2. Chicago Lane Tech wins 68-78 over Wheaton South (15-ish seconds). 4 runners from 9th to 14th. Young team

Whip around of other notable results

  1. Gabe McLain wins Forest Park 5k in 15:14

  2. Hersey girls cruise at Wauconda

  3. Steelman: Neuqua Girls improving quickly, finished behind Wheaton South, York boys dominate

  4. DePaul girls: 15pt at Ram Invite, 16pt without top runner at Mather #1

Looking ahead to this Week

Richard Spring

Ray: Really interested to see how Hersey stacks up. York gets another shot at DGN